A Community Film Festival Begins Tomorrow

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

The hardworking folks at the Multicultural Cinema Club are priming up for yet another film festival. Here’s all the info from the MCC’s own press release. Feast your eyes…

The Multicultural Cinema Club @ The Working Centre is presenting its 16th community film festival at The Registry Theatre next week Tuesday through Friday evening starting at 7 pm. As always, everyone is welcome and there is no charge for admission (pay what you will donations gladly accepted).

The program consists of four award-winning international films selected with the theme of Congress 2012 of the Humanities & Social Sciences (May 26 – June 2 at U of W and WLU) in mind: Crossroads – Scholarship for an Uncertain World.

The lineup:

Tue 29 May: The Lives of Others  Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, Germany 2005

Wed 30 May: Project Nim James Marsh, U.S.A. 2011

Thu 31 May: Blackboards Samira Makhmalbaf, Iran 2000

Fri 1 June: Poetry Chang-dong Lee, South Korea 2010

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Berlin Shorts enters Round Three…You’ll Want to See This!

Posted on May 25, 2012 by

Berlin Shorts is an ongoing film series that screens short films by local filmmakers. To read more about how it works, and how you can get involved, be sure to read the Tri-City Film article on the topic.

Now the submissions are in for Round Three and they are ready to go. Appearing in Round Three of Berlin Shorts are the following fantastic films:

“The Calling” – RENEWAL Michael Martins

“Clouds” Adam Nguyen

“Martin Lel Primary School Opening” Francis Coral Mellon

“Nervous Situations” Karina Vigil & Annaliese Meyer

“Silophonic” Bob Guido

“Chinese Checkers” Hailey Nagler

“Circle vs Square: Battle Royale” – RENEWAL Wendel Brooks

Screenings will begin at 7 pm on Saturday May 26 at the Queen Street Commons Cafe, located at 43 Queen Street South, Kitchener.

Judges will be giving live feedback on films, audiences will be voting, and the grand prize will be awarded.

Looking forward to seeing you there!

Facebook event is here – please invite everyone you know: http://www.facebook.com/events/375859535786203/

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Here’s to the Weekend!

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

Things have been busy this past week, so the postings have fallen a little by the wayside.

Things are gearing up at Distant Field Productions as we prepare to shoot our first feature length film, Black Forest.

Auditions were held this past Thursday, so thanks to everyone for coming out. A very special thanks to the Multi Cultural Cinema Club for allowing us to use their space. Very much appreciated!

And thanks to everyone who helped to spread the word about these auditions! We couldn’t have done this without you!

If anyone is still interested in auditioning, you still have time! Contact me at distantfield@hotmail.com and we’ll set something up.

~ David Briggs

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Black Forest Casting Call

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

Black Forest

Distant Field Productions is looking for amazing talent to bring to life the scariest horror movie ever made…

…Black Forest.

We seek two female actors who can play characters 20-30 years old, and one male actor who can play early to mid 20s.

For film synopsis and further information, please contact David Briggs at distantfield@hotmail.com

Audition for us in glorious Kitchener. Thursday, May 17 at 6:30 pm. At the Multicultural Cinema Club, 58 Queen St. South.

Unfortunately, we are unable to pay, but you will help make history…

We also require an amazing make-up artist who can create lively gore effects. Slashes, cuts, and arrow wounds. Again, this is low-budget filmmaking; however, we can reimburse you for materials. Fake blood is on us.

Actually, if anyone out there wants to help, let us know. I’m sure there’s room on the crew for a few more! After all, it takes a village, right?

For more information visit Distant Field Productions.

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Ed Video Workshop on Directing Shorts

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

Here’s a workshop from Ed Video that will be of interest to you:

Directing Short Films

May 10th, 2012
6:00PM- 9:00PM
$30 for members/ $45.00 for non-members (plus taxes)
Instructor: Scott Eldridge

Scott Eldridge is a short film director with dozens of credits. Visit his IMDB page to see a listing of works and films he has directed and produced. CLICK HERE

The ‘Directing Workshop for Ed Video will be a ‘compressive’ and ‘hands on’ workshop covering the work of the film director. The participants will go through a series of ‘directing exercises’. By participating in these exercises they will quickly understand and appreciate the work of the film director. Some of the areas covered will be the ‘table read’, ‘working with actors’ and ‘the shot list’.

There will be an ‘improv exercise’ followed by a short scripted scene that all the participants will engage in.
This will be followed by the participants then directing a scripted, ‘One Minute dramatic scene’.
All participants will be involved in the evaluation and constructive criticism of the ‘One Minute dramatic’ scene.The workshop will end with an answer and question period.

Register for this workshop by emailing angus@edvideo.org by May 4th.

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Rouzbeh Noori releases The Incidental

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

About a year ago, Rouzbeh Noori was one of the first filmmakers profiled on Tri-City Film. We spoke about his upcoming feature, The Incidental, and now that film is about to hit the screen!

Rumour has it he has been living in Sweden while wrapping up the project. The full story is coming soon. Until then, be sure to check out the amazing site for The Incidental, and watch the trailer!

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Coming Soon from Distant Field…

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