NBFC E-news - Thur, September 11, 2008
Spotlight!
NB Film Co-op KIDS Filmmaking Camp a success!
My name is Michel Guitard and I am a Film Co-op member, filmmaker and instructor. This summer I had the chance to teach the Film Co-op's Kids Filmmaking Camp . It was a 5 day long camp that taught the basics of filmmaking to kids between the ages of 10 and 15.
During the week we covered everything from coming up with an idea to writing the script, pre-production planning, shooting, editing and ultimately screening our project to a packed house of proud parents. This year the class made a short 3 minute long comedy about a lemonade turf war called "Citron?" , which will be screened at this year's Silver Wave Film Festival in a youth screening program.
Overall, the workshop went very well, the kids were excellent and I am proud of their final product. I look forward to teaching this camp again next summer!
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WANT TO BUILD A SET? IT'S POSSIBLE WITH THE FILM CO-OP!
NB Joy Award Winning filmmaker Chris Giles' Birth of a Nicola was produced last weekend. There were only 4 locations: The lab, the netherworld, the mountains and a potato field. Except for the potato field in Florenceville, each set was built in the auditorium of the Charlotte Street Arts Centre (CSAC).
An enormous thank you goes out to the art director, Joe Blades, who spent a week making a 25 foot square lab out of Diplomatic Relations left over material, and to Theatre New Brunswick for generously letting us borrow set walls that weren't being used for their upcoming "Rocky Horror Picture Show". A big thanks also goes out to the Charlotte Street Art Center staff who let us occupy the space for that span.
As an actor, it is always a privilege to act on a set. I slipped in and out of 3 different characters effortlessly as each had their own unique set, costumes and props that I was able to perform with.
Chris Giles proved that no matter how elaborate the set structure calls for in the script, it can be done! Ask Cat and Tony about the material from Diplomatic relations and members should keep building a strong relationship with TNB. Dream it, build it and shoot it!
Thank you to the full crew, cast, NB Film Co-op, NB Film, Linda Joy Media Arts Society and all the other sponsors who made this grant possible through the NB Joy Award.
Dennis,
Nick/boss, and Chief Qzuiliv
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MEMBERSHIP STUFF, MEMBERSHIP STUFF, MEMBERSHIP STUFF
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you
Thank you to Hank White for donating money to the NB Film Co-op!
Thank you to Monday Night Film Series member Jan Thompson for donating money to the NB Film Co-op!
NEW MEMBERS: Things you can do to get your required volunteer hours in for Sept 11 Through September 18: Tidying up Co-op, typing, redoing the library # sticker labels on videos and more!
Contact Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
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Training & Development
Check out the 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
Email Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com to register for the below FREE workshop as we are taking limited numbers.
Please join Elise Simard, NB Film Co-op Animator in residence on the 23rd of September at the Film Co-op for a night of animation! The workshop will go from 7 to 11pm and should be divided as such:
SCHEDULE:
7 to 8pm: presentation of Elise's work and mini animation crash course.
7 to 11pm: creation of the group's own collaborative clay animation film! Depending on the number of participants attendees will work in little groups or as a big one. (Everybody will also drink coffee and juice and eat chips, cupcakes and other munchies compliments of the Film Co-op!)
Please confirm with Cat that you will be attending as she can only take so many people (number limit is 10). This workshop is FREE and open to all
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Festivals
SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL 2008
November 13-16, Fredericton
(Blast from the Film Past - Guess what past NB short, screened at Silver Wave one year this film still is from and win one full pass to Silver Wave 2008 - all inclusive! Hint: The filmmaker gave the audience a pep rally talk to bring the crowd to life before his film was screened; a first at Silver Wave.)
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!
- 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!
- New fresh faces on the Silver Wave Festival Organizing Team!
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The Arts
FREDERICTON - MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES ROLLS OUT A NEW RED CARPET OF FILMS!
