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You know, in a month from now the famous Cannes Film Festival will be screening millions of films... okay, maybe just hundreds... but still, we here at Mini Movie are going to be right in the thick of it all with our own booth, talking to the great filmmakers of today and those award-winning filmmakers of the future!Of course while we're there we won't just be sipping martinis and rubbing elbows

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It seems that all you hear these days about Hollywood is out-of-control budgets, contracts that are negotiated more times than asking what a person with multiple personalities wants for lunch, and actors/directors/producers/stunt-men wanting more and more for less and less work.That's where the short film world comes in to save the day. Filmmakers, passionate about their subjects and their art,

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What better way to start a year then to drop a bunch of new movies on you, the faithful viewers?2010 marks a bunch of things, but here at Mini Movie Channel, we want to bring you more great content that will make you laugh, make you think, and make you smile - all while not taking up your precious time. Besides, we all know that you could be using that time to do something like working towards

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Application and The Rules of Participation Mini Movie Channel Short Film CompetitionMay 2009 This is an Application and the Rules for the Mini Movie Channel Short Film Competition at the Short Film Corner 2009, organised at the 62nd Festival de Cannes, by Mini Movie International Channel S.A.R.L., a Luxembourg company with registered offices at 15, rue du Fort Bourbon, L-1249 Luxembourg, Grand

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There's a trend happening with some short filmmakers – stealing. It’s not intentional (I hope) but it’s evident nonetheless. It all boils down to using other peoples’ stuff. Music infringements are the most prevalent (as discussed in an earlier piece here). But there are other “thefts” that can still hurt your film when it comes to getting it sold and seen. And there are just way too many

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You can’t stick voodoo pins in Barbie. OK, actually you can (it’s a free country). But if you do it in your movie, you probably won’t be able to sell the film you just made of Barbie’s suffering. It’s a trademark/logo issue.When filmmakers are shooting their shorts, it’s easy to overlook this very important aspect. Principal photography can be fast and furious, not to mention minimally staffed.

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Just in time for the High Holy Days, here are five comedies about Jewish-American life. From dietary restrictions to interfaith marriage, what's a good Jew to do? The movie for Friday -- A Man And His Banana -- is not technically Jewish because of rules against working on the Sabbath—but it is something a young Woody Allen might have made.The Hebrew HammerThis movie turns the "nice Jewish boy"

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He's "King of the Mother@#$%^ World," and he's got s--- to say about movies, women, language, and those lost screen tests recently posted on the Mini Movie Channel website.* (*Mini Movie Channel stresses that no actual celebrities participated in this interview or the screen tests posted on www.minimovie.com . The words here are not those of the actual Samuel L. Jackson. They're parodies,

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WRITERS are where it all starts.Word! It all begins with the word: The Script.The writer of any script owns the script. And, of course, he or she has the right to sell his script to a filmmaker so it can be made into a movie. It’s essential to legally contract for the script from the writer. The contract should clearly spell out what rights the filmmaker is getting from the writer and for how

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ACTORS: DO YOU REALLY NEED THEM?Yes.Yes you do.Unless you happen to be making an animation with no dialogue, you will have actors in your film. For our purposes, "actor" refers to anyone appearing in your movie or being heard in your movie via voice-over. That also includes background extras, and even those real people appearing in your documentaries. You need their permission in writing. Keep in

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From The Desert Sun of Palm Springs, California -- All Eyes On The Screen, Please"If you're trying to guess which ShortFest films are most likely to create an online buzz, you may have to secure an industry pass.Film scouts say the shorts on screen aren't necessarily the ones best suited for the Internet.More than 100 industry people are now viewing almost 2,400 films that didn't get accepted for

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April Macie and Christina Pazsitzky are on the road and in the mood, appearing at comedy clubs as the team “Naughty and Sorta Nice.” Their nationwide tour, dubbed “Sex in Every City,” is sort of a traveling standup comedy version of the Spice Girls meeting the Sarah Jessica Parker posse.The team’s bawdy humor blends sex with race relations, boozing, the workplace, and even what’s hot about fat

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From the boardroom to the bedroom and the playground, life’s little battlefields can be the biggest. The social scene in school can be tougher than any textbook. So to help usher in the new school year, this week’s movies are about the social challenges that students face, whether involving bullies, body image, raging hormones—or all three at once!Career Day!Grownups are pretty boring, all

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Most new filmmakers make short films. There aren’t very many venues yet that will buy short films and exhibit them commercially. So, most short filmmakers make films to “express” themselves and don’t worry too much, evidently, about whose material they’ve, ahem, stolen borrowed without permission (albeit unintentionally). Until recently, selling films was a remote outcome for these

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The Palm Springs International Short Fest lived up to its reputation as the biggest and best short film festival and market in the United States. The film were hot. The filmmakers were hot. Oh, and so were the temperatures -- 107 degrees, give or take. And Mini Movie Channel was right in the middle of it all. The MMC booth in the Marketplace was the centerpiece, attracting the more than 600

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After the intense primary season defined the first half of this year, now the Washington hype machine springs into overdrive with conventions, a new Cold War, and of course, questions on how many houses one needs to become president. In honor of the machinations that govern our lives at every turn, we’ve chosen politics as our theme for this week’s films…Campaign Manager: Joe McKenna wants to

