A place where students and grads can hear about screenings, festivals, volunteer and employment opportunities and anything else that might cross our desks.
06/01/2022
NBCUniversal partnership opens the door to diverse voices in film and television Students in Sheridan's Bachelor of Film and Television degree will develop new films this summer that bring their authentic and diverse stories to life and reflect the places and spaces that have defined their unique experiences.
05/19/2022
The Oakville Film Festival released their line-up yesterday and BFTV has 12 films showing. Exciting news and congratulations to all the official selections!!!
https://offa2022.eventive.org/films?filterTags%5B62605967ad78e4005eaba5e9%5D=true
The festival dates are June 22-28, with a combination of in-person and virtual events this year. Visit the link for more information.
05/19/2022
This WIFT-Toronto event yesterday featured one of our grads from last year, Emily Ryder. https://twitter.com/WIFT/status/1526291533653233664/photo/1
Way to go, Emily!
Women in Film & TV - Toronto on Twitter “Tune in to our LAST TOMORROW @ 12PM with and ! Buy your tickets for the Showcase happening WEDNESDAY @ TIFF Bell Light Box:https://t.co/JkrNtx7472 We can't wait to see you all!”
Congratulations to Mathew Williams (for ALFIE) and Teleri McGuire-Astolfo (for SOLITUDE) for receiving the 2022 Canadian Cinema Editors Student Merit Award! Since 2011, Sheridan students have won this award 22 times! This is more than three times more winners than any other college or university in Canada!!! Congratulations!!! :)
04/27/2022
Tickets are now on sale at Cineplex for the theatrical premiere of Quickening in two days. The crew will also be on hand for a Q&A with the audience. Congrats again to the cast and crew!
04/21/2022
Exciting news to report. Please join us in congratulating Haya Waseem on her debut feature film QUICKENING, which was produced thanks to the support of Sheridan College through the Telefilm Talent to Watch program, and is getting a theatrical run at the end of this month!!!
QUICKENING is premiering in select Canadian cities next Friday, April 29th. The film was selected to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2021 (where Arooj Azeem, the film's star was a TIFF Rising Star) and has since played the Vancouver International Film Festival, Santa Barbara International Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival, and Atlanta Film Festival, among others. QUICKENING follows Sheila, a Pakistani-Canadian teenager living in the Canadian suburbs. Her parents, Aliya and Azeem have always given her freedom and encouraged her artistic pursuits, a rarity among their insular Pakistani community. Yet now, nearly finished her first year of university and falling in love for the first time with her classmate Eden, Sheila craves more freedom than her parents are willing to grant her.
The film opens at Cineplex Yonge-Dundas cinemas next Friday, April 29th and will be shown three times daily for the first week (an afternoon, evening and nighttime showing). If you are able to join us on opening night, there will be an intro and Q&A with the filmmakers. You can purchase your tickets for any screening on Cineplex's website closer to the premiere date, here.
As written by TIFF Programmers, "Quickening is a reminder that immigrants and their children, in particular people of colour, who are adjusting to a new life, new goals, and new expectations can also struggle with their mental health. We’re not just happy to be here. With exquisite photography from Christopher Lew, Waseem has crafted a delicate yet triumphant portrayal of a young woman, through all obstacles, caught in the pursuit of happiness." And the Hollywood Reporter praised the film as "part of a new wave of immigrant films from Canadian filmmakers telling first-generation tales of having to choose between freedom and family duty in a new and strange land." We hope you will come out to the theatre and support this film, made proudly by independent Canadian filmmakers; we made this film to share it with audiences and every show of support makes all the difference to the life of this film and the team behind it.
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Quickening | Official Trailer A Pakistani Canadian teenager navigates family turmoil, love, and heartbreak as she struggles to find a sense of belonging after losing her virginity at coll...
04/20/2022
Job Opportunity:
Video Editor/Camera Operator position with Lai and Associates Inc.
Please see the link https://laiandassociates.ca/video-editor-camera-operator/ for an available Video Editor/Camera Operator position with Lai and Associates Inc. The focus for the moment is recruiting a graduate or a recent graduate for this position.
Video Editor / Camera Operator – Lai and Associates
Video Editor / Camera Operator – Lai and Associates We are a fast-growing start-up Company established in 2016 based in Pickering, Ontario, that established and maintains a strategic relationship with our growing clientele in the Corporate, Medical, Regional and Municipal Government and Manufacturing sectors.
Job Opportunity:
I would like to introduce myself, name is Ashley and I work at Creative Planning Financial Group. We are an independent financial service organization that provides a range of insurance and investment solutions to clients.
For more information about our company, please click the link below.
https://www.cpfg.com/
We are looking for a media student that could help us edit our media videos for our website, YouTube channel and LinkedIn page.
This would be on an as needed basis and the student would be compensated on a per content basis. We would film the videos ourselves and send the content to the student for editing.
Thanks,
Ashley Robinson
Assistant to Charles Berger & Marc Berger
Mobile: 905.999.3598
BFTV is hiring COVID Set Monitors!
When: Jan 18-Apr 3.
What: Covid set monitor for Portfolio and Core productions
Where: Locations are at the college or within one hour from Trafalgar campus
Pay: $17.72/hr
Hours: max 24hrs/week (2x12hr shifts)
We’re looking for people who ideally have; (listed in order of preference)
-done Covid set monitoring on industry films;
-or have worked on a set during Covid;
-or have worked on an industry set since graduating
If you are interested, please contact Desiree Thyme [email protected]
~~~ Part Time Employment Opportunity - Alumni ~~~
Part Time Technician for CCIT Program
24 hours per week
Jan. 11, 2021 – April 23, 2020
$25.30/hour
Equipment and software support for students.
Lights, Cameras (C200&5D), Sound plus premiere and photoshop.
There would be some face to face time at the Trafalgar campus.
Please send your resume to Ned Loach [email protected] by Friday Dec. 11, 2020 if you are interested.
11/02/2020
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07/21/2020
Animal Calling, a third year Core 1 documentary by Candice Dixon will be available to stream through the Nickel Independent Film Festival for 24 hours in Canada's Eastern Provinces on July 26th, in a package with 5 other short films. Congratulations Candice and team!!
The entire festival is free this year, running online from the 20th - 31st of July with new films available to stream for 24 hours each day, and many of the other selections are available to stream Canada-wide, including "Pick", winner of this year's Canada Screen Award for Best Live Action Short Drama. Festival Link:
Screenings By Date | Nickel Independent Film Festival (July 20-31)