66 Hour Digital Shootout

Gallup Film Foundation’s second edition of “The 66 Hour Digital Shootout” (66HDS) happens June 8th through the 11th. Experienced with movie making or not, we hope that you’ll register yourself or a team.

Filming locations may include downtown Gallup during the June 9th ArtsCrawl. For beginners, there’s a film workshop on June 2nd.

Michael Nunez, the late owner of a silkscreen printing business near the American Bar in Downtown Gallup, started Gallup Film Foundation (GFF) with help

from Barry Klopfer and fellow founders Carrie House and Stephanie Petrella. Other members included Lester Kein, Matt Baker, Marcus Page, Roy Howard, and Tony Milford, Jr. By 2005, GFF had launched the “Gallup Intercultural Film Festival.” Martin Link, another member, recommended a local filming location north of Gallup for a climatic scene in a 1978 film. That rockframed road is now known as “Superman Canyon.” The late Margot Kidder was in that scene with the late Christopher Reeve.

Before his death, Nunez, House, and others had hoped for a media production center. (Since then, there has been progress by schools and groups, but the dream of a Gallup area multi-media facility, open to all, continues.)

GFF is immensely grateful to the New Mexico Film Foundation (NMFF) for being GFF’s Non-Profit fiscal sponsor, as well as event sponsors El Morro Theatre, gallupARTS, and The City of Gallup! 66HDS is our local take on festivals such as the 48 Hour Film Project, with 66HDS launching in 2014, and ending with Clinton Desiderio’s team, “Tomorrow’s Here Production,” winning first place. Here’s the skinny: 1) A film-making workshop will be offered at ART123 on June 2nd, from 12:00-3:00pm, with a $5 materials fee for each person taking part (unless you made a film screened during the 2014 edition of 66HDS - then come and share!) 2) A $25 registration fee (cash, check, or money order payable to GFF’s fiscal sponsor, the Non-Profit New Mexico Film Foundation) is due from each filmmaker/ team with Assignment Pickup at El Morro Events Center, 5:00 to 7:00pm on Friday, June 8th, with a Genre, Line of dialogue, and “Prop,” which must be included in the completed film. (You may pre-pay at any time prior to the June 8th Assignment Pickup, by following the “Donate” link at www.gallupfilm.org - add a note designating the funds for GFF.) 3) You have 66 hours to make a movie. 4) All films are due from 11:00am until 1:00pm on Monday, June 11th, at El Morro Events Center - Media files ONLY! All submitted films are eligible for screening, though late entries, or entries longer than 10 minutes, may be cut or truncated and would not be eligible for prizes. 5) The screening of the “66 Hour Digital Shootout” films at El Morro Theatre happens on Sunday, June 17th, from 5:00pm until 7:00pm, followed by an awards ceremony. The admission will be $5 for anyone except the registered film team members and judges.

For more details, including full rules or questions, call 505-980-5437, or email GallupFilmFoundation@gmail.com.

The winning team, “Tomorrows Here Production,” from the 2014 edition of the 66 Hour Digital Shootout