Tuesday, October 26, 2010 — 7:00 pm
TIFF Bell Lightbox
350 King St. West, Toronto
Admission: Free
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CineSiege 2010 is a juried showcase screening of outstanding productions of 2009-10 by talented young filmmakers in AMPD’s Department of Cinema and Media Arts.
The program will feature a selection of short films – riveting dramas, cutting-edge experimental works and provocative documentaries – chosen by five external jurors. The CineSiege picks were selected from a shortlist of 23 productions nominated from the total pool of 172 films made at York last year.
Jurors will be on hand at CineSiege to introduce the winning films and explain why they were selected. This year, marking the Film Department’s 40th anniversary, all the jurors are former students of York’s film program.
Jurors
- Chris Gehman, independent filmmaker, curator and critic
- Julie Ng, DVD special features director and producer
- Thomas Wallner, documentary and new media writer and producer; co-president of Xenophile Media
CineSiege is made possible through the generous support of 
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Jerry Ciccoritti is one of Canada’s most prolific and accomplished directors, working in both television and feature films. Among his television credits are the miniseries Trudueau (2002, CBC), Lives of the Saints (2004, CTV) and Dragon Boys (2005, CBC); over a dozen TV movies including The Many Trials of One Jane Doe (2003); and episodes for more than 20 series, including Republic of Doyle and Being Erica. His six feature films includes Blood (2004) and The Life Before This (1999). Along with numerous other awards, he is a seven-time winner of the Gemini Award for Best Director. |
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Chris Gehman is an experimental filmmaker, curator and critic. His most recent films are Refraction Series and Rostrum Press: Materials Testing (both 2008). He was the artistic director of Toronto’s Images Festival from 2000 to 2004 and has served as progammer for the Toronto International Film Festival, Cinematheque Ontario, the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Image Forum (Tokyo) and other leading venues. His critical writings have appeared in numerous periodicals and anthologies. He is the co-editor (with Steve Reinke) of the critical anthology The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema (YYZ Books, 2005). |
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Jenny Lewis is a principal (with Sara Kay) of Lewis Kay Casting. She has worked as casting director on dozens of Canadian and international feature films, television shows, Movies of the Week and pilots. Recent projects include the feature films Grown up Movie Star, Defendor, Small Town Murder Scene and The Whistlebower, and the TV series Men With Brooms, Todd and the Book of Pure Evil and Little Mosque on the Prairie. Lewis Kay won the inaugural Gemini Award for Casting for the Movie of the Week Heydey, directed by Gordon Pinsent. |
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Julie Ng’s fly-on-the-wall documentary Year of the Rat (2003), made as an extra for the DVD of Glen Morgan’s Willard, has won her steady work in the niche market of behind-the-scenes documentaries. She produced the DVD for David Cronenberg’s A History of Violence and helped design the interactive DVD release of Final Destination 3. She has been on set filming what goes on behind thescenes or has overseen the ”making-of” postproduction on many films, including David Fincher’s Zodiac and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, John Waters’ A Dirty Shame, the remakes of Black Christmas and Hairspray, The Time Traveler’s Wife, and the TV series Fringe. |
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Thomas Wallner, co-president of Xenophile Media, is a producer, writer, director and game designer working in feature film, television, games and interactive media. In addition to producing innovative cross-media properties for television, he has written five award-winning feature documentaries, the latest a film and online adaptation of the internationally bestselling children’s book, Inside Hana’s Suitcase. He is currently in production on the feature-length documentary Trapped. He is a recipient of numerous honours including four Emmy Award nominations with two wins. |
Nominees
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Why He’s Single Director : Howard Shefman Director of Photography : Natalie Sirianni Editor : Josh Ratcliffe Sound : Jordan DarvilleQ: How does one get to truly know a man? A: Ask his ex-girlfriends. |
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Video Sculptures Director/ Writer/ Producer/ Editor/ Sound : Brad Tinmouth Director of Photography : Greg BiskupDocumentation of sculptures made by Brad Tinmouth in early 2010. |
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Vidalonga Writer/ Director/ Producer : Elisa L. Iannacone Director of Photography : Greg Biskup Editor : Shawn Gerrard Production Manager : Heather Cameron Sound : Pedro Peres |
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Triple Chocolate Cake Director/ Writer : Lesean Harris Producer : Ernesto Sosa Lopes Director of Photography : Senaa Ahmad Sound : Justin Long-Him Shum Editor : Brian HamelineA young father desperately tries to please his daughter on her 8th birthday. |
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The Nature of Intelligence Writer/ Director /Producer : Lizz A. Hodgson Director of Photography : Elisa Iannacone Sound : Mahmoud El Safadi Editor : Shannon FewsterA group of exceptional individuals find solace in creativity. |
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Sasha Director/ Writer/ Editor : Cameron Nixdorf Producers : Cameron Nixdorf & Stacey-Lee Maughn Directors of Photography : Cameron MacDonald Sound : Jessica Oliver Production Manager : Kayla BuschA boy confronts the boundary between childhood and adulthood |
