AFCOOP’S BIG EMAIL

Thursday, August 26th 2010

In this Email:

1. AFCOOP DATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

2. AWARDS AND GRANTS

3. WORKSHOPS

5. SCREENINGS

4. CALL FOR ENTRIES

5. COMMUNITY NEWS

1. AFCOOP DATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Curatorial Meeting

Saturday, Sept. 11th time TBD

Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, September 15th 6pm – Board Room CBC Radio Building (RSVP to Greg for location admin@afcoop.ca)

Fall General Meeting

Thursday, Sept. 9th 6:30pm – The Hub, 2nd Fl, 1673 Barrington St. (Full Members must send regrets to membership@afcoop.ca)

FILM 5 Party and AFCOOP Reunion!

Sunday, Sept 19th, 7pm – midnight – Garrison Brewing Company, 1149 Marginal Road.

Come help us celebrate the FILM 5 productions of 2010:

“Rhonda’s Party” by Ashley McKenzie, Nelson MacDonald and Christine Comeau

“Like Father” by Jesse Harley and Chris Turner

“Dream Girl” by Caley MacLennan and Eric Duncan

“Senior Barista” by Jason Levangie and Marc Tetreault.

As a special treat this year, AFCOOP is also hosting a 2010 AFCOOP REUNION, welcoming all members both past and present, from far and wide, to come and reminisce about the good ole days. There will be beer, music, and maybe if you’re lucky – hotdogs!

Everyone is welcome – FILM 5 Crew, Trainees, AFCOOP Members, and Fans!

FREE In-House Facilities at AFCOOP on Friday, September 24th, 2010 – 9AM until 5PM!

All Members are welcome to book AFCOOP facilities at no charge during AFCOOP’s participation in Culture Days. This is a great opportunity to refresh your skills or work on a new project in our AVID, ProTools, Steenbeck, or Animation Suites. Outgoing Equipment rentals are not included.

To book suite time, please contact Al DeLory at 420-4572 or by email at production@afcoop.ca – First Come, First Served!

Click here for more about Culture Days: http://www.culturedays.ca/

AFCOOP 2010 Annual Survey

LAST CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY! – Survey closes Aug. 31st

Please take a few minutes of your time to let us know how you feel about the co-op.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFRDWkpRWVBER25zcXc5SXdsNURfYnc6MQ#gid=0

FREE 35mm FILM STOCK FOR AFCOOP FULL MEMBERS

AFCOOP was recently given a rather large donation of 35mm short-ends and recans. All Full Members are reminded that they are entitled to up to 2000 feet of 35mm film for free, when available, from our current inventory. This is to be used for Members’ own productions. We also have a limited amount of unopened stock available for 10 cents per foot. Please contact Al or Chris at production@afcoop.ca for information on the current stock available.

2. AWARDS AND GRANTS

AFCOOP Open Grants for Filmmaking

Deadline: MONDAY AUGUST 9th, 2010, 5 PM

This is an ongoing grant that was established decades ago to support the production of independent films by AFCOOP members. Only Full AFCOOP members are eligible. The open grants are made possible with the generous support of CBC Television Atlantic and the National Film Board of Canada. There are 2 deadlines annually.

http://afcoop.ca/1-programs-and-activities/open-grants-program/

AFCOOP Mentorship Award

The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural award for excellence in film and media arts mentorship.

The AFCOOP Film & Media Arts Mentorship Award will be chosen by a jury of peers and presented annually to an individual from the Nova Scotia independent film and media arts community who, over the course of their career, has shown an extraordinary commitment to mentoring and supporting the next generation of filmmakers and media artists.

“Rarely is it recognized in the film community that there are individuals giving their time and experience to teach the next generation of filmmakers. The time is finally here”, said filmmaker and AFCOOP Chairperson Jeff Wheaton.

A call for nominations for the AFCOOP Film & Media Arts Mentorship Award is available on the AFCOOP website at afcoop.ca and is also available through AFCOOP’s office. Nominations must be received by December 31, 2010. The award will be presented at the Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival in April 2011.

For more information and the nomination form visit: http://afcoop.ca/programs-and-activities/film-media-arts-mentorship-award/

THE JOY AWARDS FOR FILMMAKERS & MEDIA ARTISTS DEADLINE REMINDER: APPLICATIONS IN BY SEPT 03

Reminder for Atlantic filmmakers and media artists that the 2010 Joy Awards deadline is Friday 5PM, September 03, 2010. Including:

The Joy Award ($18,700 value)

The Joy Post Award ($12,500 value)

The Helen Hill Animated Joy Award ($5,000+ value)

The Newfoundland Joy Award ($14,200 value)

(contact the Coordinator about the CBC Script Award for 2010)

Details of the Award packages are available in the application form at lindajoy.com <http://lindajoy.com>

New Brunswick Joy Award deadline is separate on October 15, 2010.

The Joy Awards are offered in support of outstanding emerging media arts talent. These Awards provide material and funding to emerging filmmakers and media artists, and script writers.

The Linda Joy Awards alumni include many of this region’s most noted talent like Justin Simms (Director Down To The Dirt, Punch-Up At A Wedding, etc ), Andrea Dorfman (Director,Love That Boy, Parsley Days, Flower In My Pedal, etc), Rosemary House (Director When Women Are Crazy, Ahead Of The Curve, etc ), Mike Clattenberg (Director, Trailer Park Boys, etc), Helen Hill (Director, Bohemian Town, Madame Winger Makes A Film, Mouseholes, etc), Shandi Mitchell (Director, Tell Me, Baba’s House, etc), Rodrigue Jean (Director, Full Blast, etc), and many others. The Joy Awards have encouraged and supported the best emerging media arts talent of the Atlantic region for twenty-four years. The Linda Joy Media Arts Society was established in memory of filmmaker Linda Joy Busby, who died in 1984 after struggling with cancer.

Application forms and details of all Joy Awards for 2010 are available at LINDAJOY.COM http://lindajoy.com/

For further information please contact Will Roberts at the LJMAS office,

902.420.4522, info@lindajoy.com

A CALL FOR NOMINATIONS FOR CANADA COUNCIL’S BELL AWARD for VIDEO ART

The $10,000 Bell Award in Video Art is given annually to a Canadian video artist who has made an exceptional contribution to the advancement of the art form through videos, video installations or Web-based video art. The award was created in 1990 by Bell Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts. The winner is selected by a peer assessment committee.

The deadline to submit a nomination is September 1st.

click on the link below to find out more.

http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/bell_canada

3. WORKSHOPS

First Exposure Filmmaking Workshop Series

AFCOOP presents the 2010 First Exposure Filmmaking Workshop Series, a series of fall filmmaking workshops, intensives, and courses.

The workshops are designed to introduce the basics of filmmaking for beginners as well as expand the development of filmmaking skills and knowledge for the more experienced. Participants are encouraged to take as many classes as they want from AFCOOP’s diversified workshop catalogue.

The First Exposure Filmmaking Workshop Series features 19 evening workshops and 2 weekend intensives. We are also offering a fresh new series of 10 specially priced film screenings and seminars called The Film History Crash Course: Ideas in Film and the return of the popular course called The Dramatic Film Lab, a 12 week extensive experience in film production.

New this Fall, AFCOOP is offering the Guerrilla Film Lab, a six week immersion into handcrafted, DIY filmmaking, beginning October 20th.

Check the Programs & Activities tab on the AFCOOP website for more information.

