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CONNECTING - CLAUDIA MACLEAN, MONCTON

 I am interested in performing further as an actor.

I have been in a few local plays at the Capital Theatre Dieppe, Automatic Pilot and Plaza Suites for fundraisers.

I am a Highland dance teacher and opened my home to create a dance studio.  The MacLean dance troupe has performed at many different venues.

Now, I am taking on new challenges and am in the process of writing a script entitled Off The Street. I want to help other Film Co-op directors with their productions and learn along the way.   

CONNECTING - DEVAN MAHANEY, FREDERICTON

My name is Devan Mahaney. I recently graduated from UNB with a BA in Mathematics. Since then, I've released music under the pseudonyms 'Drunk in the Bicycle Lane' and 'Trefoil'. Ultimately, I want to compose strange music using novel timbres, microtonal tuning, complex polyrhythyms, and various auditory illusions. I want to take my visual art in an analogous direction, and am currently trying to improve my illustration skills.

I hope to learn as much as possible about how films are made by helping to make one. I would prefer to make illustrations or compose a score, especially one in the style of Blade Runner or Beyond the Black Rainbow. I hope that my involvement in the Film Co-op will eventually afford me the opportunity to do so, though in the meantime I am eager to help out however I can.

Devan Mahaney

PAYPAL LINKS ARE UP FOR NBFC MEMBERSHIP AND RENEWALS FOR 2017 

It's time to renew your co-op membership for 2017, renewals are due annually in January for ongoing members. If you email Cat to ask for her help with anything filmic, the first thing she will ask you to do is renew as her focus is the co-op members in good standing. The paypal links for memberships for 2017 are up on the co-op website - http://nbfilmcoop.com/joining

Renewed and New Members: Devan Mahaney, Larisa Tamjidi, Ashley Sandford (Fredericton), Rebekah Johnson (Saint John), Pamela Gallant (Moncton).

BUZZ

NB FILM CO-OP MEMBER IS REBORN THROUGH NEW COMPANY

https://www.facebook.com/LetEmLaughProductions/?hc_ref=PAGES_TIMELINE&fr...

https://www.mad5films.com

We have been re-born. As you can see by our cover photo Let Em Laugh as a public facing company has been retired. The past few years of entertaining all of you as Let Em Laugh has been a ride like non other.

Let Em Laugh, the name, came from those who mocked or laughed at our desire to make films. Well, 3 full length movies, countless music videos, and a web series later, we have nothing more to prove to the naysayers.

M.A.D. 5 has many meanings, which we will elaborate upon at a later time, just know that we are fiercely independent and feel like we have been too quiet when it comes to film in New Brunswick, and Canada as a whole. This is who we are, outspoken, driven and ready to do film one way, our way.

No artist should be restricted by decision makers, jury's or panels who look at a form to make a decision, art comes from within. Execution of art comes from teamwork, success comes from the audience.

We are M.A.D. 5, and we will have much more to say very soon. Until then, thank you, all of you who have followed us over the years as Let Em Laugh, and we promise you, everything you loved about us then, will carry forward as we speed into the next stage of our journey.

www.mad5films.com is live, but the full launch will be happening later this summer. Stay tuned, as we have many more announcements to follow.

- The M.A.D. 5 Team.

FOLLY FILMS 2017!

By GRID CITY MAGAZINE

Folly Films 2017

Feels Good Folly Fest in partnership with the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative announce film screenings planned for this year’s festival.

If there’s one thing that can be said of the vibrant Feels Good Community, it’s that it is dedicated to supporting New Brunswick artists. Feels Good originally began as an online community of artists back in 2007, acting as a sort of resource hub for collaboration, communication, and inspiration. Over the course of a few short years, the community has expanded tenfold (or more!), and have presented events throughout New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Now a regional organization with outposts in Saint John, Moncton and Halifax, Feels Good presents unique events year-round, most notably Feels Good Folly Fest in the Village of Gagetown (tickets here!).

Throughout the years, Feels Good’s mandate has stayed the same: support and celebrate local artists of all genres and disciplines. That’s why they’ve decided to incorporate yet another discipline into this year’s Folly Fest – Folly Films 2017. This small, curated film festival will run simultaneously with the rest of Folly Fest, presenting locally made short and feature films at the Yippie and Courthouse stages on Saturday and Sunday of the festival. Presented in partnership with the amazing NB Film Coop, Folly Films 2017 features 12 local films, from documentaries about the transgender experience to cat comedies. There are filmes noir , psychedelic trip-outs, and everything in between. There is something for everyone to enjoy at Folly Films.

