Deadline: 5pm Tuesday January 24, 2012
Program Dates: March 05 – May 25, 2012
Theme: “SHEEP DREAMS”
The National Film Board of Canada seeks submissions from emerging (young and not-so-young) filmmakers, creative programmers and artists intrigued by animation art, for the 8th edition of Hothouse, a 12-week paid apprenticeship in full-on, all-inclusive, real-world animation filmmaking.
Edition 8 parameter: include
This year, Hothouse invites you to exploit emerging tools and technologies in your animation. In other words, take maximum advantage of new hardware, software or platforms to create your art. You might use a specific app for capture or animation. You might choose to tell a traditionally animated story on an interactive mobile OS (does the user influence the content?) You might integrate sensing devices for spatial tracking and gesture/facial/voice recognition (think GPS, Kinect, Wii, Siri etc.). Or develop a meaningful micro-narrative using existing engines and assets. To name but a few possibilities of hacking your animation!
Ultimately, the goal is to create a compelling 60-second experience driven by animation, moulded by technology.
The Cineplex Entertainment Film Program is a five-and-a-half month complete immersion in the art and business of dramatic filmmaking for directors, producers, writers and editors. The labs empower filmmakers to deliver strong dramatic stories and successfully survive in the film and television marketplace. For more info — http://www.cfccreates.com
CFC Canadian Film Centre Features is looking to invest in filmmakers from across Canada with engaging stories for the big screen. If you are a writer, director or producer with a feature film in the low-budget realm, this program offers you an unparalleled opportunity to make your movie a reality. The program is designed for projects with production budgets in the range of one million dollars and under. CFC Features can provide up to 100% of the production financing to a maximum of $600,000. For more info — http://www.cfccreates.com
Are you a Canadian documentary filmmaker who wants to make the leap from producing hour-long broadcast documentaries to producing feature length documentaries for theatrical release? Super Channel would like to help you make that leap!
The Super Channel Feature Documentary Award will be awarded to two teams to assist in the development of their feature documentaries. Enter now and you could receive the following:
· 15-20 hours of mentorship with a senior feature documentary producer
· $3,000 budget to benefit your project and attend the Hot Docs Forum 2012
The director and producer must each have at least one hour-long television documentary credit, and may not have more than one feature-length (75 minutes +) documentary credit. The director and producer may be the same person provided that this person meets the above eligibility requirements regarding credits in both roles. All entrants must be Canadian citizens.
Visit www.superchannel.ca/creativeaward for our Prizes, Guidelines and Terms & Conditions and for details on eligibility, submission and prizes.
Contest closes at 5 pm on November 27, 2011. Late entries will not be accepted. Sylvie Powell MédiaLane Communications Inc. (613) 290-1497.
Calling all media artists from the Atlantic provinces, The Island Media Arts Festival (IMAF) in Prince Edward Island wants you (and your work). Animators, documentarians, comics, tragedians, experimentalists, or whomever you may be… we want to see what you create.
Go to imac.coop to The IMAF Event Page for the Call for Submissions and 2012 Submission Form.
In its third year, this year’s festival theme is Diverse Networks. What connects seemingly dissimilar people? What technologies and mediums unite media artists from all perspectives? In this spirit, IMAF2012 seeks to connect media artworks made throughout the Atlantic provinces.
With screenings province-wide, workshops, panel discussions, networking events, street-projections, and parties, IMAF2012 is a little festival with big heart.
SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FEBRUARY 15TH 2012. (Rough cuts WILL be accepted) IMAF is a program of The Island Media Arts Co-op.
FILM FORUM COORDINATOR: September 12, 2011 – November 4, 2011 (8 weeks) Salary: $3,744
Responsible for the coordination, implementation and promotion of the Film Forum – a series of film industry workshops, seminars and panel discussions that takes place in conjunction with the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival. Activities include:
- Assist the Director with Film Forum design, content, scheduling and final reporting
- Coordinate, market and promote the Film Forum workshop series (in cooperation with Marketing and Publicity Coordinator)
- Arrange one-on-one meetings between filmmakers and industry representatives
- Coordinate/create networking opportunities for Film Forum delegates and local industry
- Secure venues and equipment for workshops (in conjunction with the Event Coordinator)
- Work closely with the Event Coordinator and Technical Director to ensure that all Film Forum venue preparations are completed in a timely and efficient manner;
- Work closely with the Hospitality Coordinator to ensure that Film Forum delegates and attendees’ needs are met Continue reading →
The Nickel Independent Film Festival returns with Bust A Gut — a screening of local comedic shorts. The lineup includes:
Screeched (written and directed by Adam Chambers, 2005)
Tight (written by Robert Chafe; directed by Jillian Keiley, 1999)
The Care Package (written and directed by Brad Gover, 2006)
Flux (written by Peter Soucy; directed by Gerald Lunz, 1993)
Travel Anywhere: The Movie (written by Lois Brown; directed by Justin Simms, 2009)
Surprise! (written and directed by Frank Barry, 2011)
…and more to come!
Thursday, August 25th, LSPU Hall 8:00pm. Tickets $10 plus tax
Music & Image has extended the deadline for applications for the 10×10 Music Video Mentorship Program! Applications will be accepted until Monday August 22 at Noon.
