Festival Workshops 2021
Accessing the Canadian Film IndustryDate: May 29, 2021
Time: 1PM - 4PM EST Venue: Via Zoom Instructor: Lana Lovell Director, The Incomparable Jackie Richardson (2008) Fee: $35 Description: A primer workshop for creatives interested in accessing the Canadian film industry and making their first film. The workshop will cover a basic introduction of filmmaking, including a look at production resources in Canada, development, the production process and post-production.
Registration required, space limited. Open to Canadian and international participants. Sponsored by: Trinity Square Video About the instructor: Lana Lovell came off a six-year hiatus with a surge of work. In 2017, she wrote the play "Elbow Room," which went into pre-development in 2018 with Toronto’s Obsidian Theatre and was produced at Fringe 2019. Then she wrote the short play "The First 100 Years of Sophia Pooley" for Fringe 2020, during COVID-19 she began developing her play into a full-length production.
During Lana's artistic hiatus, she worked as a freelance Associate Producer on George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight at the CBC. Currently, she's developing two documentaries including "Taking Space," after a very difficult experience in 2010 as the director of "Resilience: Stories of Single Black Mothers," a film that countered stereotypes of black mothers with complex and richly detailed portraits of real women. Before that, Lana was commissioned by Omni Television for the project. She directed the documentary "The Incomparable Jackie Richards" (2008), which explored the life and times of cabaret artist, theatre and film actor, performer Jackie Richardson, broadcasted on Bravo Television for 5 years. Lana’s first music content documentary, "Underground," screened at Toronto’s Hot Docs Film Festival (2006) won praise for capturing the complex central character’s, Coco Brown, life and artistry. "Into the Heart of Africa" (1996), the first film Lana directed was about the protest during the contentious exhibit, of the same name, at the Royal Ontario Museum. Lana lives and works in Toronto, Canada. |
Producing Masterclass
Description: This workshop is suited for emerging producers, those who are trying to elevate their practice to produce low-budget, festival worthy short films and features. Learn everything you need - and what it takes - to produce low-budget, independent films.
Registration required, space limited. Open to Canadian and international participants. About the instructor: Named one of Variety's 10 Producers to Watch in 2018, Dina Emam is an Egyptian-American film producer and educator working between New York and Cairo. Her first feature, Yomeddine, had its world premiere at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival in the Main Competition, and was Egypt’s submission for the 91st Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
In addition to producing, she teaches filmmaking/producing workshops and masterclasses for aspiring filmmakers in the MENA region. Prior to becoming a film producer, Emam worked in television market research and production management at MTV Networks in New York City. Emam holds a BS from New York University's Stern School of Business in Marketing and International Business and an MFA in Creative Producing from Columbia University's School of the Arts. She has previously served as an AmeriCorps volunteer. |
