School Program Guide for Grades K-12
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2013 Freeze Frame Festival Schedule How to Book : Information and registration: 204-949-9355 or toll free 1-866-543-3378 | www.freezeframeonline.org COST:
Feature films: $4.00/student Half-day workshop (2 hours): $5.00/student Full-day workshop (4.5 hours): $12.00/student
COMBO DEALS: Regular screening and half day workshop: $8.00/student Shorts screening and half day workshop: $6.00/student
Please note: • Accompanying teachers and adults are always FREE! • Ask us about group booking pricing options for screenings (50 students or more) • We will hold reservations for 24 hours if you require time to consult with colleagues and /or students. • Once you have registered, a 50% deposit is required to confirm your request. The remainder is due at the door. • Should you have to cancel your registration, the 50% deposit will be refunded in full provided you cancel before February 25, 2013. To cancel a registration please call 204-949-9355 or toll free 1-866-543-3378
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Movie buffs in your classroom?
Wee Reels / Reel Views Freeze Frame Youth Video Contest deadline: February 15th, 2013 The Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday March 8th, 2013 6:30 pm: Wee Reels (Gr. 8 and under) 8:00 pm: Reel Views (Gr. 9 and up) Location: 340 Provencher Blvd. Finalists are eligible for great prizes. Visit our website for more information. Don’t wait - get your entries in today!
The Freeze Frame Youth Jury provides seven young people between the ages of nine and 14 with the opportunity to see all the films at the Freeze Frame Film Festival and award the Youth Jury Prize for Best Feature Film and the National Film Board Youth Jury Prize for Best Animated Short. Members of the Youth Jury will take a workshop on film criticism, meet our guest artists and benefit from additional informal training provided by Freeze Frame staff. In order to be considered for the Youth Jury students must submit a 250 word critique of a film or television program in French or English by February 15, 2013.
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MARS 2013 MARCH Lundi - 4 - Monday
9h30 à 10h30 9h30 à 10h30 10h30 à 12h00 10h45 à 11h50 12h30 à 14h00 13h00 à 14h30
Mardi - 5 - Tuesday
10:00 am to 11:00 am 10:00 am to 11:30 am 11:45 am to 1:15 pm 11:00 am to 12:20 pm 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
Courts-métrages pour les tout-petits (4+) Ani-Manie : courts-métrages pour 8+ Ernest et Celestine (6+) Les poings de la fierté (12+) Zarafa (en français)(6+) Le gamin au vélo (en français) (6+) Shorts for the Very Young (4+) Zarafa (FR with ENG subtitles) (6+) The World Before Her (10+) The Last Island / La última isla (7+) Memory Loss /〝憶〞世界大冒險 (7+) AniMania: Shorts for 8+
Mercredi - 6 - Wednesday 9h45 à 10h45
Ani-Manie : courts-métrages pour 8+
10:00 am to 11:00 am 11:00 am to 12:00 pm 11:00 am to 12:00 pm 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm 1:00 pm to 2:15 pm
Tree Docs Compilation (All ages / 8+) Planet Echo (6+) Post-screening discussion with the Hosts AniMania: Shorts for 8+ City Life Compilation (10+) Memory Loss /〝憶〞世界大冒險 (7+)
Jeudi - 7 - Thursday
9:30 am to 10:30 am 9:30 am to 10:30 am 10:30 am to 12:00 pm 10:45 am to 12:00 pm 1:00 pm to 2:35 pm 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm 6:30 pm and 8:00 pm
Vendredi - 8 - Friday 9:30 am to 10:45 am 10:45 am to 12:00 pm 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
1:30 pm to 2:35 pm
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City Life Compilation (10+) AniMania: Shorts for 8+ The World Before Her (10+) Memory Loss /〝憶〞世界大冒險 (7+) Indie Game: The Movie (14+) The Last Island / La última isla (7+) Wee Reels and Reel Views Galas
Rising Star Compilation (12+) The Dynamiter (14+) Winnipeg Video Mash (15+) The Kid with a Bike / Le gamin au vélo (12+) (FR with ENG subtitles) Fists of Pride (ENG subtitles )(12+) * Program subject to change
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The story of the everlasting friendship between Maki, a little boy aged 10, and Zarafa, an orphaned giraffe. Maki sets out on an epic journey to return Zarafa to his native land. This adventure spans from Paris to Africa and explores life, death, moral values, and the absurdity of human behaviour.
