Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming is a 2016 Canadian animated feature film written and directed by Ann Marie Fleming (sometimes stylized with the title in parentheses or written as Window Horses without a subtitle), and a graphic novel by Fleming, Window Horses: The Poetic Epiphany of Rosie Ming .
31-521: Funding for the film was raised through an Indiegogo campaign, which amassed more than $ 80,000 in 50 days, from 730 contributors in 28 countries. The film was co-produced by Fleming's Stickgirl Productions, Sandra Oh and the National Film Board of Canada . Rosie Ming lives in Vancouver with Gloria and Stephen, her maternal grandparents who are of Chinese descent . Rosie's mother Caroline died in
62-610: A car accident when Rosie was a child. An aspiring poet with a fixation on Paris, France , Rosie collects her poems in a book which she self-publishes. The book gets the attention of the organizers of a poetry festival in Shiraz , Iran . Though Gloria is adamantly opposed to Rosie going to Iran, she eventually relents after seeing Rosie's determination. Her grandparents pack a black chador for Rosie to wear in Iran, though Rosie soon finds many festival guests are confused by her appearance as Rosie
93-436: A head scarf and a more casual outfit and rush to the presentation. As she recites her version of Di Di's poem, Mehran appears in the audience and finally reunites with his daughter. Multiple artists participated to the content of the film in order for the poetry, songs, and visual styles to blend a vast number of cultural styles, with multiple animation styles created with the same goal. Window Horses' lead animator and designer
124-416: A panicked Dietmar with the idea of a slam , wherein both poets improvise a poem together. Their improvisation goes over well with their audience, and Dietmar reconciles with Rosie. A traditional consultation with the poems of Hafez leads Mehmaz to assign Rosie the task of translating one of Di Di's poems to English for her to perform at the end of the festival. As Rosie talks to Di Di, she learns that Di Di
155-480: A platform fee. In 2015 Indiegogo Life was renamed to Generosity.com. Generosity.com was later acquired by YouCaring in January 2018, who were subsequently acquired by GoFundMe . Donors use solely credit cards to donate, and processing is conducted by Stripe . Stripe's processing fees of 3% plus 30 cents of every donation still apply. In 2002, while working as an analyst on Wall Street, Danae Ringelmann co-produced
186-645: A project or product can donate and receive a gift, rather than an equity stake in the company. Following changes in Security and Exchange Commission rules earlier in 2016, Indiegogo has partnered with MicroVentures to offer equity -based campaigns beginning in November 2016, allowing unaccredited investors to participate with equity stakes. In 2014, Indiegogo launched Indiegogo Life, a service that people can use to raise money for emergencies, medical expenses, celebrations, or other life events. Indiegogo Life did not charge
217-832: A prominent family in Shiraz and originally trained in the United States to be a fighter pilot in the Iranian Air Force during the Shah 's reign. When the Iranian Revolution occurred, Mehran's ties to the Shah led to his being forced out of the Air Force; he became a teacher of poetry and literature instead. However, the government reinstated him when they needed pilots for the Iran–Iraq War . As
248-423: A reading of an Arthur Miller play. Though the performance was popular with audiences, there was little financial incentive available, and Ringelmann decided to seek alternative revenue streams. Ringelmann was originally inspired to work with independent filmmakers and theater producers after a filmmaker 50 years her senior saw she worked at JPMorgan and asked her to fund his film. In 2006, Ringelmann went on to
279-656: Is Kevin Langdale. The film had its world premiere in competition at the 2016 Annecy International Animated Film Festival , followed by its North American premiere at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival . In October 2016, Window Horses received the Best BC Film Award and Best Canadian Film Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival 's BC Spotlight Gala, as well as the Jury Prize at
310-627: Is a political exile who was in the United Kingdom at the time of the Beijing massacre and has refused to return to China. Seeing Rosie feels discouraged that her own poetry lacks depth, Di Di tells Rosie to make his poem into her own as she translates it. Early in the festival, Rosie reveals that her father Mehran was Iranian; she claims he abandoned her family when she was seven. As her visit in Iran goes on, she discovers more about her father from his friends and family. Rosie learns that Mehran came from
