The NBFC takes center stage on Diplomatic Relations
NBFC E-news - Thur, Feb 7, 2008
Spotlight! - The Mentors
The internal production, Diplomatic Relations is a four-part anthology series which tells four 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 four part anthology series is being done through the New NB Film Co-op Film and Television Certificate programme
We will be spotlighting the rest of the mentors for Diplomatic Relations over the next few weeks.
Here are just some of the fantastic mentors onboard DR.
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DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY MENTOR:
Ted McInnis has shot Trailer Park Boys and many other projects.
His dirt is Appalachian on ironstone foundation where the wine dark ocean rolls like vicious jelly. Bluenose the blood and to the bone...Joey said I'm, "definitely crazy, but not nuts."
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PRODUCTION MANAGER MENTOR
: Elizabeth Guildford is a native Haligonian and has worked as a Production Manager/Line Producer throughout Atlantic Canada since 1995. Elizabeth studied photography at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and Parson's School of Design in New York. Selected credits are: Gullages, Pit Pony- Season 1, Trudeau, One Heart Broken Into Song, Scotland PA, A Hole In One, A Glimpse of Hell, Virginia’s Run, Blessings, Riverman, Ambulance Girl and Outlander.
Prior to Production Management Elizabeth worked in Advertising and Broadcasting.
Elizabeth is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada-Atlantic Regional Council, where she currently holds a board position and is a member of the Nova Scotia Film Advisory Council. She occasionally conducts budgeting and production workshops throughout the Atlantic Provinces.
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ART DEPARTMENT AND PRODUCTION DESIGN MENTOR:
He also teaches film history and aesthetics at the Digital Arts College.Glendon hopes someday to live amongst the depraved luxury of Von Sternbergs' "The Shanghai Gesture".
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SCRIPT SUPERVISOR MENTOR:
In 1988 she changed careers within the industry and took a course to become Script Supervisor. Then, in 1989 she moved to Nova Scotia where the film industry was beginning to take off. In the early days of the union local, it became obvious that there was a need to train new people in the industry because new people on set were an embarrassment to the union and even a safety hazard.
At the least the union wanted to instill a sense of professionalism amongst all its members. So, with the help of many, but principally Bob Petre from Newfoundland, who was doing the same thing over on the island, Maggie developed a Set Etiquette Workshop.
Four years ago the Executive of IATSE Local 849 agreed that it was important to make the workshop more approachable and entertaining. As a result a video was produced that visited a set and showed a crew at work.
Maggie continues to work in the industry as a Script Supervisor. Most recently she worked on Poor Boy's Game, a boxing story set in Halifax and Pushing Up Daisies a black comedy also set in Nova Soctia about an unusual funeral director and a love affair.
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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 in the late days of December or these early days of January...thank you very much for your support of the Film Co-op.
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: Britany Sparrow (Fredericton), Laurence Sparks (Fredericton), Richard MacQueen (Saint John), Michael Graver (Oromocto), Andrew Long (Fredericton), Semra Yuksel (Fredericton),
"Joining the Film Co-op was the best thing I ever did."
Britany Sparrow, Fredericton NBFC member
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HOLD THE PRESS! -
RENEWED FREDERICTON MEMBER KEITH RUTTAN
I started acting early in my youth. My earliest performances were of comedian Red Skeleton. My teacher at the time thought my antics were so disruptive during class that she made a special agreement with me if I would abstain from clowning around during regular class she would allow me to perform these skits in the morning during show and tell. I would get it out of my system and behave the rest of the day. Some of my favorite memories were of my grade six-choir teacher Mrs. Muir who taught me how to sing. She was also instrumental in getting me to direct my comedic qualities into areas where they would
be less disruptive to the rest of the classes I took. I’ve always enjoyed performing in front of people and getting them to laugh. I eventually started working as an extra in Films up in
My interest in writing also developed early having written poetry for as long as I can remember. After a ten-year stint in the Canadian Armed Forces I went to NBCC Woodstock and graduated at the top of my class in Radio Journalism. From there I worked at the CBC as their “Information Morning” research assistant and wrote News articles for Farm Focus an agricultural news magazine based in
I have been a member of the NB Film Co-op since the summer of 2006. I have taken on acting roles in short films and features since then and have enjoyed the many wonderful people I’ve met there. I’m looking forward to learning from and sharing my stories with the NBFC members in the 2008 Writers Roost.
