New Hampshire Film Industry Roundtable set for May 19 -- Special Evening Edition

The next New Hampshire Film Industry Roundtable, presented by the New Hampshire Film and Television Office, will take place on Tuesday, May 19, 2009 at 5 p.m. at the State Library, 20 Park Street in Concord.

Members of New Hampshire's film industry, from student filmmakers to seasoned professionals, are invited to attend this networking event and get a first-hand update from the Film and Television Office as well as participate in topical discussion related to film and television production in the state.

Our roundtable discussions are normally held as a lunch-hour event. However, we've heard from a number of our industry members who have been unable to attend during the day. We hope that this early evening event will be an opportunity for more of you to join in on the conversation.

If you plan on attending, please RSVP by Monday, May 18 via e-mail at film@nh.gov or by calling (603) 271-2220.

As our meeting is being held during dinner hours, we encourage you take advantage of the restaurants in downtown Concord either before or after the event, all within walking distance of the State Library. A list of dining establishments along Main Street can be found here.

New Hampshire Film Office to present High School Short Film Festival on May 16

High school filmmakers from around the state will once again showcase their works on the silver screen this May when the New Hampshire Film and Television Office presents its second annual New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival. New Hampshire Technical Institute’s Sweeney Hall Auditorium in Concord will again set the stage for the afternoon screening on Saturday, May 16, 2009, beginning at noon.

Thirty short films, from documentaries and dramas to comedies and experimental pieces, are slated to screen throughout the afternoon. Five films will be selected as award winners and shown before public audiences at this year’s New Hampshire Film Festival in Portsmouth and the Somewhat North of Boston Film Festival in Concord.

“The Festival gives high school students the opportunity to take their media projects out of the classroom setting and put them before a larger, public audience,” says Matthew Newton, director of the New Hampshire Film and Television Office and co-founder of the Short Film Festival. “The participating students also enjoy having the chance to watch each other’s work and network with filmmakers from different parts of the state.”

While the films themselves did not have to be part of a school project, in order to be eligible to compete, the filmmakers needed to currently be enrolled at a New Hampshire public or private high school (grades 9-12).

The Festival is free and open to the public. Information on the New Hampshire High School Short Film Festival and this year’s films can be found online at www.nhstudentfilm.com.

"Tricks of a Woman" to have North American premiere at Boston International Film Festival

Tricks of a Woman, a new independent film directed by New Hampshire-based filmmaker Todd Norwood, will have its North American premiere this evening (April 22) at 8 p.m. at the AMC/Loews Boston Common as part of the 7th Annual Boston International Film Festival.

Tricks of a Woman is a Pygmalion-like story that explores the contrast between the world of high fashion modeling and that of the day-to-day routine of a normal New England fishing milieu. It is a story of a woman who goes from an ugly duckling to a beautiful swan. Tricks of a Woman had its World Premiere on December 4, 2008, at the Monaco International Film Festival, where it won the festival's top award as Best Film. The film stars Scott Elrod (Men in Trees) and newcomer Elika Portnoy alongside Vincent Pastore (The Sopranos), Natasha Lyonne (American Pie, Slums of Beverly Hills), Carlos Leon (Oz, Law and Order) and Jordan Carlos (The Colbert Report).

More information on the film and the festival can be found here.

48 Hour Film Project comes to New Hampshire

For the first time, New Hampshire will be the host to a local 48-Hour Film Project.

Now in its ninth year, the 48 Hour Film Project is the ultimate filmmaking challenge. Making a film isn't so hard, is it? Here's the catch—you've got to do it all (and we mean all) in just 48 hours!

The N.H. competition will take place from Friday, June 12 through Sunday, June 14. A screening of all the entries will take place the following week, and a panel of judges will choose the top entry to be sent to the international competition.

On Friday night, teams will meet to get a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre, all to include in their movie. 48 hours later, the movie must be complete. Participants are responsible for putting together their own cast and crew, and getting equipment and anything else they need to make a film/video.

Registration for the New Hampshire competition will open on Tuesday, April 21. Each team must pay a $125 registration fee, which goes directly to the national organization to pay for staff and website maintenance. Teams will be admitted on a first come, first served basis. Visit www.48hourfilm.com/newhampshire to register.

In 2008, some 30,000 filmmakers made films in 70 cities. This year, we're even bigger, with filmmakers around the world taking the challenge to make a film in just 48 hours.

The 48 Hour Film Project's mission is to advance filmmaking and promote filmmakers. Through its festival/competition, the Project encourages filmmakers and would-be filmmakers to get out there and make movies. The tight deadline of 48 hours puts the focus squarely on the filmmakers—emphasizing creativity and teamwork skills. While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on "doing" instead of "talking."

