2. Fall workshops begin September 23. New this year: FREE equipment classes (video cameras, production audio, light theory and Final Cut Pro) for Film Board members, while seats available. Also new this year: HD Video camera workshop. Details and registration here.

3. Tuesday September 28, 70m, director Babak Payami will give a free public talk: “Perfect Flawed Films”. More information here.

4. Many volunteer opportunities at the Film Board. Details here.

2. Call for submissions for Fall Screening Party September 22. Deadline September 15. For this and more calls go here.

3. Many volunteer opportunities at the Film Board, such as:

- screening coordinator to help with our screenings

- workshop assistant to help with certain classes (the assistant can attend the class for free)

- newsletter editor to keep this page up to date with interesting news for our members.

For more information and other positions, contact staff coordinator rick.palidwor@utoronto.ca

You Tube and hte Guggenheim are sponsoring a video competition. Deadline to submit is July 31. For details: http://www.youtube.com/play

2. Film Board Farm Project is August 13-15 at Hart House Farm

This exciting weekend movie-making retreat sees about 10-20 Film Board members and guests spend 48 hours at Hart House farm and make a movie together. This is a very fun and educational weekend away from the city. No experience necessary.

Tickets: $75 ($66.37 + $8.63 HST) from www.uofttix.ca or 416-978-8849
Includes food, lodging, return transportation, and all moviemaking related expenses.

DEADLINE to register August 6 FRIDAY 5pm

Details and registration.

3. Call for Submissions

- Short Videos Wanted

The U of T Film Festival seeks short videos from the University of Toronto community for its Fall Screening Party. We are looking for short videos of any length, genre and topic. The shorter the better.

The deadline for submissions is September 15th. Early submissions encouraged. The Screening Party will take place at Hart House on September 22, 2010.

Volunteers to help coordinate the screening welcome.

For more information, please visit www.uoftfilmfest.ca, email info@uoftfilmfest.ca or call Festival Director Rick Palidwor at 416-978-5363.

- Video Installations Wanted

The U of T Film Festival seeks short video Installations from the University of Toronto community for several Fall events at Hart House, such as Wide Open House. Video installations of any length, genre and topic welcome but there is a strong preference for work that can play silently – no sound.

The deadline for submissions is September 8th. Early submissions encouraged.

For more information, please visit www.uoftfilmfest.ca, or email Felix Kalmenson <felixkalm01@hotmail.com>

- Silent Videos Wanted

The U of T Film Festival seeks short silent from the University of Toronto community for an upcoming Silent Film Festival and for exhibition during events such as Wide Open House at Hart House. We are looking for short silent videos of any length, genre and topic. The shorter the better.

The deadline for submissions will be a series of rolling deadlines: First deadline is September 8, 2010

For more information, please visit www.uoftfilmfest.ca, email info@uoftfilmfest.ca or call Festival Director Rick Palidwor at 416-978-5363.

*****

Priority will be given to submissions from U of T students, staff, alumni and members of Hart House

The Editing Concepts and Theories with Alex Shuper begins this Thursday and there is still space available.  This extremely valuable course is not just for editors but for directors, producers, camera operators and all beginning filmmakers. This is not a hands-on editing class. Instead professional editor Alex Shuper discusses and demonstrates how editing decisions affect viewers. This class will change the way you think about and make films.  Details and registration

2. Film Board Farm Project is August 13-15 at Hart House Farm

This exciting weekend movie-making retreat sees about 10-20 Film Board members and guests spend 48 hours at Hart House farm and make a movie together. This is a very fun and educational weekend away from the city. No experience necessary.

Tickets: $75 ($66.37 + $8.63 HST) from www.uofttix.ca or 416-978-8849
Includes food, lodging, return transportation, and all moviemaking related expenses.

DEADLINE to register August 6 FRIDAY 5pm

Details and registration.

Filmmaking classes start this week: Learn Fundamentals of Directing, Directing Documentaries (almost sold out), Screenwriting, Final Cut Pro, Documenting Fieldwork and more. Details and registration

Where music is the star: the world’s best features, docs and shorts. All about music.

Tickets and details at www.nxne.com

2. Doc Now (Until June 26)

Film, photography and new media from Ryerson’s MFA program. Free. Various venues.

For more information, visit www.docnow.ca

3. Summer Filmmaking Workshops now on sale

A perfect selection of entry-level filmmaking classes in writing, directing, editing and documentary filmmaking. For complete details and registration: http://www.uofttix.ca/view.php?id=662

4. New at Hart House – The Actors Training Summer Conservatory

A 4-week intensive conservatory training with Kevin McCormick and a faculty of renowned educators. For details and registration: http://www.uofttix.ca/view.php?id=664

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.

Queer film and video fetival with screenings, performances, parties and more.

Various venues.

Visit www.insideout.on.ca for more information.

2. Worldwide Short Film Festival 2010 BOX OFFICE IS OPEN!

Visit the box office located at Cumberland Terrace, 2 Bloor Street West, or call us at 416 929 2232. You can also visit us online for full festival program and ticketing information at shorterisbetter.com. [ http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/213/108303/106097208/282a937fbd0c23e216d8470f0bb42935 ]

 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. En Route Film Festival Call for submissions (deadline May 31)

Submit Your Film

We are now accepting submissions for 2010.

The festival is open to all emerging Canadian filmmakers.

You must be a Canadian citizen or permanent resident.

You must have been a student attending any formal (university or college) film-studies institution or receiving informal training in film studies (production courses, workshops, hands-on experience in media-arts production) anywhere in the world as of September 2007 or later.

You must be of legal age in your jurisdiction; otherwise, an application must be made by a parent or guardian on your behalf.

Submissions that have been broadcast on commercial television are not eligible.

This festival is free to enter. The deadline is May 31, 2010.

Download entry form (PDF)

Download enRoute Film Fest-Rules and Regs

6. 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.

1. Contact (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 contactphoto.com

2. WSFF 2010 BOX OFFICE IS OPEN!

Visit the box office located at Cumberland Terrace, 2 Bloor Street West, or call us at 416 929 2232. You can also visit us online for full festival program and ticketing information at shorterisbetter.com. [ http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/213/108303/106097208/282a937fbd0c23e216d8470f0bb42935 ]

3. A World of shorts (May 19th)

May is the month that all things “doc” descend upon Toronto and A WORLD OF SHORTS joins the celebration, serving up a host of delectable documentaries that have mastered the short film form. This vibrant collection is sure to inspire both debate and appreciation as all

things great and small go under the discerning lens of the motion picture microscope. Watch out, Mr. Moore…These shorts pack a punch!

DATE {BM-AMP} TIME: WEDNESDAY MAY 19, 2010 @ 7:00 P.M.

LOCATION: NFB Cinema, 150 John St (at Richmond St. W)

INFORMATION: 416 973 3012 or www.nfb.ca/mediatheque [

http://www.bettermail.ca/ct/213/108303/106097210/282a937fbd0c23e216d8470f0bb42935 ]

ADMISSION: $6 Adults, $4 Students, Seniors, NFB Members

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. Canadian Student Film Festival 2010

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

 <http://citoyen.onf.ca/blogs/un-citoyen-au-ffm/et-la-grande-gagnante-est/>

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

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

 <http://citoyen.onf.ca/blogs/un-citoyen-au-ffm/et-la-grande-gagnante-est/>

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.

http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FourthWallMedia/3b72efaa2f/8b2fbbd106/1bb928a6dd