Audience: seannacap

Lost and Found Screening at The Vancouver Student Film Festivak Sep 16, 2006 10:54AM

Congratulations to Lost and Found Director Marshall Axani and Producer Doug Kerr. It is one of only 17films selected out of 120 submissions. The film is up against the other selections for several awards. The festival is taking place September 15 & 16 at the Vancity Theatre. Lost and Found will screen on both of these nights. Marshall and Doug would like to invite you to come out on Saturday so that they can have a large group to support the film. Come on out - be loud and proud! For more information www.vsff.com

Cap wins Awards and Best Film Nominations at Young Cuts Aug 23, 2006 09:56AM

POV, 2005 Director, Tanner Adams and Editor Brian Hulme, received the award for Best Editing at Young Cuts. Thicker Than Water, 2006 Director Martin Dudzik recieved the award for Best Cinematography and both films were nominated for the Best Film of the Festival If you are in Toronto , check out these films as YoungCuts brings the Best of the Festival to Toronto this Saturday August 26. Twenty-three of the Festival's best films will be shown at the Bloor Cinema (Bloor and Bathurst) with shows at noon, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. and 6 p.m

"POV" and " Thicker Than Water"- Screening at Young Cuts- August 2006 Aug 02, 2006 12:23PM

Congratulations to "POV", 2005 Director Tanner Adams and "Thicker Than Water" , 2006 Director Martin Dudzik have been selected to screen this year at Young Cuts. This year, The Young Cuts Film Festival http://www.youngcuts.com/ will screen in both Toronto and Montreal. Out of literally thousands of films, "POV" and "Thicker Than Water" are two of only 50 films selected to screen at this festival which brings media and industry together to meet emerging young filmmakers. If you are in Montreal: check out "Thicker Than Water" on August 18th at 3pm and "POV" on Aug 18th at 9pm. Congratulations to filmmakers Tanner Adams and Martin Dudzik ! Check these links for more information: http://www.youngcuts.com/ http://www.youngcuts.com/~demo/docs/2006-schedule-web.pdf http://audience.withoutabox.com/films/pov

"Bedridden" 2005, Screening at The Calgary Fringe Film Festival August 12 2006 Jul 26, 2006 07:24AM

Congratulations "Bedridden" 2005 - Director Dave Grave has been selected to screen at the Calgary Fringe Festival . The Festival runs from Aug 12th- 20th. Bedrideen will screen on August 12th at noon. Check out this important cultural event at www.calgaryfringe.ca and if you are in Calgary , check out " Bedridden" and the shorts program!

"Midnight Drive" 2006 Screening at Festival des Films du Monde / World Film Festival in Montreal Jul 20, 2006 02:08PM

Congratulations "Midnight Drive" 2006 , Director Crystal Bishop, has been selected to screen at the Festival des Films du Monde / World Film Festival in Montreal. "Midnight Drive" has been invited to be a part of the Student Program Aug 26th to 30th. Crystal has also been given accrediation to the Film Market where she will meet filmmakers, programmers, broadcasters and distributors from all over the world. Check out one of the greatest film festivals in the World at http://www.ffm-montreal.org/en_index.html and Have a Great Festival Crystal! Seanna

"Psychic Life of Plants"- Selected as a Finalist at The Victoria Festival of Motion in Australia Jul 20, 2006 01:20PM

Congratulations Psychic Life of Plants 2006 - Directors Lisa Traczynski and Kristina Witt, their film has been selected as one of four finalists in an international competition at Victoria Festival of Motion Image in Australia. The festival finishes up on Saturday July 22nd and the winner of the Best Student Short will be announced that night- so stay tuned! http://www.victoriafestival.com.au/comp.htm Seanna http://audience.withoutabox.com/films/ficus

Psychic Life- Festival Screening in Australia July 2006 Jul 09, 2006 06:55PM

Congratulations to Psychic Life of Plants 2006 - Directors Lisa Traczynski and Kristina Witt, their film has been selected to screen at Victoria Festival of Motion Image in Bendigo Australia. The festival is in three seperate locations across Australia throughout July and incorporates new media, interactive media, webcasts,podcasts, workshops and screenings. Check out this innovative festival at www.victoriafestival.com.au/prog.htm and Congratulations to our filmakers as they enter the international festival circuit. Good Luckdown under Ficus. The screening will be on Saturday July 22nd all the best Seanna

