NBFC E-news - Thursday, November 6, 2008
Spotlight!
SWFF INDUSTRY WORKSHOPS AND PANELS
http://swfilmfest.com/films/industry-e.html
Friday – November 14 - Saturday November 15, 2008
Venue: NB Film Co-op, 732 Charlotte Street, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Doodles Cafe, Basement & Upstairs Auditorium
All workshops and panels are free of charge. Please register with Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
Presented by: Telefilm Canada, Royal Bank of Canada, NB Filmmakers' Co-operative, Boyne Clarke Barristers & Solicitors, CBC Television and Radio, Doodles Café
CANADA FEATURE FILM PANEL - Case Study - Nonsense Revolution
Friday – November 14, 2008
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM—Screening of Film, Nonsense Revolution
11:00 AM - 12 PM - Panel
NB Film Co-op, 732 Charlotte Street, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Upstairs Auditorium
Guests:
Gordon Whittaker (Telefilm Canada), Ann Verrall (WriterDirector), Thom Fitzgerald (Producer), Doug Pettigrew (Producer)
Gordon Whittaker will lead this case study into the feature film Nonsense Revolution produced through Telefilm Canada’s CFFF (Canada Feature Film Fund).This session is aimed at producers and filmmakers who are planning or have thought about putting together a feature film project with support from Telefilm Canada. It will also be of interest to unit production managers, casting directors, directors, production accountants, lawyers and filmmakers.
Nonsense Revolution - The Film
Halifax-based writer director Anne Verrall (A Water's Tale, The Waiting) continues her fascination with young people in her first feature drama, Nonsense Revolution. Blending issues of grief, sex and friendship with the energy and openness of youth, Verrall catches that crucial moment when high school ends and lifelong pals threaten to go their separate ways. The narrative begins with an end-of-term party that ends in the tragic passing of a key character; he’s resurrected in angel form to bring the rest of the friends through their emotional dilemmas before college and adult careers scatter the group forever. Full of
arresting images, raw dialogue, off-the-wall humour and a surprising frankness, Nonsense Revolution is a unique and forceful dramatic feature debut.
Biography - Gordon Whittaker, Director, Atlantic Region, Regional Director, Business Development, Feature Film Executive, Atlantic Region, Telefilm Canada.
Gordon Whittaker is a member of Telefilm Canada's senior management team and is responsible for operations in Atlantic Canada. Located in Halifax since 1984, Telefilm’s Atlantic office serves the region’s feature film, television and new media sectors. Over the past two years, the office has experienced significant growth in activity and currently manages a diverse portfolio of projects.
Gordon has enjoyed a 15-year career in Canada’s audio-visual industry. Upon graduating with an MBA (marketing, strategic planning) from UBC, he worked in Vancouver’s burgeoning film and TV industries. After moving to Halifax in 1996, he was hired as Executive Director of the Atlantic Film Festival where he led the festival through a period of unprecedented growth, including the creation and ultimate launch of Strategic Partners – still the world’s only joint co-production market for emerging TV and film projects - in September 1998. Prior to entering the MBA program, he was a brand manager at a multinational packaged-goods company.
Over the last several years his team has supported seven feature films from first-time directors including Ann Verrall’s Nonsense Revolution, Chaz Thorne’s Just Buried, Michael Melski’s Growing Op and Justin Simms’ Down to the Dirt. He has worked with regional clients on many other successful films including: Black Eyed Dog, Three Needles, Wilby Wonderful, Poor Boy’s Game, River King, Trailer Park Boys: The Movie and Shake Hands with the Devil.
Biography - Ann Verrall, Writer/Director, Nonsense Revolution
Ann Verrall is a Halifax-based, award-winning writer, director and producer. A graduate of NSCAD University, her work has evolved from experimental Video Art to Drama. Her short films include The Wait, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival, Rain and The Water's Tale. Her films have been screened at festivals in Canada, USA, England and Australia, have been broadcast on CBC and Movieola and screened on Air Canada. Her first feature, Nonsense Revolution, produced by Thom Fitzgerald (The Hanging Garden), has evolved out of a 2-year workshop process with teenagers and is inspired by a true event in Ann's
life.