Email Keith at: eric.thered@hotmail.com
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HOLD THE PRESS! -
RENEWED FREDERICTON MEMBER BRITANY SPARROW
Returning member Britany Sparrow had a busy year last year. Between directing her first digital video short, 'The Perfect Cliche', acting as production manager and script supervisor on several Short Film Venture projects, and taking workshops, 2007 went by in a filmmaking blur. And now she's back and better than ever, ready to take on 2008.
Plans for this year include acting as production manager and assistant director for Paul Anger and Dennis Poirier's collaboration 'Ask Ug', teaching the production management workshop in April, and completing the pre-production and production phases of her comedic short 'The Morning After,' which Brit hopes to receive a Short Film Venture grant to fund this production. Brit also hopes to take some more workshops this year to broaden her horizon into the technical world.
Email Britany at:
fire_on_ice_9@hotmail.com
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REBECCA'S GRAVE WRAPS OUTSIDE MONCTON
By Moncton NBFC member director Donovan Richard
This short film was on my mind for a very long time. I first heard
about the legend during my university years in the 1990's: The legend of a young girl who in the late 19th century was accused of witchcraft, was executed and then buried in Moncton. That was an interesting piece of info, but the real interesting part was that this was an actual place that people knew about. The grave was on the side of a road called Gorge road, on the outskirts of Moncton.
Then, there were all the stories of people who visited the grave and all the strange events that happened to them. I could actually go see and visit this place and maybe see or feel something supernatural.
My story is about Rebecca but it also tells the tale of events that transpired at the location. Many people have talked about things that happened to them so, this time I decided to take the tales to the screen.
This short film was my first time working solo as writer, producer and Director. Prior to this I was always collaborating with my good
friend and another Film Co-op member Dennis Poirier or with someone else's ideas or script to shoot. This idea grew into a story I created myself as I was very interested in the subject matter and wanted to make it my own.
After working on several films and making tons of friends in the NB Film Co-op filmmaking circles in NB I was blessed with a wonderful group of people to help me create this film. My co producer/1st Ad Dan Thebeau, actor/editor Jason Chisholm, my sister and the title character of the film Jonelle, to name only a few of the incredible crew/cast I had.
I have posted a link to a trailer which was created during the holidays with the help of these people and I hope you will enjoy the first look at my short film. I have also created a group on facebook for this film. Lastly I'm also updating my own website with a section dedicated to this film. Currently the trailer is hosted on the site of my good friend and Film Co-op member Dan Thebeau http://www.keyfilms.ca
http://www.redleafproductions.com
To anyone who wishes to make films, just write down your ideas, get your friends together and go film. It's as simple as that. Any
artist needs an outlet, whether it's writing, drawing, painting or in
this case filmmaking. With this latter medium, I have the chance to
create with the help of very good, close friends and the NB Film Co-op!
http://www.keyfilms.ca/rgnew.html
http://www.redleafproductions.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 for info and if you have any questions.
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Festivals
2008 SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL
November 13-16, Fredericton, New Brunswick
Call for Submissions!
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SUBMIT YOUR NB SHORT FILM TO REEL YOUTH FILM FESTIVAL
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.
Reel Youth is a non-profit organization that facilitates claymation and video making programs based around the issues that young people want to see changed in their community and the world. The Reel Youth Film Festival (RYFF) is touring 24 communities across Canada and the US right now.
2008 Youth Film Submissions - deadline June 15
In partnership with Reel Youth, the Silver Wave Film Festival will again have a youth element in the 2008 program! If you are 19 years old or younger, your film could be screened at the SWFF. The program is youth juried and will tour Canada and parts of the States. For more info and a submission form click
here
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[NOTE: Please send submissions directly to Reel Youth at the address provided on the form.
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Arts in NB
HERITAGE WEEK TIES IN WITH THE THEME OF MUSIC & ECMAS
The heritage vignette, The Violin of Arthur LeBlanc was produced recently by Co-op members Melynda Jarratt and Mike Cowie. Melynda took on the role of production manager while Mike was the cameraman and editor. It will air on CBC this week. The NB Film Co-op was a sponsor on this creative project. Check out the video online on the government website at:
http://www.gnb.ca/0007/HW-SP/2008/index-e.asp
Old-time Fiddling in New Brunswick and the Violin of Arthur LeBlanc
The violin (or fiddle – as it is also called) has been very popular throughout New Brunswick history. The earliest reference to this musical instrument dates back to 1763-65, when the Reverend Henry Alline, wrote of his travels in Nova Scotia (including present-day New Brunswick) and how he often hired French Acadian fiddlers to play for his dances.
