Online and Colour Correction Assistant Editor

Newfoundland Independent Filmmakers Co-operative (NIFCO) is looking for an Assistant Online Editor to join our post-production team for a six to eight month contract position with a targeted start date in August 2013.

This position requires a high attention to detail with an intimate knowledge of a variety of software and platforms that NIFCO uses on a daily basis. You need be computer savvy and VERY organized.

Your primary role will be to prepare and conform edited timelines on AVID DS, titling, compositing & VFX, and output, both tape based and file for delivery to NIFCO clients.

You will be working closely with the Facility Director and Facility Technician in an intense, deadline driven, technically creative environment. You should have an intimate knowledge of post-production terms, techniques, and workflows. Familiarity with signal routing and signal types, VTR’s and networking is a definite asset.

Softwares required:

AVID DS

DaVinci Resolve

AVID Media Composer, Final Cut Pro 7

Eyeon Fusion, After Effects

Variety of other video compression and conversion software

Applicants should email a resume and letter of interest by April Friday April 12th, 2013 to:

Attn: Steve Cook

steve@nifco.org

These workshops are designed for new and interested persons who may wish to break in to the motion picture business on the technical side, or theatre and rock and roll technicians who may wish to expand their skills.

You don’t need any experience to take part.

There are limited openings available on a first come-first served basis.

Contact:
Atlantic Studios Co-operative at: bpetrie@atlanticstudiosco-operative.ca

Or

Telephone the warehouse at 709-747-4021 or cell: 709-682-7975

· The Filmmaker Assistance Program (FAP) is designed to help emerging and developing independent filmmakers complete their films by providing financial support for production services.

The National Film Board’s mandate is to reflect Canadian values and perspectives through the production and distribution of innovative Canadian audiovisual works accessible in relevant media of today.

· Projects must fall within the NFB’s mandate of producing bold and distinctive cultural and social issue documentaries, auteur animation, alternative drama and innovative digital interactive content that provide the world with a unique Canadian perspective.

· Film students or applicants who have made more than three film/video projects (outside of film school) are not eligible.

Please visit http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/medias/download/documents/pdf/Atlantic-Provinces-FAP.pdf for application and more information.

June 19 & June 20 10am-6pm
LSPU Hall Second Space
Cost $250 or $125 if prepaid by June 2, 2012

The prep, the shoot, the post, the risks, and the politics all converge in this comprehensive directing workshop by Stacey Curtis. Do you have what it takes to be a working director? Stacey does and she’s going to share some insider information about breaking down scripts, location selection, how to creatively communicate with the story department and your numerous teams, directing established cast, and working with new actors.

We’ll discuss what directing means when you’re the show runner and how to bring your best to the plate when you’re not. We’ll cover all the factors that come into play when you jump into the race to get your show or movie in on time and on budget and leave the industry wanting you back for more!

Based in personal experience, Stacey will clearly illustrate the range of programming a director can work on in one year. Stacey was not only the lead director for Debra! – a brand new teen series – but also the executive producer and show runner.

Then she was off to Canada’s east coast to direct two episodes of the hit series Republic of Doyle before crossing the country to direct a mid-season episode of the new drama Arctic Air. This year brings new challenges as Stacey will direct for Heartland in Alberta and several other projects.

Come join us as we dive in to see what it takes to be a director for the small screen!

To register, and for more information please contact:

Victoria Wells
Workshop Coordinator
nickelworkshops@gmail.com
(709) 576-3378

Please be advised that the call for entries AND deadline for applications is earlier this year. We will be releasing the guidelines and application form on Monday, June 4th with our
PICTURE START 6 APPLICATION DEADLINE set for MONDAY, JULY 23RD AT 5:00PM.

Please be in touch with Anna at picturestart@nifco.org if you have any preliminary questions regarding the program.

Looking forward to another fantastic year!

Anna Petras
Picture Start
NIFCO
picturestart@nifco.org
T.(709)753-6121 ext. 225
C.(709)691-0087

Produced by the Atlantic Film Festival, the 9th annual Music & Image Conference (M&I)–scheduled for Sept. 13-16 in Halifax as part of the 32nd annual Atlantic Film Festival–is currently accepting applications for two of its programs: the Digital Compilation and 10 X 10 Music Video Mentorship Program.

