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What's
Needed at the Co-op for donations!
Cream and milk, extra coffee maker for member downstairs
resource centre
What's
new in the
Co-op resource centre!
In-Camera Magazine
What's Hot and in Demand from the
Co-op Member Video Library!
"Forbidden Forest",
feature doc directed by Co-op member Kevin Matthews (sign it out members!)
Thank You!
Co-op member Tech Guru Dale Brown for fixing more of the Film Lights.
Co-op member Margo Flewelling for donating a microwave to the Co-op's downstairs member
resource centre
Co-op member Joan Headley for cleaning and oiling the dehumidifier on loan from her
for the Co-op's downstairs resource centre!
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NBFC E-NEWS - September 1, 2006
NBFC Online Forum, please use it members!
CLICK HERE
Under the Stars: Films in the Park Program!
CLICK HERE
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SPOTLIGHT ON SPONSORS OF THE NB FILM CO-OP
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MELYNDA JARRATT, PRESIDENT, MAVEN NEW MEDIA
 Fredericton
based Melynda Jarratt has been a member of the New Brunswick Filmmaker's
Co-operative for close to
20 years and is a long time supporter of the organization.
She served on the Co-op's board of directors and has
done multiple documentary projects as a an active filmmaker over
the years.
Melynda has a Diploma in Digital Media Design and Production
from BTTI in Fredericton as well as a Bachelor and Master of
Arts from the University of New Brunswick.
She also has close to 20 years combined experience in the
IT field so, she is far from the "new kid on the block".
She and her team helps companies and people develop - or redevelop -
their online presence as quickly and efficiently as possible. And
whether you are a novice to the web or a seasoned IT veteran, she
and her team want to assist you. http://www.mavennewmedia.com/
Melynda is also an historian and expert on War Brides. She
has been involved with
Project Roots since 1995. She has been a writer, researcher,
filmmaker, and web developer on Canada's History Television and the
Queen Mary II. http://www.canadianwarbrides.com/
Add to this long list of accomplishments, her and her husband's long term involvement with the
Fredericton Anti-Poverty Organization for years, and you've got one
extremely busy person!
Maven New Media is a sponsor of the NB Film Co-op's
annual Silver Wave Film Festival and a supporter of the NB Film
Co-op.
FAPO annually donates monies to the Co-op to subsidize
memberships for those under financial constraints.
A Big Welcome... and a Huge Thank You!
I would like to quickly welcome the Board of Directors back and
going by the buzz we are in for what will surely be an exciting and
very busy year. Thank you very much for stepping up we will do our
best to see that you don't get bored.
We are just coming to the end of our most successful ever Under
the Stars. We are happy to say that with audience numbers hovering
around 450 - 500 Fredericton knows who the NB Film Co-op is and
appreciates our efforts. Many thanks to all the volunteers for your
continued support in this series. We couldn't have done it without
you.
With Under the Stars all but a fading dream we ready ourselves
for the Monday Night Series at Tilley and the Silver Wave Film
Festival in November. So please don your volunteer woolies and come
on out we'll be happy to see you.
John Christenson, Active Member/NB Film Co-op President, Board of Directors
Other Recent Renewals and New Members:
Keith Ruttan, Associate Membership (Fredericton)
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ARTS NEWS
NB EXCELLENCE AWARD WINNER ON ROAD TO RECOVERY AFTER
SURGERY
Internationally renowned artist and driving force behind the
Charlotte Street Arts Centre; Charlotte Glencross, is resting
comfortably at home now after a recent serious surgery. The arts community
hopes to have her back in action soon.
An artist in her own right, Charlotte brought together local
artists, the business community, the military, three levels of
government, and countless volunteers for more than five years
to bring about the incredible transformation of a historic,
long-out-of-use school in downtown Fredericton. It now houses
artists from all disciplines (including the NB Film Co-op), giving them a place to create and
exhibit their work. Without Glencross's leadership and
perseverance, few believe that this dream of an Arts Centre in
Fredericton would have been achievable.