Biography - Thom Fitzgerald, Producer
Since his 1997 feature debut, The Hanging Garden, Thom has won over two dozen international awards including the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award (Genie), the FIPRESCI European International Critics’ Prize, the Emerging Master Award at the Seattle International Film Festival, and the Reader Jury of the "Siegessäule" Award at the Berlin International Film Festival. He won both the Best Canadian Film Award and the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. Thom is a three time premiere guest of at The Sundance Film Festival, and has been lauded abroad with the City of
Grandola Prize at the Troia Film Festival in Portugal, and the Best Screenplay Prize at the Mar del Plat Film Festival in Argentina. He was awarded both the Best Screenplay Award and the Most Popular Film Award at the Vancouver International Film Festival.
Thom was cited as “One of the top 100 filmmakers in the world” by Screen International and “One of the Top Ten of the Next Generation” by the Hollywood Reporter. Thom recently won the Best Director Award at the Atlantic Film Festival for 3 Needles.
Biography - Doug Pettigrew, Producer
Doug made his producing debut in 2008 as the Executive Producer of the CBC documentary The Book Lady: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library featuring music superstars Miley Ray Cyrus, Keith Urban and Dolly Parton. In 2008, Doug also produced the teen marijuana comedy Growing Op starring Rosanna Arquette and Wallace Langham, and the philosophical teen sex comedy Nonsense Revolution starring Anastasia Phillips. Doug earned a degree in Political Science from Acadia University.
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SILVER WAVE WIFT - ATLANTIC (WOMEN IN FILM & TELEVISON) INAUGURAL NEW BRUNSWICK MEETING
FCT - ATLANTIQUE (FEMMES DANS LE CINÉMA ET LA TÉLÉVISION) PREMIÈRE RENCONTRE AU NOUVEAU BRUNSWICK
Friday – November14, 2008
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Venue: NB Film Co-op, 732 Charlotte Street, Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Fredericton, Doodles Cafe, Basement.
Drop by the Doodles Cafe from for a meet & greet, and the inaugural gathering of WIFT-Atlantic / FCT - Atlantique in New Brunswick. WIFT is an International organization that was created in 1973 to give women who were struggling to have a voice in Television and in Film a network and support system. There are now currently 35 chapters worldwide.
WIFT continues to grow with a mandate to be a global network dedicated to advancement for women in professional development and achievement in film, video, and other screen-based media. Join us for free coffee and an inspiring chat! To find out more, email
wiftatlantic@gmail.com
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BANKING & LEGAL ISSUES - Q&A
Friday – November 14, 2008
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Venue: The Charlotte Street Arts Centre
732 Charlotte Street Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Upstairs Auditorium
Guests:
Christene Hirschfeld, Partner, Boyne Clarke,
Barristers and Solicitors & Nan MacDonald, Relationship Manager, Media & Entertainment, Royal Bank of Canada.
Take this opportunity to ask everything you ever wanted to know about legal and banking issues as they relate to film, television and new media production.
Biography - Christene is a partner at the law firm of Boyne Clarke in Nova Scotia, and lives in Queensland, Nova Scotia.
Her practice focuses on commercial law, with an emphasis on entertainment and technology law. Christene is a lecturer at Dalhousie University Law School, an Associate of the Law & Technology Institute, an Affiliate of the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada, past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association’s National Intellectual Property section, past Chair of the Nova Scotia Chapter of Canadian Women in Communication, and a past director of the Information Technology Industry Alliance of Nova Scotia.
Biography - Nan MacDonald Senior Account Manager, Media &
Entertainment
has provided interim financing to numerous Canadian film industry projects including feature films, television series, documentaries and animation programming; as well as complex international co-productions. Nan brings a wide and diverse range of skills to her position. Before joining RBC, she was the Director Business Development for Discovery Centre in Halifax and spent 14 years as a Forensic Scientist in Ontario. Nan holds a Bachelor of Science from St. Francis Xavier University and a Masters of Business Administration from Saint Mary's University. (please visit:
www.rbc.com
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PRODUCING YOUR FIRST FEATURE – The Digital Revolution
Friday – November 14, 2008
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Venue: 732 Charlotte Street Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Upstairs Auditorium
Guest Speakers:
Alan Collins, (Lady Hammond Entertainment)
Producer, Michael Rothecker (Ninth Life Productions)
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Writer/Director
This panel will feature Halifax producer Alan Collins who produced an independent feature entitled "The Poet" shot in HD video with a crew of Ryerson University film graduates working alongside industry professionals, for under $100,000 with no government funding. Alan and emerging director Michael Rothecker will break down the steps taken to move their project forward into production.
