Please Donate
Support Mexican filmmakers making purposeful, cause-related films.
Please take a minute to donate to Emptiness via Seed & Spark, the film industry's leading crowdfunding platform. And, in exchange for your donation, you'll receive a menu of digital gifts. Simply click on the link to our secure Seed & Spark page to donate—just select your donation level or enter your custom amount.
“Emptiness' team represents the next generation of Mexican filmmakers, following in the footsteps of some of the most innovative, compelling storytellers in the world. This represents director Ricardo Varela's opera prima. There's no doubt that he and his team of talented artists will build on their legacy,” said Soco Aguilar, Emptiness' writer and producer.
DONATION LEVELS (+ digital gifts)
$25 US —Straw
Everything begins little by little. The straw is the first step to the whole journey of building a nest.
- Tut's drawing with your name in the heart.
- "Thank you" credit
$50 —Little Stick
When we add a little stick, our nest becomes stronger.
- Postal card of the short film's characters signed by the team. (You can choose between Geas family or the ants.)
- Tut's drawing with your name in the heart.
- "Thank you" credit.
$80 —Little Mudball
Straws and sticks glued together with mud create the base of a nest.
- Emptiness full soundtrack.
- Tut's drawing with your name in the heart.
- "Thank you" credit.
- Postal card of the short film's characters signed by the team. (You can choose between Geas family or the ants.)
$125 —Big Mudball
A characteristic about a swallow's nest is that looks like a big mudball once it's almost done.
- Storyboard with score.
- Tut's drawing with your name in the heart.
- Emptiness full soundtrack.
- "Thank you credit.
- "Postal card of the short film's characters signed by the team. (You can choose between Geas family or the ants.)
$150 —Empty Nest
Once the nest is completed it becomes an empty nest, before the birdies hatch.
- Adapted drawing of your face on Tut's character.
- Tut's drawing with your name in the heart.
- Storyboard with score.
- Emptiness full soundtrack.
- "Thank you" credit.
- Postal card of the short film's characters signed by the team. (You can choose between Geas family or the ants.)
$200 —Full Nest
Now we have a full nest, Tut and his brothers are born and a beautiful family has a home.
- Master class (choose one of two options): 1] Production master class: learn from an award-winning producer the first steps to produce your own short film, or 2] Basic animation GIF class: learn basic animation to create your own GIF. Tut's drawing with your name in the heart.
- Storyboard with score.
- Emptiness full soundtrack.
- "Thank you" credit.
- Postal card of the short film's characters signed by the team. (You can choose between Geas family or the ants.)
$300 —Swallow's Fly
Now it's time to fly.
- Digital artbook.
- Emptiness full soundtrack.
- Tut's drawing with your name in the heart.
- "Thank you" credit.
- Postal card of the short film's characters signed by the team. (You can choose between Geas family or the ants.)
$750 —Become a Swallow
Welcome to the nest!
- Executive Producer Credit
- Special invitation to the red carpet and premiere (CDMX).
- Digital artbook.
- Emptiness full soundtrack.
- Tut's drawing with your name in the heart.
- Adapted drawing of your face on Tuts character.
- Storyboard with score.
- Emptiness full soundtrack.
- Postal card of the short film's characters signed by the team. (You can choose between Geas family or the ants.)
