MEDIANET NEWS January 29, 2009

OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 9 am – 2 pm, Sat 9 am – noon
(250) 381-4428 info@media-net.bc.ca

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Coming up: MediaNet Edgecasting on Shaw Cable (channel 11 )

Our Edgecasting 2 program features the following works by MediaNet members:

Adrift by Farheen Haq
CreamPuff Theory by Grace Salez
Frieda by Maureen Bradley
Homelessnation by Rose Henry
Self Storage by Stacey Horton and Maureen Bradley
Into the Light by Christin Keeler

The program will be aired on the following days and times:

Saturday, Feb. 14th 9:00 AM
Sunday, Feb. 15th at 10:00 PM

Saturday, Feb. 21st at 3:30 PM
Sunday, Feb. 22nd at 11:00 PM

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Dance for the Camera 2009

Announcing a special early registration fee of $999.00
if you register before February 1, 2009.

For information, go to the Dance for the Camera website www.danceforthecamera.org/
It can also be accessed through the MediaNet website www.media-net.bc.ca

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The Engaged Body: Live Art/ Performative Video
June 21-28, 2009

Early registration fee of $400 if you register before March 1, 2009

The Engaged Body is a week long intensive workshop focusing on “live art”- performance art as embodied actions, and performative video works – taught by respected educator and performance artist, Judith Price.

For more information, please go to the MediaNet website and click on Engaged Body www.media-net.bc.ca
or contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca

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MEDIANET CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

2009 Underground Aboriginal Art Crawl

MediaNet is looking for film and video works for the Second Annual Underground Aboriginal Art Crawl, titled “The Old Guard is Dead.”

Last year, eleven local Aboriginal artists filled three of the city’s artist run centres with a variety of performances and works. This year, MediaNet will contribute with a showcase of film and video works. The gallery walk will take place on March 13. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2009.

For information on MediaNet’s involvement in the art crawl, contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca
For information on the event itself, contact the event organizer, Marlaina Buch at marlainabuch@gmail.com

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MediaNet film screening at the AGGV, April 30, 2009

The opening reception for Assume Nothing: New Social Practice is Tonight (January 29) begining at 7:30pm. This is a great time to see the exhibition, meet many of the artists, and enjoy food and refreshments.

Deadline for film and video submissions, March 15, 2009

MediaNet will be participating in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s exhibition, Assume Nothing, New Social Practice.
We invite filmmakers to produce short film and video works (10 min max.) introducing interesting people from their lives and communities. The work may be in a documentary format, but can also encompass experimental elements. There are many ways to tell a person’s story: drawings, photographs and visual poetry are some of many examples.
The screening is inspired by the work of Harrell Fletcher, whose website, Some People, has become an opportunity for individuals to talk about someone important in their lives.
See www.somepeoplepeople.com/

For more information, contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca

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Coming Up: A new MediaNet workshop intensive:

Experiment
an unusual program for unusual filmmakers
Sat May 9 to Saturday May 30. Members $150 Non Members $175
A three week learning and production program to experiment with a variety of forms and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their filmmaking horizons through a variety of seminars and workshops. Works created through the program will be screened on Sat May 30 and may be distributed on the internet.
instructors: various

more information and workshop schedule to come.

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The MediaNet tech blog is back! Go to www.medianettech.wordpress.com
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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MEDIANET JAN-MAY 2009

January

Grant Writing with Peter Sandmark
Sat Jan 31 – 1 PM $5 members only – STILL SPACES AVAILABLE!
Just in time for the Canada Council – how to write grants with MediaNet’s grant guru Peter Sandmark. Call to register. You should have a project or outline of a project for which you wish to make a grant application
Please register in advance
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February

Membership Orientation
Sat Feb 7 – 1 PM
Please note that members who have not attended an orientation will have their equipment privileges restricted after this time.
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Photos for Video
Tues 10 Feb – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to properly size and format photos for your video as well as basic motion techniques and the “Ken Burns” effect for video
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
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Shooting your Project in HD
Sat Feb 21 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn the basic work flow for shooting your video in HD – how to capture it, what to do with it and how to export it for computer, internet and DVD
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
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March

Membership Orientation
Tues March 3 – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance
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Burning Data and Movies to DVD
Sat March 14 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Get to know the difference between Movie DVDs and Data DVDs and when to burn the best type for your needs
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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Voice Overs and Voice Recording
Using QuickTime Pro and Final Cut on the Mac or on an external recorder
Tues March 24 – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn the best voice mic techniques as well as how to record voice overs using QuickTime pro or right into Final Cut
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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April

Members Orientation
Sat 4 April – 1 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance
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Production Forms and Releases
Tuesday 7 April – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Understand the basic forms and releases you require to make sure you can show your work to the public anywhere, anytime.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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MediaNet Cameras
Sat 18 April – 1 PM $5 members only.
Learn about how to best use the variety of cameras MediaNet has to offer. For new members or as a refresher for current members
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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May

MultiCam shoots and basic multicam editing
Sat May 2 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to set up your multicam shoot and then how to put it all together in Final Cut.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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Members Orientation
Tues 5 May – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Stay tuned for announcements of more member facilitated workshops

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AROUND TOWN

TONIGHT! – OPENING at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
1040 Moss St.

The opening reception for Assume Nothing: New Social Practice is Tonight (January 29) begining at 7:30pm. This is a great time to see the exhibition, meet many of the artists, and enjoy food and refreshments.

This weekend, there will also be a Symposium to accompany the exhibition
Friday, January 30, 7pm, and Saturday and Sunday, January 31 – February 1, 9:30am- 5pm,

at the University of Victoria, Harry Hickman Bldg. Rm 105
For more information, go to www.aggv.bc.ca/

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Saturday, January 31

The Responsibility Is Shared With All The People Here
A play by Harrell Fletcher at Langham Court Theatre, on Saturday, January 31st at 2pm and 8pm

Harrel Fletcher is a participating artist in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s Assume Nothing: New Social Practice.

See his web art project, Some People, at www.somepeoplepeople.com/

Tickets are $10.00, available at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

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Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria

Independent Media Artists Competition for Short Films & Videos

The CACGV invites submissions for our Practicing Artist Awards for 2009 in Media Art.

$1000 will be awarded in each category of Personal Expression and Experimental Expression. Three awards of merit and two of honourable mention in each category.
Personal Expression may include personal documentary, family, or impressionistic works.
Experimental Expression may include works which push the boundaries of technology, form or substance

1. Limited to works 15 minutes or less in duration. Must be submitted in DVD or CD only (installation proposals may be submitted in pdf format on DVD or CD
2. Must have been produced within the last three years.
3. Not eligible: corporate or sponsored films/videos, music videos, programs slated for broadcast or previously broadcast on television.
4. Entrants are limited to directors who are residents of the CRD.
Entires must include:
1. A DVD (NTSC only) copy of your work.
2. A one-page resume outlining your training and any current professional experience, noting any previously created works. Please insure your contact information is current and complete.
3. Three photos from the work and a one-paragraph description of the work.

Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2009
Submit entries to: Attn Practicing Artists Awards
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria
G6 1001 Douglas St
Victoria, BC, V8W 2C5
Awards will be announced at the Opening on Friday April 24, 2009. Finalists will be notified one week before the Opening. Mailbacks only with a self-addressed envelope stamped with sufficient postage.
CACGV reserves the right to use award winners names in publicity materials and may request the right to use show clips in promotion.

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SCREEN ACTOR’S STUDIO. 845 Fisgard St, Victoria V8W 1R9
www.screenactors.ca
email: screenact@shaw.ca

Winter 2009 Adult Programs now enrolling.
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Movie Monday

6:30 pm Monday 2 February 2009
Disfigured, 2008, 96 min

Lydia, an overweight sales clerk, nearing 30, is still struggling with feelings about her body and its place in the world. Darcy, a recovering-anorexic in her mid-20s, has the same issues from a different perspective, is introduced to Lydia and they begin a friendship. Then Lydia gets involved in a sexual relationship with Bob, an overweight man. Stirred emotionally by this new romance, Lydia asks her new friend for anorexia lessons. When Darcy lets Lydia inside her secret inner world, it forces both women to confront buried feelings about their bodies.

For more information visit www.moviemonday.ca

Movie Monday is a free event, every Monday in Victoria, B.C.
Movies are shown on a 12′ screen in the Eric Martin Pavilion in the 1900 block of Fort St. Pop & popcorn at ridiculously low prices

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In cooperation with the Victoria Symphony,
LaSaM presents

Removing the Demon
Sunday, February 1, 2009, 8 pm
Grace Lutheran Church, 1273 Fort Street at Moss
Tickets $10 (or 3 New Currents tickets for $25)

Gavin Bryars Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Martin Bartlett Five Directions
Pauline Oliveros Removing the Demon or Getting Your Rocks Off

http://www.victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/new_currents.html

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The Canadian First Weekend Club –

First Weekend Club is a non-profit organization that strives to build audiences for great Canadian films through grassroots initiatives such as special screenings, Q&As with talent, premiere parties, movie alerts and much more! First Weekend Club is a free cross Canada film club that encourages members to attend opening weekend screenings.

Now in Theatres: Saving Luna at the Sidney Star Cinema, 9842 3rd St. Sidney BC.

More info and Trailer

For more upcoming Canadian feature films go to: http://www.firstweekendclub.ca

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Information on Projects, Residencies, Bursaries, and Submission Requests to other media arts centres

are listed in the on-line version of the newsletter only. Please go to: www.medianetnews.wordpress.com/

MEDIANET NEWS COMES OUT WEEKLY. PLEASE SEND ITEMS TO

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MEDIANET NEWS January 22, 2009

OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 9 am – 2 pm, Sat 9 am – noon
(250) 381-4428 info@media-net.bc.ca

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Dance for the Camera 2009

Announcing a special early registration fee of $999.00
if you register before February 1, 2009.

For information, go to the Dance for the Camera website www.danceforthecamera.org/
It can also be accessed through the MediaNet website www.media-net.bc.ca

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The Engaged Body: Live Art/ Performative Video
June 21-28, 2009

Early registration fee of $400 if you register before March 1, 2009

The Engaged Body is a week long intensive workshop focusing on “live art”- performance art as embodied actions, and performative video works – taught by respected educator and performance artist, Judith Price.

For more information, please go to the MediaNet website and click on Engaged Body www.media-net.bc.ca
or contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca

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MEDIANET CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

2009 Underground Aboriginal Art Crawl

MediaNet is looking for film and video works for the Second Annual Underground Aboriginal Art Crawl, titled “The Old Guard is Dead.”

Last year, eleven local Aboriginal artists filled three of the city’s artist run centres with a variety of performances and works. This year, MediaNet will contribute with a showcase of film and video works. The gallery walk will take place on March 13. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2009.

For information on MediaNet’s involvement in the art crawl, contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca
For information on the event itself, contact the event organizer, Marlaina Buch at marlainabuch@gmail.com

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MediaNet film screening at the AGGV, April 30, 2009

Deadline for submissions, March 15, 2009

MediaNet will be participating in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s exhibition, Assume Nothing, New Social Practice.
We invite filmmakers to produce short film and video works (10 min max.) introducing interesting people from their lives and communities. The work may be in a documentary format, but can also encompass experimental elements. There are many ways to tell a person’s story: drawings, photographs and visual poetry are some of many examples.
The screening is inspired by the work of Harrell Fletcher, whose website, Some People, has become an opportunity for individuals to talk about someone important in their lives.
See www.somepeoplepeople.com/

For more information, contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca

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Coming Up: A new MediaNet workshop intensive:

Experiment
an unusual program for unusual filmmakers
Sat May 9 to Saturday May 30. Members $150 Non Members $175
A three week learning and production program to experiment with a variety of forms and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their filmmaking horizons through a variety of seminars and workshops. Works created through the program will be screened on Sat May 30 and may be distributed on the internet.
instructors: various

more information and workshop schedule to come.

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Coming up at OPEN CINEMA:

Tableland…a Culinary Expedition
(Pixel One Productions, Canada, 2007)
7pm Wednesday 28th January 2009, Doors open at 5.30pm
Cash bar, food sales by Camilles Restaurant, door prizes, more!
$10 donation at the door

From the orchards of BC, the inner city gardens of Chicago to the Napa Highlands and everywhere in between, this sumptuous documentary showcases the successful production of tasty, local, and seasonal food from field to plate. Tableland documents the localvore movement in North America and the success of small-scale artisanal food production.www.p1-productions.com/tableland.html

Local, organic & seasonal food sales provided by Camille’s Restaurant www.camillesrestaurant.com/
Post-Screening Discussion with:

Craig Noble, Award-winning filmmaker

Mara Jernigan, Chef, farmer & educator

Sinclair Philip, Owner, Sooke Harbour House & Vancouver Island Slow Food Convivium

Tina Fraser-Baynes, Organic food producer, educator & activist

Moderated by Karen Hurley, PhD Candidate/UVic Instructor & community activist.

