Fund This: Indiegogo Campaign Invites Backers To ‘Just Cuddle’

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Project Name: Just Cuddle

Asking For: $15,000 CAD ($11,706.59 USD) on Indiegogo

Amount Raised Thus Far (At Time Of Post): $240 CAD ($187.31 USD)

Days Remaining In Campaign (At Time Of Post): 30

Description: Having a bad day? Perhaps you need to call some one who can come over and caress you. The world of professional cuddling is very real and very interesting, and it forms the basis for Just Cuddle, a web series seeking funds on Indiegogo.

Just Cuddle comes from creators Michael Kimber and Elias Campbell, with Winter Tekonos-Levy serving as their star cuddler. In each episode, Tekonos-Levy’s character will snuggle up to new clients, who all need companionship as much as she needs the $100/hour fee she collects for each visit.

A first season of Just Cuddle has already been produced and will launch on the show’s official Vimeo channel on April 18th. With its Indiegogo campaign, the Just Cuddle team hopes to fund season two. “Innovatively structured as a series of short films,” reads the campaign’s Indiegogo page, “each episode focuses on one of our cuddler’s clients and their individual story — sometimes hilarious, often poignant, always gripping — of loneliness and connection.

Creator Bio: Kimber is known as the man behind Colony of Losers, a blog focused on fighting the stigma surrounding mental illness. Campbell’s previous web series, World Away, was one of the first shows we ever featured in our Fund This column.

Best Perk: All perks at the $20 level and up come with a complementary “digital cuddle.” Whether that digital cuddle emanates any real-life warmth is to be determined.

Why You Should Fund It: I’ve gotten a chance to watch the first episode of Just Cuddle, and the show’s quality lives up to the high standard indicated by its teaser trailer. Kimber, Campbell, and the rest of their team have put together an engaging series with a great look, but more important, they’ve managed to find a vein that hasn’t already been mined to exhaustion by the indie web series community. Just Cuddle has a clever premise, careful direction, charming performances, and a lot of heart. Add all that up, and you get a show that deserves to run for the second season its creators crave.

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