In this fourth episode of the 2011 Spokane International Film Festival, SpIFF Director and Eastern Washington University professor Dr. Pete Porter chats with Geefwee Boedoe, the creator Oscar nominated Short Film (Animated) Let’s Pollute.

They talk about his path to becoming an animation filmmaker  and his journey to being named a  Oscar nominated short filmmaker. They also discuss how he produced Let’s Pollute through both hand and computer generated methods and his focus on textures. Geefwee gives advice for budding animators and speaks to his future plans.

To see more of Geefwee’s work, check out his web site http://geefwee.com/. To see his credits for feature films such as A Bug’s Life (1998), Finding Nemo (2003), Monsters, Inc. (2001), Beauty and the Beast (1991) and more, head over to his page on IMDB.com.

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Episode Length: 00:13:39

In this third installment of the 2011 Spokane International Film Festival Filmmaker Forum, Jonathan Middleton,  Associate Professor of Theory and Composition at Eastern Washington University,  interviews composer BC Smith.

BC’s resume is quite vast and includes scoring tracks for popular feature films including Brothers (2009), Outsourced (2006), Expiration Date (2006), The Mod Squad (1999), and the locally produced Smoke Signals (1998).

They discuss BC’s musical decisions stylings, his path to composing for feature films, how he collaborates with directors on their films, his method for developing musical scores, and how he uses music to tell a film’s story.

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Episode Length: 00:12:09

Our four-part podcast of the 2011 Spokane International Filmmaker Forum kicks off with SpIFF Director and Eastern Washington University Professor of Film Dr. Pete Porter interviewing three extremely talented documentary filmmakers: Amanda Pope (The Desert of Forbidden Art), Michael W. King (The Rescuers), and J.P. Snaidecki (Foreign Parts, Chai-qian (Demolition)).

Exploring the diverse backgrounds of the panelists suggests that a filmmaker is not born, but created through the process of bringing light to a story that needs to be told.

During this forum episode, Amanda, Michael, and J.P. discuss varying topics–from how they began their journeys into documentary filmmaking to how documentarians live and work, including how they find funding and information on budgeting projects.

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Episode Length: 00:45:01

Filmmaker Eli Craig joined Dr. Pete Porter for this second episode of the 2011 SpIFF Filmmaker Forum. They discuss his experiences during the making of his film Tucker & Dale vs. Evil, which screened at this year’s festival, and how he became interested in filmmaking.

Eli also discusses his experiences as a filmmaker trying to acquire distribution for this film and issues with casting. Eli’s director’s credits include: Brothers and Sisters (One Episode of TV Series) and The Tao of Pong (Short). Eli has also acted in such films as Space Cowboys, The Rage: Carrie 2, and Deal of a Lifetime.

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Episode Length: 00:13:39

Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF) Filmmaker Forums provide SpIFF attendees with the opportunity to sit down with filmmakers presenting work at the festival, learn about the filmmakers’ inspirations, hardships, successes, and ask the filmmakers questions about their projects and processes.

Last year, FAVES assisted SpIFF in recording the Filmmaker Forums and we were able to post

Kimberly Reed’s discussion of Prodigal Sons following her showing of her film at the AMC and second scheduled Filmmaker Forum featuring of Kimberly Reed of Prodigal Sons,  Jessica Oreck of Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo, Sam Flieshcner and Ben Chance of  Wah Do Dem, and local filmmakers Jason McKee of Lady Luck Case No. 37, and Lonny W. Waddle of The Bothe Story. The Filmmaker Forum was moderated by Eastern Washington University’s head of the Theatre and Film department, Marvin Smith (you can listen to the podcasts at the end of this post).

This year’s forums will take place each Saturday of the film festival at 1 PM the Magic Lantern. All you need to attend is a ticket stub from any showing. The two events are scheduled as follows (event descriptions courtesy of SpIFF):

February 5 / Saturday / 1:00 pm

Scheduled to attend are Emmy-award winning filmmaker Michael W. King (The Rescuers), Amanda Pope (Desert of Forbidden Art) and JP Sniadecki (Foreign Parts and Demolition), who will talk with us about documentary filmmaking.

Oscar-nominated animator Geefwee Boedoe (Let’s Pollute) will be on hand to discuss his work.

Composer BC Smith is scheduled to reflect on his career scoring films such as Smoke Signals, Expiration Date, Outsourced, as well as his more recent work.

Eli Craig (Tucker & Dale vs. Evil) of Canada is scheduled to attend to shed light on his journey as an up-and-coming filmmaker.

Irv Broughton, noted documentarian of American writers, Instructor of film and creative writing at Spokane Falls Community College, and Senior Programmer with SpIFF, is scheduled to moderate.

February 12 / Saturday / 1:00 pm

Our second Forum emphasizes filmmaking in the Inland Northwest. Scheduled to attend are Don Hamilton of Hamilton Studios (The Big Sayonara), Adam Harum (Reel Spokane Winner Disintegration), and Danielle Barbieri (Lady Lily). Canada-based filmmakers Sara McIntyre (Two Indians Talking) and Nora Bateson (Ecology of Mind) will attend to share the stories behind their stories.

Marvin Smith, screenwriter and Professor of Theatre and Film at Eastern Washington, is scheduled to moderate.

Recorded on March 30, The panel was moderated by Pete Porter, who teaches Film Theory and Criticism at EWU. Porter is also the director of the Spokane International Film Festival (SpIFF). His guests were:

• Daniel Walthers – The Pacific Northwest Inlander

• Bob Glatzer – Movies 101 – KPBX 91.1 FM (Friday 6:30pm) and KSFC 91.9 FM (Saturday 3PM)

• Dan Webster – Movies 101 – KPBX 91.1 FM (Friday 6:30pm) and KSFC 91.9 FM (Saturday 3PM) and Spokane 7.com.