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FILM DIARY - ELDON THIELE, MIRAMICHI

NB Film Co-op member Eldon Thiele just won the national "Be The Face" contest for First Choice Haircutters (Men's 30-39 category), and will be heading to Montreal next week to shoot the company's 2017 promo campaign.  His prizes include the all-expenses paid trip for him and his partner Tim, $500 spending money, 4 nights in a 5-star hotel, modelling classes, and more.

Also, Thiele's one-man-band ZWERG just put out a new video for "High In Heaven", shot and directed by Nova Scotia filmmaker Michael Ray Fox. Check it out here: ZWERG - High in Heaven (Official Video) [MATURE]

FILM DIARY - VICTORIA CLOWATER, FREDERICTON, NB

NB Film Co-op member Victoria Clowater's comedy web series BABES is hot! She is producing the project with her creative partner/writer AJ Ripley. BABES is getting a lot of attention from a splashy article in the Daily Gleaner to being the number one web series to watch on BUZZFEED! - https://www.buzzfeed.com/laurenstrapagiel/lesbians-and-vampires-and-lesb...

Check out the final episode for Season 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWg_lHAnHO8

MEMBERSHIPS

Ashley Phinney doesn't want to bust any heads, time to get your membership renewed for the year if you are in arrears...it's August. Memberships are due in Jan/Feb annually. 

New and Renewed Members: Caitlyn Campbell (Fredericton), Ken Jordan (Fredericton), Nicolas Despres (Moncton), 

THANK YOU TO THE MEMBERS FOR HELPING THE NBFC

Thank you to Chris Fulton for donating money to the Film Co-op recently.

HELP NEEDED!

Members, here is your chance to get your volunteer hours in. Email Cat at info@nbfilmcoop.com if you would like to volunteer on a member production or on any co-op activity. Lots to do, don't be shy! You can help out in any area your live in, in NB.

BUZZ

SILVER WAVE FILM FESTIVAL DEADLINE EXTENEDED TO AUGUST 15TH

The Silver Wave Film Festival enters its 16th year and, the submissions are rolling in!

Get your submissions in, there is still time. Go to the Film Festival website (www.swfilmfest.com) and click on the submit link. There is a submission form there you can download. All text info and high resolution pictures along with your onine private film link can be emailed to: info@nbfilmcoop.com

There is a submission fee that can be paid there on the paypal setup on the page as well.

The Silver Wave Film Festival is the grass roots 'sweetheart' of a film festival, founded by the NB Film Co-op staff and board of directors in 2000. Recognized as a invaluable forum for independent filmmakers and artists, each year's festival engages audiences with remarkable cinematic experiences. The four-day festival presents 18 screening programs with more than 100 films from around the world of all lengths and genres, including experimental, animation, documentary, fiction, youth and, music videos. There is a strong focus on New Brunswick content and recognizing excellence in our provincial filmmakers.

In addition to exhibiting over one hundred new films in juried programs each year, the Silver Wave Film Festival presents filmmaker retrospectives and panel discussions, through it annual industry series. 

The Silver Wave Film Festival receives hundreds of submissions annually. Our awards program presents more than $25,000 in cash and in-kind services to filmmakers.

The Silver Wave Film Festival received funding in 2015 from the province of New Brunswick to present a traveling tour across New Brunswick of the 'Best of SWFF.' The Outside The Box Film Tour went to Woodstock and Miramichi in 2015 and will be hitting the road to go to Bathurst (this weekend!), St. Andrews, Moncton, Sackville and Saint John this year. Check out furthe info on the tour at: http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/content/outside-box-new-brunswick-film-tour

The Silver Wave Film Festival is sustained by the generous support of funders, sponsors, patrons and enthusiastic audiences.

1K WAVE ATLANTIC FILMS HAVE THEIR WORLD PREMIERES AT THE 36TH AFF

Women in Film and Television Atlantic (WIFT-AT) and pUNK Films Inc. are thrilled to announce the culmination of their 1K WAVE ATLANTIC feature film program as the world premieres for these features will be part of this year’s Atlantic Film Festival line-up, September 15-22.

In March 2016, five women filmmakers were selected to participate in the 1K WAVE ATLANTIC -- writing, directing and completing a feature length production in the span of five months on a budget of $1,000 each. “On an extremely tight schedule, and even tighter budget, these women took on an ambitious challenge, and we could not be more proud of the results!  While these filmmakers come from diverse backgrounds and have varying degrees of film experience, they all created accomplished and entertaining films.” says Kimberlee McTaggart, 1K Wave Executive Producer and Editor Mentor.

Creating more opportunities for women to write and direct is a top priority for WIFT-AT. Initiatives like Directed by Women, New Waves, the All Access Pass Award, Women Making Waves and now the 1K Wave Atlantic, have delivered training, mentorship and inspiration to female filmmakers this past year. "More women directing films means stories told with a different twist. Considering that the audience is always hungry for something new, I hope to see lots more women at the helm of the bigger budget projects in future.” - Harmony Wagner, Singing to Myself.

