NBFC E-news - Wed, September 17, 2008
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AFF UPDATES
Congratulations to Michael Melski and his cast/crew of "Growing Op" which kicked off the Atlantic Film Festival with a smashing sellout opening night. Former Fredericton NB Film Co-op member Denis Theriault had a key role in the production.
Speaking of The Atlantic Film Festival, NBFC Executive Director Tony Merzetti and Membership Services, Cat LeBlanc are off to Halifax tomorrow for a few days, to see some shorts, meet with industry people, friends and funders and of course promote the NB Film Co-op, Silver Wave Film Festival and the NB Film Industry Summit coming up in November (Nov 13-16 2008).
NORM
NB Film Co-op actor member Lita Llewellyn is rightfully singing the praises of a film being shown this weekend at the AFF entitled Norm. Norm is the story of an elderly man with Down syndrome. He survived an era where people with disabilities were sent away and now faces a battle with Alzheimer's, a disease that afflicts the majority of elderly people with Down syndrome. His saving grace has been his sister Karen who sixteen years ago fulfilled a promise she made to Norm when they were kids; to rescue him from foster care and give him a loving home.
"This is about my uncle", said a proud Llewellyn. "His journey with the family taking care of him, being sent away, and his coming back to the family years later. This is a beautiful pictorial journal of 5 years, watching him get older, showcasing his life with those around him. I feel everyone will be just a little better off after getting to know Norm!"
Also, Lita tells me that Snow Angels is out on video now. Mark this down as a must see! There is more to come about Lita so stay tuned!
SILVER WAVE NEWS
It is with great pleasure that I share some good news. Long time NB Film Co-op member and King trouble shooter (maker?) Colin Smart's "Temple of the Sapphire Moon" will be part of this year's Silver Wave Film Festival. Colin is the Director, Producer & Writer and lead a talented cast/crew on what some may call a parody of that Harrison Ford character Indiana what's-his-name. If the audience has half the fun this gang had making it that will be saying something. Go to http://www.myspace.com/totsm
THE WRITE STUFF
Traveling publish/poet Joe Blades is at the Centre for Creative Arts in Grande Prairie Alberta: ( http://www.creativecentre.ca or info@creativecentre.ca ) The Joe Blades Books By Hand Workshop will happen on September 23, 2008. As Joe wings his way westwards his reputation precedes him as spelled out in an article encore section of the Daily Herald Tribune in Grande Prairie.
"In addition to poetry readings from local talent, the event will feature a special guest, Joe Blades, an acclaimed poet from New Brunswick, will be making his first appearance in Grande Prairie."
It then goes on to describe Joe's guest spot at The Small Press Fair at the literary hub "Rabbit Hole" and how Joe does a thing where he sets up an old manual typewriter he has, on a desk at the entrance or by a window. Then he will spend some time composing poetry "on-the -fly" while people are coming by, while he is watching the streets". This takes place on Sunday Sept 21 at the Rabbit Hole Book Store as the League of Canadian Poets &Cygnets Writing Group presents "What's a Word Worth" where the East Coast meets the Prairie.
ARRIVALS
Congratulations to NB Film Co-op member Angela-Jo Griffin and her husband Corey on the birth of their future Film Co-op member!
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MEMBERSHIP STUFF, MEMBERSHIP STUFF, MEMBERSHIP STUFF
NEW MEMBERS: Things you can do to get your required volunteer hours in for Sept 18 Through September 25: 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
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!
FUGITIVE PIECES
September 22, 8pm at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus, Fredericton
Director: Jeremy Podeswa
Cast: Stephen Dillane, Rade Serbedzija, Rachelle Lafevre, Larissa Laskin
Run Time: 120 minutes
Country: Canada/Greece
Year: 2007
Language: English
Distributor: Maximum Films
Anne Michaels’s debut novel, Fugitive Pieces, which was critically acclaimed and published in numerous countries, heralded a gifted new voice in Canadian literature. Bold and evocative, sparse and poetic, the book relates a unique story about the Holocaust while meditating on universal themes of loss and hope.
This evocative, haunting story was selected as the Opening Night Gala at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival®. The story pivots around Jakob (Stephen Dillane, The Hours, Klimt), who narrowly escapes the Nazis in Poland when he is saved by Athos (prolific Croatian actor Rade Serbedzija) and taken to Greece.
