Funny Movies is the fundraising tag for tax-deductible donations for the films of Madeleine Olnek. Her movie "Wild Nights With Emily," starring Molly Shannon as Emily Dickinson, is currently at the rough cut stage-- it won the jury award at "US-in-Progress" Paris, a program which supports American Indie films. The film is based on recent, ground-breaking scholarship on Emily Dickinson and includes Dickinson's letters and poems. Olnek’s feature film debut “Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same” (available on Amazon) premiered at Sundance and had a theatrical run. Two of her earlier short films, “Hold Up” (www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW6XPUC7nqg) and “Countertransference” (www.youtube.com/movie?v=EkwnQJCmjw8&feature=mv_sr) were also official selections of Sundance and toured theatrically. Her second feature "The Foxy Merkins" played at Sundance, the Moscow Film Festival, had a theatrical run at IFP, and was nominated for an Independent Spirit award. Olnek was awarded Guggenheim, NYSCA, and Jerome Foundation grants to shoot "Wild Nights With Emily;" donations here will go towards finishing costs.