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2 SHORT FILM REVOLUTION REELSHORTS.CA 3 A PRODUCTIaON OF GRANDE PRAIRIE LIVE THEATRE 3 Messages President's Message 6 Editing Workshop ongratulations to the volunteers Scott Belyea on the success of these 6 Screenwriting Competition Cwho have worked all year at put- new initiatives and on the invita- ting together the 7th Reel Shorts tion they received to host a panel 8 Youth Film Mentorship Workshop Film Festival. As a result of the Fes- at the International Film Festival tival’s enthusiastic, indefatigable and Summit in Austin, Texas in December 10 Shoot for Reel downright brilliant leadership, the called Kickstarting the Formation of a Festival has gone from strength to Filmmaking Community. strength and has become the largest 12 Special Guest The mandate of Grande Prairie presenter of short films of any film Live Theatre is to encourage the festival in Alberta. 14 Filmmakers in Attendance development of the performing and This year there are 102 films in media arts in our community and we 22 Festival Schedule the festival including two festival- are proud to present the Reel Shorts produced films resulting from the Film Festival. 24 Films and Packages two-week Shoot for Reel intern- I am sure that you will enjoy this ship program last summer and the delightful and inspiring art form. On 58 Thank You seven-week Youth Film Mentorship a personal note I would like to thank Project that is currently underway. Terry and the rest of the festival team With the addition of the screenwrit- for introducing me to this art form ing competition, the Reel Shorts Film Beauchamp Creative Menzies Graphics Group seven years ago and giving me the Festival has added three new initia- FESTIVAL BRANDING, PROGRAM DESIGN, PHOTOGRAPHY PROGRAM PRINTING opportunity of enjoying short films 2013 PROGRAM LAYOUT: KATE FOOTE © COPYRIGHT 2013 GRANDE PRAIRIE LIVE THEATRE tives this year aimed at developing a ever since. filmmaking community in the Peace Region. On behalf of the Board, I’d like to congratulate Festival Direc- Tom Hawkesworth GET YOUR BUNS tor Terry Scerbak and Filmmaker President, GPLT Board of Directors TO THE LOBBY... TWIZZLERS FOR SALE FEST UPDATES AND MORE: FACEBOOK.COM/REELSHORTS 4 SHORT FILM REVOLUTION REELSHORTS.CA 5 and the filmmakers who make them event put on by Grande Prairie Live Director’s Notes without the support of our funding Theatre. partners and sponsors who make it A big thank-you to Chris Beauchamp possible. Please take a moment to of Beauchamp Creative who does n behalf of myself and the rest let them know that you appreciate fantastic design work for the fest. of the festival team – Chris their support of our festival. O This year’s poster and the tag line Beauchamp, Laura Beauchamp, I’d also like to thank Mark Picard of SHORT FILM REVOLUTION are Sarah Harwood, Gail Littleton, Mark for doing such a great job of the standout examples! And a HUGE Shpur, Abby Stanley-Melia, Adrian intro reel, Eric Durnford for tak- thank-you to Kate Foote from Cal- Tanasichuk, Kelly Thomas, and Dave ing a week off of work and driving gary who helped out so much by de- Watson – we are thrilled to bring up from Calgary to volunteer do- signing this souvenir program on a you 102 films from 22 countries: ing anything and everything, my very tight deadline. You’re amazing, Canada, Afghanistan, Australia, wonderful husband Greg Scerbak Kate! Austria, Belgium, China, France, who also takes a week of holidays Germany, Iceland, India, Iran, Ire- And lastly, thank you for joining us. to help out any way he can, and all land, Israel, Netherlands, New Zea- It wouldn’t be a festival without you! the other volunteers who help put land, Norway, Poland, South Africa, on the festival. Every member of Spain, Switzerland, UK, and the US. Region films we’ve ever screened! the festival team is a volunteer and Terry Scerbak More than a third of these films are we are so proud to be an annual Festival Director world, North American, Canadian, It is always a pleasure to welcome or Alberta premieres, and many of back from Vancouver homegrown them are award-winning. filmmaker Scott Belyea as well as Scooter Corkle and Dave Rice as In addition to presenting the world they mentor the Youth Film Mentor- premieres of two festival-produced ship production team along with films – THE HORIZON PROJECT local filmmaker Michael Bourree. It directed by Scott Belyea during is a special treat this year because Shoot for Reel, and HB directed by we’ll be presenting the world pre- Nathan Fast during the Youth Film miere of THE HORIZON PROJECT Mentorship Project - we will also that they all worked on. be presenting four other Peace Re- gion films: HOUSE CALL directed We are very pleased to welcome by Devon