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Ten Second Film Fest: 2005-2008

Lets Be Friends screen shot
Lets Be Friends screen shot

2008

2008 audience and spot light
2008 audience and spot light

AA Flyer
AA Flyer "Bag"

I love you Dan and Mike. I mean really.

Ten Second Film Fest: 2005-2008 | Media List


Statement

The Ten Second film Fest was created in 2005 to take advantage of the expansion of video technology into various portable consumer goods, especially cell phones and digital still cameras. The video innovations of these two objects created a sea of previously untapped would-be film makers. The Ten Second Film Fest set out to encourage everyday people to make art with tools that were already readily available to them.
The rules were simple:
1.you cannot use something that is primarily a video camera.
2. no editing.
3. must be about 10 seconds in length.
Why ten seconds? Because my digital still camera only had enough memory to record 10 seconds of video at a time. Such was the case for many Americans in the early oughts of the 21st century. An additional bonus of having very short movies is that their file sizes could be easily transfered via email. I have no proof, but I still state that the Ten Second Film Fest was the first film fest in the world to accept film submissions completely via email. I really hope that's true.
Since the beginning in 2005, over 1000 films have been submitted to our gmail account from all over the world. In 2010 we broke out attendance record with 4000 buzzed faces in the crowd. We also broke a beer drinking speed record, kicking 4 barrels in 40 minutes. All proceeds went to the coolest art gallery in Minnesota: The Soap Factory.

Reviews

City pages A List 2008
http://www.citypages.com/events/ten-second-film-festival-490680/
2008 image gallery
http://twincities.metromix.com/events/photogallery/ten-second-film-fest/488771/content
Daily Planet 2008
http://www.tcdailyplanet.net/article/2008/06/16/10-seconds-x-100-films-beer.html
MPR 2006
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/07/03/tensecondfilms/
Minnesota Daily 2006
http://www.mndaily.com/articles/2006/05/31/68437
Mpls/ St. Paul Mag
http://www.mspmag.com/entertainment/film/71510.asp
Strib "imbedded reporter"
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/22817054.html?location_refer=$urlTrackSectionName
Downtown Journal
http://www.downtownjournal.com/index.php?action=searchArchive&archivePage=100&dateFrom=&dateTo=&fromArchives=fromArchives&numResults=10&order=date&page=65&publication=downtown&searchPubs=downtown&searchString=fest&story=8798