Introducing the New PMW-F3 Super 35 DIgital Camera

Wednesday, January 19
10 am -12 noon

Sony’s Peter Crithary, Marketing Manager for Production, provides an overview of the highly anticipated PMW-F3 – a professional and affordable handheld digital camera with Super 35mm imager, interchangeable lens mounts, 1920 x 1080 full HD recording and proven workflow.

RSVP: events@rule.com
Where: Rule Boston Camera
395 Western Avenue Entrance
Brighton
1.800.rule.com

Visit www.newdaydigital.com on January 12, 2011, and scroll down the left side of the page to “Free Film Viewing: Click to view our free film of the day!” Click on those words, and a new page will open. The film will load, and you can view it in full screen by clicking on the icon that has four arrows.

2011 Artists in Residence Program at I-Park

Application Deadline: January 11, 2011

The I-Park Foundation, Inc., a 450-acre natural woodland retreat
in East Haddam, CT, announces its eleventh season hosting its
multi-disciplinary residency program. Self-directed artists’
residencies will be offered from May through November 2011, with
possible off-season sessions in April and December. Most
sessions are four weeks in duration. Residencies are offered to
creative individuals working in the following disciplines:
Visual (including Environmental) Art, Music Composition/Sound
Sculpture, Moving Image, Creative Writing and Landscape/Garden
Design. Work samples are evaluated through a competitive,
juried process.

There is a $30 application processing fee required. Accepted
artists are responsible for their own work materials as well as
transportation to and from the area. The facility is otherwise
offered at no cost to accepted artists, including a basic meal
program where most, though not all, of the food is provided.

Accommodations at I-Park include comfortable private living
quarters in an 1850′s era farmhouse and a private studio on the
grounds. An abundance of power tools and equipment, musical
instruments and peripherals, site materials, an electric kiln,
wireless internet and library facilities are provided.

International applicants are welcome. To defray the cost of
travel, six $750.00 grants will be offered in 2011 to
international artists whose work is held in particularly high
regard by the Grant Committee.

For details, visit http://www.i-park.org/residency.html.

In 2011, I-Park will also be hosting its third Environmental Art
Biennale as well as a summer Special Inter-Disciplinary Projects
residency. Application and program materials for these separate
events will be available online in early January.

For more information, contact I-Park by e-mail: ipark@ureach.com
or by phone: 860-873-2468.

Robin Hessman’s film “My Perestroika” is taking the world by storm.

It will be shown on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at the Austin Film Society in Austin, Texas. Visit website for a complete listing.

Close to 50 media makers attended FC’s Art of the Pitch Workshop on February 12, 2011 at Mass. Art.

Panelists Beth Hoppe (Discovery) and Joseph Tovares (CPB)

Panelists featured:
Joseph Tovares – Senior Vice President, Corporation for Public Broadcasting

Beth Hoppe – Executive Producer, “Frontier House” (PBS); “Curiosity” (Discovery Studios)

Julian Hobbs – Vice President, History Channel

Sonia Feigenbaum – Deputy Director, Division of Public Programs, National Endowment for the Humanities

Moderated by Judith Vecchione, Executive Producer, WGBH

Myles Jewell pitching

Filmmaker Sam Powell talking with CPB Joseph Tovares

Comments from some attendees:

I found it to be beneficial and I came away with new ideas on distributing the film. I also made contacts with audience members and one of the panelists gave me a solid lead. ~ Huey

I came away with great notes on how to do a better job in the future. SUCH a very distinguished panel! I’m completely amazed at who you managed to reel in for this workshop! ~ Joel

That was a really helpful and interesting event – thanks for doing it. ~Sarah

The workshop was very inspiring and educational. ~ Judi

Thanks to John Barnett for his photos!

FC member Kat Tatlock is featured in the November 2010 Imagine magazine. Titled The Kat Tatlock Story, the piece documents her life, from her beginnings as a ski instructor in the Cascades to her recognition as an accomplished filmmaker. Click here for the digital edition of Imagine and flip to page 16 and zoom in to read the full story.

Congratulations to FC Member Yasha Aginsky from California, who has been awarded a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for his film “Travels with Mike,” about the music and life of Mike Seeger.

Filmmakers Collaborative is meeting with director Stephanie Beal on Tuesday Nov. 9 at Zaftig’s at 5 pm before the screening of her film “I Love You Mommy” (wo ai ni mommy) showing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre at 7:00 pm.

The meeting with the director is for FC members and their friends only.

RSVP by Friday Nov. 5

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Robin Hessman’s film “My Perestroika” screens at the Boston Jewish Film Festival on Sunday, November 14, 2010, 4:15 pm at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

“My Perestroika” follows five ordinary Russians living in extraordinary times – from their sheltered Soviet childhood to the collapse of the Soviet Union during their teenage years and the constantly shifting political landscape of post-Soviet Russia.

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