This model will be significant for young filmmakers from New Brunswick who have directed short films and want to go on to features but who have difficulty finding an Executive Producer and a Distributor who will commit to their project and so are unable to qualify for funding from Telefilm Canada. Note: Neither Atom Egoyan or David Cronenberg had an Executive Producer on their first features either.
In addition, Alan will discuss First Weekend Club a volunteer group of Canadians in the film business increasing awareness about Canadian films and encouraging people to come to the theatre on the First Weekend and his plans to set up Atlantic Independent Media, a distribution company for first time feature film directors in Atlantic Canada.
Biography - Michael Rothecker, Director & Writer, The Poet
Michael is a graduate of Ryerson University’s Image Arts Program. He grew up in Cochrane, a small town near Calgary Alberta . He now lives in Toronto. “The Poet” is his first feature.
Biography - Alan Collins, Producer, The Poet
After graduating from Bristol University in England, with a B.A in English, French and Drama, Alan Collins emigrated to Toronto in 1968 where he worked as an assistant editor on TV commercials. In 1973 he moved to Los Angeles where he began a three year association with producer Roger Corman. He edited his first feature,“Von Richthofen and Brown”, a World War 1 flying epic, directed by Roger Corman in 1973. After returning to Canada in 1976 he edited ten Canadian features including “The Brood”, directed by David Cronenberg. He was supervising editor on the award winning series “De Grassi Junior High” during it’s
first two seasons. In 1979 he won Best Director Award at the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco for “The Beauty of my People” a documentary on the life and work of Ojibway artist Arthur Shilling.
In 1989 he was co-director of the acclaimed documentary on singer-songwriter Stan Rogers “One Warm Line”, shown on Adrienne Clarkson Presents on CBC prime time television. During the 1980’s he worked as a producer director and editor on a series of multicultural documentaries. In 1983 he produced a one hour documentary on Native women artists “Spirit of Turtle Island” co-directed with Lenore Keeshig Tobias) for Vision TV. In 1994 he produced “Le Quatuor de L’Exil” (Four Exiles), a co-production with the National Film Board, about four French speaking Somalian teenagers, who come to Toronto as refugees. It won the Prix Tolérance, presented by UNESCO, for promoting racial understanding, at the 1995 Vues D’Afrique Film Festival in Montreal.
A personal documentary “Mother Love” about his family adopting a child from Haiti, was shown on CBC Man Alive and invited to Vues d’Afrique FilmFestival in 1996. In 1997 he produced a short film drama “Rosa’s Time”, starring Gary Farmer, which was invited to the Sundance Film Festival. In 1999 he produced and directed a feature documentary, “Jazzman,” which follows international tenor sax star, David Murray during four action packed days at the Montreal Jazz Festival. “Jazzman” received a Gold Plaque Award at the 1999 Chicago International Film Festival.
Most recently he produced his first feature film, “The Poet”, written and directed by Michael Rothecker with a crew of Ryerson film students working alongside industry professionals. In 2007 he founded Lady Hammond Entertainment with Producer Kit Hood. He currently teaches at NSCAD University and is a member of the Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op.
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DOCUMENTARY ROUNDTABLE
Friday – November 14, 2008
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Venue: 732 Charlotte Street Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Upstairs Auditorium
Guest Speakers:
Kent Martin, (National Film Board of Canada
Producer), Chris Campbell (When Voices Rise), Brian Francis
(The Sacred Sundance), Kevin Matthews (The Planet that Veit Built),
Rachel Bower (Time Apart: A History of Hope)
Join us for what promises to be a dynamic session with filmmakers who produce films that raise social consciousness, take a look into our past and are relevant in our modern world. Films that have bite, heart and flavour will be on the table. Everyone is invited to sit down for a frank and illuminating discussion.
