A Year Without Rent - Thanksgiving

A project in Victoria, Canada by Victoria Westcott & Jen Westcott
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Lucas McNelly has 4 months left to complete his "A Year Without Rent", in which he works on film sets for FREE.
Backers: 142
Average Pledge Per Backer: $38

Funded: $5,397 of $5,000
Dates: Oct 31st -> Nov 19th (19 days)
Project By: Victoria Westcott & Jen Westcott
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Latest News

The Final Day

February 18th - via: kickstarter.com
from Lucas, who posted this update today to the first campaign This is the update where I'm supposed to get all teary-eyed and profound. Or, where I wow you with "One More Thing...". But I don't have any of that right now. There's no big, epic,... (Read More)

He DID IT!

February 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Lucas is 5 days from the end of his Year Without Rent. I kinda can't believe it's almost over.  It doesn't seem that long ago that we all rallied to help Lucas finish the year.  Here is Lucas' most recent update about how he's feeling, what's next... (Read More)

WOOP WOOP! WE DID IT! THANK YOU!

November 20th - via: kickstarter.com
We managed to rally the indie film community to help Lucas finish A Year Without Rent in just enough time for Lucas to receive the funds for Thanksgiving.  We did it!  All thanks to YOU!   Lucas wrote a pretty sweet post about the campaign on the... (Read More)

27 hours left & MORE New Perks!

November 17th - via: kickstarter.com
WOW - the outpouring of love, support, tweets, and pledges is AWESOME. Thank you so much!  Kickstarter even put our campaign into their "popular this week" category, alongside Kris & Lindy Boustedt's THIS IS OURS.  That means you guys are... (Read More)

A Message from Brea Grant

November 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey everyone, I'm going to hand this over to Lucas for a minute. -Vic So I'm in Marfa, TX, which is where they shot THERE WILL BE BLOOD & NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, serving as the Best Boy Electric for Brea Grant's debut feature BEST FRIENDS... (Read More)

Backer Video from Wonder Russell in Seattle

November 16th - via: kickstarter.com
We're rocking this Thanksgiving campaign for Lucas to finish A Year Without Rent - thanks to your help!  This lil' community is really showing what thanksgiving is all about.  THANK YOU! At this stage we're 63% funded with 61 hours left.  So let's... (Read More)

Vance Conners supports A Year Without Rent

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
I can't thank Lucas enough for coming to my set during his sojourn. Having spent the entire night on Matthew Lillard's film, Fat Kid Rules the World, Lucas came to my shoot the next day and powered through. It felt pretty cool to be on the same... (Read More)

A New Perk from Alexia Anastasio!

November 13th - via: kickstarter.com
Hey guys, Marty here. We're rolling along! We got a few new backers yesterday (almost all of them from my home state of Connecticut, I'm happy to say), and we're now at 53% funded, with $2,667 raised! Thank you all so much! I have great news, too -... (Read More)

A Backer Update from England

November 11th - via: kickstarter.com
FNA Films has just sent us a backer update from Pob of their film, THE STAGG DO.  I love this video & watched it three times just to make sure I was actually understanding the guy correctly.  Now I've decided that I love Pob and want to marry... (Read More)

A Backer Video - Lee from Austin, Texas Y'All

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
We are LOVING these backers videos to answer the question, "Why did you back A Year Without Rent-Thanksgiving?"  I think this might just be the smartest kickstarter idea EVER.  Okay, well there are some other awesome campaigns out there, but I do... (Read More)

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