The Fredericton Monday Night Film Series Presents:
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
NBFC E-news - Thur, Feb 28, 2008
Spotlight! - Diplomatic Relations
The internal production, Diplomatic Relations is a three-part series which tells three different stories
(15-20 mins each) which all occur at the same table at different points in the night at a 24 hour restaurant.
Each story begins with an incident at the restaurant and then we flashback to events of the recent past which led
up to that particular incident.
The series is being done through the NB Film Co-op's new Film and Television Certificate Programme
We will be spotlighting all the DR mentors and actors involved over the next few weeks.
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NB LOCATION MANGER MENTOR:
For 20 years Jacquie Anderson has been involved in the NB film industry, the last decade, working as a Location Manager.
Whether it be a MOW, commercial, TV series or feature film, Jacquie is often the first person out, helping the Producers and Directors discover their ideal settings within NB's treasure trove of Locations!
She is an alumni member of the NB Film Co-op and most notably worked on the groundbreaking documentary Echoes in the Rink: The Willie O'Ree Story.
Here are some of Jacquie's many credits: Growing Op, Stuck, Canada Russia 72, Canadian Antiques Roadshow, Open Heart, Geraldine's Fortune, Jericho Mansions, The Bay of Love and Sorrows, Irish Eyes, Star Hunter as well as many other films and numerous TV Commercials.
Email Jacquie at: jacquiea@rogers.com
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DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS NB ACTOR PATRICIA LEGER
Patricia Léger grew up in
She studied drama at l’Université de
She also toured her one woman show Deep Fried Dreams and her play the Journey of Eels (Le chemin des anguilles) that is now in development for a screenplay with Simplicity Productions in
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NB FILM CO-OP MEMBER RENEWALS DUE FOR 2008!
It's that time of the year again members....membership dues time.
For those of you who have already renewed...thank you very much for your ongoing support of the NB Film Co-op. The memberships run annually from Jan 1 - December 31. Everybody's membership renewal is at the first of every year.
If you have any questions about your membership (upgrading-downgrading etc.) email Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com and she will be happy to help you out.
Recent Renewals for 2008: Joan Headley, Fredericton, Peter Evan Chuck, Ottawa/Fredericton, Lita Llewellyn Petitcodiac, Corena Walby, Fredericton, Conrad Steeves, Prosser Brook, Jason Chisholm, Moncton, John Calver, Bathurst, Jeanne McKay, Bathurst, Rob Imeson, Fredericton, Alex Donnelly, Prince William.
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HOLD THE PRESS! - RENEWED OTTAWA/FREDERICTON MEMBER PETER EVAN CHUCK
Hi Cat
I am researching an Angel Project, and am shooting a documentary on the Ukrainian slave camps in Canada during WW1 (war measures act invoked and 180,000 Uke/Cdn's declared 'illegal aliens' thousands sent to 'gulags' i.e. concentration camps - 26 slave camps in Canada in all provinces except PEI and NFLD - )
Hope all's well - enjoy reading updates on the NB Film Co-op in the weekly e-news.
Email Peter at: pevanchuck@hotmail.com
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HOLD THE PRESS! -
RENEWED FREDERICTON MEMBER JENNIFER CHIASSON
I have been involved with the NB Film Co-op for must be about 3 years now. I work as an associate producer, graphic designer, and editor for Fredericton based Atlantic Mediaworks, which supports the NBFC ongoing. I also work as a graphic designer for a fashion magazine.
I have worked on a number of Film Co-op shoots ranging from a full feature to 10 minute shorts. I generally do Hair, Make-up and Costuming, as well as 1st AD.
I am also certified in first aid and am always looking to learn new aspects behind the screen and help people realize their personal goals for their films!
Email Jen at: shannaranelf@hotmail.com
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Training & Development
Check out the new Intro/Intermediate Workshop Schedule for 2008 on the Film Co-op website by going to our activities link at: http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/activities.htm (remember to refresh the page)
Email Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com to pay and register for workshops!
