The NBFC takes center stage on Diplomatic Relations
NBFC E-news - Thur, Jan 24, 2008
Spotlight! - Tim Bovingdon
Tim has been in the production industry for the better part of 15 years now toiling with the ideas and techniques of filmmaking and documentation. for the most part of his life he has always had an interest in the field, but he originally started out in 1988 volunteering for the local community access station "Fundy Cable 10" (now Rogers Television) on the show "Jock Talk with Ken Scott".
In the years since then he has worked as an audio technician at Simultek inc. and in the Toronto Broadcast television market with Chorus, Toronto Star and Global Television.
Tim currently owns and operates Red Phone Productions Inc. which serves to provide people in the greater Fredericton, NB and surrounding areas with creative and cost effective production solutions for their business or personal needs.
Whether it be a conference, wedding or creative expression Red Phone Productions Inc. will work with you
"Anything, Anywhere, Anytime"
Red Phone Productions Inc.
10 Carlisle Rd. Douglas, NB E3A-7N2
Ph: (506) 206-1243
Email:
redphone@rogers.com
http://www.freewebs.com/redphoneproductions/index.htm
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THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
Thank you to Saint Film Co-op member Gretchen Kelbaugh for donating monies towards membership fees for members with financial constraints!
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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: Chris Fulton (Miramichi), Rosi Jory (Saint John), Glendon McKinney (Fredericton), Gary Belding (Fredericton), Gyu Kang (Fredericton), Laura Pearson (Fredericton), Russell Munday (Moncton), Donovan Richard (Moncton), Amanda Hachey (Oromocto), Neerja Kalra (Saint John), Jennifer Mawhinney (Fredericton), Denis Cormier (Fredericton), Franklin Cardy (Fredericton)
Recent New members for 2008: Randy Pelletier (Fredericton), Ritu Raj Kalra (Saint John), Rebecca Flewelling (Fredericton)
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HOLD THE PRESS! -
RENEWED SAINT JOHN FILMMAKER MEMBER GRETCHEN KELBAUGH
The 2006 edit of Margaret and Deirdre (15 minutes shorter than the Silver Wave version) has just won the award for "Best Screenplay" at the Trail Dance Film Festival in Duncan, Oklahoma, and was nominated for Best Dramatic Feature and Best Foreign Film.
Gretchen Kelbaugh is also editing a feature length documentary.
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HOLD THE PRESS! - RENEWED FREDERICTON ACTOR MEMBER GARY BELDING!
“Gary Belding is relatively new to the
NB Film Scene
following in the footsteps of his late brother Jim who was a director and actor in both film and theatre. Also, his son Tom is making his name as an actor in the City of Vancouver having studied at the Vancouver Film School. Gary was an extra in the television movies Canada Russia 72 series and Sticks and Stones but more notably as an actor in the film, Eaux troubles du crime where he played Police Inspector Phillippe Houle.
In addition, Gary is an accredited public speaker and has been involved with Toastmasters International for the past 6 years and recently as the Immediate Past Area Governor. Last year, Gary gave a presentation at UNB for the Toastmasters Leadership Institute on what Toastmasters can learn from actors.
Gary is hoping to pursue acting as well as his public speaking venues, so we hope to see more of this late bloomer. “
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Training & Development
Click Here to check out the new Intro/Intermediate Workshop Schedule for 2008 on the Film Co-op website under our activities link at: http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/activ.htm
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CALL 455-1632 OR EMAIL CAT AT: info@nbfilmcoop.com directly to register for this below workshop.
This Certificate Programme Workshop is proudly sponsored by the New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative and New Brunswick Film
Principles of Film Design
(Theory)
January 26/27, Saturday/Sunday, 10 am - 6 pm
Instructor: Emanuel Jannasch
NEW WORKSHOP LOCATION:
Charlotte Street Arts Centre, upstairs auditorium, 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton
Fee: $75 For Film Co-op Members
$95 For Non-Members
This two day workshop presents techniques of film design developed over 25 years in the industry. The tools you will learn apply equally well to multimillion dollar features and to no-budget independent work. Primarily intended for the production designer, these tools also help the director to create an overall vision for the film and , encourage the writer to work cinematically. Anyone who pursues film as a visual art will benefit From this weekend.
The first day considers the film as a whole; what it means to create a look, how to tease out and reinforce the dramatic structure of the piece, how to identify the elements at your disposal, how to prioritize the problems to be solved.
