Painted Lips and Lolly Licks Festival Looking for Submissions...

From Lee Demarbe at the Mayfair Theatre, an open invitation:

"SUBJECT LINE: Call for submissions to Mayfair Theatre’s Sexy Film Festival





SEX!

(Now that we’ve got your attention, this is

a CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS to

Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: The Sexy Film Festival,

which returns to the Mayfair Theatre Feb 11!)



Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: The Sexy Film Festival returns to the Mayfair Friday, Feb. 11, 2011, and we want to show your movie!



Any film that explores themes of sex, romance or the erotic is eligible, provided it’s:
10 minutes or shorter; and
submitted by Feb 4 (before 6:00 PM).



Entries will be judged by a celebrity to be revealed at a later date!



“Everybody has their own idea of what’s erotic,” says festival director Lee Demarbre. “We want to show as many of those ideas as possible. Some are funny, some serious. Some are live-action, and some animated. Some feature nudity; others don’t. But they’re all guaranteed to turn the audience on.”



Previous years’ festivals have included erotic short films and cartoons from around the world, the adult-film parody Not Another Porn Film by Doug Sackman (The XXXorcist, Re-Penetrator) and a (non-porn) film directed by adult film star Sasha Grey, who judged the festival in 2010. It also featured a screening of the Ottawa-made independent film Mad Lieutenant: Port of Call Orleans, a sordid tale of sex and corruption set in the city’s suburbs.



You can learn more about the festival’s past, and what’s coming up, at the official Painted Lips and Lolly Licks website: odessafilmworks.com/paintedlips



Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: The Sexy Film Festival takes place only at the Mayfair, Ottawa’s home of stuff you won’t see anywhere else.



For more information about Painted Lips and Lolly Licks, please contact:



Lee Demarbre

Festival Director

Office: 613-730-6552

Cell: 613-301-4728

lee@mayfairtheatre.ca



Trailers, schedules and other details will be posted closer to the date of the festival on the Mayfair Theatre’s official website, mayfairtheatre.ca"

Polarity...

For these cold days with long nights, it is the perfect time for Polarity by Kevin Preece. The original story received an A+ , and Kevin turned it into a B movie ! Kevin allowed us on set to capture some behind the scenes footage (though we were not allowed to see the actual Wishing Polar Bear until the night of the Gala) so check that out. He also provided us with a blog entry he wrote - great stuff. As he puts it -
"Digi60 helped me affirm that I am making my own art, and that I’m not alone in it - there is a whole community to draw upon- people that do this for the love of doing it ... I'm proud of my film, and I'm even prouder to have been included among so many great films ..."





And Behind The Scenes

"Pie"

This week, Director Kristian Lariviere shows us how even a simple recipe can be made into a very tasty treat. The winner of our "Spirit of Digi60" award - Pie.





And from the Gala...

"At Last"

This week, Invited Filmmaker Mike Horrigan brings us a film based on "The Diary of Anne Frank", that is anything but a kids story...




And from the Gala evening, and interview with Mike Horrigan:

"Fat Fish"

This week, the Ryan Davies and the team at Dawghaus bring us the story of a little fish, who gets a little to much food...





Behind the Scenes with Dawghaus...

"The Mirror"

(Ed. Note. Over the coming days and weeks, we'll be posting  the films and behind the scenes that were shown at the 2010 Digi60 Gala.)


Today, Invited Filmmaker Lisa Meuser takes us "into the looking glass"...




And the "Behind the Scenes" material for "The Mirror"...

Gala Awards Video

Didn't make it to the Gala? Courtesy of Kevin Burton and Read 'em Their Writes, we have video from the Awards ceremony that evening. Thanks once again to our hosts, judges, filmmakers and volunteers who made it all come together.

And the Winners Are...