Admission to Folly Film screenings are included in the price Folly Fest festival or day passes. For non-passholders, there will be screenings held at the free Courthouse stage on Saturday and Sunday evening, including Beerocracy, a documentary on craft breweries in New Brunswick, Turtle in the Wrong Shell, and a screening of The Last Waltz, to coincide with the Feels Good band’s musical recreation of the timeless classic!

Selected films/filmmakers include:

Alex Vietinghoff & Shauna Chase – Beerocracy | Don Flatt – Cats | Gordon Mihan – The Wakefield Will
 | Kelly Hill – The Glitz | Pat Bonner – Bad Noise | Adam Cooper – Stephen Lewis Documentary | Alex Brewer – Black & White and Dead All Over | Henry Colin – Turtle in the Wrong Shell | Ty Giffin – The Trip | Amy Bourgaize – Chiaroscuro
 | Angus Swantee – Bill’s Landscape & Exorcism Services

Folly Films Complete Schedule: 

Courthouse Stage – The Last Waltz (Saturday evening) Turtle in the Wrong Shell & Beerocracy (Sunday evening)

Yippie Stage – Saturday (12:15pm – 12:45pm) Wakefield Will, Cats, Black and White and Dead All Over

Yippie Stage – Saturday (4:15 pm – 4:45 pm) Bad Noise, The Glitz and The Trip

Yippie Stage – Sunday (12:15 pm – 12:45 pm) How You Turned Into A Fish, Chiaroscuro, 
and Bill’s Landscape & Exorcism Services

Yippie Stage Sunday Evening (4:15 pm – 4:45 pm) Stephen Lewis Documentary

Folly Films would not be possible without the ongoing support of the NB Film Coop, assisting the Folly crew with many aspect. For more information, visit www.follyfest.ca.

Folly Fest Release

NB FILM CO-OP WORKSHOPS ACROSS NEW BRUNSWICK 

Check out all our workshops: http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops

(there is a paypal link on each workshop page title you click on to register for each workshop, see below).Moncton and Saint John workshops start up in April and registration for for them is now OPEN.

Email: info@nbfilmcoop.com to get a pdf of the workshop programs emailed to you.

Through this annual provincial training programme, you can learn from qualified, specialized instructors.

By participating, you acquire new, incredibly interesting skills, and enjoy the camaraderie of the film community in New Brunswick.

The NB Film Co-op workshop series provides hands-on practical film and video training for members and non-members alike. Formally registering and paying in advance is the only way to ensure you will have a seat in any of the offered courses. Register in person at the NB Film Co-op (call or email to make an appointment first please!) (Cash, Cheque or Money Order) or by mail (Cheques and Money Orders only). Pay Pal is now an option as well. There are always limited spots available for all workshops so please call or email staff to see if there are available spots before you send your payment. You can put your name on the waiting list for workshops already full. 

Workshops and Courses

The Majority of the workshops are held at the NB Film Co-op at 732 Charlotte Street, Fredericton, NB beginning in early February annually. Instructors and workshop times are subject to change. There are separate workshop programs and schedules for workshops happening in Moncton and Saint John beginning in March annually. All participants will be notified by email/telephone of any changes with the workshop for which they have registered. For all day workshops, we recommend that you bring your own lunch.

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SAINT JOHN - DOCUMENTARY: TELLING PERSONAL STORIES THAT MATTER

http://nbfilmcoop.com/workshops/documentary-telling-personal-stories-matter

(Intro – Theory)

June 24, Saturday, 10:30 am - 4 pm

Instructor: Matt Brown and Andrey Blanco 

Location: Saint John Free Public Library, 1 Market Sq, Saint John, New Brunswick, ROOM #2

Fee: $25 For Film Co-op Members/$35 For Non-Members 

Class Limit: 8 

This full day workshop is designed to provide the participants with the necessary theory to make documentaries that are intriguing, demanding and challenging. 

The workshop will cover the four basic steps of documentary filmmaking step-by-step. At the end, participants will be able to take away invaluable insights to incorporate into their projects.

INSTRUCTOR'S BIOGRAPHY

Matt is an award-winning writer, director, filmmaker and photographer. To date he has five short films to his credit. In 2006, his short film “Cold Day in Hell” won three awards at the Silver Wave Film Festival including: Best Short Drama, Best Sound Design and Best Art Direction. The film was also nominated in the Best Short Action Sequence in the prestigious Action on Film Festival in LA. His short film “Mountaindale" was selected for CBC’s national Internet competition “Roots Challenge” in 2010.