THE DRAMATIC FILM LAB

This 12 week intensive filmmaking experience will immerse 16 participants in the creative and practical elements of filmmaking. Aimed at immerging directors, producers and writers, the course seeks to hone skills and immerse the participants in the aesthetics, processes and approaches to making films in Canada. Experienced guest instructors will be brought in to cover specific topics.

Through tutorials, seminars, exercises and practice each participant will develop a short script and workshop it with professional actors under the guidance of a working director mentor. Through a competitive group process, one of these scripts will be chosen, as well as a three person lead team of producer, writer and director. This project will be produced on 35mm film through to a rough video finish. All participants will have a role in the production of this exercise film. The participants will screen the rushes and compare it to a rough cut. In these ways, every participant will gain valuable experience as producers, directors and writers and will be afforded the opportunity to focus on one of those creative roles.

The course begins Thursday September 30th and runs every Wednesday, some Mondays, and two weekends to Mid-December.

The tuition for the course is $900 for AFCOOP Members and $925 for Non-Members. There are only 16 positions available.

The Music & Image Conference – Atlantic Film Festival

“A Stereoscopic Primer: 3D Live Action & Animation”

Thursday September 16, 1:00PM-3:30PM at the NFB Theatre, 5474 Spring Garden Rd.

This workshop is for both animation and live-action filmmakers and provides an introduction to basic principles, with specific lessons taught through case studies. A panel of 3D filmmakers will present samples of their work and discusses the joys and challenges of this developing medium. The cost for this workshop is 35$. Space is limited. To reserve your spot today, please email me, alysons@atlanticfilm.com, with your name, telephone number, and email address.

Script Mentorship Program

This year’s will Script Mentorship program conclude at the 30th Atlantic Film Festival with the Pitch Event & Reception on Sunday September 19th from 3:00PM-4:30PM at the Delta Halifax, Bluenose Ballroom. This event is open to AFF delegates to come and watch the writers pitch their projects to a room of producers and members of the film community. This is a great opportunity to get a glimpse into the Program. You can also check out one of last year’s Script finalists, Cory Bowles, as he presents his latest draft of Cracker Factory at Script Out Loud, hosted at The Carleton (1685 Argyle St) from 12:00PM-2:00PM on Friday September 17. Tickets are limited and can be purchased through the AFF Box Office.

To register for an AFF or M&I Pass or for details on how to purchase tickets to panels and events visit: http://www.atlanticfilm.com/aff/attending.php . At any time, feel free to contact me with any questions you might have regarding the program. We will be announcing more great panels and events so stay tuned. Hope to see you out this September!

5. SCREENINGS

Carbon Arc @ the Khyber

‘Up The Yangtze’

August 26th 8pm

- a feature documentary by Yung Chang - Canada/China 2007 93 mins

A powerful & award winning documentary about life in modern China and the hardships experienced by a peasant family displaced from their land by the building of the giant Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River.

Synopsis: A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze, navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as ‘The River’. In the biggest engineering endeavor since the Great Wall, China has set out to harness the Yangtze with the world’s largest mega-dam. Meanwhile at the river’s edge Yu Shui says goodbye to her family and turns to face the future. From their small patch of land, her parents watch the young woman walk away, as the waters are rising…

Stunningly photographed and beautifully composed, ‘Up the Yangtze’ juxtaposes the poignant and sharply observed details of Yu Shui’s story against the monumental and ominous forces at work all around her. Chinese-Canadian filmmaker Yung Chang directs with insight and cinematic flair. Drawing inspiration from contemporary Asian cinema and post-war neo-realism, he crafts a compassionate account of peasant life and a powerful documentary narrative of contemporary China.

Carbon Arc @ the Khyber
1588 Barrington St, 2nd Floor

8pm Thurs, Aug 19th

Door open 7:30

Admission $6

Q&A Following film

For Information call Alan: 463-4729 or email Siloën: siloend@gmail.com

‘A Bug and a Bag of Weed’

Dir. J. David Gonella, Canada, 2006. 96 minutes

THURS, SEPTEMBER 2nd.. The last feature screening of our Summer Series!!

A comic romp about three buddies and their hilarious misadventures set in Halifax. Introduced by multi-talented filmmakers Drew Hagen and Chris Cuthbertson!

Then on Fri, Sept 10th, after an opening in the Khyber Ballroom Gallery, go upstairs to see favorite YouTube selections presented by a few Khyber members and friends & celebrate our successful first film series & our move to the 3rd floor where will be holding our screenings through the fall!!

Please see our website for more info about who we are and our mission!

www.khyber.ca/carbon_arc

Bring Your Own Film – Social Screening Series

Starting October 2010

AFCOOP’s new ‘Bring Your Own Film’ Social Screening Series is a bi-monthly open presentation platform and social mixing event for independent filmmakers and viewers.

BYOF seeks to erase the border between filmmaker and audience. Screenings will consist of works in progress, rough-cuts, or newly finished films by local filmmakers. Each screening will include a short intro by the filmmaker as well as ample time for discussion and feedback from the audience.

BYOF screenings offer a genuinely censure-free space — a level playing-screen for beginners and more experienced filmmakers alike; as well as a chance for experimentation and eccentricity, for unexpected collaborations and maverick creativity to find a voice and flourish.

The first four BYOF screenings will be held in October and December 2010, and in February and April 2011.

For more information visit: http://afcoop.ca/programs-and-activities/byof/

FILM HISTORY CRASH COURSE

This fall as part of the First Exposure Filmmaking Workshop Series, AFCOOP is offering a fresh new slate of 10 film screenings and seminars called The Film History Crash Course: Ideas in Film. The most important points of film history will be examined in each two and a half hour class, which will include full screenings of complete films along with shorter excerpts. This series is hosted by Ron Foley Macdonald, Film Curator at the Dalhousie Art Gallery since 1988 and Senior Programmer at the Atlantic Film Festival. Macdonald is also a broadcaster, film critic, and arts journalist who has written for The Globe and Mail and The Chronicle Herald.

For a list of the films and topics click the Screenings tab on the AFCOOP website.

The cost for each individual workshop is: $15.00 AFCOOP Members / $20.00 Non-Members. You can also register for all 10 workshops at a special advance price of $120.00 AFCOOP Members / $150.00 Non-Members. To sign-up please call the AFCOOP offices at 420-4572 or drop by for a visit. We accept Visa, Mastercard, Debit, Cash, and Cheque. All workshops in this series will be held at the CBC Radio Building, 5600 Sackville Street.

4. CALL FOR ENTRIES

6th Annual Vancouver Women in Film Festival (March 4-8, 2011) Seeks Film Submissions

For more information about eligibility criteria and how to submit, please visit:

http://www.womeninfilm.ca/WIFF_2011_Film_Submissions.html

August 3, 2010 (Vancouver, BC) ˆ The 6th Annual Vancouver Women in Film Festival, scheduled to take place March 4-8, 2011 in Vancouver, Canada, officially launched its Call for Submissions today, looking for short and feature film submissions in all genres. The 2010 Festival received hundreds of submissions from all over the world.

All independent filmmakers (women and men) seeking a Vancouver premiere are encouraged to apply. Submissions featuring strong female characters and stories are encouraged. Eligible films must have THREE of the following (one woman may serve in more than one role): a woman as Writer, a woman as Producer, a woman as Director, a woman as D.O.P., a woman as Lead Actor, a woman as Lead Animator / Editor.

“There was such a breadth of vision, expression and storytelling in the submissions we received last year, I’m very excited to see what we’ll be presenting to our audiences in 2011,‰ says Festival Director and WIFTV Board Member, Roslyn Muir. “In addition, we‚ll be bringing back New Media Day, originally introduced in our 2009 festival, where industry experts shed light on new trends and the future of filmmaking in Canada.”

