MISSOULA, Mont. – Film lovers and movie trade staff will flock to the favored Missoula theater this weekend for the Montana Movie Competition.
Apart from the long-lasting triple natural popcorn, the Montana Movie Competition highlights skills from everywhere in the world, however focuses on Montana and the American West.
That focus may be broad, the pageant’s programming coordinator Mike Emmons defined, like a movie that includes College of Montana alumnus and academy award winner J.Okay. Simmons, a movie which provides the essence of what it means to be a Montanan or a westerner or a movie showcasing Montana landscapes.
That is the eighth yr of the pageant. Because the state’s movie trade grows, it has a constructive influence on the pageant.
“After we began, we introduced a whole lot of Montana movies, we instructed a whole lot of Montana tales, however they have been older,” Emmons stated. “They have been movies that had been shot right here again within the 70s. Now we now have a a lot wider vary of up to date Montana visions to attract from.”
This yr’s lineup contains seven feature-length and 21 quick movies on prime of events, trivia and Q and A classes.
The Montana Movie Competition kicks off Thursday October 13 and runs by means of Sunday.
Ticketing data and a full occasion lineup may be discovered right here.