The second day considers the individual elements of the design. What kinds of sets and locations work for the drama, for the camera, for the gaffer? How can magnificent sets be created on the cheap? How is wardrobe integrated into production design.? What makes a good prop?
The workshop focuses on creative aspects, but filmmaking is first of all a logistical challenge, Over the weekend, participants will also learn some management tips for turning your vision into reality.
Instructor's Bio: Emanuel came to film from a background in construction work and architecture. His credits as production designer or art director include Def-Con 4 (1982), Margaret’s Museum (1996), and The Conclave (2005). His work on New Waterford Girl (1998) was recognized with a Genie nomination.
Since setting up the Screen Arts program at NSCC in 1999-2000, he has been doing increasing amounts of teaching in university programs and at film training places across the country.
He hasn’t spent any time in Fredericton since designing and building sets for Samuel Lount and looks forward to coming back.
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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
SPECIAL SCREENING EVENT TONIGHT!
A special screening of The Little Black School House, the newest
documentary of Nova Scotia's well known producer Sylvia D. Hamilton at UNB Campus in Fredericton on Thursday, January 24th (TONIGHT!) at Marshall d'Avray Hall, Room 143, 10 MacKay Drive at 7pm.
This one hour documentary unearths the story of men, women and children who studied and taught at Canada's racially segregated schools.
Sylvia will be doing a Question & Answer session after the screening.
Presented by CBC, UNB and Maroon Films Inc.
Cat:
Is telling stories a personal passion for you Sylvia, and has it always been that way? What drew you to do this creative work back in the beginning?
Sylvia: Perhaps it was a yearning. A longing. I realize I've been finding
ways to capture memories and tell stories all my life as a way to forestall forgetting. I remember snapping pictures with a small Kodak instamatic, and before that with a small camera with the rolled black and white film about as long as your finger. I wanted to see images of Black people, and came to understand that if I wanted to see images I had to take them myself. There were precious few on television or in the movies. There is such power in the image --writ large. I wanted to see Black people writ large.
Cat:
Have you ever been a member of a Film or Video Co-op over time?
Sylvia: In the 1970's I was involved in a Women's Video Collective in
Halifax and later in the 1980's a Women and Film Group also in Halifax. I was a member of the Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative and involved with the Centre for Art Tapes and in both cases my efforts were directed at finding ways for both organizations to broaden their reach to African Nova Scotians, Aboriginal people and people of colour in the province. I also helped organize film screenings and training workshops.
Cat:
What is the personal significance of your new film and why was it so important for you to tell this story and to get it out there to an audience.
Sylvia: From Grade Primary to Grade 3, I attended a segregated school in my home community of Beechville, a rural village near Halifax, settled by Black refugees from the War of 1812. There were many such schools in Nova Scotia, a few in New Brunswick and a goodly number in Southern Ontario. While these school houses had few material resources, they had an intangible, affirming power over us. My mother, Dr. Marie Hamilton, a teacher in Black segregated schools, often spoke of the very special role Black teachers played in the communities and the importance of the inter-relationships among teachers, community leaders and
students. The little Black schoolhouses are therefore
symbolic both of the strength, unity and dedication of the Black educational tradition but also of the discrimination and alienation at the heart of Canada's school system. The story of the teachers, students and parents involved in these schools, which were public schools, is unknown to most Canadians. It needed to be told.
Cat:
Does each project you do have a personal significance to you?
Sylvia: As a filmmaker and a writer, history and memory combine to create a lens through which I view the present. These joint themes figure in much of my work. I have drawn upon oral story telling, archival and other found documents and objects, and on geography to tell stories about African Canadians.
Cat:
What advice would you give to some of our more emerging Film
Co-op members who are just starting out in film and television?
Sylvia: It may be a cliché to say it but it is important to remember that
learning takes the amount of time that it takes and we build and expand our knowledge base as we go along. With the wealth of resources now available on line and the many new 'how to' publications, there are a variety of ways individuals can begin building one level of their knowledge.
I would add: watch films (and the good ones, more than once) to learn how they are constructed, seek out mentors who can help guide, find productions to work on either for pay or as a volunteer and attend workshops. Making short films can be an important learning approach and contrary to what some may think, they are not easy to do. They can be excellent calling card projects. Above all, keep a healthy body and mind; keep your energy positive because it is very hard work and filmmakers need as much positive energy as can be mustered to carefully plan and execute the complex process of film production.
Thank you Sylvia.