Last year’s opening night feature film, Penelope Buitenhuis‚ “A Wake” went on to be part of Telefilm’s Perspective Canada screenings at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. She was later nominated for Best Director at the DGC 2010 Awards. Writer-director Angelina Cantada, whose film “Let’s Play Boccia!” screened last year, went on to win the $10,000 Omni Television Diversity in Cultures Award at the 2010 Leo Awards in Vancouver.

The Festival is presented by Women in Film and Television Vancouver and is one of our key annual celebration events. In addition to offering independent filmmakers a professional screening opportunity, the festival also serves to build audiences and appreciation for relevant cinema by women.

The festival supports filmmakers with cash awards and artists’ fees. Last year, three filmmakers were the recipients of the Legacy Awards, representing $1500 in cash awards. Award-winning filmmaker Lulu Keating was the 2010 recipient of the Women In the Director’s Chair Feature Film Award, presented by Creative Women Workshops Association, represents industry leadership and support from some of the most significant companies in western Canada and is valued at nearly $100,000.

The early bird postmark deadline is September 1, 2010. The final submission deadline is November 1, 2010.

For more information about eligibility criteria and how to submit, please visit:

http://www.womeninfilm.ca/WIFF_2011_Film_Submissions.html

CANADIAN SHORT SCREENPLAY COMPETITION

We’re officially open for the 2010/11 script competition season

We have begun the search for the best short film scripts of 2010. The CSSC’s search begins with the launch of the official website redux and by issuing the renewed challenge to budding and seasoned scribes alike in the form of the competition’s mantra: “Short. Is. Better.” The CSSC will herald and reward the best and most successful writers of short film for the year with the ultimate prize: a professionally produced, live-action short film.

Literary hopefuls will have until midnight January 31st, 2011 to pen, proof and bullet-proof their masterpieces. The competition is a chance for screenwriters to flex their creative juices for the industry judges. Entered scripts will pass the eye balls and litmus tests of entertainment industry pros (including producers, literary agents, actors, film crew, broadcasters, distributors and former CSSC winning alums), increasing the emerging screenwriter’s visibility and exposure in an industry where breaking in is never out of style.

Competition hopefuls can enter online via the CSSC website using PayPal, Withoutabox or via hard copy and snail mail.

visit http://www.screenplay-contest.com/ to find out more about the competition

The 8 Fest 2011 Call for submissions

Deadline: September 15, 2010

The 8 Fest seeks your 8mm, Super-8, 9.5mm or other small gauge film projects (such as loops and installations) for our 2011 installment next January.

Films can be: Experimental, animated, personal, handmade. Diary & essay films, documentaries. Live performance and music mixed with film. Films from everyday culture historical footage, home movies.

The 8 fest exhibits all work on film. Works selected for the festival, therefore, must be finished on small-gauge film (8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm). We also exhibit blow-ups to 16mm of films that have been finished on small-gauge (or unsplit 8mm pieces). We do not exhibit projects on video or digital.

The 8 fest uses professional small-gauge projection equipment including Elmo GS-1200 and ST-1200 models. Our technicians and programmers have many years experience specializing in small-gauge film formats and technology. The greatest care will be taken in handling, previewing and projecting films.

Submission form online at: http://the8fest.com/

The 8 Fest Small-Gauge Film Festival

1-696 Bathurst Street

Toronto Ontario M5S 2R3

Canada

(Contact & questions)

(E) the8fest@gmail.com

(T) 416.533.9468

(W) www.the8fest.com <http://www.the8fest.com>

CFAT – Broadcasting For Reels

Centre for Art Tapes: Call for Submissions

Audio Art for Radio

Broadcasting for Reels: Success Through Failure

Sometimes you can’t do something right without doing it wrong. A mistake can be an unplanned act of genius. Getting hopelessly lost can set you on the right path.

Broadcasting For Reels is seeking works of audio art that address the idea of “Success Through Failure.” Chosen entries will be aired on CKDU-FM in Halifax and distributed to community radio stations throughout Canada.

Broadcasting For Reels is an audio art project presented annually by the Centre for Art Tapes since 1993. The project accepts new audio work no more then one year old up to a maximum of 10 minutes in length. Works should be submitted as an audio CD or as a data file (wav, aiff or mp3) via email, web transfer or disc. Only those selected will be notified. If you would like your submission returned to you please include a self addressed, stamped envelope.

Deadline for submissions is October 1, 2010. Artist fees will be paid.

Send submission with current CV and artist statement to:

Centre for Art Tapes

5600 Sackville Street, Rm. 207

Halifax, NS B3J 1L2

cfat.communication@ns.sympatico.ca

For more information contact (902) 420-4002 or visit http://centreforarttapes.ca

5. COMMUNITY NEWS

Volunteer with the 30th Atlantic Film Festival!

We are currently recruiting volunteers for the Atlantic Film Festival’s 30th Anniversary, September 16th-25th, 2010. With our diverse volunteer positions ranging from festival drivers to theater ticket takers, sound & lighting techs to special event assistants- we have something for everyone!

Please see http://atlanticfilm.com/aff/volunteer.php for a full list of volunteer benefits, opportunities and to download an application form. Completed forms can be emailed to volunteer@atlanticfilm.com, faxed to 422.4006 or dropped off in person to the AFFA Office, 1601 South Park Street.

VOLUNTEER POSTINGS

Atlantic Film Festival:

Volunteer Position: Tech Assistants

Commitment: Minimum twelve hours throughout the Festival

Date/Time: Various shifts, Monday Sept. 13 – Monday Sept. 27, 2010.

Tech Assistants will help our Tech Department with the set up, strike and basic operations of our gala receptions, music showcases and other festival events. Basic knowledge of sound, lighting and or video equipment is necessary.

Volunteer Position: Driver

Commitment: Minimum twelve hours throughout the Festival

Date/Time: Various shifts, Monday Sept. 13 – Monday Sept. 27, 2010.

The role of the Volunteer Driver is to provide transportation for festival guests around town and to/from the Halifax Stanfield International Airport. Drivers also pick up and deliver equipment, and perform other applicable duties.

Qualifications:

• Valid Drivers License and clean drivers abstract

• Excellent Customer service skills

• Ability to read maps and follow directions

Volunteer Position: Theater Manager (Volunteer Leader)

Commitment: Minimum seven four-hour shifts throughout the Festival

Theater Managers will be a part of the front-of-line team that insures the smooth

operations of the Festival’s theater venues. Working closely with the Box Office

Manager and Volunteer Coordinators, Theater Managers will effectively delegate

volunteer responsibilities as well as oversee the running of their assigned theater.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate a team of volunteers.

• Train volunteers on the use of the TicketPro scanning technology.

• Prepare theatre for introductions.

• Monitor A/V during screening.

• Communicate with Volunteer Coordinators, Box Office Manager and Theater Techs regarding theater operations.

Qualifications:

• Experience coordinating and overseeing a team of people.

• A pleasant, approachable and outgoing manner and a high level of comfort in dealing with people at a variety of levels.

• Punctual and reliable.

• Excellent use of the English language and good overall communication skills.

• Flexible attitude and ability to remain unfazed in a hectic festival environment.