Biography - Kent Martin, Producer, National Film Board of Canada
Kent Martin has been involved in the production of over eighty films and has won national and international awards. Among these films are A Song for Tibet (Genie Award for Best Documentary Film), Donald Brittain: Filmmaker (Gemini Award for Best Documentary Film), Who’s Counting? (Genie Nominee for Best Documentary Film), Distress Signals (Gemini Award for Best Documentary Film), Westray (Genie Award for Best Documentary Film) Pelts (Gemini Award) In Bed with an Elephant (Gemini Award) and Miller Brittain.
His work, produced mainly for the National Film Board of Canada, ranges in subject from biography to natural
history, politics, art and
religion. Titles include Creatures of the Sun, a natural history of the painted turtle, Rain, Drizzle, and Fog, a celebration of St. John’s, a town like no other, Loyalties, winner of the Best Social/Political documentary at Hot Docs. He has also produced several television series, The Human Race series, hosted by Gwynne Dyer; As Long as the Rivers Flow, a series about aspects of native self government, Before Columbus, produced with Britain’s Channel Four, and the Canada Remembers series about the Second World War. The Globe and Mail’s John Haslett Cuff called this series “a splendid piece of filmmaking.”
More recent tiles include: Tommy: A Family Portrait (Gemini Award), The Spirit of Annie Mae (Gemini Nominee) The Fairy Faith (Genie Nominee for Best Documentary), Men of the Deeps (Four Gemini Awards), Words of My Perfect Teacher, (Awards in Houston, Rhode Island, Mongolia) Animals (Two Gemini Nominations), and Mabel’s Saga (Genie Nominee and winner of Best Short Film at the Montreal Film Festival, Atlantic Film Festival, Seville and Turin).
Recent projects include Forgiveness, (Hot Docs 2007 Best Mid Length film) Buried at Sea, Cottonland, Blood and Water, Damage Done, Fatal Passage, Flipping Out and Uncle Bob’s Hospital Visit.
Biography - Kevin Matthews, Director, The Planet that Veit Built
Fredericton based Filmmaker Kevin Matthews has been writing, directing and producing independent documentary, dramatic and educational commercial television since 1983. He has always taken a keen interest in documentary as an instrument for social change.
He is a founding member of the New Brunswick Filmmakers'
Co-operative Ltd., and has taught professional workshops through their annual program annually as well as having worked within
Provincial Government Departments producing educational media
resources and commercial communications.
Kevin has been an educational media consultant, and has produced educational instructional multi-media and video resources for institutions such as Holland College and the New Brunswick Community College systems.
As a full time college instructor he has taught video and television
production and storytelling at the Woodstock Campus of New
Brunswick Community College. Under the commercial name Design Media Ltd, later to become Max Media Ltd., Kevin worked in various production capacities mostly writing, directing and producing educational and commercial productions with local, national and international non government development organizations, commercial television with VisionTV, History Television, PBS, and public institutions such as the Canadian International Development Agency, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the National Film Board of Canada.
Kevin has received awards from the Silver Wave Film Festival,
Atlantic Film Festival and Berkeley Film Festival.
Biography - Brian Francis, Director, The Sacred Sundance
Experienced as a Producer, Director and writer, Brian J. Francis was involved in the development of an Aboriginal Television production called Eastern Tide. An anthology series on the life and times of Atlantic Canada’s Mi’kmaq. His film, Circle of Justice won the 2005 Silver Wave Award for Best NB Documentary. In 2006 he developed; Wabanaagig- a 13 part documentary series for APTN. Two of the episodes which he wrote and directed were selected to screen at the 2003 Native American Film and Video Festival in New York, and the ImagiNative Film Festival in Toronto.
His film, "Circle Of Justice" Screened at the 2004 Atlantic Film Festival-Halifax NS, New York International Independent Film Festival and the Silver Wave Film Festival. With his most recent project, The Sacred Sundance, Brian journeys into the traditions of North American Aboriginal spirituality. The Sundance is new to the Mi'kmaq people of Eastern Canada, brought to them from the West by elder William Nevin of the Elsipogtog First Nation. This event marks a unique transmission of traditional culture from one First Nation to another.
Biography - Chris Campbell, Editor, When Voices Rise
Chris is a long-time media creator with a keen interest in combining storytelling with new technologies in film, video, audio and the web. During the day he teaches Screen Arts at the Nova Scotia Community College in Halifax with an emphasis on producing and post production. He's also taught workshops in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and Bermuda. In the past he's edited a feature-length documentary film about the end of segregation in Bermuda, shot video, recorded sound, hosted radio and tv shows, made web sites, and served on several arts boards and juries, including the NB Filmmakers' Co-operative. Across
all those roles, Chris has a drive to understand things, to take them apart, rethink them and contribute to their understanding.
