This past weekend, over 350 teams of
filmmakers from around the world were challenged to create an original
short film in just 24 hours based on a theme, prop, and action
assignment. This year's theme: Identity Theft.
Assigned props ranged from noodles to shaving cream and the assigned
actions ranged from stretching to looking through a peephole. Come
check out the premiere of the Calgary films and vote for your favorites!
See the screening information below for more details.
Tickets will be available at the door for $10
(cash only)
and will sold on a first come, first serve basis.
The screening is open to the
public and anyone may attend.
Please try to arrive at least 20 minutes
early to avoid the line.
Films Playing
(Screening
Order May Change)
''Office Replacement'' by All
Terrain Turtle (Thomas Marlatt)
''Jack's Dream'' by Angry Hugs (Veerinder Grewal)
''Mon Public'' by Bat Art (Thomas JALLUT)
''Arachide'' by B-Roll Team (Olivier B. Laurence)
''Bullshido'' by Cowbelproductions (Adrian Vaktor)
''Soul Games'' by C-Rox (Dan DeMarbre)
''Hear No Speak No'' by DANNY MALIN (DANNY MALIN)
''Busted'' by Flash (Viktoria Tumasova)
''Blacksmith'' by Francis Martineau (Francis Martineau)
''Face Value'' by H.264 (Evren Boisjoli)
''Sleight of Hand'' by Marrone (Riccardo Marrone)
''Unsealed'' by Midnite Productions (Sébastien Rioux)
''Loose Ends'' by Renaissance Academy (Scott Sullivan)
''Identity Theft and You'' by The Da Vinci Bros. (Roberto Mormina)
''Meet J. Douglas'' by Thrift Vision (Alexander Marks)
''ZOM-BEING'' by TVMcGill (Charly Feldman)
Montreal Judges
The
Montreal judges include:
Marie Lynda Bilodeau
is a filmmaker, actress, model, researcher, programmer
and a film consultant. Here are a few of her titles : Ten Times Maria,
The Castle Keeper, Garde-Robe (installation).
Rupert
Bottenberg: The music
editor at the Montreal Mirror newsweekly, Rupert Bottenberg has also
served for several years now as co-editor of the program guide of the
annual Fantasia genre film festival in Montreal, with which he has
worked since its inception in 1996. A devoted comics artist and
enthusiast, he has created strips for anthologies in the US, Canada, and
Europe, founded the Montreal Comic Jam events and overseen
comics-related events for several Montreal festivals. His commercial
illustrations have graced many CD covers and publications as diverse as
Screw and Star Wars Kids. He has also dabbled in short-film creation and
animation, as well as painting, sculpture, and printmaking, and has
curated a number of group art shows in Montreal. Bottenberg co-creates
the “cryptomythological” multimedia project Lost Myths with writer
Claude Lalumière, and is co-director of the En Masse art initiative.
Dave
Douglas: Professor at the Mel
Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University; member of CFMDC
(Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre). Dave has made 5 experimental
films, two of which are in distribution @ CFMDC (Vancouver Art Show,
Lady in a Chair) He`s also taught experimental film at Escuela
Internacional de Cine y Television at San Antonio de los Banos in Cuba.
Interests are in Film History, Cuban cinema, avant-garde cinema,
Canadian cinema.
Pierre-Mathieu
Fortin, Producer: Since 2008, Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
is the head of original content productions for the Internet and Digital
Services of Radio-Canada. Producer and director, he has worked in radio
and television, in movies and interactive media as well as the world of
video games. Pierre-Mathieu Fortin is also the producer and founder of
NITROFilms, a film-production company. He's also collaborated for new
media projects with British filmmaker Peter Greenaway, Daniel Langlois,
Arcade Fire and with the National Film Board of Canada. Pierre-Mathieu
Fortin has held the post of interactive director at BBDO-Montreal and
has taken part in the digital movie theatre industry. He has worked for
over 10 years as the curator of the movie series for the Canadian Centre
for Architecture in Montreal.
Christian Laurence
was born in Montreal in 1975. After studying at UQAM (University of
Quebec in Montreal), he started the 1999 movement KINO ’ 00, a community
of film-makers now established in a hundred cities across the world.
He's directed numerous short films, several of which gained considerable
recognition abroad.
His first feature length film, THE DIARY Of AURÉLIE LAFLAMME, based on a
series of novels by India Desjardins, became a resounding success since
its release in April 2010.
Guillaume
Paquin is a graduate
of Concordia University and l'Institut national de l'image et du son (INIS).
His first film, the documentary Sockeye Run, an impressionistic
look on board a commercial fishing boat, was shown at Toronto’s Hot Docs
International Documentary Festival and the Rencontres internationales du
documentaire de Montréal in 2003. He directed numerous short dance films
selected in many international festivals. Guillaume is currently
developing a feature length documentary about the art world, and
directing Aux limites de la scène, a 52 minutes documentary about
local choreographers Dave St-Pierre, Virginie Brunelle and Frédérick
Gravel.
David
Uloth tells both comedic and
dramatic human stories in his films. A prolific artist, his 12 short
films have screened at almost 200 international film festivals and have
been sold to television channels across the globe (e.g. Canal +, NBC
Universal Italy, Chungwa Telecom Taiwan, MTV, Bravo!, CBC, Télé-Québec).