No doubt, the fiddle was present even earlier in the century, since historian Gary Copeland notes that the literary references of American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow would seem plausible. Longfellow’s descriptions of “dizzy dances” in the Acadia of Evangeline before the Deportation can be considered somewhat reflective of the time:
“Gayly the old man sang to the vibrant sound of the fiddle.
Tous les Bourgeois de Chartes and Le Carillon de Dunkerque
and anon with his wooden shoes beat time to the music.
Merrily, merrily whirled the wheels of the dizzying dances
Under the orchard-trees and down the path to the meadows;
Old folk and young together, and children mingled among them.”
By 1812, a violin appears in the inventory of an estate sale of Jean Donelle, an Acadian who had changed his name to “John Donning” and lived at Ruisseau des Renards (Fox Creek), near Moncton.
There were five major groups of people that immigrated to present-day New Brunswick and joined the Acadian settlers who had survived the Deportation. These groups of people were: The Loyalists (1784), Scots (1780-1840), English Yorkshires (1774), Irish (1815-1840) and the Danish (1876). The arrival of these groups, along with thousands of immigrants from other countries in Europe such as the Netherlands and Germany, had a tremendous impact upon our music traditions.
In every community the fiddler was called upon to play at weddings, house parties, dances and funerals. Old-time fiddler Earl Mitton (1926-1991) remembered traveling from village to village in his early days playing his fiddle. For payment, the people would give him meals and a place to sleep.
The tunes – and instruments - were passed down through generations, and musicians learned from one another. In this way a unique sound was born.
As Ivan Hicks observes: “In my opinion, most fiddlers tend to play a tune the same way (with some variations such as grace notes and bowing techniques) probably because fiddlers today learn from tapes, records, and written music. Fiddlers of my father’s generation and before learned their tunes by ear from one another and not all fiddlers would “hear” the same tune in the same way.”
Michael Brisk playing his
fiddle at Metepenagiag
Although the violin was not native to this continent, Mi’kmaq and Maliseet First Nations adapted European fiddles to their own styles, added their own ceremonial and social contexts, and combined them with other instruments and voices to achieve yet another unique sound. In 1953, Michael Brisk of Metepenagiag First Nation played his fiddle for Dr. Helen Creighton and the recordings are now in the collection of Canadian Museum of Civilization
The featured violin of Arthur LeBlanc (1906-1985), is in the collection of the Musée acadien of the Université de Moncton. It was made by Dieppe luthier Job LeBlanc for his son Arthur in c. 1915.
Job LeBlanc devoted his life to music. He made and played violins. When Arthur was just three years old, Job made a miniature violin for him, hardly suspecting that this little toy would change his son’s life. The violin quickly became his favourite plaything. He played his violin so much that each evening he fell asleep with it in his hands. Job soon noticed his son’s natural talent, and as a violinist himself, decided to give him music lessons. At the age of five Arthur drew people to his father’s shop with his gifted playing. The young boy was unbelievable. He played pieces of great complexity for his age and, by
the age of ten, was already giving recitals for admiring crowds.
Arthur LeBlanc spent his adolescent years in Quebec City pursuing his musical studies. In 1924 he left for Boston to study at the New England Conservatory of Music and, a few years later, went to Paris. After a series of trips abroad, he returned to his beloved Acadia and became one of the great violinists of the twentieth century.
In 1987, a mountain east of Chicoutimi (Quebec) was named after Arthur LeBlanc, and today, one can still attend a concert by the Arthur LeBlanc quartet. Founded at the Université de Moncton in 1988, the Quatuor Arthur-Leblanc (composed of violinists Hibiki Kobayashi and Brett Molzan, violist Jean-Luc Plourde and cellist Ryan Molzan) is widely recognized as one of Canada's finest string ensembles, recently making their debut at Carnegie Hall.
