Women in Film and Video

Program & Events Calendar

SUMMER/FALL 2008

WIFV/NE's FALL KICK OFF PARTY

OCTOBER 6TH, 2008
E-ROOM, located on 567 Mass. Ave in Cambridge from 5-9pm

Our Annual Fall Kick Off Party is a networking event for WIFV/NE members,
prospective members, and anyone interested in learning more about us.
Join us for some music, food, drinks and a chance to network with the film
and media community. Suggested donation is $10.

LOUISA MAY ALCOTT : The Woman Behind Little Women
Film Screening and Discussion co-sponsored by WIFVNE
Sept. 17 to Oct. 18

September 26, 2008 at 5pm (MFA) - Panel Discussion with Women In Film and Video New England, Filmmakers Collaborative and Center for Independent Documentary.
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women will screen at the Museum of Fine Arts. Filmmakers Nancy Porter and Harriet Reisen will be present at the screenings.Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women is a 90-minute documentary about one of New England's most notable literary figures, the author of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott.
www.louisamayalcott.net

THE WAY WE GET BY: A rough-cut screening
October 2nd, 2008 at the Coolidge Corner Theater
The Way We Get By follows three troop greeters as they struggle with issues common to the nation's ever-growing population of seniors including health problems, loneliness, and the loss of meaning in their lives. The Maine Troop Greeters, made up almost entirely of senior citizens, is a microcosm of the aging population across the country. This group serves as a portal to peer into the lives of the elderly in America. As the story progresses, we learn the airport is where they find the strength to confront their issues, and it is through troop greeting that they learn to say goodbye to what they love the most.The Way We Get By is currently in post-production at the WGBH studios in Boston, MA.
For more information, visit www.thewaywegetbymovie.com

PAST EVENTS

SUMMER 2008
JULY 31ST- 2008 Screenwriting Awards Event was held at Lesley University's Hall theater where the three finalists of our 2008 Screenwriting Competition were recognized with awards.
Time: 7-9pm
Location: Lesley University Hall Theater

AUGUST 3RD-ROXBURY FILM FESTIVAL. WIFVNE Sponsored the closing night film, STEAM, at the Roxbury Film Festival which screened at the MFA.
Sunday, August 3rd at 5:30pm
Actresses Ruby Dee and Ally Sheedy were present for the Q&A

WINTER/ SPRING 2008

JANUARY 30th-MEMBER MEETING @ MIT, Cambridge, MA. Wed, Jan. 30 @ 7pm. Join the WIFVNE board and other interested members in discussing 2007 and setting goals for 2008. MIT, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA ROOM 3-133. MIT campus map. Parking is free in MIT lots after 3pm.

FEBRUARY 13th--Chicks Make FLicks @ MIT, Cambridge, MA. Women in Film and Video New England is thrilled to present animator, educator, and mentor Yvonne Andersen and her former student Amy Kravitz for an evening showcasing both of their award winning animated films including "We Will Live Forever" and "Roost." Click here for more info.

MARCH 8th-- Mark your calendar: WIFTI's Short Film Showcase Celebrating International Women's Day 2008 featuring nine outstanding short films by some of today's best female directors, culled from five of the world's top Festivals, will be screened in seventeen WIF Chapters around the globe! Screening at the Brattle Theatre, Harvard Square, Cambridge. Click here for more info.

March 12th--Chicks Make Flicks @ MIT, Cambridge, MA. Women in Film and Video New England is thrilled to present Irene Luszig and her film, The Samantha Smith Project. Click here for more info.

MARCH 29th--SAVE THE DATE. WIFVNE Image Awards! Featuring Susi Walsh, Natatcha Estebanes (posthumous recognition), Jocelyn Glatzer, and Joyce Kulhawik. All day event with film viewings at the Brattle Theater. VIP after party at Noir. Click here for more information. Tickets available @ www.brattlefilm.org

APRIL 9th--Chicks Make Flicks @ MIT, Cambridge, MA. Women in Film and Video New England is thrilled to present experimental filmmaker Abigail Child and her films, "The Party" and "On the Downlow." Click here for more info.

