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Performance Envelope Calculation Factors

As a result of the consultation with the industry and funders of the Canada Media Fund (CMF), and in view of the policy direction from the federal government, the Board of the CMF has determined that the following factors will apply in the calculation of the performance envelopes for 2011-2012:

• Audience success (calculated on total hours tuned)
• Original prime time first run
• Historic performance, formerly historic access
• Above threshold licensing
• Regional licensing
• Digital media investment.

The new factor weights are defined as follows:

Original first run is defined as the first airing of a project (or series of episodes that make up that project) by an eligible broadcaster. Eligibility will be determined based on whether the broadcaster participated in the initial financing structure of the project. This, in essence, allows participation in this factor by second and third window broadcasters who licensed the project, but excludes acquisitions.

Prime time is defined as the period of time between 7:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m., 7 days per week. A project for which the majority of the telecast airs between these hours is considered to be airing in prime time. In the case of single-feed specialty broadcasters, this time period will be extended to the hours of 5:30 p.m. to 2:00 a.m., 7 days per week.

For the digital media investment factor, credit will be earned for each dollar of cash financing and CMF envelope contribution provided by a broadcaster to a rich and substantial digital media component, as defined in section 3.2.DM of the Performance Envelope Program Guidelines.

The specific percentage weights to be assigned to each of the performance factors will continue to be assessed. Further consultations with the industry and funders will occur in September and the percentages of each factor will be announced following the final determination made by the Board.

Facteurs servant au calcul des enveloppes de rendement

Par suite de la consultation tenue avec l'industrie et les bailleurs de fonds du Fonds des médias du Canada (FMC), et vu les directives d'orientation prescrites par le gouvernement fédéral, le conseil d'administration du FMC a déterminé que les facteurs suivants s'appliqueront pour le calcul des enveloppes de rendement de l'exercice 2011-2012 :

• Succès auprès de l'auditoire (calculé en fonction du nombre total d'heures d'écoute)
• Première diffusion originale aux heures de grande écoute
• Rendement historique (anciennement accès historique)
• Droits de diffusion supérieurs au seuil
• Droits de diffusion régionaux
• Investissement en médias numériques.

Les nouveaux facteurs de pondération sont définis comme suit :

On entend par « première diffusion originale » la première mise en ondes d'un projet (ou série d'épisodes composant le projet) par un télédiffuseur admissible. L'admissibilité sera déterminée en fonction de la participation ou non du télédiffuseur au financement initial du projet. Essentiellement, cela exclut les acquisitions, mais permet aux télédiffuseurs de la deuxième et troisième fenêtre qui ont acquis des droits de diffusion du projet à se prévaloir de ce facteur.

Par « Heure de grande écoute » on entend la période de temps se situant entre 19 h et 23 h, 7 jours par semaine. Un projet pour lequel la majorité des émissions télévisées sont diffusées au cours de cette période est considéré comme mis en onde aux heures de grande écoute. Dans le cas de télédiffuseurs qui distribuent un seul signal, cette période de temps s'étendra de 17 h 30 à 2 h du matin, 7 jours par semaine.

Pour ce qui est du facteur « investissement en médias numériques », un crédit sera obtenu par un télédiffuseur pour chaque dollar qu'il aura octroyé à une composante médias numériques riche et élaborée (selon la définition prévue à la section 3.2 MN des Principes directeurs régissant le Programme des enveloppes de rendement), en espèces et par le biais de son enveloppe de rendement du FMC.

La pondération spécifique sous forme de pourcentage à attribuer aux facteurs de rendement fera l'objet d'évaluation continue. D'autres séances de consultation avec l'industrie et les bailleurs de fonds se tiendront en septembre et les pourcentages de chacun des facteurs seront publiés lorsque le conseil d'administration aura déterminé leurs valeurs définitives.

THOUGH Maury Chaykin was the patriarchal centre of the series Less Than Kind, the third season of the acerbically funny Winnipeg-shot show will likely go on after his untimely death, according to producer Phyllis Laing of the Winnipeg production company

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"We fully believe the show will continue," a melancholy Laing said Tuesday afternoon after a morning of conversations with the show's producers Mark McKinney, Marvin Kaye and Chris Sheasgreen. Buffalo Gal Pictures is the Manitoba producing partner of the series with Toronto's Breakthrough Films.

Click here to read the full article.

Our next deadline for the Corporate Capacity Growth Program is September 15th, On Screen Manitoba will contribute up to 70%, to a cap of $5,000, per successfully juried Production Company.

The program provides financial assistance relating to discreet strategic or business planning projects, completed within the designated program period (Any four month period between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011).

Examples of eligible Corporate Development Activities include engaging in a corporate strategic planning process; updating existing strategic plans; business planning associated with a new corporate initiative or addressing a major corporate challenge; hiring of an HR Consultant; corporate financial planning or developing a business plan in order to access corporate (non-production related) capital; and multi platform exploration. Again, these are examples, please contact angela@onscreenmanitoba if you have any questions about this program.

Patricia Bailey, Playback Magazine

A webseries penned by Ryan FitzGerald (Rogue Nation Studios) chronicling the plight of American citizens forced to leave their country as refugees picked up the 2010 Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music $15,000 Pitch prize presented by On Screen Manitoba at the 10th annual Gimli Film Festival.

FitzGerald was one of 47 filmmakers who had 3 minutes to pitch their project to a panel of broadcast executives at the five-day festival, which wrapped Sunday night in the small prairie town that's shaped the careers of experimental filmmaker Guy Maddin (Tales from the Gimli Hospital) and award-winning director Norma Bailey (The Capture of the Green River Killer). Maddin, one of the festival's advisors, is a long-time summer resident and Bailey, who sits on the GFF board grew up here.

Since its founding in 2000 to commemorate the arrival of Erik the Red at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland a millennium ago, GFF has become one of the province's most important film events. It initially screened films by Icelandic-Canadian and Icelandic directors and then expanded to include Circumpolar nations.

"The Gimli Festival has evolved into Manitoba's premiere film festival," director Sean Garrity (Zooey and Adam) told Playback Daily. "It's a chance for filmmakers from here to get together and to really connect with their audience and to celebrate our industry our own way."

The GFF's programming goal is to screen independent films and mainstream documentaries and features from the chilly countries that circle the Arctic pole. The festival also has an extensive short program which this year includes a spotlight on Nunavut.

"Filmmakers love coming here because it's so laid back. We give them a chance to talk with the audiences and they can hang out at the beach," says festival director Kristine Sigurdson.

The fest also features industry panels on producing skills, art design and cinematography. And through its Insight series the GFF annually takes a close look at a Canadian film and dissects how it gets made, from the scriptwriting to the post-production phase. This year the featured film was High Life, by Manitoba director Gary Yates, who was in Gimli to discuss his work.

"The industry panels were very well attended this year," says Sigurdson, adding that roughly 5,000 people attended the festival, a 25% increase over last year.

In addition to the $15,000 pitch prize the GFF also hands out a $1000 award for the Best Manitoba Short, which this year went to Curtis L. Wiebe's The Devil Wears a Paper Hat. A $1,000 artistic achievement prize also went Gabriela Pichier for her film Scratches.

Originally settled by Icelanders, Gimli is the largest community of its kind in North America. Maddin, who spends summers here, made the town famous on the art house circuit with his 1988 cult film Tales from the Gimli Hospital, and is one of the fest's advisors. The director also inspired one of the GFF's most unique features: movies on the beach. Supported by a steel scaffold mounted temporarily in Lake Winnipeg's hard sandy bottom, a 35-foot screen rises out of the expanse of water.

The festival is the brainchild of former Gimli resident and Senator for Selkirk-Interlake Janis Johnson. One of GFF's principal patrons is David Asper, also a Gimli summer resident.

Telefilm Canada is today unveiling its brand-new online directory of mentors and scriptwriting consultants, which includes the names of more than 100 experts, that creators working in Canada’s film industry will be able to access via Telefilm’s website.

“Telefilm Canada is dedicated to supporting all links in the Canadian film industry value chain,” stated Sheila de La Varende, Telefilm Canada’s Director of National and International Business Development. “Canadian filmmakers are bursting with talent, and we are committed to meeting their needs and supporting their growth and development—which, at the end of the line, will result in the creation of high-quality feature films that will appeal to their target audiences. We are very enthusiastic about the potential of the new online directory of mentors and scriptwriting consultants that we’re unveiling today, which enables Telefilm to act as a catalyst for the industry’s success.”

“When I started my career, I was very lucky to benefit from the patient advice I received from such industry professionals as Michael Miner (Anaconda, Robocop), the wonderful writer and film editor,” said Vancouver writer Michael Giampa, who is included in the directory as a scriptwriting consultant. “Having a mentor who can answer your questions and provide encouragement makes all the difference when you’re starting out in the business. I hope that this directory will foster these kinds of relationships and that it becomes a key tool in the development of a mentoring philosophy within Canada’s movie industry, one that will hep nurture Canadian talent.”

The new online directory of mentors and scriptwriting consultants will enable emerging writers and producers to make contact with industry mentors and veterans, offering them the possibility of developing their skills or finding specific expertise for a given project. All the producer-mentors and writers included in the online directory were chosen by Telefilm following a call for candidates issued in May, and all have agreed to makes themselves available to offer professional advice, coaching and know-how, and thereby help foster the development of talent and projects.

The directory will also enable those participating in such programs as Écrire au long, Feature It! or Featuring Aboriginal Stories to seek out a mentor-consultant who will support them for the duration of their project—one of the eligibility criteria of these programs. Others working in the industry seeking expertise in a variety of areas may also approach the consultants listed in the directory; it will be up to the two parties themselves to negotiate the terms of their agreement.

New applications for mentors and consultants will now be accepted on an ongoing basis and the directory will be updated regularly. The online directory of mentors and scriptwriting consultants and the application form for those wishing to be included are now available online.

New Media Manitoba presents TWO half day sessions this August from their "Beat to Tweet" series that will rejuvenate, renew, and reload your social business strategy in 2010. It's like Hot Yoga for your social media mojo. :)

Trainer, Lloyd Hannesson, recently returned from the Mashable Media Summit in New York featuring some of the most notable social media speakers across North America including CNN, Starbucks, College Humor, Mashable, The Onion, and actor/activist Edward Norton.

Beat 2 Tweet: RENEWED & REJUVENATED, August 10, 2010

Our first in the series is meant as an introduction (or refresher) for aspiring social media managers to help you learn the terminology and building blocks of using the two heavy social hitters in your business: Facebook and Twitter. We'll cover some essential tools available to you online and on your desktop, and share how other companies are increasing their marketing success by utilizing the social networking cloud to spread the good word about their business.

This introductory session is ideal for corporations and individuals that want to hit the ground running once they leave the building. Bring your laptop, your iPad, or your favourite notebook and be ready to work through some valuable content. Even veteran 'socialites' will discover some new tools and be enlightened by the case studies Lloyd will share.

Date: August 10, 2010
Where: 1000 Waverely Street
Time: 9 am SHARP - 12 noon (doors open at 8:30 am)
Cost: $39.95 for non-members or $29.95 for NMM Members
Parking: Free anywhere except numbered and reserved stalls
Includes: Handouts & Breakfast from Fresh Café
Register: Online at www.newmediamanitoba.com

Beat 2 Tweet: RELOADED, August 24, 2010

This is a session for people who are already comfortable with the social networking basics, but would like to grow their social networking toolbox. We'll briefly review the significant social networking sites out there and how they've changed, then dive into some newer power tools for people wanting to expand their business. We will end with a look at how businesses are using a variety Social Networking techniques to generate tangible leads and build powerful relationships with their customers through regular communication and an extended look at Facebook Ads.

This session is ideal for those organizations that have attended one of our prior social media events and are looking at alternative techniques to leverage your social relationships into lifelong customers and advocates for your company.

Date: August 24, 2010
Where: 1000 Waverely Street
Time: 9 am SHARP - 12 noon (doors open at 8:30 am)
Cost: $39.95 for non-members or $29.95 for NMM Members
Parking: Free anywhere except numbered and reserved stalls
Includes: Handouts & Breakfast from Fresh Café
Register: Online at www.newmediamanitoba.com

There is a maximum of 45 seats for each event! So register now!

After receiving a record-breaking number of applications (77), Canada’s National Screen Institute has chosen 5writer/producer teams for the 2010-11 NSI Totally Television training program.

The successful teams and their projects are:

Amnesia Girl: Pat Mills (writer and producer) – Toronto, ON
Dabbers: David Morgan (writer); Ben Wong (producer) – Calgary, AB
Pet Sounds: Simon McNabb (writer); Alex House (producer) – Toronto, ON
The Mark of Cain: Tammy Marlowe Johnson (writer); Shaun Johnson (producer) – Winnipeg, MB
The New 20: Tony Sekulich (writer); Jordan Gross (producer) – New Maryland, NB & Thornhill, ON

NSI Totally Television, run by Canada’s National Screen Institute (NSI), gives writer/producer teams the tools needed to successfully develop and pitch their TV series ideas and work towards landing a broadcast development deal. Shows that have been developed through NSI Totally TV include Wapos Bay (season 5 now in production), Less Than Kind (season 3 shooting this fall) and Todd and The Book of Pure Evil premiering this fall.

“We were overwhelmed with the wealth of talent and ideas presented by all the applications this year” said NSI Totally Television Program Manager Brandice Vivier. “Once again, it was an incredibly tough decision. Based on the strength of the projects that were ultimately chosen, we think these writers and producers are the ones to watch. NSI is proud to train and develop this talented group who will contribute to Canadian television for years to come.”

The NSI Totally Television teams will begin their training this September when they come together for boot camp to work with Program Manager Brandice Vivier and Program Advisor Samantha Linton along with many senior industry representatives. Over the course of 10 months the teams receive relevant market-driven training including the opportunity to work with story editors, showrunners, broadcasters and executive producer mentors to develop and shape their projects. Only the top teams with the strongest projects will go on to Phase 2 and attend the Banff World Television Festival in 2011.

NSI Totally Television is made possible by Presenting Sponsor CTV and the CTV/CHUM Benefits; Program Partner Telefilm Canada; Strategic Sponsors Rogers and Women in Media Foundation (WIMF); and Provincial Sponsor MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC.

The Canadian New Media Awards (CNMAs), the country’s only nationwide competition recognizing the accomplishments of Canada’s most successful digital media companies, is now open for nominations.

Celebrating its 10th year, The CNMAs are taking place as part of nextMEDIA Toronto, Canada’s leading digital media production and development marketplace, taking place November 29 to December 1, 2010 at the Toronto Design Exchange – the CNMAs gala awards will be held December 1, 2010 at The Design Exchange in Toronto.

Submission from across Canada are welcome.

Enter before July 30th, and save $50 with the CNMA Early Bird discount.

Visit www.nextmediaevents.com/cnma for category and submission information.

On Screen Manitoba would like to congratulate Ryan FitzGerald (President & CEO of Rogue Nation Studios) who walked away with an oversized novelty cheque at the 2010 Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music $15,000 Pitch. FitzGerald was one of eight finalists, selected from 47 applicants to participate in the event this past Saturday during the 2010 Gimli Film Festival.

In a live pitch environment, participants had 3 minutes to pitch their project to a panel of broadcaster executives and a packed house at the Gimli Theatre. Following each pitch the panel had 7 minutes to offer feedback and to ask questions. After all pitches were completed the panel deliberated and FitzGerald walked away the winner of the $15,000 development prize!

The judges found all the pitches to be engaging, but FitzGerald’s project was something new.

”His idea for what he wanted to do is really forward looking, unique, and has elements of it that remain to be explored, so that $15,000 is going to go a long way to helping Ryan conceptualize his project,” said juror David Christensen, Executive Producer, National Film Board of Canada. “It’s on the cutting edge of something here and I think Ryan has enough experience to carry this off.”

The winning project, Bloom, is “a series of webisodes supposedly uploaded by a domestic war correspondent chronicling the plight of American refugee camps enduring a forced march northward along the choked highways of dead infrastructure. The story of our unlikely heroes and villains is augmented by web and mobile content revealing layers of backstory, political machinations, immigration policies gone awry and one soul helping another declared the metric unit of charity”.

Congratulations to the other seven finalists who also presented their amazing pitches:

• Fat Man Dancing – John B. Lowe
• Indie Game – The Movie – James Swirsky & Lisanne Pajot
• Legend of Francis the Pig – Clinton Skibitzky
• Mr. Writer – Nicholas Friesen & Kaeleigh Ayre
• Not Dead Yet – Sarah Constible, Tricia Cooper & Gordon Tanner
• Silverback – Dan Licoppe & Dan Walechuk
• The Giant Remains – John Gregory Sturko

On Screen Manitoba’s Board of Directors and membership thank Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music for the generous prize they provided for the

2010 Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music Pitch

. Manitoba screen-based media community values the support of our industry partners and we look forward to working together again! We would also like to thank the Gimli Film Festival for their wonderful support/partnership and to all the applicants who submitted for the competition.

SAVE THE DATE: MAD MEN, MARTINIS AND MOVIES – A SIXTIES THEMED FUNDRAISER
In Support of the Feature Film Production ‘Hello, Darling’ and the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society

Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010

Time: 8:30pm – 1:00am

Place: Gas Station Theatre – 445 River Ave, Winnipeg

Price: $20 (includes one martini)
$15 (includes one non-alcoholic martini)

Tickets can be purchased at On Screen Manitoba (100 - 62 Albert Street) or call 228-2262.

Join us as we celebrate the start of production on local filmmaker Shelagh Carter’s film Hello, Darling and raise awareness for the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society at Mad Men, Martinis and Movies – A Sixties Themed Fundraiser on Thursday, August 5th at the Gas Station Theatre. In honour of the swinging sixties, there will be jazz music, a martini menu, a theatre playing episodes of Mad Men, and a costume contest. So make sure you dress up!

Set in the 1960's, Hello, Darling is the touching story of a young girl and the tensions that develop in a family dealing with mental illness. The film is being produced under Positron Media and starts production early August.

A portion of the proceeds from this event will be going to 'Name that Feeling', a program developed by the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society to help kids deal with the mental illness of a family member

For more information on 'Hello,Darling' and Shelagh Carter, please visit: http://www.indiegogo.com/Hello_Darling

For more information about 'Name that Feeling', or other programs of the Manitoba Schizophrenia Society, please visit: http://mss.mb.ca/mss_v1/programsChildNTF.htm

For more information about 'Positron Media', please visit: http://positronmedia.com/
 

The 2010 Rogers and MFM $15,000 Pitch will take place this Saturday, July 24 at the Gimli Theatre during the Gimli Film Festival. Join host Evan Campbell (CityTV’s Breakfast Television) and watch as eight finalists ‘pitch it out’ for their chance to win $15,000.

Participants will have 3 minutes to convey a compelling story in front of a panel of judges and live audience. Following the pitches, the jury will have 7 minutes to offer feedback and ask questions. After all pitches are completed the jury will deliberate and choose the winner who will be awarded a $15,000 cheque.

The 8 projects that will be presented are:

Bloom – Ryan FitzGerald
Fat Man Dancing – John B. Lowe
Indie Game – The Movie – James Swirsky & Lisanne Pajot
Legend of Francis the Pig – Clinton Skibitzky
Mr. Writer – Nicholas Friesen & Kaeleigh Ayre
Not Dead Yet – Sarah Constible, Tricia Cooper & Gordon Tanner
Silverback – Dan Licoppe & Dan Walechuk
The Giant Remains – John Gregory Sturko

This is a FREE event open to the public, so come out and join in the excitement as Manitoba talent pitch their ideas for a chance to win $15,000!

DATE: Saturday, July 24th
TIME: 1:30PM – 3:30PM
PLACE: Gimli Theatre (74 2nd Ave, Gimli, MB)
Gimli, Manitoba

On Screen Manitoba proudly leads this initiative generously funded by Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music to support development of Manitoba talent.

Media Inquiries:

Megan Deaust
Marketing & Membership Manager
On Screen Manitoba
Phone: 204.927.5898
Cell: 204.471.2909
Fax: 204.943.4007
megan@onscreenmanitoba.com
www.onscreenmanitoba.com
 

Online Producer

We have a new career opportunity for an experienced individual who will be responsible for the production of online content for APTN, including aptn.ca and affiliated websites (e.g., digitaldrum.ca)

Download the full APTN ONLINE PRODUCER POSTING (PDF)

Please forward your resume quoting Competition 09/10-34 and where you saw this ad, by 3 p.m. (CST), Friday, August 6, to:

Human Resources Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
339 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2C3

Fax: 204-943-2368
E-Mail: careers@aptn.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. As an Aboriginal employer we encourage First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants to apply.

Congratulations to OSM Member Jeremy Torrie who's project CUDA was a recepient of the Canwest-Hot Docs Completion Fund. Torrie has been working on the documentary for the past year, which has also received support from MTS TV Winnipeg on Demand, where it will broadcast in the near future.

CUDA
Producer and Director: Jeremy Torrie
Production Company: High Definition Pictures Inc.

A Canadian soldier faces trials and tribulations when attempting to restore the classic muscle car of his deceased platoon buddy.

Recipients of Canwest-Hot Docs doc funds announced
By: Lindsay Gibb

Canwest and Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival have announced the 12 projects to receive $251,000 in grants and no-interest loans from the Canwest-Hot Docs Documentary Funds in their fifth round of disbursements.

The Funds, which were established in 2008, consist of a $3-million completion fund and a $1-million development fund which provide Canadian documentary filmmakers with financial support at critical stages in their work.

"I think what stands out across this funding round is the diversity of storytelling styles, from classical vérité to character-driven narratives and conceptual essays," says Sean Farnel, director of programming at Hot Docs. He adds that the committees behind the funds - which include Lynne Carter, production executive, factual content for Canwest Media Inc.; Aynsley Vogel, head of creative, Factual at Paperny Films; Ric Bienstock, producer/director/writer for Associated Producers Ltd.; Samantha Linton, director, factual content at Canwest Media and Farnel - believe the works will be embraced by Canadian audiences in the coming years.

"Still," he says, "it is also clear that producers are facing a funding crisis for creative documentaries in this country, a shame given the incredible rise in the popularity of the form that we've seen at Hot Docs over the past decade."

The Canwest-Hot Docs Funds have given a total of $1,369,000 in completion grants and no-interest loans to 55 projects since their inception.

Six completion grants totaling $182,000 from the Canwest-Hot Docs Completion Fund were awarded to the following projects: At Night, They Dance (Les films du tricycle), Beauty Day (Primitive Entertainment), Cuda (High Definition Pictures), Family Portrait in Black and White (Family Portrait Productions), RECESSIONIZE! For Fun and Profit! (Cave 7 Productions Inc.), and Ron Hynes - Man of a Thousand Songs (Primitive Thunder Productions).

Six no-interest loans totaling $69,000 from the Canwest-Hot Docs Development Fund were awarded to the following projects: The Art of Affliction (Mbmedia Productions), A History of Battle Fatigue (Primitive Entertainment), Lost Highway (Insurgent Projects), Painting by Number$ (Chaser Films), Rise Up (Bishari Films), and Slumdog Millionaires (Storyline Entertainment).

The application process for the second round of 2010 funding will open in the fall, with an application deadline of Wednesday, October 27. Visit Hot Docs' website for further information on requirements and deadlines.

Click Here for a full list of the recipients.
 

61st Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Berlinale 2011)
Berlin, Germany, February 10 to 20, 2011

(Feature films only, 60 minutes: all genres)

The Canadian Selection Screenings in Montréal open to feature-length films of 60 minutes, all genres excluding documentaries, for the Competition, Panorama, Generation and Forum, will take place from September 6 to 8, 2010.

Telefilm Canada is accepting submissions of documentaries of 60 minutes on behalf of the Festival and will coordinate a consolidated shipment of documentaries to Berlin.

The Festival waives its entry fees for films presented at the Canadian Selection Screenings in Montréal or entered via Telefilm Canada.

**Short films must be submitted directly to the Festival**

Start of Canadian Selection Screenings in Montréal: open to narrative films of 60 minutes : September 6, 2010

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada for narratives and documentaries : August 27, 2010

Information and registration process
Form - Pre-selection screenings

The Berlinale, along with Cannes and Venice, counts as one of the oldest and most important competitive festivals in the world. The Berlinale is also a public festival selling almost 300,000 tickets to the city’s cinephiles.

The Festival presents about 400 films, including some 120 short films. In 2010, 15,586 accredited guests from 128 countries – including almost 4,000 journalists – attended the Festival.

The Berlinale is a very dynamic, cosmopolitan and full-service film festival with many elements that are of significant interest to the Canadian film industry and filmmakers.

Detailed informationon Canada at Berlin 2010.

The document "Information and Registration Procedure" outlines the Festival’s sections open to Canadian productions and their eligibility requirements. Detailed information is also provided on the registration process via Telefilm Canada.

ENTER YOUR FILM VIA eTELEFILM

If you are a registered eTelefilm user, please click here.

If you are not a registered eTelefilm user, we encourage you to subscribe to this secure and user-friendly online service that will soon become the norm for all our selection screenings. With a few quick clicks, you can submit your film to a variety of festival selection screenings over the course of a year. This new online registration will save you time and paperwork!

OR

If time restrictions do not allow you to register with eTelefilm, download, complete the Telefilm Canada registration form attached in this Call for Entries and send it with your material to berlin2011@telefilm.gc.ca.

Aboriginal Actor’s Workshops - Part 2
Dates August | 14th | 15th, 2010

Time: 10 am – 6 pm
Instructor: Dean Harder
Location: The Urban Shaman Gallery (203-290 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB)

Cost: FREE (This course has been valued at $500. Film Training Manitoba is pleased to offer our training at a subsidized cost for the MB film industry.)

Notes: *All participants will be supplied Ivana Chubbuck’s book ‘The Power of the Actor’ and have it read prior to the course
*Scenes and scene partners will be assigned in advance. Scenes must be memorized.

Chubbuck Technique Actors Workshop

Ready to boost your acting skills? A new workshop has started up based on the teachings found in Ivana Chubbuck’s book “The Power of the Actor”. This workshop is for actors who are dedicated to the craft of acting. Things we work on include:

• 12 principles that offer a foundation for your work.
• How to bring more of yourself to the characters you play.
• Powerful script analysis skills.
• Dynamic character development.
• Developing engaging and driven scenes that make audiences wanting more.

Saturday will begin with an in-depth study of the acting text for character behavior and motivation, which will
be flushed out during the rehearsal process. Participants will finish day one with notes in order to rehearse
separately and return on Sunday to do the assigned scene again, implementing the notes. Sunday will be a
combination of coaching and self-critique, allowing the participant to identify strengths and weaknesses and
to grow from there. During the workshop, everyone will present his or her scene at least twice.

About the Instructor
Dean Harder is a certified instructor, who trained with Ivana Chubbuck at her Studio in Los Angeles. This is the first time her technique is being offered on an ongoing basis in Winnipeg. Consider it, an actor’s gym.

About Ivana
During her 25-plus year career she has worked with Academy Award winners and nominees who use her technique. Some of her clients include Halle Berry, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Jim Carrey, America Ferrera, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jessica Biel, and many more. Visit http://www.chubbucktechnique.com/ to learn more about the Ivana Chubbuck.

Application Process

All applicants must submit a resume and a picture for the purposes of determining scene and partner selection. Send your resume by e-mail to john@filmtraining.mb.ca

Priority will be given to those participants who sign up for The Aboriginal Actor’s Workshops - Part I

For more information:
• Phone 989-9669 or Toll Free (in MB) at 1-866-989-9669
• Email john@filmtraining.mb.ca

Aboriginal Actor’s Workshop - Part I
August | 6th | 7th | 8th, 2010

Time:
Friday - 6 pm – 10 pm
Saturday - 10 am – 6 pm
Sunday - 1 pm – 6:30 pm

Instructor: Rebecca Gibson
Photographer: Gabrielle Touchette

Location (s):
Friday - Film Training Manitoba
Saturday - The Urban Shaman Gallery (203-290 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg, MB)
Sunday - 4th Floor, 70 Arthur Street

Cost: FREE (This course has been valued at $500. Film Training Manitoba is pleased to offer our training at a subsidized cost for the MB film industry.)

Notes: This workshop is open to 10-12 Aboriginal participants who are at the entry level of acting and are in need of more assistance with their resume/headshots and on-camera technique.

Friday, August 6th - Professional Etiquette for the Actor

• The ins and outs of Actor resumes and headshots
• Hair, Make-Up, Wardrobe, Skin Care
• Working with Agents

Saturday, August 7th – Intro to Audition Techniques
Guest Speaker – Tina Keeper, Producer, Cashing In

Participants will be provided with sides to memorize and prepare in advance and will perform them on camera
and receive critique.

Audition protocol & techniques
• Voice
• Movement
• Making Strong Choices - How to Prepare and Memorize
• Taking Direction

Sunday, August 7th - Headshot Photo shoot
Each participant will receive 2 - 3 headshots on DVD. A Makeup artist will be provided.

About the Instructor
Rebecca Gibson works in film, television, and theatre as an actor, writer, director, producer, and teacher. Recent acting credits include the The Christmas Hope for Lifetime Network, the series Less Than Kind for HBO Canada, and the play Love for Sale at FemFest. Recent directing work includes the musicals Rent, and Sweeney Todd, the play The Lower Depths, and the APTN special Rising Stars. Rebecca voices and puppeteers the character “Elizabeth” on the award-winning series Tipi Tales. She teaches acting at the Academy of Acting. Though Rebecca’s work and training have taken her from Vancouver to Toronto, New York to Los Angeles, she is proud to call Winnipeg her home.

Application Process

All applicants must submit a resume and a picture for the purposes of determining scene and partner selection.
Send your resume by e-mail to john@filmtraining.mb.ca

For more information:

• Phone 989-9669 or Toll Free (in MB) at 1-866-989-9669
• Email john@filmtraining.mb.ca

2011 SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
Park City, Utah, United States, January 20 to 30, 2011

(Feature films only: narratives and documentaries)

Start of Canadian selection screenings in Montréal: open to narrative films of 50 minutes : September 8, 2010

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada : August 27, 2010

Start of Canadian selection screenings in los angeles: open to documentary films of 50 minutes : August 26, 2010

Registration deadline with Telefilm Canada : August 13, 2010

Information and registration procedure
Form - Pre-selection screenings

The Festival waives its entry fees for feature films presented at the Canadian Selection Screenings in Montréal (narratives) or Los Angeles (documentaries).

**Short Films Must Be Submitted Directly to the Festival**

Each year, Sundance highlights new trends in independent filmmaking and introduces emerging filmmakers. It presents around 115 feature films and 70 short films for the Festival’s 11 different programs.

Detailed information on the Canadian selection at Sundance 2010.

The attached document outlines the Sundance Film Festival and its sections open to international productions and their eligibility requirements.

Enter your Film via eTelefilm

Registered eTelefilm users, please click here.

If you are not a registered eTelefilm user, we encourage you to subscribe to this secure and user-friendly online service that will soon become the norm for all our selection screenings. With a few quick clicks, you can submit your film to a variety of festival selection screenings over the course of a year. This new online registration will save you time and paperwork!

OR

If time restrictions do not allow you to register with eTelefilm, download, complete the Telefilm Canada registration form attached in this Call for Entries and send it with your material to sundance2011@telefilm.gc.ca.

Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that it has been recognized in multiple categories by the 2009 Vision Awards Annual Report Competition for its 2008-2009 annual report, entitled Action. A worldwide competition of annual reports organized by the League of American Communications Professionals (LACP), the 2009 Vision Awards drew one of the largest number of submissions ever with over 4,000 entries from upwards of 20 countries.

Telefilm received the following honours:

Gold Award: Government Organizations – Annual Revenue of $100 million to $1 billion
Silver Award: Best Agency Report – Americas Region
Ranked 97th: Top 100 Annual Reports of 2009

“Each year, the annual report is the direct result of a lot of hard work from numerous people both in and outside the organization,” said Carolle Brabant, Telefilm Canada Executive Director. “To have the final product recognized on such an international stage is deeply rewarding for all involved.”

Telefilm Canada worked with the Montreal-based marketing agency CG3 for the creative concept and execution of the 2008-2009 annual report.

This is the fourth annual report from Telefilm Canada to be recognized by Vision Awards.

The LACP was established in 2001 in order to create a forum within the public relations industry to facilitate the discussion of best-in-class practices within the profession while also recognizing those who demonstrate exemplary communications capabilities.

Following a program review done in close collaboration with the industry, including the Canada Feature Film Fund Working Group, Telefilm Canada has announced the reopening of the

for a two-year period, from 2010 to 2012.

Launched in 2000 as part of the Canada Feature Film Fund, the Programme d'aide à l'écriture de scénarios aims to develop and retain a pool of creative, talented and experienced screenwriters, and to produce a bank of Canadian feature film scripts with strong box-office potential.

The program encourages creative renewal and professional development, while seeking to ensure that Canada's cultural, linguistic and regional diversity is reflected in the resulting films.

Please visit Telefilm’s website to access the program guidelines and the application form.

Please note that the next application deadline is Tuesday, September 7, 2010.

The 10th Annual Gimli Film Festival (GFF) kicks off Wednesday, July 21, 2010 with director Caelum Vatnsdal’s We’re the Weakerthans, We’re From Winnipeg (Produced by Winnipeg’s Farpoint Films) on the 35-foot screen on the beach and Short Program One: When Things Go Bad at the Waterfront Centre.

We’re the Weakerthans, We’re from Winnipeg follows the beloved Canadian rock band as they embark on their biggest Canadian Tour: from the cliffs of Newfoundland to the northern mountains of the Yukon and almost every major Canadian city in between.

Short Program One: When Things Go Bad
In life, there is no way to predict what will happen next. Would you even want to?

Please note – Tomorrow’s presentation of We’re The Weakerthans, We’re From Winnipeg is a change to the printed schedule that reads Crackie as the free beach screening. Sherry White’s feature length directorial debut feature Crackie will premiere at GFF on Thursday, July 22 at the Waterfront Centre.

Free Beach Films – 10 pm each evening - on the 35 foot screen on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. Bring your beach chair or blanket and sit under the stars for a truly unique experience!

Tickets for all films and events are available on line or at the MTS Headquarters Box Office (74 2nd Ave.) An ALL ACCESS Pass is only $45.00 and allows access to an unlimited number of films.

The GFF is a non-profit charitable organization which enjoys on going support of private and public sponsors. Including, Telefilm Canada, the Government of Manitoba, Premier sponsors: The Burns Family Foundation & Daremax Foundation Inc. Special thanks to Platinum sponsors: Advance Electronics, Canwest, the Winnipeg Free Press and all the incredible sponsors and community partners of GFF.

Full film schedule and information available on-line at www.gimlifilm.com

Telefilm extends Web-Ciné 360 to the English-language market for the implementation of online marketing strategies for Canadian films

Telefilm Canada is announcing that Web-Ciné 360, a pilot initiative that aims to encourage the incorporation of online marketing and use of social media tool in distribution business practices for Canadian films well ahead of their release, will henceforth be offered to the English-language market, for the next two years. The Telefilm Canada initiative has been offered to the French-language market since January of this year.

Eligible distribution companies will obtain financial support from Telefilm for designing promotional campaigns that include online marketing by making use of search-engine optimization or Web technologies in general; by producing a content-rich website; by creating content for such social media tools as blogs, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube; or by using online advertising. In order to measure the strategies’ effectiveness, distributors will be invited to make use of recognized online marketing and Web audience analysis tools, and even to use companies with expertise in this area.

“We’ve noticed that Web-Ciné 360 has elicited a lot of interest within the industry in the French-language market,” said Michel Pradier, Telefilm Canada’s Director of Project Financing. “This has hastened the adoption of new interactive tools and their integration into existing distribution strategies. Based on our experience since the launch of the pilot initiative, and following discussions with the industry, we are today extending the initiative to the English-language market. Our aim is to support Canadian producers and distributors in the ongoing improvement of their feature-film promotional and marketing strategies.”

