Events in SF:

  • August 27, 2011 – Black Tie Gala & Film Screening
  • August 27, 2011 – Twinkling To-Do Film Screening
  • October 15, 2011 – Casual Wear Gala & Film Screening
The Three-Minute Picture Show is a 30 day, 3 minute filmmaking project. Sign up! Make a movie! Feel awesome when your film plays on the big screen in front of a live audience at The Black Tie Gala & Film Screening (for adults) and The Twinkling To-Do (for kids)!

Events in Portland:

  • June 1, 2011 – Sign-up to participate begins June 1!
  • August 20, 2011 – Black Tie Gala & Film Screening
  • August 20, 2011 – Twinkling To-Do Film Screening

Our Story

Back in 2001 order cialisorder cialis onlinea man had  a dream: Challenge people to spend the month of April making short films and embracing the spirit of uncritical invention. At the end of those 30 days, everyone would gather at The Black Tie Gala and Film Screening to watch the films together on the big screen. And laugh. The rules were simple: 30 days, 3 minutes or less. The 3/4 Film Festival was born. The VHS tapes poured in. A warehouse in Oakland was filled with chairs and art and beer and popcorn. A good samaritan showed up with a car load of equipment to project the films....
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What’s Going on Here? How 3MPS Works & FAQs:

The Three-Minute Picture Show exists solely to inspire uncritical creativity! Anyone ages 6 and up, regardless of experience, can sign up to take part. Participants have the month of July to create a cinematic masterpiece, 3 minutes or less, and upload it (don’t worry, we’ll tell you how) to 3-minute HQ. They also receive encouraging emails throughout July, and for those who can make it to a screening in Portland or San Francisco, get to see their films on the big screen in front of a live audience at our glamorous, faux-Oscars style screenings! The Black-Tie Gala is for adults and...
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Congratulations 2011 Filmmakers!

We'd like to congratulate all of our filmmakers in San Francisco, Portland and beyond for coming through with some amazing 3-minute films! Thanks to you filmmakers, attendees and volunteers for a fabulous 2011 season. The kids really showed us how it's done at our 2nd annual Twinkling To-Do and the audience called it like it is at the Black Tie-Gala & Film Screening. Here are our 2011 audience favorites:

Portland:

1st Place: Skeeters directed by Admiral Fox

2nd Place: Robot Makes Cookies directed by  Neilson...

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Sep30

2011 Screening Details!

We hope you all were as inspired as we were by Princess Beatrice's wedding hat! We cannot wait to  dress up and celebrate our 10th year of Black-Tie Galas and 2nd year in Portland and 2nd year of Twinkling To-Dos! We know you can't either, 3-minute...
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3MPS is Now Fiscally Sponsored!

Thanks to Fractured Atlas for fiscally sponsoring The Three-Minute Picture Show! What does this  mean? Your donations to 3MPS are now tax-deductible (to the extent permitted by law). If 3MPS has a had a positive, creativity-inducing effect on you,...
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3MPS 2010 Twinkling To-Do Winner’s Film Featured in Four Festivals

Documentary of a Skater by thirteen year old Alex Itkis wowed the crowds at last year's Twinkling To-Do film screenings in Portland and San Francisco. Alex walked away from the Portland screening with a first place trophy and his 3-minute masterpiece has since been officially selected to be featured in four other film festivals. We at Three-Minute HQ were so excited to hear this news and hope that his success will encourage other budding young filmmakers to take...

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Jun22

Filmmaking Classes Aplenty…

Want to make a 3-minute film but don’t know how to go about it? The Three-Minute Picture Show was founded on the belief that anyone who is willing to dedicate the time can make a film in 30 days, regardless of experience. And that was back in the olden...
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From Three-Minutes to Feature Length

We recently sat down for a Q & A with Three-Minute Picture Show veteran Nathan Wollman who happens to also be working on his first feature length film… Q: How did you get started in filmmaking? A: I used to mess around with an old  VHS...
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Are there rules? Here at Three-Minute HQ, we try to keep requirements to a minimum so that your creativity is not stifled...

  1. Register on our site to reserve your space! (Registration begins June 1)
  2. All films must be three minutes long or less.
  3. Call your musician friends! All films must contain original footage and music only - no copyrighted materials are allowed.
  4. All 3-minute films must be made expressly for the 3-Minute Picture Show. No previously made movies are allowed. You can start thinking about your film/plotting/story-boarding now, but all filming/editing/assembly work must be completed between July 1 and July 31, 2011.
  5. All films submitted for the family film screening, The Twinkling To-Do,  must be family friendly and appropriate for all ages. Seriously.
  6. Feel free to work in any wacky medium, but all submissions, regardless of original format, must be submitted through our website on or before July 31. More info about that coming soon!
  7. Have fun and make the best movie that you can!

We are on hiatus in 2012.

Stay tuned for 2013