16 MOVIES AND TV SHOWS FILMING IN VANCOUVER THIS MARCH
From feature films, to another season of your favourite show, to brand new series that are just getting started — there’s lots of productions to catch filming here in Vancouver this March that you don’t want to miss! https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/16-movies-tv-shows-filming-vancouver-march
CBC AND APTN ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT TO SUPPORT INDIGENOUS PROGRAMMING
A new collaboration between media organizations CBC and APTN aims to create more Indigenous content that reaches more Canadians and to improve the hiring and retention of Indigenous creators. https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/cbc-aptn-1.6371283
FILM AND TV PRODUCTION RETURNED TO CAMBRIDGE LAST YEAR IN A BIG WAY
It appears as though the city is off to a fast start again in 2022 as last week it announced that Hello Stranger, a new movie featuring Simu Liu, Jordana Brewster and Sam Worthington, would be filming in the city this week. https://globalnews.ca/news/8654762/film-tv-production-cambridge-ontario/
HOW ACTOR-PRODUCERS WILL SMITH AND JESSICA CHASTAIN COULD CREATE A NEW OSCARS TREND
In Hollywood, we’re seeing a pronounced trend of acting entrepreneurs. In the new order, many A-listers are taking up the mantle on stories and doing the leg work to get the projects made, allowing studios to acquire them later in the process with less possible risk to their bottom lines. https://variety.com/2022/awards/actors/will-smith-jessica-chastain-oscar-trend-1235191626/
WHY ARE PLAYWRIGHTS MOVING TO TV WRITING — AND DO THE TWO MEDIUMS NEED TO BE FEUDING?
"It's just not cool to say, 'We are better than you are, we're going to elevate the medium,'" says Andrea Scott, a Toronto-based playwright and TV writer. "But [the reaction] has shown that there has been a bit of resentment. It's not warranted because playwrights becoming TV writers isn't new, not even close." https://www.cbc.ca/arts/why-are-playwrights-moving-to-tv-writing-and-do-the-two-mediums-need-to-be-feuding-1.6367788
HOLLYWOOD’S FRAUGHT HISTORY WITH BLACK AUDIENCES
For as much progress as there has been, there is something missing in today’s film landscape: stories about the Black experience beyond trauma. We also need stories about solidarity, about how to love each other, about how to heal. And this hyper-capitalist, hypercompetitive environment is really incentivizing that kind of storytelling. https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/politics-and-more/hollywoods-fraught-history-with-black-audiences
THE OSCARS CAN’T QUITE DECIDE IF THEY’RE ABOUT AMERICA OR THE WHOLE WORLD
Hollywood has always been in one identity crisis or another. Does it tell neat stories about family and home and friendship, or messy stories about scandal and sex? Should the movies make us see the world for what it really is, or help us escape from it? https://www.vox.com/22949629/oscars-international-hollywood-global-drive-car-worst-person-parasite
GUIDE TO THE JERZY GROTOWSKI TECHNIQUE
You’d be hard-pressed to find any prominent actor today or from history who has ever been purely a practitioner of Grotowski. However, there are many advantages to incorporating it into your acting practice, considering what it can offer in terms of vocal, physical, and mental training. https://www.backstage.com/magazine/article/guide-to-the-jerzy-grotowski-technique-74788/
UPCOMING
TRAINING
DIALECT COACHING -TONY ALCANTAR, MARCH IN-PERSON CLASSES!
L.A. producers trust Tony with their biggest shows & stars: Oscar winners Mel Gibson, Halle Berry, Billy Bob Thornton, Sam Rockwell, Emmy winner Martin Freeman plus Vince Vaughn, Joel Edgerton, Bob Odenkirk, Nathan Fillion, Stellan Skarsgard...FARGO, SHOGUN, LOST OLLIE, FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, MANY MORE!
* Teaching since 1989, Tony is Vancouver's #1 dialect coach recommended by agents and casting directors. Learn with confidence and book that role!
Contact: 604-418-1192, info@tonyalcantardialect.com www.tonyalcantar.com
BIZ STUDIO: PROFESSIONAL FILM+TV ACTING CLASSES FOR KIDS+TEENS
Online or In-Person
Biz Studio has a twenty-year track record of training young actors who work regularly in film and television.
Our classes offer double the focused 1:1 time of any other school. Each class takes a maximum of six students, and each student also gets 30min of private coaching each week to help prep for class. This is the place for young actors ready to take their work to the next level! http://www.bizstudio.ca/classes
RAILTOWN ACTORS STUDIO
Our Winter 2022 Classes are open for registration. Class dates have been pushed two weeks in consideration of provincial restrictions and our students' health and safety. Classes will continue in person with strict protocols and proof of vaccination required to attend class.
New to us? Click here: https://railtownactors.com/interview
• Acting on Film classes with John Cassini
• Scene Study classes with Edward Foy, Frank Cassini, Jennifer Copping and Brian Markinson
• Actors Instrument work with Edward Foy.
•• NEW Writing for Actors with Leslie Murphy
Details for all Classes: www.railtownactors.com/classes
Coaching and Tapings: www.railtownactors.com/coaching
We look forward to hearing from you!
STANDARD AMERICAN DIALECT - ONLINE! WITH LAURANN BROWN
Offered with Company of Rogues Calgary/Rogues West Vancouver and the fabulous Laurann Brown!
Laurann works with you to build reliable pathways and habits, bringing confidence and ease to your speech. Standard American Dialect is essential for every actor – six-week session starts March 9 only $270 plus gst.
From coast to coast the Rogues legacy is synonymous with the highest calibre of training - mentoring actors across Canada for over 25 years. rogueswest@gmail.com | www.rogueswest.ca
UPCOMING EVENTS
VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL
March 8 - 13
VIWFF is proud to present a lineup of local, Canadian and International films, bringing women and gender diverse filmmakers to the forefront through their work. https://viwff.ca
MITRIBE MIXERS
March 17
The monthly networking event for BC's film & music industries. Each month will feature a live interview with our spotlighted filmmaker. March filmmaker is Andrea Nirmala Widjajanto. https://www.anzaclub.org/new-events/2022/3/17/mitribe-mixer
RENDEZ-VOUS FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL
On now until March 31
The 28th Rendez-vous French Film Festival includes a full program from February 18 to March 31. This year's hybrid edition is a tribute to Quebec award-winning filmmaker and producer Jean-Marc Vallée. https://rendez-vousvancouver.com/
At Production Heads Network Inc, we acknowledge that our company is based on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.