The 1K Wave Atlantic program will include: 

Head Space, Nicole Steeves

Head Space is a hilarious and heartwarming film about Floyd (Struan Sutherland), an agoraphobic with no intention of ever leaving his basement. His past as a taller-than-average comedian and TV pitch-man has left him broken and unable to face his demons. That is until he finds himself both summoned for jury duty and under the constant harassment of the pizza delivery guy (Stoo Metz). With no other option, Floyd must confront his past, make friends with his enemies, and battle the great big scary unknown that is the outside world. (description from the AFF 2016 Program Guide)

Monday September 19, 3:30pm – Park Lane, Theatre 3

Singing to Myself, Harmony Wagner

Debt. Underemployment. Awkward relationships. Dissatisfied with her options in the world of striving, a young deaf woman, Iris (Sophie MacLean), decides to give up on yearning to connect. Instead she floats along, working at a greenhouse, embracing her silent solitude and learning to be happy with less. Everything is going just fine until she meets a precocious musician named Celeste (Bryde MacLean). Beautifully shot on Prince Edward lsland, Singing to Myself is an intimate gaze into the complexity and ease of female friendship. (description from the AFF 2016 Program Guide)

Tuesday September 20, 3:30pm – Park Lane, Theatre 1

self portrait in may, Catherine Bussiere

Inspired by a quote and the recent visit of her children, filmmaker Catherine Bussiere ponders over various themes relating to life and what it means to take care of it. Both a self portrait and portrait of a community, ideas of home, upbringing, happiness, and relationship are explored against the backdrop of spring’s awakening. Thoughtful and meditative, self portrait in may offers the viewer a sense of self through the sharing of the universality of experience. (description from the AFF 2016 Program Guide)

Wednesday September 21, 3:30pm – Park Lane, Theatre 1 

Ariyah and Tristan’s Inevitable Break-up, Koumbie

Ariyah and Tristan’s Inevitable Break-up is a modern day love story(ish) with all the twists and turbulence expected of any 20 somethings coupling. Ariyah (Koumbie) is an ambitious young animator. Tristan (Taylor Olson) is a carefree club photographer. Not exactly a match made in heaven but they give it a chance. Ariyah and Tristan’s Inevitable Break-up follows their relationship and the couple’s pivotal moments, all in Ariyah’s apartment. The drama and the comedy are captured including all the firsts – first fights, first “I love you’s”, an unplanned pregnancy and everything in between. (description from the AFF 2016 Program Guide)

Thursday September 22, 3:30pm – Park Lane, Theatre 3

WIFT-AT will also celebrate 29 members with films at the AFF rounding out the Atlantic program with an exceptional line-up of women in front of and behind the camera. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit: www.atlanticfilm.com/box-office

Women in Film and Television – Atlantic is a non-profit professional association with more than 150 members throughout the Atlantic provinces. The 1K WAVE ATLANTIC is a program created by WIFT-AT and Ingrid Veninger of pUNK Films and was made possible by generous contributions from Telefilm Canada, The Harold Greenberg Fund, Warren P. Sonoda, The Hideout Studios, Halifax Motion Picture Sound & Music, 902 Post Inc., The PostMan Post-Production Studio, National Film Board of Canada and RBC Royal Bank of Canada.

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For more information on the 1K WAVE ATLANTIC, WIFT-Atlantic or to arrange an interview with the filmmakers, please contact: Jan Miller, Founding Chair, Women in Film & Television Atlantic (WIFT-AT)

Tel: 902-823-1409  | Email: jan@janmillerconnect.ca | www.wift-at.com

NB FILM CO-OP MEMBER SHORT-LISTED FOR INTERNATIONAL FILM PRIZE

Iris Prize short-list announced

35 shorts compete for £30,000 award

The shortlist of films competing for the international Iris prize has been announced, with 35 shorts in contention. One of the shorts was produced by a NB Film Co-op member. Choke Hold by Robert Gray was nominated and won numerous awards at the 2015 Silver Wave Film Festival.

Cardiff's International LGBT short film prize, which is now in its 10th year, carries a prize of £30,000. Twenty-five of the contenders have been nominated by partner festivals, with 10 chosen by a pre-selection jury from a record number of more than 300 films entered through open submissions.

Filmmakers from Russia, UK, Australia create darkly compelling stories rooted in the horror genre reflecting the wider interest in fantasy enjoyed by the LGBT community. Equally, a sobering number of this year’s entries address the concerns for growing old and the emotional dilemmas that we face with ageing.

Iris prize chair Andrew Pierce said: “With the shortlist for this year’s Iris Prize now announced, I am thrilled by the high standard of entries for this 10th anniversary year. Having been involved in the festival since its inception, I have been delighted to see not only the number of films being submitted increasing year on year but also the quality of the film-making itself. We get to see wide world view of the LGBT community with submissions from countries as diverse as USA, Australia, Sweden, Italy and India."

