MEDIANET NEWS November 29, 2012
November 29, 2012OFFICE HOURS Mon-Fri 9 am – 1 pm, Saturday 9am – noon
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Victoria BC
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In this Newsletter:
1. Reminder – OPEN CINEMA Presents Occupy Love, December 5
2. MediaNet’s Christmas Party and screening, December 11
3. Members – Member looking for help to make an ebook
4. Around Town
MediaNet will be closed for the Holidays from December 20 – January 3.
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1. Reminder: OPEN CINEMA Presents Occupy Love
Wed. December 5 at the Victoria Event Centre, 1415 Broad St.
Doors: 5:30pm
screening: 7pm
Suggested donation $15
Advance tickets are sold out! A limited number will be available at the door. Please arrive early to avoid disappointment.
Filmmaker Velcrow Ripper will be joining us for a Twitter chat after the screening.
If you are not able to attend the event, you can watch the live-stream of the discussion from home! http://www.opencinema.ca/live/
Follow the Twitter chat at #opencinema
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2. MediaNet Christmas Party and screening of Activate! and FS100 projects
Tuesday, December 11 at pm at the Intrepid Theatre Club, #2 -1609 Blanshard St. (at Fisgard)
Doors open at 6pm, Activate! screening from 7-8pm, followed by a short intermission and films by Steven Davies and Morgan Tams
at 8:30pm.
Free.
snacks and refreshments will be available.
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3. Members
MediaNet member looking for someone to help with the creation of an ebook
I Would like to hire a Mac computer tech tutor to help me
create an ebook out of my published book and upload it on publishing sites.
20.00 and hour.
Experience is a plus.
Merina Rael
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See what’s coming up at MediaNet on The MediaNet Programs Blog
http://medianetprograms.wordpress.com/
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4. AROUND TOWN
EMPLOYMENT
Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers is looking for an Operations Director
Application Deadline: December 1, 2012 at 4pm
Start Date: January 7, 2013
This is a one-year maternity leave position.
For more information, please contact
Nicola Waugh
Communications Director
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SUBMISSIONS
SUPER CHANNEL FEATURE DOCUMENTARY AWARD DEADLINE EXTENDED TO DECEMBER 10TH
Super Channel is extending the deadline for entries for the Super Channel Feature Documentary Award until 5 pm MST on December 10th, 2012.
Are you a Canadian documentary filmmaker who wants to make the leap from producing hour-long broadcast documentaries to producing feature length documentaries for theatrical release? Super Channel would like to help you make that leap!
The Super Channel Feature Documentary Award will be awarded to two teams to assist in the development of their feature documentaries. Enter now and you could receive the following:
· 15-20 hours of mentorship with a senior feature documentary producer
· $3,000 budget to benefit your project and attend the Hot Docs Forum 2013
The director and producer must each have at least one hour-long television documentary credit, and may not have more than one feature-length (75 minutes +) documentary credit. The director and producer may be the same person provided that this person meets the above eligibility requirements regarding credits in both roles. All entrants must be Canadian citizens.
Visit www.superchannel.ca/creativeaward for our Prizes, Guidelines and Terms & Conditions and for details on eligibility, submission and prizes.
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Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers
The 21st Annual Hundred Dollar Film Festival is open for submissions!
Films must be
Short (under 22 min)
Finished on Film (Super 8 or 16mm)
Released after Dec 1, 2010
DEADLINE: DEC 1, 2012
For more information, contact festival@csif.org
or go to www.100dollarfilmfestival.org
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Dawson City Film Fest
The final deadline for submissions is December 14th.
Enter through withoutabox.com or download the entry form here.
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Xchanges Gallery now accepting applications for exhibitions
Deadline January 15, 2013
Please send inquiries to
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CLASSES
David Simmond’s screen actors’ studio
845 Fisgard St, Victoria B.C.
Ph: 250-595-1339.
Now enrolling for January’s courses!
Essential Techniques, Young Actors, Short Programs, etc.
www.screenactors.ca / e: screenact@shaw.ca
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SCREENINGS
Movie Monday
6:30 pm Monday 3 Dec 2012
Prince of Broadway, 2008, 100 min
A find from a filmmaker I met at VIFF, Prince of Broadway is the story of Lucky and Levon, two men whose lives converge in the underbelly of New York’s wholesale fashion district. Lucky, a street smart illegal immigrant from Ghana, makes ends meet by soliciting shoppers on the street with knock-off brand merchandise. Levon, an Armenian-Lebanese immigrant, operates an illegal storefront with a concealed back room where counterfeit goods are showcased to interested shoppers. Lucky’s world is suddenly turned upside down when a child is thrust into his life by a past girlfriend who insists the toddler is his son. It’s part comedy, part drama, very authentic, and made with passion on an indie budget. We’ll show a ‘making of’ doc that shows how this terrific film was birthed. R language review ~ more
His new, impressive film, Starlet, with a debut staring roll by Papa Hemmingway’s granddaughter Gree, screened at VIFF in September.
cast: Prince Adu, Karren Karagulian, Aiden Noesi, Keyali Mayaga, Kat Sanchez
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6:30 pm Monday 10 Dec 2012
Smokin’ Fish Movie, 81 min, 2011
Cory Mann is a quirky Tlingit businessman hustling to make a dollar in Juneau Alaska. He gets hungry for smoked salmon, nostalgic for his childhood, and decides to spend a summer smoking fish at his family’s traditional fish camp. The unusual story of his life and the untold history of his people interweave with the process of preparing traditional food as he struggles to pay his bills, keep the IRS off his back, and keep his business afloat. By turns tragic, bizarre, or just plain ridiculous, Smokin’ Fish, tells the story of one man’s attempts to navigate the messy zone of collision between the modern world and an ancient culture. Pg13 review ~ more.
