I have very sad news to pass on from LIFT, a sister media arts centre in Toronto.

On Sunday, LIFT's Executive Director, Roberto Ariganello, passed away suddenly while on vacation in Nova Scotia. A practicing filmmaker and photographer, Roberto was an exceptional administrator, fierce advocate for the media arts, a friend and a colleague.

"Roberto's contribution to the film and media arts community in Toronto and across Canada cannot be understated. His tireless work in the community and his enthusiasm for film affected countless artists, arts organizations, administrators, students, and film lovers. With his boundless energy and spirit, Roberto encouraged numerous emerging and established artists to pick up a camera and get to work. His refusal to accept traditional boundaries and rules inspired us all. A regular feature at Toronto screenings and art events, we will miss his easy humour, generosity, and eagerness to debate current arts issues.

Roberto spent the past nine years working and advocating on behalf of media artists through his employment at the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT) and his volunteer board contribution to the arts community in Toronto. He became the Executive Director of LIFT in April of 2003 and prior to this was LIFT's Equipment & Workshop Coordinator. Roberto was the past president/chair to such organizations as the Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre (CFMDC) from 2001 to 2003 and Pleasure Dome from 2000 to 2004 and was currently the Ontario representative for the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA)." (from LIFT's communiqué)

Heartfelt condolences go out from SAW Video staff and board to Roberto's family and friends. With Roberto's passing, the media arts family in Canada has lost a brother.

Penny McCann

8 organizations and artists have lots of funky and intriguing items for
sale:

SAW Video
Vintage video technology / Super 8 camera, projectors / Monitors of all kinds / Soundproofing foam & windows / AVID 3D box / Graphics tablet /Old computers / Viewmasters / Golf clubs / etc.

Independent Filmmakers' Cooperative of Ottawa
Film stuff / Super 8 projectors / 16 mm film accessories / etc.

Galerie SAW Gallery
Museum of Bad Art publication, posters, bags / Greg Hill Kanata t-shirt / Other artists' multiples

La Petite Mort Gallery
Original artwork: prints, drawings, lithographs, giclées, photographs (all starting at $5)

Quickbeam Films
16mm Bolex with 25mm, 75mm lens / Assorted 35mm movie trailers/ Old comics/Games / Hand silk screened t-shirts

Club SAW
Audio gear: speakers, monitors / furniture / lights / Electric Fields t-shirts / etc.

Ottawa Arts Court Foundation
Office stuff / Rolodexes, organizers / etc.

Ottawa Fringe Festival
Lots of stuff / TBA

Presented by SAW VIDEO
More info: 238-7648

TWO JOB POSTINGS

SAW Video currently has openings for two staff positions at our busy artists’ video production centre located in downtown Ottawa.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT PERSON (APPLICATION DUE MONDAY AUGUST 21)

SAW Video Association seeks a Technical Support staff person to cover the maternity leave of one of our two technical staff.This is a one year employment contract only.Start Date: September 12, 2006
Hours of work: 32 hours per week, Tuesday to SaturdaySalary: $15 per hour ($24,960 for one year term

The Technical Support person will:

• Provide production, post-production, and computer related technical support to SAW Video members. Oversee the maintenance of the IT infrastructure of the centre; Work with the Technical Coordinator to assess, purchase, and maintain equipment; Assist the Technical Coordinator in equipment rentals as required; Provide technical support for SAW Video websites including:  troubleshooting technical problems, maintaining server, updating information as required, and maintaining Mediatheque website; Liaise with SAW Video’s webmaster on changes and updates to website;  Setup, maintain and organize new media suite; Create DVD’s for members as required; Digitize and upload members’ productions to SAW Video’s online digital archive, the Mediatheque.

Qualifications:The selected individual will: 

• Have hands-on computer experience with knowledge in Windows XP and Mac OSX operating systems, AVID editing software, and Adobe software products.  Experience in Final Cut Pro and HDV would also be an asset. Have experience in digital video production; Be conversant in video encoding techniques; Be knowledgeable about computer networking technology;
• Have excellent spoken skills in English and strong people skills.  Bilingualism would be considered an asset.  

