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By Suhaira Shahrukh
Personal campaign Keep it all Edmonton, AB, CA Report
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Have you ever stood between an aisle of a never-ending row of DVDs? By holding them, didn't you feel calm? Wasn't talking about your favorite movie, humanizing in person rather posting a thought online? Wasn't the pursuit of planning weekends, memorable with friends, when the new horror or thriller DVD arrived?
The story follows Kashif shutting down his DVD store, after going into debt, when a regular customer, Zara, makes a return after a long time, only to be overwhelmed by the shop’s discontinuation. As Zara makes one last purchase, Kashif finds comfort in her tribute to the memories she created in the store, making him reminisce the community that once filled it.
The story is inspired by the filmmaker's personal journey of dealing with the loss of the DVD culture. A culture that once enabled a community in stores, and the significance of a physical connection to owning a DVD as a personal diary.
This short film project is purely for art purposes and for people who mourn the same loss as the filmmakers, and have a passion to tell this story.
The crowdfunding costs will manage 70% of the production funds, whereas, the rest of the 30%, post production and distribution will be done through private funds. Even though it’s a collaborative venture between cast and crew, there is still the need of rental equipment, locations and production design.
For release, the film will officially go for a year-long festival run, with its promotional material being used on various social media platforms, in order to give it a wider audience. 
Subsequently, a private screening will be hosted, visited by other filmmakers of the industry and the press enabling eyes for the project before its release to the public. Lastly, the film will be distributed to a well-known online streaming platform.
Our plan is to continue the funding process even if it doesn't meet it's goal on the campaign's end date, in order to not have the backers' and creators' support in vain!
Moreover, the private funds that will be allocated to the project but, the release of those funds will take time, enabling the post production of the film to stretch a couple of months. Nonetheless, a time frame of 3 months has been planned for post production, considering principal photography starts in July 2025.
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The Supporter's Film Credit gives the opportunity to be included in the credits, solely dedicated to our special supporters.
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A tribute to DVDs

This project is dedicated to those who have spent most of their early lives and teens looking at movie cassettes and DVDs; a tribute to physical media and the social interaction that it provided.

This short film is not being made for profitable reasons but it is more of an artistic declaration that signifies an emotional statement for the world that we no longer live in; a cry for the loss of expression and artistic freedom that DVD stores used to a place for.

The idea for the project started out after the wake of COVID, when the face of the world was changing drastically - from businesses to social places to the market industry; the physical interaction with the world was reduced to more of a survival on the digital counterpart rather living on the old and naturalistic ways. Hence, with everything changing, cinema and watching movies also changed when the streaming media started to take over the cinema screens and physical media.

In the past, although there have been innovations in terms of technology, specifically in filmmaking and watching films, but they all, in one way or the other had been complimenting the natural way of how a human being perceives the world.

This story represents the sorrow of an artist, the longing for another day in the old world, the memory for those who wouldn't know.

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The Supporter's Film Credit gives the opportunity to be included in the credits, solely dedicated to our special supporters.
Secondly, this credit will give you the opportunity to receive exclusive set photos, and behind the scenes footage.

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