For more information about participating, contact Chris Proulx at NewHampshire@48hourfilm.com or 603.540.2381.

We're on Twitter! Come follow us!

Yup. The New Hampshire Film & Television Office is on Twitter! Come check us out!

http://www.twitter.com/nhfilmoffice

Keene State College Student Film Festival to be held on May 2

The Keene State College Film Studies Program will be showcasing works from student filmmakers in their annual end-of-year festival, Saturday, May 2 beginning at 12 p.m. in the Mable Brown Room of the Lloyd P. Young Student Center on the campus of Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire. The festival will feature films from all production levels of the program and typically runs throughout the entire afternoon, sometimes wrapping up around 6 p.m. or so. The festival is free and open to the public.

Information on the Keene State College Film Studies Program can be found here:
http://www.keene.edu/programs/film/

Film students create documentary on Ioka theater

Film student Kyle Glowacky is putting together a documentary about the Ioka Theater in Exeter. Here's a link to a story about the film that appeared yesterday on SeacoastOnline.com:

Click here for the story.

"Shooting Beauty" to have New England premiere on April 26

The New England premiere of the documentary Shooting Beauty, by New Hampshire filmmaker George Kachadorian and photographer Courtney Bent will take place on Sunday, April 26 at 7:45 p.m. at the Somerville Theatre in Somerville, MA. There will also be a performance by Faith Soloway and Eric Schmider (who are featured on the film's soundtrack) following the screening.

For ticket information, click here.
For more information on the film, visit the website.

NH Media Makers Meet-Up, Sunday, 4/19 at 10 a.m.

[From John Herman and NH Media Makers.]

The next NH Media Makers meet-up is this Sunday, April 19th at 10 a.m. at Crackskulls Coffee and Books in Newmarket.

Details: http://nhmediamakers.wordpress.com

Mingling starts at 10 a.m. followed by a sharing session where YOU are the featured speaker. Everyone gets 3 minutes to pitch, promote, show-and-tell, and/or ask questions of the entire group. All are welcome. The last meet-up attracted 47 of the best and brightest NH creatives and businesses on the web. The owner has promised more chairs, but I suggest bringing your own (if that is possible). My other request is that you take lots of pictures. Bryan White is guest hosting this month's meet-up.

H2O: Film on Water - Call for Submissions

H2O: Film on Water Juried VIDEO Exhibition August 7 - November 7, 2009. Great River Arts invites video artists both domestic and international, students and professionals alike, to submit interpretive art videos on the theme of "water." Ideal video length is 4-8 minutes. First Prize: $5,000, Second Prize: $2,500, Third Prize: $1,000. DEADLINE MAY 15. For info contact: info@greatriverarts.org or visit http://www.greatriverarts.org

IFP Independent Filmmaker Labs – Call for Narrative Rough Cut Features

[Received this yesterday...]

A National Program Connecting Mentors and Projects Before They Are Submitted to Festivals

Narrative Lab Submission Deadline: Friday, April 17

Led by experienced producers, the Labs assist filmmakers in tackling the creative challenges of completing their modestly-budgeted, independently produced films - getting a leg-up before industry exposure. The five-day mentorship program in NYC challenges filmmakers to realize the full potential of their footage and stories with ongoing dynamic feedback and advice on technical & creative issues and distribution methods. The Labs are for first-time, narrative feature directors in the late stages of post-production. For more information & application: http://labs.ifp.org

Columbia Pictures' "Lake House" casting for role

"Lake House" a feature film to be shot in Massachusetts
Columbia Pictures - SAG
Casting for BRIDGIT, 18-22
Rob Schneider's daughter, she takes after Rob in both looks and personality.
Seeking short interesting character types
Submit pictures and resumes to:

"LAKE HOUSE"
ROGER MUSSENDEN & JEREMY RICH CASTING
SONY STUDIOS
10202 W. WASHINGTON BLVD.
DAVID LEAN BLDG., SUITE 219
CULVER CITY, CA 90232
ATTN. "LAKE HOUSE" / BRIDGIT

Producers: Adam Sandler, Jack Giarraputo,
Executive Producers: Barry Bernardi
Director: Dennis Dugan
Writers: Adam Sandler & Fred Wolf
Casting Director: Roger Mussenden & Jeremy Rich
Casting Assistant: Brittani Simberg
Interview Dates: ASAP
Start Date: Mid-May 2009

"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" looks to return to Manchester, seeking family

ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is looking to cast another New Hampshire family for an upcoming episode. The producers are again setting their sights on Manchester.

