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Festivals

"COME TO THE 2007 NB SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL, I'll BE THERE!" Says, FILM CO-OP Alumni Filmmaker Doug Sutherland.

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! 

DEADLINE FOR FILM SUBMISSIONS IS AUG 3RD.

Contact Cat at info@nbfilmcoop.com

Register Online to be a Festival Volunteer Today by Clicking Here!

2007 SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL, November 8-11, Fredericton, New Brunswick www.swfilmfest.com

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SACKVILLE - Ok.Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival
The schedules are now up and available for the 2007 Ok.Quoi?! Contemporary Arts Festival and Sappy Records Music Festival
both in downtown Sackville, New Brunswick.

http://strutsgallery.ca/
http://www.sappyrecords.com/festival.htm

7 Lorne Street
Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre
Sackville, New Brunswick
E4L 3Z6

Arts in NB

FREDERICTON - Free screening of “Seabiscuit”

Sunday, June 17th
9pm, Barrack’s square.

- Race themed night under the stars
- Hay bale seating
- Live race horse on site with driver to get pictures taken with, chat with driver about horse racing and pet/feed the horse.
- Free authentic race horseshoes for kids
- Introduction by the mayor
- Free popcorn

Come early to get a good seat and meet the horse

The movie is being sponsored by the Fredericton Raceway and the Walter Dale Memorial being held on July 2nd in honour of the 70th anniversary of the historic race where a horse named Walter Dale set a national record at the Fredericton Raceway.

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ATLANTIC - AFCOOP ANNOUNCES THE CALL FOR ENTRIES TO A NEW FILMMAKING SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM, "FrameX"

DATE: Application Deadline 5:00 PM TUESDAY JULY 31st, 2007
Program runs from August 2007 to December 2007
COST: Free to successful applicants
CONTACT: Christopher Spencer-Lowe, Production Coordinator
or Erin Oakes, Membership and Programs Coordinator
420-4572, production@afcoop.ca

The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative, creator of MONDAY NIGHT MOVIES, THE ONE MINUTE FILM PROGRAM, and FILM 5 is pleased to announce the initiation of a radical new filmmaking program.

The FrameX project will bring together five emerging filmmakers, for a five-month immersion into experimental filmmaking, with workshops, collaboration, experimentation and creation. Through the program, these filmmakers will create genre breaking three-minute films using AFCOOP's facilities and resources with experienced guidance. They will be encouraged to explore their ideas while pushing the limits of filmmaking by using new techniques and approaches. This five-month filmmaking experience is open to all Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island residents who have some filmmaking experience and is completely free. The program will kick off during a week long series of public screenings, visiting artists' talks and workshops in late August called the FrameX Week.

"The experimental and avant-garde cinema movement has really taken off again in the last decade." says AFCOOP's Production Coordinator Chris Spencer-Lowe. "Cities like Amsterdam, New York, Vancouver and Toronto have thriving enclaves of experimental filmmakers, many of them connected to an international community through the Internet, artists' collectives and underground festival networks. The Maritimes also has a rich history of experimental filmmaking that we (AFCOOP) see re-emerging. The FrameX program is designed to give these Maritime filmmakers a shot in the arm and to expose the public to this often radical and convention breaking form."

For information and application forms, please contact The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative at 420-4572, visit us online at www.afcoop.ca or email production@afcoop.ca

The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative is an accessible member-run organization for the production and presentation of creative films in a collaborative, learning environment.

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FREDERICTON - MIDDLE SCHOOL FILMMAKING SUMMER CAMP!
On July 2-6, the New Brunswick Filmmakers' Co-operative is hosting a Filmmaking Summer Camp for middle school students, coordinated by Co-op member Filmmakers Jonathan Collicott and Jeremy Robinson. Cost is $150 per student with some subsidies available to students who require financial assistance.

Camp runs from 10am - 4pm daily and kids should bring a lunch each day although there will be light snacks and liquids on hand.

Program Outline
script writing
production management
directing
shooting and recording sound
picture, sound editing and music placement
distribution of your finished project 

Only 25 spaces available and registration is open now! Don't miss out on this incredible experience! Please contact Cat Leblanc at: info@nbfilmcoop.com or (506) 455-1632 to register.

INSTRUCTORS PROFILES

Jonathan Collicott has been working in the NB Film & Television industry since 1997 and has worked with such organizations as History Television, The National Film Board of Canada, CBC Nature of Things, Bravo! and SCN. He also does freelance work for various independent production companies such as Egg Films, Hudson Design, Atlantic Media Works and Outreach Productions.