Charlotte is a highly accomplished weaver of great merit. She is an inspiration to artists and the arts
community for her tenacity and relentless pursuit of a cultural
space for the arts and wider community in Fredericton.
As well, she spent ten years in the public service as an
administrator in the New Brunswick government, where she played a
critical role in the development of the New Brunswick Arts Board.
All well wishes and cards for Charlotte can be mailed to:
Fredericton Arts and Learning, P.O. Box 1303, Station A,
Fredericton, NB E3B 5C8 or dropped off to the Charlotte Street Arts
Centre to Brigitte Noel, Facilities Manager at 732 Charlotte Street
to be given to Charlotte on her return.
NB COLLEGE OF CRAFT & DESIGN
NBCCD Gallery opens with a bang for 2006-2007 Season!
With a collection of sculptural works by Gagetown Potter Peter Thomas - Thursday,
September 7 from 4-6pm; this earlier opening will accommodate a gallery hop to Ingrid Mueller's Art + Concepts at 117 York Street, where an
exhibition of paintings by Philip Iverson opens from 5-7pm.
Peter Thomas, "In Homage/In Memory," consists of two
bodies of sculpture formed with low-fire clay and glazes. They are works of
conscience and celebration - meditations on the way that people
choose to live their lives, and deal with death, an inevitable part of the
life process.
In Homage/In Memory opens at The Gallery at The New Brunswick
College of Craft and Design Thursday September 7 at 4pm. For more
information and interviews call Director Karen Ruet at 457-6805.
NB FILM CO-OP LAUNCHES ONLINE ORIENTATION!!
If want to learn more about the
Film Co-op , CLICK HERE
or go to: (http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/Cat's_Talk.htm)
to go through an online orientation with
Cat LeBlanc, Co-op Membership Services. There is also a virtual tour of
the Film Co-op studio space you can check out. Once a person
becomes a member, the Co-op can then hook them up with other active
Co-op members living in Moncton, Fredericton, Saint John and other
areas of New Brunswick. There is a lot of film/video activity in
the province, get involved!
The Film Co-op is always seeking to be inclusive of anyone interested
in joining the Co-op where ever they may live in New Brunswick. This online
orientation is a new and exciting outreach initiative.
FREDERICTON - MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES!
FREDERICTON -- Independent film lovers in Fredericton will again
be able to enjoy the best in world cinema with the return of the
long-running Monday Night Film Series for Fall, 2006. The film
series begins a new season showcasing the best in independent film
and documentaries starting at 8 p.m., Monday, September 11, Room
102, Tilley Hall, UNB Fredericton.
The series returns with an excellent program of independent and
foreign films and is presented by the New Brunswick Filmmakers
Co-op and is made possible in partnership with the Film Circuit, a
division of the world-renowned Toronto International Film Festival,
and the UNB Faculty of Arts.
The series presents limited release, independent foreign and
Canadian films not generally available to Fredericton film
audiences on the big screen.
Please check out the Co-op's website link for the new film
program at: www.nbfilmcoop.com/fs.htm
to see the film line up or drop into the Film Co-op at the Charlotte
Street Arts Centre between 10-5pm Mon/Fri to pick up a Film
Series brochure and get a half-year or full membership in advance.
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WORKSHOPS/INFORMATION
 Email
Cat to register! All workshops below take place at the NB Film Co-op
located at 732 Charlotte Street, Fred, NB.
Registration/payment in advance is required to ensure a place
in workshops.
If you are interested in one-on-one workshops, there is a
special summer deal on workshops right now! Contact Cat at:
info@nbfilmcoop.com
to find out more information.