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FREDERICTON - MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES
Feb 11, 2008, 8pm
POOR BOY'S GAME
Director: Clement Virgo
Cast: Danny Glover, Tonya Lee Williams, Rossif Sutherland, Stephen McHattie
Run Time: 104 minutes
Country: Canada
Year: 2007
Language: English
Distributor: Seville Pictures
Clement Virgo, one of Canada's most versatile filmmakers, has crafted an impressive body of work - most of which has screened at the Toronto International Film Festival . from RUDE (1995) and THE PLANET OF JUNIOR BROWN (1997) to LOVE COME DOWN (2000) and deliciously languid coming-of-age story, LIE WITH ME (2005). His new film, POOR BOY'S GAME, a Special Presentation at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, also screened at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival and won multiple awards at the 2007 Atlantic Film Festival, including Best Atlantic Feature.
Set in Halifax, Nova Scotia, POOR BOY'S GAME - which screened to much acclaim as a Special Presentation at the 2007 Festival - is the story of would-be boxer Donnie Rose (Rossif Sutherland, "ER," RED DOORS), who was sent to prison as a teenager after he beat a young black man so badly that his victim was left physically and mentally handicapped. The film begins nine years later, when Donnie is released from prison and lands back in the same neighbourhood, which holds only bad memories for him and for the family whose lives were destroyed by his act of violence.
Donnie considers himself a changed man, but George Carvery (Danny Glover, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS, MANDERLAY), wants revenge for what happened to his son, a promising young boxer before his injuries. George never recovered from the tragedy and can scarcely will himself to exercise restraint when he first encounters Donnie. Soon, however, George recognizes that it is time to let go of the demons from his past, and he forges an uneasy alliance with the young man, and begins training him in the boxing ring. The situation is almost too much for George's wife, Ruth (Canadian-born television actress Tonya Lee Williams), to bear. She cannot fathom a world with room enough for her husband to co-exist with their son's attacker.
Virgo navigates the terrain of race relations with an extraordinary subtlety. As a potent subtext, race remains under the surface, always threatening to boil over and informing the relationships between each of the film's well-drawn characters. POOR BOY'S GAME is a remarkable evocation of how one action can have lifelong consequences and, ultimately, a tribute to the redemptive power of forgiveness.
"Poor Boy's Game" may [represent Virgo's] best work so far, blending seamlessly his preoccupation with race, fluid identities, and complex sexuality.. . Leslie Felperin, Variety
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The NB Film Co-op experimental fILM pROGRAMME Presents: Visiting Filmmaker ANDREA DORFMAN
WHEN: THIS
Saturday, February 9th,
11am to 3pm
WHERE:
NB Film Co-op, 732 Charlotte Street, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton.
Wondering how you can make the transition from Short films to Feature films? Trying to figure out how to maintain the playfulness and ingenuity of the short film when shooting a longer production? Wonder what the role of a Film Co-op can be in this process?
Join Halifax-based filmmaker Andrea Dorfman ("Parsely Days", "Love That Boy") for a workshop that explores these questions. Dorfman will be screening excerpts of her work, talking about her personal filmmaking practice, and will be doing a workshop on the practical elements of getting a feature film made in Atlantic Canada.
Andrea Dorfman
WRITER/DIRECTOR/CINEMATOGRAPHER
One of Canada's most promising, versatile and truly independent filmmakers, Andrea Dorfman started making Super 8 films with friends in high school before graduating from Montreal's McGill University in 1992. She graduated from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax in 1995 and then wrote, directed, shot and edited several experimental short films through the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op while working as a camera assistant in Halifax's commercial film industry. An active member of the Co-op, she headed various committees over the years and served on its Board of Directors.
In 1998 she made her first dramatic short film, Swerve, a road-trip movie centering on an all-female love triangle, as well as Nine, a half-hour documentary exploring a year in the life of a nine-year-old girl diagnosed with separation anxiety. Both films earned her the award for Most Promising New Director at the Atlantic Film Festival and went on to play at many international festivals. Swerve was named Best Lesbian Short at Toronto's Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival, while Nine garnered the Marion McMahon Award at the 1999 Images Festival in Toronto and earned a nomination for Best Short at Toronto's Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival.
Dorfman then produced, wrote, shot and directed her first feature film, Parsley Days (2000), which she shot in eleven days in the summer of 1999. It premiered to great acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival®, was named one of Canada's Top Ten by an independent, national panel of filmmakers, programmers, journalists and industry professionals, won Best Cinematography and Best Actress Awards at the Atlantic Film Festival and was runner-up for Best First Feature at the Avanca Film Festival in Portugal.
