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 Maknarakham
3rd Place: And Action Figures directed by Joseph Chrsistensen and David Francese

San Francisco:
1st Place: Stranger directed by Dave & Alona
2nd Place: Mister Norman directed by Morgan Dodge
3rd Place: On Command directed by Maria Fe Picar

Did you miss 3MPS 2011 because you were at Burning Man, or just dying to see it in casual wear? Well, if you’re in the Bay Area, you are in luck! We’ll be re-screening the SF Black Tie Gala & Film Screening during open studios on October 15 at 3:00 p.m. at AV Club President Gregory Cowley’s studio in Dogpatch:
The 2011 San Francisco Casual Wear Gala & Film Screening
Gregory Cowley Photography
Saturday, October 15
Doors at 2pm: Films at 3pm
2325 3rd Street, Studio 224 (at 20th Street)
San Francisco, CA 94107

The building can be confusing so give yourself lots of time to find us and see all the many open studios the American Industrial Center has to offer!

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 film fans, and here are all the details:

Portland: Saturday, August 20th at the Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton Street
Portland, OR 97202

The Twinkling To Do Film Screening
for films made by 6-17 year olds
Doors at 3:00
6-12 year old group screens at 3:15
13-17 year old group follows after a brief intermission
Admission: $5
Our friends from Spielwerk Toys will be on hand to entertain restless youngsters who cannot sit through the 13-17 year old group!

The Black-Tie Gala & Film Screening
7:00 pm
Admission: $8

San Francisco: Saturday, August 27 at the Victoria Theatre
2961 16th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

The Twinkling To Do Film Screening
for films made by 6-17 year olds
Doors at 3:00
6-12 year old group screens at 3:15
13-17 year old group follows after a brief intermission
Admission: $5

The Black-Tie Gala & Film Screening
7:00 pm
Admission: $10
Be sure to stick around for our raffle with fabulous prizes generously donated by BiRite, Rayko, Fayes Video and more!

We’d like to thank our intern Traci Wrycza, Portland MC Bill Greenland, steadfast San Francisco MC Jeff Cleary, and Leah Brawley for designing yet another amazing 3MPS poster! A limited edition print of 5 (FIVE! Only 5 people!) will be available for sale at our screenings. All proceeds directly benefit 3MPS.

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, we ask that you please consider making a donation through our IndieGoGo campaign to help keep us going.

Can you believe 3MPS is now in its 10th year? Where does the time go?! We are looking forward to a great 2011 season but first we want to sincerely thank from the bottom of our hearts all of you who have contributed to making 3MPS what it is today. To every volunteer who has labored for our cause, every filmmaker who has participated, every camera-savvy teen who sent us an email trying to enter and inspired us to add the Twinkling To-Do in 2010, every venue who has hosted a 3MPS screening, every red-carpet strutting screening attendee, everyone who told someone about 3MPS, generous sponsors, donators of snacks and fabulous raffle prizes, we thank you, thank you, thank you and are sending you a giant hug from Three-Minute HQ right this very second. We know that we would not exist without your support and your crazy three-minute films.

Sign up for 2011 is just days away! Yes, we are returning to Portland for our second year and yes, the Twinkling To-Do Film Screening for films made by 6-17 year olds turns 2! Portland, we’ll see you on August 20 at the Clinton Street and San Francisco, we’ll see you on August 27 at the Victoria. We are working so hard behind the scenes to let people know about our Portland and kids screenings. Our goal this year is to get enough kids signed up to hold 2 screenings: 1 for 6-12 year olds and 1 for 13-17 year olds. Please help us spread the word 3MPS fans, we know we cannot do it without you!

One more new item before we get down to 2011 business: we now are fiscally sponsored through Fractured Atlas. What does this mean? Most donations made to 3MPS are now tax deductible. Check out our campaign on IndieGoGo for more info or to donate to 3MPS.

As always, we welcome your questions and feedback about our programs and just ask that you please be patient with us – we have day jobs and this is simply a labor of love! Email Camille at camille@threeminutepictureshow.com if you need us.

xoxoxo From Three-Minute HQ,
Greg & Camille

While AV Club President Gregory is steadfastly working behind the scenes to update our site for 2011, we wanted to let our Portland 3MPS friends know a couple of things. First, we’d like to thank Paxton Gate PDX for hosting a screening of some of our favorite films of yore on Saturday, May 7th. Please drop by from 11am-12pm to see kids films from our Twinkling To-Do Film Screening and from 1pm-2pm to see some of the greatest hits from our Black Tie Gala & Film Screening. Lovely volunteers will be on hand to answer any questions should you feel inspired to make your own!

Speaking of making your own three-minute film, 2011 sign up begins in June and we have just confirmed our return to the Clinton Street Theater on August 20th for this year’s screenings!

Thank you Portland and we hope to see you at Paxton Gate PDX on May 7th!