341-438: Is finally released, he asks for Rosie to be sent to live with him in Iran. Grief-stricken from the loss of Caroline, Rosie's grandparents refuse, moving to Vancouver and cutting off all contact with Mehran, and lying to Rosie that her father abandoned her. Near the time of her presentation, Rosie learns that Mehran is in the hospital with pneumonia . By the time Rosie reaches the hospital, Mehran has already checked out, but she
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#1733086191348372-417: Is given her father's home address by one of his friends, a doctor at the hospital. Rosie meets her relatives from her father's side, who welcome her into the family and show her all the letters that Mehran wrote to her but that her grandparents had returned. When Rosie learns that her father is responsible for inviting her to Iran and is waiting for her at the festival, Rosie's relatives replace her chador with
403-483: Is not a devout Muslim and women in Iran are not required by law to wear chadors. Among the poets, Rosie meets at the festival are festival cultural ambassador Mehrnaz, Chinese poet Di Di, and German poet Dietmar. At a competition early in the festival, Rosie performs one of her poems by singing it, but is scored poorly by the judges as she was unaware that a woman singing in public is considered provocative in Iran. Mehrnaz remains supportive, later on bringing Rosie to
434-448: Is one of the first sites to offer crowd funding. Indiegogo allows people to solicit funds for an idea, charity, or start-up business. Indiegogo charges a 5% fee on contributions. This charge is in addition to Stripe credit card processing charges of 2,9% + $ 0.30 per transaction. Fifteen million people visit the site each month. The site runs on a rewards-based system, meaning donors, investors, or customers who are willing to help to fund
465-528: Is one of the most popular donation-based crowdfunding websites based in the United States. Indiegogo is the leading platform for tech products, and also permits crowdfunding for creative projects and community or personal causes. On 23 January 2015 a patent infringement lawsuit was filed by Alphacap Ventures LLC against multiple crowdfunding platforms, including Indiegogo, CircleUp , GoFundMe , Kickstarter , Gust, RocketHub and Innovational Funding. The case
496-546: The Haas School of Business to start a company she felt would "democratize" fundraising. There she met Eric Schell and Slava Rubin, who had had similar experiences with fundraising. Schell had previously worked with The House Theater Company in Chicago, while Rubin had started a charity fundraiser for cancer research, after losing his father to cancer as a child. Ringelmann, Schell, and Rubin developed their concept in 2007, under
527-697: The Ubuntu Edge smartphone . This is the highest target set for any crowdfunding campaign. However, the campaign only raised $ 12.8 million, falling short of its target, and no funds were disbursed. In February 2014, Indiegogo launched an unsuccessful funding campaign for the Misplaced Pages Books Project, which had planned to print the entire English Misplaced Pages in book form later in the year. In 2014, Indiegogo introduced their Forever Funding program, which allows crowdfunding campaigns to continue to raise funds after their initial campaign period has ended, which
558-723: The Bucheon International Animation Festival. In November, it received the Centennial Best Canadian Film or Video Award at the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival . On December 7, 2016, the film was named to the Toronto International Film Festival 's annual Canada's Top 10 list. Window Horses was presented with Audience Award at the 2016 Animasyros-International Animation Festival, and
589-443: The U.S. In June 2012, Indiegogo raised a $ 15 million Series A round from Insight Ventures, Khosla Ventures and Steve Schoettler, Zynga's co-founder. In January 2014, a Series B round of funding added $ 40 million to bring the total venture capital raised to $ 56.5 million. David Mandelbrot (the company's then-COO) was named CEO in January 2016. In May 2019, CEO David Mandelbrot stepped down for personal reasons. He
620-403: The amount raised, as fixed (only receive funds if goal is met) or flexible (will receive funds if goal is not met). Indiegogo does not provide prospective backers with any means to contact campaigns to ask questions or make suggestions before they decide to participate. Indiegogo offers direct credit card payment acceptance through their own portal. Those funds are disbursed up to two weeks after
651-584: The beginning of June in the town of Annecy , France . Initially occurring every two years, the festival became an annual event in 1998. It is one of the four international animated film festivals sponsored by the International Animated Film Association ( Association internationale du film d'animation , or ASIFA). The festival is a competition between animated films of various techniques ( traditional , cut-outs , claymation , CGI , etc.) classified in various categories: Throughout