April 19th--WIFVNE brunch with Filmmaker Jennifer Fox of "Flying.." Produced by Sue Dorfman in conjunction with Fletcher Women's Group. Click here for more info.

May 4th--Female Film Artists: a screening of short shorts at the Brattle Theater for May Fair in Harvard Square. Clicks here for more info.

May 14th--Chicks Make Flicks @ MIT Cambridge, MA. Women in Film & Video is thrilled to present filmmaker Jane Gillooly and her award winning film "Today the Hawk Takes One Chick". Click here for more info.

FALL 2007

OCTOBER 7th--Internet Distribution Workshop @ Marriott Boston. Sun., Oct.7, 2pm. WIFVNE member Anna Callahan will teach. Sponsored by the New England Film & Video Festival. www.nefvf.org

OCTOBER 13TH--LATINA, IDENTITY & MEDIA PANEL @ Harvard Film Archives. Sat, Oct 13, 1:30-2:45pm. Part of the Boston Latino International Film Festival. Free. Followed by the gender exploring documentary, "Companeras", which focuses on an all female mariachi band.

OCTOBER 17th--CHICKS MAKE FLICKS @ MIT. Wed.,Oct. 17, 7pm. Free. Valerie Weiss's films, TRANSGRESSIONS, I LOVE YOU, and DANCE BY DESIGN. Q&A with Filmmaker.

OCTOBER 30TH--LEGAL LUNCH W/ Sandy Forman. RSVP to register. Free for members; $15.00 for all others.

NOVEMBER 17TH--HANDS ON WEB WORKSHOP @ MIT. Sat, Nov 17, 10-12noon. Free for members; $15.00 for all others. RSVP to register. Workshop will focus on cross-promotion, including tagging your work, hosting video and using aggregate communities to your work seen.

***********

SUMMER SERIES!

GARDEN SHORTS: Female filmmakers in the Somerville Growing Center July 12th & Aug 16th. Free & at Dusk

GARDEN SHORTS will feature local female filmmakers' work that is under 20 minutes long. Whenever possible, filmmakers will be present. The movies will start when it gets dark. Please join us in the neighborhood & bring a picnic! Free ice cream provided by Ben & Jerry's and JP Licks.

THURSDAY JULY 12 (raindates July 19)

THURSDAY AUG 16 (raindates Aug 23)

THE GROWING CENTER 22 Vinal Avenue Somerville, MA 02143 617.666.2969

SCAT & WIFVNE SUMMER DOCUMENTARY SERIES
www.access-scat.org
Thursdays in June & July @ 7:00pm
Somerville Community Access Television will present a Summer Documentary Screening Series in conjunction with local film organizations: Documentary Educational Resources, Women in Film New England, and Color of Film. The series showcases short and feature-length films from nine local filmmakers, who will be on-hand to lead a discussion about their work following the screenings. The films are a diverse collection of socially conscious and thoroughly enlightening work. 90 Union Square, Somerville, 7:00pm, $5, all ages

June 21st
TWISTED: A Balloonamentary by Naomi Greenfield and Sara Taksler
www.eliotlives.com

June 28th
Prison Pups by Alice Bouvrie

July 12th
Movin' Up by Rudy Hypolite

July 19th

Everything Good By Caren Block
Last Season: Portrait of a Trawler By Oren Bendavid-Val

**********

SPRING 2007

CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH WITH WIFVNE, GM & IFF BOSTON @ THE BURREN

Free for Members, IFF filmmakers, Invited Guests. RSVP REQUIRED

Saturday, April 28, 2007

10:00am-12:00pm, The Burren, 247 Elm Street, Davis Square

WIFV/NVE and GM will cohost a Champagne Brunch on April 28th at The Burren to celebrate the IFFBoston. Nick Paleologos, the new Executive Director of the Masssachusetts Film Office, and Adam Roffman, Executive Director of IFFB, will join Women in Film Board President Barb Seidl in toasting the exciting opportunities for Massachusetts filmmakers today. Join us for the networking brunch, then head to the Somerville Theater for a day of film festival screenings and panels. For more information on screening schedules, visit www.iffboston.org. RSVP to info@womeninfilmvideo.org.