“Telefilm, with Web-Ciné 360's introduction in English Canada, continues to foster a vibrant Canadian film industry,” said Bryan Gliserman, Co-president, E1 Entertainment Canada.

Telefilm’s initiative for the English market is aimed at distribution companies eligible for the organization’s feature-film Marketing Program, for projects having recently obtained production support. Distributors have until October 29, 2010 to submit a project. For further details regarding eligibility criteria, see www.telefilm.gc.ca.

Application Deadlines:

October 29, 2010 - Deadline for applications
Region(s) : Atlantic, Quebec, Ontario, West
Language(s) : English

April 2, 2010 - Deadline for applications
Region(s) : Quebec
Language(s) : French

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
October 20 - 24, 2010

Five days of Indigenous film, video, radio, new media, art, entertainment, and so much more. 

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival will celebrate its 11th year with the festival running October 20 - 24, 2010 at the Al Green Theatre and various other venues in downtown Toronto. imagineNATIVE celebrates new works by Indigenous people on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio and new media.

The Festival will kick off at 1:00pm at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto with welcomes from imagineNATIVE, the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation and Indigenous artists of the world, a traditional welcoming song, and traditional North American Indigenous food. 

"imagineNATIVE is situated at the intersection of ideas, issues, narratives and contemporary realities of Indigenous peoples from around the world," states Executive Director, Jason Ryle. "What these film and media makers are doing is constructing history in engaging, entertaining and beautiful ways."

This year's international spotlight will be on Taiwan, a nation of fascinating histories and socio-political dynamics. Home to 14 distinct Indigenous nations, Taiwan is a place we've all heard of, but know little about.

New Media continues to exert a strong presence in our lives and in the Festival. Through gallery-based exhibitions, public interventions and web based activity, this year's new media programming promises to be exciting, innovative and challenging.

Admission to the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is $7 - $100 or free - and all ages are welcome.  Activities run all day from 11:00 am until 2:00 am, and include film screenings, exhibits, artist talks, performances and music ... really, something for everyone.

For more information, visit: www.imaginenative.org

About imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the latest works by Indigenous peoples on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. Each fall, the festival presents a selection of the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works from around the globe. The festival's screenings, parties, panel discussions, and cultural events attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the diversity of the world's Indigenous nations and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media.

Freeze Frame Media Arts Centre for Young People
and the Kildonan Youth Activity Centre present...

F.I.L.M. (fun.imaginative.little.movies) FREE SCREENING!

Come and see some great videos made by kids and teens

July 29th 2010 1:30 pm
1874 Main Street Edmund Partridge Community School

FREE Pizza Lunch! Fun for everyone!

Questions? Contact 204.949.9355 | 1.866.543.3378 or info@freezeframeonline.org

Supported by: Canada Council for the Arts

NSI Features First - training to help get your first feature film made

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 you 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.

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.

Guidelines and application forms are available here.
Applications must be received by 4:30 pm CST on Wednesday, September 22, 2010.

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.

let's celebrate a fabulous cast and crew

Local filmmaker Danishka Esterhazy is asking for your help to bring Black Field to the Genies (a.k.a. the Canadian equivalent of the Oscars!)

Click Here to visit the 'Help Enter Black Field in the Genies!!' page on IndieGogo to help raise funds to pay the required Genie entry fee.

Black Field, the first feature by Winnipeg writer-director Danishka Esterhazy, is currently in theatrical release across the country. The film features amazing performances by Canadian actors Sara Canning, Mathieu Bourguet and Ferron Guerreiro. The film also features stunning cinematography by Paul Suderman and amazing work by Production Designer Ricardo Alms, Costume Designer Wanda Farian and composer Joe Silva. These artists deserve to be recognized with a Genie nomination. Please help us raise $1200 for the entry fee. Black Field is the little film that could!

Farpoint Films produced Harmony: Song and Celebration at The Forks airs 7 p.m., Saturday, July 17 on CBC Television

Experience a musical tribute to Aboriginal culture and residential school survivors. Thousands embarked on a journey of understanding and healing at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s first national event and you too can through CBC Manitoba’s one-hour television special, Harmony: Song and Celebration at The Forks.

Featuring incredible performances by some of Canada’s top musicians including Blue Rodeo, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Ray Saint Germain, this beautiful and emotional tribute airs Saturday, July 17 at 7 p.m. on CBC Television in Manitoba. Other performers include Tamara Podemski, Murray Porter, Joey Stylez and Inez.

The first National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was held June 16 to 19 at The Forks in Winnipeg, Man. The event brought together Canadians, survivors and their families, former school staff and others affected by the Indian Residential Schools (IRS) experience. It provided opportunities for statement gathering, healing and greater awareness for all Canadians.

Harmony: Song and Celebration at The Forks is produced by Farpoint Films and executive produced by Carl Karp. It is part of CBC Manitoba Presents, a six-part summer series airing Saturdays at 7 p.m. on CBC Television in Manitoba.

Find stories and history of residential schools at the CBC website Stolen Children.

‘WHITES INTERACTIVE' New Instructional Web Video Series!

In conjunction with the highly-anticipated launch of ‘WHITES INTERACTIVE’, we are thrilled to introduce a new series of web videos designed to provide you with quick tips on how to get the most out of your WHITES INTERACTIVE shooting experience. 

We’ve also set up our own YouTube tab on our facebook page where you’ll be able to view these videos with ease and convenience.  Don’t forget to visit our new website, www.whitesinteractive.com for all the details on how to empower your next digital shoot and see for yourself why WHITES INTERACTIVE should be your new partner in production!  Please click on the play button to view a sample from our new web series of instructional videos.  Stay tuned...there’s more to come!   

WFW Scorpio Stabilized Head Sure to Sting Competition!

At WFW, we are known for consistently providing our customers with the most innovative and technologically advanced filmmaking tools available.  We are proud to announce the arrival of the Scorpio Stabilized Head into our specialty equipment rental arsenal.  The Scorpio Stabilized Head is a fully-digital, 4-axis remote head which features programmable limits, is repeatable, has auto backpan and is capable of running 3D mirror rigs.  WFW along with our friends at All Axis Systems decided to team up to provide this rock-solid system which is perfect for Moviebirds, our new SuperTechno 50 Crane, and all other WFW vehicular camera platforms.

WFW Scorpio Stabilized Head on Toronto set of ‘High Stakes’

WFW Centre Getting Ready for Action! We are getting excited to move into our new home!  WFW Centre is now under construction and conveniently located minutes from downtown Toronto at the intersection of the Gardiner and Islington Ave.  Structural steel is being erected and the excavation of our new 6-acre parking lot is in progress.  In keeping with our Whites Goes Green Initiative, among other leading-edge ‘greenifications’ to the new facility, we are installing a first-class lighting system which uses significantly less electricity. Visit our facebook page for additional updates and photos revealing the progress of our new home.  The excitement is definitely building for a vibrant new chapter in our company’s history!

Current News at Whites Upcoming Events at Whites

Now Filming at Whites 
July 24, 2010 - WFW Golf Classic 
Royal Visit to Pinewood Toronto Studios

Upcoming Films

PELADA
Fri Jul 16 at 7:30 PM
Sat Jul 17 at 7:30 PM
Sun Jul 18 at 7:30 PM
Wed Jul 21 at 7:30 PM
Thu Jul 22 at 7:30 PM

Two former college soccer stars embark on a journey around the world, visiting over 20 countries to play pick up soccer.

THE ROOM
Fri Jul 16 at 9:30 PM
Sat Jul 17 at 9:30 PM
Fri Jul 23 at 9:30 PM
Sat Jul 24 at 9:30 PM

The Room returns to Cinematheque. Get in line for what is emerging as the funniest cult film since Plan Nine From Outer Space - Tommy Wiseau's melodramatic story of a love triangle between a man, his fiancée and his best friend.

MOSIAC WOMEN'S FILM PROJECT 2.0
Sun Jul 18 at 2:30 PM

The Winnipeg Film Group and MAWA are thrilled to present the premiere of two new works by Jody Leigh Pacey and Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot. FREE ADMISSION!

Cinematheque News

JOB POSTING

The Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque is currently accepting applications for the postion of Head Projectionist. The application deadline is July 27, 2010.

The CFC NFB Documentary Program is a unique laboratory for the development of successful:

* feature documentaries
* mid-length documentaries
* interactive documentaries

Up to four accomplished Canadian directors with viable concepts for creative documentary projects will be selected to participate in this unique program, which begins in November 2010.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: OCTOBER 15, 2010

Click Here to apply

Designed to help accomplished directors develop documentaries that will advance the genre and achieve critical success; the program’s immersive, “think-tank”, collaborative experience, is the core of this rigorous development process. Focused on the unique creative challenges of documentaries in a rapidly evolving distribution environment, it will partner participants with a “dream team” of collaborators (leading Canadian and international documentarians and craftspeople). Specifically tailored to the precise needs of the participants, the program combines four to six, demanding, two to three day modules at the CFC with a supported inquiry phase focused on concept development. It also includes the potential for preliminary shooting and editing to explore and demonstrate the power of characters and proposed visual approaches.

Participants’ projects will be considered for production at the conclusion of the documentary program.

The Federal Court of Appeal has rejected the notion that internet service providers are broadcasters, likely ending a plan to introduce a new levy on internet users to pay for the creation of Canadian content online.

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in June asked the court to decide whether ISPs could be governed under the Broadcast Act, which would therefore require them to contribute to the creation of Canadian programming, as traditional broadcasters do.

On Wednesday, the court ruled that ISPs are not broadcasters because they only provide access to video content, which is generally supplied by third parties — such as broadcasters. As long as the ISPs remain neutral in providing that access, they should continue to be governed only by the Telecommunications Act, the court said.

"Because ISPs' sole involvement is to provide the mode of transmission, they have no control or input over the content made available to internet users by content producers and as a result, they are unable to take any steps to promote the policy described in the Broadcasting Act or its supporting provisions," said the decision. "Only those who 'transmit' the 'program' can contribute to the policy objectives."

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2010/07/07/isp-broadcasting-court-appeal.html?ref=rss#ixzz0trLAOxOe
 

Celebrity Status Not Needed To Attend Film Industry Events and Parties at the Gimli Film Festival

You don’t have to be in the know about filmmaking to talk to an experienced actor, director or cinematographer about your most burning or bizarre question of the filmmaking process. Attend intimate sessions, be part of discussions and conversations with seasoned filmmakers on the many aspects of the filmmaking process from July 21-25.

The Industry Pass can give you access to ALL films, programs and hospitality events (a.k.a. PARTIES!) all for just  $80! CLICK HERE to get yours now!

The Industry Program was established to provide our audience and both emerging and seasoned filmmakers with opportunities to engage in professional development, education and inspiration.

Panels and workshops are broken up into two series. The Development Series will cover a wide range of topics including art design, directing, cinematography, creative sound design and producing. The Insight Series objective is to offer a total “vision” into the process of filmmaking. Each year a film is selected and highlighted within this series. This year the series will offer an in-depth look into director Gary Yates’ film High Life featuring the team of people involved in the production of the film including Yates, Rossif Sutherland, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Liz Jarvis and Steph Carrier.

Networking Functions (a.k.a. parties) include the 10th Anniversary Opening Night Party July 21 at the Lakeview Resort, After Party at Cronshaws Pub July 22, Manitoba Filmmakers Reception / High Life After Party at the top of The Waterfront Centre July 23 and the “It’s A Wrap” Party at the Lakeview Resort on July 25.

Tickets for industry programs are available online at www.gimlifilm.com or at the door for $10.00, $5.00 for students. An Industry Pass, which is available to anyone is $80.00 and allows access to all films, programs and hospitality events. For general information, call 204-642-8846.

The festival program is available online at www.gimlifilm.com throughout Gimli, at Manitoba Tourism Centres and at many downtown Winnipeg locations.

Onalee Ames Film Studio presents:

From Here to Hollywood: How to make it in Hollywood

An open house offering FREE workshops, including insights from the film industry, sample acting classes and advice on how to effectively market your film career. With special appearances by Chris Charney and John Barnard from Farpoint Films and film director Sean Garrity.

Saturday, July 17th & Sunday, July 18th
1pm-5pm
701 Corydon Ave
All ages welcome

Call (204) 943-6832

On behalf of OSM and our members, I wanted to take a moment to recognize the contributions of Susan Millican, NSI-Canada's departing CEO. Her work through leadership roles at WTN, the Women's Television Network and then at the NSI have significantly contributed to developing Manitoba's talent base and production industry. Under her leadership, the NSI grew into a highly respected and effective national training force that gives Manitoba a competitive strength and a point of great pride!

From SEVEN TIMES LUCKY to CASHING IN, INERTIA, TODD AND THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL, LESS THAN KIND... some of our community's most important productions over the last few years were incubated and championed through the NSI. Susan's work to support Manitoba writers, directors and producers through the NSI's programs, including NEW VOICES and STORYTELLERS, has significantly nourished our creative talent pool.

Thank-you Susan and best of luck with your new opportunities!

We also warmly welcome Derek Luis, the NSI's new CEO and we look forward to forming a productive relationship with him!

Tara Walker

Emily Claire Afan, Playback

It looks like CNBC is making room for more debt, as it picked up two more seasons of Frantic Film's popular financial makeover series Til Debt Do U$ Part, distributed by Picture Box Distribution.

Having already snapped up three seasons of the series previously, CNBC's total acquisition now stands at 104 x 30 eps.

Other global broadcasters to nab the series include Discovery Asia, Zone (U.K.), Talit Communications, (Israel) and TV4 (Sweden).

The series is produced by Frantic Films in association with Slice.

The 2010 DGC Awards Nominations have been announced and many Manitoban productions received nods. Congratulations all those who've been nominated, and good luck!

Manitoba director Norma Bailey was nominated for Best Direction in a TV Movie/Mini-Series for Too Late to Say Goodbye.

Frantic Films' mini-series Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story received four nominations in total. Best Television Movie/Mini-Series, Best Direction TV Movie/Mini-Series, Best Picture Editing TV Movie/Mini-Series, and Best Sound Editing TV Movie/Mini-Series.

Buffalo Gal Pictures' tv series Less Than Kind was nominated for Best Television Series - Comedy.

Merit Motion Pictures and vonnie VON HELMOLT film production Ballet High directed by Elise Swerhone was nominated for Best Documentary.

To find out more about whose been nominated, check out the article from Playback below.

DGC nods for Chloe, Bridge
Marise Strauss, Playback

Atom Egoyan's Chloe leads the pack with five nominations in categories including best director and best feature film as the Directors Guild of Canada on Wednesday unveiled its 2010 finalists.

Egoyan will be up against fellow directors Reginald Harkema for Leslie, My Name is Evil, Penelope Buitenhuis for her fourth feature A Wake, and TV veteran George Milhalka for Faith, Fraud & Minimum Wage, when the awards are handed out in Toronto on Sept. 25.

The artsy thriller with an all star cast including Julianne Moore, Liam Neeson and Amanda Seyfried also picked up nods for production design, picture editing and sound editing. Chloe -- which earned over $1-million at the Canuck box office earlier this year for E1 Entertainment - will compete against Ruba Nadda's Cairo Time, Jacob Tierney's The Trotsky, and John N. Smith's romantic drama Love & Savagery in the team feature film category.

On the TV series front, it's the battle of the cop shows with CTV's Flashpoint and The Bridge each securing four nominations including direction for Holly Dale and Helen Shaver, respectively. They will compete against Adrienne Mitchell for Durham County and Robert C. Cooper for Stargate Universe. Flashpoint and Bridge are also pitted against each other in the team television series - drama category.

In the best TV movie or miniseries director category, Peter Svatek is recognized for his work on Everything She Ever Wanted, Paolo Barzman for The Phantom, Norma Bailey for Too Late to Say Goodbye, and Jeff Woolnough for Keep Your Head Up Kid: The Don Cherry Story. (Cherry garnered four DGC nominations in all).

The DGC will also present team awards for family-themed TV series with Degrassi: The Next Generation competing against episodes of Heartland, How to Be Indie, and Overruled! Meanwhile, the teams behind Death Comes to Town, G-Spot, Less Than Kind, and Little Mosque on the Prairie will vie for the best television series - comedy prize.

In the documentary category the finalists are: Ballet High, The Experimental Eskimos, Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, and Love Letters.

The DGC will also recognize veteran helmer Sidney Furie with its lifetime achievement award, while Pinewood Toronto Studios' boss Paul Bronfman and Don McCutcheon will receive the life member and distinguished service awards respectively.

The 2010 DGC Awards will be hosted by Dave Foley.

7th Annual International Film Festival Summit (IFFS)
December 5-7, 2010
Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino
Las Vegas, NV

Click Here to Register Today

Questions? Interested in Learning More? Please contact David Gunn at (561) 277-8132 or david.gunn@michaelbass.com  Special Discounts are available to IFFS Alumni.

Attendees will have the opportunity to network, establish partnerships, and hear from some of the brightest minds in the film festival industry discuss the latest trends in:

Funding & Sponsorship
Programming
Operations & Management
Marketing & Public Relations
Acquisition & Distribution
Digital Technology Solutions
Long Term Planning & Sustainable Growth
Executive Management
And much more!

The IFFS is also thrilled to offer an early bird rate of only $79 per night at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino. Please refer to the IFFS and BOOK YOUR ROOM TODAY!

Click Here to Download Conference Brochure

A collection of artifacts and images from the history of film will be gathered together in Essential Cinema, the first exhibit to be held at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, the Toronto Film Festival’s new downtown home. “This is truly a representation of what happens at the festival, a back and forth between programmers, the audience and conversations in line,” says Noah Cowan, artistic director of the Lightbox. “The pieces show the history of cinema, writ large. It’s a conversation with the audience on why film matters to us all.” The exhibit, which includes original scripts and storyboards, memorabilia and new art projects from artists such as Atom Egoyan and Guy Maddin, is free to the public and open during the entire film festival, from Sept. 9-19. We asked Cowan to walk us through some of his favourite pieces from the show.

1. Hauntings I and II by Guy Maddin “Guy Maddin has created this totally unique installation where he’s gone back through the history of cinema and found abandoned projects by our most famous directors and recreated small fragments on his own,” Cowan says. “When I travel to odd corners of the globe, people always ask me about Guy. He’s this wonderful, strange filmmaker and we’re proud to have him in our show.”

Read more on the National Post Online

On behalf of the Board of Directors of On Screen Manitoba, we wish to inform you that our Executive Director Tara Walker has let us know that she plans to pursue an MBA degree next year and will therefore be leaving OSM. While we recognize Tara's huge value to OSM, we also encourage her to continue to develop her skills and follow her dreams. So it is with mixed feelings that we received her news and that we pass it on to you. She has given us lots of notice so we can seek out our next ED and affect an orderly transition.

The Board has struck a hiring committee to work with Tara to begin this process. Our plan is to have the new Executive Director begin in early fall with Tara working on contract on specific projects until January. A posting will be distributed in the coming weeks. We hope you will join us at a future date to officially recognize and thank Tara and to send her off, with our best wishes, on her new path.

Phyllis Laing, Board Chair

Message from Tara:

Hello On Screen Manitoba members, colleagues & friends,

I am writing to let you know that I will be leaving my position at On Screen Manitoba later this year. I am planning to return to school in 2011 and earn an MBA so I can play my part in our industry’s future.

This has been a very difficult decision to make; I’ve truly loved my 11 years with the association and I’ve appreciated the opportunity to serve all of you through thick and thin. Our work together to develop Manitoba’s production industry through On Screen Manitoba has always been a community effort and I’m grateful for the chance I had to be a part of this.

My highlights over the years include the many local film premieres, securing funding and launching our major industry development projects M3P (2001 to 2009) and then ACCESS (2009), three Blizzard awards, four international trade missions, the Rogers/MFM pitch competition, two media forums, successful advocacy campaigns to enhance Manitoba’s tax credits, appearances before the CRTC and the federal Heritage Standing Committee in Ottawa, re-branding the association, working with the board and staff on our strategic plan and with the provincial task force on the industry on a Jump Start program and a longer term sustainability plan.

From the time I moved to Winnipeg and started with “MMPIA” in 1998 to now, I’ve had the chance to work with many passionate and knowledgeable leaders, partners, and team members.

The three prior executive directors - Richard Horne, RoseAnna Schick and Caryl Brandt - taught me so much and trusted me to take on ever evolving responsibilities preparing me for my current role.

I want to thank the Board of Directors – current and past. I have attended all but two of the association’s Board meetings and nearly every committee meeting since 1998! I’ve observed over and over again the community spirit and the desire to ’do their best’ that our industry’s leadership exhibits and it motivates me still.

I have been lucky to serve under four strong, dedicated Board chairs who mentored me along the way including Derek Mazur, Jamie Brown, Kim Todd and Phyllis Laing. Thank you for the support and wisdom you provided.

To my team members – current and past – I owe you my gratitude! I’ve been blessed to work with amazing, interesting people during my time here. The work of the association is supported by a group of dedicated and skilled individuals that make up a formidable force for good! AND they are fun to work with!

One of the most rewarding parts of working at On Screen Manitoba has been developing relationships with our funders and partners. They are more like friends and allies – serving right beside us in our mission to grow the industry. Thanks especially to our core funders - Manitoba Film & Music (Carole, Louise, Sebastien, Tannis, Kevin), Western Economic Diversification (Denise, Dan and Kevin), Culture Heritage & Tourism’s Arts Branch (Victor and Craig). I might not have always met your reporting deadlines but I always appreciated your understanding!

This is getting LONG so I’ll sum up. I never expected to be here so long but the thrill of the industry’s creative energy, entrepreneurship, constant change and shiny new opportunities got me hooked. I hope that your next ED will be able to raise the organization to the next level and remain equally addicted.

The Board has formed a Hiring Committee and will be issuing a posting in the coming weeks. I will remain with On Screen Manitoba until January 2011 working on several strategic projects and supporting the new Executive Director.

In gratitude,

Tara Walker

Executive Director
On Screen Manitoba

Serendipity Point Films, E1 Entertainment and Frantic Films Announce Start of Production on CBC Television Comedy Series
MEN WITH BROOMS

Cameras are rolling and curling rocks are sliding on the set of Men With Brooms, the CBC Television original comedy series produced by Serendipity Point Films, E1 Entertainment and Frantic Films.

Inspired by the popular Canadian movie, Men With Brooms celebrates Canadiana in a modern way. It’s a fresh and funny half-hour comedy that will hit airwaves as part of CBC Television’s fall line-up beginning Monday, September 20, 2010.

ABOUT THE SERIES:

Men With Brooms is about a group of friends in ‘small town Canada’ who find lots to laugh about on and off the ice at the curling rink that brings them all together. It features an ensemble cast that includes: Brendan Gall as Gary, the charismatic yet hapless skip; William Vaughan as Matt, the dim-witted best friend; Joel Keller as Bill, the curling club manager; and Anand Rajaram as Pramesh, eccentric novice curler and local donut shop owner.

Rounding out the cast is Aliyah O’Brien as Tannis, the bartender at the curling lounge; Glenda Braganza as Rani, wife of Pramesh and co-owner of the donut shop; and Siobhan Murphy as April, who works as an accountant at the local furniture factory where Gary and Matt are also employed. Paul Gross narrates each episode and makes guest appearances as local curling legend Chris Cutter.

ABOUT PRODUCTION:
Men With Brooms is being shot in Winnipeg this summer, from June 21 to August 27. Winnipeg’s Fort Rouge Curling Club will set the stage for nine days of curling rink action within the production schedule. The rest of the shooting will take place in-studio, along with some exterior Winnipeg locations.

Men With Brooms is a Serendipity Point Films, E1 Entertainment and Frantic Films production. The series was created by Paul Mather, who is also executive producer along with Laszlo Barna, Ari Lantos, Mark Musselman, Paul Gross and Jamie Brown. Paula Devonshire is line producer, and Shawn Watson is co-producer. Directors are Jeff Beesley, Brian Roberts and Kelly Makin. Men With Brooms is being produced in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, and the participation of the Canadian Media Fund, Manitoba Film and Music, the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit, and The Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit Program.

ABOUT SERENDIPITY POINT FILMS:

Serendipity Point Films is a motion picture production company formed in 1998 by Robert Lantos. Select feature film credits include the Golden Globe and Academy Award nominated Eastern Promises, Academy Award nominated and Golden Globe winner Being Julia and the Golden Globe nominated Sunshine. Television credits include G-Spot, Power Play and Cover Me. www.serendipitypoint.com

ABOUT E1 ENTERTAINMENT:

E1 Entertainment (AIM: ETO) is a leading independent entertainment content owner that acquires film, television and music rights and exploits these rights in all media in more than 190 countries. The company operates in Canada, the U.S., the UK, Holland and Belgium through four primary businesses units: E1 Television, E1 Films, E1 Music and E1 Distribution. These businesses collectively represent E1's extensive expertise in film distribution, television and music production/distribution, Kids content, Licensing and Distribution. E1 Entertainment is the largest distributor of entertainment content on the Canadian market. Since the acquisition of Seville Entertainment in 2007, E1 has held a leading position in the market for theatrical releases in Canada via E1 Entertainment Canada and Seville Pictures in Quebec, and International Sales via E1 Films International. E1's content library includes more than 3,700 feature films, 2,700 hours of original television programming and 15,000 music tracks. www.e1ent.com

ABOUT FRANTIC FILMS:

Frantic Films’ award-winning series, features and documentaries have been sold to more than 180 countries worldwide. In addition to Gemini, Rockie, Accolade and other awards, its unscripted programs have set ratings records and become established hits on many channels. Frantic’s scripted projects include series (Todd and the Book of Pure Evil for SPACE), TV movies (Zeyda and the Hitman for CTV), mini-series (The Don Cherry Story for CBC) and feature films Faces In The Crowd and Lucid. Frantic currently has a number of projects in development with top networks and specialty channels continuing its track record of significant growth. www.franticfilms.com

Please tune in (or set your PVR!) to History Television this Saturday night at 7pm ET for the premiere of Frantic Films’ Rocket Booster Rescue.

Directed by Manitoba’s own Jeff Newman for History Television (Canada) and National Geographic Channels International, this 1-hour documentary explores how solid rocket boosters thrust NASA’s space shuttles into the air, the elaborate processes required to make sure it all happens safely - and the tragic consequences if they fail to do so.

Tell all your friends! Learn more about rocket ships! Be the smartest kid/guy/gal at the water cooler on Monday!

Local writer-director Shelagh Carter and producer Polly Washburn have posted their upcoming feature Hello, Darling on the crowd-funding site Indiegogo.com:

http://www.indiegogo.com/Hello_Darling

Those who make donations are rewarded with "perks" that range from thanks in the web credits to having a school in the film named after them.

You can support them with a donation, by spreading the word and by clicking the "feature it!" link at the bottom of the page. Even small donations will help, also increasing the odds that the film will be mentioned on the top page of the site.

You can also join the Hello, Darling Facebook Page to stay updated and help build the buzz.

Good luck Shelagh and Polly!

FREEZE FRAME Media Arts Centre and KYAC present

F.I.L.M. (Fun. Imaginative. Little. Movies.)

Kids’ Film Making Workshop
July 12th - 16th 2010
9:00 am - 3:30 pm

For ages 8 - 12

Edmund Partridge Community School

Have fun learning how to make your own short film!

This week-long workshop will go through all the steps to create a short film: from storyboarding and scriptwriting to shooting techniques and camera usage. You will work in groups to create 2 to 3 minute videos.
All participants will have their short films screened at a Popcorn & Movie wrap up party on Thursday July 29th 2010 at 3:30 pm. Bring your friends & family!

Get registration F.I.L.M_permission_form_KYAC_2010-2011 and KYAC permission forms k.y.a.c_registration_form_2010-2011

Submit both forms to:

KYAC: Kildonan Youth Activity Centre
800 Salter Street (École Seven Oaks Middle School)

Application Deadline: July 9th 2010 / Maximum 25 participants
Questions? 204.949.9355, 1.866.543.3378 or info@freezeframeonline.org

FREEZE FRAME Media Arts Centre and KYAC present

F.I.L.M. Teen Film Making Workshop
July 19th - 23rd 2010 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
Edmund Partridge Community School

For ages 13 - 17

Have a great idea for a movie?

The four best ideas will be used during this week-long teen filmmaking workshop. This workshop will take you through all the steps to create a video:

• scriptwriting
• storyboarding
• camera usage
• shooting techniques
• lighting
• sound and editing

The videos will be screened at a Popcorn & Movie wrap-up event scheduled for Thursday, July 29th at 3:30 pm.

Sound like fun? To register:

Fill out the registration and permission forms F.I.L.M_permission_form_KYAC_2010-2011 and k.y.a.c_registration_form_2010-2011

Pitch your idea for a video by posting on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/freezeframeonline or, if you’re not on Facebook, attach your pitch to the F.I.L.M. registration form.

Submit your registration and permission forms to:

KYAC: Kildonan Youth Activity Centre
(École Seven Oaks Middle School)
800 Salter Street

Deadline: July 16th 2010 / Maximum 25 participants
Questions? 204.949.9355 | 1.866.543.3378 or info@freezeframeonline.org

24th AFI International Film Festival

Los Angeles, United States, November 4 to 11, 2010
Features and Shorts

Deadline for Short Film submissions: July 30, 2010
Deadline for Feature Film submissions: August 13, 2010

37th Ghent International Film Festival
Ghent, Belgium, October 12 to 23, 2010
Features and Shorts

Deadline for festival submissions: August 1, 2010

34th Mostra Internacional de Cinema - São Paulo International Film Festival
São Paulo, Brazil, October 22 to November 4, 2010
Full-length narratives and documentaries

Deadline for festival submissions: August 1, 2010

23rd International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam
Amsterdam, the Netherlands, November 18 to 28, 2010
Features and Shorts

Deadline for festival submissions (documentaries completed after April 1, 2010): August 1, 2010
Deadline to submit a film to Docs for Sale: August 15, 2010
Deadline to submit a project to The FORUM: September 1, 2010

5th International Rome Film Festival
Rome, Italy, October 28 to November 5, 2010
Full-length narratives and documentaries

Deadline for festival submissions: August 6, 2010

REMINDER

23rd Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan, October 23 to 31, 2010
Feature films – fiction and animation

48th New York Film Festival
New York, United States, September 24, 2010
Films, all genres and lengths

59th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2010
Mannheim, Germany, November 11 to 21, 2010

4th Dubai Film Connection - Co-production Market
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13 to 17, 2010
Financing Forum – Scripts in development: Feature-length narrative / documentary

NATIONAL FILM BOARD

POSITION NO. 2-1097; 2-1098
(SASKATCHEWAN and MANITOBA)

2 POSITIONS
TEMPORARY POSITIONS FOR A PERIOD OF 12 MONTHS
(With the possibility of extension)

PRODUCER, DIGITAL PLATFORM
NORTH WEST CENTRE
ENGLISH PROGRAM

11T : $40,186 à $95,643
(Technical Category)

SUMMARY:

Under the direction of the Executive Producer and in consultation with the Director, Digital Content and Strategy, envisions, initiates and encourages the conception, development and production of digital productions, documentary films, and animated films in line with the NFB’s overall mandate and mission as set by the Director General, English Program. Cultivates relationships with established and accomplished media creators and seeks new and emerging talent; assumes full creative and administrative producing responsibilities for a portfolio of projects; works with co-production partners; negotiates and prepares agreements and other documents as required for project delivery; takes an active role in meeting English Program’s objectives, as set by the Executive Producer, to find other funding sources and partners for the projects. Acts as a liaison between English and French programs on digital and linear production initiatives. Performs other duties, as defined by the Executive Producer that assist English Program in maintaining and fostering broader links to the wider production community in the Prairie Provinces (SASK and MB).

QUALIFICATIONS:

University degree in an appropriate discipline plus five years experience in the digital production industry or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Thorough understanding of new media production processes and business requirements; documentary and animated film production experience is an asset. Experience in a senior creative role in a content-focused organization. Experience negotiating contracts and rights. Demonstrated ability to move proposals through idea generation, development and production. Ability to work remotely using a range of technologies and to work independently while managing multiple projects under tight deadlines. Possesses strong leadership and project management skills. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relations with staff, colleagues and creators. Suitable personal qualities such as strong organizational skills, creativity, initiative, judgment, tact and discretion.

FLUENCY IN ENGLISH IS ESSENTIAL FOR THIS POSITION. KNOWLEDGE OF FRENCH IS AN ASSET.

If these requirements match your profile and this challenge excites you, we welcome you to send your résumé, BY JULY 14, 2010, quoting competition no. TT-20001097-W, by e-mail to rh-hr@nfb.ca, by fax to 514-283-5850 or by mail: Human Resources Branch, P.O. Box 6100, Station Centre-ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3H5.

THE RED SHOES
Sat Jul 10 at 7:00 PM
Sun Jul 11 at 7:30 PM
Wed Jul 14 at 7:30 PM

Dirs. Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger | 1948 | UK | 133 MIN

Newly restored 35 mm print!

Michael Powell's beautiful work of cinema is the story of a young ballerina who must choose between the composer who loves her and the ballet impresario who offers her the lead in his new ballet. Widely considered Powell Pressburger’s masterpiece, The Red Shoes is a haunting story which combines romance, ballet, magnificent choreography, art direction and set design. This rare 35mm print was recently restored by the UCLA Film and Television Archive with help from Martin Scorsese’s Film Foundation.

“Quite simply this is one of the miracles of cinema.” - Louise Oliver

GREENBERG
Wed Jul 7 at 7:30 PM
Thu Jul 8 at 7:30 PM
Fri Jul 9 at 7:30 PM
Sat Jul 10 at 9:30 PM

Academy Award-nominated director Noah Baumbach (The Squid and the Whale) brings us a darkly comic, touching story of two souls adrift in Los Angeles.

It wasn’t an easy decision but after careful deliberation by a jury of broadcasters and industry professionals, 8 hopeful participants were chosen to present their projects to a jury in front of a live audience at the Gimli Film Festival. Not only is this a chance for the finalists to put their projects in the spotlight, but there is a $15,000 development prize up for grabs.

To make sure that everyone is at their pitching best, On Screen Manitoba will provide finalists with one complimentary pass to Film Training Manitoba’s Creative Pitching Workshop.

The 8 projects selected are:

Bloom – Ryan FitzGerald
Fat Man Dancing – John B. Lowe
Indie Game – The Movie – James Swirsky & Lisanne Pajot
Legend of Francis the Pig – Clinton Skibitzky
Mr. Writer – Nicholas Friesen & Kaeleigh Ayre
Not Dead Yet – Sarah Constible, Tricia Cooper & Gordon Tanner
Silverback – Dan Licoppe & Dan Walechuk
The Giant Remains – John Gregory Sturko

Participants will have 3 minutes to convey a compelling story…that’s only 180 seconds! Following each pitch the jury will have 7 minutes to offer feedback and ask questions. After all pitches are completed the jury will deliberate and choose the winner who will be awarded a $15,000 cheque!

Come out and cheer on your favorite!

DATE: Saturday, July 24th
TIME: 1:30PM – 3:30PM
PLACE: Gimli Theatre (74 2nd Ave, Gimli, MB)
Gimli, Manitoba

This is a FREE event and is open to the public!

On Screen Manitoba proudly leads this initiative generously funded by Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music to support development of Manitoba talent.

Congratulations to OSM Member Danishka Esterhazy, who's feature-length film Black Field won the "Honorable Mention - Best Picture" award at the New Hope Film Festival in Pennsylvania. The screening at the New Hope Film Festival also marks Black Field's U.S. debut.

A full list of award recipents is available on their website.

The Industry Program at the Gimli Film Festival was established to provide our audience and the emerging and seasoned filmmakers with opportunities to engage in professional development, education and inspiration. The festival has established the Industry Program in theme groups that will grow and evolve in the years ahead.

INSIGHT SERIES

The objective of the Insight Series is to offer a total “vision” into the process of filmmaking. Each year a film is selected and highlighted within this series. A team of people involved in the production of the designated film is invited to attend the festival and many aspects of the filmmaking process will be examined. This series is supported by the Burns Family Foundation.

