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Advanced Screenwriting Class with Nickel Film Festival

03 Tuesday Jan 2023

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Advanced Screenwriting with Wanda Nolan

I’m teaching a 4 week advanced screenwriting class with the Nickel Film Festival from January 23 – February 13th. Check out the Nickel Film Festival for details.

Screening of Luben and Elena at The Rooms

01 Wednesday Dec 2021

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The National Film Board of Canada presents Luben and Elena at The Rooms, on December 3rd. It was directed by the brilliant Ellie Yonova, produced by Annette Clarke, and I had the good fortune of being the story consultant on the project.

Screening of Mystery of the Secret Room

10 Wednesday Nov 2021

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The Rooms is screening films from the National Film Board of Canada this fall, including my short Mystery of the Secret Room. It plays November 12th at 7 PM, along side Conviction, directed by Teresa MacInnes, Nance Ackerman, and Ariella Pahlke

Director’s Guild of Canada Union Card

28 Saturday Aug 2021

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Pretty chuffed to get this in the mail today

Finding Your Path – Scene and Heard

05 Friday Mar 2021

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The St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival’s Scene and Heard week is coming soon! It’s a week of professional development that includes chats with filmmakers, masterclasses, and screenings.

Myself and Deanne Foley will speak to Andrea Dunne about Finding Your Path. It’s happening on Thursday, March 18 at 1 PM. There’s more information here: https://www.womensfilmfestival.com/events/18/finding-your-path

Skills Canada Presentation

03 Wednesday Feb 2021

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Looking forward to talking about careers for women in film with Skilled Canada on February 9th from 4-5:00 PM.

Always Going Never Gone on CBC GEM

19 Saturday Dec 2020

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Always Going Never Gone is now airing on CBC GEM. You can check it out here.

Screen Nova Scotia – Best Female Lead Nomination

08 Tuesday Dec 2020

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Congrats to the brilliant Mary-Colin Chisholm for her nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Leading Female Role as Ailish in Always Going Never Gone. It was an absolute pleasure to work with, and learn from, Mary-Colin

Reimagining the Islands – National Film Board of Canada

02 Wednesday Sep 2020

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My next film will be part of the National Film Board’s Reimagining series. My producer is the most awesome Annette Clarke.

Prajwala Dixit and Susan Rodgers are also making films as a part of this series. I’m so happy to work along side these talented women.

Crocuses Nickel Film Festival

24 Friday Jul 2020

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Thanks to the Nickel Independent Film Festival for selecting Crocuses from their vault to show as a part of their 20th anniversary! It plays on July 28th.

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SJIWFF Cozy Chats

16 Thursday Apr 2020

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It was an absolute pleasure speaking to the brilliant Michelle Latimer as a part of the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival Cozy Chats series, done live on Instagram.  I learned so much from her.  Key an eye out for her upcoming TV series, THE TRICKSTER on CBC.  http://www.streelfilms.com/the-trickster

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Visiting Writer University of British Columbia

08 Sunday Mar 2020

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I am spending this week (March 9-15) as a Visiting Writer at UBC’s Creative Writing Program.  I love talking about story and I’m so looking forward to a week of focusing on it with Master and Bachelor Fine Art students in Creative Writing.

Newport Beach Film Festival Official Selection

05 Thursday Mar 2020

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Always Going Never Gone will be playing at the prestigious Newport Beach Film Festival in California. This festival was in my top ten and I’m really honoured to screen there. I’m so grateful of their support of my work in the past.

Horror Fuel Film Review by Joseph Perry

04 Wednesday Mar 2020

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horrorThanks to Horror Fuel and Joseph Perry for this amazing review! It’s so wonderful to see our cast and crew singled out. Follow the link here.  Here’s what he has to say.

