Gonzalo Ladinescreator of the web series Los cinéfilos, director of Como en el cine and screenwriter of Papá youtuber, has asked the public for help to finance his next film project: Died laughing. The Peruvian film will star Cesar Ritter and will feature a performance by Gisela Ponce de Leon.
While Tondero ventures into Netflix with Until we meet again, Ladines prepares his next comedy from the hand of the audience.
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The ingenious crowdfunding campaign opens the doors to the public and allows them to be part of the feature film, as well as obtain certain benefits.
At the moment, there are two platforms through which money can be donated to finance the Peruvian film project.
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First, there are the Yape and BCP accounts that can be collaborated through virtual bank transfers.
Then, there is the Joinnus platform, where you can contribute from S/ 10.00 to S/ 1,000 and obtain a different and better benefit depending on the amount.
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For example, while a donation of S/ 10.00 soles is worthy of a digital letter of thanks from the director, another of S/ 100.00 allows you to meet the stars of the film.
Dying of laughter: what is it about?
Laughing Dead is about “Javi Fuentes, a talk show host who makes a living making fun of others, until one day, after the death of his father, he loses his sense of humor and is replaced by an unbearable influencer.”
This is how the Peruvian director in charge of the project, Gonzalo Ladines, tells it in one of the promotional videos of the film.
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Award-winning Peruvian film
Dead of laughter has won the State Production Award and has been classified as “an ingenious reflection on comedy, humor and life” by the international jury of the Ministry of Culture.
Likewise, the film has been awarded a scholarship by the Cinema of Tomorrow LAB, the Carolina Foundation and has been the winner of the DAFO Feature Film Development Contest 2016.
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The film has received media support from figures such as Manuel Gold, the Peruvian film editor ‘Chino Pinto’, as well as the stars of the film César Ritter and Gisela Ponce de León.