YOUNG AT HEART
September 15, 8pm at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus
Director: Stephen Waker
With: Young @ Heart Chorus
Run Time: 107 minutes
Country: United Kingdom
Year: 2008
Language: English
Distributor: Fox Searchlight
A hit among audiences and critics at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, and winner of an audience award at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Festival, Young @ Heart is a humorous and inspiring doc that challenges the stereotypes of old age in a world obsessed with eternal youth.
For over twenty-five years, the Young @ Heart Chorus has entertained audiences at home and abroad with unique renditions of punk, rock and rhythm and blues songs by musicians as varied as Radiohead, Jimi Hendrix and The Clash. Of course, the average age of most rock ‘n’ rollers isn’t eighty years young. As the group prepares for a new show hilariously titled “Alive and Well,” Young @ Heart’s taskmaster and choral director Bob Cilian has a new collection of songs for these lively elders to learn. Far from a novelty act, the group is as much about serious music and supportive community as it is a way to stay active and engaged in a society that often expects seniors to be passive and quiet.
Documenting the unique challenges faced by this impressive collection of senior citizens, Stephen Walker’s intimate and delightfully whimsical documentary demonstrates that the Young @ Heart Chorus only gets better with age. Funny, poignant and inspirational, the film offers the kind of wisdom that can only be cultivated with age, as the elderly protagonists cope with loss and forge on in an ever-changing society.
“A crowd-pleaser in the best sense, this alternately hilarious and heartbreaking movie will send you out of the theater with a new lease on life.” – David Ansen, Newsweek
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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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FREDERICTON ARTS ALLIANCE CANDIDATES' FORUM ON THE ARTS
September 23 - 7pm - 9pm, Location: TBA
An Invitation to participate in the Fredericton Arts Alliance Candidates’ Forum on the Arts, 2008
The Fredericton Arts Alliance is a not-for profit arts advocacy and lobbying association founded in 1999 to present a collective voice for the development of all artistic disciplines. Part of the mandate of the Fredericton Arts Alliance is to mobilize the arts community to encourage artists, arts organizations, arts workers and friends of the arts to vote, and engage in meaningful political dialogue with the candidates.
The Fredericton Arts Alliance Candidates’ Forum on the Arts 2008 is an initiative of the Fredericton Arts Alliance designed to encourage individuals interested in the Arts to vote in the upcoming Federal election and to be informed on relevant election issues. The Fredericton Arts Alliance is inviting all four electoral candidates to participate in an arts and culture community forum to be held Sept 23rd, 2008 from 7pm-9pm. Location is to be announced. We are also currently circulating a petition concerning the Federal cuts to the Arts to be presented to candidates at the Forum. This forum is open to the general public. All are welcome.
If you are an artist, or arts organization, or supporter of the arts and would like to ask a question appropriate for all the candidates to answer, please submit your question in writing to frederictonartsalliance@yahoo.ca by Tuesday September 16th by noon. Unfortunately, questions received after the 16th cannot be accepted. There will be an approval process to ensure that questions fit within the scope of a Federal election, that there are not duplicates, and so forth. It is a requirement that you or your representative must be present at the Forum to ask your question directly to the candidates. Only three questions will be accepted. However, there will also be an opportunity to ask questions at the event itself.
This is a great opportunity to make your views known, and to hear what candidates have to offer.
We look forward to hearing from you!
Maria Bourgeois
Fredericton Arts Alliance
P.O. Box 1303, Station "A"
Fredericton, NB
E3B 5C8
PH: 506-443-9900
Email:
frederictonartsalliance@yahoo.ca
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Biz & Indie News
NB PRODUCED TRAVEL SHOW!
New Brunswick Adventures, a travel show on New Brunswick, produced by Glen Ferguson, Ferguson Audio Productions, Bathurst and Tourism NB, is viewed on CTV's Travel and Escape Channel.
They are moving the airings to Tuesdays at 6 pm Central (7 pm Atlantic) time slot including two more airings the following day at 3 a.m. and at noon. (see attached).
This is coupled with the present airings on the Main CTV channel on Saturdays.
