(Image Credit: The Soap Factory)
I had a really great time this Fourth of July weekend for a number of reasons. I ate some great thai food, enjoyed some wine by the Mississippi riverbank, went for a long bike ride, practiced some martial arts, and watched the fireworks.
The highlight, though, was the Ten Second Film Festival that the Soap Factory, a Minneapolis art gallery that devotes its curatorial efforts to emerging artists at the beginning of their careers, puts on every year.
Immediately following the fireworks in downtown Minneapolis, festival goers needed only to turn around and face the screen to watch the show begin. There was a band playing, there was beer flowing, but most of all, there were 100 hilarious, interesting, and sometimes disappointing ten second clips shot by people from all over the world playing on screen.
A few of my favorites were:
Dogs Can’t Read
Sticks
River Vs Lake
The festival is technically an international film festival. I can only see it growing larger and more popular year after year. What fun!
Kevin Albertson of MPLS.tv was the MC. I hadn’t heard of MPLS.tv before but I’m going to explore it a bit more. It is like a local YouTube for the Twin Cities. It looks like the videos are produced much like SuperForest content. These people don’t get paid but are simply enthusiastic about creating content that affects the community positively. Let’s think about ways to connect!
(Image Credit: The Soap Factory)
If you get inspired and have a 10-second idea, think about entering it into the contest. Don’t forget to tell us about it if you do.
Best,
Jaell
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