Hart House Film Board

Film Board Newsletter, May 31

1. Worldwide Short Film Festival (June 1-6)

North America’s largest shorts film festival is back!

For program and information, visit http://www.worldwideshortfilmfest.com

2. LIFT OUT LOUD. Wednesday June 9 at 7pm.

THE LIAISON OF INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS OF TORONTO PRESENT

LIFT OUT LOUD

A Bi-Monthly Screenplay Reading Series With Guest Moderator

MAUREEN DOREY (CFC story editor)

*Two short screenplays for discussion:*

Orphaned written by Temenuga Trifonova

A delusional man escapes from an asylum in late 19th century Paris.
Following a series of accidental encounters, his delusions materialize until
he commits the ultimate offense: murder.

Scars written by Cody Campanale

On a cold winter evening, a group of close friends play an
unconventional game of sharing each other’s dark secrets. What is meant to
be harmless fun soon turns into revelations of betrayal and jealousy.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

*7:00 pm   Admission: $5*

XPACE  -  58 Ossington Avenue (just north of Queen street)

*GUEST MODERATOR – MAUREEN DOREY:*

Maureen Dorey is a free-lance analyst and story editor who helps writers
renew their inspiration and find their voices.  Her production credits
include: * HIDDEN*, written by David Shamoon, now filming with director
Agnieska Holland, *A STONE’S THROW* written by Garfield Lindsay Miller and
Camelia Frieberg, *MOCCASIN FLATS, SEASON II*, *RANDOM PASSAGE*, and the
feature film* MILE ZERO*.   Other credits include* BORN INTO THIS*,*
EXTRAORDINARY
VISITOR*, and* ON MY MIND*.  She has acted as consultant to the National
Screen Institute, Praxis Film Works, NIFCO and B.C. Film, and has been Story
Editor in Residence to the Canadian Film Centre’s Writers Lab for the past
seven years and has acted as story editor on *NURSE.FIGHTER.BOY*, *THE DARK
HOURS, SIBLINGS, HORSIE**’**S RETREAT* and* SHOW ME.*

PIZZA will be served.     Join us afterwards at *The Ossington’s LIFT OUT
LOUD Meet & Greet*

 3. TORONTO SOUNDS is looking for lighting and audio assistant

TORONTO SOUNDS is an ONTARIO ARTS COUNCIL (and hhfb) supported feature documentary on the culture of electronic music in toronto. Through event

footage, profiles and interviews – we explore the creative process of an emerging artform.

we’re shooting starting mid june… and we’re looking for 2 student-filmmakers to join the crew as:

   1. LIGHTING ASSISTANT x 1

   2. AUDIO ASSISTANT x 1

compensation:

   - expenses covered for trasportation and shoot only. otherwise GRATIS.

time:

   - required for UP TO the following dates:

   - June 12, 13, 14, 30, july 9, and 5 more dates (TBD) between July 15-Oct

   31

   - 90% weekends, but some awkward weekend hours to be expected…

some experience is good, but easy to get along with-ness is better

you’ll be working under award-winning DPs and Audio guys in complicated shooting situations – so it should be fun!

pls send cv/links to torontosoundsproject@gmail.com with SUBJECT LINE: HHFB

CREW APP before june 1.

www.torontosoundsproject.com for more info.

4. U of T’s television station is looking for filmmakers

“University of Toronto Television is UofT’s very own television station, where students can write, act, and direct their own shows.  Right now we’re looking for enthusiastic people who are skilled in any areas related to film making.  We’re also looking for submissions of short films students may have done in the past, to be featured on the website (www.uttv.ca).  Thank you for your time.”

5. Toronto Urban Film Festival. Early Bird deadline approaching.

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

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.

REMINDER: The deadline to submit without a fee is May 31st. Fees

start at $10 CAD on June 1st and rise to $15 CAD on July 1st.

Films are selected by a guest jury of well known filmmakers,

programmers and academics in the field. The TUFF 2010 Jury:

Min Sook Lee, Jorge Lozano, Kathleen Mullen, Sarah Robayo Sheridan,

Haema Sivanesan, and Michael Zryd.

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/485e9735d0/c139aaa989/386b7f699b

Top awards will be selected by this year’s guest judge,

Academy Award nominated filmmaker Deepa Mehta.

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 and improved TUFF website.

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.

While you’re submitting a film to TUFF, don’t forget you can

also submit it to our friends at the One Minute Film and Video

Festival,

-

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/485e9735d0/c139aaa989/cb00b82e2f  also in Toronto.

Submit your film before June 1st and avoid the $10 entry fee.

Fees rise to $15 on July 1st. Final Deadline: July 15th.

www.torontourbanfilmfestival.com

TUFF is co-produced by ONESTOP Media Group -

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/485e9735d0/c139aaa989/814d7227c8 

and Art for Commuters -

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/485e9735d0/c139aaa989/90dee4aaf3 and

funded by the Canada Council for the Arts.