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Call for participant for video work

Artist Jeroen Witvliet is looking for people who are athletic, flexible and have experience with dance or movement orientated performance for an endurance piece to be recorded onto video.
Looking for someone who is willing to stumble/fall to the point of exhaustion.
The same movements, stumbling / falling will have to be repeated over and over again.
Single takes for video could be up to 20 minutes or more if one is capable of doing so.
The finished piece will be shown in ( public ) art galleries.
Jeroen Witvliet is a Victoria based visual artist who works with the media of video and painting and has been exhibiting selected work in Canada, USA and Europe for the last 10 years.
Please send email of interest addressed to Grace Salez, production assistant, at

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Medianet member, Monique Cartesan, has entered her video, See You, in an on-line competition. Go to www.shortsnonstop.com

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The MediaNet tech blog is back! Go to www.medianettech.wordpress.com

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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MEDIANET JAN-MAY 2009

January

Grant Writing with Peter Sandmark
Sat Jan 31 – 1 PM $5 members only
Just in time for the Canada Council – how to write grants with MediaNet’s grant guru Peter Sandmark. Call to register. You should have a project or outline of a project for which you wish to make a grant application
Please register in advance
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February

Membership Orientation
Sat Feb 7 – 1 PM
Please note that members who have not attended an orientation will have their equipment privileges restricted after this time.
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Photos for Video
Tues 10 Feb – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to properly size and format photos for your video as well as basic motion techniques and the “Ken Burns” effect for video
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
**************************
Shooting your Project in HD
Sat Feb 21 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn the basic work flow for shooting your video in HD – how to capture it, what to do with it and how to export it for computer, internet and DVD
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
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March

Membership Orientation
Tues March 3 – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance
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Burning Data and Movies to DVD
Sat March 14 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Get to know the difference between Movie DVDs and Data DVDs and when to burn the best type for your needs
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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Voice Overs and Voice Recording
Using QuickTime Pro and Final Cut on the Mac or on an external recorder
Tues March 24 – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn the best voice mic techniques as well as how to record voice overs using QuickTime pro or right into Final Cut
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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April

Members Orientation
Sat 4 April – 1 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance
**************************
Production Forms and Releases
Tuesday 7 April – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Understand the basic forms and releases you require to make sure you can show your work to the public anywhere, anytime.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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MediaNet Cameras
Sat 18 April – 1 PM $5 members only.
Learn about how to best use the variety of cameras MediaNet has to offer. For new members or as a refresher for current members
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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May

MultiCam shoots and basic multicam editing
Sat May 2 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to set up your multicam shoot and then how to put it all together in Final Cut.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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Members Orientation
Tues 5 May – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Stay tuned for announcements of more member facilitated workshops

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Are you looking for some courses in basic MacIntosh skills? Simply Computing, next door to the Roxy Theatre on Quadra St., are offering the following courses:

To find out more about these and other Apple events, please visit: http://www.apple.com/seminars

Saturday, Jan 24, 2009: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, at Simply Computing & Cameras – Victoria
Computer buying tips.
Buying a Mac- Which Mac are you?

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AROUND TOWN

Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria

Independent Media Artists Competition for Short Films & Videos

The CACGV invites submissions for our Practicing Artist Awards for 2009 in Media Art.

$1000 will be awarded in each category of Personal Expression and Experimental Expression. Three awards of merit and two of honourable mention in each category.
Personal Expression may include personal documentary, family, or impressionistic works.
Experimental Expression may include works which push the boundaries of technology, form or substance

1. Limited to works 15 minutes or less in duration. Must be submitted in DVD or CD only (installation proposals may be submitted in pdf format on DVD or CD
2. Must have been produced within the last three years.
3. Not eligible: corporate or sponsored films/videos, music videos, programs slated for broadcast or previously broadcast on television.
4. Entrants are limited to directors who are residents of the CRD.
Entires must include:
1. A DVD (NTSC only) copy of your work.
2. A one-page resume outlining your training and any current professional experience, noting any previously created works. Please insure your contact information is current and complete.
3. Three photos from the work and a one-paragraph description of the work.

Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2009
Submit entries to: Attn Practicing Artists Awards
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria
G6 1001 Douglas St
Victoria, BC, V8W 2C5
Awards will be announced at the Opening on Friday April 24, 2009. Finalists will be notified one week before the Opening. Mailbacks only with a self-addressed envelope stamped with sufficient postage.
CACGV reserves the right to use award winners names in publicity materials and may request the right to use show clips in promotion.

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SCREEN ACTOR’S STUDIO. 845 Fisgard St, Victoria V8W 1R9
www.screenactors.ca
email: screenact@shaw.ca

Winter 2009 Adult Programs now enrolling.
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Movie Monday

Films and Forums about Homelessness
24, 25 and 26 January 2009

All at Movie Monday’s venue
All these events are by donation.

Saturday, January 24th: 7:00pm – Cats of Mirikitani (2007, USA, 74mins)

With special guest Judy Graves – Vancouver City’s Housing Advocate

Sunday, January 25th:

12:30pm – 3:30pm – Homeless in Paradise &

Something to Eat, A Place to Sleep, and Someone Who Gives A Damn

With special guest Jody Patterson

4:00 pm – 6:15 pm

Tent Cities & Other Options: A forum with video presentation

With special guests Chris Johnson & Peter Rockwell

For more information visit www.moviemonday.ca
Movie Monday is a free event, every Monday in Victoria, B.C.
Movies are shown on a 12′ screen in the Eric Martin Pavilion in the 1900 block of Fort St. Pop & popcorn at ridiculously low prices

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In cooperation with the Victoria Symphony,
LaSaM presents

Removing the Demon
Sunday, February 1, 2009, 8 pm
Grace Lutheran Church, 1273 Fort Street at Moss
Tickets $10 (or 3 New Currents tickets for $25)

Gavin Bryars Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Martin Bartlett Five Directions
Pauline Oliveros Removing the Demon or Getting Your Rocks Off

http://www.victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/new_currents.html

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The Canadian First Weekend Club –

First Weekend Club is a non-profit organization that strives to build audiences for great Canadian films through grassroots initiatives such as special screenings, Q&As with talent, premiere parties, movie alerts and much more! First Weekend Club is a free cross Canada film club that encourages members to attend opening weekend screenings.

Now in Theatres: Saving Luna at the Sidney Star Cinema, 9842 3rd St. Sidney BC.

More info and Trailer

For more upcoming Canadian feature films go to: http://www.firstweekendclub.ca

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Information on Projects, Residencies, Bursaries, and Submission Requests to other media arts centres

are listed in the on-line version of the newsletter only. Please go to: www.medianetnews.wordpress.com/

PROJECTS, RESIDENCIES AND BURSARIES

CFC FEATURE FILM PROJECT: APPLICATION DEADLINE JANUARY 30, 2009

YOUR IDEA. OUR MONEY. YOUR FILM.

The CFC Feature Film Project (FFP) is a comprehensive development and production focused mentorship program that offers emerging Canadian feature filmmakers full training, mentorship and 100% financing to develop and produce a dramatic feature film.

Visit: www.cfccreates.com/what_we_do/cfc_film/feature_film_project/index.php for more information on application criteria and submission details.
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CFC CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT FILM PROGRAM: APPLICATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9, 2009

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. Our alumni are masters of their craft, working across Canada and the world.

The next application deadline is February 9, 2009 – visit us online at www.cfccreates.com/film to apply now!
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SUBMISSION REQUESTS: OTHER MEDIA ARTS CENTRES

Call for Submissions

Who We Are – call for submissions

ABOUT THE PROJECT
Whoweare.ca hopes to chip away at the impersonal face of immigration
dominant in more traditional media outlets and instead presents a face whose
parts comprise a mosaic that better reflects the diversity and individuality
inherent in immigrant experiences. The primary medium of these stories is
short video documentaries submitted by users of the site. Using these videos
as a centrepiece, Whoweare.ca provides a context through its blog, newsfeed,
and user forum.

