Karaganda, a feature film, is raising crowdfunding on StartEngine. The production has a viable proof-of-concept and is an action film based on a 26 minutes short film screened in 26 film festivals in 13 countries. Karaganda digs deep into the working of the Russian mafia, Vory v Zakonye in particular. The company was formed in April 2017 and the managers include Max Weissberg, Nina Gortinski, and Edwin Mejia. The current crowdfunding round has a minimum raise of $10,000 and a maximum raise of $1,070,000, of which $11,800 have already been raised. The funds raised will be used for the production of the film. At a budget of $2.5 million, Karaganda is expected to be profitable and will be appreciated by the audience.