Our Summer 2010 Printed Newsletter is now available to download as a pdf file here. There are copies available at the CFAT office if you would like to come by during open hours to pick one up.
Centre for Art Tapes. Newsletter: July 23, 2010.
CFAT News:
1. Local Artist in Residence Léola LeBlanc at CFAT
Other News:
2. Call: NSI Feature First
3. Call: One Minute Film Festival
4. Call: AFCOOP Filmmaker in Residence Program
5. Call: Bruno Bobtail Gallery Biennial Juried Art Show & Sale
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1. Local Artist in Residence Léola LeBlanc at CFAT
Local Artist-In-Residence Leola LeBlanc will be in CFAT Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1-5 p.m. wrapping up the audio component of DAMMSel Day, a new media artwork that explores the history and local sites of Dartmouth. This site-specific work draws on the collection of the Dartmouth Heritage Museum and utilizes 7 scenes, a mobile storytelling platform.
Leola says of her project:
DAMMSel Day is an audio, pedestrian-based locative media project based in Dartmouth. Armed with mobile phone, participants wander through paths, parking lots, cemeteries, streets, and sidewalks listening to audio-snatches that intertwine with wandering, observation and eavesdropping. Users access the event by downloading 7scenes, a free application for mobile phones that uses location-aware technology to annotate the urban landscape. The software triggers the recordings when the user is in the corresponding region leaving the user free to explore and discover for themselves the stories associated with different areas in their vicinity. DAMMSel Day was created as a fictional public holiday celebrated in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. Although written as a fictional narrative, some of the characters and artifacts were part of Dartmouth history and heritage. The narrative was inspired using artifacts chosen from the Dartmouth Heritage Museum and incorporates segments of Dartmouth history including whaling and rum-running, two early, successful, and profitable industries in Dartmouth. Combined, these two historical events come to life through a series of narrated anecdotes that unfold during the course of one day and where mystery, murder, and intrigue collide.
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2. Call: NSI Feature First
NSI Features First - training to help get your first feature film made
Winnipeg, MB - Canadian filmmaking teams working on their first or second feature film can apply for training through NSI Features First. Run by Canada’s National Screen Institute (NSI), the program prepares you for production through customized, intensive training and mentoring with industry professionals. It aims to help filmmakers hone their script while also understanding the business aspects of feature film development.
The teams chosen for the program are not required to pay tuition fees or relocate and, after initial training, learning opportunities are developed close to home.
Teams must apply with a feature film script. Up to four teams are chosen for this 10-month, three-phase program and are selected based on the strength of their film concepts and the potential development and packaging of their film projects. The curriculum includes script and story development, market research, legal requirements, pitching, financing, distribution as well as marketing and sales training - delivered by leaders in the Canadian film industry.
Guidelines and application forms are available at http://www.nsi-canada.ca/nsi_features_first_faq.aspx.
Applications must be received by 4:30 pm CST on Wednesday, September 22, 2010.
NSI Features First alumni have continued their feature filmmaking careers, producing many films that have won awards and been seen on screens across Canada. “NSI helped me get my first feature off the ground,” says Trish Dolman, producer, Screen Sirens and NSI Features First grad. “Ten years later, it seems I’m producing a feature film every year.”
Eleven features developed through the program have been produced. They have won awards, debuted at prestigious festivals and played in commercial theatres.
Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary
Along with his friends and colleagues, NSI established the Jim Murphy Filmmakers Bursary in memory of the former NSI Features First program manager.
In keeping with Jim’s incomparable film distribution, marketing and promotion contributions a $2,500 award is presented to a team going through the NSI Features First program that develops an inventive and creatively-integrated marketing plan as part of the program requirements in the first phase of training.
The NSI Features First project Heaven’s Door by the Vancouver team of writer/director Geoff Redknap and producer Katie Weekly was the most recent recipient of the bursary.
Learn more about the bursary or make a contribution here: http://www.nsi-canada.ca/filmmakers_bursary.aspx. Tax receipts will be issued.