Deadline for applications: Monday, August 21st, 2006 at 5pm.  Submit a covering letter and resume to: Hiring Committee – Tech supportSAW Video: Centre for the Media Arts

67 Nicholas St.

Ottawa, Ontario 

K1N 7B9

Phone: (613) 238-7648 / Fax: (613) 238-4617

E-mail: sawvideo@sawvideo.com 

SAW Video is committed to employment equity.  We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 

For more information on SAW Video, check out our web site: www.sawvideo.com

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WORKSHOP COORDINATOR (Part-time position) 

SAW Video is also seeking a Workshop coordinator to oversee all workshop programming.  This is a one year contract position with potential for renewal. This is a contract position with no employment benefits.  Start Date: October 2, 2006

 The Workshop Coordinator will:

• Coordinate all aspects of SAW Video’s ongoing workshops including booking instructors, confirming participants, promotion, etc. ;Prepare the space, equipment, and material for workshops when required; Develop new workshops ideas in conjunction with staff, and workshop committee, and instructors;         Oversee the development of curriculum for workshops; Liaise with community organizations on collaborative initiatives and off-site programming; Coordinate SAW Video’s exciting new mobile community outreach video workshop initiative, Far Out Locations. 

Qualifications:The selected individual will: 

• Have excellent organizational skills and strong people skills; Experience in video production; Knowledge of Microsoft Office programs;
• Have excellent spoken and written skills in English.  Bilingualism would be an asset.  

Deadline for applications: Friday, September 1st, 2006 - Submit a covering letter and resume to:

Hiring Committee – Workshop coordinator

SAW Video: Centre for the Media Arts

67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario  K1N 7B9

Phone: (613) 238-7648 / Fax: (613) 238-4617

E-mail: sawvideo@sawvideo.com

SAW Video is committed to employment equity.  We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted. 

For more information on SAW Video, check out our web site: www.sawvideo.com

We're currently wrapping up our equipment purchases for 2006, and we have received some new items. We now have an HDV deck for use in our editing suites. It's a Sony HVRM15U deck, which does HDV, DVCAM, and DV recording and playback. For production, we also have a 6' x 7' chroma-key green and blue reversible portable background, which will rent for $20.00 per day or $30.00 for the weekend; 2 Porta Brace cases for our field monitors; and 2 AKG lav mics. We have also re-painted our green wall at SAW Video, so it is available for green screen shooting.

We're still waiting for the arrival of several items including 3 new editing systems, an HDTV, and a portable camera mounted light. We will put out a notice in the e-bulletin when these items arrive.

JUMPSTART
Deadline: September 1st

Jumpstart is a video incentive programme designed to give artists the opportunity to explore the medium of video and new media. Applicants to JumpstART must be new to the medium of video or in the initial stages of their video or new media careers. Eligible projects are those over which the artist has creative and editorial control. All genres are accepted (i.e. experimental, drama, documentary, video installation, newmedia...). The JumpstART proposals are assessed by an independent jury and the successful applicants have one year to complete their project.

The successful applicants receive SAW Video membership for one year, a $200 credit towards two workshops, a Video Handbook, up to $200 cash for tapes and materials, and up to $1000 in access to SAW Video Co-op equipment. (Equipment access is in the form of waivers for SAW Video equipment only, and can be used solely for the purpose of the awarded project.)

Up to three grants will be awarded.

Click here for more info, or call Linda at 238-7648

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FEATURE VIDEO FUND
Deadline: September 1

SAW Video's Feature Video Fund (FVF) is a video production program designed to encourage the production of feature-length videos in the Ottawa Region. One FVF project will be selected per year. The successful project will be awarded up to $8,500 in equipment access plus a $1,000 honorarium.