Women in Film and Television – Atlantic, AGM and talk with Filmmaker, Ingrid Veniger

Monday, September 20th

LOCATION: The Khyber Building, Second Floor, 1588 Barrington Street

2- 3:15 pm Conversation with Ingrid Veninger (tickets $15 non members/$10 WIFT-At members)

3:30 – 4:30 pm AGM

4:45 – 6:00 pm Reception

7:05 pm Screening of Modra Park lane Theatres

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Just send us the original. We will promptly send back a perfectly translated, narrated and time-fitted version at a wholesale price. Accuracy is guaranteed, since we use only experienced native speakers, editors, directors and translators in the subject area.

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AFCOOP’s BIG EMAIL
Thursday, August 5th 2010

In this Email:

1. AFCOOP DATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
2. AWARDS AND GRANTS *NEW
3. WORKSHOPS
5. SCREENINGS
4. CALL FOR ENTRIES
5. COMMUNITY NEWS
6. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

1. AFCOOP DATES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, August 11th 6pm – Location TBA (RSVP to Greg for location admin@afcoop.ca)

Fall General Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 9th 6:30pm – The Hub, 2nd Fl, 1673 Barrington St. (Full Members must send regrets to membership@afcoop.ca)

FILM 5 Party and AFCOOP Reunion!
Sunday, Sept 19th, 7pm – midnight – Garrison Brewing Company, 1149 Marginal Road.

Nocturne – FILM-E-OKE
AFCOOP is looking for DIRECTORS, ACTORS, ART DIRECTORS, and all kinds of other crew to help make our FILM-E-OKE dreams come true! Intrigued? You should be!

Contact membership@afcoop.ca to volunteer your talents – and for more information.

About Nocturne
Nocturne: Art at Night is an annual festival bringing art and energy to the streets of Halifax. From 6pm to midnight on October 16, 2010, you are invited to participate in a new creative experience that showcases and celebrates the arts community in Halifax.

AFCOOP 2010 Annual Survey
LAST CHANCE TO HAVE YOUR SAY! – Survey closes Aug. 31st

Please take a few minutes of your time to let us know how you feel about the co-op.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFRDWkpRWVBER25zcXc5SXdsNURfYnc6MQ#gid=0

Filmmaker In Residence Program
Call for Submissions – EXTENDED
Deadline: August 16th, 5pm

The aim of the AFCOOP Filmmaker In Residence Program is to provide a Maritime filmmaker with the resources and guidance to create a completed work with the support and participation of the community and to involve the community in their filmmaking process.

AFCOOP WILL PROVIDE
A total of $15,000 in services and expenses for the proposed project.

http://afcoop.ca/education-and-training/filmmaker-in-residence-program

Now open to residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI!

NEW EQUIPMENT FOR RENT

The perfect companion to our beautiful 17” Panasonic HD monitor is our new rear-supporting monitor mount. This handy accessory allows the HD monitor to be used effortlessly in the field mounted to any 750-type mounting pin. That includes c-stands, the Mathews 750 or any similar stand. This indispensible accessory is included free-of-charge with any HD monitor rental.

FREE 35mm FILM STOCK FOR AFCOOP FULL MEMBERS

2. AWARDS AND GRANTS

AFCOOP Open Grants for Filmmaking
Deadline: MONDAY AUGUST 9th, 2010, 5 PM

http://afcoop.ca/1-programs-and-activities/open-grants-program/

AFCOOP Mentorship Award

The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural award for excellence in film and media arts mentorship.

For more information and the nomination form visit: http://afcoop.ca/programs-and-activities/film-media-arts-mentorship-award/

THE JOY AWARDS FOR FILMMAKERS & MEDIA ARTISTS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS

Reminder for Atlantic filmmakers and media artists that the 2010 Joy Awards deadline is Friday 5PM, September 03, 2010. Including:
The Joy Award
The Joy Post Award
The Helen Hill Animated Joy Award
The Newfoundland Joy Award
(contact the Coordinator about the CBC Script Award for 2010)

The New Brunswick Joy Award deadline Friday October 15.

The Joy Awards are offered in support of outstanding emerging media arts talent. These Awards provide material and funding to emerging filmmakers and media artists, and script writers.

The Linda Joy Awards alumni include many of this region’s most successful talent like Justin Simms (Director Down To The Dirt, Punch-Up At A Wedding, etc ), Andrea Dorfman (Director,Love That Boy, Parsley Days, Flower In My Pedal, etc), Rosemary House (Director When Women Are Crazy, Ahead Of The Curve, etc ), Mike Clattenberg (Director, Trailer Park Boys, etc), Helen Hill (Director, Bohemian Town, Madame Winger Makes A Film, Mouseholes, etc), Shandi Mitchell(Director, Tell Me, Baba’s House, etc), Rodrigue Jean (Director, Full Blast, etc), and many others. The Joy Awards have encouraged and supported the best emerging media arts talent of the Atlantic region for twenty-four years. The Linda Joy Media Arts Society was established in memory of filmmaker Linda Joy Busby, who died in 1984 after struggling with cancer.

Application forms and details of all Joy Awards for 2010 are available at LINDAJOY.COM

For further information please contact Will Roberts at the LJMAS office,
902.420.4522, info@lindajoy.com

WIFT-T Opens Call for Nominations for 2010 Crystal Awards
Women in Film & Television – Toronto (WIFT-T) is pleased to announce the 2010 Crystal Awards call for nominations. The Crystal Awards recognize the extraordinary achievements of Canadian women in screen-based media (film, television and digital media). The deadline for nominations is Monday, September 27, 2010, 5 PM EST.

Since 1988, these coveted awards have been presented to more than 90 accomplished professionals for their significant contributions to the Canadian screen-based industry and the global entertainment community at large. For a complete list of past winners, visit www.wift.com.

Nominations are being accepted for the following Crystal Award categories:

Outstanding Achievement Award
Awarded to a woman who has made a major contribution to screen-based media through the consistent quality of her work throughout her career. Through personal example and leadership, she has inspired and set standards for women and men working in the screen-based industry.

Creative Excellence Award
Awarded to a woman in recognition of the creative excellence and dynamic quality of her work in screen-based media. The recipient’s recent work has received national and/or international attention in the previous year and has established a standard for those working in screen-based media.

Mentorship Award
Awarded to a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to building women’s careers in screen-based media. The mentor supports the advancement of women, offers guidance and support, and/or assists female entrepreneurs in growing their own media companies.

Please note that a Special Jury Award of Distinction is awarded periodically at the discretion of the jury.

The 2010 Crystal Awards Nomination Form is available at www.wift.com. An independent jury of past award recipients will select the Crystal Award winners for 2010. Award winners will be honoured at the 2010 Crystal Awards Gala Luncheon on December 6, 2010 at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto

Super Channel is keeping it real – creating opportunities for feature length documentary filmmakers

Following on the success of the Super Catalyst Emerging Screenwriter Award, Super Channel is keeping it real and now offering opportunities for two documentary director/producer teams with credits in hour-long television, to make the leap to feature length documentaries.

“Super Channel is a proud supporter of Canadian production and is pleased to offer opportunities to those who aspire to produce feature length documentaries,” said Marguerite Pigott, Super Channel Creative Development Group Lead.

The two winning projects will each receive: 15-20 hours of mentorship from a senior documentary producer with experience in feature-length documentaries; $3,000 to be used to attend the Toronto Documentary Forum (TDF) at Hot Docs and to further develop the project; and promotion on the Super Channel website, in the Super Catalyst newsletter and through a nationwide news release.

“We are thrilled that Super Channel is encouraging emerging director/producer teams in the production of feature length documentaries,” Elizabeth Radshaw, TDF Director.