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ADVERTISE
FREDERICTON - CASTING
Casting for Fredericton Film Co-op member Chris Fulton's short comedy
"Manic
Chiropractic" will be held at the Charlotte Street
Arts Centre (in the upstairs drawing room), 732 Charlotte
Street in downtown Fredericton, on the following dates:
Sept. 9th, 1-4 pm (Sat)
Sept. 10th, 1-4 pm (Sun)
The following roles are available:
PRINCIPAL ROLES:
BRENT - Mid-twenties, laidback and disheveled
SUE - Mid-to-late twenties, prim, officious, and uptight
FINLEY - Mid-thirties to middle-aged, socially maladjusted
short-con artist
LAWYER - Middle-aged, smarmy
NON-SPEAKING ROLES:
WOMAN - Twenties to thirties, barfly
GIRL - Twenties
WAITER
HULA DANCER
COP
MOM - Twenties to thirties
"Manic Chiropractic" is a breakneck slapstick
comedy that was recently staged by the NBACTS Theatre
Company as part of their annual summer theatre festival.
The screenplay version (hopefully) ups the manic energy of
the original play.
For more information please contact Chris Fulton by
e-mail: chris_fulton_vmw@hotmail.com
FOR SALE!
HARDLY USED
Fender telecaster Electric Guitar With everything: (Guitar
with original strings)
-Hard carrying case
-Soft gig bag
-“Mega” Amp (great for DORM ROOM)
- 15 foot amp cable
- Digital tuner
- 2 straps: 1 black red
dragons and padded the other all black with red
“fender” and star
- 20$ self altered stand
- Deck of Cards
showing how to do all scales
My cost was: over $750.00
SELLING FOR $500.00 or best offer
EMAIL:z7x57@unb.ca
Maggie
Lyons, Fredericton Co-op member
SUBMIT STORIES
AN UPDATE FROM SHEDIAC, NEW BRUNSWICK
By
Moncton Film Co-op member, Ralph Pritchard
 Aloha from Shediac, NB on the shores of warmest ocean beaches
north of the the Virginias. It continues to be a busy summer as the
filming of "Narrow Escape" reaches 2/3rds completion. The
crew and cast are having a ball and learning all kinds of cool
stuff as Cat continues to supply us with great how-to information.
We have been taking production photos and posting them to our web
site at http://www.reelfilms.ca click on the words "Narrow
Escape" and explore the gallery.
Danny Thebeau has started rehearsals for "A Day of
Grace" and I was fortunate enough to win the role of the
Homeless Man. This of course means that the beard can't look too
long or too shaggy much to the shigrin of my wife Jan. I haven't
had a kiss in 3 months!! Although I originally anticipated only
having a 5-day growth for my production of Narrow Escape, I have
been able to alter the script to make the beard fit. When the
casting call went out recently for look-a-likes in th e crime
re-enactment series, I realized that if I wanted to play a role it
would either have to be the wolfman or a hunter. You can see by the
photos that the Hunter prevailed. They shot the scenes in
Fredericton on Tuesday of this week and I ran into some old friends
from the Black-Eyed Dog crew. Check out what I found on the ground
in the photo above.
Although our respective films will not be ready in time for the
Silver Wave Film Festival hosted by the Film Co-op in Fredericton
each year, Danny and I were fortunate enough to take our new found
Documentary filmmaking skills learned at the Film Co-op and turn them
into an entry called "The Chase". It's an exclusive look
at some of Geoff Bell's (appraiser on the Canadian Antique Roadshow
series) prized collections and the stories behind each of them.
This week wraps up a summer of being part of a panel of film
reviewers on CBC Radio One with Glendon and Gretchen (the two
"real" reviewers) and hosted by Rachel Cave. Our role was
to find a film that was still available in video rental stores and
to provide our comments and reviews on them every week. We had a
different genre for each week and this last week we got to choose
our all time favourites. If you are able to read this newsletter
before 5:30pm on Friday, September 1, 2006 you can hear us on the
radio. Otherwise, follow this link to hear all our reviews from the
summer including today's. http://www.cbc.ca/shift/summershift-movie.html
P.S. I am going to Silver Wave Film Festival in November, see
you all there!!
IN THE FILM SPOTLIGHT
Check out my first vidlog (or vlog) posted here:
www.chafsdigitalbrain.blogspot.com
Also, take a look at my photos and del.icio.us bookmarks.