We just checked out the opening of and it felt like a kiss at the Incline Gallery in the Mission. The show features prints and works on paper by Bay Area artists Nora Aoyagi, Leah Dai Brawley, and Gina M. Contreras. If you are a Three-Minute Picture Show fan, you are already familiar with Leah’s work –she did the lovely illustrations on our website, 2010 festival posters and merch, and her work was featured during our screenings last August.

As you enter the gallery, you are greeted by three murals, one pained by each artist. This is definitely a highlight and provides ample photo ops! Wind your way up the ramp and discover gem after gem by these three talented friends whose work explores the challenges, possibilities, and randomness of love.

The show is up through March 6. The Incline Gallery is at 766 Mission and open Saturdays noon to 5 pm and by appointment.

Thank you Portland! Thank you San Francisco! What a great 2010 it’s been for The Three-Minute Picture Show! We’d like to congratulate our audience choice award winners:

Portland Twinkling To-Do:
First Place: Documentary of a Skater directed by Alex Itkis
Runner Up: Mini Munny directed by Asher

San Francisco Twinkling To-Do:
First Place: The Stick Man Flies directed by Stian
Second Place: Big Girl directed by Claire Zager
Third Place: Food Wars directed by Dustin Magidson

Portland Black Tie Gala:
First Place: Mortuary Men aka “The Ballad of John Doe” Directed by Steven Joinson, Christian Bergmans, Daniel Hornbeck
Runner Up: American Teenage Culture Directed by Tanner Preciado and Kelly Wourms

San Francisco Black Tie Gala:
First Place: Home Directed by Jeremy Anderson and Laura Dean
Second Place: 1901 Directed by John Douglas Powers
Third Place: The Waiting Directed by Nathan Wollman and Julien de Benedictis

Thank filmmakers, attendees and volunteers! We’ll have pictures and videos up soon!

Whoah! What a whirl-wind week we’ve had here at Three-Minute HQ! We returned from our dreamy Portland debut at the Clinton Street Theater where, thanks to MC Bill and AV Club President Greg, everyone had a swell time, and now are putting the final touches on the San Francisco screening. We cannot wait to see The Wizard Lizard perform at our Twinkling To-Do and find out if our beer and wine calculations for the Black Tie Gala are correct!
We also wanted to let you know in advance that we will have our first ever Three-Minute merch at the screenings, featuring the designs of Leah Brawley. We will have pins, t-shirts, totes and an amazing poster,  and 100% of proceeds benefit our programs for kids and adults. Bring a little cash to splash if you want to support us even more and walk away with some fresh goods.
We’d also like to thank our sponsors again for being awesome: The San Francisco Film Society, KGO 810 am, It’s a Piece of Cake, Rayko Photo Center, Faye’s Video, Densise DeShetler Bodywork, Gregory Cowley Photography, Interior Design Fair, Wente Family Vineyards and Script Frenzy!
See you Saturday San Francisco! Doors are at 3:30 for The Twinkling To-Do and 7:00 for The Black Tie Gala & Film Screening.

We’re packing our bags and heading up north for our Portland debut! We’d like to thank our fabulous Portland sponsors Yarnia and Pro Photo Supply for their generous support. Screening attendees can enter our free raffle of fabulous prizes at both of our screenings. Prizes include Yarnia gift certificates, a Joby Flexible Gorillapod and 500GB Portable USB LaCie Rikiki Hard Drive from Pro Photo Supply, and treats from our friends at Script Frenzy and Essential Elements Apothecary.

We’ll see you at the Clinton Street Theater at 3:00 for the Twinkling To-Do and at 6:00 for the Black Tie Gala & Film Screening!

Hello 3 Minute Friends!

Our dream of expanding to Portland and adding a kids screening and sitting in real theater seats while eating real theater popcorn while watching 3 minute films is coming true! BIG CONGRATULATIONS to all of our 2010 filmmakers! Now that the hard work is over, we are getting ready to party in your honor! See all the important details below but first, let’s answer the number one question we get asked every year:

Is the screening really black tie? Answer: Heck yes. But in a free-form faux-Oscars kind of way. Our filmmakers worked hard and they deserve a fancy screening! For the kids, we’re encouraging everything in the Halloween to formal wear spectrum. Actually, that goes for the adults too. Whatever you decide to wear, we promise you do not have to be worried about being overdressed! It is highly possible that special prizes may be awarded to those who do it up right. Just saying.

Now for the details:
PORTLAND: We’ll see you on August 21 at The Clinton Street Theater
Twinkling To-Do: 3:00 pm
Black Tie Gala & Film Screening: 6:00 pm

SAN FRANCISCO: We’ll be back in time to party with you on August 28 at The Victoria Theatre (we know!). Advance tickets now available: http://www.victoriatheatre.org/boxoffice.htm
Twinkling To-Do: 3:30 pm
Black Tie Gala & Film Screening: 7:00 pm

Yay! Operators are standing by at Three-Minute HQ to answer your questions: info@threeminutepictureshow.com. See you at the screenings!