• IntRODUCTION
  

An inept vicar leads a farmer, an anarchist and two delinquents on a genuine witch-hunt. The scatty operation plummets into chaos, in this offbeat and jarring comedy!

I'm Patrick Blake, and I directed The Anarchist's Birthday. I've got a background in acting, and previously in writing and directing for theatre. This is my first feature film, and I wrote, directed, produced, filmed and edited it, among other things. I knuckled right in and have enjoyed it hugely, but more importantly I've found it very inspiring. I'm hoping to make many more films in the future, starting very soon (I've already got early treatments of two more features - with increasingly larger budgets!).

• SynoPSIS
  

An angry farmer finds a witch camping on his land, so he gets the law involved. Enter the government-trained vicar for this very purpose. Unfortunately, this is his first operation, and his skills are lacking...!

He’s employed two men on community service: the titular anarchist and a cocky delinquent, but no volunteers turn up, with the exception of an all-too-useless townie girl. The motley bunch leave Bristol on foot in search of the witch's blood.

In the fields they must prepare, but nothing goes to plan... Finally they charge.

• The fILM
  

The Anarchist's Birthday was an experiment of sorts. The idea was to make a 'punk' film, like the punk folk music of The Pogues, or the punk reggae of The Specials. In an inversion of production ethics, only £400 was spent and it was shot in two and a half days, but... the intensive rehearsal period lasted several weeks. It was acting first, and tech second.

After gaining places on the Official Selections of the popular Oaxaca Film Festival, and the exciting New Hope Film Festival, it's now been offered representation by a reliable and shrewd film distribution and marketing service in Los Angeles, USA.

• The cauSE
  

The marketing company will represent the film entirely, and they have many independent film buying contacts, global independent outlets and ancillary markets. They plan to create an individual and unique package, based on communicating the film's qualities to the right audiences. There's a possibility it'll be worth doing a minor art-house theatrical release, before pursuing DVD routes and an array of ancillary options. They attend many film markets, and what's important is: to get funding in time for their attendance of the film market at upcoming Cannes Film Festival in May.

They've expressed a love for The Anarchist's Birthday (especially the vicar), and believe there is an eager global independent market waiting for it, who'll appreciate its quirk, independence and subversive comedy. In order to prepare the appropriate package for buyers, the distributors need a retainer of $3000 with the completion of the contract. The extra $500 of the goal is to cover perks and the commission fees. A further $1000 would get us a webpage for the film. Any further funds will be deeply gratefully received, and exhausted entirely and indispensably on global marketing and distribution. Every single donation really will make an enourmous difference to this film's chances, I can't stress it enough. The entire project is complete, it now just needs to sell!

• The deTAILS