Chafic Haddad, Co-op member/Emerging Photographer/Videographer
Blog: www.chafsdigitalbrain.blogspot.com
Youtube: www.youtube.com/profile?user=chafichaddad
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chaf/
Cell: 506.476.8039
IN THE FILM SPOTLIGHT
Congratulations to casting directors Marjorie Lecker (Toronto),
Sheila Lane (Halifax) and New Brunswick's own Donna Rae Gibbs
(Donna Rae Gibbs Casting) for being nominated
for a Gemini for casting for Canada Russia 72.
As well, congratulations to producer Tim Hogan of Dream Street
Pictures in Moncton who produced
Canada Russia 72 along with additional producers on the
project. Check out the Gemini website for more details on
other nominations that Canada Russia has (best direction, best
supporting actor and best editing.) http://www.geminiawards.ca/
IN THE FILM SPOTLIGHT
The City of Bathurst Wins National Contest
The City of Bathurst has been chosen as the first of four
community winners in Canada AM's "Wake Up A Winner"
contest, on CTV. Bathurst was chosen for its unique entry, a video
tour of the city developed by Glen Ferguson, Mike Diotte, Annik Roy
and Meredith Caissie.
Jeff Hutcheson, co-host of the program, will be broadcasting
live from downtown Bathurst next Thursday, September 7th, 7:30 a.m.
- 10:00 a.m. (Atlantic time).
The theme of this national broadcast will be "Celebrate
Bathurst's 40th Anniversary", and will serve as a giant
birthday bash for the city. Festivities will include a community
pancake breakfast, with the food sponsored by Canada AM and served
up by the Bathurst Rotary Club. Tickets are $3.00/breakfast and
proceeds will go to a local charity.
"I think it's a great thing for Bathurst to be on national
TV," said deputy mayor Frank Quigg. "This is going to be
great publicity about the natural beauty, the beaches and the
lifestyle. All of these positive things we have in Bathurst, we
will be able to show the country."
The community is encouraged to join in the celebrations, to show
all of Canada what a terrific place Bathurst is. More details will
be released later this week. Please tune in to MAX 104.9 and watch
L'Hebdo Chaleur and the Northern Light for continuing coverage.
Information:
Sue Doucet/Lola Doucet 548-0415
Meredith Caissie 548-0410
IN THE FILM SPOTLIGHT
Congratulations to the following Co-op members
and supporters on their films being accepted into the Atlantic Film
Festival!
Gisele Milani (Bathroom Stalled), Fredericton based
Co-op member filmmaker and Short Film Venture Recipient (New Brunswick Film
and New Brunswick Film Co-op).
Bathroom Stalled 
plays in Atlantic
Shorts III
Atlantic Focus
Canada, 2006, (7 min), BetaSP
Directed By: Gisele Milani
Producer: Gisele Milani
Executive Producer: Tony Whalen
Writer: Gisele Milani
Cinematographer: Daniel Greenwood
Cast: Randal Storey, Angela Cullins, Alisa Brown,
Bunthivy Nou, Marcia 'Mars' MacDonald
The career of a scandal-plagued actress takes an unexpected turn in
the tight confines of a bathroom stall, in this pithy New Brunswick
comic short.
Screening Schedule: Wed, Sept 20, 9:20pm at Park Lane 8
(Tickets/$10)
Tim McDonough (The Strings Attached), Saint John based Co-op
member filmmaker and Short Film Venture Recipient (New Brunswick Film and New
Brunswick Film Co-op).
The
Strings Attached
plays in Atlantic
Shorts II
Atlantic Focus
Canada, 2005, (10 min), 16mm
Directed By: Tim McDonough
Producers: Tim McDonough, Kendra Black
Writer: Tim McDonough
Cinematographer: Chris Giles
Cast: Lisa Lipton, John Frank, Sophie Wilcott
Derrah, a young violinist, confronts her deep-seated phobia of
public performance after witnessing the miracle of a fearless and
uninhibited toddler.