With a deep interest in the documentary form he has explored new ways of combining old and new media to create compelling, interactive stories. Chris loves to help people tell their stories in new and interesting ways. In his spare time at home in Wolfville Chris writes on the web at bitdepth.org, shares photos on Flickr, and microblogs on Twitter.
Biography - Rachel Bower, Writer/Director/Producer, NB Joy Award Winner, Time Apart: A History of Hope
Creating documentaries feeds Rachel's natural curiosity about the history and humanity of people. Never at a loss to find unique and interesting subjects, Rachel's eclectic mix of documentaries include; the Nigerian based documentary Akain Wari: Building the Niger Delta and Baton Twirling in Canada, a documentary that highlights eight World Baton Twirling Champions.
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DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM PANEL - Case Study - Cubers
Saturday – November 15, 2008
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Venue: 732 Charlotte Street Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Upstairs Auditorium
Guest Speakers :
Andrew Cochran (Regional Director – CBC
Television), Peter Hall, Executive Producer, Programming, CBC
Television, Richard LeBlanc (Writer/Director/Co-producer), Walter Forsyth (Producer – Red Cube Productions)
CBC Regional Director Andrew Cochran will lead this case study into the feature documentary film Cubers produced through CBC
Newsworld.
This session is aimed at producers and filmmakers who would like to learn how to strategically approach CBC for support for their feature documentary projects.
Biography – Andrew Cochran, Regional Director – CBC
Television
Andrew has been involved in every aspect of broadcasting since his first job in the business at CJCH Radio while still in high school. He has produced shows internationally for PBS, Discovery Channel, CNN, BBC, ZDF, as well as several other broadcasting and
distribution enterprises.
Cochran lectures in Entertainment Law and Information Technology Transactions at Dalhousie Law School and is well known and
respected across the country for his ground-breaking work in online media. He holds a Master’s Degree in Electronic Commerce from
Dalhousie and an honorary Doctorate in Civil Law from the University of King’s College. Cochran has served as former Board member and Chair for the IWK/Grace Health Centre, the Banff World Television Festival and of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association.
Biography – Peter Hall, Executive Producer, Programming, CBC Television
Peter Hall helped establish CBC Newsworld in Halifax when the all
news network was created in 1989. He has worked for the three major Canadian networks with experience in news, current affairs,
magazine and documentary television. Currently Peter is responsible for all CBC non-news programming in the three Maritime provinces including independent production.
Biography – Richard LeBlanc, NB Joy Award Winner, Writer/Director/Co-producer, Cubers
Richard has been working on this film for over 5 years and still can't solve the Rubik's Cube. His passion for the subject, humorous attitude, and depth of knowledge have built a trust from the cubing community allowing him intimate access into a unique world. As a writer, Richard draws from his honors degree from the Writing and Performance Program of Humber College School of Comedy. His first feature script, Counting The Days, was a finalist in the Atlantic Film Festival's Scripts Outloud contest in 2003 and a quarter finalist in the Nicholl Fellowship Screenwriting Award in Los Angeles in 2004.
Biography – Walter
Forsyth, Producer – Cubers
As a producer, Walter Forsyth brings experience, integrity and
commitment to the project. His siblings swear he solved the Rubik's Cube as a child but he has no recollection. As a filmmaker, Walter has written, produced and directed a dozen short films, music videos and commercials. In addition, he's completed four documentaries, including After Frank and 30 Takes. He has won several awards for his work (LSD 25, The June Bug Symphony), including TIFF Film Circuit Best of Canadian Shorts (Old St. Nick). Walter has screened his films around the world at over 80 festivals.
Walter has sold films to CBC and has had a long working relationship with them.
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Training & Development
The New Brunswick Film Co-op annual workshop program will start up again in Feb of 2009 . Stay tuned for the launch of the new schedule in January of next year.
Anyone interested in one-on-one workshops with instructors for a fee, contact cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
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Festivals
New Brunswick Silver Wave Awards 2008
Presented by:
NEW BRUNSWICK FILM
ALIANT
Saturday, Nov 15, 2008
Le Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne
10:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Party following awards
at James Joyce Pub in the Crowne
Plaza Hotel downtown!
