December 6
Screening
WTC UNCUT
Harvard Film Archive
This innovative documentary consists of a single, uncut shot of the World Trade
Center, captured from an office window in real time, under siege on the morning of
September 11. To this raw document, the makers have matched a complex sound track of
radio and television commentary culled from nearly a year of public discussion. The
resulting work, which premiered at several museums this past September, serves as an
intricate timeline of the attack, the immediate reactions of a stunned nation, and the
gradual sorting out of implications and responses. WTC Uncut is invaluable for its
clear-eyed-perhaps unrelenting-and horrifically beautiful view of an unimaginable act
of destruction, and for its sensitive exploration of the complex human reaction that
followed. Directors Bryan Kortis and Steven Mudrick will be present at the screening.
Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
December 7
Class
AUDITIONING FOR MEDIA AND BROADCAST
Boston Casting
Work with 17 year veteran casting director Angela Peri in a 6 week course
covering the essential techniques of auditioning for both on camera and voiceover
work. This course will cover auditioning for commercials, industrials, film and
voiceovers in a real sound studio. 129 Braintree Street, Suite 107, Boston, MA 02134,
617-254-1001
December 11
Class
FIELD SOUND
Boston Film/ Video Foundation
A crucial element of a good film is sound. This course will explore all current
analog and digital field equipment. You will learn what microphone to use and under
what conditions to use it. You will also become familiar with sound mixing and
post-production applications. By the course's end you will be fully capable of
evaluating all your sound needs on future shoots. 119 Braintree Street, Suite 104,
Boston, MA 02134, 617-783-9241, info@bfvf.org,
www.bfvf.org
December 12
Screening
YO! GOD! OR THE RAW FOOTAGE OF SALVATION
Coolidge Corner Theatre
An unexpurgated collection of wacky clips from the circus fantastic that is
American Religious Broadcasting! Follow the fervor with Christian Kiddie Show Pirates;
Science Fiction a'la the 700 Club; Hellfire Hair-Dresser-Preachers; Bibleman,
Christian Superhero; the kiddie cowboy show "Yo! God!" and of course, the End of the
World! Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA. 617-734-2500,
www.coolidge.org
December 14
Screening
CALIFORNIA TRILOGY: EL VALLEY CENTRO, LOS, AND SOGOBI
Harvard Film Archive
Director James Benning will be present at the screening. Documentary filmmaker
James Benning describes El Valley Centro as a "portrait film." The subject is
California's Central Valley, featured in 35 locations, each shown for 150 seconds. The
film's format recalls early non-narrative cinema of the late nineteenth and early
twentieth centuries, in which film was used to capture life as it passed before the
camera's eye. Benning's uniform structure enables the viewer to contemplate each image
in depth, and allows for that contemplation to change over the time the image is
absorbed. Rhythmically tranquil and penetratingly persistent, Benning's film is a
stunning portrait of the "political geography" of California. Harvard Film Archive,
Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts, 24 Quincy Street, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
December 23
Screening
TAKE IT FROM ME
Coolidge Corner Theatre
Director Rachel Clift will be present at the screening as part of the BF/VF Meet
the Director program. This 40-minute documentary follows the creative process for
three Boston-based women artists - painter and mixed media artist Chandra Dieppa
Ortiz, dancer and choreographer Aparna Sindhoor, and emerging pop/folk star Jess
Klein. Colorful, rhythmic, and unique in its presentation, it explores how art can be
both a liberating form of personal expression as well as an important force for social
change. Coolidge Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA. 617-734-2500,
www.coolidge.org
December 25
Event
KLEZMER ORCHESTRA: KLEZMER PARTY
Coolidge Corner Theatre
Boston's most enduring holiday tradition returns to the Coolidge for its 9th
year. Fun-filled family entertainment will feature their holiday classic, the "Klezmer
Nutcracker" as well as the rollicking good-time music of the itinerant Jewish
troubadours of Eastern Europe. The ultimate holiday concert celebration! Coolidge
Corner Theatre, 290 Harvard Street, Brookline, MA. 617-734-2500, www.coolidge.org
January 3
Screening
SEX AND LUCIA
Museum of Fine Arts
This fabulously creative and very sexy film was a huge hit across the
country this past year. But, here in Boston, the film came and went faster than
a summer heat wave. A young Madrid waitress, devastated by the loss of her writer
boyfriend Lorenzo, flees to a beautiful island paradise. There she meets two people
who, unbeknownst to them, also have a connection to Lorenzo. Sex and Lucia proves yet
again that Julio Medem is one of the leading figures in contemporary Spanish cinema.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Avenue of the Arts, 465 Huntington Avenue, Boston,
Massachusetts 02115. www.mfa.org/film
January 10
Class
WRITING THE SHORT FILM
Boston Film/ Video Foundation
This course is both a concise introduction to the art of screenwriting and an
opportunity to write a short film or complete an existing project. It will focus on
writing low budget and no budget films that combine original characters, inventive
visuals and great endings, and which can be shot either in BFVF's film courses or
independently with minimal equipment. You will gain an understanding of the principles
and structure of screenwriting, cultivate creative vision, build up technical and
critical skills, and develop a treatment and draft of a short script. 119 Braintree
Street, Suite 104, Boston, MA 02134, 617-783-9241, info@bfvf.org, www.bfvf.org
January 10
Call for Entries
WOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO/NEW ENGLAND 2003 SCREENPLAY COMPETITION
Open to all new and current WIFV/NE members, the three finalists win FREE
admission to Hollywood lecturer and screenplay consultant Michael Hauge's
Screenwriting For
Hollywood workshop to be held in Boston on May 31 & Jun 1, 2003. The first place
winner also receives a one-hour consultation with Mr. Hauge.
