"Goths! On the Bus!" going to Cannes

"Goths! On the Bus!" has been selected to be screened as part of Telefilm Canada's Canada: Not Short On Talent at the Cannes Film Market. Other Manitobans with films in the festival include Caroline Monnet and Deco Dawson.





For the seventh edition of Perspective Canada at the Cannes Film Market, Telefilm Canada is pleased to announce that Canada: Not Short on Talent is back for a second year. The program of 25 Canadian shorts was curated by Danny Lennon, the founder of Prends ça court! and a renowned programmer on the international festival circuit.

The films were selected to represent the diversity of Canadian talent, with directors from all across the country. Emerging talent is featured in both Herd Leader (Chef de meute) by Chloé Robichaud, competing in the Official Selection for the Short Film Palme d’or, and With Jeff (Avec Jeff, à moto) by Marie-Ève Juste screening at the Directors’ Fortnight. The selection also includes well-known directors such as Robin Aubert, Deco Dawson and Diane Obomsawin, as well as award-winning creations such as Doubles With Slight Pepper by Ian Harnarine, winner of best Canadian short at the Toronto International Film Festival and the Genie Awards, and financed by the Spike Lee Production Fund.

The program will premiere on May 22 and a promotional video created by Danny Lennon is available here:



Canada: Not Short on Talent program

• A River In The Woods by Christian Sparkes, produced by Away Films
  
• Amelia by Andrew Silke, produced by Silke Productions
  
• Anata O Korosu by Philippe David Gagné and Jean-Marc E. Roy, produced by Jean-Marc E. Roy
  
• With Jeff (Avec Jeff, à moto) by Marie-Ève Juste, produced by Voyous Films
  
• Barefoot by Danis Goulet, produced by Treeline Pictures
  
• Bydlo by Patrick Bouchard, produced by the National Film Board of Canada
  
• Herd Leader (Chef de meute) by Chloé Robichaud, produced by La Boîte à Fanny and Les Films de la meute
  
• Doubles With Slight Pepper by Ian Harnarine, produced by Ian Harnarine, Jason Harnarine and Ryan Silbert
  
• Gephyrophobia by Caroline Monnet, produced by Caroline Monnet
  
• Goths! On The Bus! by Karen Asmundson and Jaimz Asmundson, produced by Jaimz Asmundson
  
• Joanna Makes a Friend by Jeremy Lutter, produced by Broken Mirror Films and Like Minded Media
  
• Kaspar by Diane Obomsawin, produced by the National Film Board of Canada
  
• Late by Jason Goode, produced by Jenkinson / Goode Productions
  
• The Near Future (Le futur proche) by Sophie Goyette, produced by Sophie Goyette
  
• Margo Lily by Dane Clark and Linsey Stewart, produced by Lithium Studios Productions and Dark Hope Entertainment
  
• Keep A Modest Head (Ne crâne pas sois modeste) by Deco Dawson, produced by Endstop and Elsewhere, and Microclimat Films
  
• Ne pas reculer by Dominique Laurence, produced by Kino
  
• Not Far From The Abattoir by Kyle Thomas, produced by North Country Cinema
  
• Board (Planche à l'œil) by Ian Lagarde, produced by Annick Blanc and Ian Lagarde
  
• The Horse Latitudes by Duncan McDowall, produced by Antler Films
  
• The Tape by Matt Austin Sadowski, produced by Spontaneously Combusted Films
  
• Throat Song by Miranda de Pencier, produced by Northwood Productions
  
• Everything Is All Right (Tout va mieux) by Robin Aubert, produced by Lynx Films
  
• We Refuse To Be Cold by Alexander Carson, produced by North Country Cinema
  
• When You Sleep by Ashley McKenzie, produced by Grassfire Films
  

The shorts are also entered in the Short Film Corner, a section of the Cannes Film Market dedicated to short films, with viewing stations for buyers and accredited professionals.


Canada in Cannes on the web
Telefilm Canada's microsite (www.canada-cannes2012.ca) offers information about the Canadian presence in Cannes, including schedules and details about the films presented at the Festival, Perspective Canada and the Canada: Not Short on Talent program. Profiles of Canadian producers and other Canadian companies registered at the Canadian Pavilion are also available.

Via @ Telefilm

"Goths! On the Bus" wins award at CIMM Fest

"Goths! On the Bus!" won the award for Best Music Video this past weekend at the 4th annual Chicago International Music & Movies Festival.

Juror John McNaughton called it “A really fun, funny and original vision done for no bucks. I loved the juxtaposition of exotic goth characters with the otherwise mundane activities of riding the bus to the mall and a trip to Sears. The music is great as are the visuals. Context is everything.”

CIMMfest, the Chicago International Movies & Music Festival—a four-day showcase of outstanding films, energetic concerts, visually stunning VJ/DJ sets, lively Q&A’s, daring live score performances…anything to show just what movies and music mean to each other.

"The Magus" screens at the 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival

"The Magus" has been selected to screen at the 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival, which runs March 24 - April 5, 2012. It will screen as part of the Short Film Competition Programme II on Sunday, April 1st @ 1:00pm at the Hong Kong Science Museum Lecture Hall.

