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My one minute film is screening tonight at Park Lane here in Halifax! As you can probably tell by this and other pictures I've posted, it's a really, really simple film -- one minute long, 750ish ink drawings on white paper with pretty much no backgrounds. It was a really fun and crazy process despite a fair few technical setbacks, and I learned a ton and met a bunch of amazing people.

I am somewhat terrified about the screening, but also really looking forward to it....it's the program's 10 year anniversary so there is a retrospective screening along with this year's batch of films. I've seen some of the films in the retrospective and they are quite excellent, and there's some pretty stellar ones that my peers this year have made also!



One Minute Film 2008-2009 Screening
Empire 8 Park Lane Cinemas
Tuesday, March 31, 7:00 pm
Admission: $8

The One Minute Film Scholarship (OMF) is an outreach program of the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP). It provides first-time filmmakers with an all-expenses-paid opportunity to learn the basics of filmmaking while creating their own one-minute, black-and-white, 16mm film. These films are generally silent (no sync sound or dialogue), although a simple soundtrack of music/basic sound effects may be used. Through the program, participants receive workshop training, mentorship and all the equipment and supplies needed to finish their films. Most importantly, they are welcomed into AFCOOP’s supportive community of independent filmmakers.

Followed by
One Minute Film Reception
Jon Alan’s Luxx, upsatirs at Park Lane Mall.
Tuesday, March 31, 8:30 pm
FREE admission

Please join filmmakers, mentors, friends and family for a reception at Jon Alan’s Luxx (two floors up from Empire 8 Park Lane Cinemas) immediately after the One Minute Film 10th Anniversary Screening.

2008-2009 OMF films:

Life on the Inside, Directed by Dawn George
Just for You!, Directed by Cassidy Bankson
Wish You Were Here, Directed by Nan Slater
Mittens, Directed by Brooke Fifield
Cups and Cakes, Directed by Charles Currie
Ashes to Ashes, Directed by Christopher Shore
Life’s a Drag, Directed by Cassie Latta-Johnson
Trail Mix,Directed by Amanda Murphy
Give and Take, Directed by Emily Ruth Gore
Pizza Guy, Directed by Ralph Jackson
A Lifetime of Laundry, Directed by Colin Ogden
Kate and Bradbury , Directed by Colleen MacIsaac
Delayed Relief, Directed by Trisha Dempsey
Lucky Duck , Directed by Joanne Miller


10th Anniversary One Minute Film Scholarship Films:

Africville My Home (1999) Terry Dixon
Unsettled (2000) by Valerie Salez
Just One Kiss (2000) by David Ewenson
The Old Crick (2006) by Sonia Edworthy
The Birth of a Nation: Struggles & Strengths of Mi’kmaq Women (1999) by Darliea Dorey (Director) Donna Gloade
Girl at the Window (1999) by Sherry Lee Hunter
Why Do My Hands Still Shake From The Memory (1999) by Philip Clark
The Lives We Touch (2000) by Mike Davies
Ramblers: Halifax Synchronized Bike Team (2008) by Rebecca Singer
Dialogue (2006) by Mireille Bourgeois
Where we walk (2000) by Andrea Puszkar
Nuit Blanche (2008) by Francois Gaudet
I Dreamed I was a Helicopter (2002) by Brittan Fell .
Breakfast in America (2006) by Anu Jindal
Royal Family Jewels (2003) by Peter Bustin
Glamour Guts (2008) by Jasmine Oore



(I know I've posted a similar photo before but I'm just really excited that it is on 16mm film! So tiny!)