FilmNorth

If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next newsletter.

I’ll let you know when we decide the exact date we will have the Five Minute Film Festival for students. At present, it may be May 15.

The next screening of classic films will be held on May 10 at 1:30 PM in the Beverly Public Library.

The planning committee for the next International Film Festival has been meeting.

Local events

CinemaSalem:

BABY MAMA (PG-13 - 96 minutes) will screen on Friday and Saturday at (11:45 AM), (2:00), (4:30), 7:15 and 9:30; Sunday at (11:45 AM), (2:00), (4:30) and 7:15; and Monday-Thursday at 4:40 and 7:20.

21 (PG-13 - 123 minutes) will play on Friday and Saturday at (11:00 AM), (1:40), (4:20), 7:00 and 9:40; Sunday at (11:00 AM), (1:40), (4:20) and 7:00; and Monday-Thursday at (4:20) and 7:00.

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM (PG-13 - 105 minutes) will run Friday-Sunday at (12:00), (2:20), (4:45) and 8:00; Monday-Wednesday at (4:30) and 7:10: and Thursday at (4:30)

.

IRONMAN (PG-13 - 126 minutes) has a special preview screening on Thursday at — not midnight, not 10 pm, not 9 pm, — but at 8 pm, right in the sweet spot of the evening. Then it will open May 2.

THURSDAY, MAY 1 @ 7:30PM

FRAULEIN

Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930

Tickets: FREE! (part of our “Free First Films” series)

A story of the friendship among three women from Yugoslavia. Reza left Belgrade more than 30 years ago to seek a new life in Zurich. Now in her fifties, she has completely detached herself from the past. She owns a cafeteria and maintains an orderly, joyless existence. Mila, a waitress there, is a good-humored Croatian woman who also emigrated decades ago. But unlike Reza, Mila dreams of returning to a house on the Croatian coast. Both of them receive a jolt when Ana, a young, itinerant woman who has fled Sarajevo, breezes into the cafeteria looking for work. Reza hires her but is annoyed by Ana’s impulsive and spirited efforts to inject life into the cafeteria. But the acrimony dissipates as Ana begins to thaw Reza’s chill.

Written and directed by Andrea Staka; Starring Mirjana Karanovic, Marija Škarièiæ and Ljubica Joviæ

[Drama, 2007, Switzerland, 81 minutes]

The Independent Film Festival of Boston opened Wednesday. It will offer 32 narrative features, 26 documentary features, and 37 short films. For more information go to http://www.iffboston.org/.

If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next newsletter.

For those who didn’t attend the classic films screening at the Beverly Public Library, you missed a “very good” event. That was the consensus of all the forms we received from the audience. The next one will be on May 10. Come a little early to get a parking space. The lot fills up quickly.

I was impressed with the quality of the entries we received for the Five Minute Film Festival.

While I have always tried to do what the members/public wanted for the organization, it does not appear that many care. For that reason, I will concentrate my efforts on my own projects and those of others who truly are interested in the filmmaking industry. Depending on how busy I am could relate to the consistency and content of future blogs. Perhaps, I might only post local events and activities on a relatively consistent basis.

Local events

CinemaSalem:

THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM (PG-13 - 113 minutes) opens Friday and will play Friday and Saturday at (11:00 AM), (1:35), (4:20), 7:00 and 9:30; and then Sunday through Thursday at (11:00 AM), (1:35), (4:20) and 7:00.

LEATHERHEADS (PG-13), will play Friday and Saturday at 7:15 and 9:40; and Sunday through Thursday at 7:15.

HORTON HEARS A WHO (G) will screen all week, Friday through Thursday, at (12:15), (2:30), and (4:45).

NIM’S ISLAND (PG) which will screen Friday through Thursday at (12:00), (2:10), (4:30) and 7:30.

