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Another film worth mentioning is Pow Wow Highway. This American film is directed by the same guy who produced Repo Man, but Pow Wow Highway is not as off the wall. Pow Wow Highway is a two-guys-in-a-car-going-somewhere type of film, except the two guys are Native American Indians, the car is a hunk of junk on wheels, and one guy is going to bail his sister out of jail while the other guy is going on a spiritual quest so he can become a warrior. The beauty and freshness of Pow Wow Highway comes from the fact that the Native Americans are never patronized or ridiculed by the director. The two main characters are quite complex and human. The film uses many typical American film conventions, like the car chase and the love story and the corrupt government bureauc- racy story, but somehow makes them look brand new. The story turns out a bit predictably, but because of the sensitivity that the director and the actors have paid to character development you can forgive the cliches. Promotionat‘buttons were given out in Montreal for this film, emblazoned with the phrase: “shit happens”. Now there’s truth in

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ECCAD FILMS AND VIDEOS TO GERMANY RX a a a

Emily Carr’s off to Germany. Films and Video from the past 5 years have been packaged up and shipped off to West Germany, where they will be screened at film schools in Braunschweig, Berlin and Munich.

Former ECCAD grads Tony Devenyi and Liz Murray share the credit for the program. Films were chosen to illustrate the diversity of style that is explored and expressed in the film, video and animation departments of Emily Carr. When the program returns in January of 1988, a special welcome home party and screening will be held. Plans are underway to present a selection of student films from Germany in the later part of 1988.

Animation Festival EE eS ea

Except for this schmuck who tells jokes and gets everyone chanting at the start of the show, it was well worth it to go.

There was some really good stuff-especially from Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Canada, and the U.S. Just magnificent to see what other countries are doing. It’s interesting how shitty computer anima- tion looks next to wonderfully hand-crafted draw- ings. You feel more in touch with a human at the end of the ideas and the characters are way fun- nier.

Fantastic, new ideas happen every year. One film was done entirely with typewritten ink letters, and another dealt with the subtleties of kissing. You'll see monsters turn into umbrellas, people having heart attacks, limbs breaking like glass, people eating other people’s faces off, and, then again two old folks meet and spend the rest of their

- lives together. It’s impossible to give you the experience, so make sure to see festivals of anima- tion whenever you get the chance.

Josh Wapp

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Emily Carr film, video and animation students swept the 20th annual BC Student Film and Video Festival that was held at Robson Square in June of 1988. Out of 18 post-secondary awards, Emily Carr students grabbed 11.

Lorna Boschman’s powerful piece, Our Normal Childhood was awarded best documen- tary. Liz Murray’s Dear Elizabeth and Amanda Forbis’ To Be Continued shared 2nd Place Documentary. Ed Carswell’s Everything Looks So Small picked up 3rd Place Documentary. All four productions were done at Emily Carr.

Bill Hornecker’s Valley of The Moon , made last year at Emily Carr,won 2nd Place in the Drama category. Kevin Hall of UBC was 1st Place- Drama for his slick production The Returning. Hall’s film also grabbed the Best Overall Film Award.

Val Nelson’s dance'video Cory,Cory won Best Performance Video. This video, a collabora- tion between Val Nelson and Jumpstart Dance Company was produced at Emily Carr.

Two ECCAD videos, David Sandford’s The Jimmy Beam Story and Jennifer Babcock’s and Tammy Basaraba’s A Woman’s Work Is Always Done, won 3rd Place and 2nd Place, respectively in the Experimental Category. Fran Titosky of SFU won Best Experimental with Jigsaw.

Emily Carr Animation picked 1st and 2nd Place with Ron Zorman’s Interplanetary Ele- mentary School and Tracy Lewis’ Uncanny.

The surprise of the evening was the award- ing of Most Promising Media Artist to Emily Carr’s David Vaisbord for his mini-epic film, The Voyage of Herkules.

Plans are underway to have a special screening of these award winning films in the near future.

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The 19th Annual Canadian Student Film Festival was held in Montreal from August 27th to the 31st. 67 films were selected from post secon- dary institutions from across Canada. 11 videos were also shown, though video was a non-competi- tive event.