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Just in time to turn a few heads at the Democratic Convention, we’ve come across a special video from Hillary Clinton’s campaign. In what appears to be a last ditch promotional effort, the senator shows off a more, let’s call it, progressive side in her very own version of the Black Eyed Peas’ smash hit “My Humps.” Be forewarned: it’s disturbing, and all kinds of racy.Clearly Obama, the “new

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Mini Movie Channel will be at the Palm Springs International Short Fest (PSIFF) in a big way for the week of August 21 thru August 27. And it is hot out there. PSIFF is a festival that Mini Movie Channel endorses and highly recommends to anyone who likes mini movies. The Festival is showing 320 short films in competition, and another 2,000+ will be in the marketplace. This festival is one of the

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Mini Movie Channel is a contributing sponsor to several festivals that are coming up this month. MMC is proud to be associated with them and recommends that you check them out. And if you have a film ready for festival exhibition by this time next year you should consider adding these to your festival submission schedule.RHODE ISLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - August 5 - 10, 2008 in

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There are certainly a lot of websites out there that offer a share of something, like download fees or advertising revenue, but Mini Movie Channel pays filmmakers cash which, as Yogi Berra put so eloquently, is just as good as money. That alone sets MMC apart from every other site out there. (We'd sure like to hear if the rev-share models are working for any filmmakers.) And Mini Movie Channel

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At Mini Movie we’re not afraid to be deep – about six-feet-underground deep. That’s why we’ve selected DEATH as our theme this week. Its not that we’re morbid … we’ve just found a bunch of filmmakers who are. Come join us to laugh in the face of death.Monday: Te Absolvo - A comical tale of murder and love that takes on religion with a blend of slapstick and wit. A woman kills her deadbeat

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... David Russell, Mini Movie Channel's resident expert on short films. MMC: What made you want to work in short film distribution?David Russell: I worked in the feature film business until about 1996. That year I happened to check out the Palm Springs Short Film Festival and I was amazed at the amount of people who were paying to see films that they had never even heard of. It occurred to

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Here are our titles of the week, parodies that poke fun at everything from film history to cultural stereotypes:Joey Patrone: TV Cop— Joey Patrone used to be the best cop walking the TV beat. Now he’s a washed-up actor looking for his way. But when he gets a chance at the role of a lifetime will Joey trade-in his good guy image to play the toughest mobster on the tube?Live Tomorrow Today—Kids,

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Greg and Barry are the writer/director/producers of "Being in Sync," a comic short that pokes a little fun at the boy band craze of the 90's.Minimovie Channel: What made you want to make this film?Barry and Greg: Well, Greg is a musician and we thought it would be fun to combine our passions of screen writing and music so we decided to make a film together. We knew we wanted to make a comedy and

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Next week, it's all about Parodies on Mini Movie Channel. We parody classic Westerns, martial arts chop-sockys, and TV cop shows.Check back on Monday, 7/14 for our Parody week lineup.

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Just in case you were wondering what it's all about at Mini Movie Channel, and how we are different from myriad online video sites, I've boiled down the basics: Mini Movie Channel (“MiniMovie”) brings a gourmet short film experience to comedy fans online. MiniMovie is a subsidiary of Mini Movie International Channel (“MMIC”) which is headquartered in Luxembourg, with offices in Paris, Munich,

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This week, Mini Movie Channel introduces the first episode of "Lost Screen Tests". This series of celebrity outtakes finds famous and infamous personalities auditioning for roles that you would never, ever expect them to play.Our first screen test stars America's favorite celebutart, Paris Hilton, trying out for the title role in "The Queen." Though Helen Mirren won an Oscar for her portrayal of

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Scott Patch is the director of "LAST NIGHT," one of our Movies of the Week. We talked to Scott to learn a little more about his work:1) What made you want to make “LAST NIGHT?”Kathleen Rose Perkins' script- she showed me this great monologue she had written. It was very different from the previous work I had done. Previously I had made a slasher movie and a children’s comedy, but “Last Night” is

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Hilarity will ensue as Hillary does the inevitable - She goes home!Join us for fun and surprises next week on MiniMovie, as the promise of a rose garden fades out for the former first lady.

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As if YouTube and Facebook were not enough, we now have a fancy page on MySpaceSo when you browsing the big video mart, make sure to check out our aisle.

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We also got ourselves up and running on Facebook.Please be our friend, tell your friends. Get Mini with it.

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You can also visit us on the You Tube.So when you're done looking at the Tila Tequila, you'll come to us, yes?

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Click here to see Mini Movie Channel's introductory video. It'll tell you a little bit about what we're all about.

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Mini Movie Channel ™, A Multi Platform Brand, Launches Its New Service That Allows Viewers To Watch Globally Acquired High Production Value Short Films And Original Comedy Programming.(Click here to download press release.)

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The Mini Movie Channel 10,000 € award will be granted to the director of a film registered to the Short Film Corner and participating to the Mini Movie Channel contest. The winning film will be selected by the Mini Movie Channel team and the award will be given on Thursday, May 22nd, at the Short Film Corner.

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