The Hong Kong International Film Festival is a platform for filmmakers, film professionals and filmgoers from all over the world to launch and experience new film work. There are seminars, conferences, exhibitions, and parties celebrating the festival community. The festival is committed to discovering talent, and it is also a major platform to launch films to the Greater China region and Asian market.

INCITE Journal of Experimental Media #3 (Launch + Screening)

INCITE will be launching Issue #3: New Ages, which includes a piece I wrote, called "Capturing Chaos: Reflections on The Magus". The launch will feature a screening of works by artists in the new issue, including my film, "The Magus".

Wednesday (2/22) in Oberlin: New Ages screening + launch of INCITE Journal of Experimental Media #3. 8pm, Mudd 443. Presented by Wundercloset.

Featuring work by: Jaimz Asmundson, Jacob Ciocci, Clint Enns, Eliza Koch, Jesse McLean, Shana Moulton, Lillian Schwartz, and Leslie Supnet

Curated by Brett Kashmere

This is a new age (for New Age-ism). Although it may be in vogue now, New Age subculture was once the subject of widespread ridicule and scorn. Combining quasi-religious mysticism with self-help philosophy and environmental concern, the New Age movement gained mainstream awareness during the height of self-absorbed Reaganomics and the rise of corporate power (i.e. "Greed is good."). This duality—of alternative spirituality based in holistic health, environmentalism, meditation, and simple living, and its pop commercialization (i.e. whale music CDs sold in strip malls)—produced a values-based sociopolitical phenomenon that was hard to take seriously. So how do we account for the current fascination with New Age concepts and aesthetics among many of today’s emergent media practitioners? As ironic appropriation? As a desire to reconnect with non-Western medicine, environmental causes, organic farming, etc? As '80s-era nostalgia? The Web 2.0, via services such as YouTube, has made it possible to instantly re-experience the media memories of our recent past or stoke a younger generation's enchantment with a past not their own. In an era marked by both religious and political fervor and cynicism, it's hard not to see the positive in reclaiming an inclusive, optimistic, if naive, spiritual movement.

Creative Cutting: Advanced Digital Editing Workshop

Participants wishing to explore the more advanced features and capabilities of Final Cut Pro are encouraged to take this hands-on workshop. This open lab-style workshop will give participants in depth knowledge of colour correction, chroma keying, compositing, titles and motion graphics, keyframing, working with multiple formats and the tricks to make the best of your time while working on your projects. Participants will also be introduced to sister programs such as Soundtrack, Compressor and DVD Studio Pro. This lab will be delivered via video projector and participants will work at individual editing stations together as pairs. Participants are also encouraged to bring their laptops if they are running FCP version 6 or higher.

Dates: Sat Jan 7 (10am-4pm), Sun Jan 8 (10am-4pm), Mon Jan 9, 2012 (6pm-10pm)
Registration Fee: $125 members | $155 non-members
Participants: Maximum 10 participants - 5 spots available through Winnipeg Film Group (925-3456) + 5 spots available through Video Pool (949-9134)
Instructor: Jaimz Asmundson

"The Magus" screens at MIX New York

"The Magus" has been selected to screen at MIX NYC, the 24th New York Queer Experimental Film Festival, which runs November 15 - 02, 2011. It will screen as part of the "Fantastic Magik" program on Thursday, November 17, 2011 @ 9:00pm at The MIX Factory.

The ecstatic, the fantastic, the dark and the strange converge in Fantastic Magick for a new edition of homoerotic love spells, witches and devilish art. Here you will find tricksters conjuring spirits of the past as well as blazing trails for all that is to come through sex, inversion, the occult, and other forms of ritual behavior. In Sorciéres, Mes Soeurs, we find women living in defiance of social expectations, and in WHOEVER WHATEVER, we find a more obscure yet equally magical take on a defiant woman. In Aquarius, a love spell is cast, where in The Magus and Jerk the Circle, we observe rituals with more obscure ends. From the directly subversive to the obscurely strange, queer magic and ritual infuse the screen with delight. This program delves into the roots of its own creation only to tear asunder your assumptions from the start. - MIX NYC Programming Committee

"The Magus" screens at Antimatter

"The Magus" has been selected to screen at the Antimatter Film Festival, which runs October 14 - 22, 2011. It will screen as part of the "How to Explain It to My Parents" program on Wednesday, October 19, 2011 @ 9:00pm at Open Space. The Festival is currently in it's 14th year.

Also screening in the program: Deus Ex Boltanski (Robert Gardner | USA), Four Cubic Feet of Space (Tony Gault | USA), How to Explain It to My Parents: Arno Coenen (Lernert & Sander | Netherlands), My Film Festival Entry (Neil Needleman | USA), Albumleaf (Paul Turano | USA), Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist (Marie Losier | USA).

Dedicated to the exhibition and nurturing of film and video as art, Antimatter has grown into the premier showcase of experimental cinema in the west. Encompassing screenings, installations, performances and media hybrids, Antimatter provides a noncompetitive festival setting in Victoria, British Columbia, free from commercial and industry agendas.

Since 1998, the quality and creativity of its programming, commitment to audience development, and respect for filmmakers and their work have made Antimatter one of the most important media arts events in Canada, and the world.