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#1733086191348682-404: The conclusion of a campaign. As of August 2017, Indiegogo does not offer PayPal as an option for contributions. Indiegogo does not stand behind campaigns once they have been funded, responding to a complaint of non-delivery of promised rewards, "each crowdfunding campaign is run by the individual campaigner who is solely in charge of distributing any perks offered. Indiegogo does not guarantee that
713-628: The name Project Keiyaku . The site officially launched at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2008, with a focus on film projects. In June 2010, MTV New Media partnered with Indiegogo to develop new content from the site's projects. In September 2011, the company raised a $ 1.5 million Series Seed financing round, led by Metamorphic Ventures, ff Venture Capital , MHS Capital and Steve Schoettler, Zynga's co-founder. In February 2012, President Barack Obama 's Startup America partnered with Indiegogo to offer crowdfunding to entrepreneurs in
744-530: The perks offered by the campaigner will be produced or delivered." According to The Wall Street Journal , as of January 2014 over 200,000 campaigns have been launched, raising "millions of dollars" to people running crowdfunding campaigns in 70 to 100 countries every week. Already-funded projects also use Indiegogo, to create publicity or find distributors. A few of the successful Indiegogo campaigns include: On 24 July 2013, Canonical Ltd. launched its crowdfunding campaign via Indiegogo to raise $ 32 million for
775-419: The projects themselves—through Facebook , Twitter and similar platforms. The site levies a 5% fee for successful campaigns. For campaigns that fail to raise their target amount, users have the option of either refunding all money to their contributors at no charge or keeping all money raised minus a 9% fee. This option must be selected before the campaign begins, and the goal will be listed, directly underneath
806-446: The tomb of famous Shiraz poet Hafez for inspiration. In contrast, Dietmar is relentlessly disdainful of Rosie's poetic style and hangup for Paris. However, Dietmar's satirical poem about wealthy Europeans feeding expensive food to their dogs at the dinner table is badly received, not realizing until after his performance the local audience found the premise of dogs eating at the table alongside humans to be deeply offensive. Rosie calms
837-481: The war dragged on, Mehran grew so disillusioned that he deserted the Air Force, fleeing to Turkey , where he met Caroline. The couple married and settled in Canada . Despite the risks involved, Mehran decided to return to Iran to see his dying mother, only to be arrested upon arrival and have his passport revoked. Deeply upset after his departure, Caroline drives carelessly, resulting in a fatal car accident. When Mehran
868-712: Was later renamed "InDemand". Users between the ages of 13 and 17 may not use the site without a parent or legal guardian's consent. Campaign owners may not create a campaign that tries to raise funds for illegal activities, or that is clearly made up or claiming to do something impossible. If the campaign offers perks, it can't offer any forms of interest in the company or venture, or any financial incentive. The campaign cannot offer alcohol, drugs, weapons or ammunition, or any form of lottery or gambling. A campaign can not promote ideas or opportunities of hate, personal injury, death, or damage of property, or anything that can be distributed that violates another person's rights. Indiegogo
899-697: Was named Best Picture by the Canadian Association of Online Film Critics. Most recently Window Horses was presented with the Human Rights Award at the 2017 RiverRun International Film Festival and Best Animated Feature Film at the 2017 Asia Pacific Screen Awards . Indiegogo Indiegogo / ˌ ɪ n d i ˈ ɡ oʊ ɡ oʊ / is an American crowdfunding website founded in 2008 by Danae Ringelmann, Slava Rubin, and Eric Schell. Its headquarters are in San Francisco , California . The site
930-448: Was succeeded by former Reddit core-product leader Andy Yang. In April 2022, announced the appointment of Becky Center as the company's new CEO. In an interview with Film Threat , Rubin said the site is "all about allowing anybody to raise money for any idea". Users can create a page for their funding campaign, make a list of "perks" for different levels of investment, then create a social media –based publicity effort. Users publicize
961-541: Was ultimately dismissed by the presiding judge, with prejudice, for having been filed in bad faith; as was admitted by the plaintiffs. Annecy International Animated Film Festival The Annecy International Animation Film Festival ( French : Festival international du film d'animation d'Annecy , officially abbreviated in English as the Annecy Festival , or simply Annecy ) was created in 1960 and takes place at