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NELL SHIPMAN FILM FESTIVAL
BACKWOODS CHICK'S FLICKS CLICK IN STICKS might be the appropriate Variety headline for the Nell Shipman Film Festival in Boise.
The Egyptian nearly filled to capacity, champagne bubbled and scholarship money was raised, to be awarded next academic year!
The crowd not only discerned who the villain was but also hissed him mightily and ahhed cute little
cubs, bambis and baby skunks ion the films of Nell Shipman.
Ben Model of MOMA played live piano music for every film. For one day, this chilly, snow-blanketed burg was, as they say, Tinsel-Town!
Pretty Good Productions & the Idaho Film Collection documentary
“At Lionhead”
honored with top Telly Award
Coeur d Alene, ID – A documentary about silent movie actress and director Nell Shipman which is featured on the Idaho Film Collection's Volume 3 of the Nell Shipman DVD series, “From Lionhead Lodge,” has been chosen as a recipient of 2008 Silver and Bronze Telly Awards.
Preliminary 29th Annual Telly Awards Winners Announced
New York City, NY -- (March 8, 2008) Some of the winners of the 29th Annual Telly Awards have been announced. With over 14,000 entries from all 50 states and around the world, this year's competition has been the most competitive and successful in the long history of the Telly Awards.
The Fifth Annual
Post Alley Film Festival 2008!
February 23, 2008, Market Theatre
was a great success.
Movie-goers sat enraptured and entertained if not a little bleary-eyed but altogether happy at seeing world class shorts films.
PAFF is happy to announce that the Post Alley Film Festival Audience Award went to “Bitch,” a 15 minute short which kept the audience's sides' split; directed, written and edited by Lilah Vandenburgh.
“I wanted to make a kick ass film that had both action and comedy, and was completely true to my style. The casting process was difficult because all the girls in LA were too skinny and little, and I needed a girl who looked like she could kick serious ass. I ended up casting a performer I knew, Keira Leverton, a professional dancer, who had previously been a member of a theater troupe I ran. Because she was a dancer, I knew she had the physicality for the stunts and I liked that she was photogenic and charismatic without being ‘classically perfect‘ looking.” – Lilah Vandenburgh
PAFF sometimes awards a Jury Prize.
This year's Jury prize-winner is Amy Gebhardt for the edge of your seat, Look Sharp
Look Sharp
narrative Australia '06 9:00
Amy Gebhardt, director
Through the intimate eye of a camera lens, a trio's relationship erupts in primal intensity. |
Bitch
narrative USA '06 15:00
Lilah Vandenburgh, director
Nobody messes with her, well maybe…
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Previous Winners:
PAFF Audience Choice
2006 How to Go on a Man Date, director, Wilson Diehl
2007 Full Disclosure, director, Douglas Horn
Previous Jury Award:
2006 Milton is a Shit Bag, director, Courtney Davis |
For more information about PAFF:
www.postalleyfilmfestival.com
or email Virginia@laughingdogpictures.com
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Post Alley Film Festival 2007 thanks it Community Sponsors.
911 Media Arts Center members and SIFF members receive the Festival member discount admission price.
For more information: www.postalleyfilmfestival.com
Download 2008 Festival Submission Form (PDF)
911 Media Arts Center
and OnScreen Magazine release
the Seattle Women in Film DVD
WHAT A PARTY!!!
Films, food – singers, songs - pastry and pasties!
The voluminous amount of attendees enjoyed meeting the filmmakers
and
Peggy Platt, comedienne;
Cherilynn Brooks, singer/songwriter;
Alicia Healy, singer/songwriter;
Andrea Wittgens, singer/songwriter and Burlesque.
WOW, what fun!
The Seattle Women in Film DVD presents some of the best of Seattle filmmaking from award-winning independent artists: films that have premiered at the Seattle International Film Festival and venues around the world from non-Hollywood directors expressing their individual visions, aesthetics, and storytelling bravado. Seattle’s incredible creative community is emerging as one of the world’s most interesting places to make film. Our do-it-yourself ethic and uncompromising sensibilities are staking a claim on the film world and witty, skilled, imaginative women are at the heart of the movement.
Women in Film’s Christmas Tree in Westlake
Susan LaSalle and Carrie Lanza |
WIF member Joyce McAndrews designed: Carrie Lanza, and John Zimmerman, WIF members, executed “Snow and Ice in the Glass Forest” for the Grand Hyatt Hotel Seattle to raise $2000 for Providence Hospital’s O Christmas Trees Celebration. The O Christmas Tree Celebration kicks off a local event which raises thousands of dollars for seniors served by Providence Health & Services.
WIF/Seattle is proud to be a part of this community effort that serves senior citizens all over the Northwest. WIF/S tree decorating contribution was organized by Producer, Susan LaSalle, WIF/S treasure.
Eat, Shop, Walk, Madrona was a fun packed stroll and shop topped off at Virginia Bogert's home for holiday cheer and fab food. Thank you all the women owned businesses in Madrona who helped welcome my WIF colleagues. And thanks to Erica at Hitchcock for cheese and wine and to Jody for gratis baby cake Cupcake Royales.