No more than a boy, Jakob (played as a child by Robbie Kay in a haunting and almost impossibly beautiful performance) has witnessed the brutal murder of his entire family and the effects of his trauma are only lessened by Athos’s patience, love and nurturing. A close bond develops between the two and they remain virtually inseparable throughout their time in Greece and eventual relocation to Canada.
It is Athos who gives Jakob his love of the written word, but he is never able to fully penetrate Jakob’s sadness. Over time, however, he embarks – almost accidentally – on a redemptive journey that testifies to the healing power of love. Podeswa expertly captures the specificities of time and place, transporting the audience into a distinct and spellbinding world. Jakob’s inner turmoil, in Podeswa’s sensitive hands, becomes a symbol for the losses, tragedies and struggles of an entire era.
“The strengths of Fugitive Pieces are its fluidity and subtlety. Emotional repression may be one of the most difficult conditions to portray honestly, and Dillane’s performance of Jakob is a study in the art of creating sympathy by not asking for it.”– Liam Lacey, The Globe and Mail
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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 - FALL NON-CREDIT COURSES AT UNB
This fall, do something for yourself. Consider one of the many fun, educational and creative non-credit courses offered at UNB's College of Extended Learning. We have beginner and intermediate classes in photography, languages, observational drawing, and water-colour painting. If you're interested in learning a new craft, we also have classes in jewelry-making, as well as quilting and knitting.
Whatever your interests, we have a course for you. For more information, please call 452-6360 or visit www.cel.unb.ca/pce Register now by calling 453-4646.
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FREDERICTON - ARTIST OPENING
Gallery CONNEXION in partnership with the UNB Art Centre presents:
head-games
hoods, helmets & gasmasks
sophie jodoin / drawings & video
(video in collaboration with david jhave jonhnston)
September 19 to October 17, 2008
OPENING: September 19
Artist Talk 6pm, Opening Reception 7pm
Graciously hosted by the UNB Art Centre, Memorial Hall, 9 Bailey Drive, UNB Campus, Fredericton NB Gallery Connexion, in partnership with the UNB Art Centre, is pleased to present Head-Games; hoods, helmets & gasmasks, an exhibition of drawings and video by Montreal artist Sophie Jodoin, video in collaboration with David Jhave Johnston.
"Two years ago I started working on The War Series. This on-going body of work contains many thematically-entwined sub-series and comprises over 600+ drawings in conté, black gesso and collage on mylar. The examination of war, its victims, and dehumanization conforms to a consistent interest in my career: the human figure as psychological sign.
Head-Games is a sub-section of The War Series. It consists of 80 drawings and a video projection. Various headgears are shown – helmets, gasmasks, & hoods – with some hybridized into faces. The drawings portray individuals simultaneously as both perpetrators and victims: their gazes both reveal and conceal. The slow-motion video parallels the drawings by portraying children playing at war, revealing an underlying inherent human violence in innocence." – Sophie Jodoin, 2008
Sophie Jodoin studied Visual Arts at Concordia University in Montreal, graduating in 1988. She has had several solo exhibitions in Canada including Edward Day Gallery in Toronto (2004, 2005) and Newzones Gallery in Calgary (2005). She has participated in international art fairs and group shows across Quebec and Canada, in the United States and in Europe. Her works can be found in private and public collections both in North America and in Europe. She lives and works in Montreal.
Gallery Connexion is still searching for a new location to move into since the flooding of the gallery in May and the subsequent loss of space in the annex of the Justice Building. The UNB Art Centre has graciously agreed to host this exhibition. Gallery Connexion appreciates the support of the UNB Art Centre and all of us involved are thrilled to have this new body of work show in Fredericton.
For more information on the artist visit www.sophiejodoin.com
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Biz & Indie News
MONCTON - PROFILE ON 2005 NB JOY AWARD WINNER RICHARD LEBLANC
CUBERS: Project Development History
In March 2003, I submitted a script for a short film to the Moc Docs contest. The script was entitled "Rubik's Cube". I had been inspired to write this mockumentary after my sister and I reminisced about the 80s and a particular memory she had about her Rubik's Cube. This had nothing to do with actually solving the puzzle, but more to do with how the Rubik's Cube had played a role in her life on one particular day.
