Tag Archive for the term: film pop

It happens every year, it’s time to get used to it, but it’s just so unexpected and sudden. On the last day of the festival, after the Making Music film, I walked home and retreated to the futon in my hallway that was still there from having some houseguests and collapsed until the next morning. […]

Last night was a complete gamble compared to how prepared I had been the night before. My original idea was that I’d head out to Final Fantasy and then figure whatever I could catch after the show but after meeting up with my Victoria friends the Paper Cranes at a pizza place on Prince Arthur, […]

Quinn Caruana is one of the main organizers of Film POP this year and when she asked me to help spread the word on a special Film POP event, a Master Class for makers, I asked her to make some picks for our readers (fair deals! =) - the films she’s most personally excited about. […]

Woooo! Let the games begin!!
I went with Indyish reporters, Jonathan Stewart and Sarah Beall, to pick up our pases at Hotel Godin and wade through the goody bag and press material. The sampler cd looks great this year though I haven’t had a chance to listen to it yet (or do my laundry for that […]

headsup: the screening of the Music Videos is on Saturday @ 1pm. the OS4A workshop is 2pm Sunday.
Check out the flyer we’ll be using to promote our upcoming OS4A (Open Source 4 Artists) workshop at Pop Montreal (illustration by One Neck). Head over to the new Indyish Events page for full details.

One week after the launch weekend we found ourselves gathered inside the Acting Studio of Montreal, watching all the submissions to the 24 Hour Music Video Making Competition, sipping beer and nibbling packaged peanuts.
Many of the filmmakers were around and I took the chance to interview them about the how and why of this […]

Puces Pop definition from Haiiku Iris, head Puces Popper:
Celebrating the vibrancy of local cultural communities and encouraging indie entrepreneurs to network while inviting people to investigate some of the best independent cultural entrepreneurs.
This year, PUCES POP will be hosting a fashion show, artist-run workshops (including one by the Indyish!!), a poster show presented by […]

I received word from Seth from Film Pop yesterday, so now it’s Official Official: the three winning music videos from our Music Video Making Contest will be screened as part of the Film Pop program.
This is pretty fantastic news, if you ask me. Film Pop is 4-8 October, and they’ll be screening a nice […]