Check out the website, blogs and videos at www.whoweare.ca
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www.quinoussommes.ca

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KCTS 9 is currently looking for submissions for season five of About Us, its award winning local, independent documentary series. If interested, please contact:

Stephen King | Communications Intern | 206.443.4284 TEL | 206.443.6691 FAX | sking@kcts9.org

KCTS 9
401 Mercer Street
Seattle, WA 98109
KCTS9.org

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The Akron Independent Film Festival

Deadline: January 31st, 2009.

Now accepting submissions for the 2009 festival. We are eager to see all types of work — from experimental to music video to narrative — from all levels of filmmakers.

submission form at: http://www.akronfilmfestival.com/?page_id=380.

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Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival

Deadline: February 13, 2009

The fifth Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival, organized by the Cowichan Intercultural Festival of Film & Arts Society, takes place in Duncan, British Columbia. Many of the festival events are held on the traditional lands of the Cowichan people, in the Cowichan Region of southern Vancouver Island. It is with the generous support and partnership of the Cowichan Nations that we celerbate Indigenous film and art, featuring an international slate of films, art, and dance.

More information: www.aff.cowichan.net

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Canada Council Art Bank

DEADLINE: February 16, 2009
The Canada Council Art Bank launched a request for submissions of artworks by Canadian artists of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American or mixed racial heritage to enhance its collection of original contemporary Canadian art.
Info: http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=425919
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Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film & Television Festival, Edmonton
Deadline: February 28, 2009

The Dreamspeakers Festival Society supports and educates the public about Aboriginal culture, art and heritage. It is a resource for Aboriginal filmmakers, for directors, scriptwriters, cameramen, technicians, actors, musicians, storytellers, artists and craftspeople. The Society is also a resource bank  a way to get in touch with Aboriginal filmmakers, performers and artists. And through Dreamspeakers, Aboriginal people receive training in arts, culture and
festival operations.

More information: www.dreamspeakers.org

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Call For Proposals: Luminato Box 2009

Deadline: March 6, 2009

Luminato, Toronto Festival of Arts and Creativity June 5-14.

Communication | Environment is an exhibition that provides artists the opportunity to mediate between interior and exterior space and lend perception to the imperceptible elements of communication. Artworks by Canadian and international artists will transform the thoroughfares of Toronto’s downtown core and alter perceptions as unsuspecting viewers traverse their familiar environs.

The Luminato Box is a temporary experimental gallery extending the theme of communication that will be constructed in Sam Pollock Square, Brookfield Place. In this simple white room, a new artist or collective will be presented each day of the festival (ten artists over the ten days of Luminato). Participating artists will be selected by the Luminato curatorial team led by Robert VanderBerg, Associate Producer, Visual Arts and Public Installations, and will receive $1,000 towards the production of the artwork.

For media inquiries regarding Luminato, please contact:
Daniel Davidzon, Publicity Coordinator
ddavidzon@luminato.com (416) 368-3100 ext. 255

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The “People’s Award” International Short Film Festival is held in Quito, Ecuador, and its mission is to promote artistic or alternative films that contribute to the better knowledge and understanding of world filmmaking.
submission deadline:
September 15, 2009.
info@octaedro.org

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MEDIANET NEWS COMES OUT WEEKLY. PLEASE SEND ITEMS TO

info@media-net.bc.ca

MEDIANET NEWS January 15, 2009

OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 9 am – 2 pm, Sat 9 am – noon
(250) 381-4428 info@media-net.bc.ca

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Dance for the Camera 2009

Announcing a special early registration fee of $999.00
if you register before February 1, 2009.

For information, go to the Dance for the Camera website www.danceforthecamera.org/
It can also be accessed through the MediaNet website www.media-net.bc.ca

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MEDIANET CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

2009 Underground Aboriginal Art Crawl

MediaNet is looking for film and video works for the Second Annual Underground Aboriginal Art Crawl, titled “The Old Guard is Dead.”

Last year, eleven local Aboriginal artists filled three of the city’s artist run centres with a variety of performances and works. This year, MediaNet will contribute with a showcase of film and video works. The gallery walk will take place on March 13. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2009.

For information on MediaNet’s involvement in the art crawl, contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca
For information on the event itself, contact the event organizer, Marlaina Buch at marlainabuch@gmail.com

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MediaNet film screening at the AGGV, April 30, 2009

Deadline for submissions, March 15, 2009

MediaNet will be participating in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s exhibition, Assume Nothing, New Social Practice.
We invite filmmakers to produce short film and video works (10 min max.) introducing interesting people from their lives and communities. The work may be in a documentary format, but can also encompass experimental elements. There are many ways to tell a person’s story: drawings, photographs and visual poetry are some of many examples.
The screening is inspired by the work of Harrell Fletcher, whose website, Some People, has become an opportunity for individuals to talk about someone important in their lives.
See www.somepeoplepeople.com/

For more information, contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca

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Coming Up: A new MediaNet workshop intensive:

Experiment
an unusual program for unusual filmmakers
Sat May 9 to Saturday May 30. Members $150 Non Members $175
A three week learning and production program to experiment with a variety of forms and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their filmmaking horizons through a variety of seminars and workshops. Works created through the program will be screened on Sat May 30 and may be distributed on the internet.
instructors: various

more information and workshop schedule to come.

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Coming up at OPEN CINEMA:

Tableland…a Culinary Expedition
(Pixel One Productions, Canada, 2007)
7pm Wednesday 28th January 2009, Doors open at 5.30pm
Cash bar, food sales by Camilles Restaurant, door prizes, more!
$10 donation at the door

From the orchards of BC, the inner city gardens of Chicago to the Napa Highlands and everywhere in between, this sumptuous documentary showcases the successful production of tasty, local, and seasonal food from field to plate. Tableland documents the localvore movement in North America and the success of small-scale artisanal food production.www.p1-productions.com/tableland.html

Local, organic & seasonal food sales provided by Camille’s Restaurant www.camillesrestaurant.com/
Post-Screening Discussion with:

Craig Noble, Award-winning filmmaker

Mara Jernigan, Chef, farmer & educator

Sinclair Philip, Owner, Sooke Harbour House & Vancouver Island Slow Food Convivium

Tina Fraser-Baynes, Organic food producer, educator & activist

Moderated by Karen Hurley, PhD Candidate/UVic Instructor & community activist.

