Event Schedule

SEVENTH ANNUAL

VICTORIA INDEPENDENT FILM & VIDEO FESTIVAL

FEBRUARY 2 - 11, 2001

22 Feature Films 15 Documentaries 80 Shorts

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THE FILM FORUM

FEBRUARY 2 - 5
3 MASTER CLASSES

DIRECTING PRODUCING WRITING

FORUM PANEL SESSIONS:

Saturday, February 3: Developing a Script. This day long seminar will take one script in its final draft and look at the options for development.

Session 1	Script reading with professional actors

Session 2	Script Editors Panel: Covering structure, character development, and building subtext as it pertains to the script that has just been read.

Session 3	Directors Panel: Take one cocky young emerging director, add one traditional mainstream director and mix with one American then start discussing vision, casting, location and more.

Session 4	Producers and Distributors Panel: A big budget producer, a small budget producer, and a distributor cover funding, marketing and distribution.

Sunday, February 4: Shorts Full of Dollars The most explosive new market for independent filmmakers is the Internet. Find out what is going on out there.

THE ROAD TAKEN/NOT TAKEN: This series of sessions looks at a script that has already been made into a film.

Session 1	Script reading with professional actors -- this does not include actors from the finished film.

Session 2	Not having seen the finished production two script editors and two directors discuss ways that the script and film could have developed.

Session 3	Screening of the film later that evening. Followed by the director, writer, and actor discussing choices they made, the development and experiences of making the film

Join us for Martini Talks The informal way to find out more about : The Art of the Agent Saturday February 3, 2001 : A literary manager and actors agent discuss their role in developing careers. Developing a TV Series Sunday February 4, 2001: What's on TV? Nothing? Well, do something about it! Find out how to turn idle talk into action.

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