NB FILM CO-OP SWFF SCREENING TOUR HITS THE ROAD AGAIN!

Sackville, NB

PROGRAMME Pretty Birds (Tara Wells – 2012) 2min Animation Short

animation by Tara Wells inspired by the song of the same name by Fred Squire.

The Art of Decay (Jillian Acreman – 2012) 7min Drama

The Art of Decay explores the tragedy of the body aging faster then the soul.

Hypothermia (Jon Dewar – 2014) 9min Drama

Set to the backdrop of winter, the story follows Harper and Verity as they reflect on their relationship while trying to find each other in a snowy forest.

zack & luc (R.W. Gray – 2014) 14min Drama

Two young men fall in and out of love, dual screen style.

Pop (Ryan O’Toole – 2014) 11min Drama

A singer on the verge of “making it” suffers an identity crisis when she and her younger brother, the front man of an acclamed punk group, visit their hometown.

Tracing Blood (Lisa Jodoin – 2014) 5min Drama

A mixed-blood woman struggling to deal with living a life disconnected from her Innu culture and heritage falls asleep and goes on a surreal journey.

Canfield Creek (Linda Rae Dornan – 2010) 5min Docu

A documentary featuring Emile Gauteau, a Metis Elder and Storyteller, who has been re-spiritualizing some protected land near Pugwash, Nova Scotia for the past twenty years.

Honore ton Erreur comme une intention cachée (Emmanuel Albert, Annie France – 2014) 7min Drama

A young man who has never experienced strife or obstacles strives to reach a state of distress.

Sing, Muse! (Chris Fulton – 2011) 12min Drama
Uncouth, layabout Moe has a sweet gig as a live-in muse for pulp crime novelist Victoria. But when Moe meets Tali, a zombie-flick scribe, will his sense of duty to inspire those in need win out, or will the allure of free lodgings and premium cable prove too much?

3 Shorts (Peter de Niverville – 2011) 2min Animation

In the spirit of the one-panel gag cartoon, three short animations that reflect on the absurdity of modren life.

Please join us for a reception after the programme today, where Co-op staff and filmmakers will be in attendance. Special Thanks Struts Gall Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre Rebekah Chassé, Department of Tourism, Heritage & Department of Tourism, Heritage & Culture, Province of New Brunswick

Outside the Box: New Brunswick Film Tour: A selection of outstanding films screened at the Silver Wave Film Festival

Origin of the Silver Wave Film Festival

Due to a lack of exhibition opportunities for local media artists to showcase their work, the New Brunswick Filmmakersʼ Co-op launched a provincial film screening event in 2001 called the Silver Wave Film Festival. The initiative received universal acclaim from participants delighted at the audience engagement with their work and the collegial nature of the gathering of filmmakers from around the province.

Call for Submissions process

The programming for the festival takes place in several phases. A call for submissions is sent out 8 months prior to the event. In addition to the submitted films, programmers also invite films to be part of the festival. The mission of the festival is to showcase the best New Brunswick films, and at least 50% of the films screened each year are produced within the province. Although it might be more advantageous to invite celebrated films from away and build an audience from films that already “sell themselves”, the Silver Wave takes pride in celebrating our own local stars, and nurturing a culture of “local films first”. This strategy has taken hold, as the most popular films at the festival are not the films from away, but rather the locally made works. The programming for the past few Silver Wave Film Festivals has included a diverse selection of films from across the Province including short dramas, comedies, documentaries, animations and experimental films.

Film Tour Project

Outside the Box is a provincial film tour comprised of the best films screened at the Silver Wave Film Festival over the past 5 years. The tour has been made possible by a grant from the Province of New Brunswickʼs Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture and through the generous support of local sponsors in the communities hosting these screenings with us.

New Brunswick Filmmakersʼ Co-op

Besides undertaking the annual Silver Wave Film Festival, the Film Co-op is also involved in many other filmic activities. It offers film-training workshops in Fredericton, Saint John and Moncton. It houses a full range of professional filmmaking equipment available to its membership base, which spans the entire province. It carries out several production programs including a 48 hour film competition and provides cash grants and equipment deferrals to projects year-round. Based in Fredericton, the Co-op is eager to help emerging and established filmmakers produce locally-based films, and see the development of thriving communities in all corners of the province.