Festivals

APRIL 18
*Name: Robert Newton
*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival’s 2008 Earth Day Film Series
*Date & Time: Friday, April 18 @ 7:30pm
*Film: SHARKWATER - For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world’s shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives. Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth’s history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Stewart’s remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world’s sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind. [MOVIE WEBSITE] [Documentary, 89 minutes]
*PRESS KIT: http://www.sharkwater.com/presskit/index.htm

*Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433

*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: FREE! (as a sort of “Welcome April Vacation” event)

APRIL 19
*Name: Robert Newton
*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival’s 2008 Earth Day Film Series
*Date & Time: Saturday, April 19 @ 7:30pm
*Film: KING CORN - Almost everything Americans eat contains corn: high fructose corn syrup, corn-fed meat, and corn-based processed foods are the staples of the modern diet. Ready for an adventure and alarmed by signs of their generation’s bulging waistlines, college friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis know where to go to investigate. Eighty years ago, Ian and Curt’s great-grandfathers lived just a few miles apart, in the same rural county in northern Iowa. Now their great-grandsons are returning with a mission: they will plant an acre of corn, follow their harvest into the world, and attempt to understand what they — and all of us — are really made of. [MOVIE WEBSITE] [Documentary, 88 minutes]

*Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433
*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: $8.00, $6.00 seniors (60+) and students, available at theatre box office

APRIL 20
*Name: Robert Newton
*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival’s 2008 Earth Day Film Series
*Date & Time: Sunday, April 20 @ 7:30pm
*Film: RADIANT CITY - Something’s happening on the edge of town. There’s a desperate housewife in the parking lot, a musical chorus line mowing the lawn - and a loaded gun in the upstairs closet. Welcome to Radiant City, an entertaining and startling new film on 21st century suburbanites. Gary Burns, Canada’s king of surreal comedy, joins journalist Jim Brown on an outing to the ‘burbs. Venturing into territory both familiar and foreign, they turn the documentary genre inside out, crafting a vivid account of life in The Late Suburban Age.
Sprawl is eating the planet. Across the continent the landscape is being levelled - blasted clean of distinctive features and overlaid with zombie monoculture. Politicians call it growth. Developers call it business. The Moss family call it home. A chorus of cultural prophets provide insight on the spectacle. James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, rails against the brutalizing aesthetic of strip malls. Philosopher Joseph Heath fears the soul-eating burbs but admits they offer good value for money. And urban planner Beverly Sandalack dares to ask, “Why can’t we walk anywhere anymore?” The dark era of resource scarcity is looming fast, threatening to strike suburbia “off the menu of history.” But like a juggernaut, it sails intractably forward, flattening all in its path. Burns and Brown rummage through a toybox of cultural references, from Jane Jacobs to The Sopranos, to create a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do. Riffing off sitcoms and reality TV, they play fast and loose with a range of cinematic devices to consider what happens when cities get sick and mutate. Cinematographer Patrick McLaughlin transforms drab suburbia into great painterly cloudscapes, mesmerizing rivers of traffic and eerie tableaux of dystopia while the soundtrack features songs from Joey Santiago of The Pixies. Something’s happening on the edge of town. They call it Radiant City. Welcome to the neighborhood… [MOVIE WEBSITE] [Documentary/Comedy, 93 minutes]

*Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433
*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: $8.00, $6.00 seniors (60+) and students, available at theatre box office

*Contact: Robert Newton @ (978) 309-8448:::RobertNewton@MassBayFilmProject.org

*Website: www.MassBayFilmProject.org/north.html

Berkshire International Film Festival

Event Dates: 05/15/08–05/18/08

Event Location: Berkshire, MA

Description: The Berkshire International Film Festival takes place annually in Wetern Massachusetts. Showing new fils, profiling makers and talented artists behind the scenes the BIFF aims to bring the most interesting provacative and exciting voices in film to the cultural mecca that is the Berkshires.

Contact Information

Address: P O Box 237

Contact Location: Berkshire, MA 01230

Website: www.biffma.com

Technology

Apple has issued a security patch for its Safari Web browser.

Help Wanted

Position Title:Rough Layout/Pre-Vis
Company Name:DreamWorks Animation
Industry:Animation Production
Job Function:Artistic Production of Animation
Entry Level:No
Location(s):Glendale, California, 91201, United States | Redwood City, California, 94059, United States

Job Type:Full-Time
Job Duration:Indefinite
Min Education:BA/BS/Undergraduate
Min Experience:3-5 Years
Required Travel:None

To Apply:
Please send your resume, reel and breakdown to:
DreamWorks Animation Recruiting Department
1000 Flower Street
Glendale, CA 91201
Attn: Rough Layout Artist - AWN

Please visit us at http://www.dreamworksanimation.com/

Position Title: Avid DS Editor/Motion Graphics
Company Name: Anderson Productions
Industry: Post-Production Services
Job Function: Film / Video / Digital Editing
Entry Level: No
Location(s): Bristol, Connecticut, 06010, United States
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Duration: Indefinite
Min Education: H.S. Diploma/Equivalent
Min Experience: 1-2 Years
Required Travel: 0-10%
APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Contact Person: Gwen Anderson
Email Address: ganderson@andersonprod.com
Phone: 860-543-9998