SCREENWRITING
(Intermediate - Theory and Hands-On)
March 15, Saturday, 11 am - 5 pm
Instructor: Gretchen Kelbaugh
Location: New Brunswick Film Co-op
(732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton)
Charlotte Street Arts Centre
Fee: $20 For Film Co-op Members
$30 For Non-Members
(Film Co-op Members are required to take at least one screenwriting course before they direct/produce their own projects through the Film Co-op)
Class Limit: 12
This course is for people who already know or who will learn in advance proper script formatting and understand the basic 3-act structure.
Pre-requisite
- bring a synopsis (one page or less) for a movie idea (short or feature) which you haven't shot yet
Topics:
- To tell or not to tell (will anyone but Mom care?)
- finding the heart of your story
- creating conflict, great characters and comedy
- giving and taking criticism, using your synopses
- case studies of great and lousy scenes
INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY
Gretchen Kelbaugh twice won the Atlantic Film Festival – CBC Script Development award. One of these, 106 Fire Hydrants, was produced for national CBC-TV in 1999.
Since 2000, Gretchen has written, produced and directed both shorts and documentaries, many of which have screened in the Atlantic Film Festival and some beyond.
Gretchen’s first feature, Margaret and Deirdre, screened at the Atlantic Film Festival and was featured at the New Brunswick Gala Screening of the Silver Wave Film Festival, 2005. The screenplay, which she wrote, won the national CBC Producers’ Showcase in 1999. Margaret and Deirdre has been nominated for three awards at the Trail Dance Film Festival in Oklahoma, January 2008: Best Feature Drama, Best Foreign Film and Best Screenplay.
80/20; The Developing World (2006), is distributed in Canada by the Canadian Learning Co. Gretchen and Connell Smith produced the 2-hour series, which won the Excellence in Music award for documentaries at the Silver Wave Film Festival in 2006.
Gretchen’s short, Piece o’ Cake, screened at festivals in New Brunswick plus the DeReel Film Festival in Melbourne and the Broad Humor Film Festival in Venice, CA, where it won Best No Budget Short. Both Piece o’ Cake and Gretchen’s first doc, Story of Three, have just been accepted into the “Downloads” initiative of CBC-television, Atlantic.
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Festivals
2008 SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL
November 13-16, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Call for Submissions!
The 8th annual Silver Wave Film Festival (SWFF)
is now accepting submissions. This year's festival takes place from November 13th to November 16th, 2008.
SWFF is the annual film and video festival presented by the New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative. It has both curated and competitive streams, as well as a solid line-up of social activities and workshops that get the town buzzing.
This year, we are celebrating our 8th year with some new programming approaches and again we’ve waived the submission fee for filmmakers submitting so, it promises to be a good year. Save the dates and plan to attend!
Film and video projects that are accepted for screening into the SWFF and created by New Brunswick Filmmakers residing in the province and those filmmakers from away will be considered for the Silver Wave Awards.
The deadline for submissions is August 3rd, 2008, 5pm Atlantic Standard Time.
Incomplete applications and applications received after this deadline will not be accepted under any circumstances.
The following items must accompany the application:
· Completed Application form, on CD in an MS Word or .rtf type document;
· List of credits;
· 3 DVD pre-screening copies of the finished project for jury consideration for awards; (NOTE: only Mini DV, Beta SP and 35 mm will be screened at the Festival. DVDS will not be accepted)
· Productions stills, in jpeg format at 300dpi resolution, on CD to be used in festival promotional materials;
· Press Kit (if available of past festival/special screenings of film/video);
· Director's Bio and headshot;
· Poster representing the film or documentary (if available);
NOTE: Submissions materials will not be returned to you by the SWFF. Please email:
info@nbfilmcoop.com
if you have any questions. You will be advised whether or not your submission has been accepted for screening in advance of the festival.
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Arts in NB
FREDERICTON - MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES
March 3rd,
2008, 8pm, Tilley Hall, UNB, Fredericton
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Director: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Kelly MacDonald, Woody Harrelson, Stephen Root
Screenwriter: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Producer: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin
Composer: Carter Burwell
With NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, the Coen Brothers have found a perfect match in Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy. Their adaptation of McCarthy's praised novel is a staggering masterpiece. In this almost impossibly faithful adaptation, the film takes place in a small Texas border town in 1980. Sheriff Bell (a never-been-better Tommy Lee Jones) has ruled the land for years without the use of a gun, but a new brand of reckless lawlessness has taken over his town.
Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) is an innocent Everyman with a devoted wife, Carla Jean (Kelly Macdonald), but when he stumbles across a drug deal gone deadly and finds two million dollars, he's determined to keep it for himself. There's only one problem. He's being pursued by one of the most amoral, evil psychopaths that the big screen has ever seen. Wearing an absurd haircut and brandishing a pressurized weapon that's used to murder cattle, Anton Chigurh (Javier Bardem) creeps forward on his mission to track Moss down and return the money to its rightful owners to save his own skin. As the tension mounts, the body count begins to rise, confirming Sheriff Bell's inability to battle this new wave of modern brutality. The most striking thing about the Coen Brothers' thriller is their masterly use of silence to create an almost unbearable level of tension. Cinematographer Roger Deakins is once again at the top of his game, beautifully capturing this stark and lonely world.
The well-rounded cast is clearly excited to be a part of such a stellar production--particularly Bardem, whose Chigurh is a freakishly mysterious monster, and is certain to haunt viewers long after the final credit has rolled. In a career filled with striking achievements, this might very well be the Coen Brothers' finest. It is filmmaking at its best.
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Biz News
TELEFILM CANADA - CANADA FEATURE FILM FUND 2008-2009
LOW BUDGET INDEPENDENT FEATURE FILM ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Montreal, February 28, 2008 - Telefilm Canada would like to notify clients about the three essential changes to the new 2008-2009 guidelines (English and French market) for the Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program (LIFAP).
In direct response to the industry’s concerns, Telefilm has simplified the criteria for eligible directors to apply to the LIFAP. These changes reflect the realities of the market and take into consideration the evolution of independent feature film.
Changes:
The maximum budget for a low budget film applying to the LIFAP has been increased from $1 million to $1.25 million, making it unnecessary for applicants to defer fees up to $250,000 in order to submit a budget that may exceed $1 million.
The minimum threshold for a production budget moves from $300,000 to $250,000. This new threshold will make it easier for certain applicants to have access to production resources.
English-language projects only: a new requirement option has been added to the applicants’ list of credits: applicants can have at least one short fiction program or a non-fiction program, of at least 30 minutes, that has aired on a CRTC-licensed television broadcaster (pay, specialty or conventional broadcaster).
Telefilm is committed to continue working with the industry to ensure the administration of the CFFF and all its programs is effective, streamlined and efficient.
2008-2009 guidelines and eligibility criteria for the Low Budget Independent Feature Film Assistance Program can be found on Telefilm Canada's Website.
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mUSIC VIDEO SHOT
I wanted to send this link around to a number of people as a thank you to Rob (the photographer). Thanks ROB FOURNIER!
Rob stayed up all night with Darcy Fraser, Jason Levangie and myself at a small bar in Moncton last weekend to shoot a video for the ECMA winning NB country band, The Divorcees. Take a look at a few of the nice shots he got as well as his whole site. Again thanks Rob. The video will be edited shortly and posted on youtube.com under our collective - Raised by Media.
http://www.robfournier.com/thedivorcees/
Take a look at some other stuff we all did this past year.
www.youtube.com/user/raisedbymediacoop
Saint John based Film Co-op member Tim McDonough
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EXPERIENCE TWO GREAT MUSIC SHOWS EAST COAST STYLE ON CBC RADIO 2 AND CBC TELEVISION
The East Coast Music Awards is eastern Canada's biggest music celebration and CBC Radio and CBC Television are bringing audiences two special programs that capture the four-day celebrations held in Fredericton earlier this month.