"Rubik's Cube" ended up being short listed and I was asked to come in for an interview. I did a google search to find out who owned the rights to the puzzle and soon found Seven Towns in London, England. I contacted them immediately regarding using the Cube in a short low budget film. They replied almost immediately saying I could use the Cube in my film and that if I was interested, I should contact Dan Gosbee who was organizing the 2003 World Rubik's Cube Championship in Toronto… A championship? I immediately contacted Dan who was based in Toronto, met with him over coffee, and quickly realized that "Rubik's Cube", the short mockumentary film, should become, CUBERS, the Documentary.
I started doing research on the project immediately and contacted many of the people who would later become subjects in the film. Seven towns gave us their full cooperation and full access to the event.
In August 2003, with the help of friends and contacts who were interested in the project, and with no time to get actual funding in place, we shot 5 days of footage at the Championships. This footage would become the back-story to Cubers. Over the next year, we created the trailer for Cubers and started to shop around the idea in order to secure funding so we would be able to continue shooting at the 2005 World Rubik's Cube Championships to be held at Disney World, in Orlando, Florida.
We had contacted broadcasters from all over the world and many were interested in the project, but without the first broadcast license, it was impossible to get them to commit. CUBERS needed a home in order to become reality. CBC expressed interest in the project in early 2005 and finally, in July of 2005, The National CBC gave the nod and we received development funding. Shortly after, in September of 2005, I was awarded The Linda Joy New Brunswick Joy Award. I think it was this award, given by peers, that finally started the ball rolling as it really helped to convince the CBC that CUBERS was indeed a viable project.
And so production officially began. For the following 3 years, we followed our characters at Rubik's Cube Championships and in their home towns in Canada, USA, France, and Israel. We also went on the elusive search for Erno Rubik in Budapest, but he refused an interview. Luckily, we still managed to get some good footage of the original Rubik's Cube. The final shoot was a recreation shoot that was shot in Halifax using the Linda Joy New Brunswick Award. We re-created the 80s and destroyed the cube in numerous ways to show that for most people, the Rubik's Cube had been nothing but a source of frustration.
Add more than a year of editing, great music and graphics, and finally we have CUBERS. It took five and half years from the moment I had the idea for CUBERS, to the moment of completion. Was it a labour of love, or just insanity? I am not sure. But persistence, lots of persistence, was definitely the key in making the project a reality. (Cubers recently played at the Atlantic Film Festival)
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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 - ASPIRING FILMMAKER NEEDS ASSISTANCE
Dear Film Co-op members and supporters,
My name is Louis T. Brooks. Currently I am hoping to enter a filmmaking course at the Centre for Arts and Technology in Fredericton. In order to do this, my sponsors require me to do a labour market assessment, to determine my potential for employability. The evaluation requires that I contact companies and individuals in the filmmaking business to ascertain information about the occupation. I would greatly appreciate any assistance you may be able to provide.
You can email Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com for the questionnaires I've done up. I thank you for your time and interest.
Louis T. Brooks
515 Maliseet Dr.
Fredericton, NB, E3A 5R7
Tel:(506) 206-0194
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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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FREDERICTON - AUDITIONS FOR LEE MACDOUGALL'S HIGH LIFE
"Lee MacDougall's "High Life" is a shocking portrait of addiction and criminal life. Four addicts-three ex-convicts and a young recruit- plan the ultimate bank heist. The crime is masterminded by the charismatic Dick, a seasoned con who knows the ropes. His assembled team includes Bug, a menacing and unpredictable psychotic; Donnie, a nervous hypochondriac; and finally Billy, a pretty-boy hustler who will do anything for a fix. Together they dream of one last big score, one that will keep them flying on morphine, if they don't kill each other first-or die laughing."
Auditions take place at Memorial Hall on the UNB Fredericton campus.
Dates for Audition:
September 22nd - 5:30 to 9:00
September 23rd - 7:30 to 10:00
September 24th - 5:30 to 8:00
Details:
- 4 male roles, varying ages.
- Opens October 29th and runs for 4 nights.
- Cold Readings, no prepared material required.
- Volunteer project.
All are welcome and I look forward to seeing you there! Feel free to pass this along to any other actors who might be interested.
Jordan Dashner - Director, jdashner@gmail.com
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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.