SECRET MOVIE CLUB presents
Part of our OPEN MIC SHORT NIGHT series! Wednesday, August 30, 2023
LOCATION: The Secret Movie Club Theater, 1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90021
*Please note entrance/parking is actually in the back of the 1917 Bay St building. Our entrance is NOT on Bay Street. You access our entrance from Wilson Street by turning into the street art alleyway/corridor in the back of the building. Look for our signs which are always posted on Wilson and in the corridor to guide the audience.
7:30pm OPEN MIC SHORT NIGHT AUGUST 2023 - COMPETITION THEME: The Beach/The Ocean (35mm, 16mm, & digital shorts)
DEADLINE: Monday, August 21st
THEME: The Beach/The Ocean
As long as you make a film on this theme (interpreted however you like!) between today and August 21, 2023, you're in the competition!
We ask filmmakers to submit their shorts for a roughly 90-105 minute program of short movies with intros by the moviemakers themselves. Then we open up the club for an hour socializing and networking so you filmmakers can get to know each other, form a community, and maybe even work together on your next movies.
Our only rules:
1)Your short must be 10mns or fewer.
2)It can not be intentionally mean to any group of people for purely ideological or tribal reasons. Other than that, we’re not here to gate keep. You can submit anything you like from an 8 minute documentary to a 3 minute music video with content that would get a G rating to content that would get an NC-17 rating. Just as long as it has clear artistic intent and merit.
NON-COMPETITION (SHORTS MADE BEFORE YOU READ THIS): Submit any project that fits the above rules, made at any time!
COMPETITION (A SHORT MADE SPECIFICALLY FOR TONIGHT): If you take up the challenge and make a short film on our theme of the month, you can submit it and have the chance to win! Remember, if you decide to compete in our theme competition, the short must be made between our announcement of the theme and the deadline. It must be under 10mns long and it must follow the guidelines above.
The winner of the Theme of the Month Competition will get their short broadcast to our over 80K+ social media community. Their short will be preceded by an interview with the winning filmmakers along with shout outs to their social media handles. And the winning filmmaking team will get 2 complimentary tickets to two months of our events.
So if you’re ready to create and celebrate cinema, SUBMIT YOUR SHORT to: community@secretmovieclub.com by August 21st WITH THE SUBJECT LINE "Open Mic Short Night - August - [Your Short's Title]".
We’ll contact all filmmakers to confirm by Thursday, August 24th. Once we’ve reached roughly 90-100 minutes of programming we may ask to move additional shorts to the following month.
Let’s do this!
Best always,
Craig Hammill
Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
REFUNDS:
We can offer refunds up to 24 hours before showtime. Please request a refund through Eventbrite and we will process ASAP. After that, no refunds. Sorry.
However if something last minute comes up and you can’t make the screening, for whatever reason, just write to us before showtime: community@secretmovieclub.com and we’ll offer you complimentary tickets to a future screening, good for 90 days. (Disclaimer: Future screening must have available tickets, cannot be a fundraiser, and must be comparably priced)
HELPFUL SECRET MOVIE CLUB (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) THEATER PARKING TIPS:
We recommend that you park just outside our theater. Remember our theater is actually in a beautiful street art alleyway in the back of the 1917 Bay Street building. You get to our entrance by taking a right on Wilson, then a right behind the building. We are the first set of black steps on the right after the big gate.
There is also a parking lot at the corner of Mateo and Violet Street, just 2 blocks from our theater, which costs $7 per car.
HOW CAN WE STAY ON TOP OF NEWLY ANNOUNCED 35MM SCREENINGS, EVENTS, ETC?
You can follow us on Instagram/Twitter: @secretmovieclub or Facebook: @secretmovieclub35mm
You can also subscribe to our weekly email newsletter at secretmovieclub.com or by writing to us at community@secretmovieclub.com and using the header “SUBSCRIBE ME TO NEWSLETTER”.
HOW CAN I CONTACT YOU IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS/RECOMMENDATIONS:
You can always email us at community@secretmovieclub.com with any other questions, concerns, thoughts, recommendations.