The award program begins in late September, and winners will work with mentors to prepare projects for pitching in time for the TDF in May 2011. Winners will attend the TDF as observers, and use this opportunity to meet with potential broadcasters, executive producers or other potential partners.

More information about the award, eligibility, submission requirements and deadlines is available at Super Channel Producers’ Page .

About Super Channel
Super Channel is Canada’s only national pay television network, consisting of two HD channels, four new SD channels, and Super Channel On Demand.
Super Channel’s vision is to expand the Canadian premium TV experience by offering a broad range of fresh, entertaining movies, series and fights. Super Channel is owned by Allarco Entertainment 2008 Inc., an Edmonton-based media company.

She Writes Short Shorts – Announces Participants

The Atlantic Filmmakers Co-op (AFCOOP) in conjunction with the FILM 5 program and Women in Film and Television – Atlantic (WIFT-AT) is pleased to announce the participants selected to take part in a summer screenwriting intensive with screenwriter Tricia Fish, (New Waterford Girl).

The program is designed to foster talent among emerging female screenwriters in the Atlantic region. The workshop will take place in two weekend intensive weekend workshops in August, 2010.

Congratulations to the following participants:

Brittany Amos

Carla Foxe

Dawn George

Nona MacDermid

Ashley McKenzie

Wanda Nolan

Jacqueline Poole

Tanya Swinimar

Jennifer Tilley

Megan Wennberg

3. WORKSHOPS

First Exposure Filmmaking Workshop Series
AFCOOP presents the 2010 First Exposure Filmmaking Workshop Series, a series of fall filmmaking workshops, intensives, and courses.

New this Fall, AFCOOP is offering the Guerrilla Film Lab, a six week immersion into handcrafted, DIY filmmaking, beginning October 20th.

Check the website for more info: www.afcoop.ca

THE DRAMATIC FILM LAB

The course begins Thursday September 30th and runs every Wednesday, some Mondays, and two weekends to Mid-December.

The tuition for the course is $900 for AFCOOP Members and $925 for Non-Members. There are only 16 positions available.

4. SCREENINGS

Bring Your Own Film – Social Screening Series
Starting October 2010

AFCOOP’s new ‘Bring Your Own Film’ Social Screening Series is a bi-monthly open presentation platform and social mixing event for independent filmmakers and viewers.

The first four BYOF screenings will be held in October and December 2010, and in February and April 2011.

For more information visit:

http://afcoop.ca/programs-and-activities/byof/

FILM HISTORY CRASH COURSE

For a list of the films and topics: www.afcoop.ca

Carbon Arc @ the Khyber
Building a space for independent cinema in Halifax down at the Khyber!

Year of the Carnivore
Dir. Sook-Yin Lee, Canada, 2010. 88 minutes
August 12.
Andrea Dorfman screens her short ‘Nine’ then introduces CBC’s host of ‘Defnitely Not the Opera’, Sook-Yin Lee.
Q&A after screening her new Sex-Comedy.

The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
Dir. Peter Greenaway, England.1989. 98 minutes
August 19.
A bored wife has an affair with a regular at her oafsh husband’s restaurant. Introduced by NSCAD Film
Professor Bruce Barber.

$10, Nine Films, Eight Animators, 7 pm Start … One Great Cause:

A Benefit Film Screening for Friends for Refugees

Thursday August 12, AGNS

Friends for Refugees, a not for profit community group sponsoring a refugee family during their first year in Nova Scotia, is hosting an evening of experimental animation. Spanning decades of filmmaking at the NFB, these animated shorts are linked by the theme of violence – all either directly or indirectly touch on the roots of conflict. The award winning line up features a variety of experimental techniques including scratch on film, paint on cel, paper cutouts, pixilation as well as the more traditional hand drawn style.

One of the films showcased is Pierre Hebert’s Souvenirs de guerre/Memories of War. This film is a brilliant example of his use of scratching on film for narrative purposes. Alternating this technique with that of paper cut-outs, real sound and traditional music, he produces a vivid anti-war document in which conflict is shown as a means of economic domination. The emotional impact of this film, the clarity of its argument and its continuing relevance make it a landmark in the history of animated film in Quebec. Some of you may have caught Pierre Hebert’s CFAT-sponsored live animation performance with musician and composer Bob Ostertag when they were in Halifax last year.

The family of four that the group is currently supporting are Palestinian-Iraqi and were brought to Canada out of a United Nations refugee camp in Syria where they had been living for 5 years. The group is responsible for supporting the family during its first year in Canada. The financial commitment they made amounts to $26,000, plus supportive efforts. This includes everything from teaching family members how to navigate metro transit, to teaching them how and where to shop responsibly, and finding medical practitioners for all four members of the family, none of whom spoke English.

Friends for Refugees is in the final stretches of its fundraising with its goal only $4,000 away; however, the emotional and settlement support will continue until April 2011. The bonds of friendship that develop between the family and the sponsoring group will last a lifetime.

For more information or to make a donation, please visit the Friends for Refugees website at www.friendsforrefugees.com .

For advance tickets please contact 426 9097.

Lower Churchill Hydro: Plugging In or Tuning Out?
Film Screening & Panel Discussion

The Lower Churchill Hydroelectric Generation Project in Labrador proposes to build two dams on the Grand River/Mishta Shipu (a.k.a. Churchill River), creating two reservoirs and destroying what is left of a once free-flowing river. The majestic Grand River watershed (largest in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador) spans portions of four distinct ecoregions and provides habitat for rich communities of boreal flora and fauna. The threat of this project to those unique ecosystems resulted in the Grand River being named the ninth most endangered river in Canada by Wild Canada.

The Lower Churchill project is being sold to Nova Scotians as a cheap way to get off of burning coal for our electricity. However, there are deep concerns regarding impacts on the Grand River ecosystems, greenhouse gas emissions, methyl mercury pollution, and the loss of a way of life to people who live on and around the river. Questions also remain about the cost of transmission, the transmission route, and – probably most importantly – the markets for electricity generated.

Join us to hear Roberta Benefiel, Grand Riverkeeper® Labrador Inc. & Sierra Club’s Bruno Marcocchio discuss impacts of the project and alternative sources of low impact energy and to watch the 2006 film Grand River: Labrador’s Treasure, Newfoundland’s Secret. This short film (18 min.) follows a group of adventurers on their canoe trip down the Grand River in Labrador. The paddlers share their love of the river and their many concerns over the serious degradation of this marvelous resource that would stem from current plans to dam it.

Come find out if we should plug in or if are we are just tuning out to the plight of the Grand River!

WHAT: Lower Churchill: Plugging In or Tuning Out? – Grand River: Labrador’s Treasure, Newfoundland’s Secret Film Screening and Panel Discussion with Roberta Benefiel, Grand Riverkeeper®, Labrador, Inc. & Sierra Club’s Bruno Marcocchio

WHEN: Monday, August 16th, 2010, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.

WHERE: St. Andrew’s United Church Hall, 6036 Coburg Road, Halifax, NS

SPONSOR: Sierra Club Canada – Atlantic Canada Chapter

Annie: Presented by alFresco filmFesto

Tomorrow – Friday, Aug. 6th · 8:00pm – 11:30pm
End of the Halifax Waterfront Boardwalk
Sponsored by Waterfront Development Corporation Limited
Directed by: John Huston,
Starring: Albert Finney, Carol Burnett, and Aileen Quinn

A red-haired mop-top orphan, yearning to break out of her dreary life in an orphanage… run by an iron-fisted, boozy matron, charms billionaire Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks into adopting her–but what she really wants is to find her real parents.