WIFFERS go visit these stores!
hitchcock – (owner Erica) unique fine jewelry and accessories
glassybaby – (owner Lee) hand-blown candle lights
Jaywalk – (owner Amy) gifts, new and retro, trunk show
Juniper – (owner Lisa) cool, gorgeous clothing by unique women designers
Kismet – (owner Heather) spa/hair/nails …and more.
Cupcake Royale – (owner Jody) cupcakes and lattes
Décor – (owner Theresa) gifts for the home
Conrow Porcelain – (owner Ginny) handmade porcelain and gifts
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Ladies in film having fun! |
Our “First Tuesday” Hugo House (hugohouse.org) potluck dinner and movie membership event in November was a blast; thank you all who helped make food and fun, and all who braved the icy cold to celebrate with us. Thank you Katinka of Hugo House, and a special thanks to Jeffrey Gerson who donated the Hugo House venue to Women in Film. Jeff is a great friend to movie makers and has helped made films in Seattle for a couple of decades. (Gerson Light & Electric!)
Click photos for larger view.
The attendees ate and drank well, chatted and watched movies. And many joined the mix.
WIF/S extends a happy welcome to our new/renewing members for November:
Annie Grosshans: Script Super, Prof. New member
Peggy Case: Producer, Director, Prof. New member
Elayne Wylie: Producer, Prof. New member
Wendy Ashford: Actor, Prof. Renewing member
Caroline Mays: Set Design, props, Assoc.
Amelya Hepner: Writer, Director, Producer, Prof.
Kiya Bodding: Director/Producer, Prof.
Amanda Peterson: Makeup/ Hair, Assoc.
Sharon O'Mahony: Writer, Actor, Producer, Prof.
Alicia Dara: Composer, Prof. New member
Vanessa Eng: Production coordinator, Prof. New member
Hallie Shepard: Writer, Actor, Producer, Prof.
Eric Colley: Producer, Friend
Annie Fergerson: Producer, Prof.
Liz Russell: Producer, Prof.
Elliat Graney-Saucke: Director/Producer, Prof.
Fon Chen: Production Coordinator, Prof. New member
Vincent Gates: Sound/Music, Friend, New member
Karen Hunt Mason Prof.
Lance S. Rosen: Entertainment Attorney, New member
Anna Lund: Student, New member
Margaret M. Cronshaw: Prof.
Debra Haller: Prof.
Leslie vanWinkle: Prof. Renewing member
Lorraine Montez: Prof. New member
Jane Winslow: Prof. Renewing Member
Carol Sparer: Actor, Prof. Renewing member
Ann Mendenhall: Editor, Prof. Renewing member
John Zimmerman: Friend, Renewing member
In addition to welcoming new members at our Hugo House Membership, we also introduced our WIF/GM Alliance Nell Shipman Scholarship winner, Zoe Saurs.
A recent graduate from Issaquah High School, Zoë is enrolled in the Cinema Studies program at the University of Washington. Zoë’s film submission, “5 O'clock Escape,” a humorous take on the dreaded work–a–day world and how imagination can help us escape the mundane was screened with other short films by women. Zoë’ is now a student member of Women in Film/Seattle.
I'm a filmmaker because I want to be a storyteller, whether I'm telling other people's stories or my own. As opposed to novels, music, or the radio, film is the right medium for me to tell stories with because film is such a synthesis of all the arts.
People’s lives stream at a fast moving speed, and I want people to once again relish in the two hours in a day when they can get lost in a movie, when they can enjoy something exterior of their world, something that resonates with them. I want to make people think and reflect and laugh, along with feeding intellectual curiosity and knowledge, or simply put a smile on someone's face.
Ever since its inception, one of Women in Film/Seattle’s missions has been to award an academic scholarship to a deserving woman whose goal is to become a filmmaker. Zoe impressed us with her creativity and drive and has just begun her journey on a path to achieve her goals as a filmmaker.
What has become of past scholarship winners?
Click here for news about Phoebe Owens,
the Nell Shipman Scholarship winner of 1998,
and for Phoebe’s movie: www.tammytown.com
WIF/S and The Warren Report for Film Rap
An Afternoon with Sandra Nettelbeck
co-sponsored by Women in Film/Seattle
Carnegie Library, Saturday, July 21st at 2pm.
It was a delight meeting the engaging and articulate writer-director Sandra Nettelbeck in this intimate setting as she shared with the enthusiastic audience how her film, MOSTLY MARTHA (Bella Martha) became the Hollywood perturbation, NO RESERVATIONS starring Catherine Zeta-Jones. Sandra also shared with the group valuable insights into her approach to writing along with the gooey stories of her experience with Hollywood. (read more) With wit, witticism, and resolve, she talks about moving forward. Her next film, HELEN, is due to shoot in September 2007.
The event was a benefit for the Adrienne Shelly Foundation. Look forward to more WIF/Warren Report partnerships in the future.
