M60: the Montreal 60 Second Film Festival

Thank you to all those who attended M60 last night! We apologize to the half-dozen of you who were turned away because…

We SOLD OUT!

We still have two nights left (14th and 15th of September), so if you want to attend, please come early (box office at the Excentris opens at 8PM; screening at 9PM) or buy tickets online (Excentris or M60 website)

We were also featured in The Montreal Gazette yesterday!

M60, the Montreal 60 Second Film Festival, will take place on September 13, 14 and 15 at the Excentris (3536 boul. St-Laurent).

Come watch the works of more than 80 filmmakers, from first-time auteurs to seasoned Oscar-winners, as they present their one-minute movies on the theme: ”FAUX PAS”.

Screenings begin at 9pm sharp and cost just $8.  They are identical screenings – every film will be presented on all three nights.

Tickets are available at the door! But if you want to pick them up in advance you can do so in person, at the Excentris box office (as of Friday, September 7th), or else via Paypal, at our website: http://m60.ca/screenings/

M60 2012 includes one minute films by: Alastair Mackay, Andrew Mescheder & Wen Zhang, Anna McGarrigle, Anthony Piazza & Anthony Sifoni & Carla Sifoni & Rosalie Pampena, Arizona O’Neill, Ben Lambert, Bernard Roberge, Christina Clark & JoAnne Pearce & Jacqueline Reid, Christine Turek & Rami Absi & Hicham Eid, Clint Earle, Dane Lanken, Daniel Duffy, Daniel Mireault & Marc Roberge, David Eng & Faisal Lutchmedial, David Young, Dawn Cheung, Edmund Nash & Caroline Gauthier, Gail Kenney, Greg Bailey & Mary Perchanok, Hadi Bigdely, Hugo Prévosteau, Jacques E. Bouchard, Jean-François Fortin Tam, Jennifer Pocobene, Jeremy Eliosoff, Jérôme Bretéché, Jerry Gabriel, John F Weldon, John Fretz, Jorge Zavagno, Joshua Budman, Jseb Pluviose, Kandis Friesen, Karina Garcia Casanova & Olivier Alary, Ken McDavitt & Lisa Meuser, Kiera Pannell, Kristen Bowey & Vanessa Bonneau, Laura Knogler & Joel Ryan & Camille Stegen & Marc Tremblay & Ariel Wilson, Le Studio du Plateau, Leo Low, Loren Williams & Randall Finnerty & Erik Shoup, Lorne Budman, Louise Callier, Maiko Ishii, Mallory and Leila Bridgeman, Marc Tremblay & Ghanish Ghoorah & Ariel Wilson, Marcy Stein, Margaret Griffin, Marie-Marguerite Sabongui & Shamil Lallani & Benedict Moran, Marjorie Lemay, Mark Schwartz, Mat Barbeau & Neil Clavin, Mathew Barbeau, Matt Keyes, Matthew Forbes, Matus Racek, Max-David Grinbaud & Gaëlle Komàr, Maya Leighton Champagne & Heather Leighton & Sacha Leighton Champagne & Eloi Champagne, Melanie Lambrick & Sarah Hrdlicka, Michael Pedruski, Natasha St-Jean & Deborah Hayek, Neil Gibb & Kurtulus Yilmaz, Nelak Productions, Nicholas B. York, Nicolas Cliet-Marrel, Omar Majeed, Phillip Mimoso & Wolf Merzbacher & Christina Lazaro, Phyllis Lewis, Robert Mondoux, Robert Shea, Scottmontreal, Shawn McGregor, SophieBrauer & Madleena Larivaara, Studio aWEsome Duff, The Dudes, Thea Metcalfe & Sean Michaels, tristan et michelle, Radu Juster, Uncalled For & Paul Aflalo, Vincent Beauregard-Palardy, Ziyang Yip and Zoï Kilakos.

We are extending the deadline to submit a film until 11:59 pm on Wednesday, August 22 (deadline was originally Sunday, August 19).

As you know, there are no fees, judges, jury or prizes for the Montreal 60 Second Film Festival. Every single finished film will be part of the festival, projected on the big screen all three nights at Excentris. And each film receives one free ticket to the screenings!

All the details – and instructions for uploading your film – on our website.

Thank you to everyone who came out to July 19′s extraordinary Registration Party. Hundreds of people turned up at Casa del Popolo for a night of fun, games and M60 excitement.

This year’s festival theme has been unveiled as: FAUX PAS. This is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as “an embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation”, but it’s also literally the French for “wrong step”. All of our filmmakers will be making movies based on this theme; but as always, interpret it however you please!

Thank you so much to all the filmmakers who signed up for this year’s festival. You now have one month – until 19 August – to submit your movies to us. Please be sure to follow all the technical requirements on this page, and then you can upload your finished film here. Every movie we receive will be shown at the festival screenings, September 13-15.

We hope to see everyone again for the festival proper at Excentris this fall! Our Screenings page will be updated as tickets go on sale.

