The 2nd Annual Film Awards will be presenting awards in the following categories:
Best Film Under and Over 5 minutes
Best Educational and Entertainment
Best Sound & Editing
Best GFW Film, Ensemble, Best Actor & Actress

April 7, 2010
7pm to 9pm
James McConnell Memorial Library
50 Falmouth Street, Sydney, NS
Cost: FREE

A Lesser Sort of War- (10 mins)
John Johnson stars as Joseph Howe in the true story of a duel fought in Halifax in 1840. Howe was challenged by the son of the chief justice of Nova Scotia over an accusation of libel for writing an article in defense of the underprivileged.  Written by Michael Fox

Skipping School -  by Catherine Bussiere
The 13-minute film features four shorts, three of which are animated. Each of the films centers around short stories and poems written by her children, who were home schooled at the time of production. The children are featured in the film along with animated shorts.
The four stories are linked together by an interview with one of the children. He talks about his experiences with home schooling.

March 17, 2010

7pm-9pm

James McConnell Memorial Library
50 Falmouth Street, Sydney, NS

Cost: FREE

We will be presenting four short films; Copain Trilogy and Conscript by Jacob Owens

The Copain Trilogy: As many as 12 film festival official selections world wide and winner in Excellence in Art Direction at the Atlantic Film Festival in 2006

Conscript: Winner best editing in the Atlantic Film Festival 2009

SYNOPSIS

Copain de Paris

– A story of a gay hamster’s journey to find love. A Hamster travels to Halifax from overseas to find himself working in a bakery. He comes upon another hamster that is trapped in a cage and cannot get out. What will happen next?

Copain de paix

- Copain the hamster is once again forced to fight for his love. Will he be deported back to France and separated from Henry forever?

Copain de mémoires

– In the third and final chapter, Copain reveals a secret truth about his past, and leaves a moving legacy.

Conscript

– A love story of two aliens torn apart as he is conscripted into the military to invade earth.

We could write a bio about Jacob Owens, but we couldn’t compete with his video biography.

Check it out: http://www.owensproductions.com/bio_video.html

Friday, December 18, 2009

Curling Club, 619 George Street, Sydney

8pm - 1am

19+ members and non-members welcome

Short Film Screening
Anyone who has a completed short film on DVD is welcome to bring it to the party and we’ll play ‘em as we get ‘em.

Board Elections
We will hold elections for three board member positions.
All members are eligible to nominate themselves or someone else, and the nomination does not have to be for someone who is a current CBFA member.

If you want to nominate someone outside our membership, please let us know the name and contact information in enough time to ask the potential board member before the election night (it would be helpful if you could propose the idea to them in advance so they have a bit of time to consider the request before we contact them).

Saturday, June 27th and Sunday, June 28th, 2009

Where: CBU, Royal Bank Lecture Theatre, Room CE258

When: 9am - 9pm on Saturday. Attendance on Sunday is optional

Screening: Sunday, 6pm

Cost: $10 members, $20 non-members

Information: Pre-registration or more information contact misterkth@gmail.com

The CBFA will be hosting its fifth GFW on June 27th and 28th. For GFW 5, which falls

a few weeks after the One Year Anniversary of our first GFW, the CBFA has decided

to reduce its registration fee for the event.

The GFW is a 2 day filmmaking event where teams of 4 or 5 people write, shoot, edit and screen

a 3-5 minute short film over a 48 hour period.

Sunday, May 3, 2009

Where: CBU, Royal Bank Lecture Theatre, Room CE258

When: 6pm

The General Meeting is a gathering of members and non-members to present information

about previous and upcoming plans for the CBFA.

The completed GFW4 films will also be screened at the meeting.

Saturday May 2nd to Sunday May 3rd, 2009

Where: Cape Breton University, Royal Bank Lecture Theatre, Room CE258

Time: 9pm - 9pm both days

Cost: $15 members, $30 non-members

Contact: More information and pre-registration, misterkth@gmail.com

The Guerilla Film Weekend is a 2 day filmmaking event open to anyone with an 

interest in participating in the process of directing, writing, performing, editing

and producing a short film.

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Where: The Upstairs Club, 44 Ferry St., Sydney

When: 8pm - 9pm 

Bar is open until 1am: 19+ yrs

$5.00 charge for non-members

Members will vote for their top 4-5 favorite CBFA film created in the first year.

A second round voting for members will determine the winner in each category.

There will also be a special award for a non-CBFA film created by a member and

also for favorite supporter of the CBFA.

Other categories include: Best Actress/Actor, Best Ensemble, Best Film, Best

Supporting Actor/Actress, Best Editing and Best Cinematography.

The winners will not be announced until the night of the awards.

Saturday, April 18th, 2009

Where: The Upstairs Club, 44 Ferry St., Sydney

Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

Open to persons 19 yrs and above

The Cape Breton Filmmakers Association will be presenting a summary of what was accomplished in the first year of the non-profit organization including financials and a five year plan.  Membership renewals will be accepted at this time.

January 31 & February 1st, 2009

WHERE: Cape Breton University Campus

COST: CBFA Members - $100 per person
Non-members - $115 per person

REGISTER: by email to info@cbfilmmakers.com or phone 902-471-9677 (leave a message)

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