Position Title: Producer
Company Name: Shooters Post & Transfer
Industry: Broadcast/Commercials
Job Function: Producer
Entry Level: No
Location(s): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19019, United States
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Duration: Indefinite
Min Education: BA/BS/Undergraduate
Min Experience: 3-5 Years
Required Travel: 0-10%

Send resume and Cover letter to:

Producer

Shooters Post & Transfer

601 Walnut Street, Suite 1050s

Philadelphia, PA 19106

HR@shootersinc.com

www.shootersinc.com

215-861-0098 Fax

Position Title: Coordinating Producer I
Company Name: Disney
Location(s): Bristol, Connecticut, 06010, United States
Entry Level: No
Job Type: Full-Time

Dept - ESPN International
Title - Coordinating Producer I - International
JOB ID: 153875

Responsible for coordinating and overseeing the integrated activities of production unit assigned to show unit.

Essential Functions:
· Responsible for show content and direction on a day-to-day basis.
· Approves edit copy and oversees other on-air elements, including highlights, graphics, etc. for accuracy, continuity and taste.
· Exercises news judgment and supervises producer’s decisions on content and show rundowns and on-air production of shows in the control room.
· Coordinates with other departments on items like on-air promotion, program schedules, technical needs and problems.
· Provides feedback to members of production staff and PPR for several assigned members of the department. Makes decisions on merits, and promotions and the hiring and terminations of subordinates.
· Presides at meetings for planning and production of shows.
· Provides advance planning or anticipates upcoming events, needs and elements to be included in shows, including providing input on scheduling and staffing.

Qualifications
· College degree preferred.
· Ten to fifteen years related production experience including intensive experience with sports news.
· Broad and thorough knowledge of sports-current and historical.
· Knowledge of TV production and video editing.
· Detailed technical knowledge not required, but must have knowledge of what “works” on TV and what is realistic to accomplish in time allotted for show production.
·Prior management and budgetary experience as well as demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of sports required.
· Good writing and copy editing skills.
·Must possess demonstrated communication skills and ability to react quickly and positively under a wide variety of sensitive production situations that continually arise and are subject to change.

APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Apply URL: https://disney.recruitmax.com/main/careerportal/Jo…

Position Title: Coordinating Producer I
Company Name: Disney
Location(s): Bristol, Connecticut, 06010, United States
Dept - ESPN International
Title - Coordinating Producer I - International
JOB ID: 153875

Responsible for coordinating and overseeing the integrated activities of production unit assigned to show unit.

Essential Functions:
· Responsible for show content and direction on a day-to-day basis.
· Approves edit copy and oversees other on-air elements, including highlights, graphics, etc. for accuracy, continuity and taste.
· Exercises news judgment and supervises producer’s decisions on content and show rundowns and on-air production of shows in the control room.
· Coordinates with other departments on items like on-air promotion, program schedules, technical needs and problems.
· Provides feedback to members of production staff and PPR for several assigned members of the department. Makes decisions on merits, and promotions and the hiring and terminations of subordinates.
· Presides at meetings for planning and production of shows.
· Provides advance planning or anticipates upcoming events, needs and elements to be included in shows, including providing input on scheduling and staffing.

Qualifications
· College degree preferred.
· Ten to fifteen years related production experience including intensive experience with sports news.
· Broad and thorough knowledge of sports-current and historical.
· Knowledge of TV production and video editing.
· Detailed technical knowledge not required, but must have knowledge of what “works” on TV and what is realistic to accomplish in time allotted for show production.
·Prior management and budgetary experience as well as demonstrated knowledge of a wide variety of sports required.
· Good writing and copy editing skills.
·Must possess demonstrated communication skills and ability to react quickly and positively under a wide variety of sensitive production situations that continually arise and are subject to change.

APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Apply URL: https://disney.recruitmax.com/main/careerportal/Jo…

Misc. Odds and Ends

Last week, Michigan passed a 40% tax credit. Movie studio backers in this state want a tax credit to build a studio here. Hmm. Michigan is north. Perhaps Film North should think about relocating.

If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next newsletter.