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FREDERICTON - MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES
Jan 28, 2008, 8pm
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH
Director: Paul Haggis
Cast:
Tommy Lee Jones, Charlize Theron, Jason Patric, Susan Sarandon
Run Time: 124 minutes
Country: USA
Year: 2007
Language: English
Distributor: Warner Independent Pictures
Ratings: ON NR / BC NR / AB NR / SK NR / MB NR / PQ NR / Maritimes NR
IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH, a Special Presentation at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, marks director Paul Haggis's triumphant return to the Festival, following the extraordinary success of his first feature film, the Academy Award-winning CRASH. His astute observations regarding the wrenching social tensions that mark contemporary America and his belief in our shared humanity have once again been employed to create courageous, powerful cinema.
This time Haggis turns his attention to one of the most explosive issues in the news today: the effects of the Iraq war on returning veterans and their families. It is an enthralling story based on actual events surrounding the disappearance of a young American soldier who was stationed in that war torn nation.
When model soldier Mike Deerfield (Jonathan Tucker, Six Feet Under, HOSTAGE) mysteriously goes AWOL after returning to his hometown in New Mexico at the end of a tour on the front lines in Iraq, his career officer father, Hank (Tommy Lee Jones, A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN), and his mother, Joan (Susan Sarandon, ELIZABETHTOWN, EMOTIONAL ARITHMETIC), begin a search to find him. Hank enlists the aid of police detective Emily Sanders (Charlize Theron, MONSTER, NORTH COUNTRY) in the hunt.
The harrowing investigation drops a bomb on the family. Mike has been murdered. Hank becomes even more consumed with the case, desperate to find out what really happened to his son after he went out on the town with the members of his former platoon. When puzzling details are revealed about the shell-shocked young soldier's last night alive, they offer no solace . and leave an indelible mark on the family and friends who knew him. Named for the storied location of the Biblical battle between David and Goliath, IN THE VALLEY OF ELAH resonates with the hopes and fears of a generation that feels itself caught in a fight it cannot possibly win. Boasting a stellar cast, this is a moving and eloquent commentary on the sociological and psychological effects of war, a deft portrait of our times crafted by one of the most provocative filmmakers in America today.
"There's much to admire here: a continually surprising storyline, an aversion to cliche, a gallery of characters who are neither stock heroes nor cardboard villains, and a flawless cast" - Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
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SAINT JOHN - FILM SCREENING
Mon, Jan 28
VIEW N BREW SERIES , 8 pm . The Somerset Pub, Churchill Boulevard, Saint John (North). Films are shown every Monday night in DVD format on a 10 foot projection screen. Admission is free....so is the popcorn! Tonight's film: Vanilla Sky (2001). Director: Cameron Crowe. David Aames, a tycoon's son who, in the eyes of many, is a spoiled child who has no realization of his wealth or luck. Inheriting his fathers company after both parents were killed in a road accident some years prior, David meets a girl whom his friend brings to a lavish house party one night and instantly falls in love with her. Desperate to find out more about this mystery girl, he gets chatting to her, unfortunately a jilted lover is watching David at all times and plans her final plot.
After surviving a car crash and having his face reconstructed courtesy of his 'jilted lover', David struggles to find out the truth when his dreams turn into reality, and what he thinks is reality, turns into nightmares. He knows he wants the Mystery girl he met at the party that night, but where is she? who is she? Everything seems muddled slightly, until a doctor manages to repair his face, and life is back to the way it should be, together with his mystery girl, or is it? Questions need to be answered, but who is to be asked and who has the answers.
Note: We are also seeking NB produced short films in DVD format that can be shown in advance of the feature presentation. If you wish to submit a short film, call (506) 634-8959.
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FREDERICTON - GALLERY CONNEXION PRESENTS
Open Mic Literary Event on Writing Home
Host: Gallery Connexion
Type: Music/Arts - Performance
Time and Place Date: Saturday, February 2, 2008
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: 453 Queen Street, Justice Building Annex
Fredericton, NB
Readings by Faye Heavyshield, Bonnie Devine, Nela Rio and Joe Blades. Workshop participants are welcome to read their postcard stories. The floor is open to any interested poets, writers, and artists who wish to do a reading based on Gallery Connexion's current exhibition theme of Writing Home. Free admission
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FREDERICTON -
Laugh and cry with The Vagina Monologues
Looking for a pre-Valentine's day gift for that special someone? Or
just a night out with the girls or the guys? How about a ticket to The Vagina Monologues? Directed by Kathy VanGenne and Erika Nason, this powerful performance features some of Fredericton's talented actresses - perhaps even someone you know!