(Guess what nickname NBFC Executive Director Tony Merzetti has for Cat - Clue: it's his term of endearment for her and it is an animal!. If you guess correctly, you will win a full all inclusive pass to Silver Wave 08!
This contest is not open to the Film Co-op board of directors, SW festival leads, sponsors or filmmakers who will be receiving full passes to SW 08)
To celebrate the achievements of this year’s filmmakers, you are invited to join them and special guests and sponsors right after Shorts Program II on Saturday night that promises to be entertaining and full of surprises.
The Annual Silver Wave Awards will recognize excellence in the cinematic arts and significant contribution to the development of the film/video/television community. To be eligible for the Silver Wave Awards, films/videos must have been accepted for screening at the 2008 Silver Wave Film Festival and be in eligible categories It’s time again to reward New Brunswick filmmakers and filmmakers from away in the below award categories for 2008!
New Brunswick Silver Wave Awards 2008
Best NB Short Drama
- Cash Prize (Cojak Productions Inc.)
(Open to all NB dramatic films/videos under 60 minutes.);
Best NB Short Comedy
- Cash Prize (PostMan Post-Production Studio)
(Open to all NB comedic films/videos under 60 minutes.);
Best Low-Budget NB Documentary (Under $20,000)
(Open to all NB documentary films/videos of any length)
Outstanding Performance by an Actor – Male
Outstanding Performance by an Actress – Female
Excellence in Cinematography
Excellence in Art Direction
Excellence in Sound Design
Excellence in Picture Editing
Excellence in Music Composition
Most Unique NB Film
- Cash Prize (Super Channel New Brunswick)
Best Music Video
Errol Williams Filmmaker Award - Cash Prize
Best Documentary
Best Short from Away
Recognition Award for a person, group or organization who has contributed significantly to film and video in New Brunswick in a professional capacity;
Recognition Award for a person, group, or organization who has contributed significantly to film and video in New Brunswick in a volunteer capacity.
New Brunswick Joy ($17,000)
$10,000 in rental services and $500 in
materials from PS Atlantic (Halifax)
• $3,500 in equipment or facilities from the
New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative
• $1500 in cash from New Brunswick Film
• $1,500 in film stock from Kodak Canada Inc.
Presented by the Linda Joy Media Arts Society, New Brunswick Film and the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative
William F. White International Inc: Proud Sponsor of yearly SWF $2,500 Service Award (Split between
the winners of Best NB Short Drama and Best NB Short Comedy)
CBC Television has created a new funding program to help foster the talent of up-and- coming film makers in New Brunswick * the CBC 3-2-1 Award for New Brunswick*s independent production community. The CBC 3-2-1 Award will consist of a $12,500 cash component plus an equal amount in goods and services provided by CBC Television for a total value of $25,000. The Program will aid in the production of a New Brunswick short or series of shorts, which will be broadcast on CBC Television.
The CBC 3-2-1 Award will consist of a $12,500 cash component plus an equal amount in goods and services provided by CBC Television for a total value of $25,000. The Program will aid in the production of a New Brunswick short or series of shorts, which will be broadcast on CBC Television.
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The Arts
FREDERICTON - CFMDC ReGeneration WORKSHOP
FREE of CHARGE!
Distribution Workshop - November 6th (Tonight!), Thursday, 7pm, NB Film Co-op, 732 Charlotte Street, Charlotte Street Art Centre, Fredericton, downstairs resource centre in basement.
Distribution Workshop
Join Larissa for an informal workshop about distribution. She will be
discussing distribution possibilities for short films; the benefits of
having your work in distribution; the difference between commercial and non-commercial distribution; and what you need to put your films into distribution.
Instructor's Bio
Larissa Fan is a Toronto-based filmmaker, writer, and arts administrator who recently completed a Master of Fine Arts in Film Production at York University. Larissa has worked for the Images Festival and LIFT, and iscurrently Educational Sales and Outreach Coordinator at the CFMDC.