The Insight Series for 2010 will highlight director Gary Yates’ film High Life and offer an in depth look into the production of the film.

The Creative Team of High Life "From Script to Screen"
Saturday 7:00-8:30 pm Waterfront Theatre

The panel will discuss the filmmaking process from scriptwriting, set design, cinematography, music and editing.

Moderator: Claudia Garcia de la Huerta
Panelists: Gary Yates, Larry Spittle, Liz Jarvis, Stephen Carrier, Michael Marshall, Stephan Carrier

The Director – Actor Relationship
Saturday 4:30-6:00 Aspire Theatre

The panelists will address the creative process of character development, in connection to their experience with shooting High Life.

Moderator: Sean Garrity,
Panelists: Stephen Eric McIntyre, Rossif Sutherland, Gary Yates.

Scary Monsters - Creative Sound Design in the Modern Era
Saturday 12:30- 2:00 Waterfront Centre

Genie winners David Rose and Steph Carrier from Tattersall Sound and Picture will discuss the creative and technical challenges of their work on the recent films "Splice" and "High Life". Challenges of creature voice design and working with constantly changing visual effects as well as the difficulties of creating a high impact dynamic sound track on a small budget. Many practical examples will be given showing how a sound track evolves from conception to completion and the multiple layers that go into creating it.

DEVELOPMENT SERIES

Producer Panel Discussion: Producing Skills
Saturday 10:00- 11:30 Waterfront Centre

The panelists will discuss the key skills needed to survive in this business today and look at some creative new ways that films are being developed, financed, made, and distributed.

Moderator: Brendon Sawatsky
Panelists: Jody Shapiro, Liz Jarvis, Lynne Skromeda, Christina Piovesan, Linda Ludwick

Director Panel Discussion: The Auteur Director Re-invented
Saturday 10:00-11:30 Aspire Theatre

This panel will focus on how the creative process of telling the story is changing with multi platform and digital media. How will the new storytellers emerge?

Moderator: Phyllis Laing
Panelists: Sean Garrity, James Swirsky, Ryan FitzGerald

Directors Panel Discussion: Women Directors
Thursday 7:00-8:30 pm Waterfront Centre

A discussion of the challenges, obstacles and opportunities faced by women directors in the film industry today, with particular attention to funding, relationships with actors and crew and public relations.

Moderator: Liz Jarvis
Panelists: Norma Bailey, Danishka Esterhazy, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, Lisanne Pajot, Paula Kelly

Art Design and Cinematography : Visual Elements
Saturday 12:30-2:00 Aspire theatre

A discussion of the dynamics of the Art Director and the Cinematographer’ relationship; including the challenges of filming a period piece and staying within a budget.

Panelists: Larry Spittle, Ricardo Alms, Jody Shapiro, Paul Suderman,

More complete information about the panel discussions will be available on the website. Panel content and participants are subject to change, please check the festival headquarters or the website for the most recent schedule.

The filmography of the participating moderators and panelists will be found on the website.

The 10th Annual Gimli Film Festival (GFF) is set to announce this year’s line up of award-winning films – Tickets, merchandise, All Access and Industry Passeswill be available online at www.gimlifilm.com starting July 3.  A fabulous selection of films, documentaries, features and shorts from across the world, will be available for film lovers in Gimli. For the first time the program categorises films into World, Canadian, Indigenous and Circumpolar groups.

The main attraction of the GFF, the 11 metre outdoor screen on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, will showcase such films as the independent film from Newfoundland called Crackie on Wednesday evening. Passenger Side will be introduced by Director Matt Bissonnette (Who Loves the Sun) and actor Joel Bissonnette on Saturday evening and Shine of Rainbows will be closing the festival on Sunday evening. Gary Yates film High Life will be showcased on Friday July 23 at 7:30 pm in The Gimli Theatre. Guest filmmakers involved in the film will be on hand afterward for a Q & A, and then join everyone at the High Life After Party at the Johnson Hall.

The Gimli Film Festival continues to have a wide array of moving and informative documentaries, engrossing short film programs and a strong selection of independent narrative features.

The Canadian selection includes:

Love and Savagery  (dir. John N. Smith)
I Killed My Mother  (dir. Xavier Dolan)
Reel Injun  (dir. Neil Diamond)
Martha of the North  (dir. Marquise Lepage)

The World Selection includes:

Everlasting Moments  (dir. Jan Troell)
A Mother’s Corage: Talking Back To Autism  (dir. Margret Dagmar Eriksdottir)
The Cove (dir. Louie Psihoyos)

Industry events and parties include guest filmmakers from across North America.

Special guests to the 10th Annual Gimli Film Festival include:

Director, Gary Yates (High Life)
Rossif Sutherland and Stephen McIntrye (High Life)
Matt  and Joel Bissonnette (Passenger Side)
Danishka Esterhazy (Black Field)
Sean Garrity (Zooey and Adam, Lucid)
Steph Carrier and Dave Rose (Tattersall Sound – Toronto)

Complete Festival programs will be available July 3rd throughout Gimli, at Manitoba Tourism Centres and at many downtown locations in Winnipeg.  Beginning July 3rd tickets can be ordered on-line by going to www.gimlifilm.com.  For general information, call 204-642-8846.

The GFF is a non-profit charitable organization funded by the ongoing support of our Government sponsors: The Government of Manitoba, Telefilm Canada, The Government of Iceland and the R.M. of Gimli, Premier sponsors: The Daremax Foundation, The Burns Family Foundation and Platinum Sponsors:  Advance Electronics, Canwest,  and Winnipeg Free Press.

Digital Audio Post - The Easiest Way to Make Your Film 100% Better!
Presented by Precursor Productions

Date: Friday, July 23
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm at the Waterfront Centre (94 1st Ave., Gimli)
Fee: $25

Film audio is like wardrobe – if it’s not there you’ll notice it right away! And if it’s not done correctly, it sticks out like a sore thumb. This workshop unveils the incredible power of the latest techniques being used by the pros in film audio post production. Learn how recent advances in technology can dramatically increase the production value and viewing experience of ANY film. Discover a leading-edge approach to ADR, Foley, sound effect & score that you can apply to your projects immediately. You will leave the seminar inspired by a number of easy-to-implement techniques that will take your film to the next level!

Precursor Productions is a Winnipeg based, industry-leading recording studio and audio post production facility. Read more about Precursor on their website www.precursorproductions.com

TO REGISTER, please call the Gimli Film Festival Office – (204)642-8846

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Be sure to check out the article on Merit Motion Pictures produced One Ocean series, The Immersive Media World of One Ocean in this issue of the CMF's Interactivity publication.

Interactivity
Interactivity is the Canada Media Fund’s monthly publication, featuring news about the CMF and the projects we fund, as well as valuable information on industry events, awards and sales. We want to keep you up to date and connected with the Canadian content industry: let us know how you enjoy this issue and send us your ideas at info@cmf-fmc.ca.

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SaskFilm and the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN) have reached an agreement to provide services to film producers and production companies impacted by the wind-up of SCN. This agreement will transfer the management of all SCN’s outstanding contracts with film and television producers to SaskFilm.

"At this time of sector change and industry challenges, we are pleased to strengthen our relationship with producers and support the completion of these productions,” said Susanne Bell, SaskFilm CEO and Film Commissioner. “This agreement will ensure that these productions are completed and that work continues for many local film and television producers and that the transition resulting from the sale of SCN assets is handled efficiently.”

SaskFilm will support producers and production companies by helping them with financing, delivering product and licensing with broadcasters.

“SCN is determined to honour its contracts with Saskatchewan’s film producers and production companies,” Wynne Young, SCN Board Chair said. “By reaching this agreement with SaskFilm producers and production companies can be assured that their current projects will not only go ahead, they will experience efficiency in the transition period.”

SaskFilm will contact all affected parties to discuss details and determine what support services are required.

Frantic Films produced Rags to Red Carpet has its series premiere this July on every ladies guilty pleasure channel CosmoTV! Be sure to check it out Wednesdays at 9:30 p.m. and Saturdays at 8 p.m. starting on Wednesday, July 7 at 9:30 p.m.

RAGS TO RED CARPET – SERIES PREMIERE

Rags to Red Carpet is a brand new original series that brings the glitz and glam of Hollywood into the lives of everyday women who are desperately in need of a makeover. In each half hour episode, host Liz West shines the spotlight on an unsuspecting woman in need of a makeover by showing a movie trailer of the style victim’s everyday worst. When the lights come up to expose the participants’ family and friends in the audience, Liz offers the shocked woman a fabulous head-to-toe makeover with a team of top beauty experts. Armed with the latest fashion, makeup and beauty aids, these experts transform the woman into a dazzling star ready for a marvelous red carpet reveal to friends and family. Viewers can tune in as women get the chance to capture a glamorous starring role in their own life.

Produced by Frantic Films in association with CosmoTV.

SUMMER PERFORMING ARTS CAMP
August 9 - August 14
Pantages Playhouse Theatre

For Kids Ages 7 and Up

Children study acting, voice, musical theatre, dance and performing skills. The end result is a performance on the BIG STAGE!

For more information email director Kathleen Henry at kathleenhjs@aol.com

SNAKE OIL
A comedy about the gold rush days in California with a cast of children

This is episode one of a six part television mini series (22 mins).

Seeking 2 additional actors, ages 10 - 14, speaking roles

Also seeking EXTRAS for various scenes

Filming begins July 10.

For information email director Kathleen Henry at kathleenhjs@aol.com

An Opportunity to Present Your Technology to Sony Electronics
August 2-4, 2010
16535 Via Esprillo
San Diego, CA 92127

THE SONY TEAM ATTENDING:

Stan Glasgow, President & COO
Austin Noronha, VP, Strategic Technology Partnerships
Andy Tseng, VP, Corporate Development
Marc Birnkrant, VP Engineering, VAIO of America
Klaus Hofrichter, VP Software Engineering, TV group

And various other individuals responsible for engineering, business development and strategy.

WHAT SONY IS LOOKING FOR:
Sony is interested in engaging and partnering with firms talented and forward-thinking individuals to help keep us at a competitive advantage and have next-generation or disruptive technologies in the following areas:

User Interface & Intelligence

New UI technologies (voice, gesture, remote, touch, etc.)
Advanced display technologies (mobile and large screens, 3D)
Sensors for mobile devices
Content analysis & recommendation (music, video, eBook etc.); Contextual advertising.

Applications & Application Ecosystem

Networked Mobile and Stationary CE devices (Smartphone, eBook, TV, Digital Cameras)
Location-based, social media & networking, gaming, 3D
Consumer video monitoring & communication

Energy & Environment

Battery technologies & management; emerging application areas
Power supply & charging technologies
Residential smart grid / building energy network

Application Submission Deadline: July 13, 2010

CLICK HERE to apply.

How does MarketLink work?

CommNexus partners with a multination corporation that is hoping to discover new business interests and partnerships to become a MarketLink host.
The corporation establishes specific technology requirements and an assembled team of high-level decision makers, and posts its areas of interest on the CommNexus website.

An application period begins where a network of over 8,000 tech sector professionals have an opportunity to submit an application to present to the MarketLink host company.

All applications are reviewed by the host company through a web-based collaboration program and the company, not CommNexus, selects the top application companies that they would like to most meet with.

CommNexus notifies all companies about the selection results and coordinates meeting logistics with the selected participants.

CommNexus schedules meetings with selected companies and top executives from the MarketLink host company over a 2-day period. Click here for more.

ABOUT SONY ELECTRONICS:
Sony Corporation (NYSE: SNE) is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be the leading electronics and entertainment company in the world. Sony recorded consolidated annual sales of approximately $78 billion for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010.

Headquartered in San Diego, Sony Electronics is a leading provider of audio/video electronics and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. Operations include research and development, design, engineering, manufacturing, sales, marketing, distribution and customer service.

Sony innovations have become part of mainstream culture, including: the first magnetic tape and tape recorder; the world's first all-transistor TV set; the world's first color video cassette recorder; the Walkman personal stereo; the Compact Disc (CD); the first 8mm camcorder; and the first to introduce the OLED TV. Through our unique combination of technology and entertainment, Sony aims to inspire consumers around the world with innovation and joy. Click here for more.

ABOUT MarketLink:
CommNexus MarketLink is a FREE program that pairs regional companies with multinational corporations hoping to discover new business interests and partnerships. It provides a shortcut to developing new relationships by orchestrating a simple and efficient introduction process that offers selected companies the opportunity to present to executives focusing on new products and innovations in a personalized 1-on-1 session. CommNexus handles all of the logistics. All you have to do is show up.

QUESTIONS? Contact Olga Teplitsky at oteplitsky@commnexus.org

Interactive Screen 1.0 Beautiful Lives
Program dates: August 16, 2010 – August 20, 2010

Guest Curator: Daniel Canty

Now in its 15th installment at The Banff Centre, Interactive Screen is the Banff New Media Institute’s (BNMI) flagship new media event. This year, Interactive Screen 1.0: Beautiful Lives will look at the way new media intersects with our aspirations and ambitions, individual or collective, convergent or contradictory, for the betterment of life. Participants invariably come away from the event with fresh ideas and alliances, a refined set of skills, and a renewed faith in the power of new media.

Register now!

Interactive Screen 1.0 Scholarship Intensive

New media makers interested in developing a creative project or reflective essay related to this year’s theme are encouraged to apply to the Interactive Screen Scholarship Intensive.

Scholarships are available for up to 10 Canadian and international applicants and include focused mentorship and public presentation opportunities, a travel stipend of up to $550, and full financial support for program tuition, meals, and shared accommodations on The Banff Centre campus. Participants arrive two days before the start of the main Interactive Screen program. Application deadline is July 13.

Apply now!

BNMI Co-production Lab: Self-directed Co-productions

The Banff New Media Institute invites artists, producers, content creators, and researchers working with form, content, and themes that connect with the field of new media to submit project proposals for Self-directed Co-production residencies. We provide the time and space for focused work in a retreat setting. Design your own residency.

Projects in all stages, from experimentation to production, are welcome.

NSI is now accepting films for its NSI Online Short Film Festival.

Deadline to submit films, for free is 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.

GREENBERG

Fri Jul 2 at 7:30 PM
Fri Jul 2 at 9:30 PM
Sat Jul 3 at 7:30 PM
Sat Jul 3 at 9:30 PM
Sun Jul 4 at 7:30 PM
Wed Jul 7 at 7:30 PM
Thu Jul 8 at 7:30 PM
Fri Jul 9 at 7:30 PM
Sat Jul 10 at 9:30 PM

Acclaimed independent director Noam Baumbach (The Squid and The Whale) has created his finest work yet, about two souls trying to find a place in the world. Florence is an aspiring singer struggling to find her place in the world. She works as a personal assistant to the Greenberg family, beginning and ending each day tending to other people’s needs. When the family takes an extended trip abroad, Florence checks up on the family’s dog Mahler and Roger, who has come to L.A. to house sit. Single and fortyish, Roger is intelligent, witty, and sharp-tongued – and, like Florence, something of a lost soul; he is at a crossroads in his life. Roger purses an affair with her but it becomes clear it will never really work.

ONE FAST MOVE OR I'M GONE: KEROUAC'S BIG SUR
Wed Jun 30 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jul 1 at 7:00 PM

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur examines beat poet Jack Kerouac's escape from post ‘On The Road’ fame to his dream of an isolated retreat in a cabin at Big Sur.

LESLIE, MY NAME IS EVIL
Wed Jun 30 at 9:00 PM
Thu Jul 1 at 9:00 PM

Reg Harkema, one of Canada’s best independent directors (Monkey Warfare and A Girl Is a Girl), has created an incendiary new film, Leslie, My Name is Evil, loosely-based on the trial of Charles Manson and his followers.

CLOSED FOR THE LONG WEEKEND
Thu Jul 1 at 6:00 PM
Fri Jul 2 at 6:00 PM

Please note that the Cinematheque and Winnipeg Film Group's offices will be closed Thur July 1 and Fri July 2, for the Canada Day long-weekend.

IN 2010
Sept 12 - 14, 2010
Toronto, Canada

IN 2010 ˆ the INteractive Exchange - explores the visionary ideas, creative excellence and technological innovations that generate truly engaging interactive experiences. From games to film, from social media to mobile, IN 2010 will bring together International industry leaders for 2.5 days of networking, ideation and business in downtown Toronto.

By registering with this code INDP15, receive 15% off Regular Rates. Visit www.inexchange10.com to register.

The conference will be divided into the following streams:

Mobile:
The IN Mobile stream will present sessions from case studies to discussions about the latest and greatest key developments, the current status and future development trends in wireless technology.

Social Media:
Social Media at IN will focus on the creative and business opportunities in a sector which is continuously reinventing itself through user-generated content. Showcasing leading-edge projects and discussions about the newest communication platforms, these sessions will explore marketing, collaboration, information sharing, and experimental crossovers.

Games:
The video games industry continues to be one of the fastest growing industries worldwide. With an eye toward intellectual property, which is exploitable along multiple entertainment verticals, this stream brings creative, production and business perspectives to the table at IN 2010. Industry veterans will discuss current trends, explore leading-edge projects and examine the challenges and opportunities that exist in crossover projects.

X-Platform:
This stream focuses on the opportunities that lie in the digital media content space as it continues to grow by showcasing the interconnectedness of various interactive sectors within cultural and digital media industries. This stream highlights the potential creative and business opportunities that exist between platforms.

Visionary:
The visionary stream is dedicated to showcasing thought-leaders. Made up of the innovators, originators, inventors and explorers of big ideas. These forward-thinkers share their vision and in turn, incite new ways of thinking about business models, interactivity, and technology.

IN 2010 ˆ the INteractive Exchange ˆ is presented by Interactive Ontario (io)

The Winnipeg Jewish Review has just published a story on Farpoint Films and Andrew Wall's documentary The Paper Nazis.

Click here to read the article

The Paper Nazis will premiere on MTS Video On Demand in the fall of 2010. Stay tuned to farpointfilms.com for more details.

(Voir le message en français ci-dessous)

Canada Media Fund Supports Content Creation in Diverse Languages

June 29, 2010 (Toronto) – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) today released guidelines for its Diverse Languages Program. The Diverse Languages Program, which forms part of the CMF’s Convergent Stream, ensures that Canadians have access to content that reflects the variety of languages they speak. The program will provide funding support for the creation of Canadian content for television and digital media platforms in languages other than English, French, and Canadian Aboriginal languages, which are served by the CMF’s other funding programs.

Program guidelines are available for download on the CMF website under Create at www.cmf-fmc.ca.

Le Fonds des médias du Canada appuie la création de contenus dans diverses langues

Toronto, le 29 juin 2010 – Le Fonds des médias du Canada (FMC) a publié aujourd’hui les Principes directeurs régissant son Programme de diversité linguistique. Le Programme de diversité linguistique, qui fait partie intégrante du Volet convergent du FMC, assure que les Canadiens auront accès au contenu reflétant la diversité des langues qu’ils parlent. Le programme accordera un soutien financier pour la création de contenu canadien par le biais de plateformes télévision et médias numériques dans des langues autres que l’anglais, le français et les langues autochtones utilisées au Canada, qui bénéficient de l’aide financière dans le cadre d’autres programmes de financement du FMC.

Les principes directeurs régissant le programme sont téléchargeables à partir du site Web du FMC sous Créer au : www.cmf-fmc.ca.

8 companies and 8 Industry leaders were featured during a 43-minute video showcasing some of our brightest and most innovative new media superstars. Since screening that showcase and marketing it to businesses across North America, the individuals and companies that participated have generated an additional $551,000 in new business for themselves over the past 7 months.

New Media Manitoba would like to do it again.

They want to hear stories about your business. They're looking for personal stories, stories that excite, touch, inspire, make people want to follow their passions and become part of the New Media business community in Manitoba.

You may not think you even have a story but we're betting you do! It doesn't matter if you're a big company, or just a one person operation, you have something unique about you to share.

Start by sending us an e-mail and answering the following questions:

Who are you?
What does your business do?
What is exciting, touching, inspiring about your business?
Do you have any unique stories or events that have happened at your business?
How has the New Media business community in Manitoba and/or NMM helped your business?
Include full contact information (phone number, email, website) and links to projects, if applicable.

Deadline for applications is 5pm June 30th, 2010. You can send your email with the above links to iamasuperstar@newmediamanitoba.com

If you are selected you will need to be available for the month of July to be filmed. You'll be responsible for sharing support graphics, videos, and animations with us to include in the profile.

One small caveat I'll mention is that they're still working on getting all the resources in place to shoot the videos and have a similar IMAX event like last year. It costs a fair bit of money to host an event of this size so we're seeking sponsorship. If you know of someone that can help support this initiative with some investment please let us know.

Congratulations to OSM Member Les Productions Rivard whose project Pour un soir seulement III has been nominated for a PRIX GEMEAUX for best photography/lighting. Good Luck!

Meilleure direction photographique ou éclairage : humour, variétés toutes catégories

Éric C. Lapointe
POUR UN SOIR SEULEMENT III «Caracol et Alexandre Désilets»
(Les Productions Rivard)

Philippe Roy
COMICOGRAPHIE «Martin Petit»
(Juste pour Rire TV)

Pierre-Simon Mainville
EN DIRECT DU STUDIO 42... 35 ANS D’HISTOIRE
(Bubbles Television)

Jacques Gilbert
ON PREND TOUJOURS UN TRAIN «Épisode 9»
(Société Radio-Canada et Les Productions Minh Thao)

Hubert Gagnon
RED BULL CRASHED ICE 2010
(Gestev)

Liste des finalistes 2010: http://evenements.acct.ca/documents/gem10-finalistes.pdf

Welcome to Cubicle Land
Original Pictures presents a hilarious new interactive web series
Jared Story, Uptown Magazine

Hi (insert your name here). My name is Jared and I’m calling on behalf of Uptown Magazine.

If you were taking a nap or eating dinner, I apologize. I just want to tell you about Cubicle Land, a new web series from Winnipeg’s Original Pictures.

“There are nine episodes and they’re each about two minutes long,” explains Jessica Krawec, 27, of Original. “It’s about three twentysomethings working in a call centre and it’s just a silly comedy about the ‘joys’ of working in a call circle together."

Visit Uptown Magazine Online to view the full article.

ON SCREEN MANITOBA PRESENTS…

Breakfast with Carolle Brabant
Newly Appointed Telefilm Canada Executive Director
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

A 20-year veteran of Telefilm Canada, Carolle Brabant brings to her new role a unique mix of financial acumen and artistic vision. Her in-depth knowledge of public and private funding has considerably strengthened Telefilm’s efforts to build audiences and industry capacity. Ms. Brabant spearheaded Telefilm’s new role as administrator of the Canadian Television Fund, and continues to oversee Telefilm’s work with the newly created Canada Media Fund.

Some of the themes Ms. Brabant will cover:

Telefilm...
• must help the industry deal with a current groundswell of change
• must learn how to better serve its clients in useful and creative ways
• should become a real instrument of success for the industry
• must reorient its regional strategies

DATE:
Tuesday, July 6, 2010

TIME:
Registration & Networking Breakfast- 8:30 a.m.
Presentation- 9:00 a.m.

PLACE:
Place Louis Riel-190 Smith Street
Riel Room

Registration Fees:

OSM Member Registration $20 ($1.00 GST included)
Non-Member Registration $30 ($1.50 GST included)
(Registration fees include hot breakfast)

Registration Policies:

1. Deadline for ALL registrations is 5:00 pm on June 30, 2010.
2. Registration will be accepted by email, fax, phone or in-person.
3. We accept Visa, Mastercard, cash and cheques. Company invoicing is also available.
4. Please make cheques payable to “On Screen Manitoba”.
5. Due to food & beverage requirements, there will be no refunds. In the event that you cannot attend, you may arrange for a colleague to replace you.

REGISTRATION FORM (PDF)

How to Register:

1. Email: tracy@onscreenmanitoba.com
2. Fax: (204) 943.4007
3. In-Person: 100-62 Albert Street, Winnipeg, MB
4. Phone (204) 927.5898

*OSM membership forms will be available at the Networking Breakfast or call us today to join!

Thank you to our partners:

Telefilm Canada
Place Louis Riel

By: Denis Seguin, Playback

"The next Guy Maddin film." It's an event -- even for the auteur himself.

Reached in Winnipeg via email, Maddin admitted to full-on "panic mode" as he readies Keyhole - set to go to camera on July 6.

Executive produced by Phyllis Laing of Buffalo Gal Pictures (Amreeka, The Stone Angel) and distributed in Canada by E1 Entertainment, the $1.2 million project reunites the Winnipeg wunderkind with his muse, Isabella Rossellini, and his rock, producer Jody Shapiro, who has guided most of Maddin's later oeuvre. German stalwart Udo Kier and Kids In The Hall alum Kevin McDonald are also in the cast. In the lead -- and slightly out of left field -- is American actor Jason Patric (Speed 2, My Sister's Keeper).

Written by Maddin and his long-time collaborator George Toles, the screenplay is an Odyssian tale set within the confines of a house. Patric is Ulysses Pick, a gangster returning to his home after a long absence. Naturally, he is carrying a drowned girl who has now come back to life. The film moves from room to room culminating at the boudoir of Ulysses' wife, Rossellini's Hyacinth.

"I've been haunted for years by dreams almost exclusively about architecture, buildings completely devoid of people. George and I figured out a way to make a film about the residents of a house that's every bit as much about the house itself, a movie in which setting and character are completely inseparable, ... each of these halves are in a constant state of haunting each other," Maddin told Playback Daily.

Asked how he came to cast Patric, Maddin said the two met at an Edward Hopper-esque diner in Illinois after a screening of James Foley's After Dark My Sweet. Both the film and the actor left a powerful impression on Maddin.

"It seemed like he walked right off the screen to continue life as the film's vulnerable but extremely dangerous punch-drunk boxer turned kidnapper," the director recalled.

Maddin said he made a vow to himself that he would one day create a role for Patric. He added, "Given the right role, this guy can carry a movie, and its crew and all the picture vehicles and trailers behind him. Just harness him up and let him haul!"
 

By: Marise Strauss, Playback

The new czar at Telefilm Canada wants to cut red tape within the organization and implement new guidelines to gauge the success of homegrown movies beyond the box office.

Carolle Brabant on Tuesday made her first official appearance in English Canada since her appointment as the new executive director of the federal film funding agency in March, replacing Wayne Clarkson.

Digital convergence and its impact on the industry was top of mind for Brabant, as she spoke in Toronto of the agency's responsibility to help the audiovisual sector deal with a current "groundswell of change."

"Digital media is beginning to shape entertainment and culture in ways we don't fully understand yet," observed the chartered accountant in her speech to industry leaders and filmmakers, adding that Telefilm is in discussions with Heritage and Industry Canada to develop a national digital strategy.

New technology is also changing the way stories are delivered, and success of a homegrown film cannot be determined by its box office receipts alone, she remarked to reporters afterwards. (Telefilm's corporate mandate has been to increase the box office for Canadian movies to 5%, a goal that it has been unable to attain).

"[We] have to find other ways of measuring success. People are looking at cultural products on many different [screens]," she said, admitting that the organization is in a transition period. "We are in a difficult period because we don't know what the new business model will be," Brabant added, noting that Telefilm is not only looking for hits, but for a diversity of films. (The organization has a budget of $100 million for feature films this year).

"Box office is not the only measure of success," agreed filmmaker Clement Virgo, who was in the audience. "A lot of films don't make money at the box office but they make money on television, DVD, VOD. [The current] model is an old model," he told Playback Daily. Virgo is currently working on a feature adaptation of Lawrence Hill's bestselling The Book of Negroes, which he hopes to shoot in Toronto, Halifax and West Africa next year.

Brabant continued to paint in broad strokes her vision for Telefilm but was short on specifics. She spoke of a desire to cut back on the amount of red tape within the organization and reduce the number of guidelines.

"[Currently] we have one guideline for each and every program...we're looking at reducing that so there won't be 32 guidelines every year that have to be updated, published and promoted," she said.

When asked for an opinion on Alberta culture minister Lindsay Blackett's controversial comments last week, in which he suggested that Canadian-made TV shows were "crap" in a panel at the Banff World Television Festival, Brabant said she "totally disagrees."

"When I say that I'm a true fan of what we're producing, I am. I would not be heading Telefilm if I didn't think that the taxpayer dollars were not well invested," she said.
 

Pepto Bismol is searching for talented filmmakers to create a series of video ads for their new Eat, Drink and Be Covered campaign. The prizes for this competition total $30,000, and the grand prize winner will be awarded $15,000. The winning ads may also be selected to air on TV. Give yourself the opportunity to create ads and be associated with one of the most recognized brands in the world! Imagine the benefits of adding a brand like Pepto to your portfolio! Visit Zooppa at the link below to read the full brief and get started.

http://zooppa.com/signup

Zooppa is a global online community of filmmakers and graphic designers who are interested in creating ads for the world’s best brands. To date, Zooppa members have earned up to $600,000 for their contributions.

Camera/Editor Casual Pool

APTN is creating a casual pool of Camera/Editors to work out of our various locations: Edmonton, Saskatoon and Iqaluit on a casual basis. Reporting to the Manager of Operations in Ottawa these experienced individuals will be responsible for assisting in the daily production of APTN National News & Current Affairs.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Shoots and edits news materials for News & Current Affairs programming; interviews, b-roll, stand ups, stock footage, and sequences etc.
• Edmonton and Saskatoon bureau: o operates Sony XDCAM; edits on Avid Newscutter Nitris DX non-linear system
• Iqaluit bureau: o operates Sony XDCAM and DVCAM; should be familiar with tape-to-tape editing.
• Logs and digitizes material prior to the edit session
• Organizes material including audio, video, music, graphics titles, effects, clips, bins and sequences within the editing system
• Completes rough and final edit and outputs the final product to tape or to disc
• Conducts live and live-to-tape double-ender interviews from studio or remote locations
• Performs required dubs to and from all APTN formats
• Completes equipment, tape and broadcast fault reports as required.
• Consults with Broadcast Technologists on technical, maintenance and repair issues
• Maintains the videotape/stock footage library and videotape and camera supply inventory

Education/Experience:
• Diploma or certificate from college or university; five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination
• HD production experience required
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, internet and e-mail software, and broadcast
industry technology required
• Proof of valid driver’s license (driver’s abstract) required
• Shift work and travel are required; must be able to carry camera gear
• Knowledge of French and/or at least one Aboriginal language would be an asset
As this position is part of a bargaining unit, the successful candidate will operate under the collective agreement with the Canadian Media Guild.

Remuneration: DOQ/DOE

Please forward your resume quoting Competition 09/10-31, where you saw this ad and which location you are interested in, by 3 p.m. (CST), Thursday, July 8, 2010 to:

Human Resources
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
339 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB  R3B 2C3

Fax: 204-943-2368
E-Mail: careers@aptn.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. As an Aboriginal employer we encourage First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants to apply.

A Celebration of a Life Well Lived
Fundraiser for PAL (Performing Arts Lodge)

Honouring Wayne Nicklas, 1951—2010

Date: Sunday, June 27, 2010
Time: Silent Auction 6:00 PM Performance 7:00 PM
Where: Prairie Theatre Exchange 3rd Floor Portage Place, 393 Portage Avenue

Tickets $30 - Everyone Welcome!

Performances
Co-Hosts - David King & Brian Richardson
Joined by - Harry Nelken, Ti Hallas, David Gillies, Fred Penner, Al Simmons, Sam Broverman, Ilena Zaramba, Judy Cook & Lorne Wheeler And Many More

PAL (Performing Arts Lodge) is an organisation dedicated to helping members of Winnipeg’s Arts and Cultural Industries.

The Government of Saskatchewan today announced that, after careful review and analysis of the Expressions of Interest from groups interested in buying the Saskatchewan Communications Network (SCN), it has decided to sell SCN’s assets and operations to Bluepoint Investment Corporation.

“Bluepoint offered the best bid. It was also the only proposal with a business plan that required no public investment,” Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport Minister Dustin Duncan said. “Along with buying the assets there is also a commitment to buy new Saskatchewan programming content that will support the film industry and to develop digital content. This proposal is the best value for taxpayer dollars.”

Bluepoint Investment Corporation is a private, Canadian-owned business whose offer includes a commitment to purchase SCN’s physical assets as well as its film and video assets. Bluepoint will also be financially responsible for ongoing operations while applying to the CRTC for a transfer of the existing broadcast license.

“We are delighted to have the opportunity to operate SCN in the spirit of its original vision, yet with a real chance to grow its audience base with additional programming. Bluepoint’s aim is and has been to grow as a respected broadcaster with a focus on community. Our SCN purchase fits that goal perfectly”, CEO and founder of Bluepoint Investment Corporation Bruce Claassen said.

Throughout the process, government has listened to suggestions and feedback about the future of SCN. It heard from many people that keeping an educational broadcaster in Saskatchewan was a preference. Bluepoint provides the best option to achieve this.

“We took the time to review and evaluate all proposals and we are confident we have made an informed decision,” Duncan said. “Ultimately the success of the venture will depend on the creativity, innovation, vision and business savvy of the new owners.”

Written by Gemma Manangan
Communications Coordinator
On Screen Manitoba

If you’re involved in the Manitoba film industry you’ve probably heard of them. If you’ve made a Western you’ve definitely worked with them. We’re talking about Jeff Page and Mavis Bruce of Reel Horse Wranglers. They’re a service company that provides horses, among other services, for film, television and live performances.

Jeff Page is not new to the business; he’s been working in the film industry since 1993. Starting out as a Horse Wrangler, he trained and supplied horses for documentaries and occasionally filled in as an actor.

In 2004 Jeff met Mavis and became more serious about the possibility of turning his hobby into a business. And in 2006 Reel Horse Wranglers was formed. With more than 20 horses at the ranch, supplying the animals for film and theatre productions is still one of the company’s major services. But since being able to horseback ride isn’t an essential skill for an actor, they also provide riding lessons on and off set.

Eventually Reel Horse Wranglers branched out into sets, wagons, props and costumes, mostly for Western themed concepts, but that could also be used in many Period Pieces. While it may seem risky to start a business that serves a very marginal genre, Jeff saw an opportunity to service this niche market.

“It used to be that they would bring in horses from other provinces like Alberta when a production required horses on set. We’re trying to change that and make these services available here in Manitoba,” Jeff says. “As a prairie province we have the right setting for Westerns and Period Pieces. We’ve started out by offering horse services to productions and it was just natural for us to progress into offering the sets and props that go along with these types of productions.”

The Reel Horse Wranglers ranch is located near Birds Hill Park and has become the setting for many feature-length, short films and music videos made here in Manitoba. With rural sets, stables, a stagecoach, antique props, and the only interior saloon in Manitoba, you definitely feel as though you’ve been transported straight into one of John Ford’s Westerns.

While many are under the impression that Reel Horse Wranglers is a service company only for Westerns, some of their most recent Manitoba productions include a variety of genres, such as; Farpoint Films Documentary Lost Bones: In Search of Sitting Bull’s Grave and Danishka Esterhazy’s Gothic Prairie Romance Black Field.

Reel Horse Wranglers also lends their services to smaller productions, such as short films. Last year, local filmmaker Ryan Simmons made his short film Steele VS The Sasquatch at the Reel Horse Wranglers ranch, where Jeff and Mavis were willing to lend their services to the smaller production.

“To help others start off is a bonus in our line of work; it’s great to see what people can create and to be a part of it,” says Jeff. “On the set of 'Sam Steele VS The Sasquatch', Ryan used a Snider-Enfield, a real antique gun. Where else can you access to stuff like that. We’re really passionate about having the right props our filmmakers need to make their films look authentic.”

Jeff and Mavis have also been involved in helping nurture and grow the future filmmakers of Manitoba, lending their services to the Independent Film Class at Oak Park High School on several occasions. With the help of Reel Horse Wranglers, the students at Oak Park have shot a music video for Kerri Woelke’s song ‘Last Dance’ and a short film entitled Intervention. Mavis says it’s important to give back to the community and get involved in activities that will help it grow.

