Dawson City International Short Film Festival

1 MINUTE FILM CHALLENGE

The 2nd Annual will takeplace during and immdiately following the 2010 Dawson City International Short Film Festival.

Each participant will get a super 8 camera to shoot an in-camera film (1/ 2 roll approx 1 minute) and then pass the camera on to another participant. Call Dan @ KIAC (993-5005) to register. Participants may also use their own video cameras to shoot a 1 minute film. Just bring your final DVD to the screening which will be held shortly after the festival.

Screening: Saturday, May 1, 2010
8pm, KIAC Ballroom

Come on out to see the results of the 1 Minute Film Challenge, over 20 short fims by Dawsonites and guests of the film festival! You can still participate by bringing a 1minute film on DVD to the screening and we will show it! See films by Ken Gregory, Marv Newland, Karen Hines, Gaille Addison & Joey Dubuc, Evelyn Pollock & Meg Walker, Amelia Merhar, Allie Winton, Georgia Fraser, Dylan Myerhofer, Karen Dubois' Zombie Crew, Evan Rensch, Pandora Evans, Calhoun Keating-Malay, Lulu Keating, Rod Malay, Katherine Berger, Julia Feyrer, Brian Stetham, Karen Mackay, Andrew Connors, Ed Westerhuis, Gail Calder, Kit Hepburn, Terry Haines, Suzanne Crocker, Dan Sokolowski, Kerry Barber,Jat Armitage,David Curtis and more.
Libations and popcorn will be served!

read about Ken Gregory's piece! click

1st DAWSON CITY 1 MINUTE FILM CHALLENGE

32 people crammed into the main floor studio of Macaulay House on Saturday night, April 25th to view 25 films by 21 filmmakers in the 1st Annual Dawson City 1 Minute Film Challenge.

Initiated by Artists in Residence Scott Amos and Rozalind MacPhail, the crowd was treated to some beautiful, weird, whacky and hilarious entries.

Filmmakers included some of the out of town film festival guests (Deco Dawson, Terry Haines, Elisabeth Belliveau, Lisa Pasold), as well as 1st time filmmakers, Kathryn Bruce, Rozalind MacPhail., Rachel Weigers, Karen MacKay, Lisa Pasold, and Jen Laliberté. There were even "Golden Reel" and Free Store Construction Awards, that went to Amy-Lynn Karchut, Rachel Wiegers & Tara Rudnickas, Lulu Keating & Veroncia Verkley, David H. Fraser, David Curtis, Karen MacKay, Rozalind MacPhail, Suzanne Crocker and Kathryn Bruce!

Other participants were Scott Amos, ChrisClarke, Tara Rudnickas, Jessie Currell Ben Rudis, Charles Stankeivich and Dan Sokolowski.