A reminder that the free screening of films take place at the Beverly Public Library starting at 1:30 PM on Saturday April 12. The schedule is as follows:

W.C. Fields: “The Dentist”

Western film: “Sundown Trail”

50’s Newsreel: “The News Magazine of the Screen”

INTERMISSION

Laurel and Hardy: “Thicker than Water”

Musical film: “Air Parade”

U. S. Navy film: “Jap Zero”

Please join us on May 10th at 1:30 PM at the Beverly Public Library for more classic films presented by

Jim Jalbert and sponsored by Film North, Inc.

We are planning on doing a forum for would be filmmakers who want to break into film and what they’re up against? Email me if you would be interested in attending so we can decide how large a room we would need. Everyone has different scheduling needs so I would like to know what days and times you could attend. I will try and arrange it where the most could attend.

Local events

CinemaSalem:

LEATHERHEADS (PG-13 - 113 minutes) will play Friday and Saturday at (11:30 AM), (2:00), (4:30), 7:00 and 9:35; Sunday at (11:30 AM), (2:00), (4:30) and 7:00; and Monday-Thursday at (4:20) and 7:00.

NIM’S ISLAND (PG - 95 minutes) will play on Friday and Saturday at (11:20 AM), (1:45), (4:00), 7:15 and 9:25; Sunday at (11:20 AM), (1:45), (4:00) and 7:15; and Monday-Thursday at (4:30) and 7:20.

And HORTON HEARS A WHO (G - 110 minutes) will screen Friday through Sunday at 12:15), (2:30), (4:45) and 7:30; and Monday through Thursday at (4:40) and 7:10.

APRIL 17

*Name: Robert Newton

*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival’s 2008 Earth Day Film Series

*Date & Time: Thursday, April 17 @ 7:30pm

*Film: THE UNFORESEEN - An ambitious west Texas farm boy with grandiose plans tires of living at the mercy of nature and sets out to find a life with more control. He heads to Austin where he becomes a real estate developer and skillfully capitalizes on the growth of this 1970s boomtown. At the peak of his powers, he transforms 4,000 acres of pristine Hill Country into one of the state’s largest and fastest selling subdivisions. When the development threatens a local treasure, a fragile limestone aquifer and a naturally spring-fed swimming hole, the community fights back. In the conflict that ensues, we see in miniature a struggle that today plays out in communities across the country. Featuring interviews with Robert Redford, Willie Nelson, the iconic Texas Governor Ann Richards, environmentalist Wendell Berry and many others, The Unforeseen is a powerful meditation on the American Dream – on the destruction of the natural world as it falls victim to the cannibalizing forces of unchecked development. It is an intricate tale of personal hopes, victories and failures; and of debates over land, water and the public good [Documentary, 94 minutes]

“The kind of transformative viewing experience that has made the current period a golden age for nonfiction film.” –Variety

“The best film at the 2007 Sundance Film festival, hands down…” –Film Comment

“…A rare gift. Plainspoken yet urgent, it makes the wrist-slashingly depressing topic of real-estate development somehow transcendent. ‘The Unforeseen’ is the movie ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ wanted to be.” –Time Out NY

“One of the great documentaries of our time, ‘The Unforeseen’ is a rapturous nightmare.” –Film Journal International

*Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433

*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: $8.00, $6.00 seniors (60+) and students, available at theatre box office

*Contact: Robert Newton @ (978) 309-8448:::RobertNewton@MassBayFilmProject.org

*Website: www.MassBayFilmProject.org/north.html

APRIL 18

*Name: Robert Newton

*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival’s 2008 Earth Day Film Series

*Date & Time: Friday, April 18 @ 7:30pm

*Film: SHARKWATER - For filmmaker Rob Stewart, exploring sharks began as an underwater adventure. What it turned into was a beautiful and dangerous life journey into the balance of life on earth. Driven by passion fed from a lifelong fascination with sharks, Stewart debunks historical stereotypes and media depictions of sharks as bloodthirsty, man-eating monsters and reveals the reality of sharks as pillars in the evolution of the seas. Filmed in visually stunning, high definition video, Sharkwater takes you into the most shark rich waters of the world, exposing the exploitation and corruption surrounding the world’s shark populations in the marine reserves of Cocos Island, Costa Rica and the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. In an effort to protect sharks, Stewart teams up with renegade conservationist Paul Watson of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society. Their unbelievable adventure together starts with a battle between the Sea Shepherd and shark poachers in Guatemala, resulting in pirate boat rammings, gunboat chases, mafia espionage, corrupt court systems and attempted murder charges, forcing them to flee for their lives. Through it all, Stewart discovers these magnificent creatures have gone from predator to prey, and how despite surviving the earth’s history of mass extinctions, they could easily be wiped out within a few years due to human greed. Stewart’s remarkable journey of courage and determination changes from a mission to save the world’s sharks, into a fight for his life, and that of humankind. [Documentary, 89 minutes]