This September, 10 Atlantic Canadian filmmakers and 10 Atlantic Canadian musicians/bands will be paired up to produce 10 music videos, over 5-days. Selected filmmakers and musicians will participate in a music video workshop, on Monday September 12th and have access to video director mentors, professional film equipment and post-production support during the 5-day program from Monday Sept. 12-Friday Sept. 16. Facilitating the program and guiding the teams will be 2011 Juno and 2011 MMVA award winning music video director, Kyle Davison.
An exciting new addition to the program this year is the RBC 10×10 Emerging Artists Award, to be presented to the team selected to have the best video as determined by the audience of fans and a panel of jurors at the final screening on Saturday September 17th. The winning team will be awarded $5000 to be split evenly between the filmmaker and band.
Click here to download an application form. Submissions for both filmmakers and musicians will be accepted via email directed to alysons@atlanticfilm.com. Please review carefully the rules and regulations before you submit your application. Continue reading →
The application kit (PDF) for Picture Start 2011/2012 is ready for downloading.
PICTURE START is a professional development program targeted at emerging producers, directors and writers. This comprehensive skills enhancement program employs a project-oriented methodology whereby participants learn by working with established filmmakers and film industry professionals. This hands-on approach will be complemented by a series of workshops prior to principle photography aimed at enhancing the participants’ filmmaking savvy. Local and national experts will conduct workshops, and senior filmmakers will mentor junior filmmakers throughout the development, production and post-production phases of the project.
Check out our Picture Start page for more information.
Parrsboro Film Festival
Friday, October 14th – Sunday, October 16th
Parrsboro, Nova Scotia
In 2007, a group of dedicated film lovers began showing films twice a week in the former Presbyterian Church (now home to the Parrsboro Band Association www.thehall.ca) on King Street in Parrsboro, Nova Scotia www.town.parrsboro.ns.ca. We called ourselves “Film for All at The Hall.”
On June 18th – 19th, the NLFDC, will present the Leadership Lab. Over the course of two days, the Leadership Lab will assist you to understand your communication and leadership style, help you understand your co-workers and learn new managerial skills. You’ll also pick up tips on how to mentor new people coming into the industry. Using case studies based on real events in our industry, you’ll have an opportunity to think through other ways of handling situations away from the stress of the set.
Date: June 18-19, 2011
Location: Sheraton Hotel Newfoundland
Instructor: Mickey Rogers
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
Cost: $100.00
To register, please contact Industry Analyst, Laura Churchill at laura@nlfdc.ca or (709) 738-3456. Space is limited so register early.
On June 25th, the NLFDC, in partnership with IATSE Local 849 will present a basic entertainment electric workshop. This workshop is a basic course that would be of use to anyone interested in working in the electrics, grip, transport and locations department. The course will be instructed by Mike Harwood, National Rental Service Manager of William F. White International.
The workshop will address a number of topics, including: electrical safety; grounding and bonding; and planning, design, assembly and maintenance of an Entertainment Power Distribution system.
Date: June 25, 2011
Location: Atlantic Studios Co-operative, 62-64 Pippy Place, St. John’s
Instructor: Mike Harwood, William F. White International
Time: 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
Cost: $150.00 (50% Reimbursement for IATSE members and students)
To register, please contact Maureen Perrin, at info@iatse849.com or (902) 425-2739.
Facilitated by Lois Brown, 2011 will be the seventh year of the wildly successful Nickel Screenplay Series. Deadline for submission of short screenplays is May 20, 2011. Decisions will be made by June 3, 2011.
The Nickel Independent Film Festival invites submissions of short screenplays for its 7th annual Screenplay Series Workshop.
The Rules:
· Scripts should be no more than a maximum of 15 pages (shorter is better) and must be submitted in a 12 pt font with page numbers.
· You must provide your contact information with your submission.
· Writers must be available all day for the Friday June 24 workshop and reading of their play.
Today’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender seniors grew up under harsh oppression in the years before Stonewall. Many are estranged from their families and must rely on paid caregivers for assistance with mobility, healthcare, or basic life needs. But what if the only helpers available are intolerant, discriminatory, or abusive? Would you go back in the closet if it were necessary to survive?
Gen Silent illustrates these issues through the heartrending stories of our elders and the small but dedicated group of professionals working to provide them with compassionate, supportive, care.
Screening Date: Tuesday April 12, 2011
AUDITORIUM (HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE)
STARTS 8PM (90 minutes, discussion to follow)
$5 (or pay what you can)
FREE PARKING LOT 9.
*Funds raised from the screening will be donated to Planned Parenthood’s “Ageless Intimacy: Seniors & Sexual Health” workshops.
If you have any other questions, please feel free to drop Andrew an e-mail at abennett@mun.ca
A message from the Chair of the Board and the Executive Director
Dear industry colleagues and friends:
We are pleased to launch Telefilm’s new corporate plan, entitled Fostering Cultural Success. This new plan, which focuses on stimulating demand for Canadian content, marks an important shift for the organization.
Over the next few years, Telefilm will put into practice a series of concrete initiatives based on the following four strategic pillars:
1. Maintain and expand our core role as funder;
2. Develop our role as promoter;
3. Provide thought leadership by developing and sharing industry intelligence; and
4. Reinforce Telefilm’s organizational excellence. Continue reading →
For more information contact Jennifer Vella ~ jennifer@academy.ca or 416-366-2227 ext. 247
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