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Call for participant for video work

Artist Jeroen Witvliet is looking for people who are athletic, flexible and have experience with dance or movement orientated performance for an endurance piece to be recorded onto video.
Looking for someone who is willing to stumble/fall to the point of exhaustion.
The same movements, stumbling / falling will have to be repeated over and over again.
Single takes for video could be up to 20 minutes or more if one is capable of doing so.
The finished piece will be shown in ( public ) art galleries.
Jeroen Witvliet is a Victoria based visual artist who works with the media of video and painting and has been exhibiting selected work in Canada, USA and Europe for the last 10 years.
Please send email of interest addressed to Grace Salez, production assistant, at

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Medianet member, Monique Cartesan, has entered her video, See You, in an on-line competition. Go to www.shortsnonstop.com

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The MediaNet tech blog is back! Go to www.medianettech.wordpress.com

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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MEDIANET JAN-MAY 2009

January

Grant Writing with Peter Sandmark
Sat Jan 31 – 1 PM $5 members only
Just in time for the Canada Council – how to write grants with MediaNet’s grant guru Peter Sandmark. Call to register. You should have a project or outline of a project for which you wish to make a grant application
Please register in advance
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February

Membership Orientation
Sat Feb 7 – 1 PM
Please note that members who have not attended an orientation will have their equipment privileges restricted after this time.
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Photos for Video
Tues 10 Feb – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to properly size and format photos for your video as well as basic motion techniques and the “Ken Burns” effect for video
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
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Shooting your Project in HD
Sat Feb 21 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn the basic work flow for shooting your video in HD – how to capture it, what to do with it and how to export it for computer, internet and DVD
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
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March

Membership Orientation
Tues March 3 – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance
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Burning Data and Movies to DVD
Sat March 14 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Get to know the difference between Movie DVDs and Data DVDs and when to burn the best type for your needs
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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Voice Overs and Voice Recording
Using QuickTime Pro and Final Cut on the Mac or on an external recorder
Tues March 24 – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn the best voice mic techniques as well as how to record voice overs using QuickTime pro or right into Final Cut
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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April

Members Orientation
Sat 4 April – 1 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance
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Production Forms and Releases
Tuesday 7 April – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Understand the basic forms and releases you require to make sure you can show your work to the public anywhere, anytime.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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MediaNet Cameras
Sat 18 April – 1 PM $5 members only.
Learn about how to best use the variety of cameras MediaNet has to offer. For new members or as a refresher for current members
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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May

MultiCam shoots and basic multicam editing
Sat May 2 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to set up your multicam shoot and then how to put it all together in Final Cut.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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Members Orientation
Tues 5 May – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Stay tuned for announcements of more member facilitated workshops

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Are you looking for some courses in basic MacIntosh skills? Simply Computing, next door to the Roxy Theatre on Quadra St., are offering the following courses:

To find out more about these and other Apple events, please visit: http://www.apple.com/seminars

Saturday, Jan 10, 2009: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, at Simply Computing & Cameras – Victoria
Digital music on your iPod
Learn about digital music on your iPod

Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, at Simply Computing & Cameras – Victoria
The world of digital photography – Buying a Digital Camera
Buying tips for Digital Cameras

Saturday, Jan 24, 2009: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, at Simply Computing & Cameras – Victoria
Computer buying tips.
Buying a Mac- Which Mac are you?

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AROUND TOWN

This Saturday – Opening – Intruded Landscapes

Photographs by Pete Rockwell
Video Installation by Kyath Battie
Paintings by Charlotte Bell

at the Collective Works Gallery, 1311 Gladstone Ave., 7pm
show runs from January 16-30

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This Saturday – Art’s Birthday
Open Space, 510 Fort St., 12pm – 6pm

Join the celebration of Art’s Birthday with Open Space, MediaNet and the Community

Arts Council of Greater Victoria.

The day includes: networked sound performances from Andreas Mueller and Norman Lowery

connecting the Victoria event with artists around the world.

12:00 pm Birthday cakes by Lindsey Miller and card signings followed by musical

chairs supported by the New Music Workshop Group and video projections by Grace

Salez.

12:45 pm Networked performances by TransAtlantic-Transcontinental Cultural

Exchange with Andreas Mueller (Germany), Norman Lowrey (New Jersey), and others

with local musicians and LaSaM.

1:30 pm Pin the tail on the donkey and pinata breaking organized by John G

Boehme, ending with a grand finale Happy Birthday singalong.

2:30 pm Birthday Wish for the Arts: a community conversation lead by Chris

Creighton-Kelly, Peter Sandmark and Sandy Mayzell.

(Magician, the Great Giffoni may make a special guest appearance.)

For more info, phone 250-383-8833

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Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria

Independent Media Artists Competition for Short Films & Videos

The CACGV invites submissions for our Practicing Artist Awards for 2009 in Media Art.

$1000 will be awarded in each category of Personal Expression and Experimental Expression. Three awards of merit and two of honourable mention in each category.
Personal Expression may include personal documentary, family, or impressionistic works.
Experimental Expression may include works which push the boundaries of technology, form or substance

1. Limited to works 15 minutes or less in duration. Must be submitted in DVD or CD only (installation proposals may be submitted in pdf format on DVD or CD
2. Must have been produced within the last three years.
3. Not eligible: corporate or sponsored films/videos, music videos, programs slated for broadcast or previously broadcast on television.
4. Entrants are limited to directors who are residents of the CRD.
Entires must include:
1. A DVD (NTSC only) copy of your work.
2. A one-page resume outlining your training and any current professional experience, noting any previously created works. Please insure your contact information is current and complete.
3. Three photos from the work and a one-paragraph description of the work.

Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2009
Submit entries to: Attn Practicing Artists Awards
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria
G6 1001 Douglas St
Victoria, BC, V8W 2C5
Awards will be announced at the Opening on Friday April 24, 2009. Finalists will be notified one week before the Opening. Mailbacks only with a self-addressed envelope stamped with sufficient postage.
CACGV reserves the right to use award winners names in publicity materials and may request the right to use show clips in promotion.

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Movie Monday

6:30 pm Monday 19 January 2009
The Man Who Planted Trees, 1987, 30 min
also: One Man, One Cow, One Planet, 2007, 70 min

Tonight we’re all about the environment and how the actions of individuals can change the world in a big way. First, the wonderful animated 30 min story The Man Who Planted Trees follows a man who quietly, persistently goes about reforesting a bleak countryside. One Man, One Cow, One Planet follows a similarly determined New Zealander who is helping farmers in India reclaim their lands’ health by guiding them back to organic farming.

Partnering with Life Cycles and special guest, traveler and organic farmer, Laurent Guillou.

For more information visit www.moviemonday.ca
Movie Monday is a free event, every Monday in Victoria, B.C.
Movies are shown on a 12′ screen in the Eric Martin Pavilion in the 1900 block of Fort St. Pop & popcorn at ridiculously low prices

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In cooperation with the Victoria Symphony,
LaSaM presents

Removing the Demon
Sunday, February 1, 2009, 8 pm
Grace Lutheran Church, 1273 Fort Street at Moss
Tickets $10 (or 3 New Currents tickets for $25)

Gavin Bryars Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet
Martin Bartlett Five Directions
Pauline Oliveros Removing the Demon or Getting Your Rocks Off

http://www.victoriasymphony.ca/concerts/new_currents.html

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The Canadian First Weekend Club –

First Weekend Club is a non-profit organization that strives to build audiences for great Canadian films through grassroots initiatives such as special screenings, Q&As with talent, premiere parties, movie alerts and much more! First Weekend Club is a free cross Canada film club that encourages members to attend opening weekend screenings.