SCREENWRITING AWARDS WITH DIANE LAKE

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

7:00-9:00 PM

AMC/LOEWS Boston Common Theatre 175 Tremont Street Boston, Massachusetts

Women in Film/General Motors (WIF/GM) Accelerating the Creative Alliance, together with Women in Film & Video/New England (WIFV/NE) and the Emerson College Student Screenwriting Group Spec will host a screenwriting awards celebration on Wednesday April 25th at the AMC/Loews Boston Common Theatre. Awards will be presented to the finalists of the WIFV/NE Screenwriting Contest and the Emerson Spec Screenwriting Competition. Special guest screenwriter Diane Lake will speak about writing for film and her screenplay Frida. The event, the first of the WIF/GM Alliance's national college lectures to be held here in Boston, will include a Q&A session with Ms. Lake and an informal reception with refreshments. RSVP to info@womeninfilmvideo.org

ACCELERATING THE CREATIVE BREAKFAST @ WGBH

Free for Members/$10 general public

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

7:45am-9:00am, Cahners Conference Room, 125 Western Ave

WIFV/NE will host a networking breakfast on March 20th at WGBH studios in Boston. Filmmaker Lorna Lowe Streeter, this year's winner of the Accelerating the Creative Scholarship, will be presented with the $1,500 award and invited to share her success stories with the local film community.

RSVP required. info@womeninfilmvideo.org

TAX SEMINAR for MEDIA ARTISTS

Sunday, March 4, 2007
10 AM-12 PM
National Boston
115 Dummer Street
Between St. Paul and Pleasant, in Brookline

WOMEN IN FILM & VIDEO/NEW ENGLAND invites you to join Beryl Denker, owner of A B R Associates since 1990, which offers tax preparation and accounting services to self-employed individuals, especially those in the entertainment industry, for this informative workshop in tax preparation.

Click here for more information and to pre-register.

CHICKS MAKE FLICKS Winter/Spring 2007

On the MIT campus
77 Mass. Ave.
Room 6-120
Free and open to the public.

February 8
Short Documentaries by Carmen Oquendo Villar
Carmen Oquendo Villar is a visual artist and curator of Puerto Rican and Spanish descent whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. Screening will include the films MIZERY and BOQUITA, from a series of film portraits about members of the Boston Latino transgender community.

March 15
DON'T TELL ME YOU LOVE ME by Thato Rantao Mwosa
A film which chronicles the demise of a marriage and the inevitable break down of communication, followed sadly by a wave of violence. Thabo and Masedi are African immigrants that have been residing in America for a year. Thabo has just lost his job and is on the path of self-destruction as he resorts to violence towards Masedi. Masedi confronts her fears and emotions through poetry. When Thabo discovers the poem, life imitates art imitating life. Can Masedi reconcile the contradictions between her consciousness as a writer, a woman, and a wife?

April 12
HEY MONIE episodes by Dorothea Gillim
An animated comedy that explores the life and longings of Simone ("Monie"), a single, African-American, professional woman in big city America with her best friend, Yvette, by her side. Hey Monie originally aired on Black Entertainment Television.

May 10
Selections from the IMA PLUME TRILOGY by Nancy Andrews
Nancy Andrews uses animation, live action and puppetry in her homage to film noir. It explores Ima Plume’s investigation of her own death. Ima, Public Illustrator, grapples with trying to express things that might not be seen or drawn including: spirits, electronic voice phenomena and studies of animal locomotion.