Mainprize: The Documentary

Good Morning everyone! I hope you are all doing well so far in this new year. I would like to give a shout out to Marcelle Waite and Karen Molstad for their generous donations to the project! Thank you so very much. The dedicated Mainprize Project Executive recently expanded and is pleased to announce the addition of Mr. Joe Vilcu from Midale. Many of you know Joe in many capacities including Reeve of the R.M. of Cymri. It is in his role as Reeve Joe will be a key member ...in the Projects fundraising efforts going forward. The volunteer Mainprize Fundraising Committee, also known as the Executive Producers, include Mr. Dallas Pederson, Mr. Graham Barker and Joe Vilcu. Thank you to those who have donated to the Documentary and if you have not done so, we encourage you to consider donating to this theatre quality Saskatchewan film. Welcome aboard Joe! Signed, Mr. Jack Hilkewich (Producer and Director) Mr. Murray Kerr (Producer) Mr. Dwayne Melcher (President: Melcher Studios) Mr. Dallas Pederson (Executive Producer) Mr. Graham Barker (Executive Producer) Mr. Joe Vilcu (Executive Producer) Stay tuned for another exciting announcement later this afternoon!

Update Monday! We have had one donation since last week, thank you very much for your support! This will probably be the last update until Jan 4th 2021. We wish everyone a happy and safe holiday season and a MUCH BETTER 2021! Thanks for all your support! Here is an interview with composer, Jason Cullimore. He talks about how he will approach scoring the documentary. He is very talented and I hope we raise enough funds so that he will be able to elevate this film to anothe...r level. #music #composing #documentary #mainprize #Film

Good morning everyone. I hope most of you fared well through the storm and that the aftermath reveals minimal damage. Make sure you check out the website of the Co-producer of the Mainprize documentary : https://murlo.ca/ There's lots of content to look through, Like wine and spirits reviews, how to make things like your own wool, and some really good recipes to try out. A husband and wife team with their own unique look at Canadian living!

Hello everyone! Here is a video that was made by Java Post describing what type of work they will be doing on Mainprize - IF we raise all the funds we need. They have worked on a lot of films and TV shows and their work will make our film look amazing! Thanks to Doug Russell and Jack Tunniliffe for doing this for us. #javapost https://youtu.be/v09IkY9o-xM

We have just learned that another participant in the Mainprize project has passed away. A longtime friend, John New. Our condolences go out to his wife, Carla and the families. You were a great man, John.

Hello everyone, here is the latest funding updates. Since last Monday we have 2 more donations to the project. One anonymous and one from the Estate of Jeff Newton! We would really like to thank you for your donations it really means a lot to us to see the support for this film. We are getting closer to our goal and it won't be easy to reach it by the end of February but I know that the people of South East Sask can pull it off! Thanks so much! To see how much we have raised so far on the GoFundMe campaign go here the check it out: https://www.gofundme.com/f/mainprize-project

News Update! The Mainprize Documentary has had a very busy two weeks during the fundraising campaign! Thank you for sharing our posts so we get as much exposure as possible during the Mainprize Documentary fundraising campaign. Keep up the good work! ... Also, a shout out to those that have donated to our current campaign. If you ever wanted your name in a film now is your chance! Simply donate any amount and your name will be listed in the end credits. Your generous gift of any amount is greatly appreciated! We have also had our first donation challenge! A Doc Baby has issued a challenge to all other Doc Babies to meet or beat their contribution to the GoFundMe page. We also received 2 more donations through GoFundMe! Tuesday, December 8th will mark three weeks of our fundraising campaign and its been busy. We conducted two radio interviews, one with CBC Regina and Discover Radio (Estevan and Weyburn). The Weyburn Review published an article based on the radio interview. The Estevan Mercury, Estevan Mercury Publications delayed publishing our interview by one week so they could feature Dr. Mainprize and the Documentary as a two page featured item. We appreciated the exposure. Thank you, Anastasiia Bykhovskaia! We also received some star power support from Brad Johner and Kim Coates. Thank you! We continue our multi pronged approach to seek generous financial gifts to finish the film. The GoFundMe campaign is one aspect. The Executive Committee is pursuing private donors (individual and corporate), government funding, and a Hollywood producer/financier with a local connection. Melcher Studios, the production company behind the Mainprize documentary, has pledged $10K in services to the project! A big thank you to Dwayne Melcher for making that happen! This will go towards the postproduction animation. Stay tuned! We will have some exciting announcements to share with you soon. https://www.gofundme.com/f/mainprize-project

A big THANK YOU to the Estevan Mercury, Estevan Mercury Publications, for the great article today! Especially Anastasiia Bykhovskaia, who wrote it. https://www.estevanmercury.ca//where-others-found-excuses-

We have another donation! Thanks so much! I may stop doing the updates as they come in. This is probably annoying to keep getting notifications. I will switch to once a week. So the next update will be a week from now! Thanks to all who have donated so far!