Sandra spoke candidly about how she received no writing credit for No Reservations despite the script being virtually a word for word English version of Mostly Martha which she had written years before to promote the film. (PS. she loves writing in English which she considers a very cinematic language.)
Sandra succeeds by marching to her own drummer; she writes stories she likes and that interest her because she believes if she finds something interesting, so will others. Mostly Martha took fourteen top international awards, surprising her producers. Everything Sandra was told wouldn’t work, suddenly became what the industry was looking for. Mostly Martha was a happy success on it’s own for Sandra.
When her movie took on another life, Sandra went on to learn allot more when Mostly Martha became a Hollywood film. Despite not receiving credit for the script on the Hollywood production; the sting was tempered by clauses in her original contract for Mostly Martha which stated she would get 50% of certain profits of the remake. Fortunately for her, the producers never imagined a remake was on the horizon.
Additionally, after a few dangled carrots, i.e. the possible writing of and directing the American version, (which never came to fruition), Sandra philosophically notes, at the end of the day, she got a good paycheck out of it all and is the wiser for the experience, as well as being comfortable enough to take six months off to write a script for her next film.
Here’s some paraphrased Sandra’s WOW for writers:
Everybody has a great beginning of the story and you can have fun for the first 10 pages, but then what? You have to know what your end is. If you know that first, you are well positioned. If you don’t know where your story is going, who does? And who will?
Don’t get intimidated by the second act. It’s always boring and sucks and you wind up saying, “What was I thinking?”
Just deal with it.
Write an outline.
You can always diverge from it but that is how she was able to finish Mostly Martha. Map it out.
There is a good story everywhere. Life is interesting.
Sometimes it’s good to have a devise like the therapist in Mostly Martha – Sandra wound up taking alot of the therapist character out but it helped her initially to tell the story.
How does Sandra evaluate her scripts?
She takes a break then goes back. She then gives it to people she trusts. She gives it to friends not involved in the business with no agenda but an honest opinion. If they find it interesting, if they like it – great.
This advice direct from film school:
Don’t get it right, get it written. Have the courage and tolerance to do it. Characters take on a life of their own. (Don’t we know it!) Don’t give up on your idea, there’s always something in there. The idea is important, you can always acquire the tools and develop the craft, and learn how to analyze scenes.
And she likes happy endings!
Some of Sandra’s favorite movies? Not in particular order
Anything by Albert Brooks
As Good As It Gets
Terms of Endearment
Punch Drunk Love
French movies of social drama
You Can Count on Me
Woman Under the Influence
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Wish you all could have attended. It’s great to visit with a gifted female filmmaker.
WOMEN in FILM hosts Northwest Production Forum at SIFF
“Reaching an Audience”
Saturday, June 9 at 10am the first of a weekend series of four forums
How do buyers decide what acquisitions to make? How do you position your film to get it sold?
Guest: Helen Loveridge
Venue theater: Northwest Film Forum
Moderator: Alexis Ferris
Host WIF/S: represented by Susan LaSalle (Treas.) and Barbara Brown (VP)
An amazing opportunity to learn how to succeed in getting your film out there. Please do not overlook it!
For more information about the entire Production Market Forum go to: http://www.seattlefilm.org/festival/events/sec.aspx?FID=32&SID=191
Helen Loveridge profile
Ms. Loveridge joined Cinema Seattle in 2002 as Managing Director, and was appointed Executive Director in October 2003 until her departure in 2005. A history graduate, she worked in one of London's leading literary agencies before starting her career in the film world in 1980 in the programming department of the London Film Festival. From 1986 to 2001, she worked for a number of international film sales companies in the UK, Holland (she was co-founder of Fortissimo Film Sales, one of the leading sources for Asian cinema) and Germany. She has been consultant to a number of film festivals around the world and a consultant for European script and marketing initiatives.
From a 2004 interview with Helen, former Executive Director of the Seattle International Film Festival:
What I did before: a six-year gig as assistant to the Programme Director of the National Film Theatre/ London Film Festival (and Hospitality Officer on top of that for the last three years). I saw thousands of films. You could not keep me out of the cinema, and I met hundreds of filmmakers. I was offered a job with a sales agency in London, Jane Balfour Films. They had traditionally handled docs and current affairs, which I was not so interested in, but had also just picked up a handful of features by the likes of Juzo Itami and Hou Hsiao-hsien that I recklessly thought would be fun to work with. So I took a 16-year diversion through international sales - including being co-founder of Fortissimo Film Sales in Amsterdam where I worked with the likes of Wong Kar-wai and Tian Zhuangzhuang - before quitting because I could not stand the way the business had been taken over by hype and pre-selling rather than allowing a good film to make its own way, which used to happen rather more often.
Funnily enough, the last film I sold - Monsoon Wedding - was the most successful, and it was amusing that when I moved to Seattle you could not park in my neighborhood for all the people going to see it at the movie theater. I never intended to specialize in Asian cinema, by the way; it just worked out like that.
Why I do what I do: It allows me to do two of the things I like the most: to travel and see movies - and then also a little contentment when the audiences go for the films I have sometimes fought so hard to bring here.
