<div>We need your help and support for the entry fees for the Film Festival Circuit!  See below for the film fest we've already entered! And... drum roll the first acceptance is 
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<div>...the <strong>ImageOut LGBTQ International Film Festival</strong> out of Rochester, NY, Mark's hometown... The Festival begins on October 10th- 20th and BEFORE THE AFTER has its WORLD Premiere on the 14th.
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<div>See the trailers below
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<div><em>Trailer 2</em>
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<div><em>Trailer 1</em>
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<div><strong>What we're trying to get help with.....</strong>
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<div><strong>What the funds will be used for: </strong>
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<li>The film is completed so right now we're seeking support to continue to enter the film into the Film Festival Circuit.
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<li>Thus far we've submitted the film to 9 film festivals with one rejection and one AWESOME acceptance at the ImageOut Festival from Oct. 10-20 virtually and in Rochester NY. <a href="https://watch.eventive.org/imageoutfall2024/play/66f49e63730a73009211c584" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><a href="https://watch.eventive.org/imageoutfall2024/play/66f49e63730a73009211c584" target="_blank" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://watch.eventive.org/imageoutfall2024/play/66f49e63730a73009211c584</a></a>
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<li>Below are some festivals that we've already submitted and are waiting. Notification dates range from October 9 until March 2025.
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<li>WE REALLY WANT TO SUBMIT TO AT LEAST 30 TOTAL!
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<li>The fees can run from $30-$90.
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<div><strong>Film Festivals Entered Thus Far:</strong>
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<div>Chicago Filmaker Awards
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<div>Dance Camera West, LA
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<div>Vancouver Independent MovieMaker Awards, Canada
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<div>New York Indie Short Fest, NYC
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<div>Oakland Short Film Festival, Oakland, CA
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<div>Dance on Camera Festival, NYC
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<div><strong>ImageOut LGBTQ+ Film Festival</strong>, Rochester, NY*
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<div>Seattle Queer Film Festival, Seattle,  
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<div>I'm entering more but your help is very needed... 
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<div><strong>A message from Mark Allan Davis</strong>
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<div>As a creative, navigating this illness has presented many obstacles that have affected my capacity to work over the last few years. As I adjust to a new department and experience as an academic, I’ve had to recalibrate my focus to carry along the stress of this debilitating illness. From my years of experience in dance and theatre, I’ve shifted to developing curricula and pedagogy that not only intersect the aforementioned but also elevate what I’ve always been- that is, an accomplished writer, activist, historian, and a warrior for peace and equality in a society that wants to forget. 
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<div>At one point, I lost 60 pounds, and only in the last several months have I gained back 27 of those 60. Despite the myriad tests, MRIs, PET scans, CT scans, bloodletting, two joint replacement surgeries, a biopsy, and a brutal round of a treatment called IVIG (chemo-immuno therapy) in 2021 to a new regimen of a drug called Rituximab, which resulted in the loss of my eye-lashes and most of my body hair- I ultimately persist. Have to, right?
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<div>In Buddhism, there is a concept called “Shoten Zenjin,” which are considered universal forces in life and appear in various forms to protect the practitioners who embrace the Lotus Sutra. I am one of those practitioners, and the phenomenal amount of support I have received from my friends, my Buddhist community &amp; family, has paved the path for me to be able to persist and fight. 
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<div>One such friend, James, has visited me almost every week and introduced me to two incredible young men who have unwaveringly supported me. One of them, Alex, is helping me write this and has assisted me in much of my writing because of the damage to my hands. The other has made it possible for me to produce this film- his name is Ash Verwiel, and he has understood the intricacies of my various struggles and triumphs that they have nurtured his creative vision so utterly that he has transcended his own enormous creative gifts. 
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<div>What I can offer you, in gratitude for your kindness, is to feature your name as a supporter in the end credits of this documentary film entitled “Before the After.” Your support instantaneously makes you a Shoten Zenjin, meaning that you are an immense and compassionate force in supporting my life and my heart, which, more than anything, I wish to share further with you and as many fellow humans as I possibly can during these very strange times, in which I strive to thrive! Thank you for reading this far- I’m honored and blessed that you gave this a read. 
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<div><em>A luta continua!</em>
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<div><strong>REMARKS from Mark's Neurologist, Dr. Brian Yurgionas:</strong>
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<div>'I first met Mark in October 2020 at a point when he had already been dealing with symptoms from neuropathy for approximately one year. Ultimately, after a very long diagnostic journey, including repeated electrical nerve testing, a spinal tap, and various biopsies, including one of his nerves, Mark was diagnosed with <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4504409/#:~:text=Non%25252525252525252Dsystemic%252525252525252520vasculitic%252525252525252520neuropathy%252525252525252520(NSVN,small%252525252525252520or%252525252525252520medium%25252525252525252Dsized%252525252525252520vessels." target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">nonsystemic vasculitic peripheral neuropathy</a>, which is a form of severe neuropathy causing intense pain and cramping, numbness, weakness, instability, weight loss, and a myriad of other symptoms. This condition profoundly affected Mark's physical functioning and has been an emotionally challenging condition to deal with, to say the least; that said, Mark has, throughout his battle with this condition, remained committed to improvement in whatever form that takes on a given day. This form of vasculitis is caused by inflammation in the blood vessels near nerves. Now that he is on highly powerful immunosuppressive medication, Mark is on the long road to recovery.'
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