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Soda Springs Screening With Jay Pickett and Gary Hollie Featured Cineposium Event Friday May 18

Film Staff — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:56:32 +0000

This special screening of the filmed in Idaho “Soda Springs,” will be followed by a Q&A with writer-actor Jay Pickett, and executive producer Gary Hollie. Join us Friday, May 18, 5:00pm at the Silverwood Theme Park Theatre. Admission $15, NO park entry fee is charged.

Not Too Late to Attend Cineposium Register at the Door

Film Staff — Fri, 18 May 2012 05:22:13 +0000

You can still register at the door on Saturday to attend Cineposium, the regional media industry conference presented by The Idaho Film Office, in association with kNIFVES. For late registration, meals are not guaranteed, but the hotel will make every effort to provide additional meals. The cost is $89 ($59 for students). Friday film screening only is $15

Friday, May 18, 5:00 pm: “Soda Springs” screening at Silverwood Theme Park Theatre (park fees waived)

This special screening of the Idaho-made film “Soda Springs,” will be followed by a Q&A with writer-actor Jay Pickett, and executive producer Gary Hollie.

Saturday, May 19 8:30am-6:30pm: Coeur d’Alene Inn, 506 W. Appleway, Coeur d’Alene 83814

Keynote speakers, panel discussions, and networking with conference speakers and industry peers.

Funding and Legal Issues, Social Networking for Filmmakers, The Secrets to Distribution, Production Management, and an interview with actor Joel Courtney, star of the recent film “Super 8” and upcoming films “The Healer” and “Tom Sawyer And Huckleberry Finn.”

Free Public Showing of Sex + Money Documentary Film Thursday June 7

Film Staff — Tue, 15 May 2012 05:49:35 +0000

The widely acclaimed documentary film, Sex + Money, a national search for human worth will be shown at: Gonzaga University, Wolff Auditorium, Jepson Hall, 502 E. Boone Ave. Spokane, Washington 99258, June 7th at 7:00 PM. This film showing is open to the public and will feature a panel discussion afterwards by many of the presenters of the Hands that Heal training. There will be a free-will offering taken during the evening to support the local Spokane anti-trafficking Coalition. If you are from out of town and traveling to Spokane for the training, please plan to arrive early enough to attend the film showing. There will be shuttle service between the Quality Inn and Gonzaga campus for the event as well. For more information about the film, please visit their website at: http://sexandmoneyfilm.com/

Ignite! Community Theatre Free “Reader’s Theatre” Performances May 11, 12, 13, 2012 in Spokane

Film Staff — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:23:11 +0000

Ignite! Community Theatre presents their first annual Spokane Playwrights’ Booklight Showcase May 11, 12 and 13 in Spokane, Wash. Booklight Series productions are produced as “Reader’s Theatre”. As such, when you attend you will find the actors reading from the scripts, as well as limited blocking, costumes, or sets. The premise of these readings is to sit back and allow the voices of the actors take your mind and your imagination to where the playwright wants you to go – much like you do when you read a novel! They are fun and easy to be a part of (limited rehearsal time is needed and memorization is not required), and attending one is even easier because they are FREE! Of course donations are gratefully accepted, and seating is first come first seated. They are a great way to dip your toe into the Theatrical Process. This is the third of three presentations in the “Booklight” Series this season.

Performances will be held at the following locations:

MAY 11th, 7pm at Gonzaga University

May 12th, 7pm at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church

May 13th, 2pm at the Blue Door Theatre

This presentation features the winning entries from playwrights living within a 75-mile radius of Spokane. The submissions selected for performance (listed alphabetically by title) are:

Feminine Care by Matthew Weaver

Life Began In A Garden by Paul F. Ruch

Powerhouse by Olivia Dugan

Sandblasting by Brian A. Cheney and Kevin Kuban

The Pick-up Artist by Mike Noel

Twilight Nutcracker by Sandra Hosking

Located in Spokane, Washington, Ignite! Community Theatre is dedicated to bringing theatre arts to more people of the Inland Northwest. They provide opportunities for involvement through fully-produced stage productions, reader’s theatre productions, and their annual haunted house “Riverfront Fright.”