Five favorite movies (in no particular order):
Aguirre, Wrath of God (Werner Herzog)
Days of Heaven (Terrence Malick)
The Time to Live and the Time to Die (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
High and Low (Akira Kurosawa)
My Life as a Dog (Lasse Hallstrom)
Moderator/interviewer, a brief profile:
Alexis Ferris most recently produced ZOO which made its international premiere at Cannes in Directors Fortnite. In addition to playing at Cannes, ZOO is the second film Alexis produced which has premiered at Sundance. Her first feature film, POLICE BEAT, premiered in the Sundance’s 2005 Dramatic Competition. Alexis has worked as a producing consultant for various films in Seattle including CTHULU which is premiering at SIFF 2007.
Hoorah Alexis!
First Annual Rainier Film Festival
Panel Discussion of Women Filmmakers
Held May 5, 2007 11am-1:00pm
Women in Film members, Cheryl Slean, Susan LaSalle, Sue Corcoran, Barbara Brown, and Virginia Bogert composed the panel of women filmmakers invited to the first annual Rainier Film Festival May 4-6, 2007 dedicated to providing true independent filmmakers a venue. Participants discussed, among other things, how they survive and thrive as fllmmakers in the PNW.
At the Mineral Lake Event Center
114 Mineral Rd. South
Mineral WA, 98355
Map: www.minerallakeeventcenter.com
More info: www.rainierfilmfest.com
Post Alley Film Festival 2007
…a film festival you can conquer in half a day… looks to be a hell of a good time. “Be prepared for the female-centric and eccentric,” is the tagline of this fourth annual fest put on by Women in Film Seattle and benefiting Pike Place Market Childcare and Preschool. Past years’ highlights show that these curators have skills—from being the first to screen The Heart of the Game in 2003 to making audiences howl last year with a short called Milton is a Shitbag (about an abusive housecat). PAFF is focused on female perspectives rather than exclusively “feminine” topics, …everything from Barbie to peep shows gets covered, with some social commentary sprinkled in. - Rachel Shimp, Seattle Weekly |
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Another success!
And congratulations to Douglas Horn, writer/director, and Susan LaSalle, producer for winning the PAFF Audience Choice Award 2007 |
Chix Flix Film Screenings
The line-up included:
-Virginia Bogert's Fly Film "The Delivery"
-Ksenia Oustiougova's family short "Golden Leaf" and animated short demo "Lilipip"
-Suzanne Hensler's short animation "A Gift From Santa"
-Heidi Niccole Costello's animated short "August Twenty Eighth"
-Laura Jean Cronin's family short "Free Parking"
-Alesia Glidewell's science-fiction short "Future Syn"
-Michelle Shyman's "Exit Strategy" trailer
-Ilsa Spreiter's short documentary "Crossing the Abyss"
-Sue Corcoran's short "Circus of Infinity" and music video, "She's a Dog"
Rendezvous Jewel Box Theatre
2322 2nd Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
Thursday, January 25th
WIF/Seattle Board Elections
Annual Membership Meeting & Elections!
Thursday, February 8th
The Garage, Mezzanine
1130 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122
Nell Shipman Awards for Excellence in Filmmaking 2006
Fall 2006, Women in Film/Seattle presented the much anticipated Nell Shipman Awards, an evening dedicated to the recognition of female filmmakers and luminaries.
October 13, 2006, 7:30pm - 10:30pm at the W Seattle in downtown Seattle
Women in Film/Seattle with Victory Studios and KUOW, in collaboration with the Women in Film/General Motors Alliance, presented The Nell Shipman Awards 2006 for excellence in filmmaking. This black-tie awards ceremony honors women filmmakers of the Pacific Northwest, providing an elegant evening of networking opportunities for the film and television community. A limited number of tickets are available for purchase.
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We are proud to announce that KUOW 94.9 National Public Radio was a sponsor of The Nell Shipman Awards 2006.
Special thanks to Victory Studios, this year's WIFS Diamond Sponsor and premier annual corporate sponsor. |
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What people had to say about the Nells!
"…I want to say again how much I appreciated … the FEELING of the event that made it such a privilege to be there. I felt truly welcomed and drawn into the love and appreciation that stuffed that room and it made me proud to have been a writer of women - (this) reminded me wistfully of a time I was too young to have experienced myself when the Academy Awards were a "family dinner." -Stewart Stern, screenwriter, Rebel Without a Cause, The Ugly American, Rachel Rachel, and teacher of those fortunate enough to have him.
View event pictures here and view the Winners & Nominee list and more quotes!
Women Honored at Nell Shipman Awards
THE 2006 CAREER ACHEIVEMENT AWARD
BONNIE BEDELIA
This year we honored actress Bonnie Bedelia, (They Shoot Horses Don't They, Die Hard 1&2,Presumed Innocent).
Bonnie Bedelia made her astounding big screen debut alongside Jane Fonda in Sydney Pollack's award-winning They Shoot Horse, Don't They? Since then she has acted in over thirty feature films in over thirty years, opposite such notables as Max Von Sydow, Gig Young, Susan Sarandon, Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Brian Dennehy, Sharon Stone, Bruce Willis, Harrison Ford and Kevin Kline. Her starring role in 1983's Heart Like a Wheel, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, showcased her remarkable talent and won her acclaim from critics and the public.