“We enjoy helping out the local community. Sometimes there can be a lack of budget. We understand that. But on these smaller productions everyone still has to work hard for little pay or sometimes no pay at all. It’s worth it, because it’s all in an effort to produce something great.”

Snake River – A Manitoba Labour of Love

Snake River, which had its premiere this year, is a brilliant tribute to the classic Westerns we all know and love. The film took about six months to shoot, with production starting in May 2007. A true labour of love, the all Manitoban crew spent their free time on evenings and weekends shooting the project. Reel Horse Wranglers was involved in the pre-production, test shots and riding. Although the film had practically no budget, Jeff says it really didn’t take much to convince him to jump on board.

“I’d worked with Joe before on a commercial and one day he called me up with this idea for a film, a Western. He let me know right away there wasn’t much of a budget, but we offered him our services, because we knew that Joe was a capable director and we wanted to help bring his vision to the screen.”

Snake River has been praised for having a very professional look, even though it was made on a modest budget. A big part of the professional look achieved can be attributed to the work of Reel Horse Wranglers.

“On set we are constantly looking at the details and asking ourselves if it looks believable,” says Mavis. “We’re continuously bouncing ideas off each other and if something doesn’t seem right, we make it right. In this business I’ve learned that a little bit of ingenuity goes a long way.”

While there are several horse wranglers in Winnipeg, you’d be hard pressed to find one that provides the level of service that Jeff and Mavis do at Reel Horse Wranglers.

“On a shoot we’re there on set with our Transport Trucks and Wagons before any of the crew and we’re usually the last ones to leave at the end of the day,” says Mavis. “We really love what we do and that’s why we always give it our all on every production we’re a part of.”

Reel Horse Wranglers will be hosting an open house sometime in September. Stay tuned to OSM for details.

Gimli Film Festival Seminars
Presented by Film Training Manitoba

Creative Pitching Workshop

Instructor: Mickey Rogers, Global Media Strategist

Friday, July 23rd | 9 am to 3:30 pm | The Aspire Theatre, Gimli, MB
Cost: $65 in advance or $75 at the door (cash or cheque only at door)

Join pitching coach Mickey Rogers and a panel of industry representatives for an intensive workshop on the art of pitching. The morning session will cover how to deliver your pitch, what materials you should use, the sizzle reel, and how to incorporate multi-platforms into your pitch. By the afternoon session participants will be able to practice their pitch in front of established producers who will provide feedback and guidance on each presentation. (Limited pitch time available, please contact FTM for more info.)

Mickey Rogers is an entrepreneur, broadcaster, producer and distributor. She has over 20 award winning years in the media business and knows what it takes to launch a profitable project into the Canadian and international marketplace. As a global media strategist to clients such as Martha Stewart Omnimedia, Corus Entertainment, Creative Business Wales and the National Screen Institute, Mickey has dramatically expanded her clients’ international business opportunities. To learn more about Mickey visit www.mrogersmedia.com/about.html

How to Register:
Space is limited. Advanced registration for these seminars is recommended and can be made in person at the FTM office 100 – 62 Albert St., or by phone 204.989.9669. We accept Visa, MasterCard, cheque, or cash.

For more information about the Gimli Film Festival please visit www.gimlifilm.com 
For maps and Directions visit http://www.gimlifilm.com/festival-info/maps-and-directions

Gimli Film Festival Seminars
Presented by Film Training Manitoba

The Business of Multi-Platform Delivery: One Ocean, A Case Study

Presenters: Merit Jensen Carr, President, Merit Motion Pictures, Alexa Resentreter, Interactive Producer, Merit Motion Pictures, Kevin Glasier, Interactive Producer and President of Tactica

Thursday, July 22nd | 3 pm to 6 pm | Waterfront Centre – Lady of the Lake Theatre, Gimli, MB
Cost: $25.00

In today’s world we are surrounded by a multi-platform convergent media world that is changing the way we create, consume, learn and interact with each other. In order for producers, filmmakers, and directors to navigating the future of Canadian entertainment we need to switch the focus from “What can we do?” to “What should we do?”

This workshop will explore the definition of an interactive producer, discuss the business concerns when using multi-platform media, and review the value of incorporating a new media component into the development process.

To learn more about the documentary series One Ocean, please visit http://oneocean.cbc.ca/

Presenter Bios :
http://oneocean.cbc.ca/series/credits/kevin-glasier
http://oneocean.cbc.ca/series/credits/alexa-rosentreter
http://oneocean.cbc.ca/series/credits/merit-jensen-carr

How to Register:
Space is limited. Advanced registration for these seminars is recommended and can be made in person at the FTM office 100 – 62 Albert St., or by phone 204.989.9669. We accept Visa, MasterCard, cheque, or cash.

For more information about the Gimli Film Festival please visit www.gimlifilm.com
For maps and Directions visit http://www.gimlifilm.com/festival-info/maps-and-directions

67th Mostra Internazionale d’Arte Cinematografica
Venice, Italy, Sepptember 1 to 11, 2010
(Feature-length narratives and documentaries)

CONSOLIDATED SHIPMENT TO VENISE

DEADLINE to receive material at Telefilm Canada : 29 juin 2010

Information and registration procedure

The document "Information and registration procedure" outlines the Festival’s sections and their eligibility requirements.

The Venice Film Festival is a FIAPF "A" category competitive festival, and along with Cannes, counts as one of the oldest and most important competitive festivals in the world.

Entry Fee
The Festival waives entry fees for films presented entered via Telefilm Canada.

CANADA PAVILION AT MIPCOM 2010
October 4 to 8, 2010
Cannes, France

Telefilm Canada is currently soliciting applications from Canadian production and distribution companies for MIPCOM 2010. MIPCOM is the most important global content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing entertainment content across all platforms. It provides the key decision-makers in the TV, film, digital and audiovisual content, production and distribution industry with conference and networking forum to discover future trends and trade content rights on a global level.

Under the Canada Pavilion umbrella, Telefilm Canada, its partners and sponsor, offer many services at attractive rates.

In 2009, there were 12,017 industry professionals, including 4,027 buyers and 4,122 companies from 100 countries. The Canada Pavilion covers a surface area measuring more than 450 m2 and can accommodate a maximum of 80 companies, making it MIPCOM’s largest national pavilion.

For more information, visit www.mipcom.com

Deadline : August 13, 2010

Information
Participation form

It pays to use eTelefilm!
Telefilm Canada is expanding the use of its eTelefilm services to include it festival and market activities. We encourage you to subscribe now to eTelefilm.

If you are a registered E-Telefilm user, click on the same link and connect directly to eTelefilm.

If the above is not possible, Download, complete and sign the attached participation form.

STORYVILLE VANCOUVER
25TH VANCOUVER FILM & TV FORUM
September 28 - October 1, 2010

ENTRY FORM (XLS)

Submission Deadline: August 20, 2010

The 25th edition of the Vancouver Film & TV Forum runs from Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 plus New Filmmakers' Day, Oct. 2. The 2010 Forum is proud to stimulate the development, co-financing and co-production of the creative documentary at Storyville Vancouver, an opportunity for filmmakers based in the Pacific Northwest to pitch their projects to an international forum of commissioning editors.

Storyville Vancouver, in parternship with BC public broadcaster Knowledge Network Corporation, is scheduled for presentation during The Forum on Tuesday, September 28, 2010. The Forum and Knowledge is delighted to have attracted some of the world's leading broadcasters to Vancouver to help our filmmakers develop long-term strategic relationships and enhance project development.

Pre-selected creative, feature lenght (minimum TV hour) documentary projects, at various levels of development, from the Pacific Northwest will be publicly pitched to international commissioning editors with accredited Forum observers in attendance. Commissioning editors confirmed to date include Tom Koch (PBS), Gregory Sanderson (BBC Storyville), Randy Brinson (KCTS 9), Hans Robert Eisenhauer (ZDF/Arte) and Murray Battle (Knowledge Network). Please visit www.viff.org/forum for updates on additional participants.

Upcoming Films

ONE FAST MOVE OR I'M GONE: KEROUAC'S BIG SUR
Fri Jun 25 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 26 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 30 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jul 1 at 7:00 PM

One Fast Move or I'm Gone: Kerouac's Big Sur examines beat poet Jack Kerouac's escape from post ‘On The Road’ fame to his dream of an isolated retreat in a cabin at Big Sur.

LESLIE, MY NAME IS EVIL
Fri Jun 25 at 9:00 PM
Sat Jun 26 at 9:30 PM
Wed Jun 30 at 9:00 PM
Thu Jul 1 at 9:00 PM

Reg Harkema, one of Canada’s best independent directors (Monkey Warfare and A Girl Is a Girl), has created an incendiary new film, Leslie, My Name is Evil, loosely-based on the trial of Charles Manson and his followers.

48 HOUR FILM CONTEST - SCREENING
Sun Jun 27 at 7:30 PM

All films completed for this year's 48 Hour Film Contest will premiere at Cinematheque on Sunday June 27 at 7:30 PM. Admission is $5. All are welcome!

BEVERLY HILLS FILM, TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL
October 21-24, 2010
Beverly Hills, CA

CALL FOR ENTRIES:
Feature Length Films (All Genres), Television Content, New Media: Webisodes & Mobile Content, Short Documentaries, Feature Documentaries, Short Films, Music Videos, Animation, New Media: digital/electronic/interactive media projects, web-episodes ("webisodes"), 3D projects, cell phone movies (under 3 minutes), mobile content, video based websites and computer games.

Regular Submission Deadline: July 30, 2010
Late Submission Deadline: August 27, 2010
Extended Submission Deadline: September 17, 2010 (late fee may apply)

Please visit our website to submit your film: http://www.bhfilmtvnewmedia.com/

MISSION & OBJECTIVE:
The Beverly Hills Film, Television & New Media Festival's mission statement is to provide a platform where content producers can showcase their works and increase the opportunities to maximize their full deserved potential in distribution, marketing and industry recognition.

ABOUT BEVERLY HILLS FILM, TELEVISION & NEW MEDIA FESTIVAL:
The Beverly Hills Film, Television & New Media Festival is an international, competitive 4-day festival that aims to present an elite selection of independent cinema and television content and serves as a forum for prominent film and TV industry members and independent filmmakers to meet, learn from each other and share ideas in the Heart of Beverly Hills, sister city of Cannes. The BHFTF welcomes Hollywood's hottest stars, producers, distributors, critics and media. Film and TV professionals and the interested public will have the opportunity to gain industry knowledge through interaction within a festival environment. The festival will offer attendees quality films and television content, seminars, panels, pitch sessions and social gatherings while expanding their knowledge of cinema and enhancing their appreciation of the filmmaking process. With red carpet premieres, black-tie society gala, exclusive industry cocktail soirees andchauffeured antique Bentleys and limos, the festival will celebrate authentic Old Hollywood glamour, combined with an updated twist of the emerging technology of today

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Congratulations to the OSM Members Buffalo Gal Pictures whose co-production Less Than Kind received an impressive 7 Canadian Comedy Award nominations and Frantic Films whose Winnipeg Comedy Festival received a nomination.

Buffalo Gal Pictures' Less Than Kind nominated for:

Direction - Television Program or Series – Kelly Makin
Writing - Television Program or Series – Garry Campbell and Mark McKinney
Performance by a Male - Television – Dave Foley
Performance by a Female - Television – Jennifer Irwin and Wendel Meldrum
Performance ensemble - Television – Jesse Camacho, Wendel Meldrum, Benjamin Arthur, Nancy Sorel, Maury Chaykin - Less Than Kind

Frantic Films' Winnipeg Comedy Festival nominated for:

Taped Live Performance - Darcy Michael - Winnipeg Comedy Festival

For the full list of nominees visit canadiancomedy.ca

In order to be sure that everyone invited has the opportunity to apply, we’re moving the application deadline to Wednesday June 23rd, 2010.

Please carefully note that this will move our Show Off! Orientation Session date to: Saturday June 26th 2010.

Thanks to all who have already entered!

Haven’t decided what to write about yet? Have a few questions about "Show Off!"

We’ve added some details below to help you out:

CBC Television and Freeze Frame: Media Arts Centre for Young People are teaming up to provide a select group of young people aged 14 to 18 with the opportunity to create a one-minute video exploring the arts and culture. Entitled “Show Off!” a collection of the one-minute videos will be broadcast by CBC September 24 as part of Culture Days 2010, hosted by Jian Ghomeshi (CBC Radio, Q).

Here's the deal:

30 students, in groups of 2 will each be assigned a medium to visually represent. Each pair will have two tasks:

First, to visually represent (can be in a non-traditional way) their assigned medium in 1-2 minutes.

Second, to capture their partners "behind-the-scenes" process of film making.

The one to two minute videos created, in addition to the footage taken of the 'making of process' will be used in the CBC Television special.
 
MEDIUMS (may include but not limited to):

With Your Bare Hands: capturing textiles, sculpting, origami, needlepoint, etc.
Visual art ie. Tattooing, painting, graffiti, photography
Dance
Music (needs to be original music)
Written/spoken word
Design
 
We are creating videos that document different art forms - but the videos themselves are artwork too - interpretation and visual representation is left completely to the participants.
 
To Apply:

Send us a 500-word blog, paper or letter and tell us: “How has art (any form) influenced or changed my life?” This is an open question - seeking individuals who can demonstrate they have a grasp of what art (be it a specific form or in general terms) means to them, how art has affected them on a personal level - feelings, thoughts, emotions, world view, perception and/or cultural understanding.

We will also accept personal stories about how their involvement in art (be it a specific form or in general terms) has changed their lives, influenced their decisions or maybe even helped them plan for the future.

Entries can be submitted via email: info@freezeframeonline.org or by mail to 465-70 Arthur Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G7
Please include your full name, address, email and phone number.

Must be between the ages of 14 and 18 to apply.

All successful applicants will be contacted by email or phone: June 23rd  2010.

**Saturday June 26th – Orientation Session - Location TBD
June 26th to July 3rd – Shooting (independent timelines)
July 3rd to 7th - Editing Suite Open (Freeze Frame office TBD according to need)
All footage, raw and edited will be submitted to CBC by July 9th 2010
August 15th to 17th – Shooting with Jian Ghomeshi
 
- Culture Days is a free, interactive celebration of arts and culture from coast to coast to coast. This fall, Canadians everywhere will participate in thousands of free events that bring creators and the public together to celebrate the creative vitality of our communities. -

www.culturedays.ca

The Canada Media Fund today released highlights from the Canadian Television Fund’s final program year, which ended on March 31, 2010.

“The board, staff, and stakeholders spent the past year working together towards a successful transition to the Canada Media Fund,” said Valerie Creighton, President and CEO of the Canada Media Fund. “While ensuring the CTF’s programs successfully delivered almost $328 million in funds to Canadian productions, we also engaged our stakeholders across the country to participate in an extensive consultation process which informed the creation of the policies and programs of the new Canada Media Fund. We would like to sincerely thank everyone who contributed their time and ideas to this process.” 

The following are highlights of the CTF’s funding results from 2009-2010:

* Revenues for 2009-2010 were $325 million, with a 6% increase in the contribution from cable and satellite service distributors and a stable contribution from the Department of Canadian Heritage.

* Administrative expenses were limited to 4.2% of revenues, including costs incurred by both the CTF and the Television Business Unit at Telefilm Canada, which administers the CTF’s programs.

* Total CTF funding for all streams was 14% higher than in 2008-2009 and 23% higher than the average of the four previous years.

* Production funding was $307 million, representing an increase of 21% over the average of the four previous years.

* 476 production and 352 development television projects were funded, with total budgets of over $1 billion and $22 million, respectively; this resulted in the creation of over 2,400 hours of new Canadian programming. The ratio of CTF funding to total television budgets continues to be approximately 1:3.

* In the English market, six of the top ten programs posted average minute audiences of more than one million viewers; in the French market, the top ten programs posted average minute audiences of more than 1.1 million viewers.

* The CTF disbursed 69% of its production funding through licence fee top-ups and 31% through equity investments.

* The $10 million Digital Media Program supported 43 English and 34 French digital media projects related to CTF-funded television shows.

* The $10 million Production Incentive supported English production in Atlantic Canada (4 projects) and British Columbia and the Yukon and Northwest Territories (35 projects), where volumes had dropped significantly below their historic averages.

Stéphane Cardin, VP of Industry and Public Affairs, announced the creation of a new publication that reports on audiences to each individual show supported by the funding agency. The CMF Audience Reports launched today present data on average minute audiences to individual programs funded by the CTF that aired during the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 broadcast years. These reports are available as an interactive web interface and downloadable PDFs at www.cmf-fmc.ca.

The CTF 2009-2010 Annual Report will be available in fall 2010. The CMF 2009-2010 Audience Report will be published in spring 2011.

Ms. Creighton also mentioned that the CMF will soon announce plans for the next phase of its ongoing consultation with the industry. Details will be provided as soon as they are available.

Accomplished media professional Derek Luis has been named Chief Executive Officer of National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI). He replaces outgoing CEO Susan Millican. Derek joins NSI at a time of great growth and change in Canada’s screen-based industries.

Derek’s career includes 20 years of broadcast, print and online experience across news and current affairs, drama, factual, documentary, variety, performing arts and web content. He has worked as a writer, researcher, director, producer and executive producer for many Canadian broadcasters.

He’s an accomplished media educator having run projects, workshops, summer camps, and seminars, and he helped the National Film Board of Canada launch their innovative Toronto Mediatheque screening and experiential learning facility.

Luis distinguished himself as an industry champion for cultural diversity in Canada’s media scene and as a supporter of emerging technologies and talent.

As a SUN TV/Quebecor Media Executive , Luis directed Quebecor Media's support of professional development initiatives with several of Canada's national media training organizations to advance cultural diversity.

Earlier in his career he coordinated the first interactive storytelling and gaming workshop at the Canadian Film Centre, was an analyst for the Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund, an advisor to Ryerson's Interactive Broadcasting Group and a consultant to a number of dynamic web initiatives and portals.

Derek’s education includes various aspects of new media (such as interface design and digital narrative structures), communications, TV production, writing and executive management studies.

"In Derek we’ve found a dynamic and multi-talented individual to lead NSI," says Raja Khanna, Co-Chair of the NSI board of directors. "His breadth of knowledge in film, TV and new media in addition to his experience as an educator give him a wide perspective on the kinds of training content creators in Canada need."
"I’m excited to be joining NSI at a time when our sector is exploring new technologies and new ways of storytelling," says NSI CEO Derek Luis.

"The National Screen Institute has a solid reputation as a leading training school. I’m eager to work with the board and staff to continue providing professional training to writers, directors and producers and also launch dynamic new collaborations supporting the success of production companies, broadcasters and other industry stakeholders in every region of our great country."

ENCOUNTERS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
November 16 - 21, 2010
Bristol, United Kingdom

Deadline: Wed, June 30, 2010*

The 16th Annual Encounters International Film Festival will take place from 16 - 21 November, Bristol UK. The Festival aims to stand internationally as a festival of discovery, a celebration of cinema, a platform for new talent, a centre of debate and a catalyst for new short films. The Festival is committed to screening high quality new short films and animations less than 30 minutes in all genres from around the world. The festival is open to short films of all production techniques, including animation, documentary, drama, experimental or artist film and hybrid work*.

THE WHISTLER FILM FESTIVAL
December 1 - 5, 2010
Whistler, BC Canada

Deadlines:
EARLY BIRD Deadline: *July 5, 2010*
SHORT FILM Deadline: *July 19, 2010*
FEATURE FILM Deadline: *August 3, 2010*
LATE FILM Deadline: *August 16, 2010*

To submit your film, click here.

The Whistler Film Festival in Whistler, British Columbia is seeking submissions for its 10th anniversary edition, which runs from December 1 to 5, 2010. Whistler 2010 will feature up to 80 films comprised of about 40 features and 40 shorts, selected from over 1,000 submissions. Whistler Film Festival programming celebrates independent media works that demonstrate stylistic and/or thematic merit. Canadian and International filmmakers are invited to submit films of all lengths and genres.

Congratulations to Frantic Films who won a Rockie Award in the Lifestyle & Information Programs Category for their TV series Pitchin' In, episode 'Shrimp'.

BANFF: U.K. dominates Non-Fiction at Banff
Marise Strauss, Playback

BANFF -- Documentary producers from the U.K. hauled away four out of 12 trophies as the Banff World Television Festival recognized TV makers in non-fiction categories in a ceremony Monday night.

Brits nabbed Rockies for best political doc for Iran and the West; environmental program for How the Earth Was Made; wildlife & natural for the doc Life; and reality format for Famous Rich and Homeless, where by five celebrities spend 10 days being homeless by sleeping rough in London.

All four programs aired on BBC, and prizes were accepted on behalf of the creators by the broadcaster's Simon Nelson, who jokingly apologized to fellow nominees if "this is getting rather irritating."

Canada netted two trophies including lifestyle and information for Frantic Films' Pitchin' In, airing on Food Network Canada, and in the French category for Les vrais gagnants - about a hockey program for kids in Nunavut.

Pitchin' In follows chef Lynn Crawford who travels to far-flung locations and does whatever it takes to get the freshest ingredients possible, even if it means she has to do the dirty job herself.

"This is a small award but it means a lot to us," said Frantic Films' CEO Jamie Brown, referring to the physical size of the miniature Rockie statue.

The U.S. received Rockies for science & technology doc for PBS' The Music Instinct: Science and Song; and arts & performing for the HBO doc In a Dream.

Rounding out the non-fiction winners were programs from The Netherlands (Ton Sijbrands - Checkers Player Despite All Consequences), Sweden (The Queen and I), France (Waste: The Nuclear Nightmare), and Germany (The Miracle of Leipzig).

Dear community members and stakeholders,

On Screen Manitoba wishes to share news that PS Production Services, a leading national motion picture equipment supplier, will be scaling down operations in Manitoba and moving their equipment inventory out of the province. They have yet to determine if they will continue to provide camera rentals from a Manitoba office.

This difficult business decision by PS points to the vulnerability of our industry's infrastructure following two years of diminished levels of production and increased competition despite production activity this year that is projected to match previous levels.

The industry is projecting a very busy summer production season including four drama/comedy television series TODD & THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL (wrapped principle photography in May), MEN WITH BROOMS, LESS THAN KIND and CASHING
IN and a number of feature films including THE DIVIDE, THE YEAR DOLLY PARTON WAS MY MOM (wrapped in June), FACES IN THE CROWD (wrapped in June), HAUNTING IN GEORGIA, ATM and Guy Maddin's latest project KEY HOLE.

Manitoba is still served by William F. White International (WFW), Canada's oldest and largest provider of motion picture, television and theatrical production equipment. Paul Bronfman, Chairman and CEO of WFW, has confirmed his company's intentions to continue to serve the Manitoba industry.

On Screen Manitoba wishes to recognize PS for 20 years of service to the industry and for the company's contributions to our community through involvement with OSM, NSI, FTM, WFG, VideoPool and our festivals. Our collective industry and talent development benefited from their active participation and financial contributions.

On Screen Manitoba is working with our community on a number of strategies to build long-term sustainability for our industry over the coming years.

For further information please contact:

Tara Walker
Executive Director
On Screen Manitoba
62 Albert Street
Winnipeg, MB R3B 1E9
Phone: 204.927.5893
Fax: 204.943.4007
tara@onscreenmanitoba.com
www.onscreenmanitoba.com

By: Brendan Christie, Playback

The CFTPA is no more. Long live the CMPA.

The Canadian Film and Television Production Association has become the Canadian Media Production Association, a change meant to acknowledge the new multi-platform paradigm in the industry.

"Independent producers create high-quality Canadian content and are at the heart of the feature film, broadcasting and content distribution system," Norm Bolen, CMPA president and CEO, noted in a statement. "The global shift towards digital technology and new forms of distribution means we have to change with the times. The new name embraces the opportunities for our members to create new partnerships and expand into the international marketplace."

The new-look CMPA will be led by a new chair, as outgoing chair Sandra Cunningham turns the reins over to Tom Cox, managing partner of Calgary's SEVEN24 Films. Beyond his long career in film and television, Cox is also at the tip of the spear when it comes to the digital movement in Canada - as evidenced by the launch (in partnership with Toronto's marblemedia) of Distribution 360 earlier this week.

Speaking to Playback Daily from Banff, Cox said the time to position for the digital age is now: "The next 12 to 18 months are going to be instrumental in terms of building the next broadcast age, the next regulatory age, the next content creation age in Canada," said Cox. "Now is the time to get all hands on deck, really focus on the issues and drive things forward."

Cox is certainly going to have his hands full, balancing duties as chair, his new role at Distribution 360 and existing duties at SEVEN24. Notes Cox wryly, "this is definitely going to be an era of multitasking."

"My hope as chair is that I can continue to energize the board, and find ways to strategically support our goals, our initiatives and our staff."

This is not the first time the producers' union has changed its identity in response to innovations in media. Launched in 1948 as the Association of Motion Picture Producers and Laboratories of Canada, the body became the Canadian Film and Television Association in 1974. In 1990, it merged with the Association of Canadian Film and Television Producers to form the CFTPA.
 

Truth and Reconciliation Commission
June 16, 2010 to June 19, 2010

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission was created to talk about all of the experiences and impacts of the residential schools, and the path to respect and reconciliation.

Come learn about the schools; come meet the survivors of those schools; come celebrate Aboriginal culture.

Come to the first Truth and Reconciliation National Event, June 16 – 19 at the Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Complete schedule of performances, ceremonies and other events can be found at the TRC website

All events are free.

PAL Winnipeg Information Session & Wine and Cheese Reception

On June 24th, 2010 the Performing Arts Lodge (PAL) of Winnipeg will hold an Information Session for all stakeholders. All are welcome, and members of all performing disciplines are strongly encouraged to attend. For the past three years PAL Winnipeg has been laying the foundations for future development, and this coming year sees us poised to begin implementing those plans in a big way. Please join us to share your ideas, energy and resources (and some delicious wine and cheese) as we prepare to launch into the future.

DATE: Thursday, June 24, 2010
TIME: 5:00 PM (4:00 PM - AGM)
LOCATION: 11th Floor, 400 St. Mary Avenue, Taylor McCaffrey LLP Blackstone Lounge

Please RSVP to rmacklin@actra.ca

What is PAL Winnipeg?
Winnipeggers know and love their reputation as a centre for artistic expression and excellence. There is a large creative community that feeds this dynamism we all thrive within - actors, technicians, dancers, writers, musicians, and filmmakers (to name a few) who enrich our lives every day and keep us on the world stage. Yet, the vast majority of those artists won’t have the means by which to afford housing as they age. PAL (Performing Arts Lodge) Winnipeg is a not for profit, registered charitable organization dedicated to providing affordable housing and support services for older members of our community particularly those individuals in the performing and allied professions.

Background
In 1986, performing artists organized Performing Arts Lodges of Canada (PAL), a national, non-profit, registered charitable organization, to meet the special needs of its people, with particular emphasis on affordable housing for elderly members of the community. In 1993, the organization opened its first Lodge, Pal Place Toronto, with the assistance of the Government of Ontario, providing rent-geared-to-income and controlled market rent accommodation for over 200 arts workers.

PAL Place in Toronto has been inspirational - it has been successful in creating more than building - it has nurtured an atmosphere where a vibrant and contributing community can continue to flourish. Since its construction, other PAL Chapters have formed in Halifax, Stratford, Edmonton and Calgary. PAL Vancouver is broadly supported by both public and private funds and is now an established residence - they completed their beautiful state of the art building in 2006.

Some of the most vulnerable people in our community are those involved with the performing arts. PAL considers these cultural pioneers a priority for PAL residency since the erratic employment and overall low income endemic within the performing arts industry has prevented many from establishing sufficient pensions or retirement funds on which to draw in later years. To address this situation, PAL Winnipeg is working to build a Performing Arts Lodge in our community to provide senior members of the performing arts community with a safe and secure home in an affordable and supportive environment.

PAL is a community
When Global TV produced a documentary series about PAL Place in Toronto called The Limelighters, this was their description of that community: These people breathe the life of the inner, downtown Toronto. The building is filled with performers, writers, dancers, painters, directors, stage crew, managers and arts and entertainment production people from every branch of the industry. These are people who have a refreshing view of aging and apply a playful approach to living. Perhaps this is because of their backgrounds from within an industry that thrives on playfulness and imagination or because of the kinship and camaraderie that has developed within the walls of the lodge.

We are working toward making PAL Winnipeg just such a place. Active, artful ageing in an urban environment.

The Supporting Cast
Support is a big part of PAL’s Vision - a team of volunteers known variously as The Supporting Cast or PAL’s Angels are an integral aspect of the caring environment PAL Lodges provide. PAL Winnipeg has initiated the Supporting Cast Committee who will help establish our own volunteer network to assist residents with a number of practical issues of daily living. PAL Angels make sick visits in hospital and escort residents to their doctor’s appointments or to the theatre. It is through this network of support and care giving that PAL residents can continue living on their own and, for many, to continue working well into old age.

PAL’s motto, Caring For Our Own, is no idle boast but a serious promise to those who have given much to all of us through their dedication to the Performing Arts - the elderly pioneers of Canada's performing arts industry who created the standards of cultural excellence which reflect the country and instill pride for the quality of Canada's artistic products.

15th PUSAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Pusan, South Korea, October 7 to 15, 2010

(FEATURE-LENGTH NARRATIVE FILMS)

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries for the Canadian Selection Screenings in Montreal for the Pusan International Film Festival.

Application deadline with Telefilm Canada: July 6, 2010

Start of the pre-selection screenings in Montréal: July 13, 2010

Information and registration procedure
Form - Pre-selection screenings

Eligibility
The document "Information and registration procedure" outlines the Festival’s sections and their eligibility requirements.

The Pusan International Film Festival ("PIFF") is one of the most important festivals in Asia. PIFF serves both as a rallying point for Asia's film industry and as a gathering place for the festival-going public (with an audience close to 200 000). Close to 315 films from 60 countries are programmed, including 100 non-Asian feature films. Since 2004, the festival selects an average of five Canadian feature-length films each year.

Enter your film via eTelefilm
With a few quick clicks, you can submit your film to a variety of festival selection screenings over the course of a year. This new online registration will save you time and paperwork!

Registered eTelefilm users, please click here.

If you are not a registered eTelefilm user, we encourage you to subscribe to this secure and user-friendly online service that will soon become the norm for all our selection screenings.

OR

If time restrictions do not allow you to register with eTelefilm, please submit a paper version of the Telefilm Canada registration form via pusan2010@telefilm.gc.ca. Please consult the INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION PROCEDURE document (refer to link above).

Should you require additional information, please contact Lélia Robert at robertl@telefilm.gc.ca, 514 283-0838 ext. 2129 or 1 800-567-0890.

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
July 22 - 29, Manhattan

The New York International Film Festival is now accepting entries (features, shorts, documentaries, music videos, animations etc.) for our July 2010 NYC Festival. If you want to submit a film to the NYC Festival, please visit www.nyfilmvideo.com

The New York International Film Festival runs from July 22nd-29th, 2010 in Manhattan and will showcase a diverse range of features, shorts, documentaries, music videos and animations from all over the globe. Film screenings will be on 2 screens at City Cinemas Village East (181 2nd Avenue at 12th Street).

The NYIFF is one of the largest strictly independent film festivals and more than 200 independent films from around the world will be screened in the entertainment capital of the world, New York City.

30 countries and territories will be represented including: France, South Africa, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Brazil, Chile, Australia, Turkey, Czech Republic, Montenegro, The Netherlands, Germany, Israel, Greece, Nepal, Ethiopia, Portugal, Spain, Hungary, Bulgaria, Finland, Poland, Croatia, Canada, Philippines, Ireland, UK, Bahamas, and all over the US.

New Media Manitoba is offering their second Adobe training session:

Introduction to Adobe After Effects June 21st - 23rd, from 9:30am - 4:30pm

Register now for Introduction to Adobe After Effects!

Who Should Attend
Introduction to Adobe After Effects is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key After Effects concepts and techniques. More experienced users who already have some experience with After Effects can use this course to learn some of After Effects' more advanced features and newest tools. Using step-by-step, project-based lessons, this course walks users through the creation of a specific project, with successive lessons building on the user's growing knowledge of the program.

At the end of this session, you will understand:

Creating a Basic Animation Using Effects and Presets
Animating Text
Working with Shape Layers
Animating a Presentation
Animating Layers
Working with Masks
Distorting Objects with the Puppet Tools
Keying
Performing Color Correction
Building 3D Objects
Using 3D Features
Advanced Editing Techniques

Prerequisites
You should have a working knowledge of the Macintosh and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files. If you need to review these techniques, see the documentation included with your Mac® OS X computer.

The three-day Introduction to Adobe After Effects course is $495 for Manitoba residents ($795 for out of province).

For more information on what the course offers, please browse the Adobe After Effects Classroom in a Book outline here:
http://www.adobepress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=0321573838

Certification:
If you wish to become certified in Adobe After Effects CS4, details will be provided in class.
Certification for Adobe products is provided by Person Vue.

If you have any questions or want more information regarding the Introduction to Adobe After Effects course, please email Kert Gartner, our Certification Co-ordinator at kert@newmediamanitoba.com

About the trainer:
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Kert Gartner has become a lover of all things related to the visual arts. With a passion for Photography, Animation, and Visual Effects, Kert has accumulated over 12 years of experience in the visual effects, motion graphics and print industry. He spent 7 years working on some of Hollywood’s largest films, including A-Team, Dragonball: Evolution, Superman Returns, Across the Universe, X-men III, and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D.

Click here to read more.

William F. Whites is thrilled to introduce their newly-formatted WHITE NOISE Newsletter with exciting news and information on Canada’s premier production equipment provider.

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FOR THE NEXT 7 GENERATIONS
DIR. CAROLE HART | 2009 | USA | 90 MIN

Fri Jun 18 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 19 at 7:00 PM
Sun Jun 20 at 7:00 PM

In 2004, 13 Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story. Four years in-the-making and shot on location in the Amazon rainforest, the mountains of Mexico, North America, and at a private meeting with the Dalai Lama in India, For the Next 7 Generations follows what happens when these wise women unite. Facing a world in crisis, they share with us their visions of healing and a call for change now, before it's too late. This film documents their unparalleled journey and timely perspectives on a timeless wisdom.

The film is presented in solidarity with the first community event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, June 16 to 19 in Winnipeg, near The Forks. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission is mandated to create a complete historical record and to collect individual statements about residential school experiences and impacts.

Upcoming Films

LAST TRAIN HOME
Wed Jun 16 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jun 17 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 19 at 9:00 PM

The remarkable story of a single migrant Chinese family caught up in the journey of factory workers attempting to return home by train.

Cinematheque News

James Culleton wins Cinematheque T-shirt Design Contest - Available Now
CONGRATS TO JAMES CULLETON

Local artist James Culleton is the winner of this year's Cinematheque T-shirt Design Contest. He created the new Cinematheque T-Shirt which depicts a movie audience watching a film, wearing 3-D glasses, with the Cinematheque logo on the top right shoulder on the back of shirt. Various colours and sizes are available. Show your support by sporting one of these great shirts today. T-shirts can be purchased for $25 online or in the Winnipeg Film Group office.
We thank all those who submitted designs for the contest.

James Culleton
James Culleton studied painting and drawing at the University of Manitoba, where he received his BFA Honors in 1997. In 2002 he began using blind contour drawing to document his surroundings and has since published a book called Contouring Quebec, which documents the rediscovery of his french roots using blind contour and a GPS. He is currently working on an exterior art project for the West End Cultural Centre using the same technique.

WOMEN IN FILM AND TELEVISION & TORONTO
2010 Kodak New Vision Mentorship

The Kodak New Vision Mentorship provides one Canadian female director with the opportunity to prepare for the Toronto International Film Festival through an intensive business mentorship. The winner also receives a post-festival mentorship with an established director.

Completed application packages must be submitted by Monday, July 12, 2010 at 5 PM EST. Applications are reviewed by a selection committee composed of WIFT-T staff and other industry representatives.

Click here to find out more about the mentorship and to apply.