Screening Schedule: Mon, Sept 18, 9:20pm at Park Lane 8
(Tickets/$10)
Cayman Grant (Leap of Fate), Saint John and LA based
Co-op member filmmaker/actor.
Leap of Fate
plays in Atlantic
Shorts II
Atlantic Focus
Canada, 2006, (16 min), DVD
Directed By: Cayman Grant
Producers: Cayman Grant, Cale Finot
Writer: Cayman Grant
Cinematographer: Cale Finot
Cast: Cayman Grant, Ben Furmaniak, Mike Baldridge, Dee
Dee Ouzts
Responding to an ad in the personals section of the newspaper when
her marriage begins to get stale, a young woman finds that what
she already has may be just what she’s looking for after all.
Screening Schedule: Mon, Sept 18, 9:20pm at Park Lane 8
(Tickets/$10)
Jeremy Bouchard (Black Eyed Dog), Moncton
based Co-op member writer.
 Black
Eyed Dog
Atlantic Focus
Canada, 2006, (91 min), 35mm
Directed By: Pierre Gang (IMDB)
Producers: Pierre Gang, Sam Grana, Louise Jobin
Writer: Jeremy John Bouchard
Cinematographer: Danielle Vincelette
Cast: Sonya Salomaa, Brendan Fletcher, James Hyndman,
David Boutin, Anne-Marie Cadieux, Fred Ewanuick, Nadia Litz,
McKenzi Scott, Vlasta Vrana
As a teenager, Betty dreamed of being a winner like her idol Joni
Mitchell. She longed to sing her way out of a small, poor and
violent town in northern New Brunswick. Now in her thirties, Betty
finds herself working as a waitress in a diner, kept from the life
she desires by her mentally-ill mother, a runaway father and a
violent ex-lover. While she struggles with her personal demons, a
Canada-wide manhunt for a dangerous fugitive finds Betty caught up
in larger events that may lead to a strange kind of peace.
Inspired by a true story, Black Eyed Dog is a dark but
ultimately life-affirming story of one woman’s journey home and
a town’s reckoning with its own dreams and betrayals.
Screening Schedule: Sat, Sept 16, 9:30pm at Park Lane 4
(Tickets/$10)
Becka Barker (Assembled), Woodstock based
Film Co-op member filmmaker.
 Assembled
plays in Frame
x Frame: Program Two
Frame x Frame (Animation)
Canada, 2006, (5 min), 35mm
Directed By: Becka Barker
Producer: Becka Barker
Writer: Becka Barker
Cinematographer: Becka Barker
Made entirely and beautifully without a camera, Becka Barker's Assembled
brings together handcrafted filmmaking, blog confessionals, a
not-so-average trip to the movies and the comfort of mass
solitude. Featuring an original score by Stephen Kelly of The Just
Barelys.
Screening Schedule: Sat, Sept 16, 9:25pm at Park Lane 7
(Tickets/$10)
Errol Williams (Walking on a Sea of Glass), Alumni
Co-op member filmmaker for 20 years based in
Fredericton/Halifax/Bermuda.
 Walking
on a Sea of Glass
Atlantic Focus
Bermuda, Canada, 2006, (94 min), 35mm
Directed By: Errol Williams
Producers: Rotimi Martins, Errol Williams
Executive Producer: William H. Williams
Writer: Errol Williams
Cinematographer: Leslie Saltus
Kingsley Tweed, carpenter, preacher and social and political
activist, was one of the key figures in the Theatre Boycott in
1959 that led to the desegregation of Bermuda. He fled the island
shortly after, living abroad for more than 40 years. Errol
Williams charts Tweed’s return to Bermuda in this thoughtful
homage.
Screening Schedule: Sat, Sept 16, 7:10pm at Park Lane 4 ($10)
Film Co-op Supporter and Filmmaker Monique LeBlanc (On the Road with Mary), Cinimage Productions based
in Moncton.
