Hart House Film Board

Hot Docs (April 29 – May 9)

Documentary film festival. Various venues.

For more information, visit hotdocs.ca

News from the Toronto Urban Film Festival

Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF)

Making a great one-minute film, that’s TUFF!

UPDATE: Announcing 2010 Guest Judge DEEPA MEHTA

We are excited to announce that Director/Producer/Screenwriter
Deepa Mehta, who has been described as Canada’s most internationally
renowned woman filmmaker, will be selecting and presenting the
top awards for TUFF 2010.

Full biography: www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com/jury

REMINDER: Trinity Square Video (TSV) is offering seven
Toronto-based filmmakers a free TSV membership and up to $600 of
in-kind support for their TUFF movie. More info below.
Pitch deadline: May 1st

Submit your film before June 1st and avoid the $10 entry fee.
Fees rise to $15 on July 1st. Final Deadline: July 15th.

The Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF), the only festival of
its kind in North America, is a 10-day long public film
festival that reaches over 1.3 million subway commuters daily.

TUFF is looking for the best one-minute silent films from
across Canada and around the world.

Over $10,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to the
winning films, with a top prize of a 5 star trip for
two to Jamaica.
www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com/awards

Artist fees of $100 will be payed to every film selected
by our jury to screen on the TTC and on the TUFF website.

The festival runs from September 10 – 19, 2010, at the same
time as TIFF. Films are presented on the Onestop network of
270 subway platform screens inside the TTC, and featured on
the new TUFF website, where people can vote for the Audience
Choice award.

Films are selected by a guest jury, with the top films chosen
by a guest judge Deepa Mehta. The TUFF 2010 Jury: Min Sook Lee,
Jorge Lozano, Kathleen Mullen, Sarah Robayo Sheridan,
Haema Sivanesan, and Michael Zryd.

Filmmakers, animators and video artists are invited to submit
one-minute silent films that speak to an urban audience. Programming
themes this year are: Urban Encounters and Other Stories;
Our Environment and Urban Growth; The Medium is the Message;
Urban Ideas and Politics; Urban Journeys; The City is a Poem;
After Night Falls.

TSV Pitch Award
Need support to make your TUFF film? Trinity Square Video (TSV) is
offering seven filmmakers a complimentary TSV membership and up to
$600 of in-kind support towards both the production and
post-production of their TUFF movie through the Trinity Square
Video Pitch Award. The seven selected TSV Pitch Award winners will
be screened in their own program during TUFF. Filmmakers are invited
to send a one or two paragraph pitch that describes their silent
one-minute film idea, along with a CV, to:
A4C@torontourbanfilmfestival.com. For more information about TSV,
go to
http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/f3b4b669e3/a23c7120d4/60b47f9888.

Deadline for TSV Pitch submissions is May 1, 2010

TUFF is co-produced by ONESTOP Media Group and
Art for Commuters, and funded by the
Canada Council for the Arts.

TUFF SUBMISSION DEADLINE: July 15, 2010

Submit your film before June 1st and avoid the $10
entry fee. Fees rise to $15 on July 1st.

www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com

Another One Minute Film and Video Festival you should
know about: www.minutefilmfest.com

Film Board Newsletter – April 19, 2010

Hello,

Quick reminder: The Film Board is open during the whole summer! Hours may change so watch this space and make sure you’ve signed up for the newsletter to get the latest information on changing hours.

Join the Film Board Committee!

Join the Film Board Committee!

The Film Board Executive collectively oversees the various functions  
of the Film Board. The Executive is comprised entirely of members and  
meets once a month. All Film Board members are encouraged to get  
involved in the Executive. Plus Exec members get discount on equipment  
bookings so don’t hesitate!

Bring Your Own Home Movies at Monkey’s Paw bookshop

B.Y.O.H.M. (bring-your-own-home-movies) & RETURN TO CANTON
At the Monkey’s Paw bookshop, on Sunday April 25, screening 7:00pm
(Home Movie Repair Clinic starting at 6:30pm)

By popular demand Homemade Movies presents B.Y.O.H.M. (bring-your-own-home-movies) once again at the Monkey’s Paw bookshop. Everyone is welcome to bring home movies to show or just come and see the new material we’ve recently unearthed – including Hurricane Hazel and China in the 40′s! . . .

RETURN TO CANTON Jack Young and his family left from Vancouver for an extended visit to his ancestral home in the Guangzhou (Canton) area in 1948. In the brief window between the end of WWII and beginning of the People’s Republic, the Young family lived in, and toured through, southern China. Jack captures period market places, village life and city crowds – all now long-erased by the frenetic development of China. (20 min)

Bring your 8mm, super 8 & 16mm films (sorry no video) for the screening at 7pm — Or — come early to our HOME MOVIE REPAIR CLINIC from 6:30pm. If you no longer have a working projector, this is your opportunity to look through your films see what’s on them – and if you want, select a reel or two to show on the big screen. We can also help with repairs and advice on preserving your films.  = A FREE event! (donations accepted). =
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The Monkey’s Paw 1229 Dundas St W
(between Ossington & Dovercourt, directly across from LCBO Store #3).

For more information contact us at homemademovies@hotmail.com. See our brochure online at <sites.google.com/site/homemademoviesorg> or facebook page: Home Movie History Project.