Hart House Film Board

Film Board Newsletter – May 10, 2010

1. CERTIFICATIONS FOR ADVANCED EQUIPMENT

Certification Tutorials will be held periodically. These tutorials are MANDATORY for new members who wish to use the advanced video, audio, and lighting equipment. To sign up, you can send an email to equipment@hhfilmboard.com or come in person to sign up on the wall next to our doors.

Members who cannot attend the above dates can book private tutorials at the cost of $20 per tutorial. Speak to the curators several weeks in advance.

EQUIPMENT CERTIFICATION IS MANDATORY BEFORE YOU CAN USE ADVANCED VIDEO, LIGHTING, AND AUDIO PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT!

2. 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!

3. CONTACT FESTIVAL  (May 1 to 31)

Photography exhibitions, public installations, lectures, workshops, portfolio reviews and more. Most shows free. Various venues. Visit contactphoto.com for more information, visit www.contactphoto.com

4.  CANADIAN STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2010: CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The 41st Canadian Student Film Festival

Montreal August 28-September 1st, 2010

The entry deadline: June 11, 2010

The entry fee: 30$CAD

2010 Entry form and Festival Regulations are attached.

The same documents are available on the Montreal World Film Festival website:

http://www.ffm-montreal.org/pdf/ffm_etudiant_2010.pdf

ADDRESS

STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL

 1432, de Bleury Street

 Montreal, Quebec

 H3A 2J1

Tel.: 1 514 848-3883

Fax: 1 514 848-3886

 <mailto:info@ffm-montreal.org&gt; info@ffm-montreal.org

ACCEPTED FILMS

- Directed by the Canadian university and school students

- Produced after August 2009

- Never presented in Canada, except at the director’s university or school

festival.

- Animation, documentary, experimental, fiction

THE STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

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NORMAN McLAREN AWARD for the overall winner

 Offered by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

KODAK IMAGING AWARD for the Best New Canadian Student Director

Presented by Kodak Canada Entertainment Imaging

5.  TORONTO URBAN FILM FESTIVAL IS LOOKING FOR SUBMISSIONS

Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF) 2010

Making a great one-minute film, that’s TUFF. But we know  you can do it by July 15th!

The Toronto Urban Film Festival (TUFF), unique in

North America, is a 10-day long public film festival that reaches over 1.3 million subway commuters daily.

The festival runs from September 10 – 19, 2010, concurrent with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Film are presented on the network of 270 subway platform screens inside the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC), and featured on the TUFF website, where people can vote for the Viewer’s Choice award.

TUFF is looking for the best silent one-minute films from across Canada and around the world. Over $10,000 in cash and prizes will be awarded to the winning films.

Films are selected by a jury, with the top films chosen by a special Guest Judge. The TUFF 2010 Jury includes

Jacob Korczynski, Min Sook Lee, Jorge Lozano,

Kathleen Mullen, Sarah Robayo Sheridan, Haema Sivanesan, and Michael Zryd.

Professional and emerging filmmakers, animators and

video artists are invited to engage with our urban-themed categories:

- 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

Deadline: July 15, 2010

Submit your film before June 1st and avoid the entry fee.

Fees start at $10 CAD per film on June 1st, and rise

to $15 on July 1st.

Artist fees of $100 per film will be paid to all official selections which screen on the TTC and online.

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