Applicants do not have to be members to apply but must be residents of Ottawa-Gatineau region or adjacent rural catchment area. All types of projects are eligible: dramatic, documentary and experimental. Works must be produced independently, i.e. applicant must be the director (or co-director) and must retain copyright of the work and editorial control. The FVF does not support transfers to film.

Click here for more info, or call Linda at 238-7648.

Grant Writing Workshop for Media Artists

Saturday, August 26 2006 11:00am - 5:00pm

This popular workshop is designed to help media artists represent their projects clearly and concisely. Veteran filmmaker Penny McCann will take emerging film and video makers through the process of applying to cultural agencies for funding.

Participants will learn the do's and dont's of grant writing (aka "Penny's Principles of Grant Writing") and see examples of successful proposals, complete with budgets, schedules, and project descriptions. They will learn about the jury process and how to effectively present support material. Participants should have at least a one page project description ready for scrutiny - complete proposals are also welcome. The workshop includes individual one-on-one sessions with each participant.

Limited to 8 participants.

Instructor: Penny McCann

IFCO members can receive the member rate on this workshop!

$45.00 Members
$70.00 Non Members

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2 Day Introduction to Avid Xpress DV Editing

DAY 1 Saturday, August 19 2006 12:00pm - 5:00pm
DAY 2 Sunday, August 20 2006 12:00pm - 5:00pm

AVID Xpress DV is the ideal solution for anyone looking to edit DV on the desktop while maintaining many of the same features and the same interface as the more powerful dedicated AVID editing systems. The course will cover all steps of the process from setting up and capturing from a DV device, using the timeline based interface, and outputting back to DV or exporting for the web.

Limited to 4 participants

Instructor: Jake Hanna

$125.00 Members
$150.00 Non Members

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2 Day Mini-DV Production Workshop

DAY 1 Saturday, September 16 2006, 11:00am - 5:00pm
DAY 2 Sunday, Sunday September 17 2006, 11:00am - 5:00pm

By popular demand, SAW Video's classic Introduction to MiniDV Video Production workshop has been expanded to two full days of instruction! This two-day workshop teaches the basics of camera, audio and lighting through hands on training. On the first day of the workshop, participants will receive basic instruction on all three of SAW Video's prime 3-chip MiniDV cameras -- the Canon XL1, Panasonic AG-DVX100 and the Sony PD-150. Participants will be introduced to three point lighting and dealing with power on location. A variety of mics will be used and their applications will be discussed. Day two of the workshop provides the added opportunity for more hands on time and instruction. Shooting exercises will be indoors and outdoors (weather permitting) simulating varying conditions and situations. The second day of the workshop will focus exclusively on the Sony PD-150.

WORKSHOP LIMITED TO 6 PARTICIPANTS

Instructor: Ray Hagel

$125.00 Members
$150.00 Non Members

Eyebeam: Fellowship

Eyebeam is currently accepting applications for Fellowship in all three of our lab environments. The application deadline is Aug. 14 at 12pm EST. Fellowships will be offered in the R&D OpenLab, the Production Lab and for the first time, in the Education Lab. Up to six Fellowships will be granted for 2006/07.

The focus of the Fellowships varies depending on the tools and skills available and the creative objectives and philosophy of each Lab.

For all of the Fellowships we are seeking applications from artists, hackers, designers, engineers and creative technologists to come to Eyebeam for a year to undertake new research and develop new work. The ideal Fellow has experience working with and making innovative technological art projects and/or creative technology projects and has a passion for collaborative development. Fellows will bring this experience and working approach to their own independent projects, projects initiated by other resident artists or Fellows and projects conceived collaboratively during the Fellowship period.

Please read all Fellowship opportunities thoroughly before selecting the Fellowship for which you would like to apply.
Visit http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=fellows

DEADLINE: August 14, 2006

Info: (212) 937 6580 - info@eyebeam.org – www.eyebeam.org

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Eyebeam : Residency

Call for Residents - Fall 2006-07

Eyebeam is now accepting applications for Residency opportunities.

