Ron Forsythe, Regional Manager - Aliant, Central NB presents a cheque for $1000.00 to Film Co-op Executive Director Tony Merzetti for Silver Wave 2008! Aliant is a generous sponsor of Silver Wave annually.
NBFC E-news - Thurs, October 2, 2008
Spotlight!
INTERNATIONALLY RENOWNED NB ARTIST PASSES AWAY
Gordon Dunphy passed away on Thursday, September 25, 2008 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton.
Gordon Dunphy, internationally renowned New Brunswick wood-turner, was born into an old New Brunswick farm family on the Nashwaak River Valley. He spent the greater part of his life as a highly respected dairy farmer, specializing in animal husbandry. No one expected him to do anything else until the day in 1981 when he turned from farming to embrace his own art, imagination and poetry in his pursuit of wood turning.
He soon received invitations to show his work throughout Canada and Europe. Gordon Dunphy’s contribution to New Brunswick’s cultural landscape was marked by numerous awards. In 1988 and 1980 he received the New Brunswick Crafts Council Premier’s Prize; in 1995 the Kjeld and Erica Deichmann Award for Excellence in Craft; and in 2002 he received the prestigious Strathbutler Award for Excellence in Fine Craft and Visual Arts. Gordon Dunphy’s respect for his material allowed him to transcend his own craft. He neither regarded wood as a medium for his message nor as a vehicle for his virtuoso turning techniques.
Rather, the wood was a
once living substance, a subject worthy of his collaboration. When describing his work, Gordon always stated that the “wood spoke to him” and his art, in turn spoke to many.
Gordon Dunphy’s work can be found in many private, corporate and public collections including that of the British Royal Family. We offer our sincere condolences to Gordon’s family.
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ANIMATOR IN RESIDENCE LOVED THE NB FILM CO-OP AND THE MEMBERSHIP
My Dear NBFC friends,
So I made it back in one piece! My trip to Montreal was long but the road was beautiful. The trees were so bright in color and the bus was mostly empty, so it was a quiet trip. Since my return I have been busy busy busy. I have also been thinking about this farewell note to you for the past couple of days - and I think that you must know that my stay in Fredericton was something else for me. There is not a day that passed that I did not appreciate and enjoy. It was wonderful to meet you all, I had so much fun. You made me feel the most welcome too, and for this I send you my warmest thank you. I think the NBFC is so effervescent! So many people at work! It is truly inspiring and I have learned so much from it.
I feel so very lucky to have meet Cat and Tony, they are amongst the most devoted and hard working people I have ever met - and all of you, with the Co-op, in NB, have now become my truly favorite memory.
I can't wait to see you all again, I trust at the 2009 Silver Wave festival if not sooner,
thank you for this wonderful time,
yours truly,
Elise
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As Scene From Here
By Jim Lavoie
MEETING MEMBERS
It is always great to meet a fellow Film Co-op member for the first time and that was the case when I met Fredericton based member Jeff Seymour. He was in to see Tony and Cat to drop off the screening copy of his film for Silver Wave recently. We met and he was telling me about his project entitled, Retrievable. Short synopsis of the film: Good intentions can be elaborate, but the most elaborate results come from ill intentions gone good. I hope to see Jeff around more and look forward to seeing his film at Silver Wave and his future projects in the works.
THE PASSION OF A MAN BEGINS PRINCIPLE PHOTOGRAPHY
Conrad Steeves is pulling out all the stops for his upcoming short film, "The Passion of a Man." The film begins shooting this weekend in Fredericton with the fall colours in full bloom
Cast and Crew:
Conrad Steeves - Director/Producer/Writer/Also playing 'Kevin', Jesse Anthony - Director of Photography
Joel Thompson - Assistant Camera/Grip
Keith Ruttan - Grip/Lighting, Terry Oakes - Sound
Chafic Haddad - Assistant Camera/Grip
Joe Blades - Art Department
Jeff Crawford - Stills Photography
Starr Holmden (Corena's mom) - Craft Services/Production Assistant
Corena Walby - Production Manager/1st Assistant Director and Continuity
Synopsis:
Kevin is a professional photographer and former womanizer who falls in love with a model name Lisa. He experiences emotional detachment after witnessing Lisa's mental breakdown and learning of her death. Kevin struggles for his sanity from the loss of Lisa and the emptiness of the city and seeks comfort in nature and in the sacred.