Jon produces documentary and dramatic films, with a strong focus on Writing, Directing and Shooting. He has also been a member of the NB Filmmakers' Cooperative since 1995 and has taught workshops on cinematography and editing.

Jonathan is also very busy on the independent filmmaking scene with his production company Dark Blue Horizons. As writer-director, he is currently in Post Production on a period musical fantasy entitled A Song for the Home Front for which he received a Short Film Venture grant from New Brunswick Film and the NB Film Co-op.

Jeremy Robinson graduated from the Video and Television  Production program at NBCC Woodstock in 2000 and then went on to work at the Film and Television Workshops in Rockport Maine as a teaching assistant and a member of the tech crew. He returned to New Brunswick in 2001 and joined the NB Film Co-op where he has worked on numerous productions doing everything from sound recording, editing, camera work, and lighting. 

Jeremy is an instructor at The Centre for Arts and Technology where he teaches Video and Film Techniques. He will also be graduating from the University of New Brunswick this winter with his BA/BED. Through the NB Filmmakers' Cooperative he has taught workshops on location sound and post-production sound editing.

Jeremy is currently co-producing a documentary on the history of Blues Music in the Maritimes as well as preparing to direct a short film entitled Misdirection for which he received a Short Film Venture grant from New Brunswick Film and the NB Film Co-op. Misdirection is a comedy about an actress who does not trust her pretentious high art theatre director. 

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NB - 2007 Writing for Babies Call for Manuscripts and Expressions of Interest from Illustrators
As part of our ongoing involvement with early literacy in New Brunswick, the Early Childhood Centre at the University of New Brunswick Fredericton, is sponsoring a province-wide

English-language "writing for babies" manuscript search. The winning author will have their manuscript illustrated by a New Brunswick illustrator. 6000 copies will be printed for distribution through the Born to Read, Books for Babies programme in 2007.

A prize in the amount of $3000, constituting of a royalty advance, will be awarded to the winner. The winning book will land in the laps of thousands of New Brunswick newborns over the next year.

In conjunction with the call for manuscripts, the jury is calling for an expression of interest from visual artists and illustrators with ability for children's book illustration. Those interested should forward website links and/or copies of illustrations for consideration. Please ensure to include full contact information. We regret that we are unable to return samples, so please send copies of your work.

Once the winning manuscript is selected, illustrators who have expressed an interest in illustrating a children's book will be asked to submit an illustration fitting the winning text. After that point, an illustrator will be selected for the book.

Submission deadline: July 16, 2007

For submission guidelines, format and procedures, go to www.unb.ca/education/ecc or contact Pam Whitty at 447-3113 or 453-9786 / whitty@unb.ca

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CBC - Less than a month to submit your short film or your podcast!

What? You haven’t started yet? However, you've been thinking about it for weeks now...

Don’t wait any longer… express yourself, in sound and images, on the theme of immigration and intercultural relations.

Does the subject preoccupy you? Offend you? Stir your emotions? Prompt you to act?

RCI viva wants to hear what you have to say! Submit your short film or your podcast (audio file), 3 to 8 minutes long. Documentary, fiction or animated film. Comedy, drama, crime story, science fiction, etc. Enter now at www.RCInet.ca/digitaldiversity

Hurry! The deadline for submission is June 29! More than $25,000 in prizes to be won! Pass the word around! We’re looking forward to hearing your stories! RCI viva thanks TELUS and SONY for their invaluable collaboration. This competition is sponsored by RCI viva, Radio Canada International's new Internet service that features programming in 8 languages for new and aspiring immigrants to Canada. Information: digitaldiversity@rcinet.ca

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Biz News

Mark your Calendars:
À inscrire à votre agenda!

New Brunswick’s Film Industry Summit
"The Industry Now...And Beyond"
Sommet de l’industrie cinématographique du Nouveau-Brunswick
L’industrie aujourd’hui… et futur

October 1-2, 2007
Saint John Trade & Convention Centre
Host Hotel: Hilton Saint John
les 1er et 2 octobre 2007
au Centre du commerce et des
congrès de Saint John
Hôtel du sommet : Hilton Saint John
More information and online registration will be available in July at www.nbfilm.com
Les détails et l’inscription en ligne seront accessibles à www.nbfilm.com en juillet.
Delegate Registration: $100.00 - before September 14th
Delegate Registration: $150.00 - after September 14th
Delegate Registration ends September 24th

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SAINT JOHN  - From Kendra Black of 4FRONT film services, inc.

This Week’s Saint John Movie News 

Ø CASTING for SHORT FILM, June 16 – Looking for males and females, aged 23 to 70s, for Saint John short film director and Film Co-op member Steve Doiron, for his NB Film Short Film Venture Program funded short, “My Selfish Life”. Casting at The Boys and Girls Club, corner of Paul Harris and Crown, beginning 10 AM and finishing at 5 PM. No experience necessary – www.4frontfilmservices.com/dates2know.htm for more information.