As part of the Digi60 Gala last night, we were proud to hand out the first Awards for Achievement. The Award Winners were:

Technical Achievement

Adrian Langley - "Hint of Winter"

Best Director

Adrian Langley -"Hint of Winter"

Best Acting (Tie)

Randy Kelly - "Connecting" -Actors: Luigi Saracino & Catherine Boutin

Mike Horrigan -"At Last" -  Actors: Johni Keyworth & John Collins

Best Adaptation

Jeremy Kennedy - "Dragons"

Spirit of the Festival Award

Kris Lariviere - "Pie"

Best Overall

Patrick Kaplin - "Sticky Notes"

Congratulations to all our winners, and to all our filmmakers. If you didn't get a chance to make it to the Gala, we'll be posting films both here and at Read 'Em Their Writes. Or if you prefer, we'll have DVD's for sale here on the site in the next few days.

And That's a Wrap!

And we draw the curtain on the Digi60 2010 Gala. This year's Gala was a great success. I'd like to take a moment to thank all the folks who helped make this year's festival so great.

Our Volunteers (those wonderful folks who work so hard to make it look easy): Kristal Felea, Christina Dunn, Suzanne White, Lydia Peever.

The great crew at the Shenkman: Tom (our tech), Sean (Production), Bryony (Front of House Manager),Sara (rentals) and Domenic (Guest Services).

Our wise Judges: Lee Demarbe, Chantal Ling, Ken Godmere, Ruthanne Edwards, and Andy Smith.

Our talented hosts: Teri Loretto, Al Connors, and Scott Florence

Our Filmmakers: Lisa Meuser, Ryan Davies and Dawghaus Films, Mike Horrigan, Kris Lariviere, Kevin Preece, Derek Price, Adrian Langley, Chris Chitaroni, Randy Kelly, Sparrow McGowan, Jeremy Kennedy and Patrick Kaplin.

And certainly last but not least, the very talented crew of people who actually helped me put this all together, and to whom most, if not all of the credit, for bringing this together goes: Kevin Burton, Marisa Fusaro and Elanor Brodie.

Thank you all for making this truly the best Gala yet.

Howard Sonnenburg
Festival Director
Digi60

Tonight's the night!

Tonight is the Night! The Digi60 2010 Gala happens at 8PM at the Shenkman Theatre. We're happy to announce that the event has sold out! Thanks to all who are helping make this the best Digi60 Gala ever.

Didn't get tickets? Well we have some goodies for you. Over the coming days we'll be posting videos to the website and FB froup from the event...starting right now.

Thanks to the young actors at OYP, we were able to have some very talented kids read our filmmakers stories as part of the introduction to each film. First up we have young Madison Belini reading "If you could fly", the story behind Patrick Kaplin's film.





And then we have JD Brousseau reading "Get Rid of Rules", the source story for Sparrow McGowan's film.





Thanks to Read 'em their Writes for the videos

Randy Kelly and Lisa Meuser on CBC Radio One Tomorrow.

Tomorrow morning, two of our filmmakers - Randy Kelly and Lisa Meuser will be on CBC Radio Morning (91.5 FM in the Ottawa Area) to talk about the Digi 60 Festival. Be sure to tune in!

Tickets Going Fast!

There are less than 50 tickets left for our Digi60 Gala on Tuesday November 16th! Get yours today before they sell out!

Get your Tickets Now!

Tickets for the Nov. 16th Gala are already 75% sold! Get yours now, and avoid disappointment!

We've got a great evening lined up with 12 very different films, all from local Ottawa Filmmakers. Our films are:

Adrian Langley - A Hint of Winter

Chris Chitaroni - Chess Magic

Derek Price - Boots vs the Dragon

Jeremy Kennedy - Dragons

Kevin Preece - Polarity

Kristian Lariviere - Pie

Lisa Meuser - The Mirror

Mike Horrigan - At Last

Patrick Kaplin - Sticky Notes

Randy Kelly - Connecting

Ryan Davies - Fat Fish

Sparrow McGowan - House Rules

Ticket's are available from the Shenkman Box Office or Online.