Now in Theatres: Saving Luna at the Sidney Star Cinema, 9842 3rd St. Sidney BC.

More info and Trailer

For more upcoming Canadian feature films go to: http://www.firstweekendclub.ca

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Information on Projects, Residencies, Bursaries, and Submission Requests to other media arts centres

are listed in the on-line version of the newsletter only. Please go to: www.medianetnews.wordpress.com/

Digital Media Coordinator paid position

Digital Media Coordinator, Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society

January 13, 2009

Details:

Cineworks is looking for a temporary part-time DIGITAL MEDIA COORDINATOR with working knowledge of Avid, Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools and a passion for film. The ideal candidate excels at problem-solving technical issues, understands multiple video and film formats and enjoys helping filmmakers through the post-production process.

Starting salary $18/Hour, approximately 25 Hours/Week

Interested applicants with the above qualifications can forward their resumes to cineworkspost@gmail.com with the header’ “DMC Position” no later than Tuesday, January 20, 2009. We thank all applicants but please note that you will only be contacted if we are able to offer an interview.

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PROJECTS, RESIDENCIES AND BURSARIES

UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries
Deadlines varies upon the destination.
The UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists promote the mobility of young artists in order to enrich their personal perspectives, to enable them to engage in an intercultural dialogue and expose them to cultural diversity.
The Programme offers residencies to young artists (between 25 and 35 years old) worldwide.
Info: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=37817&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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CFC FEATURE FILM PROJECT: APPLICATION DEADLINE JANUARY 30, 2009

YOUR IDEA. OUR MONEY. YOUR FILM.

The CFC Feature Film Project (FFP) is a comprehensive development and production focused mentorship program that offers emerging Canadian feature filmmakers full training, mentorship and 100% financing to develop and produce a dramatic feature film.

Visit: www.cfccreates.com/what_we_do/cfc_film/feature_film_project/index.php for more information on application criteria and submission details.
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CFC CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT FILM PROGRAM: APPLICATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9, 2009

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. Our alumni are masters of their craft, working across Canada and the world.

The next application deadline is February 9, 2009 – visit us online at www.cfccreates.com/film to apply now!
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SUBMISSION REQUESTS: OTHER MEDIA ARTS CENTRES

The International Documentary Challenge returns to Hot Docs in 2009!

For the third straight year, The International Documentary Challenge
returns to the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in
Toronto. This year’s challenge takes place March 5-9, 2009 with
registration opening on January 5, 2009. Hot Docs dates are April 30 -
May 10, 2009.

Check out the new Doc Challenge website where you can learn more about
the event, view films and hear directly from past participants about
their exhilarating experiences:

http://www.docchallenge.org/

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Call for Submissions

The Akron Independent Film Festival

Deadline: January 31st, 2009.

Now accepting submissions for the 2009 festival. We are eager to see all types of work — from experimental to music video to narrative — from all levels of filmmakers.

submission form at: http://www.akronfilmfestival.com/?page_id=380.

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Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival

Deadline: February 13, 2009

The fifth Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival, organized by the Cowichan Intercultural Festival of Film & Arts Society, takes place in Duncan, British Columbia. Many of the festival events are held on the traditional lands of the Cowichan people, in the Cowichan Region of southern Vancouver Island. It is with the generous support and partnership of the Cowichan Nations that we celerbate Indigenous film and art, featuring an international slate of films, art, and dance.

More information: www.aff.cowichan.net

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Canada Council Art Bank

DEADLINE: February 16, 2009
The Canada Council Art Bank launched a request for submissions of artworks by Canadian artists of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American or mixed racial heritage to enhance its collection of original contemporary Canadian art.
Info: http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=425919
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Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film & Television Festival, Edmonton
Deadline: February 28, 2009

The Dreamspeakers Festival Society supports and educates the public about Aboriginal culture, art and heritage. It is a resource for Aboriginal filmmakers, for directors, scriptwriters, cameramen, technicians, actors, musicians, storytellers, artists and craftspeople. The Society is also a resource bank  a way to get in touch with Aboriginal filmmakers, performers and artists. And through Dreamspeakers, Aboriginal people receive training in arts, culture and
festival operations.

More information: www.dreamspeakers.org

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MEDIANET NEWS COMES OUT WEEKLY. PLEASE SEND ITEMS TO
info@media-net.bc.ca

MEDIANET NEWS January 8, 2009

OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 9 am – 2 pm, Sat 9 am – noon
(250) 381-4428 info@media-net.bc.ca

Happy New Year from the staff at MediaNet!

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Dance for the Camera 2009

Announcing a special early registration fee of $999.00
if you register before February 1, 2009.

For information, go to the Dance for the Camera website www.danceforthecamera.org/
It can also be accessed through the MediaNet website www.media-net.bc.ca

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MEDIANET CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

2009 Underground Aboriginal Art Crawl

MediaNet is looking for film and video works for the Second Annual Underground Aboriginal Art Crawl, titled “The Old Guard is Dead.”

Last year, eleven local Aboriginal artists filled three of the city’s artist run centres with a variety of performances and works. This year, MediaNet will contribute with a showcase of film and video works. The gallery walk will take place on March 13. Deadline for submissions is January 31, 2009.

For information on MediaNet’s involvement in the art crawl, contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca
For information on the event itself, contact the event organizer, Marlaina Buch at marlainabuch@gmail.com

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MediaNet film screening at the AGGV, April 30, 2009

Deadline for submissions, March 15, 2009

MediaNet will be participating in the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria’s exhibition, Assume Nothing, New Social Practice.
We invite filmmakers to produce short film and video works (10 min max.) introducing interesting people from their lives and communities. The work may be in a documentary format, but can also encompass experimental elements. There are many ways to tell a person’s story: drawings, photographs and visual poetry are some of many examples.
The screening is inspired by the work of Harrell Fletcher, whose website, Some People, has become an opportunity for individuals to talk about someone important in their lives.
See www.somepeoplepeople.com/

For more information, contact Catlin at info@media-net.bc.ca

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Coming Up: A new MediaNet workshop intensive:

Experiment
an unusual program for unusual filmmakers
Sat May 9 to Saturday May 30. Members $150 Non Members $175
A three week learning and production program to experiment with a variety of forms and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to expand their filmmaking horizons through a variety of seminars and workshops. Works created through the program will be screened on Sat May 30 and may be distributed on the internet.
instructors: various

more information and workshop schedule to come.

