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First-ever Montana International Film Festival hits Billings this fall

March 30, 2018 /

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As someone who has himself made both short and feature-length films, Brian Murnion knows how painful it is to have film festival organizers reject your work after watching it for a minute or less.

"You pay 100 bucks to enter your film in the festival, and it’s a total rip-off," he said. "That film should get the full attention it deserves. That’s the way to respect filmmakers."

Murnion, 32, is teaming with Ryan Kabeary and Art House Cinema & Pub founder and executive director Matt Blakeslee to offer the first ever Montana International Film Festival https://filmfreeway.com/montanainternational , or MINT, set for Sept. 13-17 at multiple venues: the Art House, the Babcock Theatre, MoAV Coffee House, Stapleton Gallery, and additional businesses with whom the team is still in negotiations.

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