Eve Ensler's compelling script will move you to tears and have you
writhing in laughter. One thing is certain: you won't leave the theatre unchanged. And by supporting the Fredericton Transition House, you'll also leave a better person, knowing you're helping to end the violence.
The Vagina Monologues runs February 1 and 2 at the Playhouse. Tickets, $30, are on sale at The Playhouse: 458-8344 or 1-866-884-5800.
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The NB Film Co-op experimental fILM pROGRAMME Presents: Visiting Filmmaker ANDREA DORFMAN
WHEN:
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
SAINT JOHN PRODUCER NOMINATED FOR ECMA
Saint John based NB Film Co-op filmmaker/entrepreneur Greg Hemmings has been nominated for an East Coast Music Award (ECMA) for "Industry Professional of the Year". Greg Hemmings is president of Hemmings House Pictures Ltd. Hemmings House produces television series, documentaries, concerts and corporate/commercial projects. Although Hemmings is not directly involved with the Atlantic Canadian Music industry, he is known and respected throughout the region's scene as a cutting edge music documentary filmmaker. Greg has produced films completely based on music (Revolve 2001, A Head's Tale 2002, Songs of Solidarity 2002, East Coast Breakdown 2003, Rubarbicon 2004) and has filmed literally hundreds of concerts promoting the region's best live music via broadband internet ( Aliant.net's exclusive video content portal). Currently Hemmings House Pictures has released Wes Jagoe's latest DVD film, and Matt Andersen & Ross Neilson's Thick and Thin concert at the Imperial Theater 2006 will be released early this year.
Hemmings is excited about the ECMA recognition. "I am honored to be recognized as an industry professional in an industry that I am on the periferal of, I am a musician myself, and a huge supporter of Atlantic Canadian music and musicians. I am very excited as well for friends that have been nominated for awards like Jessica Rhaye, Kyle Cunjak, Darren Gallop, John-Wesley Chisholm amongst many others."
The East Coast Music Awards will be held in Fredericton Feb 7-10th.
Please visit
www.ecma.ca/s_176.asp
to see other nominees.
Please visit
www.hemmingshousepictures.com
for more information about Greg Hemmings.
CONTACT: Steven Foster.
info@hemmingshousepictures.com
506 642 0872
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SAINT JOHN - A FILMMAKER IS BORN
Saint John based Film Co-op Filmmaker Richard MacQueen and his lovely lady welcomed a new filmmaker into their family recently, Evan.
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Bravo!FACT-funded short film, I MET THE WALRUS, nominated for an OSCAR!
CTV Television's Bravo!FACT (Foundation to Assist Canadian Talent) team is thrilled that the animated short I Met the Walrus, directed by Josh Raskin and produced by Jerry Levitan, received a 2008 Academy Award nomination today for Best Animated Short Film.
In 1969, fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan convinced John Lennon to do an interview with him in his Toronto hotel room. Excerpts from that interview containing John Lennon's thoughts on war, peace, and the state of the world are the soundtrack to Josh Raskin's breath-taking animated short I Met the Walrus.
Currently screening at the Sundance Film Festival, I Met the Walrus is one of 120 shorts that were awarded Bravo!FACT grants this past year. The film has already received many awards, including Best Animated Short at the 2007 American Film Institute (AFI) Fest in Los Angeles and Best Animation at the 2007 Middle East International Film Festival in Abu Dhabi. I Met the Walrus was recognized as one of Canada's Top Ten short films of 2007 by the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
The directorial debut of 27 year old Josh Raskin, the film features the pen sketches of James Braithwaite and the digital illustrations of Alex Kurina. I Met the Walrus airs on Bravo! later this year as part of Bravo!FACT Presents.
The Oscar nomination for I Met the Walrus is in the esteemed company of the other wonderful Canadian talent nominated this year.
Congratulatory notes to the I Met the Walrus team (Josh, Jerry, James and Alex) can be posted at the Bravo!FACT facebook group.
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Advertise
FREDERICTON - VOLUNTEER LOCATION NEEDED
Ground level or first floor, large interior space for 2 days of shooting and 2 days of prep.
Please contact Audrey Paranuik at: Cell: (506) 292-0670 or Home: (506) 206-0350.
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SAINT JOHN - VISUAL EFFECTS GURU NEEDED
I'm looking for talented visual effects members at the NB Film Co-op or those working in the wider film and video community who would like to volunteer to help me out on my project. Please email me at: richardm16@hotmail.com