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Congratulations to all New Brunswick filmmakers at AFF (Atlantic Film Festival).
NOTE: “Growing Op” is the Atlantic Feature on Friday, Sept. 12, shot in Moncton with NB producer, Monique LeBlanc, CinImage Productions Inc., Moncton.
Growing Op
Categories: Atlantic Focus, Drama, Feature Films, Gala Films
Screening: 7:00 PM Fri, Sep 12, Oxford Theatre, 95 minutes.
Dramatist and director Michael Melski has burst upon the big screen with his first feature, the fast, furious and very funny comedy, Growing Op. If you can imagine Cheech and Chong rewriting Sidney Lumet’s classic on-the-run drama Running On Empty with a nod to the continuing cable TV series Weeds, you might catch the subversive and hilarious premise of Growing Op.
When a marijuana-growing hippie couple move to the suburbs, their 18-year-old son longs to abandon home schooling and join the rest of the teenage crowd - despite the potential danger for discovery of his parent’s occupation. Myriad plot twists and turns later, Growing Op retains its point of view as a zany critique of contemporary suburban mores. Driven by a razor-sharp wit, fabulous performances from Daniel MacIvor, Hugh Thompson and Bill Carr, Growing Op is a coming-of-age dramatic comedy with a difference.
- “Sacred Sundance” (NFB production) by Brian Francis, 68 minutes
o Categories: Documentary, Feature Films
o Screening: 12:00 PM Sat, Sep 13, Empire 8 Park Lane 8
o The Sundance is a sacred ceremony that is now being practiced by the Mi’kmaq of New Brunswick. It wasn’t always this way, however. Faced with a mounting epidemic of suicides and substance abuse, a group of elders sought advice from respected Sundance Chief William Nevin. His advice? Bring the Sundance to the East Coast. The Sundance of Big Cove, New Brunswick, would become the only one on the East Coast. There would be a price for this status, however, as the Mi’kmaq would be responsible for a four-year transition period at the end of which they would have to have their own prayers, songs, warriors and chiefs. They accepted this challenge and created a new tradition. Now every July, you can find these proud Mi’kmaq warriors dancing in the sweltering summer heat. Although the actual Sundance is a sacred ceremony that cannot be photographed, this complex and profound ritual does not have to be seen to feel its spiritual power in this amazing documentary.
- “Secrets of Autumn” by Pamela Gallant, 10 minutes
o Categories: Atlantic Focus, Drama, Short Films
o Screening: Sept. 15 @ 9:20 p.m., Empire 8 Park 8.
o Car troubles leave a travelling business woman stranded in a small town, where a local drama is unfolding around her. The events remind her of her own painful past but while she works through her regrets, she realizes things are not what they seem in this town.
- “A Lion’s Tale” (Short Film Venture Program) by Bunthivy Nou, 15 minutes
o Categories: Atlantic Focus, Drama, Short Films
o Screening: Sept. 15 @ 9:20 p.m., Empire 8 Park 8.
o A worn-out single mother desperately tries to protect her son from his abusive classmates. A topical drama about bullying, and the sacrifices parents make for their children.
- “His Good Will” by Cayman Grant 2008, 11 minutes
o Categories: Atlantic Focus, Drama, Short Films
o Screening: 7:10 PM Wed, Sep 17, Empire 8 Park Lane 4
o Amidst the racism, poverty and intense heat of 1950s southern United States, one young boy with nothing to offer still gives with all his heart. James Avery (Fresh Prince of Bel-Air) co-stars.