5. CALL FOR ENTRIES

Salon des Refusés – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Didn’t get your film into the Atlantic Film Festival this year? Heck, have any of your films ever been refused by the Atlantic Film Festival? Rejoice and apply to the 10th (and last) Salon!

Submission info at www.salonatlantique.org

Submission Deadline: August 25, 2010, 5pm AST

About the Salon

The first Salon des Refusés was held in France back in 1863. Works which failed to satisfy the accepted definition of art at that time, were deemed dangerously subversive by the cultural elite and excluded from art exhibits.

Eventually, rejected artists persuaded Napoleon III to set up the Salon des Refusés, providing them with an opportunity to show their work. These rejected artists, including Renoir, Monet and Manet, would eventually become known as the Impressionists.

In celebration of the original Salon, the Salon des Refusés Atlantique, established by Steven James May in 2001 and based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, provides a venue for filmmakers rejected by the Atlantic Film Festival to screen their work.

There is no official selection of work screened at the Salon. Instead, the Salon is ‘programmed’ by randomly drawing submitted Atlantic Film Festival rejection letters from a lottery. The pile of letters drawn at the end of the day determines the works to be screened at the Salon.

How do I Apply?

Easy:
Step 1: Get rejected by the Atlantic Film Festival.
Step 2: E-mail your rejection letter from the Atlantic Film Festival, along with a completed Salon application form, to salonatlantique@hotmail.com.
Step 3: Hope your film is randomly selected to screen at the Salon the night of September 18, 2010 at the Khyber in Halifax.

The Saint Andrews Film Festival
The Saint Andrews Film Festival is currently accepting film submissions of all genres for Feature Films, Short Films and Documentaries. http://www.saff.ca

If you have any more questions feel free to email us at info@saff.ca or follow us on twitter or facebook by clicking the icons below.

The Saint Andrews Film Festival is in it’s first year of operation as an annual festival showcasing Feature length films, Short Films, and Documentaries from all around the world. The festival takes place in the picturesque seaside town of Saint Andrew’s, New Brunswick Canada at the Arena Complex Theatre(24 Reed Ave.)

The Film Festival’s goal is to bring filmmakers from New Brunswick and around the world together to showcase their films all while being able to enjoy the beautiful seaside town of Saint Andrew’s New Brunswick.

Apply now for NSI Features First 2010: feature film training

Canadian filmmaking teams working on their first or second feature film can apply for training through NSI Features First. Run by Canada’s National Screen Institute (NSI), the program prepares filmmakers for production through customized, intensive training and mentoring with industry professionals. It aims to help filmmakers hone their script while also understanding the business aspects of feature film development.

Read our guidelines and download the application form. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m., CST, Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

The teams chosen for the program are not required to pay tuition fees or relocate and, after initial training, learning opportunities are developed close to home.

Teams must apply with a feature film script. Up to four teams are chosen for this 10-month, three-phase program and are selected based on the strength of their film concepts and the potential development and packaging of their film projects. The curriculum includes script and story development, market research, legal requirements, pitching, financing, distribution as well as marketing and sales training – delivered by leaders in the Canadian film industry.

NSI Features First alumni have continued their feature filmmaking careers, producing many films that have won awards and been seen on screens across Canada. “NSI helped me get my first feature off the ground,” says Trish Dolman, producer, Screen Sirens and NSI Features First grad. “Ten years later, it seems I’m producing a feature film every year.”

Eleven features developed through the program have been produced. They have won awards, debuted at prestigious festivals and played in commercial theatres.
Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary
Along with his friends and colleagues, NSI established the Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary in memory of the former NSI Features First program manager.

In keeping with Jim’s incomparable film distribution, marketing and promotion contributions a $2,500 award is presented to a team going through the NSI Features First program that develops an inventive and creatively-integrated marketing plan as part of the program requirements in the first phase of training.

The NSI Features First project Heaven’s Door by the Vancouver team of writer/director Geoff Redknap and producer Katie Weekly was the most recent recipient of the bursary.

Learn more about the bursary or make a contribution. Tax receipts will be issued.

NSI Features First is made possible by Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada; Program Partners The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Canwest; Strategic Sponsor Corus Entertainment Inc.; and Service Sponsor William F. White International Inc.

Chicago International Film Festival – The Human Condition

Want another great way to hone your filmmaking skills, develop your craft, and explore your existential angst all at the same time? Our friends at the 46th Chicago International Film Festival invite you to explore The Human Condition through film!

Filmmakers of all ages and experience levels are invited to conceive, design, and produce an original 60-second film that examines who and what we are. This unique competition will be judged by an international jury of industry professionals, film critics, and civic leaders.

A program of finalist entries will be screened during the 46th Chicago International Film Festival and online, and the top three films will receive prizes, including $1,000 cash.

Submissions must be postmarked by August 25, 2010. For details on how to submit your film, visit www.ChicagoFilmFestival.com/TheHumanCondition . For more information, email Penny@chicagofilmfestival.com

NEXTV WEB SERIES & SHORT FILM COMPETITION
www.nextventertainment.com/web

CAN YOUR WORK BE RE-IMAGINED FOR TV?

EXPOSURE is the key to changing your career! Our Judges includes:

- Producer of THE OFFICE
- Senior Film Agents at ICM, GERSH
- Elite Casting Directors (for STEVEN SPIELBERG, PETER JACKSON, etc?)
- Dir. of Original Programming for DISNEY Channel, Disney XD
- Creative Director of WILL FERREL?S FunnyOrDie
- Creator of HBO?s The Larry Sanders Show
- TV Stars/Series Regulars from WEEDS, SEINFELD.
- VP of MORGAN FREEMAN’S Revelations Ent. (INVICTUS)
- Founder/editor of Coldhardflash.com
- VP of Wedge Works at FOX (ICE AGE, ROBOTS)
- EVP of Hit Entertainment (BARNEY, THOMAS & FRIENDS)
- Dir. of Development&Production at Inferno Distribution (Film Financing Co.)
- Development Exec at Original Film (I AM LEGEND, FAST & the FURIOUS)
- Agent/Owner of Larchmont Literary Agency
- Lawyer at Bloom, Hergott?(reps JERRY BRUCKHEIMER, Brad Pitt, Ron
Howard, etc?)
- Producer for THE HISTORY CHANNEL, DISCOVER, NAT GEO
- VP of Acquistions, AFTER DARK FILMS
?and many more

For more info go to: www.nextventertainment.com/web

Join our facebook group- http://groups.to/nextv
Follow us on Twitter – http://twitter.com/nextv

Email rbecker@nextventertainment.com for a FREE copy of THE PRODUCER’S
HANDBOOK (a step-by-step guide for indie filmmakers with checklists,
contracts…and how to SELL your work.)…or SIGN UP at
www.nextventertainment.com/web

Randy Becker
NexTv Entertainment
www.nextventertainment.com

6. COMMUNITY NEWS

Documentary Association of Canada/ l’Association des documentaristes

The Documentary Association of Canada/ l’Association des documentaristes du Canada is Canada’s largest documentary community! We advocate on behalf of documentary professionals nationwide on issues affecting the industry, and offer fantastic professional development workshops and networking opportunities.

We aim to build and foster a strong network of like-minded individuals and organizations so that the industry of independent documentary filmmaking can thrive. We believe that independent documentaries play an essential role in society by favoring the expression of diverse perspectives and viewpoints on social, political, and cultural realities consequently, provoking reflection and debate. Add your voice, your lens or your pen to this important conversation!