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Salsiccia Director/ Writer/ Producer : Vincenzo Bertillo Director of Photography : Alexandra Byers Sound : Adam Clark Editor : Justin ShumFinger-licking good! |
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Rice Balls Director/ Writer/ Producer : Brendan Fossella Director of Photography : Joseph Bevacqua Sound : Umar Waheed Editor : Yasaman GeramiIs he still alive? |
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Rhythms of Light Director/ Writer/ Producer/ Director of Photography/ Editor : Jake Chirico Sound : Robert Coxford Additional Cinematography : Sabre WalkerAn exploration of our counter-evolutionary control of the dark. |
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Republic… Production Manager : Vu Van (Franco) Nguyen Director of Photography : Andrew Hunter Sound : Joe Krumins Production Designer : Zazu Myers |
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QiD! Writer/ Director : Alex Josselyn Production Manager : Emily Pickering Director of Photography : Kyle Bruce Sound : Natalie Bondarenko & Jessica Oliver Editors : Anne Feldman & Natalie Bondarenko Assistant Director : Kara StoneThere’s a new qid in town… |
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Play. Stop. Rewind. Writer/ Director/ Producer : Gerald Patrick Fantone Director of Photography : Tess Marie Garneau Editor : Joey Christopher Sound : Joe Krumins Art Director : Matthew YipchuckOn the day of the funeral, Joel goes missing. |
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Plants out of the Sunlight Director/ Writer : Vu Van (Franco) Nguyen Director of Photography : Umar Waheed Production Manager : Shannon Fewster Editor : Eric L. Chan Sound : Justin Long-Him Shum |
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Opus Writer/ Director/ Producer : James A. Young Director of Photography : Nikolas G. Benn Lighting & Grip : Percy Campos Editor : Miguel Castillo Music : Matthew Van DrielA reimagining of the Greek legend of Orpheus and Eurydice. |
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Love in 6 Parts Director/ Writer/ Producer : Josh Schonblum Director of Photography : Marco Torralba Sound : Farrahnaz Bulsara Editor : Emily PowellAn attempt to deconstruct the representation of love and gender roles in narrative film. |
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Kilometres Director/ Writer/ Producer/ Editor : Ernesto Sosa Director of Photography : Dave Schmidt Sound : Joshua LightfootNothing can escape the kilometres between them. |
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Hugs & Bruises Director/ Producer/ Editor : Joe Krumins Director of Photography : Tess Marie Garneau Sound : Jameson BevingtonDerby’s back! |
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Heads To Fill Director/ Writer/ Producer/ Director of Photography : Emily Pickering Editors : Janice Lee & Emily Pickering Sound : Tyler Wallismat·ri·lin·e·age: Line of descent as traced through women on the maternal side of a family |
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Dulcamara Writer/ Director : Sana Ahmed Producer : Anne Feldman Director of Photography : Jesse Katzev Editor : Stephanie Pouliette Sound : Jessica Oliver Assistant Director : Kara StoneA mother’s loneliness leads her to create unhappiness in her daughter’s life. |
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Daddy’s Little Girl Director/ Writer/ Producer : Shawn Gerrard Director of Photography : Catalin Patrichi Editor : Janna Jeffrey Production Managers : Tess Marie Garneau & Natalie Sirianni Sound : Adam Clark”Promise me you’ll keep it a secret” |
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Bonds Director/ Writer/ Producer : Janice Lee Director of Photography : Joel Kim Sound : Adam Clark Production Manager : Taylor Bateman Gaffer : Marco Torralba Assistant Director : Emily PickeringAmy, meet James. |
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Away from the Walls Director : Yasaman Geramifard Director of Photography : Farrah Bulsara Editor : Umar Waheed Sound Editor : Fabiola AlliuA documentary about Maryam, a surviving Iranian political activist and her immigration to Canada. |
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A Day with Lev Director/Editor : Yasaman Geramifard Director of Photography : Umar Waheed Sound : Fabiola AlliuA documentary about Toronto theatre director Levon Haftvan and his challenging immigration story in Canada. |
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After Director : Mark Pariselli Director of Photography : Kirk Holmes Editor : Jeffrey Zablotny Sound Design : Matt GreysonThree teenage boys idolize and fantasize about an older teenage football player until they witness his death. |
Award Winners
| Best Cinematography Kodak Award for Best Cinematography Awarded To – Catalin Patrichi  |
Daddy’s Little Girl Director/ Writer/ Producer : Shawn Gerrard Director of Photography : Catalin Patrichi Editor : Janna Jeffrey Production Managers : Tess Marie Garneau & Natalie Sirianni Sound : Adam Clark |
| Best Editing Awarded To – Cameron Nixdorf  |
Sasha Director/ Writer/ Editor : Cameron Nixdorf Producers : Cameron Nixdorf & Stacey-Lee Maughn Directors of Photography : Cameron MacDonald Sound : Jessica Oliver Production Manager : Kayla Busch |
| Best Screenplay Best Film Awarded To – Gerald Patrick Fantone  |
Play. Stop. Rewind. Writer/ Director/ Producer : Gerald Patrick Fantone Director of Photography : Tess Marie Garneau Editor : Joey Christopher Sound : Joe Krumins Art Director : Matthew Yipchuck |
| Best Sound Best Film Awarded To – Joe Krumins  |
Republic… Production Manager : Vu Van (Franco) Nguyen Director of Photography : Andrew Hunter Sound : Joe Krumins Production Designer : Zazu Myers |
| Best Sound Awarded To – Matt Greyson  |
After Director : Mark Pariselli Director of Photography : Kirk Holmes Editor : Jeffrey Zablotny Sound Design : Matt Greyson |