Burbank (Grande Prairie), Los Angeles filmmaker Gor- SOPHIA directed by Rory Mells die Haakstad who will be teach- (Grande Prairie), THE TRAP directed ing a workshop called Editing for by Rio Fitch (Rolla, BC), and WOM- Filmmakers – Exploring the Final EN OF WILLMORE WILDERNESS di- Rewrite as well as judging our first rected by Susan Feddema-Leonard screenwriting competition. (Grande Cache). We are proud to say this is the highest number of Peace We couldn’t celebrate short films A PROUD SPONSOR Visit reelshorts.ca for more info. OF THE 2013 REEL SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 6 SHORT FILM REVOLUTION REELSHORTS.CA 7 Editing Meet instructor Workshop Gordie Haakstad diting is seldom an understood Editing for Filmmakers: ordie Haakstad recently Eart form. Often it’s regarded as a G directed his first feature film, mechanical assembly of shots, only Exploring the Final ABEL’S FIELD, starring Kevin considered once principal photogra- Rewrite Sorbo and Samuel Davis. The phy has wrapped. In Editing for Film- film is being released by Sony makers, attendees will delve into Pictures Home Entertainment. 1 pm – 4:30 pm, Saturday May 4 the artistic and emotional concepts Gordie gained his directing that go into the final writing stage of Workshop Fee background as a filmmaker making a movie. By analyzing award- specialized in cinematography winning films and exploring the sto- $40 adults | $25 students and editing. He began his educa- rytelling tools afforded the editor, tion at the University of Southern they will discuss how filmmakers Instructor California’s School of Cinema and can best prepare themselves during Television where he graduated pre-production, whilst filming, and Gordie Haakstad Magna Cum Laude from the pres- once in post. tigious Production Program. (The only requisites for attending are Muskoseepi Pavilion Following school, Gordie in- a love for filmmaking and a desire to (Park entrance 102 St. & 102 Ave.) terned under cinematographer better understand the artistic world while helping to create a number Don Burgess (FORREST GUMP, of editing.) of industrial, short, and feature- SPIDERMAN, CAST AWAY) on length projects. Notably, Gordie the set of TERMINATOR 3: RISE was the cinematographer behind OF THE MACHINES. He main- the award-winning 11 MINUTES tained his ties with academia by Screenwriting Competition AGO, a feature-length film that teaching both cinematography was shot entirely in one day. The deadline for the first Reel Shorts Screenwriting and editing at the New York Film Competition is noon on April 29. Peace Region filmmak- Academy – as well as developing Gordie was born in Grande ers who submit a screenplay of no more than 20 pages much of the curriculum for those two Prairie but moved to the US with have the chance to win a $2,500 production package to departments. his family when he was very make their short film. Applicants have to be 18 years of age or young. He lives in Los Angeles He continued his creative pursuits older, and can enter no more than one script. but has been back in Grande Prai- rie to visit relatives and to write By the first week of Feature filmmaker and workshop presenter Gordie Haakstad two feature screenplays. He will will judge the competition and announce the winner at 8:30 shooting, you know exactly teach the Editing for Filmmakers – pm on Saturday, May 4 at Second Street Theatre. where your film is heading Exploring the Final Rewrite work- based on the psychology of shop on Sat, May 4. He will also your director. judge the Screenwriting Competi- Visit reelshorts.ca for more info. tion and announce the winner at - Jodie Foster 8:30 pm on Sat, May 4. 8 SHORT FILM REVOLUTION REELSHORTS.CA 9 needs in order to complete an exam have been impressed by their talent Youth Film while being supervised by a zero-tol- and professionalism, and we are ex- erance teacher. cited about sharing their film with you, our audience. Since then, this team of students Mentorship Project from Grande Prairie Composite High School has been busy developing A PROUD the script, refining their production plan, adding crew members, and SPONSOR OF THE 2013 casting actors. Training on the gear REEL SHORTS (the RED EPIC camera from FAVA in FILM FESTIVAL Edmonton and a package of grip and lighting gear from William F. White International) began on April 20. With great support from their school which also served as the location of their film, principal photography for HB took place from 4:00 pm until late into the evening over the three days of April 22-24. Post-production must be finished by May 4 and the film will have its world premiere when it leads off the Best of the Fest (L to R) Imogen Pohl, Chillton Alstad, Mike Evans, and Nathan Fast film packages on May 5.