HOPEWELL CLOSE TO A WRAP
The rain this past weekend did it best to wash out the filming of Tim Rayne's "Hopewell", but the cast and crew battled the elements from their inside location to get a large majority of the principal shooting completed. Newcomer actor Faith MacFarland was outstanding in her role and Josh Linton and Jim Lavoie picked up where they left off in "Waiting For Myra". The other actors involved were excellent as well (Julien & Geraldine).
Can't say enough good things about Tim's script and the camera and lighting work of Tony Merzetti who was strongly supported by his crack team of assistant camera/grip men, Michel Guitard and Mike Cowie (also put in duty as the AD) and key grip Tim O'Neill who is always outstanding. Bruce LeGrow and Chris Giles worked their usual magic on sound, Jeff Crawford was excellent as the stills photographer with 'sharp as a tack' Jennifer Merserseau as Continuity, Arthur Thompson as production designer and locations and Nathalie Rayne as co-producer and production manager.
I rank the entire crew right up there with any I have ever worked with including commercial shoots.
The food was plentiful as Santa's Little Helper came through as usual. It was a great experience and a fun time even without my trailer.
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MEMBERSHIP STUFF, MEMBERSHIP STUFF, MEMBERSHIP STUFF
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU
Thank you to Steve Mayhew for his continued support of the NB Film Co-op and the independent film community in NB.
NEW MEMBERS: Things you can do to get your required volunteer hours in for Oct 2 Through Oct 9: For new members specifically who need to get their volunteer hours in: Special 30th Anniversary research project Contact Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
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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
SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL 2008
November 13-16, Fredericton
Blast from the Film Past Contest!
Guess who these three lovely film folk in the above picture are from Silver Wave 06 - Hint: two are filmmakers/actors and one works in government in film). If you guess all of them 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.
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 shorts from away will be considered for specific Silver Wave Awards.
JUST A FEW OF THE
SILVER WAVE 08 HIGHLIGHTS!
- Shorts Galore! Shorts from NB and from around the world are in the lineup for your viewing pleasure including multicultural stories with a message.
- NB Feature Film will open the festival with a gala reception beforehand sponsored by Telefilm Canada and New Brunswick Film!
- Excellent older youth based screenings.
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The NB Film Summit will take place at Silver Wave this year.
- The
alumni sponsors
are back in full force showing their generous support for another year of Silver Wave.
- Industry series will focus on feature dramas and docs and helping emerging filmmakers get to the stage where they can produce them in NB.
- A fantastic line up of hot docs will be screened and there will be a cutting edge hot doc panel with NFB guest producers.
- Diplomatic Relations films to Premiere.
- Receptions, parties and fun stuff!
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The Arts
FREDERICTON - MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES
The Stone Angel
October 6, 8pm at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus
Director: Kari Skogland
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Christine Horne, Cole Hauser, Kevin Zegers, Ellen Page Run Time: 100 minutes
Country: Canada
Year: 2008
Language: English
Distributor: Alliance Films
Screen goddess Ellen Burstyn (Requiem for a Dream, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood) gives a tour-de-force performance in The Stone Angel, which screened at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival®. This remarkable film is the much-anticipated adaptation of Margaret Laurence’s landmark Canadian novel. The story leaps onto the screen with elegance and ease, beautifully fulfilling the emotional power of the original work.
As flinty and immovable as the Stone Angel itself, Hagar Shipley is
defined by the fierce pride she inherited from her father. Facing imminent death, and refusing to yield even to mortality, Hagar’s mind conflates past and present as she makes a final grasp for independence, finding instead an unexpected and humbling reconciliation.
Now living with her son Marvin (Dylan Baker, Happiness, Fido), elderly Hagar (Burstyn) is brought to a nursing home – to see what she thinks. Her response is easily predicted, and she later bolts from her son’s house, determined to find a seaside home she remembers from her youth. Throughout this journey, chapters in her life coalesce and we come to know the radiant young woman – scion of her father’s mercantile empire – who is disowned when she marries the rough, bold Bram Shipley (Cole Hauser, Dirty, The Break-Up).