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NB - Film shows anorexia through true eyes
Documentary focuses on recovery from serious illness.
By Cara Smith 
Published Thursday June 7th, 2007 in HERE Magazine

Some people struggle their entire lives [with anorexia] but for me it was really sudden. I thought I was in control of my life, and the next thing you know, this illness was controlling me. I rapidly deteriorated, I went from 115 pounds to 65 pounds in a year's time," said Sara Thornton who is one of three New Brunswick women involved in a documentary about recovering from eating disorders. The video was launched last month after years of research and preparation. The documentary was produced by Daphne Curtis with Atlantic Media Works, and researched by Kate Weaver.

The idea for the documentary began a few years ago when key people met in October 2002 to discuss it. Weaver, who has done extensive research in this area, decided people needed to have a better understanding of the complicated recovery process for those with eating disorders.

"I wanted people to have an understanding of the process of recovery," says Weaver. "It isn't just about going to six sessions with someone or taking pills. It's not about that at all. There isn't one single way or one right approach to recovery, but it's something we need to start talking about." According to a study of Ontario girls aged 12-18, there's a significant amount, about 27 per cent of young women engaged in risky dieting or weight loss activities. Weaver says the statistics for eating disorders vary depending on what's being studied, as some will only count eating disorders when they're very severe.

However, Weaver says all eating disorders are a problem, no matter if the woman hasn't lost exactly 15 per cent of her body weight or missed three periods in a row. It's a big concern nowadays, especially when you consider that for females between the ages of 15-24, the chance of dying from anorexia is 12 times greater than dying from all other causes combined.

Weaver's research on eating disorders and the process of recovering from them is based on internal factors such as discovering yourself, and finding ways to take care of yourself in a positive way.

For some that suffer with eating disorders, it's a coping mechanism, and a way to control a part of their lives. This is how Sara Thornton's eating disorder began.

Thornton was 19 at the time, and along with being anorexic, Thornton had developed several other coping mechanisms in order to deal with events in her life.

She self-mutilated, abused alcohol, drugs and was promiscuous. On top of all that Thornton was experiencing post-traumatic stress caused by sexual abuse during her childhood years. She was eventually hospitalized. The first time she was involuntarily admitted, and to Thornton the hospital seemed to cause more problems than it cured.

During her stay at this particular hospital, she was heavily sedated, making her sleep heavily for five to six days. At one point she slept for almost three weeks in and out. She was put in solitary confinement, and the power over her own life was stripped away. Thornton says the overall experience was counterproductive.

The second hospital is where she said she began to recover. The doctors there began intensive psychotherapy with her instead of just focusing on her reaching a healthy weight. This is one area where Thornton thinks doctors have it wrong.

"So many women relapse, it's very common," said Thornton. "There are so many treatments that are based on weight restoration, and that's it. They never address the underlying cause. The fact is that once I addressed those underlying issues, there was just no need for the eating disorder. If I have a bad day or something I don't need to turn to starvation or alcohol to get me through it anymore, because I have a whole different foundation." Thornton says her perspective has changed in many ways since recovering from anorexia. The amount of time she spends thinking about food has completely changed.

"When we're children, eating is natural, it's innate," said Thornton. "But for me, it had become this obscure thing I couldn't do, and I thought, 'how did that happen?' But now I'm finally at that point in my life where it's natural again." For Thornton this change came with learning about herself internally instead of just externally which was what she had been focused on for so long. She now realizes how society reacts to appearance, but it no longer has any control over her life.

"My whole childhood I put everything into my physicality, totally ignoring there was anything good inside of me, cause there wasn't," said Thornton. "I didn't feel good inside. I was very angry. But [when I was recovering] I was able to build on something solid, something internal that I liked about myself. I was able to celebrate who I was." After many years of struggle, Thornton has reached the stage of being fully recovered, a survivor of anorexia. According to Weaver's research this includes discovering and redefining yourself, finding ways to celebrate yourself in a positive way. Thornton has since written a book about her experiences and the road to recovery. She says writing the book was a therapeutic tool for her, and as much as she hopes the book and the documentary will help people she's not convinced it will change anything extensively.

"I think we've definitely lost sight of what's important," says Thornton. "But things like the video are steps and there are other people around the world making those same steps. But really, I just don't know. Until we can change our focus, I just don't see how anything is going to really change."

For more info on Through True Eyes, or to order please visit their website at http://www.throughtrueeyes.com/home.php