Bedridden Festival Screening in Toronto- July 2006 Jul 09, 2006 06:40PM

Congratulations " Bedridden" 2005- Director Dave Grave has been selected to screen at the First Take International Student Film Festival July 18th- 23rd. As you know, Dave has just recently returned from the Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival in Toronto and now "Bedridden" will be screened at another festival this month. Way to go Dave. Check out the link to this great festival: www.firsttakestudentfilmfest.com/index.htm and check out Dave's great tips on working the festival circuit on his Bedridden Audience Blog.http://audience.withoutabox.com/films/bedridden Good Luck at First Take! Seanna

Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival - June 13th- 18th 2006 Jun 27, 2006 12:05PM

Festival Delegates - Tanner Adams , Brian Hulme (POV) and Dave Grave ( Bedridden) and are all back from Toronto and their whirlwind weeklong adventure of screenings, symposiums, meetings, digital and film demos, schmoozing and parties at the TWSFF. This was a fantastic experience for these three filmmakers. Check out the POV http://audience.withoutabox.com/films/povand Bedridden http://audience.withoutabox.com/films/bedriddenBlogs for details.

Our many thanks to Chris Chin - Guest Coordinator at the TWWSF for taking good care of our filmmakers while they were in Toronto!

Seanna

Cap College Film Centre Jun 01, 2006 04:25PM

For more information about our program:
www.capcollege.bc.ca/programs/film/Home.html

Capilano College Film Centre Jun 01, 2006 02:35PM

Welcome to our first foray into student project self distribution. This brilliant WAB innovation of tying festival submission together with on line press kits and now audience/filmmaker blogs gives our students an opportunity to promote and self distribute their projects! Fantastic!

Featured on this page are "POV" 2005, directed by Tanner Adams, edited Brian Hulme and " Bedridden" 2005, directed by Dave Grave.
These filmmakers have been invited to be delegates at the Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival June 13th- 18th. Good Luck filmmakers and have a great festival!

Also featured on this page, are some of our recently completed 3rd Yr projects: Midnight Drive, 2006 directed by Crysal Bishop and The Psychic Life of Plants, directed by Lisa Traczynski & Kristina Witt.
These filmmakers have been working for the last few weeks on delivering the publicity materials to create solid on line press kits and researching and submitting to festivals all over the globe. Good Luck Gals!

We are using all that WAB has to offer to give our students a self directed opportunity to use these resources to develop an online presence for their films, to develop a local, national and international audience, to research and apply to festivals, to build a network and to enter into a dialogue with other filmmakers.

Many more films will be posted on this site in the next few weeks, so keep this page bookmarked and continue to check in. If you've seen any of these films, or worked on any of these films , contribute your comments, give your review and join in the dialogue.

Seanna

POV Sceening at Young Cuts- August 2006 Aug 02, 2006 12:25PM

Congratulations to POV, 2005 Director Tanner Adams. POV has been selected to screen this year at Young Cuts. This year, The Young Cuts Film Festival http://www.youngcuts.com/ will screen in both Toronto and Montreal. Out of literally thousands of films, POV is one of 50 films selected to screen at this festival which brings media and industry together to meet emerging young filmmakers. If you are in Montreal: check out POV on Aug 18th at 9pm. Congratulations Tanner ! Check these links for more information: http://www.youngcuts.com/ http://www.youngcuts.com/~demo/docs/2006-schedule-web.pdf http://audience.withoutabox.com/films/pov

Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival Journal- June 13th- 18th 2006 Jun 27, 2006 10:19AM

TWWSF – 2006 – A Look Back by Brian Hulme

Being a Marketplace Delegate at the Toronto World Wide Film Festival was a tremendously educational and enjoyable experience. I watched films, I met people, I learned about things that directly relate to my career as a filmmaker, and I partied. The level of quality for the nominated films that were screened was very high and inspired me to create films of the same caliber. The people that I met and exchanged contacts with are very supportive of the short film industry, and the festival itself is a massive gathering of these people. Whether you make business deals with the people you meet, or share a conversation over a drink, or both, you get to interact and learn who will take your films and what they are looking for. If you want to make short films, or you do make short films, you need to go to the TWWSF.

With all the career boosting seminars, screenings, ceremonies and parties, it is hard to manage your time, but above all be sure to see the films. Specifically, the international films, because of their rarity and quality. As well, see the music videos, which for me was great because I also enjoyed much of the music and now have new bands to listen to, or to contact for future film score. The films will range from being intensely dramatic and moving to being completely wacky and off the wall, and every one is great in a way of its own because these are the top films of over 3000 from around the world. It also good to browse the program book and highlight the good ones so that you can check them out again in the marketplace or try to find the filmmakers. I was lucky to see most of the films that won awards, and I have to say they were very excellent and had some real close competition. I hope next year I can have at least one film there, and I would be extremely lucky to have one be nominated. Here are some of the shorts that were very memorable and are a must see for any short filmmaker or lover:
“Before Dawn” Hungary
“The Surprise” Germany
“Bawke” Norway (this won the “Best International Short” award)
“Heavy Metal Jr.” Scotland
“Blackout” USA
“Darling Darling” USA
“Sometimes” UK (I have a copy of this one if anyone wants to see it)
I strongly recommend at least Google’ing any of these titles.

