CAMERADO Fundraising and Contributions Page

Welcome to the
Camerado social issue media Contributors page!

"Camerado produces innovative, compelling social issue and edutainment media which educates, informs, and enlightens
while overcoming cross-cultural boundaries"

Your contribution plays a vital role in our ongoing projects (all contributions are duly noted and credited where applied):
(*tax deductible 501 (c) 3 contributions can be made
further down the page)

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Thanks to our recent contributors:

James Velaise, FRANCE
Martin Zweiback, USA
James Higgins, USA
Helge Cramer, GERMANY
Norm Fassbender & Kate Holowach, CANADA
Maurice Adams, USA
Marianne Waller, AUSTRALIA
The Kumberg Family, SWEDEN
Jennifer MacDonald, USA
Chris Swider, USA
Rolando Dubioso, GERMANY
Jon Lewis, USA
Eveline van Dijck, NETHERLANDS
David Munoz Lopez, SPAIN
David Rogers, USA
Milek Knebel, ISRAEL
Anna Wilding, USA
Nancy Nagrant, USA
Jennifer Janofsky
Anonymous I, II, and III

** We're also seeking volunteers (virtual/online and in-person) **

Camerado is a media production and consultation group located in SE Asia (in Cambodia since 2005). We are currently producing and developing a variety of social issue video, film and media projects including CAMBOFEST, CAMBOTUBE, and FREEDOM DEAL (see below) which have been deemed worthy of 501 (c) 3 tax deductible fiscal sponsorship by the Media Alliance of San Francisco, CA.

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*** Our fundraising drive continues [Phase II] ***
in support of
the following projects:

(remember, all contributions to Camerado are now tax deductible according to
IRS code 501 (c) 3 when processed through our fiscal sponsor, Media Alliance)

1) CAMBOFEST: Film, Video and Animation Festival of Cambodia (http://www.cambofest.com/); this is Cambodia's first and only independent movie festival, now in our 3rd year. Since CamboFest is an independent movie festival (not run by an NGO or government office), we are able to present a very diverse range of features, documentaries, shorts, and animation without interference from a donor agenda.

We also only show movies with permission of the copyright holders--rare for the region, but a necessary way to hightlight the importance of proper IP practices, which will in turn help combat piracy in the media and movie industry. [Find out more about these issues at the MPAA website]

Despite incredible lack of funding, we've kept CamboFest going til now virtually out of pocket, and with modest support from the US Embassy in Phnom Penh and other friends and colleagues--see the Sponsor CamboFest page at the CamboFest website for more information.

But now the global recession has reached Cambodia, and we're in serious danger of shuttering the festival if we can't raise some basic support right away. We need to raise $4200 by the end of September, 2009; we're partway there already, but still a long way from our goal.

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Via Secure PayPal Gateway - Our preferred method; even $10 will go a long way and is greatly appreciated.



Through our fiscal sponsor, Media Alliance; 501 (c) 3 tax deductible- Slower for us, but better for you if you would like the tax deduction.

We're also seeking volunteers, actual and virtual, to assist with online fundraising, outreach, festival operations, and more. Whether you live in Brazil, Tasmania, or beyond...you can help keep Cambodia's first independent movie festival rolling.

Send us an email to find out how you can help as a volunteer

2) FREEDOM DEAL - A social issue drama, ala "Blood Diamond". This will be Camerado's third feature, following our first award winning effort, BookWars, and our second, the social issue drama, Lost in New Mexico. FREEDOM DEAL is the story of two internally displaced Cambodians during the US incursion into Cambodia in May 1970, which in turn sparked civil unrest in the States--leading in turn to the shootings at Kent State University.

The Cambodian story behind the US-VN conflict has never been substantially addressed as a feature film. The soundtrack potential for the movie is awesome, and we hope to utilize as much 1970 period rock music as we can in the soundtrack. DEVO co-founder Bob Lewis (and Kent State Alumnus) is onboard as advisor and story consultant, and Cambodian rock and roll scholar Matt Caron is onboard as Cambo-rock advisor. We have already scouted locations in Cambodia and have commenced significant pre-production.

