Pssst. Save the date. The evening of Thursday, November 7. 

We're bringing back a very popular FREE seminar similar to what we hosted last year which got booked up with more than 400 registrations in three days with many more who didn't get in.

Smaller venue this time so be on the look out this week on Facebook, Twitter, and in your inbox for specific details on how to register.

CITY OF VANCOUVER UNVEILS STRATEGIES TO ENHANCE ARTS AND CULTURE
Vancouver's Senior Cultural planner has told council that the city's "great art" is sometimes better known elsewhere than it is at home. "And so we need to really promote it," Richard Newirth said. "We need to promote it both locally, nationally, and internationally."
http://www.straight.com/arts/517541/city-vancouver-unveils-strategies-enhance-arts-and-culture-over-next-five-years

FIFTY SHADES OF GREY SET TO START FILMING IN VANCOUVER; JAMIE DORNAN CAST AS CHRISTIAN GREY
Irish actor Jamie Dornan has been cast as the new Christian Grey for the film adaptation of erotic novel Fifty Shades of Grey, which begins filming here Nov. 13. The 31-year-old, who is relatively unknown, has been the frontrunner choice since Charlie Hunnam backed out.
http://www.vancouversun.com/entertainment/movie-guide/Fifty+Shades+Grey+start+filming+Vancouver+Jamie/9074675/story.html

L.A. WILL WAIVE FEES TO ATTRACT TV PILOT PRODUCTION
This is another step in Mayor Eric Garcetti's efforts to stem runaway production and encourage movie and TV work to take place in his city.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/la-will-waive-fees-attract-648564

NEW ZEALAND AT RISK OF LOSING BILLION-DOLLAR AVATAR SEQUELS
New Zealand's film industry looks set to lose out on a billion-dollar bonanza from James Cameron's Avatar sequels because other countries are offering greater tax incentives to Hollywood studios.
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/25/new-zealand-film-industry-avatar-risk

UBC PROF LAUNCHES FRIGHTFUL FILM APP
Ernest Mathijs, a film professor at the University of British Columbia and head of UBC's Centre for Cinema Studies, developed an app as a companion to the book he co-authored with UK-based film scholar Xavier Mendik.
http://bc.ctvnews.ca/ubc-professor-launches-frightful-film-app-1.1515788

HOLLYWOOD'S HIT AND MYTH REALITY
Los Angeles is haemorrhaging film production. Feature films and TV dramas are fleeing California. Other US states and other countries are using aggressive tax breaks to siphon off bits of La-la-land, turning the entertainment capital into a cinematic husk.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11147275

7 SIGNS OF A CASTING SCAM
Scammers are waiting behind the cover of some very legitimate looking advertisements, web pages, business cards, and flyers. Don't fall prey to these unscrupulous hucksters. Be suspicious when an advertisement, webpage, or person claiming to represent a casting agency uses one of these telltale strategies to lure you in and take your money.
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/7-signs-casting-scam/

4 WAYS TO BE LESS MANIC DEPRESSIVE AS AN ACTOR
You can really find inner peace and your own sense of forward momentum, and start having more fun. Because if you're not having fun with your own life path as an artist, then all the sacrifice is just not worth it.
http://www.backstage.com/advice-for-actors/backstage-experts/4-ways-be-less-manic-depressive-actor/

FINAL INTENSIVE OF 2013 WITH MATTHEW HARRISON
November 9 & 10
This workshop is renowned as an awesome experience. Hundreds of actors have proclaimed that their career, artistic, and even life perspective has shifted at this workshop. It's where Matthew discovered and defined The Three Pillars of Acting. Through intensive focus exercises, the actor is drawn out, into what the Foundry calls being 'vectors-out', the natural place where the performer can live truthfully in the scene. Actors receive scenes and scene partners in advance, rehearse and fully prepare scenes, and apply the work to focal exercises, preparatory exploration, and scene presentation.
http://actorsfoundry.com/foundryintensive/

AUDITION CLASS WITH CANDICE ELZINGA AT THE FOUNDRY
Next Round Starts Wednesday November 6
What could be better than an audition class taught by someone who has been IN THE ROOM on the other side of the audition for many, many years? Candice brings her expertise as an active casting director to this class and gives you the insight into exactly what Vancouver casting is looking for.
http://actorsfoundry.com/auditionclass/

DIALECT COACHING | TONY ALCANTAR
Hollywood producers trust Tony Alcantar with their stars: Oscar-winner Halle Berry, Stellan Skarsgard, Sam Rockwell, Joel Edgerton, Elizabeth Banks, etc. You can trust him too! Tony is Vancouver's #1 dialect coach, recommended by agents and casting directors. Learn with confidence the most requested dialects and accents required for the Vancouver market. Book that role!
Contact: 604-418-1192, tonyalcantar1960@gmail.com

ANTHONY MEINDL'S ACTOR WORKSHOP VANCOUVER
AMAW is now open in Vancouver! With some of TV's hottest shows being shot in Vancouver you will learn how to master the demands of tv/film acting from the acting studio that is producing the next generation of Hollywood stars. The on-going Vancouver acting classes focus on our exciting non-method way of working and will get you working the muscle of the moment and help you to trust your instincts, stop over-thinking, and do naturally what you always thought acting should be: easy, fun, empowering.
Classes are Mondays at 6PM. Email assistant@anthonymeindl.com to register.
http://www.anthonymeindl.com

SOUNDSWRITE'S NEW ACTING FOR VOICEOVER
Nov 16th & 17th
Our last class sold out so fast we had to add another one! INCREDIBLE accolades for acting coach Jeb Beach last month. Saturday work with Jeb to make real, connected acting choices. Sunday take it into the booth with Jeb, Pam and Bill and practice on the mic. The shift in our student's work has been unbelievable! Keep all recordings. Three top tier coaches. Two full days. Book early. This will sell out again!
www.soundswrite.ca or 604-985-5532.

2013 MOTION PICTURE CAREER EXPO
Oct 29 | Roundhouse Community Centre
The 2013 Career Expo offers access to the people, organizations and companies that make it happen! Network with top Industry professionals, and learn about everything from career paths and new technologies, to services, training and facilities.
For complimentary registration: http://www.career-expo.ca

THE NEW WAVE IN AFRICAN CINEMA
November 1-3, 5-7 | The Cinematheque
The new wave in African cinema is characterized by a younger generation of filmmakers who are engaging in a much more philosophically personal, visually daring, and intellectually engaged form of filmmaking than previous generations. The New Wave in African Cinema film series is a joint production of the University of British Columbia and The Cinematheque.
http://www.thecinematheque.ca/the-new-wave-in-african-cinema

VANCOUVER ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
November 7-10
VAFF strives to promote dynamic and innovative images of Asians, especially Canadian Asians, in atypical roles usually not found in mainstream film and television with the belief that in order to have these images, the creative control and storytelling must come from the Asian Canadian communities themselves and the support must begin with these independent Asian filmmakers.
http://www.vaff.org

WOMEN IN FILM - WILLIAM F. WHITE NETWORKING BREAKFAST
November 19
This month's guest speaker: Tara-Lee Novak is the development producer at Vancouver's Force Four Entertainment. She works with a team of in-house and independent producers to create new series from conception to green light for national broadcasters such as CBC, Shaw Media, Rogers and Bell.
http://www.womeninfilm.ca/cgi/page.cgi/_evtcal.html?evt=69