Interested families should send a short e-mail to castingnewhampshire@gmail.com. The letter should include a short description of a family's story and current home. It must also contain the names and ages of every member of the family. All nominations should include a contact phone number. The deadline for submissions is May 1.

For more application info, click here.

Two documentaries by New Hampshire filmmaker to screen at Red River Theatres

[Received this notice from John Gfroerer at Accompany.]

More New Hampshire Political History At Red River

Two more documentaries produced by John Gfroerer will be showing at Red River Theatre in Concord beginning next week. Two other of Gfroerer's documentaries were shown in March to sold out audiences. The next two are biographical pieces on two of the Granite State's most influential personalities of the 20th Century, Gov. Sherman Adams and newspaper publisher William Loeb. Both showings will be followed by discussions as listed below.

John Gfroerer is the owner of Accompany, a video production company based at the Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord. Over the last 20 years he has produced over 30 documentaries with topics ranging from a history of the New Hampshire Presidential Primary to a story about Stanley Steamer automobiles. The most recent Accompany production, released in November, 2008, is titled, "Seven Mornings In Maine."

Thursday April 16, 7:00pm
"ShermanAdams" The Yankee Governor
Followed by a talk with Gov. John Sununu
Sherman Adams was Governor of New Hampshire from 1949 to 1953. He signed into law the bill that created the New Hampshire Presidential Primary as we know it today. In 1952 he used that primary to get General Dwight Eisenhower elected President of the United States. He went on to become President Eisenhower's closest and most trusted staff person at the White House and was considered the second most powerful man in the Nation. In 1957, under the cloud of scandal, Adams was forced to resign. He came back to New Hampshire and in his retirement years founded Loon Mountain Ski Area. Those interviewed include former US Attorney General Herbert Brownell and investigative reporter Jack Anderson, whose reporting led to Adams' resignation. (1990, 55 Minutes)

Thursday April 23, 7:30
"Powerful As Truth"
William Loeb and 35 Years of New Hampshire
Followed by a talk with Gov. Walter Peterson
This is the story of William Loeb, the controversial, powerful, colorful publisher of the Manchester Union Leader. His brash advocacy of conservative politics and his use of newspapers to verbally bludgeon those who opposed him, made Loeb a powerful force. Some say he made Ed Muskie cry. Some say he is the reason New Hampshire doesn't have an income tax. Some say he is the reason Ronald Regan became President. Some miss him. Some are glad he is gone. Love him or hate him, New Hampshire is still feeling the affects of his 35 year reign. (2001, 59 Minutes)

More information can be found at the websites for Red River Theatres and Accompany.

TRYPPS: An Evening w/ Ben Russell - Films & Live Performance April 14

TRYPPS: An Evening w/ Ben Russell - Films & Live Performance

Keene State College
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
7:00pm - 8:30pm
Putnam Lecture Hall
Redfern Arts Center on Brickyard Pond, Keene, NH
PH: 603-358-2160

Itinerant media artist and curator BEN RUSSELL returns to New England for a special presentation that promises to annihilate your physical self entirely. Featuring a full set of 16mm films from his TRYPPS series and culminating in a live double-projector performance (with light-sensitive electronics! flicker loops! a human skull!) that will send your optic nerves reeling, this is New Modernist Neo-Psychedelic Ethnographic Filmmaking at its finest. From spraypaint transcendence to dead tree deliverance, Lightning Bolt freak-outs to Richard Pryor seances, and the ecstatic capitalism of Dubai to the funereal rites of Surinamese Marooons, this is one screening that will stay with you for ever and ever and ever.

WARNING: This show contains visuals that may be harmful to those with epilepsy.

FEATURING: Black and White Trypps Number One (6:30, 16mm, 2005), Black and White Trypps Number Two (9:00, 16mm, 2006), Black and White Trypps Number Three (12:00, 16mm, 2007), Black and White Trypps Number Four (11:00, 16mm, 2008), Trypps #5 (Dubai) (3:00, 16mm, 2008), Trypps #6 (Malobi) (12:00, 16mm, 2009), The Black and the White Gods (20:00, live performance, 2008) TRT 70:00

One World Video to produce "Visions of Healing" multimedia project

Hollis, NH-based One World Video is producing a multimedia project entitled "Visions of Healing," website, one-hour television special, and DVD program. These positive and affirming programs are intended to inspire and motivate cancer patients and survivors to heal, to take daily care of themselves, and to appreciate the opportunities for well-being in their lives, providing them with both accurate education and powerful insights. The program will focus on nutrition and supplementation, environmental factors, exercise and body weight, surgery, radiation, hormone therapy, chemo and immunotherapy, acupuncture, qigong, massage therapy, music therapy, yoga, reiki, meditation, and guided imagery.