Tickets for the 2010 Digi60 Gala are on sale!

We're happy to announce that tickets for the upcoming 2010 Digi60 Gala are on sale now. The Gala will be held Tuesday, Nov. 16th at 8:00pm at the Shenkman Arts Center in Orleans. You can purchase tickets  directly here, or you can purchase them at the Theatre.  Space is limited, so get your tickets now.

Filmmaker Profile - Mike Horrigan

Our second profile today is Director Mike Horrigan, who was part of the 2007 running. I think this catch may have caught him off guard...

Filmmaker Profile - Adrian Langley

Today's first profile is Director Adrian Langley - a man who says much with few words...

Filmmaker Profile - Lisa Meuser

And as promised, our second profile for today... Lisa Meuser with Jith Paul

Filmmaker Profile - Jeremy Kennedy

I know, I know... This was supposed to go up yesterday. But we were so busy getting all these great stories in, that I didn't have any time to post - we'll do two today.

So without further ado, our first filmmaker profile today - Jeremy Kennedy

Filmmaker Profile - Matt West

Our last filmmaker profile for this week is Matt West. Stay tuned for more profiles next week.

Filmmaker Profile - Lisa Virtue

Today's profile, filmmaker Lisa Virtue...

Filmmaker Profile -Kevin Preece

Next up is Kevin Preece, who is participating in Digi60 for the first time.

Filmmaker Profile - Randy Kelly

Throughout the next two weeks we'll be posting breif interviews every day of the "Super 8" done at the Reveal. First up is filmmaker Randy Kelly.

Eight times the fun...

On Friday September 17th, we had the eight Invited filmmakers sit down and watch this years "catch" for the first time. Enjoy their reactions....

The Catch Released!

The DIGI60 2010 Catch is...



Good Luck to all our Filmmakers! We'll be contacting everyone who's already entered our open category tomorrow, and there's still 2 more days to enter!

Coming Soon - The Reveal...

Student Category Now Open.

Attention all Students! Want to enter the Digi60 Festival? Well now you can. We've added our Student Category to the Enter Now section. When you go to the enter now page, and read the Agreement, click on the bottom "Pay Now" button to enter the Student category. A valid Student ID will be required, and the entry fee is only $10.00.

Enter the DIGI60 2010 Festival.

Okay Filmmakers, here it is... your chance to enter the DIGI60 2010 festival!

The "Open" category is for anyone, from experienced to novice, who wants to create and participate. Any time before September 20th you'll be able to enter right here on digi60.org. Just click on the Enter Now link at the top.

On September 17th at 11:00pm , the catch will be released on the website for all the Open category entrants.  All valid entries will be posted to our blip.tv site, and the top films, as selected by our panel of judges, will be included in the Gala event on November 16th at the Shenkman Theatre.

A $25.00 entry fee will apply, and entrants will have to read and accept the terms and conditions.

We have our Eight!

We're very pleased to announce the group of eight filmmakers who make up this years "Invited Filmmakers". Our "Super-Eight" are (in alphabetical order):

Mike Horrigan
Randy Kelly
Jeremy Kennedy
Adrian Langley
Lisa Meuser
Kevin Preece
Matt West
Lisa Virtue

On September 16th, they'll open this years catch, and the festival will begin! Good luck to our filmmakers.

Didn't get invited? We have an Open Category as well - Monday Aug. 9th we'll be posting on the site how you can enter a film in this years Digi60.

Video Archive is online.

We've posted some great stuff from previous years on the "Video Archive" page. Check out behind the scenes and films from 2004-2008.

And the Invitations have gone out!

We've sent out the first batch of filmmaker invites!  This year we've got three categories: Invited, Open, and Student. If you don't receive an invitation within the next week, stay tuned for information about how you can apply to make a DIGI60 film.

DIGI60 Lives again!

We are happy to announce that the Digi60 festival is once again running in 2010! Stay tuned here for more information about the catch, dates, filmmakers and entry information.