Finally, thanks again to everyone who helped make our launch so special: pianist TOM MENNIER, Confabulation storytellers ASAF GERCHAK, MATT GOLDBERG, GERARD HARRIS and LÉA RONDOT, the remarkable CATHERINE KIDD, our basement confessional with Father Mike Mankiw – aka BRYAN WALSH from Montreal Improv. We gave away gorgeous (and hilarious) étiquette cards by Illustrators JAMES BRAITHWAITE, MATT FORSYTHE, MELANIE LAMBRICK, JULIE LEQUIN and EVAN MELNYK, letterpressed by Rebecca Rosen. And thanks to all the volunteers, and everyone who turned out, signed up, hung out or just helped make it a special evening. We’ll see you in September!

M60 launch press coverage : Cult Montreal, Voir, CBC Homerun, Montreal Gazette, Forget the Box.

Montréal’s 60 Second Film Festival (M60) is back!

M60 is a not-for-profit film festival that celebrates 60 second movies – and all those who gather the gumption to make them. This year’s festival screenings will take place on September 13, 14, and 15th at Cinéma Excentris.

But first, we need filmmakers to REGISTER and make their films based on the secret theme…

Come sign up at our Launch & Registration Party on Thursday, July 19th at 8:30 PM at Casa Del Popolo, 4873 Boulevard Saint Laurent. Besides being the one chance for willing directors to sign up as filmmakers, it’s where we’ll be unveiling this year’s secret festival theme. Plus performances by Cat Kidd, storytellers from Confabulation, musician Tom Mennier, our beloved screen-test booth, and gorgeous door-prizes from local artists.

The party is FREE, registration is FREE, and there are no hidden fees for filmmakers. The festival is open to all Montrealers, regardless of filmmaking experience.

See you there!

Thanks to everyone for making our screenings such a huge success. If you want to find out information about future events, you can now follow us on our brand new Twitter account: @m60mtl.

M60 is upon us! Our 2011 screenings have finally arrived, this Friday and Saturday. All the information is on our screenings page. This year the festival will be held at the gorgeous, historic Rialto Theatre.

Tons of tickets will be available at the door, for just $8. Please arrive at 7:30 pm on screening nights.

This year’s M60 filmmakers include:
Andre Fry, Anna McGarrigle, Asa Lacourciere, Ben Lambert, Benedict Moran & Marie-Marguerite Sabongui & Shamil Lallani, Carly Harasymchuk, Dan Beirne with Marc Rowland, Dane Lanken, David Eng & Katarina Soukup, Edmund Nash & Caroline Gauthier & Gervais Nash, Flock of Nerds, France Suerich-Gulick, Fred Casia, George Jovanovich, Gil
Browdy, H.W. Martin, Isis Gumbs & Raigni Uqaituk, Jean-Claude Leblanc, Jimmy Hayes & Kieran Crilly, Joel Bernstein, John F Weldon, John Fretz, Joshua Budman & Rob Corti, Kelly Kincaid, Kes Tagney, Kevin Cheung & Liem Duong & Thomas Harper, Kevin Newcomen, Kiera Pannell, Kinloch Anstiss, Laura Knogler & Joel Ryan & Mathieu Simard, Léa
Rondot, Leia Abraham & Michael Gozzo, Leila and Mallory Bridgeman, Lindsay Michael, Loren Williams, Lorne Budman, Louise Callier & Juan Frank Hernandez, Luc Deschenes, Magdalena Szymanska, Margaret Griffin, Mariana Vial, Mark Schwartz, Martin Reisch & Lara Kaluza, Mary Perchanok & Greg Bailey, Maryse Boyce, Mathieu Renart Normant, Matt Keyes, Matthew Forbes, Maya Fuhr, Michael Pedruski, Natasha St-Jean & Deborah Hayek, Rebecca Lessard & Chrissy Durcak, Renee Tousignant & Katia Marcovecchio, Rhea Katharine Nelken, Ronit Milo & Alex Weldon, Ryan Swirsky, Sean Michaels, Shereen Soliman, Sophie Brauer & Madleena Larivaara, Stéphanie Leest, Vanessa Bonneau, Vinna Laudico & Jean-Olivier Begin, What the RELM Were You Thinking Video, Yasser
Fadili, Zach “the tornado” Mitro and/et Ziyang Yip.

We hope to see you there!

The Montreal 60 Second Film Festival presents CHANCE, Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 17 at the Théâtre Rialto (5723 avenue du Parc) at 7:30 pm.
After years of sold-out screenings at La Sala Rossa and Cinéma du Parc, we are finally coming to Mile End’s magnificent movie palace – the Rialto, built in 1923. We look forward to showing M60 2011′s rollercoaster line-up of more than 70 original films on the theme of CHANCE (September 16 and 17 screenings are identical) in this gorgeous milieu, before a packed & cheering crowd.
Tickets are $8.

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