Aspiring Filmmakers…Take Twist’s 3-Day Film Challenge!

September 26, 2016• byMichael Strangeways

Hey, Queer Seattle Area Filmmakers and all those who aspire to make films…you have until 9 am on Friday, September 30, 2016 to register to take The TWIST 3-Day Filmmaking Challenge! It’s part of Three Dollar Bill’s upcoming program of events for this year’s TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival.

How it works: you register your team and then on Noon on Friday, your filmmaking assignment is sent to you and you and your team have until Noon on Monday, October 3, 2016 to turn in your completed film which can NOT be any longer than one minute and 30 seconds long. And, naturally, it needs to be a film with LGBTQ+ themes and content. And,

Go to the Three Dollar Bill Cinema/TWIST website to register. There’s info there and down below.

The TWIST 3-Day Filmmaking Challenge takes place September 30–October 3rd, 2016 as part of TWIST: Seattle Queer Film Festival, and is open to any Washington state resident. Teams must register by Friday, September 30th at 9am. Your assignment will be emailed to you at exactly 12pm on that day. The film you create for this challenge must have content about, or have a connection to, the LGBTQ+ community. The film’s run time can not exceed one minute and 30 seconds.

BEGINS: 12PM FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
ENDS: 12PM MONDAY OCTOBER 3, 2016

OFFICIAL RULES: https://goo.gl/jvp3Sm

DEADLINE TO REGISTER: 9AM, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30, 2016
(first 4 registrants granted free filmmaking equipment for use during the challenge)

PRESENTED BY THREE DOLLAR BILL CINEMA IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLANKET FORT FILMS. SPONSORED BY FILMICPRO, KOERNER, AND SMARTHOUSE CREATIVE.

DO IT!

You know you wanna…it can be practice for that HUMP video you’ve been wanting to make for years.

About the Author: Michael Strangeways

As the Editorial Director/Co-Owner, Michael Strangeways writes, edits and does about a million other jobs for Seattle Gay Scene, Puget Sound's most visited LGBTQ news, arts and entertainment website now celebrating its 14th year as a media outlet. A semi-proud Midwesterner by birth, he's lived in Seattle since 2000. He's also a film producer who would like you to check out the Jinkx Monsoon documentary, "Drag Becomes Him" now available on Amazon.com. In his spare time, he gets slightly obsessive about his love for old movies, challenging theater, "otters", vodka, chocolate, "I,Claudius", Lizzie Borden, real books made out of paper, disaster films, show tunes, Weimar era Germany, flea markets, pop surrealistic art, the sex lives of Hollywood actors both living and dead, kitties, chicken fried steak, haute couture and David Bowie. But, not necessarily in that order.