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E-NEWS, March 2nd, 07
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SPOTLIGHT
THANK YOU to Joan Headley for donating cream to the Film Co-op! RENEWING FILM CO-OP MEMBERS - GRETCHEN KELBAUGH, SJ 
(Photo Left) Gretchen Kelbaugh drinks her Jamaican vitamins (amber variety) before a big hockey game.
When not competing with the Moms in Gear hockey team, she's working on a documentary about how to quickly get more women into politics. Other upcoming projects include several educational videos to be co-produced with Connell Smith, following the success of their 80/20; the Developing World video series. These will be shot in Saint John and not the Dominican Republic. Alas. RENEWING FILM CO-OP MEMBERS - TONY SEKULICH, FREDERICTON 
Tony has been a co-op member for more than ten years now. After taking part in the workshop series that produced the Patrick Collins vignette, Tony made his first solo short The Worst That can Happen in 1998. The following year, Tony began production on his half-hour short film, Caught Looking. Caught Looking would open the inaugural Silver Wave Film Festival in 2001. That same year, Tony's feature film script The Rivals was accepted to the Atlantic Film Festival's Script Development Programme. That experience helped open the door to the Canadian Film Centre. In 2002 Tony enrolled in the Professional Screenwriting Programme (Bootcamp) at the CFC in Toronto. Upon graduating, Tony was hired to adapt the Stevie Cameron best-selling non-fiction book Blue Trust into a feature Script. In 2003 Tony was hired to write for the CTV comedy series Robson Arms. Tony's episode "A Material Breach" was recognized with a Gemini Award for Mark McKinney for Individual Performance in a Comedy series in 2006. Tony has spent the last couple of years splitting time between Fredericton and Toronto. In 2006 Tony was hired to develop the Ron Ellis Story into an MOW project. Tony is currently back in Fredericton where he's volunteering to put together the Certficate in Film and Television Programme. Tony prays daily for a Leafs Stanley Cup victory and will fight any man woman or child who doesn't think Bruce Springsteen is a music god. ARTS NEWSFREDERICTON - MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIESThere is no film scheduled to play on Monday, March 5, 2007. CAMBRIDGE NARROWS FILM CO-OP MEMBER'S PHOTOS AT 
VISUAL ARTIST EXHIBITION AT CHARLOTTE STREET ARTS CENTRE
Friday March 9th from 5 to 7 pm, CSAC Foyer
BRIGITTE NOEL - ARTIST STATEMENT
WORKSHOPS.....WORKSHOPS.....WORKSHOPSAre you interested in Exploring a Career in Film & Television?Come to the below Info Sessions being held province wide to find out more! Fredericton Info Session Friday, March 2nd, 7pm Charlotte Street Arts Centre 
732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton, NB Saint John info Session Sunday, March 4th, 2pm Third Space Art Gallery, (Brodie Building) Second Floor 42 Princess Street Saint John, NB Moncton Info Session Saturday, March 10th, 2pm Moncton City Hall, 6th floor Reception Area 655 Main Street, Moncton, N.B. Please contact Tony Merzetti, Executive Director, NB Film Co-op cft@nbfilmcoop.com  NB FILM CO-OP INTRO/INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOPS
The New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative announces that registration is now open for the following workshop: - ALTERNATIVE FILMS Please go to the following below link to read up on all the terrific upcoming workshops and to see the registration criteria. http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/training.htm You can download the full intro/intermediate program as well and hard copy workshop programs are available at the NB Film Co-op at 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton.
Note: Everybody must pay in advance to register for all workshops as there are waiting lists and we must ensure we know our numbers in advance as well. Please do not show up on the day of expecting to pay and
gain entrance. If someone confirms and then cancels at the last minute, there will be a penalty fee.