By: Emily Claire Afan, Playback

Hoping to do away with the perception that it only caters to Hollywood-sized productions, equipment supply house William F. White International is launching a solution to target the increasing number of smaller indie prodcos.

To that end, WFWI has introduced what's it's calling viral vans--a one-stop shop, mobile production unit, complete with camera, lighting grip and sound, to name a few features. Manager of commercials Dan St. Amour got the ball rolling and in January, brought on Jonathon Root as interactive manager to carry out this new initiative.

"We wanted to have an all-access production vehicle," says Root, who explains that growing trends in the media community led WFWI to address the demand for small, mobile production units. "We wanted it to be affordable because a lot of these people are working with a small budget, and for it to be a one-stop shop where they could get everything they wanted in one place."

Director of marketing and communications Lowell Schrieder adds that WFWI teamed up with Sim Video "to enhance the attractiveness of the offer with their digital cameras and capabilities," including a data management station with editing software.

Root and Schrieder emphasize the mobility of the viral vans that anyone can drive, whereas before, clients were required to have a packaged truck driver, which adds to production costs. Features include a rolling desk on wheels with a full power station and LED lighting and everything is on carts for portability, organized by type of gear.

WFWI has also launched an interactive website at www.whitesinteractive.com for planning shoots and insurance.

Though it's only been two weeks since its soft launch, Root says the response has been very good and has already had to turn people down. There are currently two viral vans in stock, and Schrieder is optimistic that "If the signs are pointing in the right direction, then we are looking to expand our fleet and quite likely will do so."

These mobile units go for a flat rate of $650 per day and can be built up with additional packages, including higher-end cameras and anything else in the WFWI inventory. Package prices range from another $300 to $1,200.

By: Marise Strauss, Playback

HBO Canada has greenlit a third season the Winnipeg-set comedy Less Than Kind, sending co-producers Breakthrough Film and Television and Buffalo Gal Pictures to camera on 13 new episodes in September.

"We're ecstatic...we were hoping [for a third season] but there's a lot of good half-hour comedies [on] HBO Canada," co-exec producer Ira Levy of Breakthrough tells Playback Daily. He believes the return of a strong writing room led by showrunner Mark McKinney boosted the sitcom's chances of a third run.

Kind is the brainchild of Marvin Kaye and Chris Sheasgreen who created (and also writes) the series, which is based on Kaye's one-act play They Have Mayonnaise in Montreal. The writer's room is rounded out by Jenn Engels, Jennifer Beasley, and Garry Campbell.

Kind previously aired on the Citytv stations before it was picked up by HBO Canada last year. It stars Maury Chaykin as a self-destructive driving instructor father to Sheldon (Jesse Camacho), an overweight teen with his own set of problems. Wendel Meldrum (The Wonder Years) plays his pyromaniac mother while Benjamin Arthur (The L Word) portrays his failed-actor brother Josh.

According to Levy, the new season will see Sheldon in the final year of high school at a point when he's no longer a kid, but a young adult, dealing with the challenges of life and love, while brother Josh attempts to open up an acting school.

He's confident the series will again be part of HBO Canada's Friday comedy lineup, where it was sandwiched between Curb Your Enthusiasm and The Ricky Gervais Show.

Following the third season order, Kind will be up to 39 episodes, which Levy hopes will jump start sales in the international market, noting the producers have already had interest from U.S. and European broadcasters. Levy co-exec produces with his Breakthrough partner Peter Williamson and Phyllis Laing of Buffalo Gal.

HBO Canada airs on Astral Media's The Movie Network in eastern Canada and on Corus' Movie Central in the western region.

Original Pictures, producers of the hit series “Falcon Beach” and “A Bear Named Winnie”, this Thursday (June 17) will launch a new destination in cyberspace called “Cubicle Land”.

“Cubicle Land” is a virtual place (www.cubicle-land.com) that includes a 9 x 3 minute web series, an interactive site, cool merchandise and three iPhone apps – photograph yourself with Barb, the office babe in the free app “The Wingman”.

The series and the site are all about starter jobs and starter relationships. “Cubicle Land” is where dreams go to die and new dreams are formed. In the “Cubicle Land” are Walter, a telemarketing whiz who could sell ice in the Arctic but is otherwise socially inept; Barb, the new girl who becomes the stuff of Walter’s dreams, and Jackson, an annoying alpha male. All have Facebook sites and you can follow them on Twitter. A blog on the website invites the audience to share its “Cubicle Land” stories both with the producers and the world. The producers are looking for ideas for the second season. Good ideas may win a walk-on part. Join the chat!

“Cubicle Land” is produced by Original Pictures. It stars R. Morgan Slade (“Falcon Beach”, “The Adventures of Shirley Holmes”) as Walter and Winnipeggers Alisson Amigo as Barb and Eric Magnifico as Jackson. The episodes were written by Jessica Krawec, Nicholas Hirst, Rhia Alcantara and Ryan Souter and are directed by Original Pictures’ Kim Todd. The interactive digital elements were produced by Winnipeg’s Rogue Nation Studios.

“Cubicle Land” is funded by Telefilm Canada, Manitoba Interactive Digital Media Fund, Manitoba Film and Music, Manitoba Film and Video Production Tax Credit and Original Pictures.

By: Randall King, Winnipeg Free Press

It's been three years since My Winnipeg and now Guy Maddin is prepping his next feature film, Keyhole, to shoot in Winnipeg July 6 with a cast including Jason Patric, Udo Kier, former Kid in the Hall Kevin McDonald and Maddin's go-to muse Isabella Rossellini.

Maddin and producer Phyllis Laing of Buffalo Gal Pictures dropped some of the details Thursday evening at the Gimli Film Festival's launch party at the Winnipeg Art Gallery's rooftop sculpture garden, where Maddin accepted the fest's newly minted Legacy Award.

In a kind of Maddin-esque variation of Homer's The Odyssey, the film's official synopsis suggests Patric will play Ulysses Pick, "a gangster who returns home after a long absence toting a drowned girl, Denny, who has mysteriously returned to life, and a bound-and-gagged hostage, who is actually his own teenage son, Manners."

View the full article on the Winnipeg Free Press Website.

Check out this great article in the Winnipeg Free Press about the Frantic Films co-production feature-film Faces in the Crowd that just wrapped up last week in Winnipeg. The article talks about some of the inspiration behind the film and main actress Milla Jovovich's thoughts and experience shooting the film.

You can view the article Woman in Jeopardy by Randall King on the Winnipeg Free Press Website.

WFG'S 48 HOUR FILM CONTEST
Friday June 25 - Sunday June 27, 2010

Try your hand at guerrilla filmmaking! Can you shoot and edit a short in 48 hours?

REGISTRATION • FRIDAY JUNE 25 between 5:30 - 6:00 PM in the Cinematheque lobby (100 Arthur St., in the Exchange District in downtown Winnipeg)

ENTRY FEE • A mere $10 per team/film

THE SHAKE UP • For the first time ever teams will randomly draw a genre, line of dialogue/text, and prop/item to include in their film

RULES • You must shoot and edit your entire film (max 4 minutes) in the designated 48 hours using the items chosen

DEADLINE • Completed films are to be dropped off at the Cinematheque on SUNDAY JUNE 27 between 5:30 - 6:00 PM

FORMATS • Films must be submitted on either:

* playable, non-looped DVDs
* miniDV
* 16mm
* 35mm

SCREENING • All films will premiere at Cinematheque on SUNDAY JUNE 27 at 7:30PM. Admission is $5. All are welcome!

For more info: distribution@winnipegfilmgroup.com | (204) 925-3452

OTHER NOTES ABOUT THE CONTEST

* The contest is open to all interested parties. You do not have to be a member of the WFG to enter.
* You do not have to live in Winnipeg to participate but you must be present at the beginning and end of the 48 hour period to be eligible.
* You must register with the $10 entry fee. Cash only!
* Only 25 teams will be entered into the contest.
* No equipment will be provided to filmmakers but you can call the WFG at 925-3455 if you need to rent gear.
* The entered films can be about anything you choose but must contain the randomly drawn items chosen by a team member at registration time.
* Completed films must be submitted to the Cinematheque on playable, non-looped DVD, miniDV, on 16mm or on 35mm by 6:00PM on Sunday, June 27.
* DVDs should be non-looped, and de-interlaced. Please include screening ratio on your DVD.
* Prizes will be awarded!
* Films are not screened prior to the premiere on Sunday so they may contain imagery and situations not suitable for all audiences. Films will not be rated.

Note: The WFG encourages all filmmaking teams to follow City of Winnipeg filming rules and we accept no responsibility for filmmakers while on shoots for this contest. Please act conscientiously while on your shoots.

Visit the City of Winnipeg’s Film & Special Events website for more information: http://www.winnipeg.ca/filmandspecialevents/FilmOffice/
 

(Message en français ci-dessous)

Canada Media Fund Extends Experimental Stream Deadline

The Canada Media Fund today announced that the deadline for applications to its Experimental Stream has been extended from June 21 to July 5, 2010. The CMF is granting this extension at the request of its stakeholders. Application and program requirements remain the same. The CMF’s recoupment policy for projects funded through the Experimental Stream will be announced next week. For more information on the Experimental Stream and other CMF funding programs, please visit www.cmf-fmc.ca.

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Le Fonds des médias du Canada reporte la date limite de son volet expérimental

Le Fonds des médias du Canada a annoncé aujourd’hui que la date limite pour le dépôt des demandes visant son volet expérimental est désormais le 5 juillet plutôt que le 21 juin 2010. Le FMC accorde cette prolongation à la demande de différents intervenants de l’industrie. Les exigences régissant les demandes et les programmes demeurent inchangées. La semaine prochaine, le FMC annoncera sa politique sur la récupération à l’égard des projets financés par le biais du volet expérimental. Pour obtenir de plus amples informations sur le volet expérimental et sur les autres programmes de financement du FMC, veuillez visiter le site www.cmf-fmc.ca.

Written by Gemma Manangan
Communications Coordinator
On Screen Manitoba

For local filmmaker Paula Kelly her foray into filmmaking started with a screenwriting course in University. A writer at heart, Kelly says she found the demands of writing a screenplay both a refreshing and intriguing change from her usual short fiction and essay work.

“It’s a mystery to me why I found the form of screenplay so attractive; it’s just something I gravitated to. Screenwriting felt very immediate to me and I enjoyed imagining what a film would look like.”

After University, Kelly first started working, as a reporter for a local newspaper, but it wasn’t long before she found herself feeling like she wasn’t being challenged creatively enough and decided to reinvestigate her love of screenwriting and ultimately make a film.

Through the Winnipeg Film Group’s (WFG) First Film Fund, Kelly completed her first short film titled Snakes and Ladders. Kelly says the camaraderie she experienced at the WFG attracted her deeper into the world of filmmaking.

“Making Snakes and Ladders was a learning experience, but a lot of fun. There were all these people willing to help make my vision come to life. It was the first time I’d experienced this kind of collaboration before and I really grooved on it.”

Since Kelly’s first short, she has been telling the stories of Winnipeg and its people, revealing the city’s true character in her films.

While many people are quick to classify most of Kelly’s work as historical documentaries, they are actually more character studies than historical pieces. Kelly says that her stories focus more specifically on people, rather than a particular event.

“I’m often inspired by characters, people that I find interesting. Certain characters appeal to me and I can’t help but start writing about them.”

And more often than not the city of Winnipeg happens to be one of the main characters. Kelly says she has found that Winnipeg has a strong and unique voice that can’t be ignored.

“Winnipeg is a city that speaks to the artists. There are a lot of layers to this place and people have a lot of fun lifting the corners and looking underneath. It’s not necessarily visible to outsiders, but people from here get the depth of the story that is Winnipeg.”

During a six-month artist residency at the Winnipeg Arts Council, Kelly had the opportunity to create a trilogy of short films called Souvenirs. Kelly says she used a mix of archival footage and interviews to highlight the history of Winnipeg and reveal its unique character.

“I let the record of the city speak to the content of the pieces of Souvenirs; about what the films would be about, look like and say about the city’s character. In the end these would be pieces that would be seen by the public and stay in their minds as a reflection of the city’s public consciousness.”

Paula Kelly continues to explore the many layers of history that make up Winnipeg and shares the unique stories she finds with the public. At the moment she is shooting a documentary for the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) to air on MTS Winnipeg On Demand titled Art & Stone. The project covers the history of how the WAG came to be, but Kelly says the film focuses on what the relevance of art is in our lives and how the gallery serves that purpose.

While Kelly has used the art of filmmaking to reveal the secrets of her subjects and character, the process of filmmaking has had the same effect on her own personal character.

“For me, filmmaking is the essential journey because as a person it takes you to places you’d never expect, that stretches you to a point you never thought you could go. At the end of the day you really find out what you’re made of.”

Kelly’s unique work has found her recently recognized as the 2010 recipient of the WFG’s Manitoba Film Hothouse Award for Creative Development. As part of the award, the Cinematheque is holding a retrospective called Sifting History: The Work of Paula Kelly this Friday, June 11 and Saturday, June 12, where you can see Kelly’s films for free.

Screening tonight at 7:00pm is The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong, the true story of a working class woman who became a legendary union organizer for women workers during the Winnipeg General Strike of 1919, followed by Souvenirs (a trilogy of shorts about Winnipeg) and Blog Winnipeg (a short about our love-hate relationship with Winnipeg that found in the blogosphere).

Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life & Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté will be screening Saturday at 7:00pm, along with a special live performance of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté’s Violin Caprice # 7: The Departing Train by Oleg Pokhanovski.

Kelly will be introducing her films on both nights.
 

The Gimli Film Festival celebrated their tenth annual film festival by awarding Guy Maddin as the first recipient of The Gimli Film Festival Legacy Award in Honour of Jack Clements. Guy Maddin accepted the Legacy Award yesterday, June 10, at their Launch Party in Winnipeg at the WAG Rooftop Sculpture Garden.

Upon receiving the award Guy reminisced over Gimli's unique beach screenings that included fish flies and vehicles that would randomly shine their lights at the screen, but these interruptions only heightened the viewing experience. "One should never loose themselves in a film so much that they forget their legs." Guy playfully said, before ending his speech.

The Launch Party celebrated the talents of filmmaking in Manitoba and ten years of bringing the very best of independent film to the shores of Lake Winnipeg.

The Gimli Film Festival is known internationally for its outdoor beach screenings with an 11 metre screen set in the water. The festival has been a champion of Manitoba filmmakers through the years, and supports their creative work by bringing their films to an appreciative audience each summer.

“We believe passionately in the talent and creativity of our Canadian filmmakers, which is well represented in the Manitoba scene,” said Janis Johnson chair of the Gimli Film Festival. “Our goal is to continue to grow the Gimli Film Festival into the most cutting edge indie film festival in the country.”

A pair of local filmmakers have turned the industry's traditional marketing model on its ear.

Lisanne Pajot and James Swirsky have sold hundreds of DVDs of their latest project -- a documentary about video games, their creators and their craft -- that they won't even start shooting until this fall.

They've also raised more than $20,000 in two days from video game aficionados around the world who want to support their film after a trailer they uploaded to a "crowdsourcing" site went viral. One game developer alone pledged $9,000.

View the full story on the Winnipeg Free Press website.

Frantic Films and director, Jeff Newman filmed an extreme vehicle upgrade series for Coca Cola’s NOS Energy Drink Challenge. Jeff Peeler Executive Produced the 4-part on-line series on behalf of The Hive Strategic Marketing.

It was shot in Toronto over 3 days in May and launched on-line June 10 at www.drinknos.ca.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Winnipeg Event

URGENT CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS!!

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Winnipeg Event is in URGENT need of volunteers from June 14th to 20th, 2010.

Special areas of interest for recruiting are:

1) Statement Gathering and Survivor Registration (experience with counselling/social work/working with elders and survivors preferred)

2) Schlepping (experience driving carts in crowds)

3) Environment/Clean-up crew

4) Tech crew (audio/video/technical experience)

In addition we also have a number of positions for individuals from all backgrounds and all skill levels so we encourage everyone interested in participating in this historic event to apply.

Online registration can be found on the TRC website at www.trc.ca

Second edition of the Pre‐Sale Pitch Sessions for Dramatic Series in Los Angeles
August 3, 2010

CONCEPT
Up to ten (10) established Canadian independent producers with strong dramatic series proposals (including show reels and, if possible, a pilot) will be invited to pitch one project to senior Drama Development Executives from major US broadcast and cable networks during a one‐day session held on August 3, 2010 in Los Angeles.

BACKGROUND
After a first successful edition of the initiative in 2009, the Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles is proud to present the second edition of these sessions, in collaboration with its Government partner Telefilm Canada and its industry partners Alberta Film, British Columbia Film, the Canadian Film and Television Production Association, Film Nova Scotia, Manitoba Film & Music, New Brunswick Arts Development Branch, Newfoundland & Labrador Film Development Corporation, Ontario Media Development Corporation, SaskFilm, and the Yukon Film & Sound Commission.

FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION
Each selected producer will be provided $1000.00 CAD to help offset participation expenses.
Each producer will be responsible for providing/accessing any additional funds required to participate. Producers will be responsible for their own travel arrangements.

APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications must include:

1. A cover letter advising of interest in participating in the process
2. A corporate bio and/or a producer’s bio (one page maximum)
3. A Showrunner bio (one page maximum)
4. A one sheet concept for the proposed project to be pitched
5. A written statement of the rationale for appropriateness of the project to the US marketplace (one page maximum)
6. A DVD trailer and/or pilot (if available). Note: links to FTPs, YouTube or similar sites will be accepted.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS:
Wednesday, June 30, 2010 , 5 pm Eastern time

Applications may be emailed to susanne.vaas@cftpa.ca or mailed to:

CFTPA
c/o Susanne Vaas
151 Slater Street, Suite 902
Ottawa, ON
K1P 5H3

SELECTION COMMITTEE
A Selection Committee comprised of representatives from the Provincial Funding Agencies and the CMF will choose up to ten (10) Canadian producers whose dramatic series projects have the strongest potential for pre‐sale and are most ready to present and move forward, if greenlit.

Producers will be notified of the Selection Committee’s decisions by Wednesday, July 14.

Applications retained by the Selection Committee will be forwarded to the US Development Executives for consideration. Please note that the US Development Executives will ultimately select the projects for which they would be interested in taking pitches.

Selected producers will be notified of the US Development Executives’ decisions by Friday, July 23.

SELECTION CRITERIA
Applications will be assessed using the following criteria:
1. Demonstrated track record of the key creative team, in particular the producer and the showrunner. Projects with attached showrunners will receive preferential consideration as selected producers should be accompanied by their showrunner during the pitch session in L.A.;
2. Originality and quality of the creative material
3. Commercial viability of the proposed project and its demonstrated appropriateness for the US marketplace.

For more information about this initiative, including the application process, please contact Carl McMullin (Consulate General of Canada in Los Angeles; tel: 213 346 2754 ; carl.mcmullin@international.gc.ca) or Susanne Vaas (CFTPA; tel 613-233-1444 ext 237; susanne.vaas@cftpa.ca)

In-class training has finished and on-the-job internships begin today for nine Aboriginal students hoping to break into film and TV thanks to a training program run by the National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI).

Through the NSI New Voices training program, young Aboriginal adults with a desire to work in film and television are put through classroom training and an internship. Students learn from professionals to develop their skills and then undertake a full-time, paid industry internship to put those skills into practice.

The internships hosts were matched to the skills and interests of the students, who are from Winnipeg, Calgary and Regina. The students will work for a variety of employers: local actor/producers Stan Lesk and Frank Adamson, Animiki See Digital Productions Inc., Strongfront A/V Productions, MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC, Media Rendezvous, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), filmmaker Noam Gonick, POMO Project and Buffalo Gal Pictures. They will work as production assistants, assistant directors, content creators, camera assistants and editors. Through these placements they will get hands-on experience.

* in preparation and execution of a live broadcast of Aboriginal Day celebrations on national TV;
* in the development of a television series already in production;
* in pre-production for a new television series;
* in pre-production and production work for several feature and documentary films; and
* in creating content for interactive installations in Winnipeg and at the world-renowned Winnipeg Folk Festival.

"The internship hosts are providing an amazing range of work options for the students," said Ursula Lawson, NSI New Voices Program Co-Manager. "The variety of opportunities has allowed us to closely match the students with their skills and the type of work they are interested in pursuing, and it gives the mentors a chance to see a potential employee in a work environment. We are grateful to the internship mentors for the time and value they provide to our students, committing to provide them with hands-on industry experience that our students can put on a resume right away."

Get more information about the NSI New Voices training program.

SIFTING HISTORY: THE WORK OF PAULA KELLY is a retrospective look at Winnipeg filmmaker Paula Kelly’s career in conjunction with her recent award, the Manitoba Film Hothouse Award for Creative Development. This award,designed to provide recognition to the depth of local directing talent Manitoba has right here at home, is funded with the generous support of the Province of Manitoba.

* FRI JUNE 11 - 7 PM: The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong (with a selection of shorts)
* SAT JUNE 12 - 7 PM: Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life & Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatté
* FREE ADMISSION

Shadows and light, the arrangement of objects in space, relationships between people and their worlds are the stuff of filmmaking. Paula Kelly’s strength as a filmmaker lies in her ability to imagine, and define and reshape, compelling stories. Central to her filmic storytelling is a dedication to, and love for, comprehensive research. Resisting limits to both her inspiration and her form of expression,she works in the experimental, documentary and dramatic genres... Paula’s varied background as a history student, reporter and writer, and her sensitivity to the visual aesthetic, surface in the subjects she explores and how she brings the stories to the screen. Her films have screened around the world and a number of awards and honours have been bestowed upon the filmmaker and her projects. (Tricia Wasney, excerpted from her essay With Abundant Curiosity: The Film Work of Paula Kelly)

Upcoming Films

THE NOTORIOUS MRS. ARMSTRONG
Fri Jun 11 at 7:00 PM

Winnipeg director Paula Kelly`s documentary, The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong, follows the political career of a working class mother, well-known in Winnipeg in the early 1900s as a radical agitator and often ended up in jail for her endeavours. FREE ADMISSION

LAST TRAIN HOME
Fri Jun 11 at 9:00 PM
Sat Jun 12 at 9:15 PM
Sun Jun 13 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 16 at 7:00 PM
Thu Jun 17 at 7:00 PM
Sat Jun 19 at 9:00 PM

The remarkable story of a single migrant Chinese family caught up in the journey of factory workers attempting to return home by train.

APPASSIONATA: THE EXTRAORDINARY LIFE & MUSIC OF SONIA ECKHARDT-GRAMATTÉ
Sat Jun 12 at 7:00 PM

Winnipeg director Paula Kelly will introduce her remarkable documentary portrait of composer Sophie-Carmen (Sonia) Eckhardt-Gramatté. Will include a special live performance by musical guest by Oleg Pokhanovski performing Violin Caprice # 7: The Departing Train (Le depart d’un train). FREE ADMISSION

55th VALLADOLID INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Valladolid, Spain, October 23 to 30, 2010
Full-length feature films, documentaries and shorts

Deadline: June 30, 2010

23rd Tokyo International Film Festival
Tokyo, Japan, October 23 to 31, 2010
Feature films – fiction and animation

Deadline: July 15, 2010

48th New York Film Festival
New York, United States, September 24, 2010
Films, all genres and lengths

Festival Entry Deadline: July 16, 2010

59th International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg 2010
Mannheim, Germany, November 11 to 21, 2010

Deadline: July 19, 2010

4th Dubai Film Connection - Co-production Market
Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 13 to 17, 2010
Financing Forum – Scripts in development: Feature-length narrative / documentary

Deadline: August 8, 2010

REMINDER

7th Gionarte degli Autori - Venice Days
Venice, Italy, September 2 to 11, 2010
Narrative Feature Films

58th DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, September 17 to 25, 2010
Feature-length Fiction Films

53rd Dok Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentaries and Animated Films
Leipzig, Germany, October 18 to 24, 2010
Documentary & Animation

Dear Members,

Our discussions on May 28th with Minister of Labour Jennifer Howard and Deputy Ministers of CHT (Sandra Hardy) and Labour (Jeff Parr), followed by a meeting with top executives at WCB resulted in a workable solution that will remove the risks we alerted you to last week.

Please see the attached letter from WCB President & CEO Doug Sexsmith outlining their new process for covering performers and assuring our industry of their willingness to work with us now and in the future. They will provide more information in a facts sheet soon.

Tara Walker
Executive Director
On Screen Manitoba

Job Posting: Director
Video Pool Media Arts Centre

APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 30, 2010

Video Pool Media Arts Centre is currently accepting applications for the position of Director.

Video Pool is a non-profit artist-run centre dedicated to independent video, audio and electronic art production, distribution, and exhibition located in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. For 25 years, Video Pool has been a vital artistic force in local, national and international media arts contexts. This member-based organization is dedicated to inclusivity and outreach, as well as excellence and innovation in the media arts.

Video Pool is a members’ co-op with over 300 active members. Video Pool’s staff structure includes Coordinators of Production, Distribution, Outreach, Programming and Education, administrative support staff and a part-time Bookkeeper. The organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors, primarily media artists, who work with staff and members to develop policy and direction for Video Pool. The Director is the primary representative of the organization to the public and to funding agencies.

The successful candidate for the role of Director will work to oversee Video Pool's day-to-day activities, ensure the development and achievement of Video Pool’s strategic goals and maintain a fiscally strong, viable organization.

Essential skills include demonstrated fund development and grant writing success, financial management and budgeting, strategic planning and policy development, and group facilitation, consensus building and communication. The successful candidate will have substantial voluntary or employed experience in non-profit artist-run centres and will exhibit an informed engagement with the media arts practices and theories. Minimum BA or BFA or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline required.

SalaryRange: $31,000 – $33,000 for an average workweek of 30 hours. A benefits plan is included.

Application deadline: June 30, 2010

At least three references, samples of grant writing and evidence of artistic practice are required.

Email submissions preferred. Send to:

Hiring Committee (Re: Director’s Position)
Video Pool Media Arts Centre
300-100 Arthur Street
Winnipeg, MB R3B 1H3
P: (204) 949-9134 x 5
E: vpadmin@videopool.org

THE CHILDREN'S ACTING CENTER
B1-Suite 101 11 Evergreen Place

Program:

Summer Session
July 12 – July 16, 2010
Monday to Friday
9:00 - 5:00 pm
$450

Early drop-off available $20 (for week)
Interview required prior to acceptance

A DVD of the weeks events will be available to each student!!!! Available to kids and young adults.

Contact:

Lois Brothers
Phone: 204-801 8318
Email: loisbrothers@shaw.ca

Classes Include:

Scene study, auditioning and filming techniques:
• Lois Brothers
• Vanessa Mayberry (Camera/Editor)

Voice and Diction work:
• Channels sound studio

Improvisation skills:
• Dean Harder

Stunt Work:
• Sean Skene

Comedy workshops:
• Dan Licoppe

Make up:
Doug Morrow

(Feature-length fiction films)

58th DONOSTIA-SAN SEBASTIÁN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain, September 17 to 25, 2010

Telefilm Canada is currently accepting entries on behalf of the Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival and will coordinate a consolidated shipment to the Festival’s Delegate who is responsible for Canadian cinema.

Deadline with Telefilm Canada: June 16, 2010

Information and registration process

Eligibility
The document "Information and registration process" outlines the Festival’s sections and their eligibility requirements.

The Donostia-San Sebastián International Film Festival is Spain’s leading film festival specializing in feature-length fiction films. Its primordial role is to showcase the year’s most disquieting and innovative films.

The festival offers a number of awards as well as cash prizes, including one of the highest cash prizes given at a festival: the Kutxa-New Directors Award – open to first or second features presented as international premieres at the Festival – comes with 90,000 € shared betweenthe director of the film and the Spanish importer.

The Sales Office is an informal market that serves as a networking space between buyers and sellers with video screening facilities. The festival attracts approximately 2,500 industry professionals and media representatives from around the world.

Presented by On Screen Manitoba

Date: Saturday, July 24, 2010
Time: 1:30pm-3:30pm
Place: Gimli Theatre (74 2nd Ave, Gimli, MB)

FREE EVENT - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Watch contestants as they try to convince a live jury that they deserve the 15K prize! Participants have just 3 minutes to convey a compelling story...that's only 180 seconds! Following each pitch the jury will have 7 minutes to offer feedback and to ask questions. After all pitches are completed the jury will deliberate and choose the winner who will be awarded a $15,000 prize!

Check out pictures from the 2009 Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music Pitch!
 

Written by Gemma Manangan
Communications Coordinator
On Screen Manitoba
 

As all filmmakers know, completing a film is not enough. Audiences need to see it. And in Canada, this can be a particularly difficult challenge. For Manitoba director Danishka Esterhazy it was a challenge she willingly accepted.

“As a filmmaker, you have to be dedicated; the price of being able to tell your story is a commitment to a huge amount of work. Otherwise, you don’t get to tell your story.”

Esterhazy is the creative mind behind Black Field. A dark historical drama set in 19th century rural Canada about two sisters, the man that comes between them and the tragedy that results

Since Black Field was financed through the Telefilm low budget program, there was no need to have a distributor or broadcaster attached to the project. That challenge would come after the production.

Esterhazy’s first attempt to get distribution saw her approach mainstream Canadian distributors with her gothic prairie romance but no one expressed interest. The distributors were unsure of how to market a film about Manitoba history and didn’t want to take the risk.

So, rejected by the Canadian market, Esterhazy decided to bring her film to the European Film Market (EFM) in the hopes of either finding a sales agent, a big distributor or perhaps several smaller distributors. With the help of On Screen Manitoba’s Access to Markets program, Esterhazy secured the money she needed and went off to Berlin.

Little did Esterhazy know that Europe would be the setting for a chance meeting with a fellow Manitoban and eventually a Canadian distributor in her own backyard.

In the Canada Room at EFM Esterhazy bumped into Kyle Irving- Vice President and producer for Manitoba production company Eagle Vision. That meeting eventually led to a deal that gave Century Street – Eagle Vision’s distribution arm-- the rights for Black Field in Canada, New Zealand, Australia and Germany regions.

At the EFM Esterhazy also found Black Field’s international distributor—Altedena Films. After several meetings Esterhazy decided to give them the rights to become the international sales agent in the all the regions not covered by Century Street. Esterhazy says she chose Altadena Films because she liked their distribution model.

“ I wanted a boutique distribution firm who could market my film more personally.”

Next challenge? How to get the word out?

To get people interested in Black Field, Esterhazy incorporated guerilla and grass roots marketing tactics.

A lot of viral outreach was done for the film. Facebook events were created for the premiere of Black Field in different cities. Esterhazy also implemented targeted marketing, sending invites to Cultural Museums and the First Weekend Club. She utilized local press as much as possible to help promote the film.

“The thing that shocked me most was how long this whole process of making a feature film has been. I had no idea how extensive the marketing would be; that I would end up putting as much time into telling people about my film as I did making it. Marketing is part of the reality of independent filmmaking.”

In the end, even though distributors felt Black Field would be a difficult sell, the film has been well received by Canadians.

“There has been lots of local excitement for Black Field, a unique film that celebrates Manitoba history. We’ve found that there’s an audience that is hungry for this type of film.”

Esterhazy is currently working on Black Field’s Canadian theatrical release. The film is screening in Winnipeg, Brandon, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton and hopefully Vancouver.

You can check out Black Field at the Cinematheque from now until June 10. There will be a special screening tonight night (June 4), where Esterhazy will introduce the film and be available for questions.

For additional information on Black Field screenings please visit the Winnipeg Film Group website.

Also, check out this article from The Uniter about Black Field!

On Screen Manitoba would like to send its condolences to the family of Wayne Nicklas, an active industry member. Our thoughts are with you.

More information here

Girl Geek Dinner # 5 - Blogging
June 8th, 2010

This month's Winnipeg Girl Geek dinner is all about blogging. Liz Hover and Polly Washburn will be sharing their experience, from the technical aspects of applications, tools, and themes, to the creative aspects of choosing a focal point, post composition, and how to keep content fresh and readers coming back for more.

Join us on Tuesday, June 8th, 2010, 6:00 PM at Aqua Books for a bite to eat and a chat at the EAT! Bistro. From there, we will move upstairs to the Live! Lounge for the interactive presentation.

Everyone is invited; if you plan on attending, please RSVP via Facebook or Eventbrite.

The presenters:

Liz moved to Winnipeg from London seven years ago. She works as digital media manager for the National Screen Institute - a film and television training school. She authors two blogs: Diary of a Web Gal and Hi, I'm Sadie Shih Tzu (nominated for a Canadian Weblog Award). Liz has presented workshops about the social web for the National Screen Institute, On Screen Manitoba, Canadian Women in Communications, the National Film Board and more. She also does web consulting to help develop and improve websites. Her passion is the internet and how to best use it as a communications professional.
Twitter: @lizhover @nsicanada @sadieshihtzu

Polly moved to Winnipeg from New York over 10 years ago. She is a film and digital media producer, owner of the production and consulting company Positron Media. She provides consulting and training in the areas of production and web marketing. She is currently producing three feature films, a couple of short ones, a collaborative online digital media project, an iPhone app and an augmented reality game. She has just launched a new blog ScreenLiving to examine content creation and distribution in a world where screens are both converging and proliferating.
Twitter: @pollywashburn

Local filmmaker’s dark and stirring debut is a beautifully-shot historical potboiler
by Sam Hagenlocher (Arts & Culture Editor)
The Uniter
 

Black Field
Directed by Danishka Esterhazy

80 minutes
Playing at Cinematheque Friday, May 28 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m.; Saturday, May 29 to Sunday, May 30 at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, June 2 to Sunday, June 6 at 7 p.m.; and Wednesday, June 9 at 7 p.m.

4 out of 5 stars

It is a dark night on the prairies. A horse shrieks in its stable. Two young women scurry towards a barn with a lantern to see what the trouble is. As the eldest shines her flickering light on the stallion in dismay, she sees the blood covering its head.

The horse is sick, and it’s their only one. Without batting an eye, she tells her sister to leave. She knows what has to be done.

“I’m so sorry,” she repeats, tears streaming down her face as she raises her shotgun towards the beast and fires.

So begins Black Field, the feature debut from Winnipeg filmmaker Danishka Esterhazy. Set in 19th century southern Manitoba, the film follows the lives of two sisters living alone on the prairies.

Since their father passed away from typhoid years previous, Maggie (Sara Canning) has been forced to take care of her young sister Rose (Ferron Guerreiro) by herself. When a charming, mysterious young French Canadian named David (Mathieu Bourguet) arrives at the isolated farm, seeking a place to stay for the night, it sets off a series of events that will change the girls’ lives forever.

Esterhazy’s tragic tale of lust, desperation and isolation was inspired by the Victorian gothic novels of the Bronte sisters, who, like Maggie and Rose, experienced tragedy firsthand at a young age – their eldest sisters also fell ill and died suddenly.

While Esterhazy wears her dark inspiration on her sleeve, she weaves a perfectly unique and watchable yarn of her own here, creating characters of surprising depth and purpose.

Newfoundland-born actress Sara Canning deserves high praise as well, digging deep into the heart of Maggie, Esterhazy’s protective and strong but vulnerable protagonist. The hopelessness in Canning’s eyes is palpable and captivating, as Maggie desperately fights to hold their lives together when her sister suddenly goes missing and she must seek help from her distant neighbours.

Winnipeg cinematographer Paul Suderman does phenomenal work here as well, with a style reminiscent of the legendary Roger Deakins (No Country For Old Men, Fargo), perfectly capturing the harsh beauty of the prairies.

As the film twists and turns into its tragic climax, it is clear Esterhazy cares deeply about the characters she has created, delicately pushing them towards their destination. Black Field is a perfect example of independent cinema done well: a simple story featuring deeply convicted characters worth investing in, executed with precision and affection. Bravo.

Danishka Esterhazy’s stunning new film BLACK FIELD Held Over @ THE CINEMATHEQUE June 3rd – June 10th !!

