Raffi Asdourian

Support Cerise

Clever and personal interaction is what made me donate to the indie film Cerise by John Trigonis. In return, I received this personalized poem that I can treasure forever just for supporting another budding artist. This new wave of fanfunded filmmaking is something essential to creating a healthy independent DIY distribution business model for budding filmmakers. It's also creating a tidal wave of fresh original films, splashing onto the shores of hungry content-driven consumers minds. I personally believe that this system of audience funded films is the beginning of a digital revolution that will free the content from the capitolistic chains of the studio system. I encourage you to check out the many amazing projects on kickstarter and indiegogo and see if there is anything you'd be willing support, I promise you'll be surprised.

The amazing people at the Brainerd, MN Egofest have sent me a prize package to be treasured for the rest of my life. In addition to six beautifully crafted statue trophies, I received tons of cool press materials from the festival including a congratulations letter, schedules and badges as well as my grand prize, a copy of Jon Reiss's empowering film book, 'Think Outside the Box Office'. I could not be any happier with the win for my film as it validates all the hard work my talented team of actors and crew put into Ai. Big thanks to Phil Holbrook and the amazing Brainerd Crossing Arts Alliance.  My ego is truly inflated now thanks to Egofest! Check out the rest of the pictures on Flickr.

This was my live streaming Q+A with the audience at EgoFest after watching my short film Ai. The good stuff starts around the 3:20 mark...enjoy!