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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

It's Our 15th Year: 2014 ScriptBiz UNBOUND

It's Our 15th Year:

2014 ScriptBiz UNBOUND

Friday, August 8th: Exciting, thought-provoking, inspiring


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2014 Hard Copy Application Form, click here

2014 ScriptBiz™ Workshop Fees:

$85 for the day-long program

Eventbrite - ScriptBiz 2013 Rewired 

THIS YEAR'S LOCATION:
The Rhode Island Foundation
1 Union Street #6, Providence RI 02903 • t. 401.274.4564
Includes lunch, tickets to our evening performances and a special screening
at 3:30 p.m. at the Paff Theatre, University of Rhode Island, Feinstein Providence Campus, Providence, RI , followed by a filmmaker Q&A.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:
Attention all scriptwriters with a story inside that is trying to get out...

Sign-up now for RIIFF’s ScriptBiz™ Screenwriter’s Workshop.

For more information on 2014 ScriptBiz Unbound, call the RIIFF offices at (401) 861-4445.

ScriptBiz™ is a day-long workshop that explores how to hone your

creative and business skills

  Scriptbiz06aTrying to write your first script? Worryingabout how to pitch your script more effectively to potential investors? Moving a completed script into production? Learn from the best at the Flickers: Rhode Island International Film Festival’s 15th Annual ScriptBiz program!

For an entry fee of only $85, emerging screenwriters can hone their skills by interacting with and learning from seasoned industry professionals. This year’s program, entitled “From Page to Screen,” takes screenwriters through the entire screenwriting process, with panel discussions on the ins and outs of writing a script and the business aspects of getting a script into production, as well as a special workshop on “pitching your script.”

ScriptBiz takes place on Friday, August 8th, in downtown Providence, RI. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m. and the program runs from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ending with a workshop by a noted visiting filmmaker (TBA)

Again, the fee is $85. Call 401.861.4445.

To apply to the 2014 ScriptBiz™ workshop, fill out and submit the downloadable application below:
2014 Application Form, click here to download

For information, please contact RIIFF at info@film-festival.org, or call the Festival Office at 401/861-4445.

ScriptBiz™ 2014 Schedule:

9:00 a.m. — Registration and Breakfast

Here is a chance to chat with program moderator Bill Torgerson and your fellow writers and filmmakers. It is also a great time for casual conversation if you’re thinking about trying to write your first script.

9:30 a.m. — What Are You Working On?

Bill Torgerson, Director of Creative Writing at RIIFF, leads a discussion among attendees about what brings them to ScriptBiz. It’s a chance to discuss current projects, hopes for what is next, and a time to share your questions so you can make sure they get answered during the day.

10:00 a.m. — The Craft of Writing the Script

Jenna Sullivan and Quentin James are winners of the 2014 Rhode Island International Screenplay Competition and they will discuss their collaboratively written script "Growing Things." They are joined by Alfred Thomas Catalfo, the 2013 winner. These accomplished writers will talk about the craft of writing and the possible benefits of entering screenplay contests.

11:00 a.m.— Ask the Tough Questions

How much do screenwriters get paid? How do you get into the WGA? What websites, podcasts, and other resources should you be aware of? Writer Chris Sparling and producer Dan Cohen have agreed to focus on your questions first.

12:00 p.m. — LUNCH BREAK

12:30 p.m. — From the Script to the Screen

This panel of directors and their teams share how scripts became accepted films at the Rhode Island International Film Festival.

1:30 p.m. — The Story in Documentary

What role, if any, does the script play in the documentary film? What sort of writing has to be done? In this panel of documentary filmmakers, directors and their teams explain how they found and puzzled together the stories in their movies.

3:15 p.m. — ScriptBiz Special Screening

Now that you’ve heard the panelists, here is a chance to enjoy a special screening of some of their work. A final question and answer session will follow with participating filmmakers following the screening.

Location: Paff Theatre at URI Feinstein School, Providence

Please Note: Accepted filmmakers can sign up for free, but on a first-come, first-served basis.

REFUNDS: Refunds, minus a $40 office fee, will be available until July 19, 2014. After that date NO REFUNDS will be made. Sorry for any inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding.