Concordia University of Montreal dominated the event with 25 films in competition. The Emily Carr College of Art and Design had the second highest number of entries with 8 films and 4 videos. The University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University each had 4 films entered in competition.

British Columbian student filmmakers, and especially film students from Emily Carr, had a very prominent presence in Montreal. Bill Hor- necker from Emily Carr and Kevin Hall of UBC were instrumental in organizing a round table discussion of student filmmakers from the West and East coasts. David Vaisbord, Ann Marie Fleming and Bill Hornecker, all from Emily Carr and Kevin Hall of UBC represented the West Coast. The roundtable discussion, entitled “ I’m Almost Famous “ was televised on TeleFestival, the television component of the Montreal World Film Festival. A video of “I’m Almost Famous” is in the archives of the media department of Emily Carr College of Art and Design.

Films entered in competition from Emily Carr were:

Dear Elizabeth by Liz Murray

King, Queen, Knave by Val.Nelson

The Man and The Moon and To Be Con- tinued by Amanda Forbis

Uncanny by Tracy Lewis

Valley of the Moon by Bill Hornecker

The Voyage of Herkules by David Vaisbord Waving by Ann Marie Fleming

Videos entered from Emily Carr were:

Artropolis by David Vaisbord and Tony Devenyi

Cory, Cory by Val Nelson

Five Women by Liz Murray

Sammy, Sammy: Place in the Woods by Kim Blain

Bill Hornecker won an honourable mention in the fiction film category for his futuristic, 20 minute Valley of The Moon. Ann Marie Fleming won an honourable mention in the experimental category for her beautiful tribute to the memory of her grandmother, Waving.

A Concordia grad, Arto Paragamian, won the Norman McLaren Award for his witty and humour- ous film, Across The Street._ This was the second year in the row that Paragamian has grabbed the $1000 award for best overall film .

Another Concordia student, Andre Turpin shared best fiction film with Rick Ash of the University of Regina. Turpin’s film Comme Hier Matin ( Like Yesterday Morning ) was shot on 35mm film as opposed to the standard student format of 16mm. Rick Ash’s film, All in Passing, presented us humour, pain, emotional intensities and a sincere portrait of two women who meet on a highway.

Best Experimental Film was a derivative piece about South Africa from two Queen’s Univer- sity students. These two students, Alexander Bak and Paul Keitner, along with Gerald Mackenzie, also shared Best Documentary with Simon Goulet of Concordia. The three Queen’s University student’s documentary, Not Not had 3 young South Africans (1 Black, 2 Whites) telling us about growing up with Aparthied. Simon Goulet’s Nivis was a poetic piece about snow removal in Montreal.

Best Animation was Doctor Inc. by Chris- tian L’Ecuyer of Concordia. It was a claymation short about privatized medicine.

Plans are underway to bring the winning films of the 19th Annual Canadian Student Film Festival to Vancouver in the New Year.

Mike Smart

ECCAD AT VIFF Eee

Besides seeing films from around the world at this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival, filmgoers can enjoy six short films that were made by Emily Carr students last year.Each film will be shown on two occasions as shorts before various Film Festival features, so check the festival guide.

Credit for getting these films into the Vancou- ver International Film Festival goes to Sylvia Lisitza of Canadian Film Distribution West for her relentless and persistent work on behalf of local filmmakers.

Date Time Title Director Venue

Oct.4 9:00 p.m. Bach’s Pig Amanda Forbis The Hollywood Oct.7 7:00 p.m. “ = The Ridge

Oct.3 4:30 p.m. Dear Elizabeth Liz Murray Pacific Cinemateque Oct.10 7:00 p.m. “ £ The Ridge

Oct.14 9:30 p.m. King, Queen, Knave Valerie Nelson Van. East Cinema Oct.15 2:00 p.m. * £ The Ridge

Sept. 30 9:30 p.m. Frames of Mind Tony Devenyi Van. East Cinema Oct.1 4:30p.m. * s The Hollywood Oct.6 7:00 p.m. Hurry upandWait Michael Smart Pacific Cinemateque Oct.8 10:00 a.m.“ f aes z f