Questions? Please contact Ignite! Community Theatre at 509-795-0004 or email hidden; JavaScript is required, or visit ignitetheatre.org

Special Guest Jim Kershner to join Film Critics Panel at kNIFVES Lunch Meeting May 10 at Davenport Hotel from 11:30 to 1:00

Film Staff — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:09:10 +0000

We are pleased to announce that favorite local journalist and author of national repute Jim Kershner will participate in the 5^th annual kNIFVES Film Critics Panel. Mr. Kershner has been an author, critic, historian and journalist for over 37 years. He joined the Spokesman-Review in 1989 and has been a humor-opinion columnist, theater and film critic, arts editor, entertainment writer and history writer. The recipient of many national and regional awards, he has won seven awards from the National Society of Newspaper Columnists. He is the author of three books, including the critically acclaimed Carl Maxey: A Fighting Life, published by the University of Washington Press.

Mr. Kershner joins Dr. Pete Porter and Tyler Wilson in a discussion of their respective approaches to film criticism. Dr. Porter teaches filmic arts history and theory/criticism at Eastern Washington University. He also serves as director of The Spokane International Film Festival. Mr. Wilson has worked as a professional film critic for nearly 10 years and writes for NormdogEntertainment.com , a site for pop culture commentaries.

The meeting is free to members and first time visitors, $5 for repeat visitors. Details will be announced of upcoming kNIFVES events and the latest news regionally and nationally regarding film and media. Lunch can be ordered from our special luncheon menu, or from the regular menu. Valet parking is free with your lunch receipt.

International Performing Artist Ronald Rand presents actors workshop May 26 at the Acting Center, Post Falls, ID

Film Staff — Thu, 10 May 2012 09:01:29 +0000

We are honored to have this truly remarkable opportunity to learn acting and auditioning basics from one of the leading international actors performing today. Mr. Rand shares his process for developing as an actor in this workshop for actors of all skill levels. Learn how to better understand what a director is looking for, practice on-camera, and receive tips and encouragement. Everyone in filming is encouraged to participate in this eye-opening work shop.

Mr. Rand has, for twelve years, performed the role of Harold Clurman in his acclaimed solo play “LET IT BE ART!” The play, staged on five continents and in 16 countries, has been enjoyed by audiences in London, Paris, Athens, Buenos Aires, Los Angeles, Bangkok, New Delhi, Tbilisi, Mumbai, Frankfurt, Zagreb, Vologda, Harare, Paysundu, Morocco, and 16 states across America. Upcoming performances are scheduled in Mozambique, Kenya, Singapore, Cambodia, Washington state, Kentucky, and Indiana.

He is the founder and publisher of “The Soul of the American Actor,” the only newspaper in America dedicated to the art of the theatre, now in its twelfth year of publication. Mr. Rand’s mentors include Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, Jerzy Grotowski, Joseph Chaikin, and Bobby Lewis. His best-selling book, “Acting Teachers of America” is the most comprehensive book published on acting teachers in America.

Please join kNIFVES and Acting Center in welcoming Ronald Rand to the Northwest.

For Directions & to RSVP contact kNIFVES Acting SIG group leader, and Acting Center Director, Crystal Reiber:

telephone: 208-704-2767

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www.ActingCenterNW.com

Workshop topics & schedule

3:00-4:00pm Slating with your best smile forward. The emotion scale from 1-10.

4:00-5:00pm Insights into his personal actor’s process with Ronald Rand.

5:00-6:00pm Give it your best shot- practice new techniques on camera.

6:00-6:30pm Agencies, head shots and building a resume.

6:30-7:00pm What’s new in your world- visit and get ready to head home.

Bring a snack & closeable beverage.

Open Mic Night Every Monday in May at Calypso Coffee Shop in Coeur d’Alene

Film Staff — Thu, 10 May 2012 08:43:29 +0000

Gary Edwards is taping Open Mic Night at the Calypso Coffee Shop every Monday night from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. through May. The best talent will be featured in a 60 minute broadcast for CMTV Comcast Cable channel 14. All performers from kNIFVES are invited to join us for a 15 minute appearance at the Calypso Open Mic Night. We are looking for original material for the broadcasts. The acts can be singers, instrumentalists, comedy, dancing, poetry- anything original by people from this area. For more information call Gary Edwards, who is the head of the kNIFVES Composers Special Interest Group, at 208-699-0848, or email email hidden; JavaScript is required.