On the small screen Bonnie starred in movies and series for CBS, HBO, NBC, ABC and FOX including Picnic with Mary Steenburgen and Flowers for Algernon with Matthew Modine. She was nominated for a Cable Ace Award for LIFETIME Television's Any Mother's Son and for an Emmy for her starring role in Showtime's Fallen Angels.
Bonnie's extensive theater background includes leads in six Broadway plays and repertory theater, performing everything from Shakespeare and Chekhov to Tennessee Williams and George Bernard Shaw.
A beloved actress with far-ranging talent, Bonnie is always a strong female presence on screen. We are happy she resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, actor Michael MacRae. Women in Film/Seattle is proud to honor Bonnie Bedelia with the 2006 Career Achievement Award for her enduring gift.
LIGHT OF THE COMMUNITY HONOREE - STEPHANIE CHOLMONDELEY
"Our viewers thirst for more complex, realistic and imaginative portrayals. Cinema Diaspora quenches that thirst." Stephanie Cholmondeley
A Los Angeles transplant, Stephanie Cholmondeley founded Cinema Diaspora in 2002 as a way to provide a showcase for African American filmmakers and their stories. Stephanie's mission has become to present the historical, educational and social experiences of people of color in an accurate, diverse and rarely seen manner.
Stephanie's latest venture is ReelYouth, a multi-season film exploration for Native American and African American kids. This innovative program has helped her reach out to youth of color, empowering them to "tell their own stories" through film with a voice entirely their own.
Mark MacDonald , President of Victory Studios, was honored to present Stephanie with her award and was so impressed with the ReelYouth program that he donated facilities, gear and crew and worked with WIF members to produce a promotional fundraising video for her organization.
SPIRIT OF NELL HONOREE - DIANA WILMAR
Diana Wilmar has worked around the world for every major US television network, including ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS. She has also worked as a principal photographer with CNN's Environment Unit. Diana has won five Emmy awards and a Silver Medal from the New York Film Festival for her work in news, documentaries and features. Special assignments have taken her to the Seoul Olympics, the civil war in El Salvador and the earthquake in San Francisco; she has filmed documentaries in Russia, Mexico and Peru.
Diana was unable to accept her award in person, so friend, Ann Coppel, proudly accepted the honor on her behalf.
VICTORY STUDIOS POST PRODUCTION AWARD WINNERS:
MICHELE WESTMORLAND AND KAREN HUNTT
Women In Film- Seattle was thrilled to announce this new award created exclusively for the 2006 Nell Shipman Awards. Victory Studios, this year's WIFS Diamond Sponsor and premier annual corporate sponsor, has donated $5000 in post production services to help complete the winning project entitled Headhunt Revisited (http://headhuntrevisited.org/)
Headhunt Revisited is the realization of a dream for Michele and Karen. For Michele, a veteran traveler, photographer and diver, this is a project with a subject close to her heart. For Karen, a photographer with a long-ago earned degree in anthropology, a mother and a refugee from the corporate world, it's a project of personal discovery.
A book, documentary and traveling exhibit are planned based on Michele and Karen's discoveries. Actress and environmentalist Lauren Hutton will write the foreword to Michele and Karen's book and do the voiceover for their one-hour documentary set to start post-production at Victory Studios in November.
Karen was on location in China at the time of the event, but the award was gratefully accepted by Michele Westmorland who is thrilled by the opportunity to see her project heading into post.
Congratulations to all!
MANIFESTING SUCCESS IN YOUR FILM CAREER
With Carole Dean
Saturday, March 18, 2006
The Victory Studios
By popular demand, Carole Dean returns for MANIFESTING SUCCESS IN YOUR FILM CAREER, from her new book “The Art of Manifesting: Creating Your Future”.
Carole Dean created the “short end” business and took it from an idea to a $50 million a year industry. She is a producer of over 100 HeathStyles shows, and over 30 Filmmaker shows. She created the Roy W. Dean film grants in 1992 and since then has read thousands of applications/proposals for shorts, docs and independent films. Her 5 grants award over $380,000 a year to aspiring filmmakers. Carole is the author of “The Art of Funding: Alternative Financing Concepts,” and now is teaching her new book, “The Art of Manifesting: Creating Your Future.”
Carole describes this book as “right brain” techniques for artists of all types: visual artists as well as filmmakers, writers, producers and actors. In fact, most people in the film industry can use these concepts to reach their full potential. You may not realize it, but you are manifesting every day. The trick is to manifest what you want, not what you don’t want. This is nothing mysterious, it is sensible and practical and actually supported by quantum physics!
We are living during the third greatest revolution in history. The first was the alphabet, the second the printing press, and the third is the digital revolution. Do you really think you would be here with all your talents at this time in history and not be able to create your art? Definitely not! It is simply a matter of setting goals and knowing how to achieve them.
