Fredericton's Monday NIght Film  Series Returns! See below for more details.	Buzz Worthy is Silver Wave Sponsors da Vinci College of Art and Design. (Photo of award-winning filmmakers & da Vinci teachers Jon Collicott & Glendon McKinney at Silver Wave 2013)

BUZZ!

FREDERICTON'S MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES RETURNS!

Dear Cinephiles,

Hope everyone is having a great summer! The team at the Monday Night Film Series is looking forward to serving you this fall, and we’re pretty excited about the lineup of films coming up. Our opening night is Monday September 8th at 7:30pm in Tilley Hall, Room102.

For the 2014/2015 season, we will be keeping our prices for memberships and admissions the same as last year.

Annual Memberships (Sept 2014 – April 2015) are  $30 regular and $18 (students, seniors, NB film co-op members)

Half year memberships (Sept 2014 – Dec 2014) are $20 regular and $12 (students, seniors, NB film co-op members)

Admission prices: Members $4.00 and General admission $7.00

We invite those of you who would like to purchase their memberships in advance of the first screening to do so starting on Tuesday August 19th between 10:30am and 5:30pm weekdays at our office in the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, 732 Charlotte Street, Room 131. Doing this will really help us reduce lineups at the first couple of screenings. We will have programmes and posters available.

Please check out the film lineup on our website:  http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/exhibition/monday-night-film-series

You can download the PDF Here: CLICK HERE fmnfs_fall_14_2.pdf

Phone 455-1632 and email: info@nbfilmcoop.com.

See you at the movies!

Tony, Cat and John

September 8, 2014 - 7:30pm at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus

THE GRAND SEDUCTION

A favourite among Film Circuit audiences, Jean-François Pouliot’s 2003 La grande séduction was a box-office smash in Quebec and wowed critics at that year’s Cannes Film Festival. Now, a decade later, the classic Canadian tale returns to the screen as an English-language remake directed by the brilliant Don McKellar (Childstar, Last Night) and adapted by Michael Dowse (The F Word, It’s All Gone Pete Tong) and Ken Scott (Starbuck), who wrote the original.

Substituting the quaint charm of a fishing village in rural Quebec with the rugged beauty of a tiny coastal community in Newfoundland, The Grand Seduction charts the lengths to which the community will go to enchant a visitor from the city. Like many affected by the collapse of the fishing industry, residents of this once-thriving village are driven to seek employment in the city or, worse, queue for government assistance. The future looks brighter, briefly, when a plastics company proposes building a factory in the village—until the villagers learn that they need to secure a full-time doctor to serve the community’s needs, which is easier said than done. Enter Dr. Christopher Lewis (Taylor Kitsch, television’s Friday Night Lights, The Bang Bang Club), a young, cosmopolitan plastic surgeon banished to the physician-starved seaside due to a previous misdeed. In a hilarious attempt to charm him—without revealing their plan—the villagers take up the doctor’s beloved cricket and fall over themselves trying to persuade him that he has come to the most fascinating, desirable place in the world.

Gentle, whimsical and poignantly funny, The Grand Seduction is brought to life through tremendous performances from Ireland’s Brendan Gleeson (Albert Nobbs, Gangs of New York) and Newfoundland-born Canadian icon Gordon Pinsent (Away From Her, Saint Ralph). Shot on location in Trinity Bay, the film marvelously captures the colour and vibrancy of Newfoundland’s coastal landscape, and is certain to delight even the saltiest cynic.

A charming crowd-pleaser and a rare remake that exceeds the original. —Peter Howell, The Toronto Star

BUZZ WORTHY - DA VINCI COLLEGE OF ART AND DESIGN SPONSORS SILVER WAVE IN 2014

da Vinci College of Art and Design (known until recently as the Centre for Arts and Technology) provides education in the Arts with their diploma programs in Filmmaking, Audio Engineering, 2D and 3D Animation, Graphic Design, and more. Staff and students alike are proud supporters of the NB Film Co-op, and that starts with Film Department Head Jon Collicott and Lead Instructor Glendon McKinney.

You can find us at www.digitalartschool.com – for now - but please stay tuned for a new site that reflects our transition from CAT to da Vinci!

Jon Collicott | Department Head 

Jon has always had a passion for creating images. Since 1997, he has worked in the Film & Television Industry in Canada with his most notable work being for History Television, CBC Nature of Things, Discovery, Bravo! and The National Film Board of Canada. Jon has worked in many different roles on (and off) the set, including Cinematography, Directing, Editing, Screenwriting and Producing. He works in both dramatic and documentary films. John is also a long time member of the NB Film Co-op.

Jon is known for being multi-faceted. The Centre for Arts and Technology is happy to have him as the Department Head for both the Digital Filmmaking and Digital Photography Programs. 

Glendon McKinney | Instructor 

Glendon has long had a passion for both film and design, studying film history and theory at York University before working in the design arts, creating interiors, displays, and murals before moving on to production and costume design. Glendon also has written and directed a number of award-winning films of his own. He has also worked as crew on a number of films, both documentary and fiction. Glendon is also a long time member of the NB Film Co-op.