Starting July 1st you can save 50% on your membership with DOC! Your membership will be valid until December 31, and you won’t want to miss out on these benefits and services:

· Our exclusive discounted production insurance program with Front Row Insurance
· Discounts at film festivals: 10% off at DOC Circuit Montreal / RIDM, 15% off History Maker’s Summit
· 20% off rentals at Sim Video with locations in Toronto, Vancouver, Halifax, Los Angeles and Beijing
· 40% off a one-year subscription to Playback Online (new subscriptions only)
· 15% off purchases with Liberty Music Trax Montreal
· Preferred rates with Choice Hotels International and Alamo Rent-a-Car
· A subscription to POV magazine
· Access to DOC-discussion e-mail group
· Professional development workshops and seminars, now increasingly available via live webcast

Join our DOC network today !
· Visit www.docorg.ca , click “Join/Renew” and complete the online form
· Or, download a membership form here and send it with your payment to our National office.

Attention Make-up Department:

Professionally trained make-up artist looking for work in the industry. Contact Guylaine Richer de Lafleche at guylainericher@gmail.com / 902-489-5142 for portfolio and credentials.

5. EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Call for Applications
For the Position of Executive Director of The Island Media Arts Co-op (IMAC)
Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
Deadline: Monday, August 23rd, 2010

IMAC is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the production of media arts on Prince Edward Island. IMAC is the cornerstone of the media arts community on PEI, it provides human resources, equipment, progressive programming, training, and dissemination opportunities to PEI’s media arts storytellers.

The Executive Director of IMAC is given the exciting opportunity to vision for and inspire the media arts community in Prince Edward Island. Through the ED’s leadership, films and videos are produced, screenings and media arts exhibitions engage the public, young minds are inspired by the tools of media arts creation, and a network of talented and prolific media artists is strengthened.

The position of Executive Director is integral to IMAC’s organization. The ED is in charge of sustaining and growing the media arts sector and community on PEI, through forward-thinking programming, responsible administration, out-reach initiatives, advocacy, education, celebration, and communications. The ED is the central figure in IMAC’s landscape and must demonstrate a true dedication and appreciation of the independent media arts.

The Executive Director at IMAC is a position of 24 hrs./week at $15/hr. However, there is real opportunity for the ED to increase his or her hours and hourly wage, through their own initiative.

Applicants for the ED position must meet the following criteria:

Demonstrate an integration of administrative skills and artistic vision.
Have the skills to enhance the brand of IMAC to the general public, media artists, and government on all levels.
Demonstrate a sensitivity to media arts and/or arts communities in general.
Demonstrate a commitment to outreach to youth, under-served, and culturally-diverse communities.
Have a working knowledge of the media arts sector and/or experience in arts administration.
Demonstrate strong communications skills.
Have a working knowledge of internet technologies and computers. (Both PC and Mac)
Have experience in, or aptitude for grant-writing.
Book-keeping/accounting experience is a plus (Simply Accounting a big plus).

If you are interested in applying for this position please contact Jeremy Larter, President on the IMAC Board of Directors, no later than Monday August, 23rd, 2010.

Send a complete resume and cover letter to: reargearproductions@gmail.com

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AFCOOP’s BIG EMAIL
Thursday, July 22nd 2010

In this Email:

1. AFCOOP DATES AND DEADLINES
2. SCREENINGS
3. CALL FOR ENTRIES
4. COMMUNITY NEWS

1. AFCOOP DATES AND DEADLINES

Board of Directors Meeting
Wednesday, August 11th 6pm – Location TBA (RSVP to Greg for location admin@afcoop.ca)

Fall General Meeting
Thursday, Sept. 9th 6:30pm – Location TBA (Full Members must send regrets to membership@afcoop.ca)

Natal Day Closure: the AFCOOP office will be closed Monday August 2nd for Natal Day. This means if you rent gear for that weekend you will get an extra day for free!

Who says summer is slow! At the co-op we’ve been busy cooking up a survey, a new Mentorship Award, a second installment of the Filmmaker in Residence program and a Bring Your Own Film screening series!

Plus check out our newly redesigned website: www.afcoop.ca

AFCOOP 2010 Annual Survey

We want to know what makes AFCOOP relevant to you!

Weigh in on such topics as: What gear do you want AFCOOP to buy? What workshops would you be interested in? Film or video? Facebook or Twitter?

Information collected will be used to develop a multi-year equipment-purchasing plan as well as to help shape the future direction of AFCOOP’s programs, grants, and general operations.

Please take a few minutes of your time to let us know how you feel about the co-op.

http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?hl=en&formkey=dFRDWkpRWVBER25zcXc5SXdsNURfYnc6MQ#gid=0

This survey will be available for completion until Tuesday August 31st. Thank you very much!

Open Grants for Filmmaking
Deadline: MONDAY AUGUST 9th, 2010, 5 PM

This is an ongoing grant that was established decades ago to support the production of independent films by AFCOOP members. Only Full AFCOOP members are eligible.

The open grants are made possible with the generous support of CBC Television Atlantic and the National Film Board of Canada. There are 2 deadlines annually.

Visit:

http://afcoop.ca/1-programs-and-activities/open-grants-program/

For more details.

Filmmaker-in-Residence program – Call for Submissions
Deadline: AUGUST 2nd, 2010

AFCOOP WILL PROVIDE
A total of $15,000 in services and expenses for the proposed project.

Visit: http://afcoop.ca/education-and-training/filmmaker-in-residence-program

for more information!

Or Call CSL

Now open to residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI !

AFCOOP Mentorship Award

The Atlantic Filmmakers Cooperative (AFCOOP) is pleased to announce the launch of its inaugural award for excellence in film and media arts mentorship.

For more information and the nomination form visit: http://afcoop.ca/programs-and-activities/film-media-arts-mentorship-award/

Bring Your Own Film – Social Screening Series
Starting October 2010

AFCOOP’s new ‘Bring Your Own Film’ Social Screening Series is a bi-monthly open presentation platform and social mixing event for independent filmmakers and viewers.

The first four BYOF screenings will be held in October and December 2010, and in February and April 2011.

For more information visit:

http://afcoop.ca/programs-and-activities/byof/

2. SCREENINGS

BEEFCAKE
Thurs July 22nd at 8pm
The Carbon Arc @ the Khyber

A Pride Fundraising Screening for Plutonium Playhouse of Thom Fitzgerald’s Gay Muscle Man Hit BEEFCAKE!!!!!

One night Only!!!!
Doors open at 7:30
Film Starts at 8PM
$10

A docu-drama homage to the muscle magazines of the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s—in particular, Physique Pictorial magazine, published by Bob Mizer of the Athletic Model Guild. It was inspired by a picture book by F. Valentine Hooven III (published by Taschen), directed by Halifax filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald.

The film stars Daniel MacIvor, Carroll Godsman, Jack Griffin Mazieka, Jonathan Torrens, and Josh Peace in pastiche recreations of life at the Athletic Model Guild, mixed with interviews with models and photographers whose work actually appeared in the early magazines, including Jack LaLanne and Joe Dallesandro.

Beefcake premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999 and was released by Strand Releasing in the USA; it was nominated for three Genie Awards.

Beefcake: Dir. Thom Fitzgerald, Canada, 1998. 97 minutes

The Monster Squad
Thurs July 29th – Fantasy Horror

Jason Eisener screens his music video “The General” then introduces “The Monster Squad”. Dracula and his fellow monsters plan to rule the world while a ramshackle squad of kids prepare to strike back.
Dir. Fred Dekker, USA, 1987. 82 minutes
….

Carbon Arc @ the Khyber
Building a space for independent cinema in Halifax down at the Khyber!

