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 SWFF CELEBRATES 17 YEARS WITH HIGH ATTENDANCE AND AWARDS GALORE!

On Saturday night, November 4th, the Annual Silver Wave Awards handed out major hardware to filmmakers from all over the world. The big winners ultimately were NB Filmmakers.

Check out Steve MacGillivray's Award pictures of everybody on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/pg/silverwavefilmfestival/photos/?tab=album&alb...

Salute to a Woman working in Film in New Brunswick: Nancy Lynch

Best Youth Short: Relic by Spencer Hetherington

Best Student Short: Apotamkin by Carr Sappier

Excellence in Music Composition: Christian David Bérubé for My Husband’s Jump

Excellence in Art Direction: Michelle Rogers and Arianna Martinez for My Husband’s Jump

Excellence in Sound Design: Bruce LeGrow and Gregg O’Donnell for Why Good People Do Bad Things

Excellence in Picture Editing: Matt Carr for Glitter

Excellence in Cinematography: Matt Rogers for My Husband’s Jump

Best Animated Short: Him by Lorna Kirk

Best Low Budget Documentary:  City On Fire by Lauchlan Ough

Best Horror/SciFi Short: Cabby by Jon Blizzard

Best Canadian OR International Short: Four Eyes by Michael Clowater

Best Documentary: Zachary Richard, Cajun Heart by Phil Comeau

Lex Gigeroff Excellence in Screenwriting Award for a NB short Drama OR Comedy: Tracey Lavigne for Glitter

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama OR Comedy: Maggie Vaughan for Side Of The Road

Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a supporting role in a Drama OR Comedy by a New Brunswicker: Tracey Brown for Headline Heroes

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Drama OR Comedy: Clayton Boone for Cabby

Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a supporting role in a Drama OR Comedy: Ryan Barton for Coached

Best NB Short Drama: Glitter by Tracey Lavigne

East Coast Camera Rental Award ($5000.00 value): Tracey Lavigne

2017 Jane LeBlanc Filmmaker Award: Kaitlyn Adair for “March 2.4”

Brian Carty Volunteer Recognition Award Winner: Jillian Acreman

Professional Film Recognition Award: Nick Wilson (Nick Wilson Videography/East Coast Camera Rental)

2017 CBC/NB Joy Award Winner: Jillian Acreman for Queen of the Andes

PAYPAL LINKS ARE UP FOR NBFC MEMBERSHIP AND RENEWALS FOR 2017 

Membership renewals are due in Jan/Feb annually.

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/content/renew

Renewed and New Members: Marie-Alice Vellone (Oromocto), Gaetan Pelletier (Baker Brook).

BUZZ 

ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF CHARACTERS INC. AT PLAYHOUSE TONIGHT!

TONIGHT, Friday, November 10, the Playhouse will be filled with the music of Characters Incorporated, a Fredericton-based song and dance group, which attracted international attention in the 1990s.

To mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of the group, former member and local filmmaker, Kirk Pennell collaborated with Atlantic filmmaker, Christine McLean, to create a film about the group. The one-hour documentary entitled “We Are Characters Incorporated” will be screened at 7 pm.

The film takes an affectionate look back at the group’s evolution from an after-school drama group at Nashwaaksis Junior High to an ensemble that promoted Canadian culture around the world.

Pennell says, “Belonging to this group was one of the highlights of my life growing up in Fredericton. I wanted to find out how it impacted the lives of the many other students who took part. I wondered, what are they doing now?” Pennell, who filmed, edited and narrated the film, travelled the country over a year and a half, to seek out former members with interesting stories to share.

Pennell adds, “I also wanted to celebrate the achievements of Philip Sexsmith, the amazing teacher who created the group.” The film features rare archival footage and photos, as well as glimpses into the lives of former members who are making their mark in the worlds of entertainment, medicine, and social media.

Writer/producer Christine McLean says, “This is a film about the impact one dedicated teacher can have on a generation of students. It also reflects the power of music and the arts to transform the lives of young people. Kirk captured many funny and poignant moments.” The project was financed entirely through crowdfunding. McLean says, “There’s a whole community of former members of the group and fans of the group that are very excited to see this tribute on screen.”

There are still tickets left for this great Friday evening event. They can be purchased online at

http://www.theplayhouse.ca/box-office/

Contact: Kirk Pennell 506-451-5808 kpennell101@gmail.com

Video or audio clips available.