Oct.13 7:00 p.m. The Widower Kevin McBride The Ridge

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Another film worth mentioning is Pow Wow Highway. This American film is directed by the ‘same guy who produced Repo Man, but Pow Wow Highway is not as off the wall. Pow Wow Highway is a two-guys.in-a-car-going-somewhere type of film, exeopt the two guys are Native American Indians, the car is a hunk of junk on wheels, and ‘one guy is going to bail his sister out of jail while the other guy is going on a spiritual quest so he ean become a warrior. ‘The beauty and freshness of Pow Wow Highway comes from the fact that the Native Americans are never patronized or ridiculed by the director. The two main characters are quite complex and human. The film uses many typical ‘American film conventions, like the car chase and the love story and the corrupt government bureauc- racy story, but somehow makes them look brand new. ‘The story turns out a bit predictably, but because of the sensitivity that the director and the actors have paid to character development you can, forgive the cliches. Promotional buttons were given out in Montreal for this film, emblazoned with the phrase: “shit happens”. Now there’ truth in

biverising. : Mike Smart

ECCAD FILMS AND VIDEOS TO GERMANY aaa)

Emily Carrs off to Germany. Films and ‘Video from the past 5 years have been packaged up ‘and shipped off to West Germany, where they will bbe sereened at film schools in Braunschweig, Berlin ‘and Munich.

Former ECCAD grads Tony Devenyi and Liz, ‘Murray share the credit for the program. Films ‘were chosen to illustrate the diversity of style that is explored and expressed in the film, video and ‘animation departments of Emily Carr. When the program returns in January of 1988, a special welcome home party and sereening will be held, Plans are underway to present a selection of student films from Germany in the later part of| 1088.

Animation Festival Leen eo

Except for this schmuck who tela jokes and gets everyone chanting at the start ofthe show, it was well worth it to go.

‘There was some really good stuff-especially from Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Canada, and the US. ‘Just magnificent to see what other countries are Going. I’ interesting how shitty computer anima. tion looks next to wonderfully hand-crafted draw- ings. You feel more in touch with a human at the ‘end of the ideas and the characters are way fun-

Fantastic, new ideas happen every year. One {film was done entirely with typewritten ink letters, ‘and another dealt with the subtleties of kissing. ‘You'l see monsters turn into umbrellas, people having heart attacks, limbs breaking like glass,

‘people eating other people's faces off, and, then ‘again two old folke meet and spend the rest of their lives together. I's impossible to give you the ‘experience, so make sure to see festivals of anima- tion whenever you get the chance.

Josh Wapp

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Emily Carr film, video and animation, students swept the 20th annual BC Student Film and Video Festival that was held at Robson Square {in June of 1988. Out of 18 post-secondary awards, Emily Carr students grabbed 11.

Loma Boschman’s powerful piece, Our ‘Normal Childhood was awarded best documen- tary. Liz Murray’s Dear Elizabeth and Amanda Forbis’ To Be Continued shared 2nd Place Documentary. Ed Carswell’s Everything Looks So Small picked up 3rd Place Documentary. All {four productions were done at Emily Carr.

Bill Hornecker’s Valley of The Moon , ‘made last year at Emily Carr,won 2nd Place in the Drama category. Kevin Hall of UBC was Ist Place- Drama for his slick production The Returning. Hall’ film also grabbed the Best Overall Film Award.

‘Val Nelson's dance video Cory,Cory won, ‘Best Performance Video. This video, a collabora- tion between Val Nelson and Jumpstart Dance ‘Company was produced at Emily Carr.

‘Two ECCAD videos, David Sandford’s The ‘Jimmy Beam Story and Jennifer Babcock’s and ‘Tammy Basaraba’s A Woman's Work Is Alway Done, won Srd Place and 2nd Place, respectively in ‘the Experimental Category. Fran Titosky of SFU ‘won Best Experimental with Jigsaw.