For more information on the program, as well as sponsorship opportunities, please contact Peter Simmons at One World Video via the website at www.oneworldvideo.com.

Including Samuel to air on New Hampshire Public Television three times in April

New Hampshire Public Television will broadcast New Hampshire filmmaker Dan Habib's documentary Including Samuel on April 19 at 9 p.m. and on April 22 and 24 at 10:30 p.m. NHPTV's public affairs series, NH Outlook, is producing a special half-hour program on Including Samuel which will air after each broadcast of the film.

For details, visit the NHPTV website.

Register your production with the New Hampshire Film & Television Office

Did you know that there are no general filming permits in New Hampshire? The New Hampshire Film & Television Office has taken the hassle out of permitting, and the only paperwork we need is if you are planning to shoot on state property (e.g. state parks, historic sites, government buildings)--and even that is a snap. All you need to do is register your production with the New Hampshire Film & Television Office through our easy-to-use online form and that gets the process started.

The New Hampshire Film & Television Office encourages all productions to register with the film office prior to their project getting underway in the Granite State. Providing the New Hampshire Film & Television office with your project's information and needs will allow us to better serve you and help your production run smoothly.

What are the benefits to registering your production?

- You will receive a filming memo from the New Hampshire Film & Television Office - an official letter stating that your production has contacted and registered with the film office and that we are ready to assist you as you prepare for your shoot. Feel free to make copies of the memo and include with your location agreements.

- You will have access to a state government agency that will provide personal customer service to your production - from first conversation to production wrap - a liaison linking you into a network of other state departments, associations, and property owners.

- Your information will only need to be submitted once. Should you later require to film on state property, there are no additional applications to file. Your production registration covers this step, saving you time--and money..

Best of all, the application to film on state property doesn’t cost you a thing! To register your upcoming production with the New Hampshire Film & Television Office, and for more information on insurance requirements, click here.

Local documentary focuses on mitochondrial disease

Mito-Kids currently in production, fundraising

Marc Dole, owner and founder of the award-winning Hatchling Studios--an animation company based in Portsmouth, NH--is the father of four teenage girls who have grown up with disabilities that stem from mitochondrial disease, a chronic, genetic disorder that occurs when cell mitochondria fail to function properly. Marc's children face challenges that include seizures, deafness, diabetes, immune disorders and severe learning and developmental disabilities. Marc and his family are currently in production of their documentary, Mito-Kids, which is already proving to be an inspirational and relatable film about a family adapting to their constantly changing challenges.

As a father and a filmmaker, Marc has shot close to 100 hours of home video beginning with the birth of his first daughter 19 years ago, up to doctor exams and surgeries earlier this month. Their story begins in a time before their mitochondrial conditions received proper diagnosis. Footage includes everything from holidays and family vacations to seizures and hospital stays. This video family history enables us to produce a personal and intimate film about growing up with mitochondrial disease. To compliment the family footage, interviews with medical experts and original animation will break down the role of mitochondria in producing cellular energy and explain what happens to the human body when these cellular powerhouses fail.

The incidence of mitochondrial disease is estimated at 1:3000-4000 individuals in the US and yet the disease is relatively unheard of in the public sector and poorly understood in the medical community. Only now is awareness growing as research has shown that mitochondrial disease can be the root disorder behind epilepsy, ALS, Parkinson's, Alzheimer’s, heart disease and many other neurological disorders.

Mito-Kids is a unique film that balances personal testimony and scientific fact. We believe that this project will inspire dialogue within the public and medical communities toward the ultimate goal of motivating additional scientific research.

"Mito-Kids: Introduction" is a short version of a 90 minute documentary that is in production with a scheduled October 2009 release date. This short documentary will serve as a tool for raising awareness of Mitochondrial Disease and the feature documentary. The short will also be used to raise funds for the feature. The short version of Mito-Kids will be an introduction to the Dole family and their personal efforts to understand mitochondrial disease. We will follow them through the frustrations of misdiagnosis in 1994 to finding acceptance and making it their personal mission to make others aware of the "disease behind the disease." They have already received an intent-to-broadcast letter from New Hampshire Public Television, and the New Hampshire ABC affiliate, WMUR-TV 9 has aired the first of four planned behind-the-scenes news pieces about the project.

