Your short film is finished. What comes next? Discover practical advice from Robin C. Keller on protecting your work, building an audience, navigating film festivals, and creating opportunities beyond the screen.
With 39 days left in the challenge, Digi60 filmmakers came together to share progress, build connections, and exchange advice. From first-time filmmakers to returning community members, here are a few highlights and lessons from the halfway point.
Making a film in 60 days isn’t just about beating the clock. It’s about finding the right people, staying open to the unexpected, and making something that feels like your own. Here are a few lessons from filmmakers who’ve done it.
Meet the people helping bring Digi60’s 2026 season to life. Get to know our new seasonal team members—Arden, Cassaundra and Alya—and the experiences, perspectives and creative interests they’re bringing to the festival.
The 2026 Digi60 60-Day Challenge is officially underway! With 97 filmmakers registered, roughly 80 people joined us at Club SAW for an afternoon of conversation, connection, live pitches and the reveal of this year’s Catch: Re/Frame.
Make the most of your 60-Day Challenge with practical tips on choosing the right idea, working within your limits, building community and making the strongest version of your film.
This August, 46 emerging filmmakers came together for the 2026 Digi60 Summer Accelerator to build skills, confidence and connections across acting, directing, producing and screenwriting. More than a series of workshops, the Accelerator helped participants find their place within Ottawa’s filmmaking community.
More than 30 BIPOC creatives came together for an evening of connection, conversation and community. And when the group got too big for the patio, we knew the Digi60 community had really shown up.
Digi60's 2025 Annual General Meeting celebrated a year of growth, recognized the volunteers and leaders who make our festival possible, and looked ahead to an exciting future of supporting new and emerging filmmakers through community, mentorship, and collaboration.
Work in film. Build Community. Digi60 is excited to announce three paid employment opportunities through Ontario's Job Creation Partnerships (JCP) program.
Digi60's Board of Directors and volunteer team recently gathered for our annual planning meeting to reflect on the past year, explore new ideas, and discuss how we can continue supporting filmmakers in Ottawa and beyond.
Thanks to support from the City of Ottawa's Cultural Facilities Fund (Minor Projects) program, Digi60 is creating a permanent home for filmmaker conversations, mentorship, and knowledge sharing while expanding access to professional tools and resources for Ottawa's filmmaking community.
The 2026 IWD Creator Lab, held March 8th, was a great success! Read our recap to learn more about the day’s event.
For the 2025 festival, we were lucky to have Gracie Henneberry as our practicum student.
Relive the 2025 Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival through photos from the event!
Checkout publicly released films from the 2025 Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival.
What a year! With a record number of films and totally sold-out screenings, the 2025 Digi60 Filmmakers’ Festival was a massive success. Our filmmakers made it unforgettable!
Over 40 filmmakers, cast and crew came out to attend the Festival Launch and spirits were high!
Over one whirlwind weekend, the Digi60 team dropped in on three very different film sets during the 60-Day Challenge.
“Subtitles are distracting.”
“I don’t want to read a movie.”
I used to say that too, until I lost half my hearing. Now I can’t imagine watching without them.
Maybe the problem isn’t subtitles at all, but the way we think movies should be experienced.
Written by Tera Bruinsma