Courses, Workshops, Speaking Series
Black Museum, the east end’s horror exhibition, will host Echoes from the Sleep Room: Medical Terror in Canadian Horror Cinema today, November 22, 2012 at 8:00pm. Toronto-based writer and Canuxploitation.com creator Paul Corupe will lead the lecture on the development of Canadian horror cinema’s fascination with medical and psychological terrors, and where their historical bases are found (hint: the Nazis.) The title, the Sleep Room, gets its name from CIA experiments in the 1940s and ’50s on unwitting volunteers at McGill University, whom brainwashing techniques and memory removal techniques were tested on, including an experiment involving psychological reprogramming via drug...
This Friday, Pleasure Dome and artist Shana Moulton will take over Tallulah’s Cabaret at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre. Moulton will present her own low-tech pop sensibilities in a combination of video and performance for her series Whispering Pines. Over the last decade, Moulton has a reputation for finding the surreal in the mundane, with her latest piece finding the magic in home decor, homeopathic medicine, and wellness products with a wry understanding of how we engage these commodities as though they are more than products. The evening starts at 7:00pm, and is sure to be unlike any performance you’re...
Canadian director Vincenzo Natali, known for the highly regarded Cube, and most recently Splice, will host a lecture as part of the Black Museum’s Toronto debut. The lecture looks at the use of space in horror, focusing on architecture of classic horror films like The Shining and Rosemary’s Baby in addition to Natali’s own work. The Black Museum will continue to hold horror lectures and screenings throughout the autumn. The Vincenzo Natali lecture on The Architecture of Horror: The Use of Space in Horror Cinema will be held at the Projection Booth East on September 27, 2012 at 8:00 pm....
Are you an actor? Are you finding it tough to land an audition? Not feeling sure about the choices you made in the moment or perhaps you completely blanked on what you prepared? Carter Thor Studios East, a full-service acting studio, will be holding an audition workshop this Saturday, September 22, 2012 at 10:00 am. The workshop will be hosted by Jock MacDonald, Carter Thor’s Director. The event, which focuses on auditions for film, promises to “de-mystify the audition process and provide you with the tools to be a more confident, flexible and playful performer.” MacDonald has been working in...
Margarethe von Trotta is back in Toronto for TIFF 2012. The German director will be attending the world premiere of her newest work Hannah Arendt following a discussion between herself, co-writer Pamela Katz, and moderator Marc Glassman at the Goethe-Institut Toronto this Wednesday, September 12, 2012 at 5:00pm. The film is based on the German-Jewish political philosopher who faced intense scrutiny for her New York Times article on the trial of Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann, a recently arrested former-SS Lieutenant who was among the organizers of the holocaust, became the subject of Arendt’s thesis the “Banality of Evil” after psychologists...
The Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VANARTS) presents a rare and exciting opportunity to learn storytelling and animation techniques from the best in the business: Pixar Animation Studios. The Masterclass in Animation and Story Development is on July 27 and 28, 2012, and is located at Innis Town Hall in the University of Toronto. The workshop covers two subject matters over its two full days. On day one, Friday July 27, 2012, there is a story development class instructed by Matthew Luhn, Head of Story at Pixar. Elements of his workshop include: steps of storyboarding; three-act structure development; a Q...
The end of May is the perfect time to get to know the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT). This artist-run organization, which recently had its 30th anniversary, supports the efforts of independent filmmakers and artists; they provide access to equipment, education, and workspace to help filmmakers achieve their goals. And they’ve recently announced their summer line up of film, video, and interactive art workshops....
DIY Art and Life: A Day with Joe Swanberg is co-presented by Ultra8 Pictures, CINSSU and Refocus, featuring the Toronto premiere of Swanberg’s Full Moon trilogy, including Art History, The Zone and Silver Bullets. The film screenings will be followed by Q&A sessions and a filmmaking masterclass after the final film....
From March 31 to April 1, the Ted Rogers School of Management (Yonge and Dundas) in Toronto is the place to be for professionals working in screen-based media. As always, the annual Toronto Screenwriting Conference packs a busy schedule over two days with an impressive list of industry speakers including high-profile showrunners and screenwriters. Speakers include Robin Gurney, Lee Aronsohn, Dean DeBlois, Sarah Fowlie, Michael Hirst, Sheldon Bucks, Abi Morgan and David F. Shamoon just to name a few....