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Anita searches for ways to help ease her mother’s sadness after her dad passed away. She is encouraged to take a memory machine and erase all the bad memories of her dad’s passing from her mother’s mind…but something with the machine goes wrong...
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10-year-old Alicia is sent to a remote island to spend the summer with an aunt she has never met. Without her modern “necessities”, Alicia becomes bored until she notices some strange behaviour... Is her aunt a witch?! A touching story about personal growth and fantastic journeys.
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All 14-year-old Robbie ever wanted was a family. Yet as another Mississippi summer begins, his wayward mother has run off again, fearing a breakdown and he’s left to burn the days caring for his half brother, Fess.
Kid with a Bike / Le gamin au vélo Belgium / France / Italy, 2011 (French with English subtitles) 87 min Directors: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne Classification: PG Warnings: language may offend, profanity, brief non explicit violence, embracing/kissing, tobacco use/smoking
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Feature films: $4.00/student Ask us about group pricing options for screenings! (50 students or more)
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Spain, 2012 (Spanish with English subtitles) 87mins Director: Dácil Pérez de Guzmán Classification: TBD
USA, 2011 (English) 73 min Director: Matthew Gordon Classification: TBD Warnings: TBD
Taiwan, 2008 (Taiwanese with English subtitles) 75 min Director: Chia-Chi (Gloria) Kao Classification: TBD, (some scary scenes) Print Source: F.Rhythm Animations
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France / Belgium 2012 (French with English subtitles) 78 min Directors: Rémi Bezançon and Jean-Christophe Lie Classification : PG (some frightening scenes) Print source : EOne, Chris Emery
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After losing both his dad, and his bike, Cyril, rebels against instruction and authority. His father promised to return, but never has. Cyril tries to track him down in the hopes of finding his old bike…and maybe even Guy, his dad. The film is a sympathetic portrayal of the drama of ordinary life, for Cyril, a life of alienation and rebellion.
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It’s a Dog’s Life
Canada, 2012 (English) 3 min Director: Marion Wiebe
Canada, 2012 (English) 8 min Directors: Nicolas Bianco-Levrin and Julie Rembauville
Fifi would like nothing better than to be left alone in his basket with his nose buried in a newspaper, but he is finding it hard to read anything at all! This animated short is the tale of a dog’s life on a human scale—an urban fable about learning to live together.
In this slick sci-fi comedy, Tin-can robot LIF-TOR searches for his lost friend Space Robot in the far reaches of deep space! Print Source: Winnipeg Film Group
Meloo: Up a Tree / MELOO - OPP I ET TRE Norway, 2011 (Norwegian with subtitles and narration) 21 min Director: Monika Lyko
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At the foot of the tree outside Meloo’s house, Dad is carving up little wooden bird houses. Meloo, with two friends are painting them. Up in the tree, Mum is whistling as she works, and birds sing along. Dad climbs up a rope ladder that’s attached to the tree, and joins Mum up there. Mum and Dad complete the bird neighbourhood and cheer, WOO HOO! HOORAY! A strong wind blows the rope ladder up in the air, far, far away! Mum and Dad are stuck in the tree! Meloo assures her parents she’ll rescue them, and things are getting really dramatic. Print Source: Monika Lyko
Poppety in the Fall / L’automne de pougne Canada, 2012 (English) 27 min Directors: Antoine Lanciaux and Pierre-Luc Granjon
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Nothing’s Going to Harm you JP Hoe Video Canada 2012 (English) 4 min Directors: Sean and Christian Procter
A train travels home after traveling the world. Ideas about home and homecoming are explored as it rolls across the country, arriving in a fictionalized Winnipeg made up of memories and myths. This is an animated music video produced for Winnipeg singer-songwriter J.P. Hoe. Print Source: www.procterbrosindustries.com
When the Wind Turns / Wenn Der Win Dreht Switzerland, 2011 (no dialogue) 5 min Director: Elena Madrid
Felix lives in a small town that has become too small and too noisy for him. He decides Elena Madrid to leave in search of the place of his dreams. But no matter where Felix goes, he is always driven out – until he awakens after lying unconscious on a beach. An animated film by
A terrible curse deprives Balthasar’s kingdom of its stories. Taking the unicorn’s horn back into The Belly of the Earth is the solution. Poppety will lead an expedition and, by chance, uncovers a closely guarded family secret. Poppety in the Fall concludes the thrilling animated series of four seasons in the life of Léon, the adopted bear cub.