Glendon brings his experience and learning to a number of classes at the Centre for Arts and Technology, working to help students understand the workings of visual storytelling.

SILVER WAVE RECEIVES RECORD NUMBER OF SUBMISSIONS

By Picture Lock

Silver Wave is readying to let all filmmakers know the programming results for what will be showcased this year in November at the festival. The festival programmers hope to inform all filmmakers in September as to whether their gold will be showcased at the best little homegrown festival down east. Because of the huge influx of films, the festival will showcase an additional Canadian and International Shorts Programme beyond the two programmes it already does annually.

The film festival has also streamlined the Silver Wave awards which will make the victories all the sweeter this year for winning filmmakers as they come up against stiff competition in all categories.

Although film festival lead organizer Tony Merzetti is thrilled at the amount of shorts, documentaries and features submitted this year from PEI, Newfoundland, Halifax and all over the world, it does make for very difficult decisions. "Silver Wave is a small festival so, many times we have to turn away excellent films because we simply run out of programming space which is very disappointing for the submitting filmmakers and for us."

Co-organizer Cat LeBlanc is tightlipped about what films will open and close the festival, only to say, "They will be corkers!" (Miramichi term for 'unforgettable').

Silver Wave runs November 6-9 in 2014

www.swfilmfest.com

SWFF FANPAGE on Facebook: CLICK HERE

On Twitter: @silverwavefilm

SWFF golden volunteers Susan Thompson and her very young mother Jan Thompson at the Opening Night Gala Screening of All the Wrong Reasons at SWFF 2013

ANTIGONISH SINGER-SONGWRITER MOLLY THOMASON IS SPREADING HER ARTISTIC WINGS ON OWL RIVER RUNNERS

From The Chronicle Herald

The 19-year-old, who won the Canadian Folk Music Award for young performer of the year in 2011, is now filming Owl River Runners in Hampton, N.B.

“The film is part of the inaugural 10K Canadian Film Challenge presented by Avi Federgreen and Indiecan Entertainment,” a news release says. “The project aims to help first-time feature filmmakers create a film with a $10,000 budget. Emerging filmmakers will be mentored by local producers, as well as Federgreen himself. One of six films being created across the country, Owl River Runners is written by Chris Fulton.”

Thomason, who released her third album Columbus Field in February, opened for the Collective Soul 20th anniversary tour in April, performed at NXNE, Luminato Festival and World Pride in Toronto, and opened for the Trews and Kim Mitchell. She performed at Rise Again — The Show Must Go On in support of Stanfest on Wednesday at the Halifax Metro Centre and on Saturday performs at an outdoor concert at the Tatamagouche Centre.

This is Thomason’s first acting role, but her mother, Shelley Thompson, is a busy actress who played Barbara Lahey on the Trailer Park Boys, and her dad, Ed Thomason, is the artistic director of Theatre Antigonish.

When Thomason wraps the film, she’ll head to the United States for residencies at the North Star Bar in Philadelphia, and Rockwood Music Hall and the legendary Manhattan bar Piano’s, both in New York City.

Read this great Playback article: playback_orr_22aug14.pdf

Thomason’s website is http://www.mollythomason.com

SEEING CHARLOTTE - A SHORT FILM CONTEST

LOOKING FOR STORYLINES ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE CHARLOTTE STREET ARTS CENTRE IN FREDERICTON, NB

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre, located at 732 Charlotte Street, is a historic Fredericton landmark.  Built in 1884, the centres first incarnation was as the Charlotte Street School, which boast the title of being the oldest public school in Fredericton.  In 2005, after a number of years of abandonment, this historic gem was given a second life as an art centre in 2005.  Memories, history, architecture and art all connect in the storied past of this old building and this rich past, present and future will be celebrated during the Charlotte Street Arts Centre’s 10 Year Anniversary Celebration in 2015.

As part of this celebration The Charlotte Street Arts Centre in partnership with the NB Film Co-op is hosting a contest looking for short film ideas about 732 Charlotte Street. 

How would you make The Charlotte Street Arts Centre come to life on the big screen? What kind of craziness went on in this building during its time as a school? How did its transformation from school to arts centre come to be? What lies ahead for Charlotte Street?

Submit your idea for a chance to win $600 to help make your take on Charlotte Street come to life!

For more inspiration and information about the Charlotte Street Art Center/ School, visit our blog at http://charlottestreethistory.wordpress.com.

ENTER TO WIN

Please submit your story idea (1 page!) along with your full contact information (name, phone, email, address, other).  Feel free to include a link to any of your previous work. Email all your gold to info@nbfilmcoop.com

PRIZES:

 In addition to a year long membership at the NB Film Co-op (that includes access to gear and professional development opportunities at the staff's decretion) the winner will receive $600.00 to be used to help them produce their film.  They will have five months to complete the final product, which will then be premiered on March 21^st 2015 at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre’s ‘Birthday Bash’.

CONTEST RULES

• Submissions will be accepted from September 15^th to October 15^th 2014
• The prize will be awarded November 1^st 2014
• English and French video proposals will be accepted (must have English Subtitles)
• Your idea, when filmed, should not surpass 7 minutes

ELIGIBLILTY

 Contest is open to legal residents of New Brunswick of all ages.