The Carbon Arc is the work of The Khyber’s relatively new Cinema Committee, consisting of: Siloën Daley, Alan Collins, Bruce Barber, Anton Christiansen, Andrea Dorfman, Chuck Lapp, and Dan Joyce, the Khyber’s Interim Director, along with the support and help of numerous others including, Mike MacDonald, Chris Gaudet, Miriam Moren, and Matthew Carswell!!

Starting off on a small scale using digital equipment The Carbon Arc will run a weekly series of films this summer before launching into more expanded programs. Our first cinema series will screen in the Khyber Ballroom on the 2nd floor of 1588 Barrington Street. Once HRM grants permission for use of the Turret Room on the 3rd floor the screenings will move to Wormwoods Repertory Cinema’s former home, and dreams of installing theatre seats and projectors in a booth will be so much closer!!

Our focus is on creating a friendly environment where all kinds of people can gather to enjoy each others company and discuss a film before or after the show with a drink, sit alone in the dark with a bag of popcorn, or even make a film while drinking a coffee in the lobby.. The Carbon Arc looks forward to showing your films and films that you want to see.

Summer Cinema Series
Screenings on Thursdays at 8pm (July 15th – September 9th)

Doors Open 7:30pm
Events are $6 unless otherwise listed.

Ok.Quoi?! Outdoor Video Drive-In – “I Can’t Help It”
Wednesday July 28th at 9pm

Struts Gallery will host the first of two Outdoor Video Drive-Ins, with the rain location at the Sackville Music Hall. Titled I Can’t Help It, the screening is curated by former Struts Gallery Artist in Residence Kate O’Connor (Halifax) and features a wide variety of Canadian and international filmmakers, including Ray Fenwick (Halifax), Jon Sasaki (Toronto), Leslie Supnet (Winnipeg) and Jeremy Bailey (Toronto). The pieces featured in this screening all reveal the awkwardness of daily drudgery through an irreverent touch, wit or lightness, using humour as a tool to help cope with the failures and challenges of everyday life in a productive way.

http://www.strutsgallery.ca/okquoi/

3. CALL FOR ENTRIES

Reel Pride 2010

Based on its mandate, the festival is looking for short films that have a gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, two-spirited aspect to them. This expression may take many formats from theme or content to the background of the filmmaker.

The films must be Canadian.

To download our submission form please visit: http://www.reelpride.org/2010RPShortFilm.doc

Please remember to include the following in your submission:

A short synopsis of the film (1 paragraph)
A brief outline of why the film qualifies for this festival if not apparent by content (1 paragraph)
A brief biography of the filmmaker

Thanks and send those submissions in!

ReelPride 2010

http://www.reelpride.org

One Minute Film & Video Festival

If you haven’t submitted your movie yet, there’s lots of time left; if you haven’t even started your movie yet, there’s STILL tons of time! That’s the nice thing about making one-minute movies: they’re fast, easy, and fun. And to spare you the trouble of having nowhere to start, we’ve even supplied you with a theme: “social.”

See our web site for more details. Submissions are open until August 31, 2010. Looking forward to seeing your films!

One Minute Film & Video Festival
www.minutefilmfest.com

We want your films – call for films NSI Online Short Film Festival

Call for films
NSI is now accepting films for its NSI Online Short Film Festival. Submit films for free by 4:30 P.M. CST, Thursday, August 26, 2010.

Films must be no longer than 30 minutes. Drama, comedy, animation, short documentaries and experimental films are all eligible and must be Canadian.

New films are solicited four times a year. Get details and a submission form here.

The NSI Online Short Film Festival is a year-round 100% Canadian short film showcase with new films and filmmaker interviews uploaded every week. All NSI website content can be accessed for free.

The NSI Online Short Film Festival has been made possible through the support of Presenting Sponsor Canwest, and A&E Television Networks which has generously funded the A&E Short Filmmakers Award.

www.nsi-canada.ca

Apply now for NSI Features First 2010: feature film training

Read our guidelines and download the application form. Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m., CST, Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

The teams chosen for the program are not required to pay tuition fees or relocate and, after initial training, learning opportunities are developed close to home.

The NSI Features First project Heaven’s Door by the Vancouver team of writer/director Geoff Redknap and producer Katie Weekly was the most recent recipient of the bursary.

Learn more about the bursary or make a contribution. Tax receipts will be issued.

4. COMMUNITY NEWS

Eastern Edge – Festival News

For over ten years, Eastern Edge Gallery has organized an annual summer arts festival, the 24 Hour Art Marathon. The 2011 24 Hour Art Marathon Festival celebrates all contemporary forms of artistic disciplines with a variety of activities: performance art, spoken word, video, contemporary music, artist talks, workshops, screenings, an outdoor soap-box stage as well as the marathon event; 24 hours of creative madness.

We include artists of all ages and experience, providing opportunities for younger artists to interact with more experienced artists and access a wide range of artistic expression. We’re highly participatory with an eye to develop young artists and audiences while celebrating achievement in contemporary art. We complement Eastern Edge’s yearly programming by offering artistic diversity with a focus on community outreach and audience participation.

1. Artist and Volunteer Forms
Are you interested in taking part in the Marathon event? On Saturday, August 21 to Sunday, August 22 artists will call the Gateacre Premises (Eastern Edge Gallery, St. Michael’s Printshop, The Murphy Centre Harbourside, Gateacre Garage and Parking lot) home. For 24 hours straight, they will create live. Priority is given on a first-come, first-serve basis. For more information, see the attached forms. We look forward to working with you!

Documentary Association of Canada/ l’Association des documentaristes

Starting July 1st you can save 50% on your membership with DOC! Your membership will be valid until December 31, and you won’t want to miss out on these benefits and services:

Join our DOC network today !
· Visit www.docorg.ca , click “Join/Renew” and complete the online form
· Or, download a membership form here and send it with your payment to our National office.

Shout Out! Media Canadian Tour
July 24 & 25 at the Roberts Street Social Centre

Shout Out! Media is an interdisciplinary group of Toronto graduate students who are working in partnership with the Girls Action Foundation in creating a cross-Canada media literacy and video production workshop series for girls aged 12-17.

The tour will begin in Victoria, B.C. May 2010 and end in Halifax, N.S. July
2010. Each session will last 2 days and will be held free of charge to insure inclusion of all interested participants.

Why Girls?

Girls and young women encounter unique social, political and economic barriers in their everyday lives. Research with and for girls and young women indicates that gendered spaces and programming combat a diverse range of issues that are associated with growing up female. Girls-only spaces are desperately needed in Canada – to empower girls to tell their own stories, be their own experts, think critically, develop positive friendships, and build skills.

The goal of the tour is to:

EDUCATE: We will be conducting workshops in both rural and urban settings to increase media knowledge and literacy. Discussing television, magazines and advertisements, we will be addressing and deconstructing issues of “beauty”, self-esteem, body image, fame and sexuality.

INSPIRE: Hands-on media production seminars will be held, where the girls will have the opportunity to tell their own stories through media, including video-making, photography, and collage.

CONNECT: At the end of each session a community screening and art show will be held to further encourage dialogue between girls and their communities. Through an interactive multimedia website which will act as a “virtual community center”, those involved will have the ability to connect with one another through the Internet. Sharing their own stories, ideas, questions, as well as having access to a wide variety of listed resources on issues that may concern them, we hope to bring together girls who may have previously felt isolated, alone or unsupported, through the sharing of their own experiences.

to register please contact: info@robertsstreet.org

For more info check out: www.shoutoutmedia.ning.com