His films have also won 18 national and international prizes, including
the ‘Talent Campus Movie of the Week’ screenplay competition at the 2004
Berlinale, le Prix de l’Association québécoise des critiques de cinema
pour meilleure court métrage at the Rendez-vous de cinéma québécois
(2005), le Prix du public pour meilleur court métrage canadien, at the
Montréal World Film Festival (2007), and le Prix du Jury pour meilleur
court métrage québécois at the Festival Off-Courts de Trouville, France
(2008). David is currently writing a dramatic feature film script with
financing from La SODEC, Telefilm, and Le Conseil des arts et des
lettres du Québec and is preparing to shoot his first feature film,
Secrets de coquillages, written by his long-time collaborator, Chloé
Cinq-mars. He is also in the production stage of two more short films,
both comedies. David Uloth is a graduate of both McGill University
(Biology) and Concordia University (Film Production).
Montreal Awards & Prizes
Prizes: In addition to
competing for the prizes in the overall
competition, Montreal filmmakers will be competing for the
additional prizes below:
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future non-commercial film project, in .wav file format. Browse over
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Awards:
In addition to any prizes that are secured, the following awards will be
given to the top films in Montreal: Best Film, Best Direction,
Best Writing, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Acting Ensemble, Best
Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Original Music Score, Best Sound
Design, Best Animation, Best Visual FX, Best Special FX, Best Costume
Design, and Best Make-Up.
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Rupert
Bottenberg: The music
editor at the Montreal Mirror newsweekly, Rupert Bottenberg has also
served for several years now as co-editor of the program guide of the
annual Fantasia genre film festival in Montreal, with which he has
worked since its inception in 1996. A devoted comics artist and
enthusiast, he has created strips for anthologies in the US, Canada, and
Europe, founded the Montreal Comic Jam events and overseen
comics-related events for several Montreal festivals. His commercial
illustrations have graced many CD covers and publications as diverse as
Screw and Star Wars Kids. He has also dabbled in short-film creation and
animation, as well as painting, sculpture, and printmaking, and has
curated a number of group art shows in Montreal. Bottenberg co-creates
the “cryptomythological” multimedia project Lost Myths with writer
Claude Lalumière, and is co-director of the En Masse art initiative.
Dave
Douglas: Professor at the Mel
Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University; member of CFMDC
(Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre). Dave has made 5 experimental
films, two of which are in distribution @ CFMDC (Vancouver Art Show,
Lady in a Chair) He`s also taught experimental film at Escuela
Internacional de Cine y Television at San Antonio de los Banos in Cuba.
Interests are in Film History, Cuban cinema, avant-garde cinema,
Canadian cinema.
Pierre-Mathieu
Fortin, Producer: Since 2008, Pierre-Mathieu Fortin
is the head of original content productions for the Internet and Digital
Services of Radio-Canada. Producer and director, he has worked in radio
and television, in movies and interactive media as well as the world of
video games. Pierre-Mathieu Fortin is also the producer and founder of
NITROFilms, a film-production company. He's also collaborated for new
media projects with British filmmaker Peter Greenaway, Daniel Langlois,
Arcade Fire and with the National Film Board of Canada. Pierre-Mathieu
Fortin has held the post of interactive director at BBDO-Montreal and
has taken part in the digital movie theatre industry. He has worked for
over 10 years as the curator of the movie series for the Canadian Centre
for Architecture in Montreal.
Guillaume
Paquin is a graduate
of Concordia University and l'Institut national de l'image et du son (INIS).
His first film, the documentary Sockeye Run, an impressionistic
look on board a commercial fishing boat, was shown at Toronto’s Hot Docs
International Documentary Festival and the Rencontres internationales du
documentaire de Montréal in 2003. He directed numerous short dance films
selected in many international festivals. Guillaume is currently
developing a feature length documentary about the art world, and
directing Aux limites de la scène, a 52 minutes documentary about
local choreographers Dave St-Pierre, Virginie Brunelle and Frédérick
Gravel.
David
Uloth tells both comedic and
dramatic human stories in his films. A prolific artist, his 12 short
films have screened at almost 200 international film festivals and have
been sold to television channels across the globe (e.g. Canal +, NBC
Universal Italy, Chungwa Telecom Taiwan, MTV, Bravo!, CBC, Télé-Québec).
His films have also won 18 national and international prizes, including
the ‘Talent Campus Movie of the Week’ screenplay competition at the 2004
Berlinale, le Prix de l’Association québécoise des critiques de cinema
pour meilleure court métrage at the Rendez-vous de cinéma québécois
(2005), le Prix du public pour meilleur court métrage canadien, at the
Montréal World Film Festival (2007), and le Prix du Jury pour meilleur
court métrage québécois at the Festival Off-Courts de Trouville, France
(2008). David is currently writing a dramatic feature film script with
financing from La SODEC, Telefilm, and Le Conseil des arts et des
lettres du Québec and is preparing to shoot his first feature film,
Secrets de coquillages, written by his long-time collaborator, Chloé
Cinq-mars. He is also in the production stage of two more short films,
both comedies. David Uloth is a graduate of both McGill University
(Biology) and Concordia University (Film Production).