The short documentary will be submitted to the Cannes Film Festival's Short Film Corner, where Producer Marc Dole has had success with distribution and sales offers for his other films.

More information about the film and upcoming fundraisers for the project can be found at www.mito-kids.com.

Casting for upcoming short film

Currently casting the following roles for a dark comedy short film to be shot in seacoast New Hampshire in late May. Award-winning filmmakers, professional crew. SAG and non-SAG welcome.

CUTTER, 30s to 50s, cynical, arrogant male insurance company CEO.
BECCA, 20s, Cutter's attractive, efficient female assistant.
BUD, 30s to 50s, folksy Maine hunter.
PIERRE, 30s to 50s, French-Canadian hunter.
LINETTE - 30s to 40s, tough, veteran Maine female EMT.


Please provide head-shots, resumes and reels (if available) via: www.moonlightbaitandammo.com/cast.cfm

NAIIFC Film Festival May 17

Presented by Monsters in the Closet at Nashua North High School. More information available here.

Casting Director needed for upcoming short film

Casting Director wanted:

Experienced production team ("The Norman Rockwell Code", "Stag Hunt") seeks Boston/NH-based casting director for SAG-deferred short film shooting in the Seacoast New Hampshire area. Principal photography scheduled to begin end of May. Need to cast 4-5 roles.

Casting Director position is PAID with an expected time commitment of 1-2 days.

Please send resume or details of your experience to: kl.shinyredball@gmail.com

New documentary "Shooting Beauty" by George Kachadorian and Courtney Bent


The New Hampshire Film & Television Office has been in contact recently with New Hampshire filmmaker George Kachadorian of Durham who, with the help of his photographer wife Courtney Bent, has finished the new documentary Shooting Beauty. George sent us an e-mail with information about the film and has allowed us to share that e-mail with you. Also included are two links to New Hampshire media coverage of Shooting Beauty.

Press links:
4/2/2009: Portsmouth Herald
3/21/2009: Foster's Daily Democrat

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Hello again Matthew:

I wanted to let you know a very special film project that's beginning to hatch from its nest here in NH...

For many years, my wife and I have been working on a labor of love-- a project designed to bring photography to people living with significant cerebral palsy and other disabilities. My wife started the award winning educational project, and I have spearheaded the creation of a documentary about the project.

We have just received word that the documentary, titled "SHOOTING BEAUTY: Everyone deserves a shot" has been selected to kick off the 2009 Full Frame Film Festival. It will be screening in the same slot that the Academy Award nominated "WAR/DANCE" played in last year at Full Frame.

From there, we are presenting the film at the IFP/Phoenix Film Festival where it is one of 10 films in competition (going up against fiction and non fiction films) then it's on to IFFBoston where they are booking us for a Sunday night show (4/26) in their largest venue- the 900 seat Somerville Theater.

Meanwhile we are getting e-mails from across the country as people find out about the film-- through our facebook page and soon to be launched web site:

www.everyonedeservesashot.com (where we have a placeholder page up at the moment-- full site launching soon).

We are in communication with Easter Seals of NH, the United Cerebral Palsy people, and other organizations who are showing us a lot of support.

Now the game for us is to get the word out. We need to drive people to our Facebook "group" and web site-- both places people can sign up for our mailing list.

Here's the Facebook page (be sure to play the trailer at the bottom of the page):

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71146290201

We have an article in this month's Art New England and are expecting a feature story in the April NewEnglandFilm.com, as well as upcoming stories in Foster's Daily Democrat and some other NH papers.

I'm curious if the NH Film office can help us get the word out? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. One former state senator who attended a fundraiser in Portsmouth announced to the crowd after the screening of the rough cut that the film should be "required"
viewing for all legislators. Numerous educators have told us that they believe that every student should see this film. And that is our long term goal-- to get this fun, lively, non-narrated and emotionally powerful movie in front of as many kids as possible-- of all ages!

I'm attaching some info and a couple of pics-- enjoy!

Best,

George Kachadorian
Director, Extra Sensory Pictures
Durham, NH

NHPR's "Word of Mouth" - New Hampshire film festivals that celebrate and promote diversity in NH

The program showcased two new film festivals, Womanimation and the New Hampshire Jewish Film Festival. This originally aired on March 26, but NHPR has archived the audio from the program, if you'd like to hear it.

http://www.nhpr.org/node/24147

New Hampshire episode of Wreakreation Nation w/ Dave Mordal airs

Miss "Wreakreation Nation w/ Dave Mordal" skijoring in NH last night? Set DVR on Discovery, 4/4 @ 12p. Episode called "Bar Stool Sledding."
 
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