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Feature Film

This Reg CF offering is made available through StartEngine Capital, LLC. This investment is speculative, illiquid, and involves a high degree of risk, including the possible loss of your entire investment.

$185,300 Raised

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2618 San Miguel Drive Suite 496
Newport Beach, CA 92660
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Max Weissberg
Max Weissberg
LLC Manager- CEO - Producer/Director
A graduate of the American Film Institute’s directing program, Max Weissberg co-produced and appeared in the feature documentary film, HOTEL GRAMERCY PARK (2008), which included cameos by Ben Stiller, Jared Leto, Mischa Barton, Winona Ryder, and Kanye West. The film earned a jury citation at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival and screened on the Sundance Channel for several years. Max’s feature film, SUMMERTIME IN NEW YORK (2011), screened at festivals including SXSW (as ROOM 4 RENT), and won best screenplay at First Time Fest. The film is available on a dozen VOD outlets. For the last 2 years he worked as a full-time Social Producer/Editor for TV Land & Paramount Network (Viacom), a global entertainment company. His main task was creating videos for Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook for the television show Younger. He currently works full-time as a producer and editor for Viacom Velocity at Comedy Central, Paramount Network, and TV Land. He has been with Karaganda, LLC part-time working approximately 10 hours per week since its inception in April 2017. Website: www.luftmenschfilms.com.
Nina Gortinski

Nina Gortinski

LLC Manager - Producer

A graduate of the University of Southern California with a B.S in Business and Southwestern Law School for her Juris Doctorate, Nina’s eclectic background includes nearly a decade of advertising and marketing experience and business development/partnerships experience. Since early 2014, Nina has had her own law firm, the law offices of Nina Gortinski, which has focused on transactions for entertainment and technology firms. She now practices law full-time and this is her primary job. From 2016 to 2018, she was the Director of Partnerships and Program Success for Santa Monica based start-up Tuition.io. Prior to that, she was involved with Global Partnerships at Yahoo and at a Silicon Valley gamification start-up. Her first love was naturally film, and alongside her corporate and legal work she has produced several films in Europe and the U.S. Her producing credits include: the award-winning feature BEAUTIFUL BLUE DANUBE (2008), BURY THE DOG (2012), TAROT (2013), LOVE OR LAUGHS (2018), THINGS THAT NOBODY TOLD HIM (2016) and ROUGH CUT (2019). She has been with Karaganda, LLC part-time working approximately 5 hours per week since its inception in April 2017.
Edwin Mejia

Edwin Mejia

LLC Manager - Corporate Director - Producer

During his six years in the finance industry at Lehman Brothers, Smith Barney, and Fidelity Investments, Edwin managed approximately $4 billion of commercial real estate holdings and a portfolio of over 700 private and institutional accounts. Over the past eight years, Edwin has been a fulltime partner and lead producer at the Vladar Company, a fitness and entertainment company, responsible for developing the production slate and managing sales. Credits include the award-winning hit film, GENERATION IRON, (2013) narrated by Academy Award Nominee, Mickey Rourke. This film was one of the top highest grossing documentaries in 2013, and Edwin handled all the domestic and foreign distribution sales. Most recently, he produced the fashion film biopic, JEREMY SCOTT THE PEOPLE’S DESIGNER (2015) (featuring Katy Perry, Miley Cyrus, A$AP Rocky, and Rita Ora), and the MMA documentary, THE HURT BUSINESS, narrated by Kevin Costner. Both are available on Netflix. He has been with Karaganda, LLC part-time working approximately 5 hours per week since it's inception in April 2017. His primary role is as a full-time producer at the Vladar Company.
Houston King

Houston King

Consulting Producer, Karaganda, LLC

Houston has distributed, sold and/or produced all of director Andrew Bujalski's features, as well as produced the films THE BEAUTIFUL GAME, GODSPEED, BEESWAX, COMPUTER CHESS,  and THE TRIP. In addition, he has licensed and/or managed the theatrical distribution of approximately 60 other films as well as managed the outreach campaign for the documentary BULLY. Recent credits include RESULTS (as producer) starring Guy Pearce, Cobie Smulders and Kevin Corrigan which premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and was released by Magnolia Pictures; ANESTHESIA (as executive producer) starring Sam Waterson, Glenn Close and Kristen Stewart, which premiered at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival and was released by IFC Films; THE HERO (as producer) released by The Orchard; LEMON (as producer) released by Magnolia; HEARTS BEAT LOUD (as producer) starring Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons; and SUPPORT THE GIRLS (as producer) starring Regina Hall, which received Gotham Award nominations for Best Screenplay and Best Actress and a Spirit Nomination for Best Actress. Before entering the movie business, Houston worked in international corporate finance for Lehman Brothers and ING Barings. He graduated from Boston University.

TERMS

Karaganda
Overview
PRICE PER SHARE
$100
DEADLINE
Apr. 30, 2020 at 6:59 AM UTC
VALUATION
$100k
FUNDING GOAL
$10k - $1.07M
Breakdown
MIN INVESTMENT
$100
MAX INVESTMENT
$107,000
MIN NUMBER OF SHARES OFFERED
100
MAX NUMBER OF SHARES OFFERED
10,700
OFFERING TYPE
Equity
SHARES OFFERED
Class B Nonvoting Units

Maximum Number of Shares Offered subject to adjustment for bonus shares

Most Recent Fiscal Year-End

Prior Fiscal Year-End

Total Assets

$23,517

$29,545

Cash & Cash Equivalents

$23,517

$9,431

Accounts Receivable

$0

$0

Short-Term Debt

$0

$0

Long-Term Debt

$32,284

$32,284

Revenue & Sales

$0

$0

Costs of Goods Sold

$0

$0

Taxes Paid

$0

$800

Net Income

-$5,833

-$2,739

A crowdfunding investment involves risk. You should not invest any funds in this offering unless you can afford to lose your entire investment. In making an investment decision, investors must rely on their own examination of the issuer and the terms of the offering, including the merits and risks involved. These securities have not been recommended or approved by any federal or state securities commission or regulatory authority. Furthermore, these authorities have not passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this document. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission does not pass upon the merits of any securities offered or the terms of the offering, nor does it pass upon the accuracy or completeness of any offering document or literature. These securities are offered under an exemption from registration; however, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has not made an independent determination that these securities are exempt from registration.

Irregular Use of Proceeds

The Company will not incur any irregular use of proceeds.

PRESS

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Karaganda: A New Film is Being Made About Prison Camps.

A Russian article summarizing the feature project and about the AFI short film.

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Karaganda: A Hollywood Director Introduces Russian Culture to Americans

A Russian article summarizing the feature project and Max Weissberg's desire to promote Russian culture.

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Interview in Russian with NTV: Persona Grata

Interview in Russian with the director for Russian NTV channel.

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Young American Director Makes a Film About the Vors and the Gulag

A Russian article in a NY based monthly magazine that came out after Max Weissberg's film VOR V ZAKONYE and before shooting KARAGANDA.

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Tal Charnes

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Gregory Oelke

4 years ago

Excellent script! I'm so glad you've postponed the filming of the movie until this coming winter. Not only will it be safer for everyone involved in the making of the movie, the script deserves the highest quality movie production posible. I'm more than happy to wait. Take care.

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