“A Beautifully shot gothic period drama…Danishka Esterhazy is a filmmaker to watch.”
Randall King / WINNIPEG FREE PRESS

“Sexual danger shimmers throughout…gorgeously photographed horizons that echo the landscapes of John Ford.”
Kenton Smith / UPTOWN

“Four stars. A perfect example of independent cinema...executed with precision and affection. Winnipeg cinematographer Paul Suderman does phenomenal work here, with a style reminiscent of the legendary Roger Deakins (No Country for Old Men).”
Sam Hagenlocher / THE UNITER


CINEMATHEQUE
100 Arthur St., Winnipeg Manitoba
www.winnipegfilmgroup.com

For screeners, interviews or other press requests, please contact dave@winnipegfilmgroup.com

WHAT’S PLAYING NOW:

Thurs. / June 3rd
7:00 PM – BLACK FIELD
9:00 PM – ME AND ORSON WELLES

Fri. / June 4th
7:00 PM –BLACK FIELD - Q & A with Danishka Esterhazy
9:00 PM – ME AND ORSON WELLES

Sat. / June 5th
7:00 PM – BLACK FIELD
9:00 PM – ME AND ORSON WELLES

Sun. / June 6th
7:00 PM - BLACK FIELD

The Cinematheque will be closed on Monday and Tuesday evening / June 7th and June 8th

Weds. / June 9th
7:00 PM – BLACK FIELD

Thurs. / June 10th
7:00 PM – BLACK FIELD
 

FILM INFO:

BLACK FIELD

DIR DANISHKA ESTERHAZY | 2009 | CANADA | 80 MINS. |

Starring Sara Canning, Mathiew Bourget, Ferron Guerreiro, Darcy Fehr

Inspired by the gothic novels of the Bronte sisters,(Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights) Danishka Esterhazy’s captivating first feature is a suspenseful drama unfolding on a Canadian prairie landscape in the 19th century. One of the best local features in some time this beautifully photographed film is the story of Maggie McGregor (played by Sara Canning of The Vampire Diaries) and her sister Rose who have no remaining family to help with the harsh physical labour needed to run their farm. The two sisters lives are forever changed when a mysterious and charming man named David Latouche arrives at their isolated farm. As the mesmerizing French Canadian trapper wins the sisters over, sparks start to fly. Black Field is a story about love and lust, truth and desperation.

“Black Field is filled with beautiful visuals that immerse viewers in the 1800’s prairie setting. Evenings are barely lit with candles, casting the farm in shadows.” Vancouver Film Festival

“ A gothic love letter to the prairies…Esterhazy’s tale of romance and betrayal is a striking period piece.” Uptown

Danishka Esterhazy is a graduate of the Director’s Lab at the Canadian Film Centre (founded by Norman Jewison) and has written and directed several short films which have screened at film festivals around the world. She was the 2008 winner of the Kodak New Vision Award sponsored by women in Film and Television in Toronto. She is currently developing a new sci fi feature Level 16.

ME AND ORSON WELLES

Dir. Richard Linklater | 2009 | USA | 109 MIN. |

Richard Linklater’s Me and Orson Welles is one of the best movies about theatre I’ve ever seen. The film involves the Mercury’s (the company of Orson Welles) first production, a Julius Caeser set in Mussolini’s Italy. It sees this enterprise through the eyes of Richard Samuels (Zac Ephron) a young actor who is hired as a mascot by Orson Welles, and somehow rises to a speaking role. He is star struck and yet self possessed and emboldened by a sudden romance that overtakes him with a Mercury cohort Sonja Jones (Clare Danes) The film is steeped in theatre lore. The impossible hours, the rehearsals, the gossip, the intrigue, the hazards of stage trap doors, the quirks of personalities, the egos…

The government has introduced new copyright legislation that would legalize activities commonly engaged in by thousands of Canadians — such as copying a CD — but which would prohibit breaking digital locks placed on gadgets and media.

Read more here

Summer Session
July 12 – July 16, 2010
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Monday to Friday
9:00 - 5:00 pm
$450
Early drop-off available
$20 (for week)
Interview required prior to acceptance
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Location:
B1-Suite 101 11 Evergreen Place
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A DVD of the weeks events will be available to each student!!!!
Available to kids and young adults.
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Lois Brothers
801-8318
Email: Loisbrothers@shaw.ca

www.childrensactingcenter.com

Classes include:

Scene study, auditioning and filming techniques:
•Lois Brothers
•Vanessa Mayberry (Camera/Editor)

Voice and Diction work:
•Channels sound studio

Improvisation skills:
•Dean Harder

Stunt Work:
•Sean Skene

Comedy workshops:
•Dan Licoppe

Make up:
•Doug Morrow

(TORONTO, May 27, 2010) - Winnipeg, Manitoba’s Farpoint Films announced today it has reached an agreement with Middle Child Films, and its principal Tony Wosk, to represent the company’s interests in the Toronto market. Wosk will consult for Farpoint on both scripted and non-scripted programming and will be responsible for representing the company with Toronto based broadcasters and distributors.

Most recently Executive in Charge of Production, TV Comedy for CBC Television, overseeing projects including the series 18 To Life and CBC’s flagship stand-up comedy series Just For Laughs, Wosk has also held positions in feature film financing, acquisition, and distribution with Christal Films Distribution and Telefilm Canada. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree (MBA) from York University's Schulich School of Business and a BA from the University of Western Ontario.

This business arrangement for Farpoint Films comes on the heels of director John Barnard’s latest project, the short film A Fable About Beauty, which will see its international premiere at the Worldwide Short Film Festival in Toronto on June 2, 2010.

Narrated by Michael O’Sullivan (Careful, Archangel) and featuring performances by Tracy McMahon (The Lookout, Fringe) Tricia Cooper and Sarah Constible, A Fable About Beauty follows socially inept losers Becky and Kimmy on their quest to meet their shared crush, notorious documentary cameraman Joel Stone.

Part comedy, part art film, part bedtime story, A Fable About Beauty is a unique hybrid of genres and a lyrical meditation on our misguided reverence for beautiful people. Known for the Comedy Network’s hit series House Party, the Hugo award-winning documentary Lost Bones: In Search of Sitting Bull’s Grave, and APTN’s reality boxing series Warriors: TKO, A Fable About Beauty is director John Barnard’s latest mini-masterpiece.

A Fable About Beauty - Worldwide Short Film Festival screenings:

Wednesday, June 2 Cumberland Cinema 4 @ 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 5 Cumberland Cinema 4 @ 2:30 p.m.

For more information and to schedule interviews please contact:

John Barnard
Farpoint Films
Phone: 204-222-3755
Email: john@farpointfilms.com

(Gimli, MB) June 2, 2010 - The Gimli Film Festival will celebrate their tenth annual film festival by awarding Guy Maddin as the first recipient of The Gimli Film Festival Legacy Award. Guy Maddin will accept the Legacy Award at their Launch Party in Winnipeg on June 10 at the WAG Rooftop Sculpture Garden. The Party celebrates the talents of filmmaking in Manitoba and ten years of bringing the very best of independent film to the shores of Lake Winnipeg.

The Gimli Film Festival is known internationally for its outdoor beach screenings with an 11 metre screen set in the water. The festival has been a champion of Manitoba filmmakers through the years, and supports their creative work by bringing their films to an appreciative audience each summer.

“We believe passionately in the talent and creativity of our Canadian filmmakers, which is well represented in the Manitoba scene,” said Janis Johnson chair of the Gimli Film Festival. “Our goal is to continue to grow the Gimli Film Festival into the most cutting edge indie film festival in the country.”

We extend an invitation to join us in this celebration on June 10. Advance tickets are available at On Screen Manitoba (204) 927-5898 and Gimli Box Office or by phone at (204) 642-8846 for only $20.

Gimli Film Festival
Ten Years in Twenty Ten - Launch Party
Presented by Richardson GMP and Scotiabank

Date: Thursday June 10
Time: 8:00pm
Place: Winnipeg Art Gallery – Rooftop Sculpture Garden
Cost: $20

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For more information please contact:
David Sherman: 204.334.8342
davidsherman@mts.net
www.gimlifilm.com

Hello to Members and People Who Wish to Become Members (Why aren’t you a member yet? It’s so EASY! Just call and we’ll set you up!)

JUNE 15th! What is so special about June 15th?

WELL!

If you’re applying to the Marketing Plan Program (MPP), the once a year deadline is JUNE 15TH! This rolls Access to Markets, Access to Festivals, and the Professional Marketing Plan into one application to cover the whole year. The MPP supports established production companies, and can include events already attended, going back to April 1st and extending to March 31st, 2011. If you have already accessed AtoF and AtoM this year, those contributions will be rolled into MPP if the jury accepts your application.

The Corporate Capacity Growth Program’s first deadline is also JUNE 15TH. For those of you in attendance recently at the Town Hall at Midcan, The New Realities Of Screen-Based Media In Canada, or the lucky few who hit the Alexander Manu iAccelerator at Studios in the Exchange you will be happy to know that MULTI PLATFORM EXPLORATION is an eligible project. Timely! The app and guidelines are available at http://www.onscreenmanitoba.com/programs as well, and as always, you can contact Angela or Claudia at On Screen Manitoba with all questions.

By the way, a mind-expanding time was had by all, both on a professional and personal development level, at the Alexander Manu iAccelerator. WE can’t wait to get Alexander back here again. Next time, do whatever you have to do to come to learn from this professor of innovation, imagination, and strategic foresight. I am still buzzing from this, to use an old 60’s term, “happening”.

AND if you are planning a Market trip to points anywhere in the world with your fabulous Made-in-Manitoba projects, expanding your already big brain via a Professional Development opportunity, or have been invited to screen your “worth every moment” finished work at a Festival, the deadlines are 30 days prior to the event or opportunity. You can download the applications and guidelines for Access to Markets, the Professional Development Plan, and Access to Festivals at http://www.onscreenmanitoba.com/programs

Click here for some upcoming deadlines, by no means a definitive list. If you have a festival or Market Event not listed here that you are planning on attending, call me and ask if it’s eligible.

Stay dry this weekend if possible!

Your Vice Poobah of Programs,
Angela Kuehl

Programs & Financial Coordinator

On Screen Manitoba

Phone: 204.927.5891

angela@onscreenmanitoba.com

A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR FACILITATED ACCESS TO THE JAPANESE WIRELESS MARKET
The Mobile Computing Promotion Consortium (MCPC) of Japan have partnered with Wavefront to connect Canada’s community of innovative wireless and new media companies to the Japanese market.

Any company is welcome to attend the seminar in Vancouver next month, but only ones vetted by MCPC will be chosen for the one-on-one coaching sessions and trade show component in Japan this November.

MCPC MOBILE EXCHANGE PROGRAM WITH WAVEFRONT
The MCPC Mobile Exchange Program with Wavefront is a two-phase program to prepare Canadian wireless businesses looking to successfully export their wireless product or service to Japan.

PHASE 1
One-on-one coaching in Vancouver late June 2010 with visiting MCPC representatives that will provide:
+ Assessment of your product/service for entry into the Japanese market taking into account cultural, technical and market factors + How to structure your presentation for the Japanese market + Marketing and distribution strategies for deployment in Japan
There is no charge for companies to participate in Phase 1.

PHASE 2
Participation at the 8th annual MCPC Solutions Fair will be held in Tokyo late November 2010. The MCPC Solutions Fair attracts over 6500 enterprise attendees and displays the latest mobile solutions from Japan’s leading mobile equipment manufacturers and services.
+ Facilitated introductions to high potential clients, partners and members of MCPC + Coordination of one-on-one meetings during Solutions Fair

CONTACT: Brian Roberts — VP, Business Development, Wavefront — brian.roberts@wavefrontac.com

JAPAN’S MOBILE MARKET
Japan is one of the world’s top mobile markets with 111 million mobile subscribers1 and generating $71.5 billion in revenues2. Seventy- two percent of the population uses mobile data services and mobile internet penetration in Japan is more than double the U.S. or top European countries. With outstanding network quality and coverage and over 95% 3G handset penetration, Japan operators have fostered an environment containing rich mobile content and engaging campaigns. Japan is also one of the world leaders in deploying 4G technology, the first networks of which are due to become commercially operational in late 2010.

THE MOBILE COMPUTING PROMOTION CONSORTIUM (MCPC) OF JAPAN
MCPC is dedicated to the promotion and expansion of mobile computing in the Japanese market. MCPC has 168 member firms representing the top wireless operators and device manufacturers including NTT DOCOMO, KDDI, SOFTBANK MOBILE, Sharp, Fujitsu, Casio Computer, Hitachi, Toshiba, Mitsubishi and NEC. The Consortium cooperates internationally with interested organizations, contributes to the evolution and expansion of the information society, and plays a role in mobile computing system efforts worldwide, especially in Asia.

ABOUT WAVEFRONT
Wavefront is a not-for-profit commercialization centre accelerating the growth of Canada’s wireless and new media development companies. Wavefront improves speed-to-market and delivery of mobile applications and devices by providing emerging companies with a suite of WaveGuideTM training, mobile industry advisory, incubation and testing services that facilitate market linkages and commercial engagement with the mobile ecosystem and enterprise companies around the world.

Congratulations to the Manitoba-Made NFB Production Runaway which won a Golden Sheaf Award in the Animation category at the Yorkton Film Festival this past weekend.

Category Awards - Animation
Runaway: Producer(s) Michael Scott, Derek Mazur; Director(s) Cordell Barker; Production Company National Film Board of Canada.

Runaway is a 9-minute short that features a driverless train in which happy passengers are having a great time, oblivious to the fate that awaits them around the bend. The ensuing crisis leads to a class struggle that is as amusing as it is merciless – with everyone equal in the end. Runaway is available for viewing on the NFB website - click here.

Golden Sheaf Awards at the Yorkton Film Festival
The best of Canadian short film was celebrated at the 63rd Annual Yorkton Film Festival. Held May 27-30, delegates from across Canada took part in a number of workshops featuring top members of Canada’s film industry. Highlights included a double feature of the Canadian-made full-length films Rust and Last Train Home, the Minister’s Luncheon with the Honourable Dustin Duncan, select screenings of films nominated for an award, and a prairie LobsterBlast. The weekend culminated with the Golden Sheaf Awards held on Saturday, May 29, which honoured the best films entered into this year’s festival.

Click here to view the full list of 2010 Golden Sheaf Award Recipients

By: Emily Claire Afan, Playback

According to Patrice Theroux, digital distribution in Canada is not the enigma it used to be.

"With the exploitations of the rights, I think every distributor is exposed to some form of digital distribution now," says the chairmain of the Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters, as well as president of filmed entertainment at E1.

Content has become more widely available to consumers through what Theroux defines as four major categories: cable, IPTV, VOD, digital (i.e. Rogers and Shaw); TV and set-top consumer electronics (i.e. PlayStation 3, Xbox 360); PC and Mac; and mobile.

While 'traditional' new media sources are hard enough for the industry to adapt to, even newer avenues for distribution are coming online every month. Take for example the recent news out of Cannes that Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is offering a movie-streaming service with MUNI on the PS3, while HBO also just announced that its content will also be distributed on the game console in the US. There is still a question whether or not these services will come to Canada.

"From a CAFDE point of view, we're doing a review right now of some of the distribution act -- how to treat those rights, the internet, how to monitor, how to apply some of these regulations," states Theroux. "It's essential for our distribution system in Canada that we have the same guidelines over digital." He adds that this is a bit more of a difficult task because digital rights differ from country to country.

But some progress is on the horizon. Even now, Theroux says that services such as Netflix will be coming north of the border.

"They've (Netflix) been talking about it for a while, they're not sure what the timing is, but you'll see more of these arising," he notes. "At the end of the day, it's consumers accessing the same content, through film and digital. So we're very interested as a group of distributors, obviously, how this will play. We hope the digital world is bringing a lot more access to the consumer and therefore expanding the pie in terms of entertainment dollar that's going to be spent on film entertainment."

And since digital distribution has become part of distributors' daily activity, Theroux is hopeful that once the government addresses regulatory issues, that digital content will have to go the same route through a Canuck distributor as film and TV content.

"What it does is it allows some of the money that's generated in all this media to be retained in Canada by Canadian and redeployed into the Canadian system," he explains. "All the distributors do massive investment in Canadian content, so we do hope that money generated will expand with digital as well."

Interestingly, Theroux adds that even though consumers have more choice than ever on how to consume their content, there was a spike in global box office numbers last year.

"Who would have predicted in 2009 that the box office would have risen the way it did on a global basis? Despite a lot more access and different ways to access the content. It was one of my great pleasures last year to see [that]."
For now, he remains optimistic of digital distribution's future in Canada. "I hope the government continues to monitor it and make sure we do retain a lot of Canadiana into those services," he says. "And that we make sure that all of these services contribute to a healthy production and distribution sector in the country."

THE 2011 CANADA GAMES IS INVITING THE BEST YOUNG ARTISTS IN CANADA TO HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA

The National Artist Program will bring together 39 emerging artists to collaborate in a two week interdisciplinary residency, culminating in a gala performance, in the vibrant and diverse cultural city of Halifax. Three artists and two alternates will be selected from each province and territory.

Artists will be selected from the following disciplines:
• visual arts
• dance/movement arts
• theatre arts
• music arts
• literary arts

The National Artist Program offers a unique opportunity to practice your chosen craft, under the mentorship of leading Canadian artists, in a collaborative setting with other young artists from across Canada.

To be eligible, artists must:
• Be between the ages of 16 and 22 years, as of December 31, 2010
• Demonstrate artistic excellence and commitment to the creative development of their artistic practice
• Have experience working in a collaborative environment with artists from other disciplines
• Be available to participate in the 2011 Canada Games in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from February 11–27, 2011

If selected, you will have the chance of a lifetime to participate in one of the most challenging and exciting opportunities for emerging artists on the national stage.

For more information: www.sportmanitoba.ca/programs/teammanitoba_cwg

For more than 150 years, thousands of Aboriginal children in Canada were sent to Indian Residential Schools. Children were taken from families, communities, and stripped of languages, cultural identities and traditions. They were to become a part of mainstream culture. The government policy failed, and the devastating impacts continue.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada is hosting its first national public gathering in Winnipeg, June 16-19 at The Forks. Throughout those four days there will be opportunities to learn about the history of the schools and share the experiences of former students and their families. There will also be opportunities to reach out, reconnect and reconcile so that as a community, we can move forward with respect.

Survivors will be journeying to Winnipeg to be part of this historic event. Hotel rooms in the city are sold out. If you are in a position to host a residential school survivor during their stay, please contact the Truth and Reconciliation office at 984-5885.

Please, open your heart, open your home. Show a residential school survivor that it is indeed, about respect.

Call 984-5885. Thank you, Meegwetch.

Representatives of the TRC are available for interviews about the National Event, and the urgent need for billets.

For more information or to arrange an interview, contact:

Anne Bennett, Communications, TRC National Event
Ph. 204-888-5870
Cell: 204-781-3368

The Canadian Innovation Exchange presents the third annual search for the hottest technology-based products, services and companies in ICT, Cleantech and Digital Media.

Each year, 100’s of the most innovative ICT, Cleantech and Digital Media companies in Canada enter Canada's Hottest Innovative Companies competition. Finalists are then invited to present their product or service at CIX in front of a live panel of Canadian and US investors, executives, delegates and industry peers. Three finalists in each category are chosen and a vote is conducted for the title of Canada’s Innovation Leader.

Canada's Hottest Innovative Companies is open to all Canadian companies who consider themselves, their product, technology or service to be innovative in the fields of:

* Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
* Cleantech
* Digital Media

Canada's Hottest Innovative Companies is free to enter

Contest closes October 1st, 2010

Enter before July 2nd and get 50% off your ticket to CIX 2010 (winning companies will be redeemed this fee and get one free entry to CIX)

You think you’ve got what it takes? ENTER TODAY

The Shaw Rocket Fund has unveiled its new Digital Funding Stream, providing financial support for the creation of digital media content related to Canadian children's programming. For more information on the fund and to apply, visit The Shaw Rocket Fund website.

The Rocket Fund will allocate up to $2 million annually towards digital content, the organization announced.

The Shaw Rocket Fund is dedicated to investing in the Canadian children's production industry with a broader mission to champion Canadian children's programming in Canada and around the world.

Under the new Digital Fund component, equity financing will be provided for digital content related to Canadian television programs that the Rocket Fund has already invested in, with the goal of enhancing the viewing experience for the audience and support the exploitation of the programs.

The Rocket Fund will allocate up to $2 million annually for digital content intended for children, youth or a family audience. The content must be new or upgraded in some way, and available on additional digital media platforms.

The Shaw Rocket Fund is a permanent, independently governed, not-for-profit corporation that provides equity financing for the production of high quality Canadian children's, youth and family programming for television.

The Shaw Rocket Fund is supported by Shaw Communications Inc., Shaw Pay Per View Ltd. a division of Shaw Cablesystems G.P., Star Choice Television Network, EastLink Cablesystems and Delta Cable Communications.

Fri May 28 to Thu June 10

Winnipeg director Danishka Esterhazy’s striking feature debut, Black Field, is a historical drama set in 19th century Manitoba about two sisters and the man who comes between them. Inspired by the gothic novels of the Brontë sisters, Black Field is the story of Maggie McGregor and her sister Rose, who find themselves left without any help to support their farm following the death of their father. The young sisters’ lives are forever changed when a mysterious and charming man, David Latouche, arrives at their isolated farm. As the mesmerizing French Canadian trapper starts to win the sisters over, love, lust, desperation, and – finally – tragedy unfold, all surrounded within the stunning cinematography of Winnipeg’s Paul Suderman.

BLACK FIELD
Fri May 28 at 7:00 PM
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Sat May 29 at 7:00 PM
Sun May 30 at 7:00 PM
Wed Jun 2 at 7:00 PM
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Winnipeg director Danishka Esterhazy's award winning debut feature is the story of two sisters and the mysterious and charming man who changes their lives forever.

SEND + RECEIVE: 10 YEARS OF SOUND
Sat May 29 at 9:00 PM

The premiere of a superb new documentary marking 12 years of the the send+receive festival of sound art featuring rare interviews and live performances from local and international artists.

Really you'll want to choose the right mate to compliment your personality, as you'll want to choose the right platform to compliment your story. And while I don't recommend having multiple partners, I do recommend having multiple platforms - because after all, it's the digital revolution.

Here's a great article that will help you make your decision about platforms called Transmedia: 5-Steps to Selecting the Right Platforms. I found this article from a posting on the NSI site that Liz Hover put up, so make sure to check out Liz's site for more digital media tips.

Black Field has it's Winnipeg premiere 7:00pm, Friday, May 28 at the Cinematheque and will be screening there until June 10. In honour of the premiere we are recirculating this wonderful article written by Richelle Cerrer an On Screen Manitoba Intern, that takes an in depth look into the making of Black Field and Danishka's experience during production of her first feature length film. Enjoy!

Local Winnipeg filmmaker, Danishka Esterhazy, talks about the concept and the process of her first feature length film, Black Field.

What do you get when you combine the Manitoba prairies with a historical gothic love story? Winnipeg filmmaker Danishka Esterhazy’s first feature length film. Black Field. The story captures the imagery of 19th century gothic literature, by taking elements of the Bronte sisters novels and placing it in a Manitoba setting.

"As a teenager, I wondered what would happen if the stories took place on the prairies. I always wanted to write a story like that," says Esterhazy as we sit in the On Screen Manitoba boardroom. "Black Field is a love triangle between two sisters and the man that comes between them."

Being inspired by gothic literature isn’t the only thing that made her want to produce a historical drama. Esterhazy says it was also important to show the diversity of the settlers who came to Manitoba.

"We understand each other now as a really diverse society. It wasn’t easy in the beginning creating that society, and that’s what I wanted to show."

Black Field features immigrant settlers from Ukraine and Britain. The sisters are Scottish and the man that comes between them is French Canadian.

After directing a series of shorts, Black Field, is Esterhazy’s first feature. "Once you step in the world of feature film, everything becomes larger," says Esterhazy. During the production of the film, Esterhazy quickly realized how much hard work goes along with such a big project. Despite the challenges, she describes her feeling during production as "a good kind of exhaustion."

Along with wardrobe, farm animals and stunts, Black Field’s historical component required the building of sets to accompany the particular time period. The film was produced by Two Lagoons Productions Inc. and was shot on their "Tyndallwood" property in Tyndall, Manitoba.

Jeff Skinner is a producer with Two Lagoons. He says aside from being a passionate and talented female director, Two Lagoons was instantly interested in Esterhazy’s vision.

"Danishka is a well-rounded director who understands all aspects and perspectives of what it takes to make a film. She wants to learn as many things as she can from as many sources as she can. Danishka brings a lot to the table and is prepared to let everyone else come to the table with their ideas as well,".

It was that ability to bring everyone in that Esterhazy says made this production possible. "The challenge was to create a film that needed a much bigger budget and do it with the budget we actually had" says Esterhazy who cited the creativity of the crew as the key to its success. "I don’t think we could have pulled this off anywhere else. Everyone involved really pulled together to make it look like a much more expensive production than what it really was".

Esterhazy has been producing, writing and directing award-winning shorts since 2001.Her journey through film began at The Winnipeg Film Group. She’s done training courses through Film Training Manitoba and is a graduate of the Director’s Lab at the Canadian Film Centre in Toronto. Esterhazy is also an alumna of NSI Drama Prize 2004 with The Snow Queen and NSI Features First 2006-07 with Level 16.

Black Field was shot in 35mm film and is currently in post-production and editing. Esterhazy says she is really happy with the look of the film and excited to release it to the world.

Watch the trailer for Black Field by visiting www.blackfieldmovie.com and check out Black Field’s Facebook fan page for updates.

Written by: Richelle Cerrer, On Screen Manitoba Intern

 

We'd like to alert you to a serious issue with WCB and their coverage that is putting Manitoba productions and production companies at significant risk and has a high potential to damage the Manitoba industry’s ability to secure out-of-province productions. This risk is related to WCB’s new application of coverage for performers (actors), specifically those earning more than $150,000 a year.

Background:
In January 2009 the Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba (WCB) added the film and tv production industry to their list of compulsory industries.

On Screen Manitoba organized a number of meetings with WCB staff working through a few areas of confusion during the spring of 2009. These key issues, related mainly to coverage for independent contractors especially performers, appeared to have been worked out to our mutual satisfaction.

WCB considers actors to be 'Entertainers' and Entertainers are not covered under WCB's compulsory coverage requirement. As a threshold, the definition of “entertainer” was discussed. We believe that “entertainer” should refer to on-stage variety performers, singers and stand-up comedians etc – anyone who has a promoter, books shows (at theatres, concert halls) and performs their own show program, a performance which they own. Entertainers often earn their income based on door receipts and by and large, entertainers work for themselves. We are of the opinion that actors who are engaged by a production company are not entertainers because: they are contracted to report to work on a certain day and are scheduled to work a certain number of days with call times, they recite lines from a script owned (licensed) to a production company, they are paid by the production company to perform that work and the result of their work is owned by the production company. If an actor does not report to work or misses a scheduled day then the actor has breached their engagement agreement, not unlike an employee who does not report to work. We provided WCB with a performers contract template for their consideration. However, WCB maintained their position that performers are “entertainers.”

From our follow up meetings with WCB representatives, it was our understanding that even though WCB considers performers to be “entertainers,” most performers would meet criteria set by WCB to be considered workers (those performers earning $150K or less on a production) and would be covered under voluntary WCB coverage purchased by the production company. WCB determined that performers who earn greater than $150,000 a year would not be considered workers by WCB, but independent contractors. It is WCB's position that independent contractors may voluntarily self-insure and pay for the premiums themselves. Our understanding was that WCB recognized that production companies are not privy to an actor’s annual earnings and it would not be possible for them to determine who would meet the worker definition and who would not. It was assumed from our discussions with WCB that the $150,000 cap would be applied to earnings on a single production and not annual earnings thus allowing producers to determine when they could use voluntary WCB coverage and when they would have to make arrangements for alterative AoS insurance.

Current situation:
Our assumption was proven wrong. A recent production that purchased WCB insurance to cover their crew and actors. One of the actors who was earning $150,000 on the production was injured and was then subsequently denied coverage by WCB on the claim dating back to fall 2009. WCB has denied the claim on the basis that the production had purchased the wrong WCB insurance. They state that the actor, and not the production company, should have purchased the insurance. It should be noted that whether purchased under production company or as an independent contractor the fee and the caps are the same. This has caused a significant amount of negative attention to Manitoba.

This case exposes the risk a number of productions may be facing.

This has an impact on the perceived ‘safety’ of Manitoba as a production centre. Uncertainty is very unappealing to our industry - the financial and legal risks are far too high.

Risks:
It is WCB’s position that actors earning over $150,000 a year can not be covered under voluntary WCB coverage purchased by the production. These actors can be covered separately under WCB’s voluntary coverage for independent contractors’ but the actor must purchase this coverage for him or herself. It can not be purchased by the production. However, this is offside the labour agreements (ACTRA and SAG) which require that productions provide insurance coverage for their performers. If performers are required to obtain their own voluntary coverage as independent contractors, the productions are exposed to potential legal issues from the labour organizations and the performers themselves. Privacy rights pose another challenge – actors will not want to disclose their yearly earnings to any production nor do the productions have any right or responsibility to request this information yet, this is currently the only way to determine a performer’s annual earnings often over multiple productions and multiple employers.

There is much confusion and inconsistency with WCB’s policy that must be resolved. We will work with the Province and WCB to rectify these issues.

What you should do:
Until this WCB issue is finally determined, purchase coverage for your performers through an alternative AoS insurer, an example is ACTRA Fraternal Benefits ( http://www.actrafrat.com/ )

What OSM is doing:
We are informing Ministers and Deputy Ministers and senior executives at WCB of the issues. A meeting with Ministers Howard (Labour) and Marcelino (CHT) is set up for Friday afternoon.

We’ll update you on any action coming out of these meetings.

Tara Walker
Executive Director
On Screen Manitoba

Camera/Editor – Winnipeg

APTN has a career opportunity for an experienced individual who will be responsible for all day-to-day production operations of APTN National News & Current Affairs including shooting and editing.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:
• Shoots and edits news materials for News & Current Affairs programming; interviews, b-roll, stand ups, stock footage, and sequences etc.
• Operates Betacam SX, DVCAM and XDCAM HD camcorders
• Edits on Avid Newscutter Nitris DX non-linear system
• Logs and digitizes material prior to the edit session
• Organizes material including audio, video, music, graphics titles, effects, clips, bins and sequences within the editing system
• Completes rough and final edit and outputs the final product to tape or to disc
• Conducts live and live-to-tape double-ender interviews from studio or remote locations
• Performs required dubs to and from all APTN formats
• Completes equipment, tape and broadcast fault reports as required.
• Consults with Broadcast Technologists on technical, maintenance and repair issues
• Maintains the videotape/stock footage library and videotape and camera supply inventory

Education/Experience:
• Diploma or certificate from college or university; five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination
• HD production experience required
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, internet and e-mail software, and broadcast industry technology required
• Proof of valid driver’s license (driver’s abstract) required
• Shift work and travel are required; must be able to carry camera gear
• Knowledge of French and/or at least one Aboriginal language would be an asset

As this position is part of a bargaining unit, the successful candidate will operate under the collective agreement with the Canadian Media Guild.

Remuneration: DOQ/DOE

Please forward your resume quoting Competition 09/10-30 and where you saw this ad, by 3 p.m. (CST), Tuesday, June 8, 2010 to:

Human Resources
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
339 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2C3
Fax: 204-943-2368
E-Mail: careers@aptn.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. As an Aboriginal employer we encourage First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants to apply.

Junior Accountant - Internal

APTN has a full-time opportunity for an experienced individual who will be responsible for assisting with various functions of the Finance Department. This includes meeting monthly and annual deadlines of inputting and issuing payments on a regular basis, processing cheque requisitions, computing, classifying, recording and reconciling credit card accounts, travel expense claims, etc and verifying all information for accuracy.

Key Responsibilities
• Prepares and prints cheques for credit card vendors, payroll remittances and other records as may be required, and reviews for accuracy
• Verifies coding of invoices for input to financial data processing system according to company procedures
• Verifies and posts details of business transactions
• Processes, reconciles and maintains outstanding travel advances and ensures compliance with company policies
• Reconciles visa statements; reconciles and replenishes petty cash
• Back up to other Accounts Payable position

Requirements
• One to three years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Knowledge of basic accounting functions
• Familiarity and experience with Accpac Accounting software is an asset
• Database, word processing, spreadsheets, e-mail and Internet software proficiency
• Knowledge of French and/or an Aboriginal language an asset

Remuneration: DOQ/DOE

Please forward your resume quoting Competition 09/10-29 and where you saw this ad, in confidence, by 3 p.m. (CST), Monday, June 7, 2010, to

Human Resources
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
339 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2C3
Fax: 204-943-2368
E-Mail: careers@aptn.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. As an Aboriginal employer we encourage First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants to apply.

By Gemma Manangan, Communications Coordinator

Ross McMillan. Beloved actor. Playwright. Aspiring television writer. 2009 ROGERS AND MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC winner. It was during the Gimli Film Festival last year where Ross McMillan stopped being an ASPIRING television writer and took his first steps to BECOMING one. In front of a panel of four judges and a live audience Ross pitched his idea for a series called Eco Café.

Although he may not have been the most experienced of the other seven finalists and his pitch definitely wasn’t the flashiest (one pitch involved a confetti machine!), it was Ross McMillan’s character driven Eco Café that won the big prize.

“I went into it thinking I wanted to win. I’d worked pretty hard on my pitch trying to make it as coherent, interesting, entertaining and original as possible. But it wasn’t until the drive out to Gimli that I knew I would win, because I witnessed about six omens on the way to the pitch. When I won there was still a rare kind of elation.”

Eco Café is a half-hour comedy show about environmentalist vegans who work at a vegan café. The group is particularly concerned with global warming and tries to have a positive effect on the environment, but due to their deviant personalities, their good intentions always fall short. There are two characters that see all the chaos clearly, but can’t do anything because their colleagues are so nuts.

While the idea for this show had been knocking around Ross’s head for a while, it wasn’t until he had received an email about the pitch competition that he actually got to work on creating Eco Café.

“I spent about 6 weeks to prepare and I just worked very hard at assembling 6 - 8 characters who fit well together. When I got to Gimli I had the characters, concept and a few ideas for possible episodes.”

Winning the pitch money made it possible for Ross to take a few months off and devote himself fully to developing Eco Café. Ross spent this time creating a ‘Mini Bible’ – a document that includes detailed character descriptions, a brief description of the concept, the setting and ideas for possible storylines. In this time he also wrote a few draft pilots and a script for a short promo video (proof of concept).

The pitch competition didn’t just give Ross money, it also gave him a producer. After the pitch, Ross was approached by Kim Todd of Original Pictures and shortly after signed a development agreement with them. Experienced with television projects, Original Pictures helped Ross develop Eco Café and they are now at the stage of pitching the show to various networks.

According to Ross having the opportunity to participate in the pitch motivated him to stop just thinking about his great idea and finally make it happen.

“The two most important things the pitch did for me was it got me off my ass and finally get a pitch together; I was energized and working because I had a goal. The second thing was it helped me gain knowledge about the television industry. After the pitch I was able to hook up with a producer and under their guidance we developed my show.”

Story. Originality. Fun.

If you’ve never done a pitch before, don’t worry, that doesn’t mean you have no chance at winning. Last years winner Ross was a virgin when it came to pitching, and it certainly didn’t hinder his performance. There’s lots of help out there for first time pitchers. Film Training Manitoba offers a pitching workshop right before the big competition. There’s also the Internet; they have tutorials on everything nowadays! But why not take some sound advice from last years winner Ross McMillan.

“You have to be well prepared and confident, and because of my omens I was completely confident. It’s also important to have a good story that you’re passionate about and believe in. And remember you need to engage the judges, so if you can pitch them a show with a bit of originality, you’ve got their attention.”

Good luck to everyone who submits an application for the 2010 Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music Pitch! Remember the deadline to apply is Monday, May 31, 2010.