*PRESS KIT: http://www.sharkwater.com/presskit/index.htm *Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433

*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: FREE! (as a sort of “Welcome April Vacation” event)

*Contact: Robert Newton @ (978) 309-8448:::RobertNewton@MassBayFilmProject.org

*Website: www.MassBayFilmProject.org/north.html

APRIL 19

*Name: Robert Newton

*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival’s 2008 Earth Day Film Series

*Date & Time: Saturday, April 19 @ 7:30pm

*Film: KING CORN - Almost everything Americans eat contains corn: high fructose corn syrup, corn-fed meat, and corn-based processed foods are the staples of the modern diet. Ready for an adventure and alarmed by signs of their generation’s bulging waistlines, college friends Ian Cheney and Curt Ellis know where to go to investigate. Eighty years ago, Ian and Curt’s great-grandfathers lived just a few miles apart, in the same rural county in northern Iowa. Now their great-grandsons are returning with a mission: they will plant an acre of corn, follow their harvest into the world, and attempt to understand what they — and all of us — are really made of [Documentary, 88 minutes]

*Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433

*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: $8.00, $6.00 seniors (60+) and students, available at theatre box office

*Contact: Robert Newton @ (978) 309-8448:::RobertNewton@MassBayFilmProject.org

*Website: www.MassBayFilmProject.org/north.html

APRIL 20

*Name: Robert Newton

*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival’s 2008 Earth Day Film Series

*Date & Time: Sunday, April 20 @ 7:30pm

*Film: RADIANT CITY - Something’s happening on the edge of town. There’s a desperate housewife in the parking lot, a musical chorus line mowing the lawn - and a loaded gun in the upstairs closet. Welcome to Radiant City, an entertaining and startling new film on 21st century suburbanites. Gary Burns, Canada’s king of surreal comedy, joins journalist Jim Brown on an outing to the ‘burbs. Venturing into territory both familiar and foreign, they turn the documentary genre inside out, crafting a vivid account of life in The Late Suburban Age.

Sprawl is eating the planet. Across the continent the landscape is being levelled - blasted clean of distinctive features and overlaid with zombie monoculture. Politicians call it growth. Developers call it business. The Moss family call it home. A chorus of cultural prophets provide insight on the spectacle. James Howard Kunstler, author of The Geography of Nowhere, rails against the brutalizing aesthetic of strip malls. Philosopher Joseph Heath fears the soul-eating burbs but admits they offer good value for money. And urban planner Beverly Sandalack dares to ask, “Why can’t we walk anywhere anymore?” The dark era of resource scarcity is looming fast, threatening to strike suburbia “off the menu of history.” But like a juggernaut, it sails intractably forward, flattening all in its path. Burns and Brown rummage through a toybox of cultural references, from Jane Jacobs to The Sopranos, to create a provocative reflection on why we live the way we do. Riffing off sitcoms and reality TV, they play fast and loose with a range of cinematic devices to consider what happens when cities get sick and mutate. Cinematographer Patrick McLaughlin transforms drab suburbia into great painterly cloudscapes, mesmerizing rivers of traffic and eerie tableaux of dystopia while the soundtrack features songs from Joey Santiago of The Pixies. Something’s happening on the edge of town. They call it Radiant City. Welcome to the neighborhood… [Documentary/Comedy, 93 minutes]

*Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433

*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: $8.00, $6.00 seniors (60+) and students, available at theatre box office

*Contact: Robert Newton @ (978) 309-8448:::RobertNewton@MassBayFilmProject.org

*Website: www.MassBayFilmProject.org/north.html

Festivals

The 6th Annual Independent Film Festival of Boston
April 23 - 29, 2008

http://www.iffboston.org/

Technology

Apple sent a patch for 11 Quicktime flaws last Wednesday. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1003&tag=nl.e539

Microsoft released patches for its vulnerabilities this week. They included most of their operating systems.