After directing, producing and co-writing three seasons of the
award-winning CBC-TV series "Street Cents" from 2000 to 2002, Dorfman made her sophomore feature Love That Boy (2003), (Still to right:
Love That Boy
), which drew consistently positive reviews upon its release and was screened at festivals around the world. Next, short film, There's A Flower in my Pedal (2004) received the runner up to Best Short at the Toronto Film Festival '05. Her first documentary, Sluts (2005) made for the Life Network, explores the mythology surrounding high school students who are labeled with the derogatory term and won Best Documentary at the Atlantic Film Festival ('05). Along with several projects of her own and with a variety of collaborators, she is currently in development on her third feature, Harmony, with co-writer Jennifer Deyell and
a documentary, Flawed, with the NFB.
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Biz News
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 cooperation with New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative and Cinémarévie Coop Ltée
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Hey Cat, Just a quick note. Hanging out on Sirius 6-B with Bishop from Aliens (photo to right- Gary is in the middle)
It's cold but the gunfire keeps me warm and the people are great. Off to the mines next week for rat cooking, gunfire and pints.
Fredericton based Film Co-op member Gary Ferguson
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THE LINDALEE TRACEY AWARD
Submissions to the 2008 Lindalee Tracey Award are now being accepted!
For Submission quidelines For Lindalee's films, books and other works: click here
Writer, filmmaker, journalist, entertainer, mother, Lindalee Tracey was one of the brightest and liveliest Canadian artists. The underlying theme of her work was to champion those who are often ignored, underestimated and forgotten and to celebrate those who rise above disadvantage. Lindalee passed away on October 19, 2006 at age 49, after a five year battle with breast cancer.
Award-winning director/writer/narrator of 14 documentary films, author of 3 books, writer of numerous magazine articles, newspaper stories and radio documentaries, Lindalee Tracey
was a multi-talented whirlwind. Some of her best-known films include: “Bhopal: The Search for Justice”, “The Anatomy of Burlesque”, “Toronto: City of Dreams”, the 52-part series “A Scattering of Seeds: The Creation of Canada” (4 of which she directed and all of which she produced), and her remarkable first film, Genie-nominated “Abby, I Hardly Knew ‘Ya”.
To honour her life and celebrate her legacy, Lindalee’s colleagues, friends and family have created The Lindalee Tracey Award to be presented each year at the Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival in Toronto, to an emerging Canadian filmmaker who works in the spirit of Lindalee - with passion, humour, a strong sense of social justice and a personal point of view.
The winner is awarded $5000.00 plus a beautiful commissioned glass sculpture.
ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE RECEIVED BY FEBRUARY 29th, 2008
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FREDERICTON - CBC OFFERS LIVE BROADCASTS AND GREAT PROGRAMMING FEATURING A STELLAR LINE UP OF PERFORMERS FROM THE 2008 ECMAS
CBC will showcase Canadian Music, East Coast Style from coast to coast to coast with a multitude of live broadcasts and programming from the 2008 East Coast Music Awards Festival & Conference in Fredericton, NB from February 7-10.
Q with Jian Ghomeshi, CBC Radio One's national arts, culture and entertainment show is coming to Fredericton for the entire ECMA event.
"One of my favourite parts of the ECMA weekend is discovering vibrant new east coast artists that I've not heard of or seen yet, but that I inevitably end up loving and championing for the rest of the year," says host Jian Ghomeshi. "I'll be out late checking out the music each night in Fredericton. I'm looking forward to what surprises I might find."
Jian will kick off CBC Radio's live broadcasts on Friday, February 8th from noon to 1:30 pm at the Fredericton Playhouse. Q will feature live performances by two of the top ECMA nominees - Joel Plaskett (solo) and WINTERSLEEP - along with Carmen Townsend; plus, Jian will have a few special surprises during the show.
Q will also broadcast a weekend wrap up on Monday, February 11th from 2 pm - 3:30 pm. Listeners will hear all the tales, stories and highlights of ECMA weekend as experienced by Jian himself! (tune-in only)
SHIFT with Paul Castle will broadcast live to Atlantic Canada from The Playhouse on Friday, February 8th from 3:30 pm to 6:00 pm and will feature live performances by David Myles, winner of the 2006 International Songwriters Competition, the smooth vocals of Meaghan Smith, jazz guitarist Duane Andrews, and Damhnait Doyle backed up by members of the band SLOWCOASTER, and Thom Swift.
