X-FILES RENEWED FOR 10 MORE EPISODES. WILL IT FILM IN VANCOUVER?
FBI agents Mulder and
Scully will be heading north to Vancouver to film the new season, but there has been no official word on the production location. The series is set begin shooting this summer.
B.C. ELECTION CANDIDATES TO GATHER TO DEBATE ARTS AND CULTURE
All political parties represented in the B.C. general election are to convene to share and debate their platform for the arts,
culture, and heritage sectors. The panel features Spencer Chandra Herbert (NDP MLA, Vancouver-West End), Amanda Konkin (Green candidate, Vancouver-Point Grey) and a B.C. Liberal candidate, to be confirmed.
COWICHAN REALTOR TAKES OVER AS REGIONAL FILM COORDINATOR
The departure of Louise McMurray has left a hole to fill at Economic Development Cowichan and Laura Jennifer Leppard is the one to fill it. The new Film Coordinator, Leppard will be working part time as a liaison with visiting production companies, local businesses and municipalities in an attempt to bring new film
activity to the Cowichan Valley.
ACTOR KIM COATES
TO RECEIVE HONORARY DEGREE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN
From the University of Saskatchewan drama department to Hollywood blockbusters, Kim Coates has become one of the province’s most popular and most accomplished.
HOW A
20-YEAR-OLD FILMMAKER WROTE, DIRECTED AND STARRED IN HER FEATURE DIRECTORIAL DEBUT — TRIBECA 2017
Filmmaker Quinn Shephard didn’t go to film school — instead, she made her own. At 22, she’s reached a benchmark that usually takes most filmmakers a few more years of work.
GEENA DAVIS TOLD US WHAT SHE THINKS ABOUT THE REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN IN
FILM TODAY, AND HER ANSWER IS UNEXPECTED
Among her many admirable qualities, Davis has used her position in Hollywood to advocate for positive change and better representation for women and people of color in film and TV — and has had a decided impact.
I’m sure at this point in the game we all view ourselves as audition professionals. We’ve had our share of cattle-call auditions and one-on-one readings with the producer or director. But what really works? What tactic lands you that big job?
In film and television, it’s not always the best actor who books the job—it’s the best auditionee. To help the powers that be see what we are capable up, here are five tips to help you “show up” when it matters most: when the pressure is on in an audition.
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Experience the modern legacy of New York’s studio-tradition of acting. Follow-up your free audit with a one-on-one mentorship meeting.
SUMMER FILM+TV ACTING INTENSIVES FOR KIDS+TEENS | BIZ STUDIO Summer Intensives are a chance for students to see the kind of progress they can make when they devote 100% of their energy to acting. Biz Studio summer intensives feature about
twice the one-on-one time with faculty as students at other schools (max of 6 students per class), instructors who are all working actors, workshops with local casting directors, and a beautiful downtown campus inside a working film & tv casting studio. Dates: July 10th-14th, 17th-21st and 24th-28th; August 14th-18th and 21st-25th * www.bizstudio.ca/teensactingclasses (ages 12-17)
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UPCOMING EVENTS
B.C. ELECTION ALL CANDIDATES MEETING - ARTS AND CULTURE
May 1
The public
is invited to an all candidates meeting on May 1 at SFU's Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema. All political parties represented in the BC General Election will have the chance to share and debate their platform for the arts, culture and heritage sectors with local cultural workers.
In the words of the original documentary rebel Chris
Marker: “Rarely has reality needed so much to be imagined.” In an increasingly chaotic world, documentary comes to the rescue, offering radical reinvention, brave new ideas for the future, and a flinty and unyielding form of hope. The Festival is packed with more than 80 films, including Manifesto, featuring actress Cate Blanchett.
NOTES FROM THE INTERIOR: A 100 DOLLAR FILM FESTIVAL SCREENING
May 12 | FREE
The 100 Dollar Film Festival is an annual celebration of moving-image works
finished on photochemical film. Cineworks continues its collaboration with Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers in hosting selected works from the 100 Dollar Film Festival in Vancouver.
Want to earn your stripes as one of the city’s most diehard cinephiles? Test your mettle with 24 consecutive hours
of essential cinema? It’s back! After a two-year hiatus – and overwhelming demand! – The Cinematheque is once again serving up a sleep-depriving cinematic feast for adventurous Vancouver film fans.