The films will screen during this year’s Iris Prize Festival which takes place from October 12- 16 in Cardiff. The winner will be announced on Sunday 16 October 2016 during the Iris Awards hosted by Amy Lamé.

This year’s shortlisted films in alphabetical order are:

09:55 - 11:05, Ingrid Ekman, Bergsgatan 4B Dir: Cristine Berglund & Sophie Vukovic, Sweden

A Doll’s Eyes Dir: Jonathan Wysocki, US

B. Dir: Kai Stänicke, Germany

Balcony Dir: Toby Fell-Holden, UK

Between Us Dir: Daithí Ó Cinnéide, Ireland

Buddy Dir: Niels Bourgonje, The Netherlands

Cecil + Carl Dir: Elvis León, US

Choke Hold Director/NB Film Co-op member Robert Gray, Canada

Dawn Dir: Jake Graf, UK

Great Escape Dir: Sal Bardo, US

How To be Alone Dir: Erez Eisenstein, Israel

I Don’t Believe in That Dir: Neil Fennell, US

Il Manichino Dir: Renato Muro, Italy

Kaspar X: If I Had a Soul Dir: Kaspar Wan, Hong Kong

Last Vestiges Dir: Seth Poulin, Canada

Letargo Dir: Xavier Miralles, Spain

Like A Butterfly (Wie Ein Schmetterling) Dir: Sabrina Maria Roessel, Germany

Little Boy Blue Dir: Nathan Keene, Australia 

Little Doll Dir: Kate Dolan, Ireland

Nineteen Dir: Madeline Kelly, Australia

Pink Boy Dir: Eric Rockey, US

Push MeM Dir: Tove Pils, Sweden

Pytor495 Dir: Blake Mawson, Canada

Sign Dir: Andrew Keenan-Bolger, US

Submarine (Submarino) Dir: Rafael Aidar, Brazil

Sunday Lunch (Le Repas Dominical) Dir: Céline Devaux, France

Thanks For Dancing (Takk for Turen) Dir: Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken, Norway

The Den (La Tana) Dir: Lorenzo Caproni, Italy

The Last Day Before Zanzibar (O Ultimo Dia Antes de Zanzibar) Dir: Filipe Matzembacher & Mario Reolon, Brazil

The Summer Of ABC Burns Dir: Dannika Horvat, Australia

Tonight It’s YouDir: Dominic Haxton, US

The Threshold Dir: Nishant Roy Bombarde, India

Vamonos Dir: Marvin Lemus, US

You Deserve Everything Dir: Goran Stolevski, Australia

Yu and Rachel Dir: Wu Ji’en, Taiwan

NB FILM CO-OP SWFF SCREENING TOUR HITS THE ROAD AGAIN!

 Outside the Box: New Brunswick Film Tour - NEXT STOP - BATHURST! 

 (CHECK OUT THE SCREENING PROGRAMME FOR BATHURST! - nbfc_film_tour2016_bathurst.pdf

Outside the Box: New Brunswick Film Tour: A selection of outstanding films screened at the Silver Wave Film Festival

Origin of the Silver Wave Film Festival

Due to a lack of exhibition opportunities for local media artists to showcase their work, the New Brunswick Filmmakersʼ Co-op launched a provincial film screening event in 2001 called the Silver Wave Film Festival. The initiative received universal acclaim from participants delighted at the audience engagement with their work and the collegial nature of the gathering of filmmakers from around the province.

Call for Submissions process

The programming for the festival takes place in several phases. A call for submissions is sent out 8 months prior to the event. In addition to the submitted films, programmers also invite films to be part of the festival. The mission of the festival is to showcase the best New Brunswick films, and at least 50% of the films screened each year are produced within the province. Although it might be more advantageous to invite celebrated films from away and build an audience from films that already “sell themselves”, the Silver Wave takes pride in celebrating our own local stars, and nurturing a culture of “local films first”. This strategy has taken hold, as the most popular films at the festival are not the films from away, but rather the locally made works. The programming for the past few Silver Wave Film Festivals has included a diverse selection of films from across the Province including short dramas, comedies, documentaries, animations and experimental films.

Film Tour Project

Outside the Box is a provincial film tour comprised of the best films screened at the Silver Wave Film Festival over the past 5 years. The tour has been made possible by a grant from the Province of New Brunswickʼs Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture and through the generous support of local sponsors in the communities hosting these screenings with us. 

New Brunswick Filmmakersʼ Co-op

Besides undertaking the annual Silver Wave Film Festival, the Film Co-op is also involved in many other filmic activities. It offers film-training workshops in Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton. It houses a full range of professional filmmaking equipment available to its membership base, which spans the entire province. It carries out several production programs including a 48 hour film competition and provides cash grants and equipment deferrals to projects year-round. Based in Fredericton, the Co-op is eager to help emerging and established filmmakers produce locally-based films, and see the development of thriving communities in all corners of the province.

FREDERICTON - UNDER THE STARS: FILMS IN THE PARK