“Revolution” with Q&A from filmmaker Rob Stewart

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On April 5th, international award-winning filmmaker and conservationist Rob Stewart will be visiting Western to speak at the upcoming TEDx event and to present a screening of his latest project “Revolution.”

The film, a follow-up to Stewart’s critically acclaimed documentary “Sharkwater,” follows Stewart in his attempt to find the secret to saving the ecosystems we depend on for survival, and is due to be released in theatres on April 12th. This preview screening will be free of charge and will feature a Q&A with the filmmaker. Given the short notice of this event, space is VERY limited, so be on time and grab a seat!

Check out the trailer below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxcophNGLdg

“A stunning adventure!”
—Sir Richard Branson

“If you go to one movie this year, it must be Revolution.”
—David Suzuki

“A must see… Inspirational and beautiful!”
—Jean-Michel Cousteau

“This could be the most important film ever made.”
—Bonnie Laufer (Tribute)

More information on the film and Stewart’s conservation efforts can be found at the following links:

Official site: http://www.therevolutionmovie.com/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/revolutionmovie
Twitter: @film_REVOLUTION

Rob Stewart Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/robstewartsharkwater
Rob Stewart Twitter: @teamsharkwater

For more information about TEDx Western and Rob Stewart’s involvement, check out the link below:
http://www.uwo.ca/tedx/speakers/bio-stewart.html

Congrats to all the Festival Winners

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Special thank you to everyone who submitted to WUFF’13 and to everyone who came out to the event this past Friday. In case you were curious- here are the winners:

1st Prize ($300): Bag of Film (Matt Rossoni)
2nd Prize ($200): Dear Eva (Danny Dunlop)
3rd Prize ($100): The New School of Colour (Cailyn Farquhar, Patrick Barfoot, Jin Teng)

Viewers’ Choice ($50): Bag of Film (Matt Rossoni)

Hope to see everybody next year with more amazing films!

WUFF – Congratulations to the Top Ten!

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Congrats to all the filmmakers who made it into the festival!
 
Here is the list in no particular order:
 

Title: Blizzard 77
Filmmaker(s): Michael Scolaro
Description: A student’s recollection of a horrific storm which took place in 1977 causing cities to shutdown. 

 

Title: Grammar Vandals: Western University
Filmmaker(s): Christopher Beaulieu
Description: A group of masked vigilantes fix a grammatical error on Campus.

 

Title: Stop Over
Filmmaker(s): Jeremy Goldstein
Description: A young high-school guy tries to win back a girl, only to find what he was looking for may have been closer all along.

 

Title: What Happened? Featuring Ashley Norman
Filmmaker(s): Sammy Roach, Thomas Boyer, Colton Kaufman
Description: A mock interview with a former child star interspersed with B-roll.

 

Title: Bag of Film
Filmmaker(s): Matt Rossoni
Description: Sitting at the front of the stage, beside the screen, is myself and a bag of 16mm film scraps. A long piece of film is threaded into the projector. Once the motor is engaged, I reach into the bag and randomly select additional pieces of film, and splice them onto the tail end of the strip running through the projector. The strips themselves are of a variety of discarded material: leader, scratched and worn film, non-image. The result is a film whose production (editing) takes place simultaneously with its exhibition. The film ends either when a splice breaks or I can no longer keep up with the film dragging along the ground.

 

Title: TRSF
Filmmaker(s): Matt Rossoni
Description: Light cuts through the virginal image plane, creating harmonic visual rhythms.

 

Title: 17 Muscles and a Conversation
Filmmaker(s): Gianni Baha and Alexandra Cooper
Description: Boy and girl meet in a hallway

 

Title: Bases of Hope
Filmmaker(s): Michael Scolaro, Mike Wittig, Brittney Brunelle, 
Description: A film about 3 individuals who suffered catastrophic neurological injuries that left them wheelchair dependent and with their lives shattered.

 

Title: Dear Eva
Filmmaker(s): Danny Dunlop
Description: A Love Story

 

Title: The New School of Colour
Filmmakers: Cailyn Farquhar, Patrick Barfoot, Jin Teng
Description: The New School of Colour is a free and open art studio in London ON, Canada, which serves the needs of community members who are dealing with issues of poverty, affordable housing, mental health, at-risk youth and the newly immigrated.

 
See you All This Friday!