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SAINT JOHN - Saturday, March 3rd
SAINT JOHN - Monday, March 5th MOVIE NITE AT THE SOMERSET. 8 pm. Somerset, 229 Churchill Boulevard. "The Village". In a quiet, isolated village in olde Pennsylvania, there lies a pact between the people of the village and the creatures who reside in the surrounding woods: the townspeople do not enter the woods, and the creatures do not enter the village. The pact stays true for many years, but when Lucius Hunt seeks medical supplies from the towns beyond the wood, the pact is challenged. Animal carcasses, devoid of fur, begin to appear around the village, causing the council of elders to fear for the safety of the village, the pact, and so much more. (506) 674-1667. SAINT JOHN - FILM PIX - ONGOING FILM PIX. First Tuesday of each month. Empire 10, McAllister Drive (East). Film Pix is your chance to see world-class indie, art-house and foreign language films, and support a major film scholarship for local youth at the same time. Join the audience on the first Tuesday of each month. March 06 film is “Manufactured Landscapes”. For list of films, location, dates and more, visit www.filmpix.ca/schedule.htm SAINT JOHN - SCHOOL OF ROCK AND FILM - ONGOING AFTER SCHOOL ARTS PROGRAM. Mondays to Fridays, 3:15 pm to 6:15 pm. The Saint John School of Rock and Film “After School Arts Program” is a new and exciting concept, designed to offer parents and their kids a creative alternative at a reasonable price. The program consists of a multitude of courses and activities designed to stimulate the creative brain in children, while keeping the fun factor front and centre. Classes include (but are not limited to) computer animation, acting, computer graphic design basics, photography, acting, 3 different art classes, as well as craft classes. Activities include a newsletter group, where students will design content and layout from scratch; creating large murals, a book club and a games room with intelligent board games. Each day, children will participate in 2 classes/activities (maximum 3, depending on the length of their stay) and classes are rotated, keeping activities fresh and interesting for the children. Although the general idea is to introduce the children to all creative activities, they can opt out of classes they have no interest in and participate in those more suited for them. All classes/activities are designed for children ages 8 and up. The cost of the program itself is $7.50/hour with most materials included and parents can pick their children up at the Saint John School of Rock and Film between 5:15 pm and 6:15 pm. Transportation charge: Daily pick up from Saint John area schools by HMS Transportation is scheduled at a flat rate of $ 5 per child, based on a minimum of 20 children per bus ($ 25/week).This charge is in addition to the program fee. The school is offering transportation as an additional service to parents at cost and the service is not mandatory. For more information, including instructor bios, please visit http://www.schoolofrockandfilm.com/afterschoolarts.html or call 672-ROCK (7625). FREDERICTON - CALL FOR FILMS! 
SECOND STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL University of New Brunswick APRIL 12, 2007 The new Film Minor program at UNB, with the generous support of the English department, is organizing the second student film festival at UNB. The festival is open to all student filmmakers from the New Brunswick community. Entries can include drama, animation, experimental and documentary. Films should be no longer than 15 minutes. Prizes for the top three films chosen by the festival audience! Deadline for submissions: March 30, 2007 Send your films (DVD or VHS) to: Temenuga Trifonova, Director of Film, Department of English, Carleton Hall, University of New Brunswick, P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, NB, E3B 5A3 For further information, email temenuga@unb.ca SAINT JOHN - ON THE LOT! My film was posted to On The Lot. If you could put this link in your next newsletter it would be greatly appreciated. Need as many views and criticisms as possible. http://films.thelot.com/films/16573 Best,
Saint John based Film Co-op member Steve Doiron
STORIES/UPDATES FREDERICTON
If you live in the Fredericton area and you've thought about starting a blog to promote yourself as an actor and/or filmmaker, then take a look at Civic-Fidelity Fredericton. Ci-fi.org is a Fredericton based and focused project which is working on uniting artists within the Fredericton area using free services such as blogs, photo galleries, video and audio. If you've ever thought of creating an audio or video podcast, Civic Fidelity is a great place to host your media. The Fredericton Media Commons section of the website is an experimental project in which users of the site may upload video and music files to be shared with other users. Ci-Fi is encouraging users to download other users' music, remix it, then repost it to the site. This process is possible via Creative Commons licensing. With Creative Commons licensing, users do not have to worry about copyright infringements because the license dictates what people can do with the media. This encourages collaboration between strangers who live in the same city. The Fredericton Media Commons will serve the city as a media resource centre. If you are a film maker looking for free music to use in a film, then head over to the Media Commons, download an mp3, place it in your film and just give the credit to the user, you don't even need to ask for their permission! Civic Fidelity's free services can be found here: Here is a video which sums Creative Commons up quite nicely: http://commons.ci-fi.org/people/testuser/testuser_-_Building_on_the_Past.mov Blogs: http://blogs.ci-fi.net/ Photo Galleries: http://galleries.ci-fi.net/main.php Fredericton Media Commons: http://commons.ci-fi.org/ More info on Ci-fi.org: http://ci-fi.net Read on...Chafic's Blog If anybody would like to contact me regarding blogging issues or if you'd like help starting your own blog, do not hesitate to contact me at: chaf@ci-fi.org Skype: chafic.haddad Blog: Fredericton Geek Speak Fredericton based Film Co-op member Chafic Haddad Top of Page SILVER WAVE.....SILVER WAVE
"COME
TO THE 2007 NB SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL, I'LL BE THERE!" says Sponsor and Supporter Gordon Whittaker, Director, Atlantic Region, TELEFILM CANADA
Whether you are a volunteer OR an attendee at the New
Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative’s 7th annual Silver Wave Film Festival
in 2007, you will have the opportunity to experience and be a part of what
has now come to be known as one of the most outstanding events for New
Brunswick. Whether you’re interested in meeting great people, learning
about the film and television business, or watching a fantastic collection of
films and videos, Get Involved!
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