If the “law of lack” is operating in your life, then you will enjoy this class. The goal of the class is to help you understand how to change your life and use your natural abilities to attract what you want.
Is that saying “The rich get rich and the poor get poorer” operating in your life?
This seminar is for artists who need to move forward in their fields—people who love what they do and want to utilize their full potential to achieve their personal goals. This is not a class to get a new car; it is for you to touch on your soul’s purpose and move to fulfill it. If you are an artist and know what you want to achieve in your future, this class is for you.
We review the ancient laws of attraction and manifestation, and get very clear on what you need to create your future. Understanding these laws is critical to achieving your goals through your focus, your conviction, and your Knowing, all of which are fully explained.
We will be setting goals, creating your action list to achieve your goals, and learning how to work with these ancient laws. This time together will reawaken things you may be aware of, and help you to put them into an organized, concise, working system that is easy to integrate into your daily life.
The first 5 people who sign up can have a free 15 minute session with Carole before or after the conference to get clear on their goals and create their “Action” list.
GUEST SPEAKER: Eva Hornbaker
Eva Hornbaker (eva@snafufilms.com) is a professional proposal writer, who specializes in the entertainment industry. Eva is currently writing a book that will help filmmakers create winning proposals and treatments. The book will also include a section by Hollywood pitch coach, John McKeel, on how to create and deliver the perfect pitch. John and Eva’s expertise helped documentary filmmaker Jahangir Golestan win the 2005 Roy W. Dean Film Grant competition!
Women in Film Seattle
proudly announces the third annual
Post Alley Film Festival
at The Market Theater in Post Alley, Pike Place Market, Seattle
February 25, 2006.
Projects are 3-20 minutes in length. Women's stories, issues affecting women, and films with a female perspective.
www.postalleyfilmfestival.com
WOMEN IN FILM-Seattle and LUNA® Announce
5th Annual LUNAFEST
EIGHT AWARD-WINNING FILMS BY, FOR, AND ABOUT WOMEN
The Henry Art Gallery
October 29, Saturday, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.
Proceeds benefited The Breast Cancer Fund
And WOMEN IN FILM-Seattle
MORE ABOUT LUNAFEST'S
AWARD-WINNING FILMS
Women in Film Seattle's 2005 Workshop Series
The Art of the Two Minute Pitch
Saturday, September 24, 2005
The Victory Studios
Whether you're pitching a completed screenplay, presenting a work in progress for financing, or pitching a project at the concept level, it's crucial to get and keep your audience's attention. Natalie Wallace, a local professional screenwriter and the President of Women in Film-Seattle, revealed the secret to winning the game from the pitcher's mound.
Wallace started her career in 1993 as a struggling screenwriter intent on her goals but struggling to be heard. She was entangled in the all too common catch-22 of an unproduced screenwriter trying to catch a break and get someone in the business - anyone - to read her scripts.
Her career was finally launched in late 1999, when she was presented with an impromptu opportunity and was able to nail her first A-list contact, which led to her first Hollywood paycheck - on the strength of a story pitch. Since then, she has sold story concepts to the L.A. market, optioned and sold original scripts and has completed works for hire for various producers and industry executives in the United States and Canada. She is a high concept specialist and a master of the pitch and will share her proven methods of creating an intriguing logline/synopsis, getting a meeting, and making an exciting pitch - whether it's for a documentary or a feature film. She teaches pitching using both practical and hands-on methods.
Busting Out
A film by Francine Strickwerda and Laura Spellman Smith
Screening, followed by a Q & A with the filmmakers was hosted by WIF/S
Held Saturday, September 17, 2005 at The Henry Art Gallery on UW Campus
“Busting Out” explores the history and politics of America's obsession with the female breast. Told from the perspective of filmmaker Francine Strickwerda, who lost her mother to breast cancer as a child, it is a disarmingly honest, disturbing and at times humorous look at what it means to have breasts in a culture that values them as sex objects above all else.
The film will premiere on Showtime in October. See www.stiritup.com for more information.
“This film has it all – humor, tragedy, insight, intelligence, honesty. After I watched it, I found myself with persistent thoughts of it for days on end. It’s a very poignant look at our American culture at large and it also encompasses and explores a very important topic for all of us – man or woman.”~ Natalie Wallace, President – WOMEN IN FILM-Seattle
WOMEN IN FILM-Seattle Workshop Series
The Art of Funding Your Films:
Alternative Financing Concepts with Carole Dean
August 27, 2005
Victory Studios
2247 - 15th Avenue West
Seattle, WA
Topics covered:
1. Creating the Perfect Pitch
2. What grantors want in applications
3. Where and how to find donors
4. Writing & packaging your proposal
5. Raising funds from local Corps
6. Successfully making the “Ask”
7. How and where to Brand your film
8. Money from Product Placement
9. How to apply for the 6 Roy W. Dean Film grants valued at $370,000.00 a year
About Carole Dean:
Thirty years ago Carole Dean took a $20 bill and turned it into a $50
million a year business when she reinvented the tape and short end industry
in Hollywood, NYC and Chicago. Carole coined the phrase “short ends” and
began buying and selling film ends left from production. She was
instrumental in the birth of the Hollywood independent film community
because she offered film to Indies at prices they could afford, allowing
many producers to go on to great success, customers like Casavedes took
chances with her raw stock and succeeded.