Help Wanted

Flash Animator

Job Description
Job Summary As a Flash Animator at Cambridge Interactive Development (CIDC) you will utlize your graphics design skills to create graphics for downloadable gaming software clients. The Flash Animator you will be comfortable working as part of a team with additional tasks: assisting the marketing team in design of branding and imagery for new websites and products, and creation of promotional materials (including banner ads) for online marketing efforts for an international audience. Responsibilities: Product Graphics Design. Develop the necessary graphical elements for various gaming products, primarily animating the designs of other team members. User Interfaces. Develop the necessary graphical elements for the user interfaces on our gaming clients and backend tools.
Marketing Graphics. Assist the marketing graphics team in developing graphics for a variety of marketing and promotional efforts, including static and animated banners.

Research. Periodically conduct research on other gaming properties and competing gaming products to keep abreast of technologies and popular tastes in the graphical aspects of the market.

Qualifications: 2 years of the following qualifications and experience: BS/BA in a Design discipline (e.g. Multimedia, Graphics)2 years professional experience with FlashExcellent verbal and written communication skills Demonstrable skill with the following graphics tools:Photoshop, Flash, Illustrator, Demonstrable animation skills Understand competing requirements for improving graphics and reduced download times. Produce results that are optimized for older machines. Understand basic concepts of UI design: an example of an interface you have created is a plus Technical aptitude and a cooperative/collaborative approach to teamwork Ability to prioritize and multi-task in a quickly changing environment with overlapping deadlines and short development cycles. Pluses 3D software package such as 3D Studio Max is a plusDesigning for online gaming or consumer eCommerce a plusDesigning for multi-lingual websites or localized applications a plusExperience working in a version control environment (Perforce, SourceSafe) is a plus CIDC is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse workforce.
APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Contact Person: Seabn Turner
Email Address: sturner@cidc.com
Phone: 617-547-6323

Apply URL: http://www.cidc.com

Misc. Odds and Ends

Go to for a good article on Martin Scorsese in the Globe. http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2008/04/06/burr_scorsese_qa/

FILMAKA JOURNAL : Win funding for a full length documentary.

Documentary filmmakers looking for funding should check out
Filmaka.com’s new contest, Filmaka Journal .Upload your Clip not more than 3 minute.
Every contest cycle 2
winners will be given $500 each and at the end of a year of Journal
entries Filmaka will select one director to turn his or her short
into a full length doc. Members can vote on each others work. Filmaka
is looking for shorts that have an impact, pieces that show the
members and audience a side of the world that they might never have
known anything about before. You can enter as many times as you like
and there is no entry fee. Just remember that the piece you enter
will serve as the basis for a doc so make sure it can be developed
into a full length film. Make a Journal, Tell a story, Make a
Difference.

go here: http://www.filmaka.com/

click on: journal competition

FX COMPETITION – CALLING FOR COMEDIES

FX Networks is offering a search for comic talent through Filmaka.com! Make a 3-minute comedy pilot and write a 2-page pitch about what the rest of the season would be like. Then upload it to us. 10 filmakas will get $1000 to revise their short and then one will be given up to $40,000 by FX to do a 15-20 minute version of their idea. If FX likes it, they may pick up your show to add to their fall season!

Sound totally awesome? Check out the details

http://www.filmaka.com/fx/index.asp

Filmaka will begin accepting uploads for this competition on Monday, April 21. The deadline for submitting your film and written brief is midnight on May 1, 2008. Be sure your film file is less than 500MB and your pitch is in a PDF document (if you need a free PDF converter, try www.primopdf.com).
FX is running their own on-air and on-line promotion so competition will be no-holds-barred! Thanks for playing and good luck!

Cheetos Pull Some Funny, Make Some Money Contest. Create a Random Act of Cheetos, i.e., a video that shows a funny, mischievously playful use of Cheetos. Upload it here on AtomFilms for your chance to win the Grand Prize: a clip of your video featured on Comedy Central, $5,000 cash, an HD camcorder and a year’s supply of CHEETOS snacks! Honorable mentions also receive cash prizes and Cheetos. Consumer voting begins May 12.
Hurry, entry deadline is April 27.
Oh, and if you want to learn more about these Random Acts of Cheetos, check out
www.orangeunderground.com.

http://uploads.atomfilms.com/CheetosGroup.aspx

If anyone has any information that they want to share with members, let me know so I can include it in the next newsletter.

Local events

CinemaSalem:

LEATHERHEADS (PG-13 - 113 minutes) will play Friday and Saturday at (11:30 AM), (2:00), (4:30), 7:00 and 9:35; Sunday at (11:30 AM), (2:00), (4:30) and 7:00; and Monday-Thursday at (4:20) and 7:00.