OSM Member Application Fee: $50 (first application) / $25 (each additional application)
Non-Member Application Fee: $75 (first application) / $40 (each additional application)

Application & Guidelines (DOC) / (PDF)
Official Competition Rules (PDF)

OSM Membership Info

Please note that the 2010 Rogers and Manitoba Film & Music $15,000 Pitch is only open to Manitoba residents.

Members and friends!

A little more than a week ago Phyllis Laing (our Board Chair) and I got our first chance to sit down with Minister Flor Marcelino of Culture, Heritage & Tourism, her Deputy Minister Sandra Hardy and Assistant Deputy Minister Veronica Dyck. It was a friendly meeting and it didn’t hurt that it was all women sitting around the table.

The Minister is both highly interested and supportive of our industry. Her background as a newspaper editor shows as she asks excellent and often difficult to answer questions. We also discovered that she has a son that worked on SHALL WE DANCE and NEW IN TOWN (funny having the producer sitting right there and she hadn’t a clue she’d hired the Minister’s son!) We are eager to get her on to set so she can see for herself how well organized and hard working our film crews are.

We had the chance to share some of what we see as obstacles to our growth such as a weakened international market and skilled crew shortages. We also introduced her to our sustainability plan and suggested that although so many factors are out of our control we can lead our community in building a competitive industry that will be nimble in adapting to industry changes. Our very busy summer is a good sign of how aggressive we can be in creating opportunity when the right incentive is there. However, we stressed that the tax credit is only one part of a more comprehensive approach to sustaining the industry.

We stressed that Manitoba needs to be more competitive in the digital media sphere… we let her know about the public educational broadcaster we’re championing and we raised the issue of the cancelled MIDMF program at IEM and suggested that digital media as creative content creation should fall under CHT’s umbrella.

The Minister’s Special Assistant recommended we follow up with the Legislative Speakers Office to register to speak to the budget bill which includes the new tax credit enhancement – we are awaiting a committee meeting date.

We definitely have a friend in Minister Marcelino and we’re looking forward to finding more ways for her to get to know you – our members and your productions. If you are having a special screening of your work or can accommodate a set visit please let us know and we’ll extend an invite to the Minister.

-Tara

BlinkWorks Media has just released exciting news about their new project Indie Game: The Movie. While they have the concept for their film fully fleshed out and a sample video up on the website they are currently seeking funding to help them make the film and they are doing it in a new way. They are crowdfunding their film through kickstarter.com, a website that allows people to post up projects that fans can help fund.

To learn more about their project visit: http://www.indiegamethemovie.com

To donate and jump on the Indie Game: The Movie bandwagon visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/blinkworks/indie-game-the-movie?pos=1&ref=recommended

THE FILM
It's a feature documentary about video games, their creators and the craft. It examines independent game developers as a way to understand the medium and the theory behind video games. Throughout, the film focuses on the human side of the creative process, and the connections between game and game-maker.

ON SCREEN MANITOBA MEMBER DIRECTORY iPHONE APP
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS (PDF)

On Screen Manitoba (OSM) is looking to secure the services of or contract a developer to program and design a member directory and production resource tool iPhone application. We currently have an online database of our membership that we would like to have integrated with the iPhone app.

KEY FUNCTIONS
• A directory to browse organized categories www.onscreenmanitoba.com/directory
• A search toolbar
• Updates dynamically with stored database through OSM website
• Video gallery section with embedded video player
• Embedded advertising banners
• Twitter, Facebook and News feeds
• Application load quickly and be optimized for speed and performance
• Must meet Apple’s standard requirements to ensure approval by the Apple Store.

INTERFACE
• Graphic design similar to that of the OSM website (www.onscreenmanitoba.com)
• Follow standard Apple icons and layout to keep application simple and easy to use

PROPOSAL REQUIREMEMENTS
Ability to have the project completed by March 31, 2011 (includes Apple Store approval process). Once project is completed, there may be requirements for servicing as needed.

When applying please provide:
• A full project timeline and budget detailing costs of each feature
• Recommendations for project
• Basic sample of proposed screen design
         • Examples of previous work/iPhone apps you've worked on
         • Client references

References:
• www.onscreenmanitoba.com/directory
• http://www.mbfilmmusic.ca/Film/ProductionGuide/tabid/153/language/en-US/Default.aspx
• A few examples of iPhone Apps that have design and functional features we like:
         • VX Connect – BC Digital Media & Wireless Directory
         • ReelDirectory
         • Vancouver International Film Fest 2009
         • Vancouver 2010 Olympics and Paralympic Games

HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your proposal with the subject line “OSM iPhone App” by Monday, June 21, 2010 to:

Megan Deaust
Marketing and Membership Manager
On Screen Manitoba
Unit 100 – 62 Albert St
Winnipeg, MB R3B 1E9
E: megan@onscreenmanitoba.com

Available for 24 hours only, you'll be able to view a teaser for Julijette co-production The Divide, currently shooting in Winnipeg.

www.thedividethemovie.com

The film is attached to Hitman director Xavier Gens and stars Michael Biehn of James Cameron's The Terminator and Milo Ventimiglia, the star of the TV series Heroes.

The Divide is a suspense thriller that follows a group of people in an apartment building fallout shelter trying to survive the end of the world.

FTM has designed its Human Resource Training Fund to support Manitoba’s production and service companies in the professional development of their employees by developing customized workshop training and mentorships.

The HR Training Fund is a positive step forward for Manitoba’s film industry because it allows local companies to design their own training, under the guidance of FTM.

Companies applying to the fund may be eligible for up to $4000 worth of training (based on eligibility requirements). The HR Training Fund will cover %100 of the eligible expenses for all approved training initiatives. Applications that meet the eligibility requirements will be forwarded to a jury of industry professionals for evaluation.

The next application deadline is June 30th, 2010. If you would like to know if your company is eligible for this fund, or to learn more about the application process, please contact us at 989-9669 or visit our website at www.filmtraining.mb.ca.

“Investing in the development of skills is crucial to the development of any successful industry. It is inspiring that the local production industry has embraced a collective responsibility for its own future training and development needs. I appreciate FTM for working with the government and the industry to support the establishment of this training initiative."
– Steve Morrison, GM, William F. Whites
2009 HR Fund recipient

HR Training Fund Info Session

FTM will be holding an information session on the HR Training Fund, to take place on June 1st, 2010. To reserve your spot, please RSVP to Allison Bile, Training Coordinator, at 989-9665 or by email at Allison@filmtraining.mb.ca. The RSVP deadline is Friday, May 28th.

As always, if you are planning a Market trip, pursuing a Professional Development opportunity, or have been invited to screen your work or appear on a panel at a Festival, the deadlines are 30 days prior to the event or opportunity. You can download the applications and guidelines for Access to Markets, the Professional Development Plan, and Access to Festivals at http://www.onscreenmanitoba.com/programs

If you’re applying to the Marketing Plan Program (MPP), the once a year deadline is JUNE 15TH! This rolls Access to Markets, Access to Festivals, and the Professional Marketing Plan into one application to cover the whole year. The MPP supports established production companies, and can include events already attended, going back to April 1st and extending to March 31st, 2011. If you have already accessed AtoF and AtoM this year, those contributions will be rolled into MPP if the jury accepts your application.

The Corporate Capacity Growth Program has three deadlines, the first falls on June 15th. For those of you in attendance at the Town Hall at Midcan Thursday evening, The New Realities Of Screen-Based Media In Canada, you will be happy to know that MULTI PLATFORM EXPLORATION is an eligible project. Timely! The app and guidelines are available at http://www.onscreenmanitoba.com/programs as well, and as always, you can contact Angela or Claudia at On Screen Manitoba with all questions.

Have a great long weekend!

Your Gatekeeper of Programs,

Angela Kuehl
Programs & Financial Coordinator
On Screen Manitoba
Phone: 204.927.5891
angela@onscreenmanitoba.com

After 24 years of delivering you the news via traditional paper and ink, Canada's film, TV and digital entertainment industry journal of record will now be published exclusively on its digital platform at PlaybackOnline.ca.

Embarking on this new print-less chapter seems only fitting as each of the sectors Playback serves tries to evolve their business models to reflect the relentless growth of the digital media landscape. Now that we're focused on more flexible real time content, expect to see expanded coverage as Playback continues its legacy of providing topical commentary and context for the issues affecting the broadcast and production community.

While the transition may appear sudden, this decision was made from a position of strength. Since 2007, when we decided to convert playbackonline.ca to a paid access site, we have been preparing for the inevitable reality that demand for a bi-weekly compendium of industry news, analysis and insight would cede to the immediacy of the web. Our online readership has never been stronger with over 10,000 readers of Playback Daily, our site traffic is continually growing and we now boast a significant paid digital circulation.

Playback's reporting team, led by editor Brendan Christie, will continue to cover all the entertainment business news to be distributed via Playback Daily, and will be expanding their online remit to better serve the industry's up-to-the-minute information needs.

Thank you for your continued support of Playback over the years. We are very excited to enter this new phase and to better serve a community which has served us so well. I look forward to hearing your feedback on how we're doing.

Sincerely,

Russell Goldstein
Executive Publisher
Playback

Having gathered more than 1,200 user-generated videos, uploaded by funny people across Canada, you'd think there'd be a TV show in there somewhere.

At least, The Comedy Network thinks so - it is bringing submissions from its user-generated website to primetime television, in a new show called Upload Yours.

Also premiering Thursday, June 3 on the specialty TV channel is Tosh 3.0, another light-hearted look at the Internet. The two shows about the Web can also be caught on the Web on-demand, at thecomedynetwork.ca.

Daniel Tosh returns with 16 new episodes of TOSH.0, the weekly, topical hit series that exposes and skewers the endless array of ridiculousness on the Internet. In the premiere episode, the fan-favourite "Web Redemption" segment features the Lightning Bolt Larper (aka Brendon Boucher). Boucher, famous for casting his lightning bolt spell on the Internet, is brought to Los Angeles to recreate his famous larping video on Tosh.0, accentuated with special effects.

Following TOSH.0, The Comedy Network's new original series, Upload Yours is said to shine a spotlight on videos uploaded to The Comedy Network's user-generated comedy site uly.thecomedynetwork.ca. Comedy Network says it has pulled the most "unique" of these videos and thrust them into the broadcast spotlight for the entire country to laugh at, or share-an-awkwardly-long-uncomfortable-silence-with-friends-or-family-members-before-being-excused-to-go-to-the-bathroom-moment.

The Comedy Network says it will help kick start these digital programs with a live event celebrating online comedy (both intentional and unintentional) at a downtown Toronto club on June 1st.

No word as yet if attendees will be videotaped for subsequent uploading.

Canada's first-and-only specialty comedy service, The Comedy Network airs comedy of all kinds, 24-hours-a-day, across multiple platforms, including a revolutionary broadband service at thecomedynetwork.ca. Launched in October 1997, The Comedy Network broadcasts, uncut and uncensored, an eclectic mix of scripted, stand-up, sketch, improv, and animated comedy - as well as topical comedy talk shows, game shows and classic situation comedies. Offering an unrivalled slate of original Canadian programming, The Comedy Network reinvests nearly 50 per cent of its revenues into home-grown productions. The Comedy Network, a division of CTV Television Inc., is available to nearly six million households across the country.

Researcher/Writer

Reporting to the Executive Producer – Investigative News in Winnipeg, we have a career opportunity for an experienced individual who will be responsible to provide content for News & Current Affairs programming.

Key Responsibilities:

• Identifies, researches and submits investigative journalism ideas, as well as short- term daily news items
• Selects visual News & Current Affairs material and re-packages pre-taped video news material for web content
• Writes on-camera scripts, wire stories, features and profiles stories, narration, intros, extras, etc.
• Evaluates leads/tips
• Gathers and verifies information; organizes material
• Receives assignments

Requirements:

• Diploma or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; or three-to-five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination
• Knowledge of broadcast journalism preferred
• Experience covering Aboriginal issues an asset
• Knowledge of word processing, Internet and E-mail software, and broadcast industry technology is required

Remuneration: DOQ/DOE

All applications are welcome, however as this is a local hire there will be no relocation costs provided

Please forward your resume quoting Competition 09/10-28 and where you saw this ad, in confidence, by 3 p.m. (CST), June 1, to:

Human Resources
Aboriginal Peoples Television Network
339 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3B 2C3
Fax: 204-943-2368
E-Mail: careers@aptn.ca

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. As an Aboriginal employer we encourage First Nations, Inuit and Métis applicants to apply.

Telefilm Canada announced a call for applications for potential producer mentors and scriptwriting consultants. The goal is to create a directory of experts which will be made available on Telefilm’s website to Canadian creators working in the feature film industry.

This tool will facilitate creators’ access to experts who are qualified to support both their professional development and the development of their projects.

The initial deadline to apply to be a part of the Telefilm Directory of Mentors and Scriptwriting Consultants is Friday, June, 4, 2010. After this date, Telefilm will accept applications on an on-going basis. Applications and eligibility requirements can be accessed at www.telefilm.gc.ca.

I KILLED MY MOTHER (J’AI TUÉ MA MERE)

The debut feature film of 20 year old Québec director Xavier Dolan, I Killed My Mother is a semi-autobiographical film about a gay teenager at odds with his mother, a divorced lower-middle class suburban mom who seems to be doing the best that she can. I Killed My Mother made its stunning debut at the Cannes Film Festival, where it took home four awards, and went on to become Canada’s official nomination for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2010 Academy Awards.

Upcoming Films

OUR NEON CITY
Wed May 19 at 7:00 PM

Winnipeg filmmaker Kevin Nikkel digs through Winnipeg's historical past to reveal five documentary portraits through their use of neon signs.

SNAKE RIVER
Wed May 19 at 8:30 PM

Winnipeg director Joe Novak melds the samurai genre to a western theme about a Union cavalry soldier who seeks respite from the horrors of war.

DOWNTIME
Thu May 20 at 7:00 PM

One of the best feature films ever made in Winnipeg, Greg Hanec's Downtime depicts the lives of young adults struggling to survive in the world of dead end jobs.

ZOOEY & ADAM
Thu, May 20 at 8:30 PM

Adam and Zooey have been trying to have a baby for several months, only to end up pregnant after a rape. Unsure of the patronage of their child, they decide to have the baby anyway. Haunting and emotionally devastating, this film has sparked debate wherever it has played.

AND THIS IS MY GARDEN
Fri May 21 at 7:00 PM
Sat May 22 at 7:00 PM
Sun May 23 at 4:00 PM

Winnipeg director Katharina Stieffenhofer has created a remarkable new documentary about a school project which teaches students to create their own organic garden. This project has caught the eye of many influential organizations including the David Suzuki Foundation, Manitoba Conservation and even the United Nations.

I KILLED MY MOTHER
Fri May 21 at 8:30 PM
Sat May 22 at 8:30 PM
Sun May 23 at 7:00 PM
Wed May 26 at 7:00 PM
Wed May 26 at 9:00 PM
Thu May 27 at 7:00 PM
Thu May 27 at 9:00 PM

Xavier Dolan's Quebec feature debut about Dolan as a young homosexual at odds with his mother, won critical raves as one of the most auspicious debuts by a new young filmmaker.

Cinematheque News

VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Cinematheque is looking for volunteers for various upcoming projects. Filmmaker user members can accumulate credit for their volunteer work and apply them towards equipment and facility rentals at the Winnipeg Film Group. Please contact Kristy for more details at 925-3459 or kristy@winnipegfilmgroup.com

Submit your film for consideration for the 2011 broadcast season and beyond. Visit cfe.pov.org for the complete submission guidelines and online submission form. 

The arrival deadline for submissions is 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, June 30, 2010.

POV, public television's premier showcase for independent nonfiction film and video, seeks programs from all perspectives to showcase in its annual national PBS series. All subjects, styles and lengths are welcome.

For more information visit: http://www.pbs.org/pov/filmmakers/submit-your-film.php

About the Series

Each year, POV brings 14 to 16 new films to public television viewers. Our summer series and year-round specials push the boundaries of nonfiction television with work from emerging and established filmmakers that reflects the range and diversity of American voices — viewpoints that enrich, enlarge, challenge and refine our experience of the world.

If your nonfiction film has a strong perspective, a dedication to craft, contemporary relevance and a passion for your topic, then the POV series is the best place for a national television broadcast. If you believe the entire country should see your film, POV is for you.

POV films are seen in 97% of the country with an average audience of 2-4 million per broadcast, making POV the most-watched independent documentary showcase on television today. Thousands see our films in community and educational screenings around the country, and our website has millions of visitors each year. We also develop strategic national press and promotional campaigns to highlight the issues explored in POV films.

POV is filmmaker-focused; intent on supporting and presenting the work of today's best contemporary storytellers. We believe in the power of stories to change minds and hearts, enlarging our understanding of the world around us. Our goal is to surround each film with the tools to ensure a long and active life on television and beyond.

Manitobans will have an opportunity to see the award-winning CentrePlace Manitoba Pavilion at the Red River Exhibition June 18 to 27, Culture, Heritage and Tourism Minister Flor Marcelino announced today.

"CentrePlace Manitoba was the cornerstone of Manitoba's participation at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics," said Marcelino. "The pavilion showcases Manitoba tourism, business, immigration and sport, and highlights our province's prosperity, opportunity, diversity and potential."

More than 121,000 people visited CentrePlace during the Olympics and Paralympics.

"This is a great opportunity for Manitobans to see this stellar attraction," said Garth Rogerson, CEO, Red River Exhibition. "It's a perfect tie-in to Manitoba Homecoming. It will remind Manitobans about all the amazing things our province has to offer and give visitors a window into our world."

CentrePlace Manitoba is a 2,560-square-foot, prefabricated, sustainable building designed by Manitoba's Cibinel Architects. The pavilion won a Sustainability Star from the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympics.

It features a recyclable outer wall and reclaimed elm woodwork throughout. The design is intended to reflect Manitoba's diversity from sculpted landforms, to lakes and rivers, to the province's vibrant urban centres, the minister said. Images of northern lights, polar bears and bison are projected onto the exterior of the building.

Inside the building, visitors will be able to see panoramic video presentations and virtual tours of Manitoba. Visitors will also get a
preview of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, a partner in the pavilion, through a series of interactive exhibits.

OSM members Jeff Peeler, Kyle Irving, Kim Bell, Chris McIvor, and Shawn Pierce worked on the video piece featured in the pavilion.

Ownership of the CentrePlace building, equipment and exhibits has been transferred to the Red River Exhibition. In exchange, the exhibition is rebuilding the structure at no cost to the province and will pay for its ongoing operation. The provincial government will retain ownership of the intellectual property contained in the Manitoba videos and displays used in the building.

CentrePlace Manitoba will be located in the north end of Red River Exhibition Park, adjacent to Kiddie Land. 

WNDX - Winnipeg's Festival of Film and Video Art - seeks new Canadian and international films and videos for our next edition, to be held Sept 30 to Oct 3, 2010.

WNDX pays special attention to the most innovative and ground-breaking works created by moving image artists. In the past, WNDX has featured spotlights on Steve Reinke, Phil Hoffman and John Price, a well as the work of the Loop Collective. Our website's archives section provides an overview of how we program the festival.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Monday, May 31, 2010 (Received, not postmarked!) - works completed in 2009 and 2010 are eligible.

** Deadline is firm, please ensure your submissions arrive by May 31, 2010. Due to the programming committee's schedule, late submissions will not be considered.

Click Here for more details and to submit.

Governments, the private sector, academia and the Canadian public are being asked for their thoughts on a national digital strategy, as part of a federal government consultative process that should lead to new regulation and legislation.

Digital content, new communication technology, creator and copyrights, R&D, market growth and economic realities are all in the mix as Canada looks to its digital future.

The deadline for comments is July 9, 2010. An online submission form, as well as available details about the consultation process, are available at http://de-en.gc.ca/idea-forum/

The consultation call was made jointly by the Honourable Tony Clement, Minister of Industry, the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, and the Honourable Diane Finley, Minister of Human Resources and Skills Development.

"Canada can and should be a leader in the global digital economy," said Minister Clement. "Now is the time for the private sector to step up and contribute their ideas for a digital strategy and, when that strategy is in place, to implement the plan."

"Our government is committed to ensuring that creators, inventors and entrepreneurs have the incentives to innovate, the confidence to take risks and the tools to succeed," said Minister Moore. "We recognize the important role the digital media and content sector plays in the digital economy, and we intend to develop a long-term plan that will stand the test of time."

"Our government wants Canadians to have the skills that will make them leaders in this rapidly developing and globally competitive industry," said Minister Finley. "Through these consultations, we will work with industry and other partners to identify areas where we need to develop our workforce of the future."

The consultations are being hosted online (www.digitaleconomy.gc.ca). A discussion paper posted on the consultation site provides details on the key themes being considered:

Capacity to Innovate Using Digital Technologies;

Building a World-Class Digital Infrastructure;

Growing the Information and Communications Technology Industry;

Digital Media: Creating Canada's Digital Content Advantage; and

Building Digital Skills for Tomorrow.

The consultation seeks feedback from all interested parties on priorities and targets as Canada moves toward improving innovation and creativity, adopting new technologies and achieving the shared goal of making Canada a global leader in the digital economy.

A strategy for Canada's digital economy will recognize that success will not come through a particular government program or combination of government programs, but from a concerted effort - combining government vision and the resolve of individual businesses to be global leaders in their fields.

Once the consultation process has closed in July 2010, the government will review the information and use it to inform the development of a national digital economy strategy.

The March 2010 Speech from the Throne and Budget 2010 both established the Government of Canada's objective to develop a digital economy strategy for Canada. The strategy will enable the information and communications technology (ICT) sector to create new products and services, accelerate the adoption of digital technologies and contribute to improved cyber security practices by industry and consumers. It ensures that creators have the incentives to innovate, the confidence to take risks and the tools to succeed.

Canada's ICT and digital media sectors create high-skilled, high-paying jobs in Canada, and the adoption of ICTs helps to raise business productivity. However, Canadian businesses currently lag their international competitors in the development, adoption and use of innovative ICTs.

For Canada to improve its position and take its place at the forefront of the global digital economy, some key questions need to be addressed. How can we improve the adoption and use of digital technologies in all sectors of Canada's economy? What kind of digital infrastructure will we need for the 21st century? And what will grow the ICT industry while we try to reduce our deficit?

Canada was one of the first countries to take advantage of the digital economy. It was the first country to connect all of our schools and libraries to the Internet, and led Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member countries in the deployment and uptake of broadband. Canadians were early adopters of ICTs. Canada was one of the first countries to implement policies and programs that enabled the creation of digital media and content. Other countries have followed Canada's lead, and some have overtaken us in a number of areas, prompting us to look at how to regain our advantage.

The June 2009 Canada 3.0 Conference in Stratford, Ontario, focused on the direction of digital media and the importance of this sector to the economy. That set the tone for the Forum on Canada's Digital Economy in Ottawa later that month, where the key elements for a strategy began to take shape. There is broad agreement that the digital economy is a strong driver of innovation, which is essential to future growth across the entire Canadian economy.

The consultations over the next two months are aimed at identifying areas of collaboration, priority issues to be addressed and opportunities for realigning existing federal policies and programs. It is clear from previous and ongoing discussions that government can play a key role in providing the legislative and investment framework so that individual businesses can be global leaders in their fields. However, it is the private sector that has the talent, technology and entrepreneurial spirit to take the initiative in securing Canada's position of leadership in the global digital economy.

These consultations will help to clearly define roles and responsibilities among industry, academia, content developers, technical experts, researchers and government, and build consensus on how to work together to develop a Canadian strategy for the digital economy.

Jay Baruchel to shoot hockey movie, 'The Goon,' in Manitoba this summer
By Nick Patch, The Canadian Press

Jay Baruchel is bringing hockey to Manitoba.

No, he's not behind the push to bring the Winnipeg Jets back, but the 28-year-old actor said that he expects to head to the province at the end of the summer to shoot "The Goon," a movie he co-wrote about a bouncer who becomes a hockey enforcer.

"It looks like we're finally going to get to make the movie," he told The Canadian Press during a promotional stop in Toronto for his film, "The Trotsky," which opens Friday.

"We'll probably be making it in Manitoba at the end of the summer, with a few days in Halifax because the movie takes place in Halifax. But the Manitoba government has been very kind to us."

He co-wrote the film with Evan Goldberg, whose credits include "Superbad," "Pineapple Express" and the upcoming "The Green Hornet."

"The Goon" will be directed by Michael Dowse ("Fubar," "It's All Gone Pete Tong"). Baruchel says he's "champing at the bit" to reveal the actor who has been lined up to star in the movie, but has to keep tight-lipped for now.

"Our lead is someone really amazing — it's a bona fide American movie star coming to do a Canadian movie," he said.

Baruchel also offered an update on "Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse," the film collaboration with Vancouver native Seth Rogen and Goldberg that began life as a short film back in 2007.

The trailer was posted to YouTube that same year and has been viewed more than 300,000 times even as updates on the status of the film — which revolves around a pair of friends who become unlikely survivors of the apocalypse — have been scarce.

"It's the 'Chinese Democracy' of movies," Baruchel cracked, referring to the endlessly delayed Guns n' Roses album.

"Seth and Evan are writing it right now. ... They finished producing this movie, 'I'm With Cancer,' and 'Green Hornet' is all cut. The only thing that Seth and Evan are working on right now is 'Jay and Seth.'

"People still want to see this movie, and I feel bad because twice a year someone asks me, and then Seth always makes me look like an ass because he contradicts whatever I say. But I know for a fact they're writing it right now. It's just a matter of time."
 

Interactive Screen 1.0 Beautiful Lives
Program dates: August 16, 2010 – August 20, 2010

Now in its 15th instalment at The Banff Centre, Interactive Screen is the Banff New Media Institute’s flagship new media event. Its category-busting gambit is to mix a world's worth of media makers, thinkers and movers around an open theme, and see what happens. This year, Interactive Screen 1.0: Beautiful Lives looks at the way new media intersects with our aspirations and ambitions, individual or collective, convergent or contradictory, for the betterment of life. This follows directly on the 2009 theme, Interactive Screen 0.9: The Makers, which explored the idea of a "society of makers," redefining the structures of cultural ownership through ground-up creative action.

Register now!

Interactive Screen 1.0 Scholarship Intensive

Do you have a creative project or reflective essay related to this year’s theme? Apply to the Interactive Screen Scholarship Intensive to benefit from focused mentorship and public presentation opportunities. Participants arrive two days before the start of the main Interactive Screen program.

Apply now!

Quebecor Production Fellowships
Application deadline: May 17, 2010

Accelerate your new media career with a Quebecor Production Fellowship at The Banff Centre’s Banff New Media Institute. Through the generous support of the Quebecor Fund, this scholarship gives one Ontario-based visible minority and/or Aboriginal new media producer the opportunity to attend a 21-day residency at the BNMI between June and December 2010. The scholarship’s value will be a maximum of $5,000 and will cover your application fees, travel, meals, accommodation, and production-related expenses. This residency will provide you with world class support, professional development, mentoring, and career guidance, gaining invaluable experience and expertise in diverse areas of production and technology.

Apply now!

TuTuMUCH
9 Girls, 4 Weeks, 1 Dream

“A real and often shocking look into the life of young dancers trying to make it into the professional world of classical dance. It’s full of excitement and disappointment, tears and laughter and hard decisions regarding years of sacrifice and pain and the limitations of one’s anatomy. And it’s all from the mouths of children” - See Magazine, January 2010

This month, a feature doc produced by Winnipeg producers MERIT MOTION PICTURES and vonnie VON HELMOLT film will enjoy its European premiere at the famous Cannes Film Festival. As one of only ten films to screen under the Perspective Canada Showcase, TuTuMUCH is already drawing attention from international buyers and distributors.

Screenings are scheduled for Wednesday, May 19 at 6:00pm at Lerins 2 & Thursday, May 20 at 11:30am at Lerins 1 at the Cannes Film Festival in France.

TuTuMUCH, directed by Elise Swerhone, follows nine young ballet dancers as they plié, pirouette and compete for highly-coveted spots in an intensive four-week professional ballet summer program at the Royal Winnipeg Ballet School. Leaving behind their families and friends, often for the first time, each girl confronts the painstaking and sometimes rewarding realities of actually living her dream. TuTuMUCH takes a behind-the-scenes look at how it feels to be a twelve year old girl and embark on a career as a professional ballet dancer, all before you’ve even had your first date.

As the girls learn during the course of the auditions, talent and passion alone are not enough. The classes are grueling as their physical and emotional limits are stretched and tested daily. “You’ve even got to love the pain,” says twelve year-old Sidnie, one of the prospective ballerinas. The success of a dancer often comes down to the shape of a foot or the length of the neck. In the last few days of the program the girls find out which of them will take the next step toward the dream of becoming a professional ballerina, and which ones won’t.

Produced by Merit Motion Pictures and vonnie VON HELMOLT film, TuTuMUCH made it’s Canadian premiere screening at over 55 Cineplex Entertainment theatres across Canada. This is the first time in Canadian film history that a 100% Canadian-produced documentary feature has screened at this number of theatres on the same day. In May, it screened at 30 theatres across Australia and New Zealand.

“I am delighted with the great media and public response we have received over the past couple of months for TuTuMUCH” says International Emmy Award winning producer, Vonnie Von Helmolt (Dracula - Pages from a Virgin's Diary, The Tale of the Magic Flute). “And with the screenings in Cannes, we hope to continue to build on the momentum the film has created internationally”.

To view a trailer for TuTuMUCH please visit:
www.tutumuchmovie.com or www.facebook.com/tutumuch

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The Experimental Stream Application Form is now available. Download it here:
http://www.cmf-fmc.ca/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&page_mode=create&Itemid=110 

Le formulaire de demande du Volet expérimental est maintenant disponible. Téléchargez le document à l’adresse suivante :
http://www.cmf-fmc.ca/fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=110&page_mode=create&Itemid=110 

Isn't technology great! You are now able to follow the Cannes Film Festival on your iPhone.

Download the free iPhone application, named CannesFilm: Download from iTunes

Watch the trailer of the festival opener, Robin Hood, browse the complete screenings listing...

...the first user generated images and comments have been shared in the gallery

Application Features:

- Application is available in English and French
- Read film descriptions and watch trailers
- View and select screenings fom the complete screeing guides (market and festivals sections)
- Browse film by genre...
- Find out what's on near you during the Festival
- Watch videos and read blog posts from the red carpet brought to you by fest21.com and filmfestivals.com team of 15 contributors
- View and submit photos from your iPhone to appear on our website
- Facebook and Twitter integration
- Browse upcoming screenings
- View venue details and maps
- Build your personalized 'Favourites' list

The application is launching today and will continue to improve with further releases and updates ready.

It was meant for film industry professionals and fans at the festival, as well as people who want to enjoy the festival from afar.

Available on the App Store, or Visit: www.xomodigital.com/cannes 

Filmfestivals.com is proud to launch the First Cannes iPhone application Powered by Xomo.
More festivals applications are currently beeng prepared
Xomo founding partners Jeff Sinclair and Ben West will be organizing private demos in Cannes at Filmfestivals.com office in the Palais 1 - Booth 5.10 and at a private reception for festival organizers in Cannes at Spa des Stars May 19th.

Did you know?

- This spring, FTM placed 19 trainees with eight different productions. These placements were subsidized by Film Training Manitoba.

- In addition to placing trainees, FTM gathered resumes from dozens of interested candidates and was able to assist over twelve of them find work on a production.

- FTM partners with local production companies to offer work experience training. These placements provide on-the-job training to both new and established crewmembers.

- There are different types of work experience placements, all designed to adapt to the various training needs of each individual production.

- Working closely with IATSE local 856 and the DGC Manitoba, FTM assesses candidates who are applying to the work experience program to find the right fit for them in a film environment. These assessments are based on the current needs of our industry, and the skill level of the candidates.

- In addition to our workshop training and community outreach program, FTM gathers information from the local industry and works hard to fill positions based on targeted departments in most need of crew development.


For more information on FTM’s work experience program, please contact us at 989-9669, or visit our website at www.filmtraining.mb.ca 
 

Here's an article on the Frantic Film co-production Faces in the Crowd currently shooting in Winnipeg. The article also has a great mood reel that visually portrays the concept of the film.

'Faces in the Crowd' Begins Filming, Full Cast Revealed
Monday, May 10, 2010

Oscar-nominated writer/director Julien Magnat's feature length debut Faces in the Crowd began principal photography in and around Winnipeg, Canada this past weekend. Joining the previously announced Milla Jovovich (Resident Evil, The Fourth Kind) and Julian McMahon ("Nip/Tuck", Fantastic Four) are Michael Shanks ("Stargate", "24"), David Atrakchi (Transporter 3), Sarah Wayne Callies ("Prison Break") and Marianne Faithful. The concept behind this thriller is pretty cool as Jovovich stars as a woman who has a severe case of face-blindess -- and there's "someone" after her. You can find the full plot details below.

"Magnat's script chronicles the account of elementary school teacher Anna Marchant (Milla Jovovich) who is attacked by a serial killer known only as Tearjerk Jack and survives, but is left to struggle with a neurological disorder commonly referred to as face-blindness (prosopagnosia).

Only able to recognize voices she fights to adapt to her diagnosis and the ever-changing faces of those around her. Working with Detective Kerrest (Julian McMahon) Anna race's to identify her attacker. All the while the killer is closing in determined to eliminate this potential witness. Only Anna has seen his face – and he could be anyone. "

Milla Jovovich (THE FOURTH KIND, RESIDENT EVIL) stars alongside Julian McMahon (NIP/TUCK, FANTASTIC FOUR) in the psychological thriller being produced for Minds Eye Entertainment, Forecast Pictures, Radar Films and Frantic Films – the Canada/France team of Kevin DeWalt (Saskatchewan), Jean-Charles Lévy (France), Clément Miserez (France) and Jamie Brown (Manitoba) will produce alongside Hollywood veterans Scott Mednick and Sylvain White. Executive producers are Christopher Petzel and Milla Jovovich.

The film is a Saskatchewan-Manitoba interprovincial Canada-France co-production with key technical and creative personnel from both provinces. Principal photography will take place in Manitoba and post-production including all computer generated visual effects will be completed in Saskatchewan.

Executive producer Nicolas Chartier of Voltage Pictures will handle international sales. Their first in-house production, THE HURT LOCKER, received six Academy Award's in 2010.

Principal photography will wrap June 13, 2010.

Our Neon City will be playing at the Winnipeg Cinematheque on Wednesday, May 19 at 7pm

Our Neon City is a short doc series directed by Kevin Nikkel for MTS TV's Winnipg On Demand, that explores five different iconic business from Winnipeg's past. The series includes a look at The Bell Hotel, The Blue Note Cafe, Dojack's, Clifford's and the Turkish Baths of the Royal Alexandra Hotel.

More info is available on the Winnipeg Film Group website.

53rd Dok Leipzig - International Leipzig Festival for Documentaries and Animated Films
Leipzig, Germany, October 18 to 24, 2010
Documentary & Animation

Registration deadline with Festival for films completed before May 1st, 2010: May 31, 2010

Registration deadline with Festival for films completed after May 1st, 2010: July 10, 2010

NO BORDERS INDEPENDENT FILM WEEK (formerly known as the IFP MARKET)
New York, United States, September 19 to 23, 2010
market-ready narrative scripts

EXTENDED DEADLINE to Telefilm Canada - Completed and signed application form: May 14, 2010

The preselection process will be conducted by Telefilm Canada. Telefilm Canada will render this decision: May 19, 2010

7th Venice Days - Gionarte degli Autori
Venice, Italy, September 2 to 11, 2010
Narrative Feature Films

DEADLINE with Telefilm Canada: June 10, 2010

REMINDER

25e Festival International du Film Francophone de Namur
Namur, Belgium, October 1 to 8, 2010
Full-length fiction films, animation films and documentaries

46th Chicago International Film Festival
Chicago, Illinois, United States, October 7 to 21, 2010
Features and Shorts – All genres

The new deadlines reflect an asymmetrical approach for the English and French markets:

* August 9 , 2010 – French –language submissions
* August 9, 2010 – English – language submissions in Quebec
* September 7, 2010 – English–language submissions for all regions (Western, Ontario & Nunavut and Atlantic)

The Program’s eligibility requirements remain unchanged and can be accessed at www.telefilm.gc.ca

Launched in 2005, the Theatrical Documentary Program is today a unique public-private partnership between Telefilm Canada and the Rogers Group of Funds with the common goal of encouraging the production of Canadian feature-length documentaries for theatrical distribution in Canada

EVEN FLOWERS WAKE UP IN THE MORNING
Sat, May 15 at 7 PM
* FREE ADMISSION

Brenda Longfellow will introduce a series of exceptional short films she has curated, based on feminist filmmaking practices. Works featured include Kara Blake's The Delian Mode, Alexandra Grimanis' Lucky Girl, Althea Arnaquq-Baril's Inuit High Kick, and Shazia Javed's Namrtaa. This 80 minute program of shors reveals the excellent independent work being accomplished by women filmmakers in Canada.