NB FILM CO-OP PRESENTS: WAPIKONI, CINEMA ON WHEELS TOUR 

WHEN: Sunday, November 19, 2017, 2PM

WHERE: UNB Tilley Hall, room 102, UNB Campus (9 MacAulay Lane)

FREE TO ATTEND

The Wapikoni, Cinema on Wheels tour is part of “Wapikoni From Coast to Coast: Reconciliation Through the Media Arts”, a project under the patronage of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO and supported by the Government of Canada.

From April to November, a caravan equipped with exterior projection equipment and staffed by two facilitators will travel west to east, covering 10 Canadian provinces and stopping in 100 Indigenous communities and 50 cities. The screenings will be in English, French and Indigenous languages.

“One of Wapikoni’s most cherished dreams has come true: Making the voices of Indigenous youth who we have worked with for over 13 years echo throughout Canada, establishing a dialogue between communities of all origins through their films. These works are a unique part of Indigenous cultural heritage,” says Manon Barbeau, Executive Director of Wapikoni.

Trailer of the tour Wapikoni, Cinema on Wheels: https://vimeo.com/209573738

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wapikoni/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/wapikoni

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wapikonimobile/

For information on the screening, please feel free to contact Tony Merzetti at 455-1632 or info@nbfilmcoop.com

MONDAY NIGHT FILM SERIES: SEPT-DEC, 2017

Dear Cinephiles,

The team at the Monday Night Film Series is excited about the line-up of films!

Annual Memberships (Sept 2016 - April 2017) are $30 regular and $18 (students, seniors, NB film co-op members)
Half year memberships (Sept 2016 - Dec 2016) are $20 regular and $12 (students, seniors, NB film co-op members)

Admission prices: Members $5.00 and General admission $8.00
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
Email: info@nbfilmcoop.com concerning memberships please.

See you at the movies!

Tony, Cat, John and Trish

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017 7:30pm at Tilley Hall, UNB Campus

AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER

Bonni Cohen, Jon Shenk 

USA, 2017 

English 

100 minutes 

With: Al Gore, Barack Obama, Donald J. Trump 

The Monday Night Film Series presents AN INCONVENIENT SEQUEL: TRUTH TO POWER.

It’s been a decade since the Oscar-winning An Inconvenient Truth brought climate change to light and championed it as a global concern. 10 years later, Al Gore presents new research demonstrating that 14 of Earth’s 15 hottest years in recorded history have been since 2001. In light of America’s recent with­drawal from the 2016 Paris Agreements, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power is urgent and essential viewing. 

Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk take the directorial reigns to recap the successes and setbacks since the first film. At the centre of it all is the slightly grayer, mellower, but no less impassioned, Al Gore. He continues touring his PowerPoint lectures, updated with not only new grim facts, but also encouraging examples of successful green energy projects. He trains the next generation of eco-leaders with his Climate Leadership initiatives and uses his considerable connections to negotiate deals with the world’s leaders. However, the most powerful sections are the visually startling check-ins he does with scientific researchers regarding our planet’s health. While many naysayers mocked his 2006 scientific, ani­mated projections of rising waters flooding the World Trade Center area in Manhattan, no one was laughing when 2012’s Hurricane Sandy did just that.

The former Vice President is a modern-day superhero decked out in his button-up shirts and cowboy boots. It’s surprising and fascinating how lonely the fight been, and the fact that he's been doing it now for nearly a quarter century with no signs of slowing down is admirable. With the health and future of the planet at stake, Gore and those training with him are certainly the heroes we need.

“Though audiences may have heard this one before, An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power preaches effectively to its choir, with a decade of fresh data and increasing cataclysms to persuasively make its case”   Anthony Kaufman Screen International

This term, 15 limited release, independent foreign & Canadian films will be shown. Admission is $8/film, but a half-yearly $12 student film society membership reduces admission cost to $5/film. The series is open to all. Memberships are available at Tilley 102 every Monday night.

For further info, contact NB Film Co-op 455-1632  info@nbfilmcoop.com http://www.nbfilmcoop.com/exhibition/monday-night-film-series

The NB Film Co-op in partnership with the UNB Faculty of Arts and the Toronto Film Festival presents the series.