The 11th annual Regent Park Film Festival starts November 13 – 16, 2013 with “free screenings, panel discussions, installations and performances that reflect the diverse perspectives and experiences of the Regent Park community and inner-city neighbourhoods all over the world.” The Festival has also created a workshop series this year, called “Behind the Scene,” the following are brief descriptions of the workshops being offered. Please visit http://regentparkfilmfestival.com/program/behind-the-scene-workshop-series/ for full details and to register!:
“Behind the Scene: Workshop Series
Video Production: Shaping your own enterprise
Friday November 15th, 9:30am – 11:30 am
In this workshop, UforChange’s Social Enterprise Lead, Tony Del Rio and Executive Director, Chalo Barrueta will be speaking about the entrepreneurial and project management aspects of video production. The workshop focuses on best approaches to engaging clients; how to set up goals and objectives with a clearly defined framework, and how to monitor and control tasks of the various stages of filming until the video is released.
Connecting Community: Community-based media practices
Friday November 15th, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Multi-disciplinary artists Vanessa Dion Fletcher and Nathan Adler will discuss and provide examples of alternative and collaborative models of filmmaking and storytelling that actively engage, privilege and place communities at the centre of the media production process. This is a good discussion for emerging filmmakers who seek to make projects that tell stories from their community.
A Spoken Word Workshop
Friday November 15th, 4:30 pm
This introductory spoken word workshop for youth will emphasize group participation, storytelling, and positive resistance & activism. Led by Nathaniel Marshall, the star of the award-winning documentary Louder Than A Bomb, with assistance form Regent Park’s own young poet Mustafa Ahmed, this workshop is for teens interested in performing and learning more about spoken word and sound poetry.
How to register for workshops: Visit www.regentparkfilmfestival.com and click on workshop registration to register for these workshops. Space is limited. All workshops at the Regent Park Film Festival are free-of-charge.”
Other highlights:
Regent Park Voices: Festival Workshop Presentation
Saturday November 16, 2013 @ 12:30 pm
Each year, the Regent Park Film Festival workshop screening highlights youth within our community telling stories through film and video. This year, we present three films produced in the community by Young Street Mission’s YUVA group (Youth United in Visionary Action) and the Regent Park Film Festival, Toronto Boys and Girls Club’s arts program The Movement, and the Luminato Festival’s Education and Outreach Program.”
Film: Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes
presented by The Regent Park Film Festival and co-presented by ArtHeart Community Art Centre
Saturday November 16th at 9:30 AM
“On Saturday, come join the Regent Park Film Festival for a delicious breakfast and presentation of the animated movie Wapos Bay: Long Goodbyes, that follows the ongoing family friendly adventures of siblings Talon and Raven. All festival programming, including the breakfast, is free of cost. The Regent Park Film Festival gives special thanks to the Christian Resource Centre for providing the delicious breakfast! This film is co-presented by the ArtHeart Community Art Centre, CRC and Toronto Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club.”
We have only highlighted a small portion of the festival, so please visit www.regentparkfilmfestival.com for much more information!
-from Regent Park Film Festival program book, media room & ArtHeart event listing
Read Regent Park Film Festival’s profile in our Community-Engaged Arts Directory and Map
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