Artists, hackers, designers, engineers and creative technologists are invited to apply to be Residents at Eyebeam, to work for six months on projects or research of artistic endeavor or creative expression. The ideal Resident has experience working with and generating innovative technological art and/or creative technology projects and has a passion for interdisciplinary exchange. Residents will be selected from an open call, based on the work being proposed, the availability of the necessary tools and skills to support them, and in consideration of the overarching research themes and activities of the organization.

For more information on this program, past residents and application instructions please visit http://www.eyebeam.org/production/production.php?page=aircall

DEADLINE: August 21, 2006

Info: (212) 937 6580 - info@eyebeam.org – www.eyebeam.org

Rendezvous with Madness Film Festival is a film festival that presents new and classic work on mental health and addiction themes. In its 14th year, RWM continues to explore, through film, the facts and mythologies that surround mental illness and addiction. Each of the festival's themed programs includes a grouping of films and panel discussions or workshops involving filmmakers, artists and people with professional and personal experience with mental illness and addiction, that encourages discussion and reflection of these images and what they truly represent. The location of the screenings at the Queen Street Site of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health provides a context that reflexively demands further thinking about the definitions and social uses of madness. Unlike other hospitals, a psychiatric institution is a place most people have never been inside. Firsthand impressions are confined to what ‘leaks' out of the hospital. For example, the patients' daily comings and goings or an occurrence of a large spill like deinstitutionalization. The hospital itself is symptomatic of the patient in that it is averted from view and thereby ‘out of mind’.

This year's festival runs from November 9-18, 2006. We are particularly interested in showcasing independent work, both Canadian and International.

In addition to films, we welcome submissions of new media art installations. We invite anyone working on installations to contact us regarding submissions.

DEADLINE: August 28, 2006.

Info: www.rendezvouswithmadness.com

The 13th Annual National Salon des Refusés

GENERAL INFORMATION

Until the 1863 the French Académie des Beaux Arts decided which artists received public exhibition. Any work which strayed from realism, which defined "good art" at the time, was rejected. In 1863, the Académie was especially censorious, rejecting an unprecedented 2800 canvases. This bold statement caused such public outrage that the Emperor, Louis Napoleon, was forced to demand that the Académie display the rejected works in a separate exhibition. This new exhibition, the Salon des Refusés, finally garnered artists outside of the Académie's canon the recognition they deserved. It is from this tradition that LIFT's National Salon des Refusés emerged. Each year LIFT presents a non-curated selection of Canadian films that were passed-over by the Toronto International Film Festival. The Salon is programmed through a lottery draw. That is, films and the order in which they are shown are determined by the draw. There are no substitutions or exceptions. The Salon des Refusés will screen only short films this year of under 20 minutes in length. Please note, LIFT will reimburse the 2006 TIFF entry fee for all films screened at the Salon.

DATES

Deadline for submissions to this year's Salon is Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 5:00 p.m.

All selected prints must reach the LIFT office no later than Friday, August 25th, 2006. The Salon des Refusés will be held on Wednesday, September 6th, 2005, at 8:00 p.m., at the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen Street West), as part of Shine It On!

ELIGIBILITY

To be eligible for the lottery draw, all films must meet the following requirements:

1. Have an official rejection letter from the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival.

2. Be composite prints in 16mm, Regular 8, Super 8, or BetaSP (NTSC) only.

3. Have the copyright residing with the applying filmmaker.

4. The filmmaker must be a Canadian Citizen or permanent resident.

5. The Salon will accept only short films this year of under 20 minutes in length.

SUBMISSIONS

Entry forms must be completed and returned to LIFT, together with a copy of your official letter of rejection from the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival, by Friday, August 11th, 2006 at 5:00 p.m. Entry forms may be faxed (416.588.7017) or mailed to: LIFT, 171 East Liberty Street, Suite 301, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3P6.