- “Lost Song” by Rodrigue Jean 2008, 105 minutes.
o Categories: Atlantic Focus, Drama, Feature Films
o Screening: 9:25 PM Wed, Sep 17, Empire 8 Park Lane 7
o New Brunswick filmmaker Rodrigue Jean’s latest feature, after his memorable debut Full Blast and astonishing follow-up Yellowknife, is a powerfully disturbing, tightly cast tale of a classically trained singer caught in a quietly repressive marriage. Shot almost entirely on location in Quebec in remote cottage country, the film follows Elizabeth (Suzie LeBlanc, in a brilliantly understated performance) as she raises her new son Michel while husband Pierre (the fiercely subdued Patrick Goyette) remote controls the domestic situation through his mother, parked in the cottage next door. A series of minor incidents - animals in the attic, a winsome neighbour - slowly build tension and suspense, until the film erupts in tragedy amidst the natural splendor of the North Woods. Jean’s spellbinding direction and the extraordinary acting make Lost Song a major step forward in Canadian cinema.
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FREDERICTON - DISPLAY FIREWORKS COURSE
There is enough interest to run a Display Fireworks Course this Fall in New Brunswick. It will be held Friday September 19, 2008 at 115 Johnson Avenue, Fredericton, NB.
The course schedule will be updated on our website shortly and if you plan to attend please submit your registration (including payment and photos) to me at least 1 week prior to the course date.
Payment must be in the form of a money order for $100 payable to the Receiver General for Canada. Personal cheques, credit cards, cash are NOT accepted.
You will find the information and registration form on our website: http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/mms/explosif/edu/edu_e.htm
Ms. Kim R. McCulloch
Government of Canada
Natural Resources Canada
Explosives Regulatory Division
Program Coordinator to the National Manager, Regional Inspection and Enforcement
1505 Barrington St., Suite 1505 North/
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 3K5/Halifax
Tel: 902-426-9486, Fax: 902-426-7332
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HELLO FROM TORONTO
Hello to everybody at the NB Film Co-op. Hope all is well with you.
Things here are great. We just gave birth to our first baby on August 16th: Dustin Albenie Hamilton
We do hope to be spending more time out east and will be in touch if & when we do so.
If I can ever help out again I would love to do so. I think we might even eventually want to move to NB (work permitting)
Sylvie, Jason & Dustin
Sylvie Mazerolle
Originally from Baie-Ste Anne, New Brunswick, Sylvie began her
make-up career in esthetics. She quickly gained praise from local photographers for her clean and flawless beauty make-up.
Working on local TV productions in Moncton soon led to assisting on
her first feature film that was shot in St-John. (When Irish Eyes are
Crying with Daniel Baldwin) That gave her the courage and confidence she needed to take the next step. Sylvie moved to Toronto in 2002 and quickly began making her way through the tangled web of the industry. In May 2006, in a world search by "Make-up Artist Magazine" she was voted one of worlds' Top 10 Hot New Talents.
Her resume includes:
Films & TV productions: Stuck, Dawn of the Dead, Siblings, That
Beautiful Somewhere, Canadiann Idol, Burnt Toast, Comedy Network.
Commercials: Nokia, Pantene, Volkswagen Jetta, Billy Bee Honey,
Panasonic, Rogers.
Print and Advertising: Chatelaine Magazine, Glow Magazine, Sears,
Zellers, Harlequin,
Shoppers Drug Mart, Ford, Life
Magazine, Pink Tartan,
Urban Fitness, Allure Leather, Today's
Parent, Sunlight,
Second Cup, Aquafresh, Joe Fresh,
Canadian Family Magazine,
Bank Of America, Meridian Credit Union
With an expanding roster of clients and personalities Sylvie
continues to challenge her creative spirit. Sylvie came in 2007 to do a makeup workshop through the Film Co-op's New Film and Television Certificate Program
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NEW BRUNSWICK FILM PRODUCTION GUIDE
New Brunswick Film is compiling a New Brunswick Production Guide. The completed guide will be a basic listing of Industry contacts, Producers Profiles, Production Lists, Crew and Production Personnel, Independent Directors / Filmmakers, Production Companies, and other related industry material. The guide will ultimately be used to update the NB Film website, and will be available in a basic printed format for the NB Film Industry Summit, on November 13, 2008.
Production Company and Producers Profiles will be distributed at the Atlantic Film Festival in September 2008.