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Coming up at OPEN CINEMA:

Tableland…a Culinary Expedition
(Pixel One Productions, Canada, 2007)
7pm Wednesday 28th January 2009, Doors open at 5.30pm
Cash bar, food sales by Camilles Restaurant, door prizes, more!
$10 donation at the door

From the orchards of BC, the inner city gardens of Chicago to the Napa Highlands and everywhere in between, this sumptuous documentary showcases the successful production of tasty, local, and seasonal food from field to plate. Tableland documents the localvore movement in North America and the success of small-scale artisanal food production.www.p1-productions.com/tableland.html

Local, organic & seasonal food sales provided by Camille’s Restaurant www.camillesrestaurant.com/
Post-Screening Discussion with:

Craig Noble, Award-winning filmmaker

Mara Jernigan, Chef, farmer & educator

Sinclair Philip, Owner, Sooke Harbour House & Vancouver Island Slow Food Convivium

Tina Fraser-Baynes, Organic food producer, educator & activist

Moderated by Karen Hurley, PhD Candidate/UVic Instructor & community activist.

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The MediaNet tech blog is back! Go to www.medianettech.wordpress.com

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UPCOMING WORKSHOPS AT MEDIANET JAN-MAY 2009

January

Blog and Podcast (for free) using Blip TV and WordPress
Sat Jan 17 – 1 PM $20/$15 members – limit 5
A hands on workshop where you will create your own Blip TV channel for video and audio and your own WordPress blog for blogging and podcasting your video and audio.
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
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Grant Writing with Peter Sandmark
Sat Jan 31 – 1 PM $5 members only
Just in time for the Canada Council – how to write grants with MediaNet’s grant guru Peter Sandmark. Call to register. You should have a project or outline of a project for which you wish to make a grant application
Please register in advance
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February

Membership Orientation
Sat Feb 7 – 1 PM
Please note that members who have not attended an orientation will have their equipment privileges restricted after this time.
***********************

Photos for Video
Tues 10 Feb – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to properly size and format photos for your video as well as basic motion techniques and the “Ken Burns” effect for video
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
**************************
Shooting your Project in HD
Sat Feb 21 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn the basic work flow for shooting your video in HD – how to capture it, what to do with it and how to export it for computer, internet and DVD
instructor – Kirk Schwartz
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March

Membership Orientation
Tues March 3 – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance
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Burning Data and Movies to DVD
Sat March 14 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Get to know the difference between Movie DVDs and Data DVDs and when to burn the best type for your needs
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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Voice Overs and Voice Recording
Using QuickTime Pro and Final Cut on the Mac or on an external recorder
Tues March 24 – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn the best voice mic techniques as well as how to record voice overs using QuickTime pro or right into Final Cut
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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April

Members Orientation
Sat 4 April – 1 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance
**************************
Production Forms and Releases
Tuesday 7 April – 7 PM $5 members $15 non members
Understand the basic forms and releases you require to make sure you can show your work to the public anywhere, anytime.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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MediaNet Cameras
Sat 18 April – 1 PM $5 members only.
Learn about how to best use the variety of cameras MediaNet has to offer. For new members or as a refresher for current members
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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May

MultiCam shoots and basic multicam editing
Sat May 2 – 1 PM $5 members $15 non members
Learn how to set up your multicam shoot and then how to put it all together in Final Cut.
instructor: Kirk Schwartz
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Members Orientation
Tues 5 May – 7 PM
all members are required to have attended a membership orientation before being granted equipment access. Please register in advance

Stay tuned for announcements of more member facilitated workshops

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Are you looking for some courses in basic MacIntosh skills? Simply Computing, next door to the Roxy Theatre on Quadra St., are offering the following courses:

To find out more about these and other Apple events, please visit: http://www.apple.com/seminars

Saturday, Jan 10, 2009: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, at Simply Computing & Cameras – Victoria
Digital music on your iPod
Learn about digital music on your iPod

Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, at Simply Computing & Cameras – Victoria
The world of digital photography – Buying a Digital Camera
Buying tips for Digital Cameras

Saturday, Jan 24, 2009: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM, at Simply Computing & Cameras – Victoria
Computer buying tips.
Buying a Mac- Which Mac are you?

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AROUND TOWN

Tonight! Victoria Film Festival Pre-Festival Bash
Thursday, January 8, 5:30- 7:30 PM at Lucky Bar, 517 Yates St.
FREE ADMISSION
Sneak previews, funky music, cool prizes, munchies

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Awareness Film Night Weds. Jan. 14th “Jerusalem, The East Side Story” – The reality on the ground of the Israeli Occupation of Palestine
Edward Milne Community School theatre at 7 p.m. Admission is by donation.

On January 14th Awareness Film Night will provide an opportunity to learn more about the urgent developments in Israel/Palestine, followed by a brief talk and question session with Victoria activist Theresa Wolfwood who has recently returned from Palestine.

This film was produced and directed by highly acclaimed film director and human rights activist Mohammed Alatar who has said: “I did not make the film so that people would like it, because there is nothing to like in military occupation, but rather I hope and pray that people will wake up to today’s bitter reality in the historic city of Jerusalem and do what it takes to bring peace to this troubled city.”

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Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria

Independent Media Artists Competition for Short Films & Videos

The CACGV invites submissions for our Practicing Artist Awards for 2009 in Media Art.

$1000 will be awarded in each category of Personal Expression and Experimental Expression. Three awards of merit and two of honourable mention in each category.
Personal Expression may include personal documentary, family, or impressionistic works.
Experimental Expression may include works which push the boundaries of technology, form or substance

1. Limited to works 15 minutes or less in duration. Must be submitted in DVD or CD only (installation proposals may be submitted in pdf format on DVD or CD
2. Must have been produced within the last three years.
3. Not eligible: corporate or sponsored films/videos, music videos, programs slated for broadcast or previously broadcast on television.
4. Entrants are limited to directors who are residents of the CRD.
Entires must include:
1. A DVD (NTSC only) copy of your work.
2. A one-page resume outlining your training and any current professional experience, noting any previously created works. Please insure your contact information is current and complete.
3. Three photos from the work and a one-paragraph description of the work.

Deadline for submissions: March 15, 2009
Submit entries to: Attn Practicing Artists Awards
Community Arts Council of Greater Victoria
G6 1001 Douglas St
Victoria, BC, V8W 2C5
Awards will be announced at the Opening on Friday April 24, 2009. Finalists will be notified one week before the Opening. Mailbacks only with a self-addressed envelope stamped with sufficient postage.
CACGV reserves the right to use award winners names in publicity materials and may request the right to use show clips in promotion.

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Movie Monday

6:30 pm Monday 12 January 2009
Crimes and Misdemeanors, 1989, 104 min

In two separate stories of adultery; a New York doctor (Martin Landau) resorts to desperate measures to cover up his long-term adulterous affair. An unhappily married documentary filmmaker (Woody Allen) fights an adulterous temptation while making his latest documentary on a TV producer. One of Allen’s most accomplished films – about the interplay between morality and happiness. Touches of humour and high drama. Starring Martin Landau, Mia Farrow, and Woody,pretty much as himself. (he did win Oscars for Best Film, Writing and Screenplay, and Landau – Brest in a Supporting Role. Pg13

For more information visit www.moviemonday.ca
Movie Monday is a free event, every Monday in Victoria, B.C.
Movies are shown on a 12′ screen in the Eric Martin Pavilion in the 1900 block of Fort St. Pop & popcorn at ridiculously low prices

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The Canadian First Weekend Club –

First Weekend Club is a non-profit organization that strives to build audiences for great Canadian films through grassroots initiatives such as special screenings, Q&As with talent, premiere parties, movie alerts and much more! First Weekend Club is a free cross Canada film club that encourages members to attend opening weekend screenings.