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FREDERICTON - MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES
I SERVED THE KING OF ENGLAND
November 10
, 8pm at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus
Director: Jiri Menzel
Cast: Ivan Barnev, Julia Jentsch,
Oldrich Kaiser, Martin Huba
Run Time: 120 minutes
Country: Czech Republic
Year: 2008
Language: Czech with English subtitles
Distributor: Mongrel Media
Based on the comic novel by the Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal, I Served the King of England is firmly rooted in the middle decades of the twentieth century, both in subject matter and spirit. Adapted for the screen by Jiri Menzel (a frequent collaborator with the late Hrabal, most famously on the 1966 classic Closely Watched Trains), the film seamlessly blends self-deprecating humour and personal tragedy in a manner emblematic of the high-modern Czech cinema since its celebrated sixties New Wave – of which Menzel was a key player.
The picaresque narrative tells the rags-to-riches story of the opportunistic and amoral everyman Jan Dite (literally “Jon Child,” played by Ivan Barnev), who schemes his way up the hospitality ladder through the grand halls and hotels (not to mention bedrooms) of thirties Prague. When the ill-fated city falls to the German invaders, Jan manages to rise above his circumstances by becoming the fiancé of fervent Aryan beauty Liza (Julia Jentsch, Sophie Scholl: The Final Days).
When Liza is killed retrieving a box of valuable stamps acquired during her stint on the Russian front, Jan uses the valuable collector’s items to purchase the very hotel at which he used to work. However, it is not long before his life’s ambition comes crumbling down all around him. Mixing social commentary with an aesthetic that borders on the exuberant charm of the classic silent film era, I Served the King of England deftly balances its often-harsh subject matter with a delightfully audacious tone to create a larger-than-life black comedy.
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Distilled to its essence for the newcomer, [I Served the King of
England] is a saga of opportunism, identity, money, sex and, of
course, beer.
” – Eddie Cockrell, Variety
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General Information
The Monday Night Film Series takes place at Tilley Hall, Room 102, UNB Campus
Tel: 455-1632 or email info@nbfilmcoop.com
The NB Film Co-op presents the Fredericton Monday Night Film Series. The series partners are the Film Circuit, a division of the Toronto International Film Festival and the UNB Faculty of Arts.
The series presents limited release, independent foreign and Canadian films for one-night screenings, with the goal of diversifying local access to cinema. These films are new or recent releases, which would not otherwise be available to Fredericton audiences on the big screen.
Tickets and Membership
The film series is open to everyone.
Regular admission is $7.00 per screening
. Memberships are available that provide discounted prices for individual film screenings
Full-Year Memberships
Regular: $30.00
Students/Seniors (65 years and up)/NBFC Members: $18.00
Half-Year Memberships
Regular: $20.00
Students/Seniors (65 years and up)/NBFC Members: $12.00
Tickets and memberships are available at Tilley Hall, Room 102, UNB on Monday Nights. Memberships are also available at the NB Film Co-op between 12pm and 6pm daily.
Film Co-op's Address: 732 Charlotte Street (Charlotte Street Arts Center
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Biz & Indie Film News
NEW BRUNSWICK JOY GRANT DEADLINE: Friday, November 7th
APPLY NOW!!!!!
The 2008 New Brunswick Joy
$10,000 in rental services and $500 in materials from PS Atlantic (Halifax)
$3,500 in equipment or facilities from the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative.
$1500 cash from New Brunswick Film.
$1,000 in film stock from Kodak Canada Inc.
(Note: The New Brunswick Joy Award will be adjudicated by a New Brunswick peer jury, and will be announced at the Silver Wave Film Festival November 15, 2008.
Note: Only residents of New Brunswick may apply for the NB Joy.
Residents of New Brunswick may apply for the CBC Television Script Development Award, the Joy Award, Joy Post and the Helen Hill Animated Award.
Have questions, email Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
Please give your proposals to Cat on the deadline
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Advertise
CREW CALL - FREDERICTON
We are immediately looking to fill crew positions for our new short film A Dark Radius.
Production Dates: November 21st (night only) 22nd, 23rd, 28th (night only), 29th and 30th
Craft Services
We are looking for a craft services coordinator to prepare and distribute food during the 6 days of filming.
Stills Photographer
We are looking for a stills photographer to take stills during the shoot.
Please contact Producer Tony Whalen with at tony.whalen@shoreroadpictures.com or 450-5579 for more information.