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Daniel Morcombe crowd-funding campaign short of dollars

AAP July 21, 2016

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A crowd-funding campaign to finance a film about the parents of murdered Queensland schoolboy Daniel Morcombe has fallen behind its target of $10,000 a day.

The Kickstarter campaign to raise $300,000 in 30 days for the movie Where Is Daniel?, based on the book of the same name written by Bruce and Denise Morcombe, has reached $83,290 at the halfway point.

The fundraising includes selling “rewards” including a signed script ($225), the offer to be an extra ($495) and even to sit for a day with the director and editor as they cut the film ($7950), of which 50 places were available.

So far just one fan has bought the chance to sit with director Peter Cousens, who called the shots on the 2014 film Freedom starring Academy Award winner Cuba Gooding Jr.

Every person who donates will have their name appear in the credits.

The Morcombe’s set up a foundation in Daniels name called the Daniel Morcombe Foundation. The Foundation’s key role in the community is the education of all children about their personal safety.

Daniel Morcombe was an Australian boy, aged 13, who was abducted from the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, on 7 December 2003.