The 10 X 10 Music Video Mentorship Program offers ten Atlantic Canadian filmmakers and ten musicians the chance to collaborate to make a music video. Over the five-day program, selected artists and filmmakers of all levels learn the fundamentals of contemporary music video-making, from the evolution of the band’s visual concept to the final edit. Upon completion, final video cuts screen during the Atlantic Film Festival before fans, delegates and industry professionals from around the world.

“I’m excited to return and build on the success we had with last year’s program,” says 10 X 10 music video program facilitator Kyle Davison, winner of multiple MMVAs and the 2011 JUNO directing award for Video of the Year. “It’s always fun to work with tomorrow’s filmmakers and musicians to bring their ideas to the screen.”

Back for its second year is the RBC 10 X 10 Emerging Artist Award, presented to the winning filmmaker and musician duo. The cash prize has doubled to $10,000 this year, making it one of the largest awards of its kind available to emerging artists in the region.

“Atlantic Canada has always been home to some of the country’s most colourful and imaginative artists,” said Lori Smith, Manager of Public Affairs at RBC. “This competition is about showcasing that for the rest of the world to see. And we’re very proud to be a part of it all.”

The Music & Image Digital Compilation, sponsored by Universal Music Canada, is a promotional tool used to expose East Coast musical talent to the international screen arts industries. Distributed at the Atlantic Film Festival and East Coast Music Week, the compilation has also travelled to Los Angeles for film/TV trade missions, to Texas for the South By Southwest Festival and to Vancouver for the 2010 Olympics.

“We’re always working to bolster the careers and visibility of Atlantic Canadian talent,” says Andrea Dawson Thomas, Director of the Music & Image Conference. “For eight years, the M&I Digital Compilation has created unique opportunities for these artists. And this year, we’re excited to bring it back.”

The deadline for applications is June 15, 2012. For more information and to apply, visit: http://www.atlanticfilm.com/industry/music-image/call-applications

M&I gratefully acknowledges the support of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency/Agence de promotion économique du Canada atlantique (ACOA/APECA), RBC Foundation, FACTOR as well as the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage (Canada Music Fund) and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.

About Music & Image
Music & Image is a partnership between the Atlantic Film Festival Association and the East Coast Music Association. Dedicated to the professional development and promotion of East Coast music, M&I connects music and film through professional development sessions, one-on-one meetings between artists and music supervisors, and exciting showcase performances. M&I is active throughout the year, both in Canada and the United States, attending events and monitoring industry activity.

About the Atlantic Film Festival
The Atlantic Film Festival is a ten-day celebration of film, video and music from around the world. It’s a festival that turns Halifax–a charming and historic seaside city–into an international mecca for the arts, abuzz with filmmakers, industry types and film lovers. What began in 1981 as a tiny, grassroots operation in St. John’s, Newfoundland has blossomed into one of Canada’s premiere film festivals. The cornerstone September Festival includes year-round industry and community events for every taste. In addition to M&I, the Atlantic Film Festival produces alFresco filmFesto, Strategic Partners, ViewFinders: International Film Festival for Youth and the Atlantic Film Festival.

For more information:
Anna Duckworth, Music & Image Publicist
(902) 440-8343 | duckworth@atlanticfilm.com

Initiated in honour of Michelle Jackson, a young Newfoundland filmmaker and student mentor who passed away suddenly in 2008, the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award supports emerging female filmmakers residing in Newfoundland and Labrador. The competition is open to female Newfoundland and Labrador filmmakers who have not yet directed a feature film. Applicants are asked to submit a script for a six-minute short film, a production schedule and budget. Scripts will be judged by a selected panel.

The winner will receive close to $40,000 in cash and in-kind production services for their film, and will be mentored by award-winning director and producer Anita Reilly McGee. The winner’s film will premiere on the closing night of the 23rd Annual St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, on October 20th, 2012, at the Arts and Culture Centre.

