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TWO REEL MADNESS DIRECTOR SEMINARS Saturday Jan 20 1pm 1) topic: "How to Survive as a Filmmaker - Creatively and Financially" ---- Cost $10 Sunday Jan 21 1pm 2) topic: "Taking a topic of social relevance, that would usually be approached as a documentary, and telling it in a dramatic narrative context - the development of a successful feature film" ---- Cost $15 1) LULU KEATING Lulu's in town for the REEL MADNESS Film Festival presenting three of her films; LULU'S BACK IN TOWN, LADIES IN WAITING, THE MOODY BROOD Thursday Jan 18 in our context of "films and discussions about mental illness, mental health, and recovery" topic: "How to Survive as a Filmmaker - Creatively and Financially" A twenty year vetern of the battle to keep body and soul together, Lulu Keating will discuss her solutions and show clips from a variety of films. This will be an interactive session, with audience questions and concerns motivating the discussion. Lulu will present her model for survival, using clips from numerous films to illustrate points. Discussion will include methods to keep creatively focused and on track. Bio: Lulu Keating has been making films and videos since 1980. Her first film wassimply a "test", so she thought, combining the song "Lulušs back in town" with stills shot on an animation camera. Although only two minutes long, it was part of a national tour and played at the Guttenburg Gallery in Washington. Lulu usually lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia but her work has taken her to direct a documentary in Japan, RITA McNEIL IN JAPAN (1985), and to direct afeature film in Zimbabwe, THE MIDDAY SUN (1989). Her documentary MADAM ADA, MORE CLASS THAN FLASH, is about a legendary Halifax Madam, produced for the History Channel. In addition to directing documentaries and short dramas, she has been in development on several screenplays. One of eleven children, she is the writer and director of the animated documentary, THE MOODY BROOD (1999). Recent projects are a short, Ladies in Waiting (2000), writing, and working as Field Producer on the TV series "Animal Miracles", and living in Vancouver, though she still calls Nova Scotia home. 2) DAVOR MARJANOVIC Davor will be at the REEL MADNESS Film Festival presenting his Genie nominated current theatrical release, MY FATHER'S ANGEL Jan 20 at 6:30, in our context of "films and discussions about mental illness and recovery" [workshop will probably include SCOTT SMITH**. The Director of ROLLERCOASTER, Monday Jan. 22nd's feature, will confirm a week ahead] topic: "Taking a topic of social relevance, that would usually be approached as a documentary, and telling it in a dramatic narrative context - the development of a successful feature film" This 3 hr afternoon seminar will be an opportunity to discuss with a filmmaker [maybe two] the business and logistics of getting a heartfelt story onto the screen. MY FATHER'S ANGEL is the end product of years of development and collaboration, workshopping and financing, dreaming and compromising (or maybe not) in the Canadian film industry context. bio: Davor Marjanovic received a B.A. in Graduate Theatre, Film and TV Directionfrom the University of Sarajevo in 1982. He also completed the "Specialist in TV Directing" program from Middlesex Polytechnics in London, England. Marjanovic has worked in Canada, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, England andItaly as a freelance producer/director and screenwriter. He has workedbefore in Sarajevo with Asja Pavlovic, who plays the pivotal role of Sayma in MY FATHER'S ANGEL. "I'm happy to be working with him again," the actress says, adding humorously, "here in Canada--West of Sarajevo!" Davor Marjanovic has produced and directed two short films: RUSSIAN CEASE-FIRE and AN ORDINARY STORY. He has directed several film documentaries: SOMEONE ELSE'S WAR, ROAD TO SARAJEVO, OSKAR DANON, IVANKRNDELJ and TOBACCO. He has also directed children's programs for television in Sarajevo, requiring the delicate touch which Asja Pavlovicsays is a trademark of the director "He leads the actors along with gentleness, subtlety and passion," she says, "and gives them enough room for individual creativity, without ever losing his own vision." DavorMarjanovic also directs commercials for ACE Film Company in Vancouver. Marjanovic also teaches Film Studies at Capilano College, North Vancouver and is developing another feature. ["Recently, "My Father's Angel" has been nominated for Genies in three categories, which is huge success for our small production." Davor] **Scott Smith - writer/director/producer rollercoaster (Jan 22) bio: A graduate of the film program from B.C.'s Simon Fraser University, Scott Smith holds degrees in both Fine Arts (Film) and Business Administration (Marketing). In 1995, on the strength of his award-winning thesis short film Building Fences, Smith was invited to attend the Norman Jewison-founded Canadian Film Centre as a Director Resident. While attending the Centre in Toronto, he continued to hone his skills as a writer and director and in 1996 this culminated in the production of his second short film Sshhh. The film was screened at several international festivals and won the prize for Best Short Film at the Karlovy Vary Festival in Czechoslovakia. In 1997, Sshhh was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Live Action Short and was broadcast nationally on Air Canada and the Showcase Channel as well as on Canal + in Belgium. It recently toured worldwide with the Next Frame Touring Festival of Short Films. Born in Alberta and raised in B.C., Smith has worked as a cinematographer, editor and director and is rapidly becoming a sought-after director for episodic television. His credits include episodes of Madison, Daring & Grace, The Adventures of Shirley Holmes, and the upcoming CBC adult series These Arms of Mine produced by Phil Savath. rollercoaster is his first feature. |