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Screenplay & Director Elena Madrid Animation Elena Madrid, Moïra Scheidegger Editor Fee Liechti Compositing Stefan Holaus Music Damian Zangger Soundmix Christoph Flueler Producer Susann Wach Rózsa Commissioning Editor SRF Catherine Ann Berger Financial Support Bundesamt für Kultur BAK, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen / SRG SSR, Aargauer Kuratorium Katholische Kirche im Kanton Zürich, Kulturstiftung Winterthur, SUISA-Stiftung für Musik, FOCAL A production by Multimedia Photoscene AG in co-production with Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen / SRG SSR Contact www.photoscene.ch
Harbor Tale / ハーバーテイル Japan, 2011 (English, Japanese) 18 min Director: Yuichi Ito
In the harbor town of “Y”, an old brick building on the corner of a street has been watching the town and the people living there for more than a hundred years. One little red brick of this old building has long been wondering about a shiny square thing that he can see in the distance. It turns out - it’s the surface of the sea and he encounters a new world.
Happy Camper - Born With a Bothered Mind Netherlands, 2011 (English) 3 min Directors: Job Roggeveen, Joris Oprins, and Marieke Blaauw
Manfred’s holiday leads to a series of awkward camping moments, but that doesn’t spoil the fun for this yeti, because Manfred is a Happy Camper. Print Source: http://happycampermusic.com
Big Mouth / Bouche décousue Canada, 2012 (English) 8 min Director: Andrea Dorfman
The adventures of a quick-witted child who questions what it means to speak the truth and learns how our differences make us unique. This whimsical story full of sensitivity uses beautiful hand-drawn puppets that dance and jump rope. All the while, a young girl learns about the complexity of words and finds out that our words do not always match up with what we want to say. **Ask us for the Study Guide! Print Source: www.nfb.ca
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Germany 2012 (no-dialogue) 10 min Direcor: Alla Churikova
“Are geese only there to be eaten?” When little goose Emilie is confronted with this horrible question just before Christmas, she flees from her poultry farm to find her true purpose. Print Source: http://www.reelport.com
U-turn Germany, 2012 (English) 3 min Director: Oliver Hoffman
“Everyone´s up to their necks in water, except for Paul – he’s too small”. U-turn is an animated short for kids and young people raising questions about global and environmental justice. The animation features characters like Paul, Ms Ming and a monkey running out of lumber... Print Source: http://www.reelport.com
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Canada, 2012 (English) 2 x 21 min Classification: TBA
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Planet Echo is an environmental based mash-up of colourful stories about people, places and things from the natural world infused with high adventure, cool factoids and working science. It’s fun, entertaining and uses positive storytelling to showcase cutting edge environmental technologies along with traditional Aboriginal knowledge. Two never before seen episodes (Fall 2013) focusing on the impact of global warming and methods of reducing and reusing the waste in our lives.