As president and CEO of From the heart Productions, between 1994 to 1998,
Carole produced over 100 television programs, including the popular cable
program, HealthStyles, where she interviewed some of the biggest names in
the industry including, Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Weil and Dr. Caroline Myss.
In 1992 Carole created the Roy W. Dean Grant Foundation in honor of her late
father. To date Carole's grant and mentorship programs have provided
filmmakers with millions of dollars in goods and services and have played an
instrumental role in establishing the careers of some of the industry's most
promising filmmakers. A sough-after international speaker, Carole is
currently touring the U. S. with her popular book, “The Art of Funding Your
Film: Alternative Financing Concepts” in the form of workshops.
From the Heart has given close to $2,000,000 in over 25 grants. Carole has
helped these documentarians to pursue their dreams from original donation of
raw stock, lights and camera to the current New York Film, LA Film and LA
Video grants valued at over $50,000.00 each and the new editing and writing
grants that take you to New Zealand.
Mood at WOMEN IN FILM-Seattle Workshop Electric
Seminar at Victory Studios
Electricity for Film and Video 101
(Photos by Bill Murray)
Women in Film-Seattle kicked off it’s 2005 Workshop Series by hosting ELECTRICITY FOR FILM AND VIDEO 101 with Master Electrician Jeffrey Gerson on Saturday, July 30, 2005, at Victory Studios in Seattle.
Jeff Gerson opened the 6 hour seminar with a tutorial of the fundamentals of electricity and finished with a hands on workshop on the specifics of electricity for film, television, video and stage sets. Workshop attendees left the class with new knowledge of watts, amps, phase, circuit breakers, conductors, generators, tying in vs. plugging in, stingers, boxes - the works!
Not just for gaffers, best boys and grips - this workshop was offered for all filmmakers, and attendees found themselves “empowered” and educated on what they can accomplish creatively for future projects and budgets.
Gerson's credits include:
Bumbershoot, Summer Nights at the Pier, Bite of Seattle, Folklife Festival, Burning Man, Teatro ZinZanni, Officer and a Gentleman, Assassins, Disclosure, Little Buddha, Diary of Ellen Rimbauer, Tootie Pie, and too many commercials to list. He is a member of IATSE 488.
Victory Studios and WIF-Seattle
Corporate Sponsorship Kick-Off Party and Facility Tour
Members and Press Invited to Celebrate New Partnership with Party and
Facilities Tour at Victory Studios
Please raise a glass with us as we celebrate this much anticipated
partnership, come find out for yourself what it means for WIF-Seattle
Members, and see what the Victory Studios really has to offer.
Tuesday July 19, 2005 7:00pm
The Victory Studios
2247 15th Avenue West, Seattle
www.victorystudios.com
Invitation only!
RSVP Required:
wifsea@drizzle.com
or 206-447-1537
Fusion, The 2005 Crystal + Lucy Awards; An Evening Celebrating Partnership
Actresses Fran Drescher, Jessica Lange, Kate Hudson, and Goldie Hawn turn out for Women In Film Celebrates The Crystal and Lucy Awards in Los Angeles, California.
June 10, 2005- Women In Film invited members nationwide to attend this year’s Crystal Award in Los Angeles. The honorees were: Sandra Bullock, Gesine Prado, Jamie Foxx, Jaime Rucker King, and Nina Shaw; the Lucy Award honorees were the actresses of Will & Grace, Debra Messing and Megan Mullally. Tami Reiker received the Kodak Vision Award for her notable achievements in Cinematography for her work on HBO’s Carnivale. Bruce Willis and Arnold Rifkin, partners in Cheyenne Enterprises Hostage, The Whole Ten Yards, Tears of the Sun, are Honorary Chairs.
WOMEN IN FILM-Seattle is hosted by
Modern Digital
on the First Stop in the
WIF-S “
Tour Your Local Production Facility”
Series
As the first stop in our "Tour Your Local Production Facilities" Series, WIF-S members visited and toured the Modern Digital facilities on May 10, 2005.
Rick, Stacy and the entire Modern Digital crew extended excellent hospitality to our membership when they opened their doors and hosted us for wine, cheese and an intimate look at their various departments in small groups - Telecine, Hi-Def, Graphics, Lustre and Editorial Departments were the favorites of those in attendance.
WOMEN IN FILM-Seattle Screens Nell Shipman Films
In Anticipation of the Return of the Nell Shipman Excellence in
Filmmaking Awards Fall 2005
Do You Know Nell?
Nell Shipman is a complete unknown to many - So, why does Women in Film-Seattle honor her legacy with an annual awards program?
In anticipation of Women in Film-Seattle's 2005 Nell Shipman Awards this fall, WIF-S screened three Nell Shipman silent films at the Capitol Hill Arts Center, on April 26.