Steven Woloshen – Hyland Event Coverage – March 7th, 2013

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Light Tripping:
The Films of Steven Woloshen

Curated by Jesse Brossoit
Thursday, March 7, 2013, 9:00 P.M.
Hyland Cinema, 240 Wharncliffe Road South, London Ont. (519) 913-0313
Free admission

Steven Woloshen is a pioneer of camera-less animation, which includes painting, scratching and drawing directly on film. Based in Montreal, he has been making films since the 1970s, specializing in 16mm film production while studying at Concordia University. His films have been screened internationally at festivals including Winnipeg’s Festival of Film and Video Art, the Montreal Underground Film Festival, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and I Castelli Animati in Rome.

His work is often inspired by jazz, with improvisation and chance playing a large part in the creative process. His film “Cameras Take Five” (2003) inspired by Dave Brubeck, received the Best Non-Narrative Short Film award at the International Animated Film Festival in Ariccia, Italy, and was featured in the Animated Show of Shows, a travelling program of the year’s best international animated short films. His work is also featured in The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema, an anthology of animation edited by Chris Gehman and Steve Reinke, co-published by YYZ Books, the Ottawa Animation Festival, and the Images Festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Light Tripping: The Films of Steven Woloshen

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Light Tripping:
The Films of Steven Woloshen

Curated by Jesse Brossoit
Thursday, March 7, 2013, 9:00 P.M.
Hyland Cinema, 240 Wharncliffe Road South, London Ont. (519) 913-0313
Free admission

Steven Woloshen is a pioneer of camera-less animation, which includes painting, scratching and drawing directly on film. Based in Montreal, he has been making films since the 1970s, specializing in 16mm film production while studying at Concordia University. His films have been screened internationally at festivals including Winnipeg’s Festival of Film and Video Art, the Montreal Underground Film Festival, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, and I Castelli Animati in Rome.

His work is often inspired by jazz, with improvisation and chance playing a large part in the creative process. His film “Cameras Take Five” (2003) inspired by Dave Brubeck, received the Best Non-Narrative Short Film award at the International Animated Film Festival in Ariccia, Italy, and was featured in the Animated Show of Shows, a travelling program of the year’s best international animated short films. His work is also featured in The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema, an anthology of animation edited by Chris Gehman and Steve Reinke, co-published by YYZ Books, the Ottawa Animation Festival, and the Images Festival.

Woloshen will attend this screening, his first in London, Ontario, and will lead a workshop in camera-less animation for a pre-selected group of Western University students on Friday March 8 from 10:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. at the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, room 302.

We thank Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, Department of Film Studies, Arts & Humanities Students’ Council, and University Students’ Council for their financial support of this program, which has been organized by the Western Undergraduate Film Society and McIntosh Gallery.

For more information on the screening, or to participate in the workshop, please contact Jesse Brossoit, program curator, at jbrossoi@uwo.ca

McIntosh Gallery
1151 Richmond Street
London, ON
N6A 3K7
http://mcintoshgallery.ca/
twitter: @McIntoshGallery
facebook.com/McIntoshGallery

Friday the 13th on 16MM

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The Department of Sleaze and the Western Film Society are pleased to present Friday the 13th on glorious 16mm film. An original, uncut and extra gory 16mm print snuck past border officials and is ready to unleash a series of unlucky events right here in the Forest City.

One summer at Camp Crystal Lake, a group of young counselors begin to get ready to lead campers. Unfortunately for the former, someone isn’t happy about what’s going on in the camp and enjoys playing kill the counselor. As bodies fall to the ground in the camp, no one is safe…

Doors open at 7pm. Showtime is 7:30pm. Concession stand open with all your favourite drinks and snacks. Trailers and cartoons followed by our feature presentation.

$5 at the door.

See you all there!

WUFF PAGE ADDED

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Hey everybody! Be sure to check out the new Western Undergraduate Film Festival (WUFF) page for more information about submitting your film to the upcoming festival.

Click on the logo to be directed to the page:

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Sunrise – F.W. Murnau – 1927

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THE WESTERN UNDERGRADUATE FILM SOCIETY PRESENTS

F.W. Murnau’s masterpiece: Sunrise with LIVE piano accompaniment
Wednesday, February 13, UC 85, 7 p.m.

If you are looking for the perfect date or perhaps a fun evening out with friends, come enjoy this classic film the way it was meant to be seen. The best part: It’s FREE (…but your date doesn’t need to know that).

Sunrise is currently #4 on Sight and Sounds greatest films of all time list and is widely considered the greatest silent film ever made. Accompaniment will be provided by Western music student Yanick Allwood. This event promises to be an excellent event if you need a fun date or a pre-Valentines Day pick-me-up.

We look forward to seeing you!