NSI Features First is made possible by Presenting Sponsor Telefilm Canada; Program Partners The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and Canwest; Strategic Sponsor Corus Entertainment Inc.; and Service Sponsor William F. White International Inc.
Canada's National Screen Institute (NSI) is a national training school widely known for its prestigious training programs for Canadian writers, directors and producers working in film and television. NSI also runs a year-round online short film festival.
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3. Call: One Minute Film Festival
Hi everyone,
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has submitted to the One Minute Film & Video Festival so far this year - we really appreciate it!
If you haven't submitted your movie yet, there's lots of time left; if you haven't even started your movie yet, there's STILL tons of time! That's the nice thing about making one-minute movies: they're fast, easy, and fun. And to spare you the trouble of having nowhere to start, we've even supplied you with a theme: "social."
See our web site for more details. Submissions are open until August 31, 2010. Looking forward to seeing your films!
Matt
One Minute Film & Video Festival
www.minutefilmfest.com
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4. Call: AFCOOP Filmmaker in Residence Program
Filmmaker-in-Residence program – Call for Submissions
Deadline: AUGUST 2nd, 2010
The aim of the AFCOOP Filmmaker In Residence Program is to provide a Maritime filmmaker with the resources and guidance to create a completed work with the support and participation of the community and to involve the community in their filmmaking process.
AFCOOP WILL PROVIDE
A total of $15,000 in services and expenses for the proposed project.
Visit: http://afcoop.ca/education-and-training/filmmaker-in-residence-program for more information!
Now open to residents of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and PEI !
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5. Call: Bruno Bobtail Gallery Biennial Juried Art Show & Sale
August 2-7, 2010
At Eyelevel Gallery
2063 Gottingen Street, Halifax, NS
Calling all artists!
This year Eyelevel Gallery has the honour of hosting the 2010 Bruno Bobtail Biennial Juried Art Show in Halifax, NS. Traveling every two years, this five-day exhibition will feature an open call to participating artists of any background. The works will be juried throughout the week with a selected panel of experienced feline curators from the area.
There will be prizes awarded in the following categories:
Jury’s Choice Award
Runner Up
Bruno’s Choice Award
Runner Up
Each award winner will receive two years of free promotions on the official Bruno Bobtail Gallery website: http://www.mccleavegallery.ca/thirdfloor.html accompanied by an essay by Bruno Bobcat himself, art supplies, official B.B.G. trophies and memorabilia and other fantastic prizes. Winners will be announced during the closing reception of the Members’ Weekly #5 alongside of many other fun activities.
Artists are asked to respond to the theme of What is it like to be a human? To be interpreted in any way you wish.
How to apply:
Please drop off your work at Eyelevel Gallery before 11:59pm on July 28th. Work must be ready to hang, and no larger than 18 cubic inches. A variety of media is encouraged, and we welcome works from emerging to professional artists. Please be aware that your work may be photographed for our catalogue or website. Upon delivery of your work, the following must be provided:
A brief description of your work, title, year, contact info, jury fee*
Applications submitted by mail must be accompanied with return postage if artists would like their work returned. Upon artists request, work may be sold at the BBG, with 100% proceeds going to the Nova Scotia SPCA.
Application deadline: July 28, 2010 by 11:59 p.m.
*A non-refundable jury fee of one can of tuna or cat food is required for all applicants.
For more information, please visit our website:
http://www.mccleavegallery.ca/thirdfloor.html
CONTACT:
Bruno Bobtail Gallery
2063 Gottingen Street, Halifax, NS B3K 3B2
t: 902 425 6412
e: director@eyelevelgallery.ca
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To submit postings for CFAT Newsletters please send them two weeks in advance to:
Brendan Dunlop
Programming Coordinator
Centre For Art Tapes
5600 Sackville St. suite 207
Halifax Nova Scotia
B3J 1L2
Canada
902-420-4002
cfat.communication@ns.sympatico.ca