Update 5/11/09 - We are currently seeking in-kind and financial support and advisors to commence a workshopping session to develop the first draft of the script on location in the Cambodian-Vietnam border region, with the participation of actual communities who lived through the war and incursion. [a Cambodian/US co-production]

Via Secure PayPal Gateway - Our preferred method; even $10 will go a long way and is greatly appreciated.



Through our fiscal sponsor, Media Alliance; 501 (c) 3 tax deductible- Slower for us, but better for you if you would like the tax deduction.

3) CAMBOTUBE (http://www.cambotube.com/) - A user-generated, participatory video sharing community and online video delivery portal for Cambodia and SE Asian regional issues; the Cambodian Daily calls CamboTube "an important tool for democracy".


Like many of our other grass-roots efforts, CamboTube was launched designed, and sustained out of pocket til' now. We're currently in need of support in order to upgrade our servers and online internet service, to acquire an office or dedicated work space, and to purchase some basic cameras and production gear in order to allow members of the Cambodian community better participatory access.

Please help sustain independent media in the developing world with a contribution. Even $10 or $20 goes a long way out here, given our modest operating budget.

Via Secure PayPal Gateway - Our preferred method; even $10 will go a long way and is greatly appreciated.



Through our fiscal sponsor, Media Alliance; 501 (c) 3 tax deductible- Slower for us, but better for you if you would like the tax deduction.

Or you can assist the old-fashioned way, by mailing a tax-deductible contribution to
our 501 (c) 3 fiscal sponsor, Media Alliance*.

Media Alliance

1814 Mission Street # 205

San Francisco, CA 94103

http://www.media-alliance.org/

(*be sure to write “CamboFest”, "Freedom Deal", "CamboTube", or just "CAMERADO" in the memo section of your check)

...or contact them at http://www.blogger.com/information@media-alliance.org to arrange an online contribution

CAMERADO's J Rosette teaches English to
street kids in Phnom Penh, Cambodia (above)

Please also take a look at our current wish list of gear


which we need for our current efforts
(at B&H Photo)

We've already met a critical funding shortage for CamboFest, as you can see in the following email--the continuation of Cambodia's first and only independent movie festival needs contributors like you to continue through our next season:

FW: Urgent: Cambodia's only independent film festival faces funding shutdown

[Phnom Penh, Cambodia, May 8, 2009]

CAMBOFEST, Cambodia's first and only internationally recognized independent film festival (now in it's 3rd year) is facing an emergency funding shortage. Despite international acclaim and kudos from industry professionals as varied as Julie and Roger Corman, the festival is in imminent danger of shutdown due to significant funding gaps.

CAMBOFEST is 100% diligent about presenting movies only with documented permission from the copyright holders. This is far from standard for the region though--CAMBOFEST's aim has always been to set an example of proper IP practices for film distribution and exhibition throughout ASEAN, and beyond.

All supporters will be listed on the CAMBOFEST website's sponsor page at http://www.cambofest.com/; contributors sending $50 or more will receive a special “Best of CAMBOFEST 2008” DVD as our way of saying thanks.

1) PREFERRED METHOD=> your contribution will reach us more quickly and will be available to us nearly instantly via the following gateway:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=5293886

2) If you do prefer a tax-deduction according to code 501 (c) 3, please note that we are being fiscally sponsored by the Media Alliance of San Francisco, CA.

Mail a check to Media Alliance:

Media Alliance

1814 Mission Street # 205

San Francisco, CA 94103

(again, with “CamboFest” in the memo section)

...or contact them at information@media-alliance.org to arrange an online contribution

CAMBOFEST's aim has always been to promote the re-emergence of a viable media and movie industry in Cambodia, an LDC (lesser developed country). The media sector experienced near-total destruction during the country's civil war and Khmer Rouge regime, and only today is the industry making inroads towards a recovery in this developing democracy.

If you'd like to discuss more significant, long term sponsorship of CAMBOFEST, please email us at info@cambofest.com

Thanks for your support; we'll update you on our situation at the end of May--