City Life Compilation:
Get to know Winnipeg – check out these two locally-made films with our city in the spotlight! Classification: TBD Art City documents their Body Movin’ Parade, and the history Art City of the cutting edge community arts center located in the Canada 2012 (English) 45 min heart of Winnipeg’s West Broadway neighbourhood. Directors: Anita Lebeau and Wagon Wheel Lunch is a time capsule of days gone Scott Collins Packing Up the Wagon: by. Famous for the culinary crown jewel of Winnipeg THE WAGON WHEEL’S CLUBHOUSE SANDWICH. This The Last Days of Wagon documentary film chronicles the last days and destruction Wheel Lunch of the iconic restaurant. Canada, 2012 (English) Director: Mike Maryniuk
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May We Grow Canada, 2013 (English) 22 min Director: Erika Macpherson Print Source: enj@mymts.net
Elisha and the Cacao Trees Canada, 2010 (English) 17 min Director: Rohan Fernando Print Source: www.nfb.ca
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An excellent opportunity for students to meet and talk with people in the film industry!
May We Grow: A local doc about the Wolsley Elms. Rising Stars Elisha and the Cacao Trees Compilation: Young Elisha lives on a farm that grows a very special Fight for Freedom crop: cacao, the plant used to make chocolate. In this Canada (English) 2012, 25 min documentary, students learn about agriculture and the Director: Anna MacDonald Print Source: Winnipeg Film Group Mayan tradition of growing and harvesting cacao. In turn, they can draw connections between nature and Blood Memory the food they eat every day. Canada (English) 25 min, 2012 Director: Kane Kirton Print Source: Argyle Sox Productions
Fight for Freedom features stories from people who have come to Winnipeg from Burma, Guatemala, Chile and Eritrea. They discuss the oppression that plagued their everyday lives and how they dealt with it. Blood Memory: In psychology, genetic memory or “blood memory” is a memory present at birth that exists in the absence of sensory experience, and is incorporated into the genome over long spans of time. This concept was incorporated in Argyle’s newest film. Blood Memory has won Best Student Film and Best Short Film at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival.
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Canada, 2012 (English and Hindi) 90 min Director: Nisha Pajuja Classification: PG (brief non-explicit violence) Print Source: Robin Smith, KINOSMITH INC.
The World Before Her is a conflicting portrayal of today’s women in India. One, a beauty queen preparing for the Miss India pageant, the other a fierce Hindu Nationalist prepared to kill and die for her beliefs. Modernity meets traditionalism as they both strive to overcome barriers in a male-dominated society.
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Indie Game: The Movie Canada, 2012 (English | French “some dialogue”) 96 min Directors: James Swirsky and Lisanne Pajot Classification: 14+ Observations: Coarse Language bleeped, brief non explicit violence, mild fantasy/comedic horror
Indie Game: The Movie is the first feature documentary film about making video games. It looks specifically at the underdogs of the video game industry, indie game developers, who sacrifice money, health and sanity to realize their lifelong dreams of sharing their visions with the world. Four developers, three games, and one ultimate goal— to express oneself through a video game. Indie Game: The Movie is about the creative process and putting yourself out there through your work. It’s a journey many filmmakers, creators, artists, entrepreneurs – many people, can relate to in the digital era.
Fists of Pride Canada, 2012 (Burmese / Thai / Karen / Pao with English subtitles) 63 min Director: Hélène Choquette Distribution: Aviva Communications
Fists of Pride is a wonderful story that focuses on the children of migrant workers, specifically boys who enter a Thai boxing camp on the Burmese-Thai border. The documentary follows Little Tiger and his fellow fighters as their Thai coaches prepare them for the annual Water Festival competition. In a boxing camp on the ThaiBurmese border the children of mostly illegal migrant workers fleeing Burma live and train for prize fights. In a region where combat sports have always been a matter of honor and money, the film reveals their daily struggles. Bets are open and as the hope of prize money prizes, the young boxers contemplate what it could mean for them and their families.