Romantic illusions soon dissipate, and Hagar begins to think her husband is beneath her. Her disdain for him, exacerbated by discontent with her own unfulfilled ambitions, incites a hereditary flaw as she denies her children the parental approval she so desired from her father.
The cast boasts some of Canada’s best young actors; they beautifully enrich this character-driven piece.
“A tastefully reverent, fundamentally sincere treatment of Margaret
Laurence’s 1964 Manitoba-based novel....” – 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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MONCTON - FAR OUT EAST CINEMA FILM SOCIETY
For those interested in the new season of Far Out East Cinema, attached is a temporary schedule showing the bare essentials for the first series of the season which begins Tuesday Sept 30 at 8 p.m. with the doc
American Teen. Click here for schedule
Films are screened at the Jacqueline Bouchard Bldg. U de M Campus, Moncton, Tuesday and Wednesday at 8 p.m.
Admission:
$6 non-members
$4 members
Membership: $10 adult
$8 seniors/students
See superior cinema for next to nothing!
Hugh Murphy, Far Out East Cinema, Moncton, NB
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Biz & Indie Film News
FREDERICTON - SCREENING EVENT
TO THE TAR SANDS
A documentary film by Jodie Martinson
A Valuable Night at the Movies
Free Screening on Thursday, October 16 at 7pm at Conserver House, 180 Saint John Street, Fredericton.
To The Tar Sands follows a group of nineteen young environmentalists as they cycle over 1300 kilometers northbound across Alberta to witness the impacts of Alberta's tar sands boom firsthand.
Hosted by the Conservation Council
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS: NEW BRUNSWICK FILM INDUSTRY SUMMIT!
"The State of the Industry"
November 13, 2008
Crowne Plaza Hotel, Fredericton
More information will be available.
Delegate Registration $50.00 before October 31, 2008.
Delegate Registration $70.00 after October 31, 2008.
Delegate Registration ends November 7, 2008
No refunds after October 31, 2008.
Click here for English Registration Form
Click here for French Registration Form
Click here for Tentative Agenda
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À inscrire à votre agenda! Sommet de l’industrie cinématographique du Nouveau-Brunswick
" L'État de l'industrie "
Le 13 novembre, 2008
au Hôtel Crowne Plaza, Fredericton
Les détails seront accessibles.
Inscription de délégué $50.00 avant le 31 octobre 2008.
Inscription de délégué $70.00 après le 31 october 2008.
Date limite pour s’inscrire le 7 novembre 2008.
Aucun remboursement après le 31 octobre 2008.
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SUPER U - make a film. enter a contest. win stuff
WHEN LIFE WAS GOOD - If you haven't already heard about Terry Miles' debut feature film, When Life Was Good, you've been missing out! Super U has teamed up with these talented filmmakers and are hosting exclusive video blogs created by Terry Miles himself. Follow their journey through the Vancouver Film Festival right here - http://www.superu.ca/myvideos/When_Life_Was_Good
THE HORROR - Severed Head? Vampire? Alien Invasions? It’s up to you: make the scariest movie and win $1,500. If you have an old horror short that you've entered in a different contest, feel free to enter it as long as it hasn't won a prize before. We welcome all genres and can't wait to see your creations!
TAC.tv ANIMATION CONTEST - September 25th saw the official launch of our first ever animation contest! Teaming up with Quebec animation sensation TAC.tv, we're searching for the best animated shorts - with the winning film taking home $2,500! Stop motion, 3D, claymation, flash or flip book. If it’s animated, you could win.
OUT THERE - The Out There contest is now closed to entries, but we want to know who you think deserves the $2500 prize. Head to www.superu.ca to cast your vote to today!
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Advertise
UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA – VANCOUVER
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN FILM PRODUCTION
The Department of Theatre and Film is pleased to announce that it is accepting applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Film Production. Applicants should have professional expertise in directing feature length and short fiction film. Please visit www.film.ubc.ca for the official published faculty posting and directions on how to apply. Deadline for applications is October 17th, 2008.