Please note: both males and females are welcome to join WIFV/NE and
enter the contest! www.wifvne.org
January 10
Screening
ETOILES: DANCERS OF THE PARIS OPERA BALLET
Museum of Fine Arts
Nils Tavernier (son of Bertrand)
Shot this articulate backstage look at the competitive world of ballet at the
Paris Ballet's highly regarded corps de ballet. As the camera zooms in for close-ups
of sweating bodies and rows of pointed feet in ballet slippers, it compiles a
scrapbook that offers an insider's backstage view of the unglamorous aspects of the
profession and its uncertainties. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Avenue of the Arts, 465
Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. www.mfa.org/film
January 16
Class
INTRO TO 16MM PRODUCTION BFVF
Boston Film/ Video Foundation
This lecture/demonstration course will take you from film stocks through t-stops
to editing. It will explore the mechanics and physics of filmmaking. You will leave
this course with a basic understanding of the concepts and principles used in
professional cinematography, including image composition, lenses, and the aesthetics
of film processing. 119 Braintree Street, Suite 104, Boston, MA 02134, 617-783-9241,
info@bfvf.org, www.bfvf.org
January 27
Class
LIGHTING
Boston Film/ Video Foundation
How do you create mood? What is the source of light? What are the intensity,
direction and quality of the light? How can continuity of light quality be maintained
from one shot to the next? In this course you will learn valuable "tricks of the
trade" from a seasoned professional. 119 Braintree Street, Suite 104, Boston, MA
02134, 617-783-9241, info@bfvf.org, www.bfvf.org
February 13
Film Festival
THE DIRECTOR'S VIEW FILM FESTIVAL
Stamford, CT
The Director's View Film Festival was founded to salute the role of the director
in filmmaking. The festival is unique in that it celebrates a master of the medium
(director Arthur Penn will receive the 2003 Joseph L. Mankiewicz Excellence in
Filmmaking Award) at the same time it hosts screenings and competitions in independent
narrative, documentary and student films. This allows all levels to meet and interact
with one another, learning and sharing the filmmaking experience with fellow
filmmakers and the public in a relaxed and welcoming environment. Seminars and
lectures with filmmakers and industry leaders are offered throughout the festival's
five days, as are cocktail receptions and opening and closing night galas. This year
the festival will also bestow it's first honorary award for Excellence in Documentary
Filmmaking to a legendary documentary filmmaker, followed by a panel discussion and
reception.
info@thedirectorsview.com,
www.dvff.org
February 15
Call for Entries
Boston Gay and Lesbian Film/ Video Festival
The Boston Gay and Lesbian Film/ Video Festival is now accepting work for the
next Festival to be held in May 1-19, 2003 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. For the
past decade the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston has been dedicated to bringing the finest
collection of new comedies, dramas, documentaries, and short films to the Boston/New
England Gay/Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender community. Museum of Fine Arts, 465
Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02115,617-369-3305, gaylezfest@yahoo.com, www.mfa.org
February 15
Call For Entries
BOSTON UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL
Now in its fifth year, the Boston Underground Film Festival (BUFF) presents an
unparalleled collection of independent films for independent minds, from short,
experimental films to features and documentaries. 441 Washington Street, Suite 2,
Brookline, MA. 02446, 617-975-3361, www.bostonundergroundfilmfestival.com