On the Road with Mary
Atlantic Focus
Canada, 2005, (79 min), BetaSP
Directed By: Monique Leblanc
Producers: Jacques Turgeon, Kent Martin
Writer: Monique Leblanc
Cinematographer: Alain Dupras
Acadian filmmaker Monique LeBlanc set off on a trip across
post-9/11 America, on a quest to examine the country’s growing
sense of paranoia balanced against a more active compassion. The
result is this remarkable feature documentary that searches to
match practical political activism with a personal spirituality
inspired by Mary, the Mother of Jesus. From the blasted inner city
ruins of Detroit and a soup kitchen in Arizona to homeless Vietnam
veterans living under a Texas overpass and an immigrant’s vigil
group along the Mexican border, On The Road With Mary
manages to locate unexpected reservoirs of hope in a society that
is flirting dangerously with despair.
Screening Schedule: Sun, Sept 17, 4:00pm at Park Lane 8 ($10)
Film Co-op friend Tara Wells (Say Cheese), Sackville
based filmmaker involved with Struts Gallery and Faucet Media Arts
 Say
Cheese
plays in Frame
x Frame: Program One
Frame x Frame (Animation)
Canada, 2005, (1 min), DVD
Directed By: Tara K Wells
Producer: Tara K Wells
Writer: Tara K Wells
Cinematographer: Tara K Wells
Shot on Super 8 film, edited in camera, and completed in 48 hours
while the soundtrack was concocted at the same time, Say Cheese
delivers a whimsical encounter between a monkey, a guitar and a
piece of cheese.
Screening Schedule: Sat, Sept 16, 7:05pm at Park Lane 7 ($10)
Check out the Atlantic Film Festival website to
see more scheduled films! Click Here
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SILVER WAVE/OTHER FESTS AND INFO
 "COME
TO THE 2006 NB SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL, I'LL BE THERE!" says
Moncton NB Film Co-op active filmmaker/writer Dan Thebeau
Whether you are a volunteer OR an attendee at the New Brunswick Filmmakers’
Co-operative’s 6th annual Silver Wave Film Festival in 2006, 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!
Register
Online to be a Festival Volunteer Today by Clicking Here!
2006 SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL
November 8-12, Fredericton, New Brunswick - Email Cat at: info@nbfilmcoop.com
if you have any questions!
ATLANTIC FILM FESTIVAL NEWS!
CTV is delighted to bring Virtual Panellist Scott Fearnley to
the Atlantic
Film Festival to share his iTV expertise. Scott came to the
Festival last year and talked one-on-one with producers, providing practical
information about the evolving media landscape. The people who met with
Scott told CTV it was an great opportunity to get specific suggestions for
their companies.
For details click this link below:
http://www.gobasis.com/vcard/
SAINT JOHN - CONTINENTAL DRIFT INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM
FESTIVAL
Tickets are on sale today, Sept. 1!
The Continental Drift International Film Festival Inc. is
pleased to
announce it will be presenting dozens of international and local
short films
celebrating the world's cultural and cinematic diversity for the
third year.
Continental Drift will feature animation, short action and
fabulously
diverse international short films screened over three days in Saint
John,
New Brunswick. Come to the only festival of its kind in Atlantic
Canada.
Festival Screenings will take place at the Mary Oland Theatre, New
Brunswick
Museum, Saint John, NB, September 29th through October 1st. For festival listings,
and more
visit www.cdrift.ca
Limited seating, buy your tickets today!
Advance tickets available at Imperial Theatre Box Office, or by
calling
674-4100.
Festival Director
Continental Drift
International Short Film Festival
www.cdrift.ca
1+ 506 672 5003
info@cdrift.ca
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The NB Film Co-op acknowledges with thanks the financial assistance
of the following - The Canada Council for the Arts: Media Arts Section, The National Film Board-Atlantic
Studio, the Province of New Brunswick, New Brunswick Film and the
support of Atlantic Media Works, NBCC-New Brunswick, Toronto
International Film Festival Group: Film Circuit and New Brunswick's Independent Film & Video Community.
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