Hopefully Cory Mann will be with us to present his story.
Plus short: Uninterrupted ( 4 min ) Nettie Wild’s short about our Adams salmon run.
Movies are shown on a 12′ screen in the Eric Martin Pavilion in the 1900 block of Fort St. Admission by donation! Pop & popcorn at ridiculously low prices. See: http://islandnet.com/mm/
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The Canadian First Weekend Club
Great Canadian Film – It’s out there!
Through Q&A’s with filmmakers and actors, contests, premiere parties, advance screenings, film alerts, and much more, First Weekend Club encourages members to attend opening weekend screenings in order to keep Canadian films in theatres longer.
Currently, First Weekend Club has branches in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Victoria, Ottawa, Halifax, Montreal, and continues to expand into other cities across the country.
Coming to Theatres: Midnight’s Children, Stories We Tell, The World Before Her, and more!
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More Submissions to other Media Arts Centers, festivals, projects and residencies
HOT DOCS (TORONTO)
April 25 – May 5, 2013
Deadline: January 11, 2013
Info : http://www.hotdocs.ca/festival/submit_a_film
VISIONS DU RÉEL – FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE CINÉMA NYON (SUISSE)
April 19 -26, 2013
Deadlines October 12 for films finishrd before September 2012 and January 11 for films finished after September 2012.
Info: http://www.visionsdureel.ch/en/article/n/call-for-entries.html
THE 21ST ANNUAL $100 FILM FESTIVAL (CSIF|CALGARY)
Short (under 22 min)
Finished on Film (Super 8 or 16mm)
Released after Dec 1, 2010
Deadline: December 1st, 2012
Info: http://www.100dollarfilmfestival.org
DOXA 2013 (VANCOUVER, CANADA)
May 3 to 12, 2013
DOXA is now accepting submissions for short and feature-length documentary films for our 12th annual festival, May 3-12, 2013. Filmmakers whose films were completed after January 1, 2012 are encouraged to apply.
Deadline: December 14, 2012
Info: http://www.doxafestival.ca/filmsubmissions
ONLINE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL, THE NATIONAL SCREEN INSTITUTE (NSI)
Short filmmakers could win up to $4,500 in prize money through the National Screen Institute’s Online Short Film Festival.
Deadline: December 10, 2012
Info: http://www.nsi-canada.ca/
CALL | KING ST ALT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL
February 8th and 9th, 2013
Open call to any independent filmmakers or video artists with works between 5-20 minutes to show at these screenings. Toronto and GTA works will be given preference during the submission process. All-genres and subject matters are welcome. If interest pleased send a Youtube or Vimeo link to mjjrooney@gmail.com
Deadline : January 29, 2013
Info : http://kingsteetaltfilmfest.blogspot.ca/
CALL | SWITCH
Switch is now issuing an open call to artists working with film, lens based work and moving image to submit work responding to the theme of ‘movements’. Switch is an event that promotes and shows contemporary works of moving image in a public context.
The event itself will be accompanied by a publication & a website.
Deadline : 7th December 2012
Info : http://www.s-w-i-t-c-h.org
2013 INSIDE OUT TORONTO LGBT FILM FESTIVAL
May 23-June 2, 2013
23rd annual festival edition
Deadline: December 17, 2012 ($20 submission fee).
Regular deadline: February 8, 2013 ($25 submission fee).
Info: http://insideout.ca/initiatives/toronto
IFCO’S 2013 ANNUAL GALA (IFCO – OTTAWA)
IFCO will be holding its annual Gala Screening in 2013
Deadline: January 8th, 2013
Info: All submissions should be made to IFCO’s Technical Director Dave Johnson attech@ifco.ca, or call 613/569–1789.
LE FESTIVAL DES FILMS DE LA RELÈVE (FFR | MONTREAL)
The festival will present its fourth edition in April 2013, it is open to filmmakers aged between 18 and 35 years old. The objective of FFR is to promote independent productions to operate with a wide audience.
Deadline: February 1st, 2012
Info: Jason Paré, 514-522-3296, programmation@festivalreleve.com, www.festivalreleve.com
ANIMATOR FESTIVAL OFFICE (POLAND)
Poland, 13 – 18 July 2013
The 6th edition of the International Animated Film Competition. The entry form and new regulations can be downloaded from www.animator-festival.com.
Deadline: March 1, 2013
Info: +48 61 850 16 55, office@animator-festival.com
ANIMOVIES 2013 (EMMEDIA|ALBERTA)
Animovies is the animated film shorts portion of the 2013 International Festival of Animated Objects.
Deadlines: Nov 15, 2012 – $5, Nov 31, 2012 – $10, Dec 15, 2012 – $12
Info: animovies@emmedia.ca
THE FILM FACTORY 2013-2014 (MAIN FILM|MONTREAL)
The FILM FACTORY renews the ties with film as an art form, where the creative process of research and experimentation is the core experience and the end product a derivative of the creative process.
Deadline: February 5th, 2013
Info: http://www.mainfilm.qc.ca/en/indexEN.html
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