Social media for filmmakers at ID Cineposium

Film Staff — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:40:36 +0000

We are all familiar with social networking, but do you use it effectively in your film career? How can it help you? At the 2012 Idaho Cineposium, online film distributor and producer Linda Nelson of Nelson-Madison Films and IndieRights, will present a keynote address on social networking just for filmmakers. Bring your laptop and learn in detail how to maximize social networking – especially Facebook – to boost your career or market your film. Check out www.nelsonmadisonfilms.com or become one of Linda’s 4000+ friends on Facebook: www.facebook.com/LindaNelson

IDAHO CINEPOSIUM – A NORTHWEST INDIE FILM CONFERENCE

May 18-19, 2012 in Coeur d’Alene
$89/$59 (Students) – See agenda and register at
www.filmidaho.org/workshops.aspx

5th Annual Critics Panel Featured at May 10 General Meeting

Film Staff — Tue, 01 May 2012 06:59:49 +0000

Please join us at the Peacock Grill in Spokane’s historic Davenport Hotel for this favorite kNIFVES event on Thursday, May 10^th from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Valet parking is free with your lunch receipt.

Our guests for this year’s panel are Dr. Pete Porter, Luke Baumgarten, and Tyler Wilson, three critics who represent a broad spectrum of the different roles of the film critic. The panel will talk about Critical Approaches to Understand and “Read” a Film, sharing with us their scholarly, journalistic, and digital age film buff perspectives. Film enthusiasts and filmmakers alike will enjoy this stimulating, engaging and thought provoking conversation.

Dr. Pete Porter teaches filmic arts history and theory/criticism at Eastern Washington University. He also serves as director of The Spokane International Film Festival. Before joining the film faculty in 2004, Porter earned a PhD from Wayne State University in Detroit, Mich. His dissertation argues that the ancient literary form Menippean satire, a travesty of The Odyssey, the work of Plato, and old comedy, has taken shape in movies from Duck Soup (1934) to The Big Lebowski (1998). Dr. Porter’s recent work studies media representations of non-human animals from a cognitive-ethical perspective.

Luke Baumgarten has been arts and culture editor, music editor and staff writer at The Inlander since 2005. Along with movie reviews and film criticism, he has covered the local music scene extensively and written about youth politics, art marketing, unionizing film crews, minor league baseball players, YouTube celebrities, aspiring break-dancers and Christian environmentalists. He is a Billboard Magazine contributing writer and has been published in Willamette Week, Philadelphia Weekly and the San Antonio Current. He studied philosophy and English literature at Gonzaga University.

Tyler Wilson has worked as a professional film critic for nearly 10 years. He was the Arts & Entertainment Editor at The Coeur d’Alene Press for three and a half years. He is a principal of Wilson Media Consulting, a web design and digital media consulting firm in North Idaho, and remains a film critic and guest correspondent for The Coeur d’Alene Press. He studied film, English and digital media at the University of Idaho. He writes reviews, articles and podcasts at www.NormdogEntertainment.com , a site for film reviews, videos and pop culture commentaries by Tyler Wilson and friends.

The meeting is free to members and first time visitors, $5 for repeat visitors. Details will be announced of upcoming kNIFVES events and the latest news regionally and nationally regarding film and media. Lunch can be ordered from an abbreviated luncheon menu, or from the regular menu.

‘Super 8′ star Joel Courtney headlines Idaho Cineposium Film Conference

kNIFVES Webmaster — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 01:10:35 +0000

“A Conversation with Joel Courtney” is sure to delight attendees at the Idaho Cineposium – an Indie Northwest Film Conference - coming to Coeur d’Alene on May 18-19, 2012.

The conference kicks off Friday afternoon when Silverwood Theme Park opens its gates just for this group and a very special screening of “SODA SPRINGS,” fresh from winning the Audience Award at the Sun Valley Film Festival.

The conference continues Saturday at the Coeur d’Alene Inn with a jam-packed day of speakers and panels discussing distribution, funding, production management, social networking, legal issues, and the special interview with actor Joel Courtney, star of the J.J. Abrams science-fiction adventure “Super 8.”

Registration Information & Costs

Adults, $79 (before May 1); $89 after May 1
Students age 15 and up, $49 (before May 1); $59 after May 1
Registration includes conference, screening, meals and snacks.
SODA SPRINGS screening only: $15; includes a Q & A by writer-star Jay Pickett and executive producer Gary Hollie.

SEE AGENDA

REGISTER HERE