First up is CANADA LIVE on CBC Radio 2, which features a musical ride through the festival. Tune in to hear Joel Plaskett, Wintersleep, Damhnait Doyle, Meaghan Smith, Thom Swift, Steven Page, Lennie Gallant, the new Tonic group, and a whole lot more, all recorded live over the course of the ECMA weekend for extremely enthusiastic audiences. The CANADA LIVE two-hour special can be heard on Friday, February 29th on CBC Radio 2 starting at 8:00 p.m. (8:30 p.m. NT)
BARENAKED EAST COAST MUSIC! hosted by Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies is a one-hour television special celebrating Canadian Music, East Coast Style. Page takes viewers on a jam-packed musical tour of the ECMAs highlighting the very best performances captured at various locations and events throughout the 2008 ECMAs. The fast-paced show features the sweet-sounding jazz vocals of Meaghan Smith, a performance by up and coming diva Jenn Grant, hey rosetta! captivates audiences with their epic sound, Tom Fun Orchestra brings their brand of vaudeville music, Chucky Danger rocks out, Jordan Croucher is captured live on a hip hop stage, Joel Plaskett Emergency plays to a packed pub and is joined on stage by a Canadian guitar hero, University of New Brunswick students body-surf to the sound of super hot indie group - Wintersleep, join an East Coast celtic jam with Acadian fiddler Dominique Dupuis, Paul Hebert and his band pick a bluegrass tune, singer/songwriter David Myles gets a little help from his friends at a late night jam session, and east coast songwriting masters Dave Gunning and Ron Hynes perform together.
The television musical special also includes Ashley MacIsaac, Damhnait Doyle, Lennie Gallant, Mary Jane Lamond, Bruce Guthro, and Jean-Francois Breau in a moving tribute to East Coast Music in a special 20th Anniversary performance on stage at the Atiken Centre. BARENAKED EAST COAST MUSIC! is produced by Dream Street Pictures in association with CBC and the East Coast Music Association; it airs on Sunday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m. (7:30 p.m. NT) on CBC Television.
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Issued: February 25, 2008
Support photography available at
www.cbc.ca/imagegallery
For more information contact:
Lori Wheeler, CBC Communications
506 451-4080
lori_wheeler@cbc.ca
Helicia Glucksman, Media Profile
(416) 504-8464, extension 233
helicia@mediaprofile.com
Wendy Phillips, publicist, ECMA 2008
(902) 492-0960 /
wendy@sonicentertainmentgroup.com
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SHORT FILM VENTURE PROGRAM 2008 - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Good afternoon /bonjour
The 2008 Short Film Venture Program has been launched and we invite all emerging filmmakers interested in producing their first calling card film in the industry to submit their application to shoot a short comedy or drama. The program provides filmmakers with valuable training and an opportunity to screen their productions at New Brunswick and international film festivals. Here is a copy of the Newswire:
http://www.gnb.ca/cnb/news/bnb/2008e0127bn.htm
Please go these links for the applications forms:
http://www.nbfilm.ca/forms/e/Short_Film_Venture.doc
Thank you / merci,
Raynald Couturier
, Coordinator Training and Development/Coordonnateur, formation et développementNew Brunswick Film Nouveau-Brunswick, Moncton, NB
Tel:(506)869-6869 ; email: raynald.couturier@gnb.ca
Web: http://www.nbfilm.ca
The Short Film Venture program is done in co-operation with the New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative and Cinémarévie Coop Ltée
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Advertise
VOLUNTEER CREW NEEDED ON NBFC MEMBER FILM
Looking to help out a fellow Co-op member? We have 2 films coming up that we would love to have you assist with. We have a specific need for a trained director of photography.
"Maria For Ever" is a feature HD film to be produced in New Brunswick. This is Director Conrad Steeves' feature film debut after his award winning short film "A Dream Of Life". We would start in September and continue throughout all 4 seasons; locations throughout South-Eastern NB (mostly Fredericton).
Confirmed crew/cast members already: Line Pelletier, George Fry, Donovan Richard, Joe Blades, Conrad Steeves and Corena Walby.
"Unmasking the Creator" is an experimental short film (HD) dealing with a Physics professor and his reaction and misgivings about his startling discovery concerning the issue of God. This will be approximately 10-15 minutes and we anticipate starting this in June (over a 2 day period); locations in Fredericton and the Fundy coastline.
Confirmed cast/crew members already: George Fry, William Hall, Donovan Richard, Chafic Haddad, Conrad Steeves and Corena Walby
Interested?
Please contact Conrad Steeves at 756-2357
OR
Corena Walby at
mwalby@nb.sympatico.ca
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Commédienne
Bonjour , je me prénomme Jessie je vien du nouveau-Brunswick et je suite atiré par Le métier de commédienne ,J'ai 12 ans . Ya t-IL Des audition pour Des jeune fille comme moi is oui quand et ou?
Merci d'avance
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