PRODUCTION GUIDE DEADLINE: for Completed forms is NOW! (send by email, fax, or mail to New Brunswick Film, address below).
To be listed in the NB Film Production Guide, please use one (or more) of the attached forms, and attach a separate production credit list.
2008 FORM - CREW AND PRODUCTION PERSONNEL
2008 FORM - INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR, FILMMAKER
2008 FORM PRODUCER
2008 FORM - PRODUCTION COMPANY
2008 FORM- SUPPORT SERVICE COMPANY
2008 Formulaire - l'ÉQUIPE DE TOURNAGE ET DE PRODUCTION
2008 Formulaire - MAISON DE PRODUCTION
2008 Formulaire - PRODUCTEUR
2008 Formulaire - RÉALISATEUR OU CINÉASTE INDÉPENDANT
2008 Formulaire - SERVICE DE SOUTIEN
For more information contact:
Margo Flewelling
Locations & Promotions Manager / Repérage de lieux et marketing
Direct: 506-453-6508
Cell:
506-470-1754
Margo.Flewelling@gnb.ca
New Brunswick Film / Film Nouveau-Brunswick
P.O. Box 5001
Moncton, New Brunswick, E1C 8R3
http://www.nbfilm.ca
http://nbfilm@gnb.ca
OTHER NEWS:
The 3rd annual New Brunswick Film Industry Summit will be held on Thursday, November 13, 2008 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Fredericton. More details soon.
The 8th annual Silver Wave Film Festival, organized by the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative, will be November 13-16, 2008 in Fredericton. More details on www.nbfilmcoop.com
New Brunswick Film has a new website address, www.nbfilm.ca .
Please correct any links you have to New Brunswick Film, and change the old address
http://www.nbfilm.com to the new address
www.nbfilm.ca
Thank you for your help.
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Advertise
NB - CREDIT UNION YOUTH FILMMAKER CONTEST
The credit unions in NB are having a youth contest called "It Belongs To Me". Please click on the below link to see the rules of the contest. This may give a young filmmaker a chance to win a Laptop. www.creditunion.nb.ca/youth_resources.htm
Joyce Humble
Youth Member Services Representative
Capital Credit Union Limited
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MONCTON - PAID CASTING CALL FOR MODELS
We are looking for 2 men and two women to model as two couples in our photographs. The age we are looking for is 30-40. Anyone who would look like they could be in that age bracket would be ideal as this is our target audience. We would like people that are in reasonably good shape, have nice features and are comfortable in front of the camera.
We will be shooting the photographs in front of the Capitol Theatre in Moncton, so local models from the greater Moncton area would be preferred . We have put in a request to the City of Moncton for a street closure on one of the following dates (September 21, 22, 28, 29). Depending on the weather the shoot will happen on one of those days.
Could you please ask any interested parties to forward a full body and a headshot to me by email? They do not need to be professional photos.
Thanks for all your help.
Caroline
Caroline Langevin
Project Coordinator
Direct: 506 877
1430
langevin.caroline@hawk.ca
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justFRED.ca - FREDERICTON'S COMMUNITY WEBSITE
We're always looking for interesting shoots in Fredericton and we don't mind sharing our photos with you as long as we get credit. If you have an activity you think might make a good photo story, or just want to promote it, visit justFRED.ca and click on the contact link. Or sign up for a free justFRED account and post your event directly into our calendar.
Cheers,
George Butters
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MONCTON - THE POSTMAN POST PRODUCTION STUDIO - JOB OPPORTUNITY
The position is: Post Production and Administrative Assistant, duties include: reception; shipping; DVD copies; dubs; invoicing and creating quotes; handling client concerns; scheduling post; managing camera, lighting and sound gear; assisting editors; quality control.
The job is permanent with salary and two weeks paid vacation. We are looking for an individual who has an interest in post production and who is bilingual.
If any of your members are interested, please inform them that they may email us their resumes at
info@thepostman.tv
Thanks,
Melani
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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.