CBC RADIO 3 will join forces with SIRIUS SATELLITE RADIO for two nights to present an incredible line-up on the rock stage at the Delta Fredericton Hotel. Friday, February 8th will showcase Mark Bragg, Two Hours Traffic, hey rosetta!, The Tom Fun Orchestra, and the Jimmy Swift Band. Saturday, February 9th will feature Dwight D'Eon, Age of Daze, Carmen Townsend, SLOWCOASTER, and The Trews. Both shows are from 11 pm to 2 am and are ECMA ticketed events.
The SOCAN Songwriters' Circles will be recorded live on Saturday, February 9th and Sunday, February 10th from 1:30 - 2:30 pm for future broadcast on CBC Radio One and CBC Radio 2. Jenn Grant, David Myles, Damhnait Doyle, Christian "Kit" Goguen, Lennie Gallant, Thom Swift and Jean -Francois Breau will share their stories about songwriting in the cozy and intimate setting of the songwriters' circle. (ECMA ticketed events)
ATLANTIC AIRWAVES with Stephanie Domet is up next at the Playhouse on Saturday, February 9th from 5 pm to 6 pm. Fredericton hiphop artists First Words, featuring legendary beatman/producer JoRun will be performing. The Extremeties project "The New Tonic", a hiphop/jazz collaboration produced at CBC Halifax (based on original tracks from the Tonic CD nominated for Jazz Album of the Year) will make its debut on the show. Joining The Extremeties are MCs Fizz, Ghettosox, DJ JoRun, and jazz players Jamie Gatti, and Chris Mitchell.
CANADA LIVE will celebrate east coast style with a two-hour special edition featuring all the highlights from various artists performing during the entire 2008 ECMA weekend. It will be broadcast to the country on CBC Radio 2 on Friday, February 29th from 8 pm - 10 pm. (tune in only)
BARENAKED EAST COAST MUSIC! hosted by Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies is a one-hour national TV program celebrating Canadian Music, East Coast Style featuring the very best musical performances captured at various locations and events throughout the 2008 ECMAs. The fast-paced show will have special performances by Meaghan Smith, Jenn Grant hey rosetta!, Jordan Croucher, Joel Plaskett Emergency, Dave Gunning, and Ron Hynes. It will also include a special concert celebrating the ECMA's 20th anniversary featuring Lennie Gallant, Damnhait Doyle, Ashley MacIsaac and Bruce Guthro. The program is produced by Dream Street Pictures in association with CBC. BARENAKED EAST COAST MUSIC! will be broadcast Sunday, March 2nd at 7:00 pm on CBC Television.
Be sure to check out www.cbc.ca/eastcoastmusic for additional web-only performances by performers featured in the show. In addition, www.cbc.ca/eastcoastmusic will be the home of original content gathered during the celebration weekend and edited into on-line features that explores the future of the music industry, from the perspective of musicians, fans and label representatives. Also available will be the CBC Halifax production of "East Coast Sessions" featuring the best and brightest new artists that the East Coast has to offer. Visitors will see extended performances, only available on www.cbc.ca/eastcoastmusic.
Join CBC at our many live radio broadcasts, tune in, watch, and visit us online to experience all the great music and performances captured at the 2008 East Coast Music Awards Festival and Conference. Unless noted, all live broadcasts are free and open to the public. Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis.
For more information or interviews, contact:
Lori Wheeler
Senior Communications Officer
(506)
451-4080/447-7153
lori_wheeler@cbc.ca
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Advertise
GOOGLE MAPS INFO NEEDED
If you are a filmmaker who has gone through the process of obtaining permission from Google Maps to use their maps in your film(s) and know the procedure for doing this, please contact Cat so she can pass on the info to the Film Co-op members. info@nbfilmcoop.com
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CREATIVE FILMMAKER NEEDED!
My name is Nick Fowler and I have been working on a piece of music approximately 7-10 minutes long. Its classical, electronic, glitch rhythmic, and ambient. I want to turn this piece into a short film. I am looking for a creative local film maker to work with. I have an idea of a poetic experimental short film, which ties in deeply with the music. Take a listen at www.purevolume.com/yoursoundaudio (its called 3AM Part One). If you are interested email me at your_sound_audio@hotmail.com or call me at (506) 639-1360.
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Voice narrator needed
We need someone with voice narration experience to do the narration for our film, which we will be working on over the next few weeks. The film will be approx. 20 minutes, but the narration should take no longer than 5 minutes in total.
Please contact me at this email: melanie.roach@gmail.com
Thanks again,
~Melanie