NIM’S ISLAND (PG - 95 minutes) will play on Friday and Saturday at (11:20 AM), (1:45), (4:00), 7:15 and 9:25; Sunday at (11:20 AM), (1:45), (4:00) and 7:15; and Monday-Thursday at (4:30) and 7:20.

HORTON (G - 110 minutes) will screen Friday through Sunday at 12:15), (2:30), (4:45) and 7:30; and Monday through Thursday at (4:40) and 7:10.

APRIL 3
*Name: Robert Newton
*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival Spring ‘08 Independent Film Series
*Date & Time: Thursday, April 3 @ 7:00pm
*Film: THE VIOLIN - Don Plutarco, his son Genaro and his grandson Lucio live a double life: on one hand they are musicians and humble farmers, on the other they support the campesina peasant guerilla movement’s armed efforts against the oppressive government. When the military seizes the village, the rebels flee to the sierra hills, forced to leave behind their stock of ammunition. While the guerillas organize a counter-attack, old Plutarco executes his own plan. He plays up his appearance as a harmless violin player, in order to get into the village and recover the ammunition hidden his corn field. His violin playing charms the army captain, who orders Plutarco to come back daily. Arms and music play a tenuous game of cat-and-mouse which ultimately results in painful betrayal. The Violin is the most decorated film in Mexican film history. [Drama, 98 minutes]

“‘The Violin’ is filmmaking in its purest form. The debut film by Francisco Vargas moves us with its lyricism and shakes us with its honesty. A film that’s moving, urgent and necessary.” –Guillermo del Toro, Director of the Academy Award® Nominated ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’

*Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433
*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: FREE! (part of our “First Free Films” series, first Thursday of every month)

*Contact: Robert Newton @ (508) 344-6508:::RobertNewton@MassBayFilmProject.org

*Website: www.MassBayFilmProject.org/north.html

APRIL 10
*Name: Robert Newton
*Event Title: The Boston North Shore Film Festival Spring ‘08 Independent Film Series
*Date & Time: Thursday, March 27 @ 7:00pm
*Film: INLAWS & OUTLAWS - What do you get when you fall in love? Inlaws & Outlaws cleverly weaves together the true stories of couples and singles — both gay and straight — and all into a collective narrative that is as hilarious as it is heartbreaking. At the top of the film, you meet real people one on one. You don’t know who’s gay or straight or who’s with whom. As their stories unfold and stereotypes fall by the wayside, you won’t care because you’ll be rooting for everybody. With candor, good humor, great music and real heart, Inlaws & Outlaws gets past all the rhetoric to explore what we all have in common.We love. We lose. We all want to belong. And we’re all making this up as we go along. AWARD-WINNING DIRECTOR DREW EMERY WILL BE ON-HAND FOR A Q&A AND DISCUSSION AFTER THIS NORTH SHORE PREMIERE - PLEASE CONTACT ME IF YOU WOULD LIKE A PHONE INTERVIEW WITH HIM. [MOVIE WEBSITE] [Documentary, 97 minutes]
*Venue & Address: Gloucester Stage Company * 267 East Main Street * Gloucester, MA 01930 * (978) 281-4433
*Description of Event: This series of independent films serves to promote the 2008 Boston North Shore Film Festival and to bring the kinds of alternative programming (and sometimes the actual filmmakers) to which filmgoers on the North Shore do not have easy access.

*Cost: $8.00, $6.00 seniors (60+) and students, available at theatre box office

*Contact: Robert Newton @ (508) 344-6508:::RobertNewton@MassBayFilmProject.org

*Website: www.MassBayFilmProject.org/north.html

Festivals

The Lowell film festival is scheduled for April 4th and 5th. The event is free but subject to change. There are documentaries and feature films on immigration and globalization. For more information go to http://lowellfilms.org/.

The Jewish Film Festival is from March 29 = April 13. For more information go to http://jewishfilm.org/.

The INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL runs fromApril 23 to April 29. It will feature 96 films. For more information go to iffboston.org.

BENDFILM: Where Filmmakers Are Gods. Set against the backdrop of the stunning Cascade Mountains in Bend, Central Oregon. Now in its 5th year, BendFilm creates a memorable festival every October with more than $30,000 in cash awards including a $10,000 Best of Show Award. Additional cash awards are presented for Best Feature ($2,500), Best Doc ($2,500), Best Short ($2,500), Best Student Film ($3,000), Best Conservation Award ($2,500) and Excellence in Filmmaking By A Female Director ($4,000). Add that to the Audience Award, which takes home a percentage of ticket sales and you have a festival that filmmakers love. Deadline: June 30, 2008. Visit www.bendfilm.org. Executive Director: Sandy Henderson. Contact: info@bendfilm.org.