Emily Carr Animation picked 1st and 2nd Place with Ron Zorman’s Interplanetary Ele- ‘mentary School and Tracy Lewis! Uncanny.

‘The surprise of the evening was the award- {ng of Most Promising Media Artist to Emily Carr's David Vaisbord for his mini-epic film, The Voyage of Herkules.

Plans are underway to have a special screening of these award winning films in the near future.

rapidly followed by C.S.FF. ear’

‘The 19th Annual Canadian Student Film Festival was held in Montreal from August 27th to the Slat. 67 films were selected from post secon- dary institutions from across Canada, 11 videos ‘were also shown, though video was a non-competi tive event.

Concordia University of Montreal dominated ‘the event with 25 films in competition. The Emily, (Carr College of Art and Design had the second Jhighest number of entries with 8 films and 4 Videos. The University of British Columbia and ‘Simon Fraser University each had 4 films entered in competition.

British Columbian student filmmakers, and especialy film students from Emily Carr, had a vvery prominent presence in Montreal. Bill Hor- necker from Emily Carr and Kevin Hall of UBC were instrumental in organizing a round table discussion of student filmmakers from the West and East coasts. David Vaisbord, Ann Marie Fleming and Bill Hornecker, all from Emily Carr and Kevin Hall of UBC represented the West Coast. The roundtable discussion, entitled * I'm Almost Famous “ was talevised on TeleFestival, the television component of the Montreal World Film Festival. A video of ‘Tm Almost Famous" in the archives ofthe media department of Emily Carr College of Art and Design.

‘Films entered in competition from Emily Carr

Dear Elizabeth by Liz Murray

‘King, Queen, Knave by Val Nelson

‘The Man and The Moon and To Be Con-

tinued by Amanda Forbis

Uncanny by Tracy Lewis Valley of the Moon by Bill Hornecker

‘The Voyage of Herkules by David Vaishord Waving by Ann Marie Fleming

Videos entered from Emily Carr were:

Artropolis by David Vs Devenyi

Cory, Cory by Val Nelson Five Women by Liz Murray

‘Sammy, Sammy: Place in the Woods by Kim Blain

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Bill Hornecker won an honourable mention in the fetion film category for hs futuristic, 20 minute Valley of The Moon. Ann Marie Fleming ‘won an honourable mention inthe experimental category for her beautifal tribute to the memory of her grandmother, Waving.

‘A Concordia grad, Arto Paragamian, won the Norman McLaren Award for is witty and humour- ‘us film, Aeross The Street, This was the second year in the row that Paragamian has grabbed the $1000 award for best overall lm -

‘Another Concordia student, Andre Turpin shared best feton film with Rick Ash ofthe University of Regina. Turpn's film Comme Hier Matin (Like Yesterday Morning ) was shot on ‘35mm film as opposed to the standard student format of 16mm. Rick Ash's film, All in Passing, presented us humour, pain, emotional intensities and a sincere portrait of two women who meet on a highway.

Best Experimental Film was a derivative piece about South Aftia from two Queen's Univer- sity students. These two students, Alexander Bak and Paul Keitner, along with Gerald Mackenzie, also shared Best Documentary with Simon Goulet of Concordia . The three Queen's University student’s documentary, Not Not had 8 young. South Africans (Black, 2 Whites) telling us about growing up with Aparthied. Simon Goulets Nivis ‘was a poste piece about snow removal in Montreal

Best Animation was Doctor Ine. by Chris- tian LBeuyer of Concordia. Tt was a claymation short about privatized medicine.

Plans are underway to bring the winning films ofthe 19th Annual Canadian Student Film Festival to Vancouver in the New Year

Mike Smart

ECCAD AT VIFF fel

Besides seeing films from around the world at this year's Vancouver International Film Festival, filmgoers can enjoy six short films that were made by Emily Carr students last year Each film will be shown on two occasions as shorts before various Film Festival features, so check the festival guide.

Credit for getting these films into the Vancou- ver International Film Festival goes to Sylvia Lisitza of Canadian Film Distribution West for her relentless and persistent work on behalf of local filmmakers.

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