Nell Shipman was a woman far ahead of her time - a remarkable figure from the early history of the Northwest motion picture industry who truly stood apart from her contemporaries. She was a stage and screen actress, writer, director, producer, stuntwoman and early proponent of location shooting. She produced her own independent films until the mid 1920's.
Her screenplays were produced by Selig, Universal and Vitagraph, where she was under contract. In Hollywood, between 1915 and 1918, while under contract to Vitagraph, Nell played the lead roles in a dozen feature films and also did her own stunt work. Unlike her contemporaries, Mary Pickford and Lillian Gish, who portrayed wispy, victimized characters, Nell was strong, well-built and usually ended up saving her man. She became known as “The Queen of the Dogsleds” - Two things you could usually find in her films were lots of animals and snow.
The screening was a rousing success and we look forward to introducing (or reintroducing) Nell to the Seattle Film Industry this fall!
WIF-S President Natalie Wallace, Special Events Chair Joy Saez, and the lovely Joan Allen. |
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AN AFTERNOON WITH JOAN ALLEN
The 2005 Seattle International Film Festival
Every once in a while, a unique opportunity comes along for an organization to be involved in something truly inspirational. This year’s Seattle International Film Festival offered WIF-S just such an opportunity while sponsoring “An Afternoon With Joan Allen” during the Women in Cinema portion of the festival at The Broadway Performance Hall on Sunday, May 22. |
Joan Allen’s illustrious career has spanned over 20 years, during which she has brought to life exceptional characters in films such as The Bourne Identity, The Crucible, Pleasantville, Off the Map, The Contender, Nixon, The Ice Storm and in the soon to be released Yes, which screened during SIFF this year.
During the talk hosted by KUOW’s Marcie Sillman, Allen discussed the roots of her career, which began back in Chicago, Illinois, as a member of The Steppenwolf Theater Company and encompassed talk of many of her roles over the past several years following a highlight reel of her various films. She was very real, down to earth and displayed a great sense of humor throughout the hour plus that she held the audience spellbound.
Following the event, her acting skills were showcased in the film Yes - Sally Potter’s highly stylized tome (the dialogue is spoken in verse) about a love affair between an American/Irish biologist and a Lebanese cook borne out of Potter’s response to the complex issues of race and politics in the post-9/11 world.
The event was well-attended and received high marks from the audience members who were fortunate enough to attend this unique and intimate affair with a true female film pioneer. WIF-S sends out a big thank you to Joan Allen with hopes of hosting her again in the not too distant future for another wonderful event. |
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Joan Allen and her baby, Nora. |
SIFF Loved WIF
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WIF-S board members Allison Williams, Virginia Bogert, Natalie Wallace, Sue Feil- Erwin and Joy Saez enjoy The SIFF Opening Night Gala, May 19, 2005.
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IN OUR ELEMENT
Women in Film-Seattle Honors Members
With Membership-Election Party
The swanky new club Element was charged with the luminous energy of Women in Film-Seattle's members on the evening of February 24, when WIF-S held an appreciation party for its members along with an election of the board of directors for the 2005-2006 term.
The complimentary wine and top shelf cocktails were flowing in the swanky Gatsby-esque white leather and marble "Heaven" VIP room as members came together in a gregarious showing of passion and vision for the organization's 2005 agenda.
Elected to the 2005-2006 Board of Directors were Natalie Wallace - President; Virginia Bogert - Vice President; Allison Williams - Secretary; Corene Kufta - Treasurer; Joy Saez - Special Events/Professional Development Committee Chair; Sue Feil-Erwin - Membership Committee Chair; Katie Herrick - Communications/Marketing Chair; and Charity Parenzini - Nell Shipman Awards Committee Chair.
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After announcement of the election results by WIF-S Secretary Allison Williams, each new board member who was present at the event took the floor to introduce themselves to the members and outline their plans for the year. Committee members were also solicited since the board is in need of the help of passionate WIF-S visionaries to facilitate organizational growth. |
| For Seattle's women film professionals, there is nothing like the energy and vision to be found in the presence of a group of like-minded individuals. The event was a raving success and greatly enjoyed by all in attendance. WIF-S is looking forward to hosting several more of these member appreciation events in the future. | |
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| WIF/S Special Events Committee Chair Joy Saez addresses the membership with WIF-S extensive event calendar for 2005 |
Seattle Producers Ball
Sponsored by Fuelled Productions
and Imagen Studios and Women in Film-Seattle
Saturday,
November 13, 2004
7PM - 12PM Midnight
Park Place Ltd.
Luxury, Sports and Special Interest Auto Salon
13710 Northup Way
Bellevue, WA 98005
Click here to view photos of the event.
The Seattle Producers Ball is an annual event bringing the entertainment and media communities together for one night under one roof. From producers, directors, agencies, talent, graphic artists, musicians, composers, and professionals in related fields, the Seattle Producers Ball offers sponsors a chance to communicate their brand message directly to those who need to hear it and a casual yet exciting atmosphere to showcase their products and services.
For more information, check out the website at: www.seattleproducersball.com
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