The 17th WOODS HOLE FILM FESTIVAL, July 26 - August 2, 2008, is one of the premier independent film festivals in New England and is dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers, with a special section for filmmakers from New England. Held each summer on Cape Cod, Massachusetts, the Woods Hole Film Festival is seeking film and screenplay entries. Submit today on www.woodsholefilmfestival.org. Deadline: May 1, 2008. For more information email info@woodsholefilmfestival.org.

Technology

A team of researchers from Independent Security Evaluators (ISE) managed to hack a MacBook Air in two minutes using a zero-day vulnerability in Apple’s Safari 3.1 Web browser.

http://www.informationweek.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=207000434

Dell is offering its Blu-ray Inspiron 1525 for $879 and the XPS 420 multimedia desktop, which now starts at $999.

Help Wanted

Job ID: 4303200
Position Title: Scriptwriter
Company Name: PixelFish
Industry: Mobile Media
Job Function: Script Supervisor
Entry Level: No
Location(s): Torrance, California, 90501, United States
Posted: March 21, 2008
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Duration: Indefinite
Min Education: BA/BS/Undergraduate
Min Experience: 1-2 Years
Required Travel: 0-10%
Salary: $15.00 - $25.00 (Hourly Wage

APPLY FOR THIS JOB
Contact Person: Human Resources
Email Address: hr@pixelfish.com

Apply URL: http://www.pixelfish.com

Salary:
Part-time and full-time positions are available at $15-$25 per hour, based on experience level. Full-time position includes salary and benefits including 401k, medical, dental and life insurance. If you want to work in a casual, positive and fun environment this is the place for you.

To see how we are taking video production to the next level, visit our website at www.pixelfish.com. If you are looking for a challenging role that is personally and professionally rewarding, then PixelFish is the perfect opportunity!

Please submit résumé and script samples to hr@pixelfish.com. You must provide script samples to be considered. NO phone or fax inquires will not be accepted.

Misc. Odds and Ends

Media Now Conference to be held on May 30, 2008 at Bentley College on its Waltham campus. The theme this year is “The Art and Business of Filmmaking,” featuring cutting-edge workshops and panels on incorporating animation into your film, new online sources for music for your film, the latest models for feature and documentary film financing, story structure case studies, a pitch panel with national industry experts, a luncheon with a special guest speaker, networking, and more.

About 50,000 Americans work as actors, earning a median income of $11.61 an hour, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).

Unions representing the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and the Screen Actors Guild will negotiate separately with producers in upcoming contract talks.

NH BASED STAGEWRIGHT FILMS
TO SHOOT FILM AT GRANITE MEDIA CENTER
LA BASED FUNNY BOY FILMS TO DISTRIBUTE

Shooting is scheduled to begin May 5 and run through the end of the month with all principal photography being done entirely on site at the GMCNH studio. Once completed the film will be distributed by Funny Boy Films, out of LA whose most recent hit is the film version of Broadway’s NAKED BOYS SINGING.

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For more information on “Just Say Love”, visit www.justsaylovemovie.com
Granite Media Center: www.gmcnh.com
Funny Boy Films: www.funnyboyfilms.com

An image gallery is available to members of the press at www.stagewrightfilms.com/gallery.

Starting April 7th, the WGBH Lab is partnering
with P.O.V. to offer filmmakers a chance to create fully funded shorts
with potential national broadcast on PBS.

The WGBH Lab and P.O.V. are seeking pitches for compelling videos
shorts about the themes surrounding the 2008 Election. If selected,
pitch writers will be paid $2,000 to make their short, get feedback
from industry professionals, have their shorts featured online at the
P.O.V. and Lab websites, and may be broadcast nationally. We feel this
represents a great opportunity for filmmakers across the nation to
really create something new and exciting that’s relevant to the world
today. Could you help us by telling people in your community who might
be interested?

Pitches are being accepted April 7th through May 2nd.
More information can be found at: http://lab.wgbh.org/open-call/election2008

Let us know if you have any questions or need any promotional materials.
Thanks for your help,

Brian Retchless
Production Coordinator
WGBH Lab
One Guest St.
Boston, MA 02135
617-300-2419