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Full Day Workshops $12/student 10:00 am to 2:30 pm THINKING CRITICALLY ABOUT FILM AND VIDEO
These workshops explore the language of film, video and media and develop your students’ skills by taking them through a series of creative exercises. MEDIA THEORY From Hollywood movies to social media - discuss, analyze and critique it all. SCREENWRITING & STORYBOARDING Learn how to develop a script and storyboard for your classroom media projects with the help of a local filmmaker. EDITING WORKSHOP For tech-savvy students: Take their editing skills to the next level with a local filmmaker. ACTING FOR THE CAMERA Led by a local actor, students will harness their dramatic flair and get some important pointers on how to act for the big screen.
MAKING YOUR OWN VIDEOS: FROM BIG IDEAS TO THE BIG SCREEN
A variety of full day workshops offer educators the opportunity to make a Video in a Day with their students. The workshops include: original story development, storyboard creation, character development, instruction for use of technical equipment (cameras, tripods etc), shooting (with the assistance of our facilitators), and instruction for editing. FILM IN A DAY Shoot a film, and edit it all in one day with your students and a local filmmaker. DOCUMENTARY Work with a local professional and learn how to research, script, direct, and ask the tough questions needed to make a good documentary. ANIMATION IN A DAY (clay, paper, paint or “junk”) Create a stop-motion video using different mediums. PIXILATION Students become the characters in their own stop-motion video.
ANIMATE WITH INDICATOR INDICATOR
Work with a local animator to create a short animation that will be used in a music video for local Winnipeg Band Indicator Indicator! CNC: NEWS BY YOU! (Grades 8+ only) work with Community News Commons to report on stories that are important to you and your students using video. MAKING THE NEWS WITH GLOBAL TV (Grades 9+) Join Eva Kovacs and Deb Krywenko of Global Winnipeg as they lead you through workshop on how to plan, write, interview, shoot and edit a story. You might even see your work on Global TV!
Ask us about our wide range of educational activities in French & English.
Reel Jobz 5/student
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A youth based networking event powered by media, art and creativity for ages 14-19 Are your students interested in the media industry and would like to work in film, journalism, gaming or web development?
Youth will develop their skills in networking, self-marketing and career development in the media industries, while sharing real life experiences and having fun with established industry professionals at Reel Jobz. The program includes: • A one-hour seminar (at your school) to help youth groom their resumes, give them tips on personal presentation and the power of self-marketing. • A round table with industry professionals: Everyone, from the most successful producer to the prop guy started at some point. Professionals will share their experiences on how they got there. It will also be a $ great way to highlight all the different jobs available in the film and media industry. Morning 10:00 am to 12:00 pm/Afternoon 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm • Reel Jobz Rally: Youth will play games with the pros while learning from them. This activity takes place in our MEDIA ZONE and is an opportunity for Thinking Critically About Film & Video youth to develop and showoff skills to win some prizes. Explore the language of film, video and media in these workshops:
Half-day Workshops 5/student
MEDIA THEORY From Hollywood movies to social media - discuss, analyze and critique it all.
INTRO TO STORYBOARDING Think inside the box – find out how to put
together one of the most important planning tools for media production. INTRO TO EDITING WORKSHOP With the instruction of a local filmmaker, students will build some basic editing techniques. ACTING FOR THE CAMERA Learn important skills for acting for the big screen under the guidance of a local actor.
Our guests include: Universities and colleges that specialize in media, journalism, film, video game development and web development. Film professionals: producer's directors, technicians, etc. who are active in the industry. Media professionals: TV personalities, TV technicians and journalists, game developers, new media experts and web developers.
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Make Your Own Videos
These workshops introduce students to the basics of media production: PIXILATION Students become the characters in their own stop-motion video. PAPER CUT OUT or CLAYMATION Students will create characters and watch them come to life! BIG ANIMATION Use large-scale objects to create a SUPERSIZED stop motion animation video.
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