Who's Who at ScriptBiz 2014:


ChrisChris Sparling was born and raised in North Providence, Rhode Island. He wrote the 2010 film BURIED starring Ryan Reynolds, for which he won "Best Original Screenplay" from the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, as well as a Spanish Academy Award in the same category. His Black List script, ATM, was produced by Gold Circle Films and released by IFC Films in 2012. Chris's feature directing debut, the supernatural thriller THE ATTICUS INSTITUTE, will be released in early 2015. His most recent script, SEA OF TREES, is slated to begin production in July of 2014, starring Matthew McConaughey and directed by Gus Van Sant. He is currently adapting author Jo Nesbo's bestselling crime novel BLOOD ON SNOW for Warner Brothers and Leonardo DiCaprio. He has also sold TV projects to F/X, Universal Television, and Fox Television Studios.

FlavioFlavio Alves is a Brazilian writer, film director, and producer. He was granted political asylum in the United States in 1998 with the help of the Immigrants and Refugee Rights Clinic at New York University's School of Law. Shortly thereafter, he attended Columbia University, where he earned an undergraduate degree in Political Science. In 2007, Flavio returned to school to study film production at New York University, where he received the Technisphere Award for Outstanding Achievement. Since then, he has directed and produced more than ten short films. Alves’s film “Tom in America,” featuring an ensemble cast that includes two Academy Award nominees, Burt Young and Sally Kirkland, appears in this year’s festival. Flavio Alves is the founder of Queens Pictures, a New York-based film production company.

ATCAlfred Thomas Catalfo is a screenwriter, director, producer, actor and attorney. His feature script Betrayed is the Grand Prize Winner of the Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenplay Competition. He has been a winner or finalist in 23 major screenwriting competitions with four different feature scripts, including the Nantucket Film Festival Tony Cox Screenwriting Competition sponsored by Showtime in which he wrote two of the three finalist scripts in a blind competition, an unprecedented achievement. In 2006, he wrote, produced and directed The Norman Rockwell Code, a 35-minute, Web-based spoof of The Da Vinci Code that was featured on The Must List ("Ten Things We Love This Week") in Entertainment Weekly and had more than one million online hits in three months. The Library of Congress selected The Norman Rockwell Code for inclusion in its Film Collection which features works by American filmmakers chosen on the basis of their historical, cultural or aesthetic significance. Catalfo's film Bighorn is a 15-minute, supernatural historical fantasy that was the subject of full-page stories in the Boston Herald and New York Daily News, and winner of the 2011 Online New England Film Festival. His website is www.catalfo.com

jeffreyJeffrey De Chausse, Writer & Director. Jeffrey grew up in Detroit with a French gypsy mother and an American father. His father ran a TV station and his mother worked in wardrobe at the Detroit Opera house. He spent his summers in France working with his family in the carnival traveling from small town to small town. These days he travels the world shooting documentaries, films and commercials. But before starting his directing career Jeffrey was an award winning advertising creative for agencies worldwide. Since 2004 he has done work for Apple, Visa, Lexus, Toyota and many others from start ups to fortune 500 companies. In 2006 he was selected by BOARDS magazine as a director to watch. He is a passionate filmmaker with a love of strong images and emotional storytelling. In the past eight years he has directed over a hundred commercials and has completed four short films including SPERFECT, ESPERAME, MUSEUM FOR THE PEOPLE and just recently ANNIVERSARIO. He also has an up coming feature documentary filmed in Detroit called AMERICAN AUTO - a story of an used car salesman trying to make an honest living as the city of Detroit collapses around him. The documentary will be coming out end of 2013. His short films have also won and played at various festivals all over the world. His advertising work has won gold, silver and bronze awards at such venues at the Cannes International Advertising Festival, the New York One Club, the Clios, the British Design and Art Directors Club. He has been guided and mentored by Judy Hoffman, Albert Maysles and Wim Wenders. He is a member of the Berlinale Talent Campus, Reykjavik Int'l Film Festival Talent Lab and the Directors Guild of America. He currently lives in Los Angeles. He spends his time between working, family and dreaming.

quentinQuentin James co-authored "Growing Things," winner of the 2014 RIIFF Screenplay Competition. He is a writer and performer working out of Cambridge, MA. He is a current member of the sketch comedy gang Friends of Gertrude and the comedy team The Quiet Generation, and he is a former of member of the ImprovBoston’s National Touring Company, Family show, and initial sketch comedy house team, The Ruckus. He has had his written works of comedy published and/or produced by The Windsor Review, ShimmyHoots Review, Arcadia Magazine, SLAMBoston, and MadLab Theater Roulette. In addition, he is the writer and producer of and ninja in the web series Hot Dog and The Ninja. Quentin received his M.A. in Creative Writing from Florida State University and originally hails from St. Louis, MO.

