VIEW THE VIDEO’S AND VOTE NOW! DEADLINE to vote is May 8th

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.

We are gearing up for the 2nd Annual CBFA Awards night in May (details to follow later).
In the meantime we want to put a call out for film entries.  The awards are for films
created/completed by paid CBFA members.  Not a paid member??  No problem.  Sign up
for a new membership by the submission deadline and your film can be submitted!

They can be any genre and any length.  Categories will be decided based on entries received.

What are the qualifications:

1) A paid member of the CBFA was part of the film, cast or crew.  If you’re not the owner, written permission from the owner to submit the film is required.

2) Film must be uploaded to a public website so anyone can view/vote, such as You Tube, etc.

3) Film must have been completed in 2009-2010.

4) Any length or genre accepted** (comedy, documentary, horror, commercial, etc).  Categories will be determined based on submissions.  ** the awards committee reserves the right to not accept movies with inappropriate or illegal content.

If you fall under the above qualifications, please reply to Special Events with the following information:

1) Link to public website for viewing your film
2) CBFA Member involved with the film
3) Synopsis of film, genre and length

Deadline for submissions is APRIL 3rd, 2010.

Screening 2 Award winning NFB films - Finding Farley (62 mins), a cross-country pilgrimage by canoe,
and the short film Runaway (9 mins).
NFB Movie Night
Friday, March 26, 2010, 7pm
James McConnell Library, Sydney

Screening NFB Films - TBA
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 - Afternoon
James McConnell Library, Sydney

Screening Earth Day Program ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ and discussion to follow with Eleanor Anderson
from ACAP
Thursday, April 22, 2010
James McConnell Library, Sydney

Port Hawkesbury Gaelic Film Festival
hosted by Sgoil Ghaidlig Bhaile a Chlamhain
Saturday, May 1, 2010 - 1pm to 6pm
Shannon Studio, Port Hawkesbury Civic Center
Variety of Gaelic Films/English captioning.  Guest speaker Jeff MacDonald, gaelic singers, ceilidh style
music/entertainment.  Tea/Coffee/Oat Cakes.  Children under 5 free

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

Looking for:
- 2 women (aged 20-30)
- 1 man (aged 20-30)
- 1 man (aged 40+)

The play contains mature subject matter.

The Cape Breton Stage Company, Sydney NS  (902) 578-8752

http://capestage.ca info@capestage.ca

FILM 5 productions provide on-set experience for a minimum of 28 trainees annually.

The following trainee positions are available:

• Production Coordinator
• Production Assistant
• Trainee Assistant Director
• Camera Assistant
• Sound Assistant
• Grip/Electric
• Art Department
• Continuity Assistant
• Assistant Editor

Read more about the program here: http://www.afcoop.ca/film5/trainee