Email info@nbfilmcoop.com to register!
COST: FREE for Film Co-op members in good standing.
Class Limit: 25
Instructor: Jillian Acreman
ONLINE WORKSHOP
(Film Co-op members are required to take a Directing workshop before they can do their own projects through the Film Co-op.)
Workshop Description:
The workshop will cover filmmaking from the director’s perspective. This session is especially useful for those filmmakers who are interested in writing, producing, and directing their own material.
Instructor’s Biography:
NB Film Co-op President Jillian Acreman has directed six short films and produced a seventh, Pop (dir. Ryan O’Toole) which was selected by Telefilm Canada for the “Not Short on Talent” showcase at the Cannes Film Festival. Her short films Broke, The Editor, The Art of Decay, and North have previously been licensed to CBC for broadcast. Acreman’s short Marigolds premiered at the 15th Annual Silver Wave Film Festival, where it was awarded both Best NB Short Film, and the Viewer’s Choice Award. Most recently Acreman directed her first feature film Queen of the Andes through the Telefilm Talent to Watch program, with the support of the Province of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative. The film was awarded Best Canadian First Feature at the 2021 Victoria Film Festival and is currently on the festival circuit. Acreman has studied under Judith Weston in Los Angeles and Toronto and is also a 2017 Reykjavik International Film Festival Talent Lab alumni.