SLORINGSteven Loring is a screenwriter and doc filmmaker. His RIIFF entry, THE AGE OF LOVE, was winner of the 2013 Paley Center DocFest Pitch Competition and was recently awarded a Fledgling Fund outreach and social engagement grant. Steven received his MFA in 2012 from the Social Documentary Film program at School of Visual Arts. His short, SHACHARIT–A MORNING PRAYER, won multiple awards at screenings in the US and Europe. Recently, he was Archival Researcher for Marshall Curry’s Academy Award-nominated documentary, IF A TREE FALLS. As a screenwriter, Loring wrote eight Movies-of-the-Week for NBC, CBS and Lifetime, including THE OTHER MOTHER with Frances Fisher and NO ONE WOULD TELL with Fred Savage. A member of WGAeast, SAG and Actors Equity, Loring has also acted Off-Broadway and in films.

ikerMIker Maidagan (director of Mirage). Originally from the Basque Country, Spain, he abandoned a Journalism career to pursue filmmaking and animation in the US. While studying at the School of Visual Arts, he met frequent collaborator Dana Terrace and together they produced their thesis film Mirage, which went on to be selected in over 70 international festivals so far, including the Academy qualifying LA Shorts Fest, Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Flickers: Rhode Island, and Santa Barbara Film Festival, where it screened as the accompanying short of Pixar's Monsters University. Iker works now as a story artist in Blue Sky Studios, where he has been part of the team behind the upcoming Peanuts film, as well as Ice Age 5 and the adaptation of the children's book The Anubis Tapestry. On the side, he still finds time to develop his second short film and occasionally contribute with articles on visual storytelling for cultural magazines in Spain.

Ned McNeilage is an Australian born, U.S. based filmmaker. His films include “Showfolk,” a study of seven Hollywood Golden Age veterans living together at the Motion Picture & Television Fund home, “This Is All We Know,” life on the road with ZZ Top, and the “Brad & Earth” climate-change shorts for MTV.

ERICLEric Latek is a director of photography, motion graphics artist, and he directed “My Name is Anna,” a documentary short screening this year’s festival. He is currently at work on a feature film Tiger.








Lindsay Lindenbaum directed “Scattered,” a documentary she began shortly following her father’s death. The film explores the nature of memory and the role that home movies play in how we remember the past. Lindenbaum graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a BA in Film & Media Studies and Psychology and the School of Visual Arts with an MFA in Social Documentary Film.

micheleNMichele Noble directed Journey 4 Artists, a feature documentary. Noble is a political activist raising her voice in protest against injustice, inequality, poverty, racism, and War. She believes Journey 4 Artists proclaims the ideals of political, social, and religious activism, in this case, through world music. She is a graduate of USC film school and a screenwriter, film director, and producer.





slavensMichael Slavens (director and co-writer) graduated from NYU with a BFA in film production and started Five Eyed Films shortly thereafter. He has directed and produced a number of music videos, industrials and commercials. In 2009, he completed a collection of music videos for popular Kindie-Rock band, The Jimmies, entitled "Trying Funny Stuff." As an editor, he has worked for VEVO, Aol, and The New York Times, as well as on television shows, award-winning documentaries, and national commercials. What Cheer? is his first short film.



jennaJenna Sullivan has worked as a freelance writer for over 9 years on projects ranging from travel videos, to copywriting to a children’s book. She double majored in Drama and in Psychology as she earned her BFA from the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She also obtained her MFA in Screen Drama Direction from Goldsmiths College at the University of London. Sullivan has written, produced and directed numerous short films. She also co-wrote and illustrated the children’s book “Bananas Over Nora,” which is pending publication. Jenna is founder and Executive Director of Visitors TV Network, a video production company that specializes in video city tours that play on in-room hotel TV channels. Additionally, she is an actor and can be seen in a recurring role in Showtime’s Brotherhood as well as other film, TV and stage productions. Currently, she is busy working with Quentin James on their next feature script together, as well as a separate feature on her own.