Last year’s winner is the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council’s 2012 Artist of the Year, Ruth Lawrence, who filmed Two Square Feet, starring Jeanne Beker. The film is about a woman coping with a divorce who meets someone that changes her life forever. Allison White, an up-and-coming producer and director, was the inaugural winner in 2010. She used the prize to make Decoloured, a short film about a colour blind man whose vision is changed when he falls in love.

For instructions on how to apply for the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award, visit the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival webpage:

http://www.womensfilmfestival.com/pg.php?p=23

The deadline to apply is June 1st, 2012.

For more information about the RBC Michelle Jackson Emerging Filmmaker Award, please contact:

Sarah Smellie
Communications and Publicity Manager
The St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival
709.754.3141 (w)
709.689-0296 (c)
sarah@womensfilmfestival.com

If you are a film maker in Atlantic Canada, whether professional, student or amateur, we invite you to submit your short films to the 2nd Annual Parrsboro Film Festival.

A jury will select films in two categories:
— shorts (more than 5 minutes but no more than 20 minutes) and
— short shorts (no more than 5 minutes)

The audience favourite in each category will receive a certificate of appreciation.

Deadline for submission is September 1, 2012. (We cannot guarantee that submissions received after September 1 will be eligible for this year’s festival.)

Our theme is films made recently (within the last 2 -3 years) in Atlantic Canada. Any genre will be considered. There is no submission fee.

The submission form can also be downloaded from The Hall’s web site.

The festival is held in our historic Hall, formerly the Presbyterian Church www.thehall.ca on King Street, in downtown Parrsboro, Nova Scotia. This year’s festival will be on October 12-14. Last year’s inaugural festival was a great success with both professional and amateur film makers in attendance.

Parrsboro is located on the beautiful north shore of the Bay of Fundy, two hours drive from Halifax. We have many amenities to make your stay enjoyable. www.town.parrsboro.ns.ca

We look forward to welcoming you to Parrsboro,
Helen Tyson
Parrsboro Film Festival Committee
P.O. Box 634
Parrsboro, NS
B0M 1S0
e-mail: helentyson@tysons-minerals.com
‘phone: (902) 728-8364
fax: (902) 728-3399

Ten provinces. Ten years. Ten spotlights. That’s the idea behind The Nickel Independent Film Festival’s Spotlight Series. Our goal is to shine the spotlight on ten short films from each of Canada’s ten provinces over the course of ten years. That’s 100 Canadian-made short films to bask in the spotlight by the time the Nickel’s Spotlight Series wraps in 2021. A special curator from each province will act as a provincial programmer, select ten splendid shorts, and send them our way. Our mission is to share the unique culture of each province and applaud the rich diversity of Canadian independent filmmaking and filmmakers.

This year we’ve decided to focus on Quebec Independent Film. Curated by Danny Lennon of Montreal.

Danny Lennon is the Director of Prends ça court! founded twelve years ago. Internationally renowned programmer, he is involved with 20 festivals and events in the province of Quebec. He participates, year round, in over 60 festivals in 24 different countries, contributing in every imaginable and possible ways to the promotion, distribution, screening and production of independent and professional shorts. Lennon is the invited programmer and in charge of the online Short Film Competition (presented by the NFB) at Festival de Cannes/Short Film Corner since 2006. He also acts as an instructor at Montreal’s Institut national de l’image et du son (INIS). He is the film curator for Montreal’s PHI Centre, distributor and sales agent for PHI Group, ambassador for short film promotion at Sodec, responsible for launching the NOT SHORT ON TALENT initiative at Telefilm Canada. All this and he still finds time to go fishing!

WARNING: PARENTAL DISCRETION IS ADVISED

SAD DAY (JOUR SANS JOIE) by Nicolas Roy

NEXT FLOOR by Denis Villeneuve

MOKHTAR by Halima Ouardiri

OPASATICA by Eric Morin

DANSE MACABRE by Pedro Pires

FISHES (LES POISSONS) by Jean Malek

TROTTEUR by Arnaud Brisebois & Francis Leclerc

LES FLEURS DE L’AGE by Vincent Biron

OF EVENTS (D’ALEAS) by Mathieu Tremblay

PRINCESS (PRINCESSE) by Frederick Tremblay

Tickets available at the LSPU Hall 753-4531 or www.rca.nf.ca

For more information please visit www.nickelfestival.com