Another very special part of the festival is the seminars and symposiums. These will be anything from small, intimate meetings with industry folk to large, game show like discussions specifically geared to help your film career. Go to as many as you can. In specific, go to:
“Who Buys What” (one on one interaction with Canadian / International Broadcasters and Buyers”)
“Smart Shorts: Making Shorts That Work For You” (self explanatory)
“Remix Revolution” (keeping up o date with the technology that affects short films)

Here are some quick do’s and don’ts:
Do:
- bring lots of cards and dvds
- talk to as many people as possible
- team up with people you meet so you can spread out and go to different seminars/screenings
- hunt for the right people, they are actually easily identified for you by colour coded tags
- go to the parties, and even if you can’t afford it, buy drinks for people. It will surely pay off later

Don’t:
- down talk your movie, tell people it is great, and let them decide for themselves
- down talk anyone else’s films, unless you have some serious material to back it up with
- let yourself become very strongly opinionated, remember the diversity of this industry
- let yourself get too drunk, but make sure to keep up with everyone

I learned and interacted so much at this festival that I now am fueled up with new goals, ideas, and inspiration. I would like to extend my warmest thanks to the faculty of the Capilano College Film Centre, the people who participated in the TWWSF and it’s staff, and especially the crew and colleagues that helped create our short film, POV, which was our ticket in. In particular I would like to thank Seanna McPherson, Chris Chin, Sue Biely, Shane Smith, and Tanner Adams.

Brian Hulme
b_train33@hotmail.com
Capilano College Film Program Alumni

Toronto World Wide Short Film Festival Journal- June 13th- 18th 2006 Jun 27, 2006 10:18AM

So I got to go to the World Wide Short Film Festival

By Tanner Adams

June 12 to 18th. One full week filled with short films, seminars, and symposiums. The amount of information being spewed out within the week was overwhelming to the point were sometimes you couldn’t be everywhere and see everything. That’s not a bad thing though because anything that you do see is a hundred percent worth it. So here’s what I think I was able to take in at the World Wide Short Film Festival 2006.

- The market for shorts films is growing LARGER and LARGER each year. So get in the know of what the hell IFC, Showcase, Bravo, Atom Films, I-film, Movieola, and I-tunes have to offer.

- Have a card on you at all times. If you don’t have a card then just make a basic one. THIS IS FILM SO MAKE CONTACTS.

- Each night you get to see some of the best short films from around the world. By seeing all of these films you will know just how high you will have to raise the bar of your short films production values. You will also learn how strong your story has to be.

- Go and see everything, even the crap. Yes there is crap at festivals and I think that the crap helps motivate you to make something better. Also never turn your back on your own project (even if it’s crap).

- Your project, film, or short is what gets you into festivals and the parties so treat it like your child. Be proud of it.

- Learn to mingle. You can talk to anyone at an after party because you have all just seen the same movies. Ask them what they thought of the screening. Then ask them what the hell they’re doing there. They will either be:

o a) director/producer with a film at the festival
o b) distributor/broadcaster
o c) film festival rep.
o d) production company rep.
o e) actor/actress

- Short, sweet, and simple. The best short films of the festival in my opinion were all 5 to 10 minutes long. Plus 5 to 10 minute short films have better chances of getting into festivals because they are “SHORT, SWEET, AND SIMPLE.”

- Thank the people you meet and the people who help you out every step of the way. Don’t kiss ass and tell them they’re the greatest. Just be honest because that is what counts and that’s what people want to hear.

- There is funding out there. Get off your butt and get it. Kickstart, BravoFact, Harold Greenburg Fund, Telefilm, Crazy 8’s, and more. Google any of those and start searching. Apply for anything you can get your hands on because ANYTHING IS BETTER THAN NOTHING.

There was lots that Brian, Dave, and myself did during the week. It was an amazing experience and we are all thankful for being given this opportunity, and it was because of the people we have met so far. Capilano is a school with teachers who are proud of their students and enjoy seeing us make the next steps into the film world. Check out the schools website and all the short films coming out of Capilano College.

Tanner Adams, Director (P.O.V)

big_tanner_22@hotmail.com

Check out Capilano College’s new website for their film program at:
www.capcollege.bc.ca/programs/film/Home.html