royRoy Wol is a NY based Argentine-Israeli-Turkish producer. He recently produced Flavio Alves’ TOM IN AMERICA starring academy award nominees Burt Young and Sally Kirkland; Doug Karr’s ART MACHINE (distributed by FilmBuff), starring Golden Globe nominee Joey Lauren Adams; A WIFE ALONE starring Catherine Curtin (ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK), distributed by Gravitas Ventures. Wol's films focus on family dramas, immigrating and counter cultures, social justice and conflict resolution. Wol is currently producing THE NAKED MIND, a documentary about the transformational effects of Meditation on the mind and running Autonomous Pictures from Time Square.

billtWilliam J. Torgerson serves as the Director of Creative Writing for the Rhode Island International Film Festival and program organizer for ScriptBiz 2014. He directed “Brothers in Pursuit,” a short film based on his novel and feature screenplay Love on the Big Screen. He is an associate professor in the Institute for Writing Studies at St. John’s University in New York. .

You can learn more about William on his website at TheTorg.com.




Program Organizers for 2014:

William J. Torgerson, Program Director
Dr. J. Scott Oberacker
Shawn Quirk

Consultants:

George T. Marshall
Duncan Putney
Shawn Quirk

2014 Hard Copy Application Form, click here to download

or

Eventbrite - ScriptBiz 2013 Rewired 

FLICKERS: Rhode Island International Film Festival

Mailing: P.O. Box 162, Newport, Rhode Island 02840 (United States)
Street Address: 36 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport, RI 02840
Office: The Vets, 83 Park Street, Suite 5, Providence, RI 02903
Tel/Fax: (401) 861-4445 / 490-6735
info@film-festival.org

"THE NEWPORT EFFECT" CELEBRATING NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND'S 375TH BIRTHDAY WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING

"THE NEWPORT EFFECT"
CELEBRATING NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND'S  375TH BIRTHDAY WITH A SPECIAL SCREENING
The Pell Center at Salve Regina University's Story in the Public Square program partners with the Rhode Island International Film Festival for an afternoon of cinematic storytelling featuring the documentaries “The War Photographers” and “The Newport Effect” in historic downtown Newport, R.I.
Folk music and war photography may not seem to have much in common, but both are media used to publicly share the human experience. It is only fitting that these two important movies be screened together in Newport, which has witnessed war, peace and plenty of music over its long history.
The afternoon begins with “The War Photographers,” which recounts the personal experiences of award-winning photojournalists who risk their lives covering conflict in the world’s most dangerous war zones, past and present, including Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan and the Middle East.
The following film screening, “The Newport Effect,” chronicles the history of the legendary Newport Folk Festival and its profound impact on the world of folk music and social activism. What better way to celebrate the City by the Sea's 375th Birthday!
Infamous as the place where Bob Dylan 'went electric' in 1965, the reach of the festival goes far beyond that iconic moment. “The Newport Effect” is narrated by Joan Armatrading and features segment narrations by artists who have played the Newport Folk Festival—Rosanne Cash, Michael Doucet, Steve Earle, Angelique Kidjo, Pokey LaFarge, Tom Morello, Mavis Staples andLucinda Willimas.
The afternoon will include discussion and appearances by the filmmakers. SIPS director G. Wayne Miller, a writer and documentary filmmaker, will serve as moderator.
FAQs
Is my registration/ticket transferrable?
Yes.
Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?
Yes please.
What is the refund policy?
No Refunds.
The name on the registration/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay?
Yes.
Have questions about THE NEWPORT EFFECT: (Special Event Screening with "WAR AND PEACE: Two Films... Two Moving Stories"? Contact FLICKERS