For more upcoming Canadian feature films go to: http://www.firstweekendclub.ca

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Information on Projects, Residencies, Bursaries, and Submission Requests to other media arts centres

are listed in the on-line version of the newsletter only. Please go to: www.medianetnews.wordpress.com/

PROJECTS, RESIDENCIES AND BURSARIES

Job Opportunity

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival
Executive Director

The Executive Director implements and ensures delivery of the strategic mandate of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (“Reel Asian”), Canada’s premier pan-Asian film festival. Reel Asian will be entering its 13th year in November 2009.

After at least five years of relevant experience, you are ready to become the driving force of a highly-respected and entrepreneurial charitable organization, recognized for its ability to bring the very best of Asian film and media arts to a city known for its discerning taste and appreciation of film.

You bring a well-developed network of corporate contacts and have a proven ability to use your perseverance, intellect and savvy, to create and grow long term, mutually beneficial partnerships.

You are poised and fearless in the face of challenging situations. You are a natural collaborator, but you are able to make decisive judgment calls, but only upon necessary inquiry, consultation and reflection. You are ready to consistently inspire a very driven operational staff comprised of very dynamic and intelligent professionals charged with fulfilling the creative, marketing and operational mandates of Reel Asian.

You have a strong track record of staff management, resource management and problem-solving in a fast paced, team-oriented environment. You have exceptional communication skills and are able to multi-task in a creative environment which has enhanced your capability to deliver results and to empower your team to do the same.

The Executive Director reports to the Board of Directors. Compensation will be based on experience, potential and delivering against a challenging mandate.

DEADLINE: January 19, 2009
Please submit your C.V., letter of interest and three references (including daytime telephone numbers) in confidence to deanna@reelasian.com , or in writing to:

Hiring Committee, Reel Asian
401 Richmond St. West, Suite 309
Toronto, ON
M5V 3A8

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UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries
Deadlines varies upon the destination.
The UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Artists promote the mobility of young artists in order to enrich their personal perspectives, to enable them to engage in an intercultural dialogue and expose them to cultural diversity.
The Programme offers residencies to young artists (between 25 and 35 years old) worldwide.
Info: http://portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=37817&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

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Emerging artists residency PRIM
DEADLINE: 13 January 2009
PRIM, based in Montreal is offering a residency to emerging artists for a period of 8 weeks.
Info: www.primcentre.org/index.html
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CFC FEATURE FILM PROJECT: APPLICATION DEADLINE JANUARY 30, 2009
YOUR IDEA. OUR MONEY. YOUR FILM.

The CFC Feature Film Project (FFP) is a comprehensive development and production focused mentorship program that offers emerging Canadian feature filmmakers full training, mentorship and 100% financing to develop and produce a dramatic feature film.

Visit: www.cfccreates.com/what_we_do/cfc_film/feature_film_project/index.php for more information on application criteria and submission details.
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CFC CINEPLEX ENTERTAINMENT FILM PROGRAM: APPLICATION DEADLINE FEBRUARY 9, 2009

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. Our alumni are masters of their craft, working across Canada and the world.

The next application deadline is February 9, 2009 – visit us online at www.cfccreates.com/film to apply now!
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SUBMISSION REQUESTS: OTHER MEDIA ARTS CENTRES

Bains numériques (France)
DEADLINE: January 9, 2009

For the 4th edition of the Bains numériques digital arts international festival , the centre des arts is organising an international competition for creations mixing “dance” and “new technologies”. This international call for project proposals is the first step of the competition and aims at pre-selecting hybrid stage forms, either in the process of being created or recently created.
Info: www.bainsnumeriques.fr
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call for papers (esse)
DEADLINE: January 10, 2009
A call for papers has been made for issue no. 66 of esse magazine theme: Disparition | Disappearance
Info: www.esse.ca/en/submission.php
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Short Film Festival Oberhausen (Germany)
DEADLINE: 15 January 2009
For its 55th edition Oberhausen Short Film Festival invites submissions to its competitions. All types and lengths acccepted.
Info: www.kurzfilmtage.de
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HOT DOCS 2009 (Toronto)
FINAL DEADLINE: January 16, 2009
Film submissions are now being accepted for the 2009 Hot Docs Festival
Info: www.hotdocs.ca

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The Centre for Art Tapes: Animated Anomalies, Halifax
Deadline: January 16, 2008

The program is curated by Lisa Morse and Amy Baker and will showcase animated media from artists engaged in anomalies of content and form, concentrating on the experimental, the uncanny, grotesquerie, ribald humour and the unconventional.
More information: www.centreforarttapes.ca
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The Indie Fest: Call for Entries
Deadline: January 30, 2009

Download the entry form at: www.TheIndieFest.com

The Indie Fest is an independent, top-tier international film awards competition. The goal of the Indie Fest is to give filmmakers publicity and distribution opportunities.

Please take a look at the Indie Fest website, www.TheIndieFest.com, so you’ll better understand the Competition. On the website you’ll find lots of original content of interest to independent filmmakers including articles about indie-friendly distributors.

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The Akron Independent Film Festival

Deadline: January 31st, 2009.

Now accepting submissions for the 2009 festival. We are eager to see all types of work — from experimental to music video to narrative — from all levels of filmmakers.

submission form at: http://www.akronfilmfestival.com/?page_id=380.

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Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival

Deadline: February 13, 2009

The fifth Cowichan International Aboriginal Film Festival, organized by the Cowichan Intercultural Festival of Film & Arts Society, takes place in Duncan, British Columbia. Many of the festival events are held on the traditional lands of the Cowichan people, in the Cowichan Region of southern Vancouver Island. It is with the generous support and partnership of the Cowichan Nations that we celerbate Indigenous film and art, featuring an international slate of films, art, and dance.

More information: www.aff.cowichan.net

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Canada Council Art Bank

DEADLINE: February 16, 2009
The Canada Council Art Bank launched a request for submissions of artworks by Canadian artists of African, Asian, Middle Eastern, Latin American or mixed racial heritage to enhance its collection of original contemporary Canadian art.
Info: http://news.gc.ca/web/view/en/index.jsp?articleid=425919

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Dreamspeakers International Aboriginal Film & Television Festival, Edmonton
Deadline: February 28, 2009

The Dreamspeakers Festival Society supports and educates the public about Aboriginal culture, art and heritage. It is a resource for Aboriginal filmmakers, for directors, scriptwriters, cameramen, technicians, actors, musicians, storytellers, artists and craftspeople. The Society is also a resource bank  a way to get in touch with Aboriginal filmmakers, performers and artists. And through Dreamspeakers, Aboriginal people receive training in arts, culture and
festival operations.

More information: www.dreamspeakers.org

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