Cinematheque News

CINEMATHEQUE MERCH

Local artist James Culleton, winner of this year's Cinematheque T-shirt Design Contest, created the new Cinematheque T-Shirt which depicts a movie audience watching a film, wearing 3-D glasses, with the Cinematheque logo on the top right shoulder on the back of shirt. Various colours and sizes are available. Show your support by sporting one of these great shirts today.

Upcoming Films

THE MEMORIES OF ANGELS
Fri, May 14 at 7:00 PM

A stunning film portrait of Montreal composed entirely of very rare film excerpts from classic NFB films from the 1950’s and 60... poetry, history, and documentary in a brilliantly edited montage. FREE ADMISSION

THE WHITE STRIPES: UNDER GREAT WHITE NORTHERN LIGHTS
Fri, May 14 at 9:30 PM
Sat, May 15 at 9:30 PM
Sun, May 16 at 7:00 PM

This incredible new documentary covers The White Stripes ambitious tour across Canada featuring electrifying concert performances along the way. * Sat May 15 Live Performance by The Cannon Bros. – Cole Woods and Alannah Walker

2010 YORKTON FILM FESTIVAL
May 27 - 30, 2010

Featuring the Golden Sheaf Awards Gala, LobsterBlast, Film Screenings and amazing networking opportunities!

For more details visit www.goldensheafawards.com 

THE WORKSHOPS

Friday May 28

· Blast Off – Social Media at the Festival: 8:15-8:45am - Presented by Erica Hargreave
Social media, plus how to use it to build the buzz for your production

· Panasonic Workshop and Presentation: 9:00-10:30am - The latest Panasonic video cameras and technology, including notes and news on 3D

· Let’s Play CanCon Convergence Roulette: 10:45am-12noon - Hosted by Robert Hardy with panelists Cam Bennett and Trent Haus featuring a fun filled game show where panellists compete by trying to adapt new convergent technologies and applications to classic Canadian TV shows

· Which Way To The Future?: 2:00-4:30pm - Host Richard Gustin and panelists Cindy Witten, Daniel Cross, Norm Bolen, Valerie Creighton and Rudy Buttignol try to make sense of and figure out where the rapidly changing screen based media industry is headed

Saturday May 29

· Blast Off – Social Media at the Festival Part 2: 8:30-9:00am - Presented by Erica Hargreave
Social media, plus how to use it to build the buzz for your production

· Now’s Your Chance Table: 9:15-10:15am - Table-hopping group discussions with industry leaders, broadcasters and distributors. Ask the questions you’ve always wanted answered. Enjoy the Yorkton advantage and join industry leaders for small group discussions you have never seen or heard at bigger festivals

· Oh, Oh! They Said Yes – Now What?: 10:30am-12noon - Host Joanne McDonald with panelists Stephen Onda and Peter Raymont will share insights and ideas of what has to happen in order to get the proposal into a finished project

· My Big Break: 1:30-3:00pm - Hosted by Bruce Steele with panelists Michael Snook, Jeff Beesley, Denis Jackson, Melanie Jackson and Anand Ramayya
Five successful Saskatchewan film and television producers discuss their first big “success” and how they found it (or how it found them)


SCREENINGS AT THE YORKTON FILM FESTIVAL
All screenings are open to the public and festival participants, free of charge

Thursday May 27

· 15 Minutes of Fame Screenings: 1:30-4pm at the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre
15 Minutes of Fame was a popular series on SCN. Local independent and community filmmakers created shorts on topics in and about their communities
· Opening Night Screenings and Welcome Reception: 5:30pm at the Parkland Room, Painted Hand Casino
Double feature with Rust at 5.30 pm, and Last Train Home at 7.30 pm

Friday May 28 and Saturday May 29

· Programmed Screenings: 10am-5pm at the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre
Featuring some of the year’s best Canadian Short Films nominated for a Golden Sheaf Award with the filmmakers will be in attendance
· Mini-Cinema: 11am-5pm at the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre
Privately screen any film entered into the 2010 Yorkton Film Festival at your own booth. No charge

Sunday May 30

· Screening of Winning Films: 9am-12noon at the Godfrey Dean Cultural Centre
Some of the winning films honoured the previous evening will be screened.


FUN EVENTS AT THE 2010 YORKTON FILM FESTIVAL

· Minister’s Luncheon: Friday May 29 from 12noon-1:30pm at the Ramada Yorkton
With the Honorable Dustin Duncan, Minister of Tourism, Parks, Culture and Sport, Government of Saskatchewan

· Networking LobsterBlast: Friday May 29 at 6pm at the Wildlife Federation Clubhouse, York Lake
A prairie LobsterBlast with fresh lobster direct from the east coast. Enjoy networking, skeet shooting, horseshoe pitching and bonfires. Alternate non-shellfish meal and additional tickets are available

· Golden Sheaf Awards Gala: Saturday May 29 at 5:30pm at the Gallagher Centre
Honouring the best in Canadian short film, along with a gourmet Ukrainian dinner and MC Bruce Steele. Additional tickets available

· After Party: Saturday May 29 at 10:30pm at the Spot Nightclub & Ultralounge
Celebrate the weekend at the official Festival After Party, sponsored by Saskatoon's Hulo Films and KarmaFilm


Register to attend the Yorkton Film Festival by visiting www.goldensheafawards.com. Full day registration package are available as well as individual LobsterBlast and Awards Gala tickets. There’s also special pricing for students!

Book your accommodations soon! The host hotels offer special rates to Film Festival delegates - book soon to avoid disappointment! Details can be found at www.goldensheafawards.com

The Yorkton Film Festival is pleased to be going interactive this year! With this we now have a blog - http://yorktonfilmfestival.com featuring links to Twitter, Facebook, Flickr and YouTube. Join in the exciting social networking opportunities!

OAXACA INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL
November 8 - 11, 2010
Oaxaca

Submission Deadline: JULY 31, 2010

Oaxaca, a main epicentre of culture in the Americas for centuries, is proud to announce the OAXACA INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL. Central Mexico is proud to host this premiere cinematic event, showcasing films exploring a broad range of subject matter and spanning multiple genres.

Independent filmmakers from each continent will be competing for nearly $80,000 USD worth of cash and prizes with the winner of the prestigious AGAVE award for Best Film walking away with $10,000 USD cash, a complete travel package to and from the event, a special festival screening, syndicated media coverage, and a private screening with 25 of the industries top distribution executives.

HURRY TO SUBMIT YOUR FILM. SUBMISSIONS ARE LIMITED PER CATEGORY AND THE DEADLINE IS JULY 31, 2010
Submit your project prior to JUNE 10, 2010 and receive a 30% early registration discount!

There will only be 500 Feature submissions accepted!
There will only be 1000 Short submissions accepted!

To ensure a spot please submit early at http://www.oaxacafilmfest.com

imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival
October 20-24, 2010
Toronto

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – FILM AND VIDEO
Be part of imagineNATIVE’s 11th great year!

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2010
Click Here for guidelines and to submit.

The imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is an international festival that celebrates the best works by Indigenous artists on the forefront of innovation in film, video, radio, and new media. Each fall, the festival presents the most compelling and distinctive Indigenous works and voices from around the globe. The festival's screenings, artist talks, panel discussions, industry and cultural events attract and connect filmmakers, media artists, programmers, buyers, and industry professionals. The works accepted reflect the breadth and diversity of the world's Indigenous cultures and illustrate the vitality and excellence of our art and culture in contemporary media.

For more information, please contact programming@imagineNATIVE.org.

For those of you new to On Screen Manitoba, or who just can’t quite remember what program does what for you, here is a little primer on our full slate of ACCESS goodness:

Marketing Plan Program (MPP):
This program supports established production companies with the implementation of multi-year marketing plans. Specifically the program assists with market attendance and marketing expenses for companies that demonstrate a capacity to engage in long term business and marketing planning. It combines Access to Markets, Access to Festivals and the Professional Marketing Fund under one year-long umbrella, up to $15,000. Companies accepted into MPP will still be able to apply to the CCGP and PDF, though any AtoM and AtoF contributions for the current fiscal year will be deducted from the MPP Contribution. The deadline is JUNE 15th, 2010

Access to Markets (AtoM):
This program supports the market development activities of Manitoba screen producers, distributors and professional marketing staff attending national and international markets with the intention of finding financing and developing relationships with broadcasters, distributors, financiers, media, and partners for co-productions. Deadline is a strict 30 days or more prior to the event.

Access to Festivals (AtoF):
This program supports the travel needs of Manitoban independent content providers and distributors whose programs have been selected to screen at festivals that have significant industry recognition. Deadline is a strict 30 days or more prior to the event, however late invitations by a festival may be considered, please contact Angela Kuehl, Programs Coordinator, for more information.

Professional Development Fund for Business & Creative Professionals (PDF):
This program is an industry-driven program designed to support the professional development of Manitoban producers, writers and directors developing freelance careers, production company staff, and professional service providers. Deadline is a strict 30 days or more prior to the event.

(On Hold for 2010-2011) Professional Marketing Fund (PMF):
This fund supports the marketing activities of established Manitoba content providers and independent distribution companies. It is currently on hold, but MAY return later this fiscal year.

Guidelines and Applications for all ACCESS Programs are available in both Word and PDF, visit http://www.onscreenmanitoba.com/programs to get the Application & Guidelines now...

And remember, On Screen Manitoba members receive a hefty discount on the administration fees for ACCESS Programs.

Contact Angela Kuehl, Programs & Financial Coordinator, at angela@onscreenmanitoba.com or phone 204-927-5891.

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Application & Guidelines for the Corporate Capacity Growth Program!

Initially piloted as the Strategic Consulting Program in 2008-2009, after a one year hiatus it is back, and open to all Production Companies who meet the eligibility requirements. There will be three deadlines this year: June 15th, September 15th, and November 15th, 2010.

The Corporate Capacity Growth Program (CCGP) is an industry driven initiative that supports strategic and business planning for high-potential Manitoba production companies, from Emerging to Established. Specifically, this program will assist with professional consulting and mentorship expenses for companies wishing to engage in focused business and strategic planning activities over a period of four months. The aim of this program is to help Manitoba’s leading production companies increase their capacity, accelerate their growth and strengthen their business models in an increasingly competitive marketplace. A strong and vibrant production industry in Manitoba will depend on leadership from healthy, well-positioned production companies. Strategic planning is an essential tool in promoting positive corporate growth.

EXAMPLES OF ELIGIBLE CCGP PROJECTS
The program provides financial assistance relating to discreet strategic or business planning projects, completed within the designated program period (ANY four month period between April 1, 2010 and March 31, 2011, including retroactive projects if eligible and accepted by jury). Examples of eligible corporate development activities include engaging in a corporate strategic planning process; updating existing strategic plans; business planning associated with a new corporate initiative or addressing a major corporate challenge; hiring of an HR Consultant; corporate financial planning or developing a business plan in order to access corporate (non-production related) capital; and multi platform exploration. Again, these are examples.

ELIGIBLE CCGP CONSULTANTS OR MENTORS
The program enables participating production companies to access the expertise of a consultant or mentor with experience in their target area of strategic development Consultants and mentors must be recognized professionals with demonstrated expertise in the area for which they will be engaged. Mentors must also have demonstrated time for, and commitment to, providing tangible assistance with the applicants’ business planning project.

Visit http://www.onscreenmanitoba.com/programs to get the Application & Guidelines now...

Canadian Dolly Parton Pic Adds Cast
By Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter

Macha Grenon, Gil Bellows and Julia Stone have jumped on board Tara Johns' debut feature "The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom," from indie producers Palomar and Buffalo Gal Pictures.

The $3 million Canadian coming-of-age movie, shooting in Montreal and Winnipeg, portrays newcomer Stone as an 11 year-old girl running away and being pursued by her adoptive mother, played by Quebec actor Grenon.

The ensemble cast includes Rebecca Croll, Rebecca Windheim, Mung-Ling Tsui and Trevor Hayes.

"The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom" will be released in Quebec by Metropole Films and in the rest of Canada by Mongrel Media.

Barbara Shrier and Liz Jarvis share the producer credits.

The Writers Guild of Canada is pleased to announce that screenwriter Jill Golick was appointed by the WGC council as the new WGC President.

Ms. Golick has written more than 200 hours of produced television, including children’s (Zaboomafoo, Canadian Sesame Street), docudrama (Exhibit A), half-hour comedy (Metropia, Instant Star) and hour-long drama (Blue Murder). 

Describing herself as a screenwriter “at the corner of TV and digital,” Ms. Golick will lead the WGC at a time of great opportunity, encouraging screenwriters to embrace the potential of the new digital platforms.

Ms. Golick has been active on behalf of screenwriters since the late 1980s, when she was one of those who helped form and found the Writers Guild of Canada. She served on the Council of the WGC from 1994 to 2000, and again from 2006 to the present. She has worked selflessly to improve the working conditions for writers, particularly writers working in animation. She was instrumental in negotiations bringing animation screenwriters under the collective agreement. Ms. Golick has also worked to heighten the profile of screenwriters in Canada, helping to launch (and Chairing) the WGC’s Top Ten Awards, now in its 14th year and known as the WGC Screenwriting Awards. Ms. Golick also moderates a monthly screening series, Writers Watching TV, at which noted showrunners screen their works and discuss the craft and business of screenwriting. In 2005, Ms. Golick received the WGC Writers Block Award for her dedication to Canadian screenwriters.

“Jill has long been a passionate advocate for screenwriters,” says Maureen Parker, Executive Director, WGC. “It’s a challenging time for Canadian screenwriters, and the guild will need Jill’s boundless creativity and energy, her exceptional insight into digital media, and her skill and experience at the very hard work of collective bargaining.”

“I’m excited by this new opportunity and I’m energized by the trust of members and council,” says Ms. Golick. “Canadian media and entertainment have entered a new era, and I’m looking forward to working with WGC council, members and staff to help realize the terrific opportunities.”

Also appointed to positions on the WGC Council were award-winning writer and showrunner Andrew Wreggitt, who will serve as WGC Vice President, and writer and showrunner Charles Lazer, who will act as WGC Treasurer. Rounding out the regional representation on the Council are Mark Ellis, Denis McGrath, Anne-Marie Perrotta, and Sherry White.

Gimli Film Festival
Ten Years in Twenty Ten
Launch Party
Presented by Scotiabank
Thursday June 10, 8:00pm
Winnipeg Art Gallery – Rooftop Sculpture Garden
$20

The Gimli Film Festival will celebrate their tenth annual film festival with a Launch Party in Winnipeg on June 10 at the WAG Rooftop Sculpture Garden. The Party celebrates the talents of filmmaking in Manitoba and ten years of bringing the very best of independent film to the shores of Lake Winnipeg. Watch a Rooftop Screening of previews of the festival program, mix with filmmakers and friends and enjoy the fun.

The Gimli Film Festival is known internationally for its outdoor beach screenings with a 11 metre screen set in the water. The festival has always been a champion of Manitoba filmmakers through the years and supports their creative work by bringing their films to an appreciative audience each summer.

“We believe passionately in the talent and creativity of our Canadian filmmakers, so well shown on the Manitoba scene. We also present a Circumpolar program to showcase our northern locale and Icelandic heritage,” said Janis Johnson chair of the Gimli Film Festival. “Our goal is to continue to grow the Gimli Film Festival into the most cutting edge indie film festival in the country.”

Executive Director, Kristine Sigurdson adds “2010 will once again bring the audience together with art and a thought provoking and exciting selection of films will be sure to move everyone in some perceptible way.”

We extend an invitation to join us in this celebration on June 10. Advance tickets are available at On Screen Manitoba and Gimli Box Office or by phone at (204)642-8846 for only $20.

Paul Bronfman, Chairman and CEO of Comweb Group Inc. and William F. White International Inc., is pleased to announce the development of William F. White Centre, the largest and most significant facility in the company's 47-year history. The new $20-million dollar, world-class production complex will act as a hub for industry professionals, while offering a full-range of production and related support services under one roof. Located in Toronto at 800 Islington Ave., only a few blocks south of the company's existing west-end location, the new 338,000 square-foot complex is situated on nearly 17 acres of prime real estate, on a corner lot just minutes from downtown Toronto and the city's international airport. William F. White International Inc. will occupy nearly half of the building, with the balance of space earmarked to house additional production support service businesses including Bill White's 3D Camera Company.

William F. White Centre will provide customers with the ultimate in world-class ingenuity while simultaneously acting as a training centre where professionals can draw from the vast knowledge-base of on-site staff.

"For well over three years, we've been searching for the perfect facility where we can effectively serve a vast range of production professionals and this location couldn't be better," stated Paul Bronfman. "It's a short drive to both downtown Toronto and Pinewood Toronto Studios, with the new Cine Space Studios are right down the street...a winning combination indeed!"

"Ontario's enhanced all-spend tax credit recently introduced by the Ontario Government, combined with a rebound in U.S. production and a healthy indigenous industry helped this facility become a reality," Bronfman maintains. "William F. White remains committed to nurturing Toronto's continued role as one of North America's most active production centres. World-class facilities such as the new William F. White Centre add further incentive to attract production to Toronto in a time of increased global competition."

"William F. White Centre marks an important contribution to our local infrastructure," added Executive Producer, Don Carmody, helmer of such films as "Chicago" and "Amelia." "It will be an innovative hub of creative activity."

William F. White Centre is owned by Comweb Toronto Realty Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Comweb Corporation. The company is actively discussing tenancies with other professional production service entities.

William F. White Toronto's recent projects include: The new Morgan Creek thriller "Dream House," starring Daniel Craig, "The Bridge," "Harvard Medical School," "Lost Girl," "Being Erica," and "Unnatural History." "Saw VII" just wrapped and is now in post-production.

Congratulations to OSM member Norma Bailey who has been named a recipient of the Order of Manitoba. Norma is the director on the APTN series Cashing In and recently won a DGC Award for her work on the TV mini-series The Capture of the Green River Killer. Not only is Norma a great director, but she is also a great contributor and mentor to the Manitoba film community.

Thanking them for all their good work - Order of Manitoba recipients named
By: Staff Writer

Former premier Gary Doer, filmmaker Norma Bailey and businessman Kerry Hawkins are among a dozen Manitobans who will receive the province's highest honour later this year.

Lt.-Gov. Philip Lee announced the 2010 recipients of the Order of Manitoba on Wednesday. This year's investiture will take place July 15 at the Legislative Building.

This year's recipients are:

Norma Bailey -- A pioneer in Manitoba's film industry, she was one of the Winnipeg Film Group's early members. Her first short film, The Performer (1980), received the Special Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival. She is also one of the first filmmakers to bring stories of First Nations and Métis people to the screen; her television movie, Cowboys and Indians: The J.J. Harper Story (2003) received the American Indian Film Festival Best Film Award.

Visit the Winnipeg Free Press website for the full article.

It's far from quiet on the set as film production roars to life
By: Randall King

After last year's production lull, the Manitoba film industry is back with a vengeance with three theatrical feature movies currently shooting simultaneously in Winnipeg.

The films include a post-apocalyptic thriller set mostly in an apartment building fallout shelter, a serial-killer thriller about a woman afflicted with "face blindness" and a coming-of-age story about a young girl seeking out her birth mother.

Visit the Winnipeg Free Press for the full story.

On Screen Manitoba is proud to present

THE NEW REALITIES OF SCREEN-BASED MEDIA IN CANADA:
National Leaders from the CMF, CRTC, NFB and MFM come together to discuss what this means for creators here in Manitoba

Date: Thursday, May 20th
Time: 4:00pm – 6:00pm (Doors open a 3:30 PM)
Place: Mid Canada Production Services - 509 Century Street

REGISTER HERE: http://newrealities.doattend.com/
(Deadline to register is May 19, 2010)

A series of decisions made nationally have resulted in some big game changes…

In February, it was announced that the National Film Board’s Winnipeg office would be restructured appointing a new Executive Producer and smaller staff that would include digital media producers.

In March the CRTC released their decision on the framework for the Broadcaster Group-based Licensing Renewal hearings that will occur in 2011. The commissioners had a big challenge – Look at the entire framework of the Canadian broadcast system and try to figure out how to balance it for the various players. Everything from Ownership Groups, Fee for Carriage, Cancon spending, Regional Production and more were directly addressed, changed and or, in some cases, handed off.

And in April the Canadian Media Fund was finally launched, essentially marrying the world of traditional linear content production with interactive digital media –A.K.A. ‘transmedia’. And if you happen to be producing interactive media already… well, it had better be some groundbreaking stuff.

A bit confusing? This townhall is your chance to hear from these leaders about how they think the landscape has shifted, what media creators need to be thinking about and what the future might look like.

If you would like to hear more from the NFB, DOC Winnipeg is inviting its members to attend a Power Point presentation about the restructuring of the Film Board given by Mr. Perlmutter. Questions will be taken from the floor. An informal Wine & Cheese will follow. 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, May, 20th at Mid Canada Production Services, 509 Century Street.

SPEAKERS:

Valerie Creighton, President and CEO, Canada Media Fund
Valerie Creighton has over thirty years of experience in leading cultural organizations. Since joining the corporation in 2006 as President and CEO, Ms. Creighton’s focus has been to position the CMF as a responsive and effective organization with funders, clients, and other stakeholders, to enhance relationships with national and international interests, and to support and promote Canadian media content.

Ms. Creighton successfully managed two major organizational events in the history of the corporation, including the transition of the Canadian Television Fund’s program administration to Telefilm Canada and the creation of the Canada Media Fund. She developed a national stakeholder outreach program and restructured the organization to focus on policy development, research, and communications.

Previously, Ms. Creighton was the CEO and Film Commissioner for the Saskatchewan Film and Video Development Corporation and Manager of the Arts Section for the Province of Saskatchewan. She has produced radio dramas for CBC Saskatchewan, sat on numerous CBC juries, and won several awards, including the Deputy Minister’s Recognition Award for her role in the creation of SaskFilm, the Distinguished Alumni Award –Theatre Department, University of Regina, Her Majesty the Queen’s Golden Jubilee Award for Community Leadership, and the Canadian Women in Communications Change Leader Award. She has participated in trade missions led by the Prime Minister of Canada and Premier of Saskatchewan to Germany, Los Angeles, and China. She has sat on 12 boards from 1979 to the present and currently serves as a volunteer Chair of the Saskatchewan Foundation for the Arts.

Ms. Creighton holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Regina and a Management Development Diploma for Arts Administrators from the Banff School of Management. She owns and operates The Red Horse Ranch in Stoughton, Saskatchewan.

Tom Perlmutter, Government Film Commissioner & Chairperson, NFB
A fervent advocate of groundbreaking and socially relevant cinema, Tom Perlmutter became the 15th Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson of the National Film Board of Canada on June 11, 2007.

Since joining the NFB in 2001 as Director General, English Program, Mr. Perlmutter has been one of the organization's leading ambassadors at the national and international level. He revitalized documentary and animation programming, forged critical ties with important partners abroad and provided greater access for up-and-coming culturally diverse filmmakers. He has also led the NFB through major technological advances in multiplatform production. Under his aegis, the NFB has received numerous honours, including two Academy Awards®.

Mr. Perlmutter enjoyed a prestigious career in the Canadian film industry before joining the NFB. As founding head of documentaries at Barna-Alper Productions, he created and produced many award-winning features and series.

Candice Molnar, Commissioner, CRTC
Appointed Regional Commissioner for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, effective January 7, 2008.

Having spent over two decades at SaskTel, she brings to the CRTC a wealth of knowledge and experience in telecommunications and broadcast distribution regulatory affairs. In her most recent role as General Manager of Customer Service Operations, she led a team of more than 800 service and technical employees. She also served as General Manager of Regulatory Affairs from 1999 to 2005. During this time, she notably guided SaskTel’s transition from provincial to federal regulation.

Committed to fostering professional development opportunities for women, she has served as a director of Canadian Women in Communications since 2003. Ms. Molnar holds an MBA degree from Heriot-Watt University in Scotland and a Bachelor of Administration from the University of Regina. She is also a Certified Management Accountant. Her term ends on January 6, 2012.

 

Louise O'Brien-Moran, Manager of Film Production & Location Services, MFM
As the Manager of Film Production and Location Services for MANITOBA FILM & MUSIC (MFM), Louise O’Brien-Moran oversees development loans and production equity programs, Production Tax Credit Program, Location Services and marketing initiatives to offshore producers. Prior to joining MFM in 2002, Louise worked in the industry as a Unit Publicist, Locations Manager, Assistant Director, Extras Casting Director and Production Coordinator. In addition to her work with the film agency, Louise is a member of the Directors Guild of Canada and Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

...And This Is My Garden a documentary from novice filmmaker Katharina Stieffenhofer, produced in association with Buffalo Gal Pictures will be reaching as far as the United Nations. The documentary explores the innovative Mel Johnson School Gardening Project that has been breaking new ground in the world of education and literally growing a healthier community in the process. Teachers from the project have been invited to the UN Commission On Sustainable Development, where DVDs of the documentary will be distributed to attending delegates. Read the press release below for more information.

YOUNG GARDENERS SHARE SEEDS WITH WORLD
Manitoba Teachers Invited to UN Commission On Sustainable Development

Education Minister Nancy Allan today congratulated three representatives from the Frontier School Division today as they travelled to New York to present the Mel Johnson School Gardening Project to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development.

Retired teacher Eleanor Woitowicz who started the project, Bonnie Monais who continues the gardening and assistant superintendent Don McCaskill will share details about the program that introduces students to sustainable development by helping them plant, tend and harvest their own vegetables in backyard gardens.

"Projects like this are great for teaching skills such as food production, healthy eating and encouraging new generations in Manitoba's northern communities to connect with the land," Allan said. "We're proud to know Manitoba teachers are being recognized for developing this innovative project and have this opportunity to share their experiences with others."

The Mel Johnson School Gardening Project began in 2006 as a part of the division's science curriculum Veggie Adventures. Seeds sprout in a greenhouse and are transplanted into gardens around the school in Wabowden. In a place where produce must be flown in from hundreds of miles away, the project allows children and their families to grow their own food and add fresh vegetables to their diets.

The project was one of three selected as good practice examples by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe to be presented at this year's Commission on Sustainability. It was chosen out of 60 examples from over 30 countries because it demonstrates:

. how formal education can contribute to sustainability,
. how whole communities can contribute to sustainable practices,
. how other communities can duplicate the project, and
. how Aboriginal communities contribute and benefit from sustainability projects.

The group from Wabowden will give a 15-minute presentation during the event and will be part of discussions with sustainability experts.

"It's clear that this project has been great for Wabowden, as participation continues to increase," said Allan. "Students choose to remain involved even after they've moved on to higher grades. Projects like these inspire teachers to find new ways to include sustainability education in their curricula and encourage students to make sustainable development a way of life."

The Mel Johnson School Gardening Project is an Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiative, using education to change social attitudes. ESD uses hands-on learning to show students how to live in a way that balances economic, social and environmental needs.

New Media Manitoba is offering our first Hands On Adobe training session: Introduction to Adobe Photoshop May 19th, 20th, and 21st from 8:30 am - 4:30 pm.

Register Now, for Introduction to Adobe Photoshop!

Who Should Attend
Introduction to Adobe Photoshop is ideal for beginning users who want to learn key Photoshop concepts and techniques in a hands on lab in a focused setting. More experienced users who already have some experience with Photoshop can use this course to learn some of Photoshop's more advanced features and newest tools. Using step-by-step, project-based lessons, this course walks users through the creation of a specific project, with successive lessons building on the user's growing knowledge of the program.

At the end of this session, you will understand:

Basic photo corrections

Working with Selections

Layer basics

Masks and channels

Correcting and enhancing digital photographs

Typographic design

Vector drawing techniques

Advanced layering

Advanced compositing

Working with 3d images
Producing and Printing Consistent colour
Advanced Image Manipulation Techniques

Prerequisites
You should have a working knowledge of the Macintosh and its operating system. Make sure that you know how to use the mouse and standard menus and commands, and also how to open, save, and close files. If you need to review these techniques, see the documentation included with your Mac® OS X computer.

The three-day Introduction to Adobe Photoshop is just $495 for Manitoba residents ($795 for out of province).

For more information on what the course offers, please browse the Adobe Photoshop Classroom in a Book outline here:
http://www.adobepress.com/bookstore/product.asp?isbn=032157379X

Certification:
If you wish to become certified in Adobe Photoshop CS4, details will be provided in class.

Certification for Adobe products is provided by Person Vue.

If you have any questions or want more information regarding the Introduction to Adobe Photoshop course, please email Kert Gartner, our Certification Co-ordinator at kert@newmediamanitoba.com

Register Now!

About the trainer:
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Kert Gartner has become a lover of all things related to the visual arts. With a passion for Photography, Animation, and Visual Effects, Kert has accumulated over 12 years of experience in the visual effects, motion graphics and print industry. He spent 7 years working on some of Hollywood’s largest films, including A-Team, Dragonball: Evolution, Superman Returns, Across the Universe, X-men III, and Journey to the Center of the Earth 3D. 



Kert took an interest in photography around 1999 with the discovery of his grandpa’s old Canon AE-1 35mm SLR, which he still uses to this day. Kert has devoted himself to exploring new and unique photography techniques, including the use of Infrared film, some examples of which you can see here. Most of Kert’s shots incorporate some sort of digital manipulation, using tools like Photoshop and Eyeon Fusion in interesting and unique ways to create a compelling final shot.

Applicant Meetings
(Voir le message en français ci-dessous)

The CMF Program Administrator | Telefilm Canada will be holding one-on-one meetings with CMF applicants to answer questions regarding the application process, deadlines, and eligibility criteria for the recently launched Canada Media Fund.

The meetings will take place as follows. When calling to RSVP for your 30-minute meeting, please indicate your region, date, and the CMF stream you are interested in discussing.

Please note that you are also welcome and encouraged to direct any questions you may have to an analyst in your respective region at any time.

For more information about the Canada Media Fund, please visit www.cmf-fmc.ca.

WESTERN REGION – RSVP to Katherine Lee at 1-800-663-7771 (ext. 2636)

Victoria - May 12, 2010
Vancouver - May 13 and 14, 2010
Calgary - May 13, 2010
Edmonton - May 14, 2010
Saskatoon - May 17, 2010
Regina - May 18, 2010
Winnipeg - May 20, 2010

ONTARIO & NUNAVUT REGION – RSVP to Cassandra Lyons at 1-800-463-4607 (ext.2568)

Ottawa - May 14, 2010
Toronto - May 17 to 21, 2010

ATLANTIC REGION – RSVP to Denise Jamieson at 1-800-565-1773 (ext. 2723)

St. John’s - May 19, 2010
Halifax - May 20, 2010
Charlottetown - May 21, 2010

QUEBEC REGION

Locations and dates to follow shortly.

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Rencontres avec les requérants

L’Administrateur des programmes du FMC | Téléfilm Canada tiendra des rencontres individuelles avec les requérants du FMC afin de répondre à leurs questions concernant le processus de demande, les dates de dépôt des différents volets et les critères d'admissibilité du nouveau Fonds des médias du Canada.

Les rencontres se dérouleront dans l'ordre ci‑dessous. Quand vous appelez pour réserver votre rencontre de 30 minutes, veuillez indiquer votre région, la date et le volet du FMC qui vous intéresse.

Veuillez noter que vous pouvez également poser vos questions à un analyste de votre région en tout temps.

Pour obtenir de plus amples renseignements sur le Fonds des médias du Canada, voir le site
www.cmf-fmc.ca.

RÉGION DE L'OUEST – Réservez auprès de Katherine Lee au 1-800-663-7771 (poste 2636)

Victoria – 12 mai 2010
Vancouver – 13 et 14 mai 2010
Calgary – 13 mai 2010
Edmonton – 14 mai 2010
Saskatoon – 17 mai 2010
Regina – 18 mai 2010
Winnipeg – 20 mai 2010

ONTARIO et NUNAVUT – Réservez auprès de Cassandra Lyons au 1-800-463-4607 (poste 2568)

Ottawa – 14 mai 2010
Toronto – 17 au 21 mai 2010

RÉGION DE L'ATLANTIQUE – Réservez auprès de Denise Jamieson au 1-800-565-1773 (poste 2723)

St. John’s – 19 mai 2010
Halifax – 20 mai 2010
Charlottetown – 21 mai 2010

QUÉBEC

Les villes et les dates vous seront communiquées sous peu.

Panel Discussion: The Essentials of being a Filmmaker in Winnipeg
Wed June 23 - 7PM
* Free Admission

Winnipeggers Deco Dawson, Jeffrey Erbach, Danishka Esterhazy, Sean Garrity and Paula Kelly have all built accomplished careers as independent filmmakers, achieving a level of recognition for their work that only a very few in Winnipeg have attained. While any successful career as an independent filmmaker is founded in making ‘good’ films, there are also a lot of experiences – and lessons learned – that can take a filmmaker into the realm of national and international recognition. In this panel discussion that is targeted at aspiring and emerging filmmakers, these five directors will provide insight into the process of evolving from aspiring to be a filmmaker, to becoming one – and then how to sustain this career. Among the topics to be discussed include how to successfully bridge the gap between art and industry, and the role played by the conscious awareness of a unique voice. A screening of a selection of short films by each of the filmmakers will complement the discussion.

Danishka Esterhazy's Black Field will be playing at the Cinematheque these dates:

Fri May 28 – 7 & 9PM
Sat May 29 to Sun May 30 – 7PM
Wed Jun 2 to Sun Jun 6 – 7PM
Wed Jun 9 to thu Jun 10 – 7PM

The WFG is also doing a retrospective on filmmaker Paula Kelly, featuring such films as The Notorious Mrs. Armstrong and Appassionata: The Extraordinary Life & Music of Sonia Eckhardt-Gramatte. Sifting History: The Work of Paula Kelly will be featured at the Cinematheque from June 11 - 12, 2010.

The Winnipeg Film Group acknowledges the generous support of On Screen Manitoba.

Open Screen Door: Anything but Kerouac script reading
Sunday, May 16, 2010, 2 pm, King's Head Pub

Reading by local actors of a feature script by local writer-director Ian Yorski, who has just been accepted into the Canadian Film Centre for screenwriting. Anything but Kerouac is the story of a smart but struggling vagrant who must choose between the familiarity of his old lifestyle and the dream of something new, after he befriends a university researcher.

Please join us!

If you are interested in submitting a script or acting in a future Open Screen Door, send an email to: wpgopenscreendoor@gmail.com

THE ROOM
DIR. TOMMY WISEAU | 2003 | USA | 99 MIN.
Starring Tommy Wiseau, Juliette Danielle, Greg Sestero

First released in 2003, The Room is overtaking The Rocky Horror Picture Show as a camp masterpiece and Ed Wood’s Plan Nine from Outer Space as possibly the worst movie ever made. Made for over $7 million, and independently financed, word of mouth about this film is spreading like wildfire. It has been described by one critic as being “compelled by madness so strong that it leaks into the real world” and has earned the acknowledgement that “cinematic travesties this complete only happen once in a generation.” Is this film worthy of its increasing recognition as a cult classic? You decide.

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