Tuesday, August 5, 2014

國際領袖基金會紐英崙分會赴華府參加十五週年會

國際領袖基金會(ILF)紐英崙分會日前組團,到華府首都希爾頓大飯店,參加總會十五週年年會,頒獎晚宴,並出席美國亞裔商業聯盟組織(CAABO)會議,與曾任美國勞工部長的趙小蘭,聯邦議員趙美心,孟昭文等人,以及業界精英,青年學子互動。
ILF紐英崙分會今年的主席吳子平,率該會顧問,羅德島大學教授楊慶,普域敦斯學院教授萬寅生,強森威爾斯大學國際入學許可主任章賢信,美中商務文化交流服務中心董事長王曉元,大澳土地發展公司合夥人陳子為,工程師才旭等人出席會議。其中第一次參加該會的才旭表示,能在一天之內見那麼多傑出亞裔,也為青年學子打造更好未來出點力,讓人很感興奮。
國際領袖基金會與美國亞裔商業聯盟組織 (CAABO) 當天合辦 的「2014企業與領袖高峰會」,共有兩場座談,討論美國與亞洲的全球策略聯盟」,以及「如何提高美國亞裔企業競爭力」。
兩場座談的主持人及嘉賓,包括商務部少數族裔商業發展總署(MBDA總署長大衛.韓森(David Hinson),美國聯邦商務部亞太事務副次長Craig Allen美國進出口銀行董事雷妙 (Patricia Loui)美國前國務卿奧爾布賴特辦公室高級總監暨前美國上海總領事 (Henry Levine)聯邦農業部國際主任Jane Doherty維州衆議員暨委瑞森(Verizon公共事務主任金馬克 (Mark Keam)全美亞太商會會長Jimmy FergusonIW集團主任林德 (David Lin)Marietta管理服務公司總裁何西典 (David Ho)Waitex總裁李學 (Howard Li)及優異通訊Superior Communications陳燦安等人
趙小蘭是當天午宴的主講人,她表示美國需要了解亞裔的重視使命,講究責任,凡事認真,亞裔也需要了解美國強調有趣,不劃地自限等文化特質,美國是個有很多機會的地方,但機會總是由那些肯不斷嘗試,爭取的人所把握。
趙小蘭和在頒獎晚宴上致辭的聯邦眾議員趙美心,都提及了加州的SCA5法案,認為該法案限制了亞裔子女進入其理想學校的機會,對亞裔不公平,人們應該有所行動。
來自台灣的羅麗芬美容集團總裁羅麗芬,復旦大學中美研究中心創辦人倪世教授也在午宴中,分別闡述美容事業是把希望帶給人,中美兩國的互利互惠際關係已更深等。
            國際領袖基金會還在頒獎晚宴中宣佈了主席更替,休士頓分會會長莊麗香夫婦捐款二萬五千。ILF現任主席徐紹欽,以及接任的優異通訊總裁陳燦安聯袂比照捐款。
ILF今年的頒獎活動中,美國首名亞裔聯邦參議員,夏威夷的廣野慶子(Mazie Hirono),獲終身成就獎;曾獲諾貝爾獎的學者朱經武,獲「風雲人物獎」;羅麗芬國際集團總裁羅麗芬獲全球先鋒獎。
            ILF在會議中還頒發了「領袖才能獎」,表揚七名對亞太裔社區有貢獻人士,包括黃德行(Ted Wong)將軍,麥當勞協會副主席全美亞太商會會長Jimmy FergusonDCH Auto Group總裁林秀、中華會館主席李治瑞,CMR & Company Ltd. 總裁 (千里達及多巴哥共和)Marvin Ramnarine,奇士美華人協會會長嚴培達,加州聖馬刁縣委員及AXA 公司執行副總裁鄭其等人。查詢國際領袖基金會詳情,可上網 www.ileader.org

圖片說明:

            左起,才旭,章賢信,萬寅生,陳子為,Victor Ng,吳子平,楊慶,王曉元等國際領袖基金會紐英崙分會顧問和國際領袖基金會執行長董繼玲(左五),聯邦眾議員孟昭文(右五)在會中合影。

            ILF 紐英崙分會主席吳子平(右)獲美國前勞工部部長趙小蘭(左)贈給新書。

            國際領袖基金會主席徐紹欽(右)把主席棒子交給陳燦安(左)。
            萬寅生(左起),王曉元,楊慶,才旭,吳子平,章賢信等ILF 紐英崙分會顧問到華府參加十五週年會。
            吳子平(前左二)等國際領袖基金會(ILF)各地分會主席,和趙小蘭(右九),朱經武(右十一)等嘉賓合影。