SHIPPING INFORMATION

Selected prints must reach the LIFT office by Friday, August 25th, 2006 at the expense of the filmmaker. LIFT will cover the cost of returning selected films and will send them Priority Post via Canada Post.

ADDITIONAL INFO AND ENTRY FORMS: www.lift.on.ca

NSI Drama Prize Call For Entries: Prepare For An Award-Winning Film Career

Winnipeg - Applications are now being accepted for the National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI) Drama Prize training program 2007, presented nationally in part by CBC Television. The program offers emerging writers, directors and producers one year of professional training and the chance to develop and produce a short film for broadcast on CBC Television and for premiere at

NSI FilmExchange Canadian Film Festival 2008.

"NSI Drama Prize is NSI's longest running program. Over the years, it's opened doors for some very talented Canadian filmmakers," said Joy Loewen, Assistant Manager, NSI Drama Prize. "Through the program, Canadian writer-director, Gary Yates (7 Times Lucky, Niagara Motel) made Without Rockets which was short-listed for an Oscar®. Director, Michael Dowse (It's All Gone Pete Tong) graduated from the program with his short film, 237."

"CBC recognizes the importance of NSI Drama Prize in training next generation content creators for Canadian film and television," said Kirstine Layfield, Executive Director, Network Programming, CBC English Television. "We are pleased to be extending our support of this program into its 2007/2008 season."

Up to five Canadian filmmaking teams will be selected to receive $9,500 in cash, over $16,000 in services, a national broadcast license from CBC Television and a world premiere screening. The program also provides customized training in writing, directing and producing, mentoring from established filmmakers and access to professional contacts.

2006 Genie Award nominee Noise by writer-director Greg Spottiswood and producer Jason Charters from Ontario (NSI Drama Prize 2004) recently added the Bravo!FACT Award for Best Canadian Short Film from the Canadian Film Centre's Worldwide Short Film Festival to its ever-growing list of accolades. Noise will be broadcast on CBC Canadian Reflections in September 2006.

Since the program began in 1991, many NSI Drama Prize films have picked up industry awards and screened at some of the world's most respected festivals including the Clermont Ferrand Short Film Festival, the Vancouver International Film Festival, World of Comedy International Film Festival in Toronto, the Arizona International Film Festival and Festival International du Court métrage d'Abidjan in the Ivory Coast.

Applications for NSI Drama Prize must be received by Monday, October 16, 2006, 4:30 p.m. Central Time.

Guidelines and an application form are available at: www.nsi-canada.ca/dramaprize

For information about other NSI Drama Prize productions, visit www.nsi-canada.ca.

The National Screen Institute – Canada, with headquarters in Winnipeg, is Canada’s oldest nationally-recognized film and television training school. NSI helps emerging writers, directors and producers bring their stories to life and to audiences at home and abroad. Its market-driven programs have led to employment for NSI graduates by giving them a competitive edge — according to the latest NSI Alumni Survey, 97% of respondents are working in the industry. 2006 marks the National Screen Institute's 20th anniversary year.

The National Screen Institute – Canada operates with ongoing funding from Telefilm Canada through Canadian Heritage, and Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism. Additional support provided by Patrons: CTV, CBC Television and The Brian Linehan Charitable Foundation and financial assistance provided by the Winnipeg Arts Council.

For further information:

LIZ HOVER
Publicist, National Screen Institute - Canada (NSI)
P: 204-956-7800 ext. 212
E: liz.hover@nsi-canada.ca

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SAW Video receives financial support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Ottawa, Department of Canadian Heritage and the Laidlaw Foundation. Many thanks too, to our corporate sponsors: Adobe Canada, Ntegrating Solutions and to our artist-members.

SAW Video
67 Nicholas Street
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K1N 7B9

East of the Rideau Centre in Arts Court (which is at 2 Daly Ave).

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