Writer/director Wanda Nolan’s chilling Canadian short Always Going Never Gone has a gripping, ethereal tone. A graduate student in folklore (Allison Moira Kelly as Kari) interviews an older lady (Mary-Colin Chisolm as Ailish) as part of the former’s research on supernatural legends. This short is a difficult one to write about, as even giving some praise where it is due means giving away spoilers, and it should be seen knowing as little as possible going in. Chisolm and Kelly play off of each other beautifully, and Rhiannon Morgan also gives a fine performance. Sarah Harris’ unsettling score and Justin Simms’ sound design perfectly complement Nolan’s fantastically directed otherworldly tale, gorgeously shot by cinematographer Duncan De Young. 

AGNG Nominated Best Supernatural Short and Best Score!

03 Monday Feb 2020

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So stoked to be nominated for Best Supernatural Short and Best Score (composer and rock star Sarah Harris) at the Women in Horror Film Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. This is festival is truly stellar.

Always Going Never Gone plays Thursday, February 27th 2020 at 6PM as part of the Not of this World showcase.

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Final Girls Berlin – Official Selection

15 Sunday Dec 2019

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We are stoked to be showing at the Final Girls Berlin Film Festival in February. It’s a bad ass feminist fest. Thanks to the programmers for selecting us!

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Women in Horror – Atlanta!

25 Monday Nov 2019

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So happy to be an OFFICIAL SELECTION of the 2020 Women in Horror Film Festival in Altanta!

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Reels of the Dead – Chicago!

05 Tuesday Nov 2019

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Always Going Never Gone will be at Reels of the Dead in Chicago on November 23rd at noon.

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Podcast: The horror movie community in N.L. is bigger-and scarier-than you think

26 Saturday Oct 2019

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Thanks to Andy Bulman for the chat about horror stories and why Newfoundland is the perfect place for them.  At the end of the piece, there’s a podcast with all the filmmakers. It also features our lead, the multi-talented Allison Kelly, who brought so much to the film. Read and listen here.

 

Visiting Artist – University of British Columbia

20 Sunday Oct 2019

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The University of British Columbia’s Creative Writing Program has invited me to be a visiting artist in the Spring of 2020.  I’m incredibly honoured to do this.

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CBC Interview

18 Friday Oct 2019

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I spoke with Malone Mullin about our short Always Going Never Gone.  We talked about the themes the film touches on.

Interview here: In a tale of grief and dying outports, St. John’s filmmaker nods to banshee lore

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Mary-Colin Chisholm as Ailish (photo by Greg Locke)

Ax Wound Official Selection!

17 Thursday Oct 2019

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This festival was on one of my top fav lists. I’m so happy to be selected. Happening in Vermont in November!

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Luben & Elena at the SJWIFF

08 Tuesday Oct 2019

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Luben and Elena will be playing at the St. John’s International Film Festival:

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2019
2:30 PM 4:00 PM
THE ROOMS

I was the story consultant on  this film by Ellie Yonova. The documentary follows renowned artitsts, Luben Boykov and Elena Popova, who settled in Newfoundland, Canada, in the early 90s after escaping communist Bulgaria. Their work went on to contribute to the culture and landscape of the province, underscoring in a very real and visual way how the immigrant experience shapes and defines place.  Ellie  is a masterful story teller. She makes a film about art, a piece of art.  I’m honoured to have had such a tiny part of this story.

Always Going Never Gone – SJIWFF

02 Wednesday Oct 2019

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Always Going Never Gone will play at the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival!  It’s their 30th anniversary and we’re thrilled to be a part of it!

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Sunday, October 20th
12-1:30pm
LSPU Hall!

Get your tickets here https://www.womensfilmfestival.com/tickets

Review from Flaw in the Iris

14 Saturday Sep 2019

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Thanks to my bud Carsten Knox for giving Always Going Never Gone a shout out in his review. Knox  describes the film as “David Fincher-esque levels of icy creep”.

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Always Going Never Gone – Premiere at FIN

02 Monday Sep 2019

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Always Going Never Gone will make it’s world premiere at FIN Atlantic International Festival!

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Always Going Never Gone is done post!!

30 Friday Aug 2019

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Final mix and playback of Always Going Never Gone today!! Super grateful to everyone who worked on this film. All of them story tellers. It’s a ton of work getting to this point. Big love and respect to all the filmmakers out there. Stay tuned for festival updates #film #womeninfilm #supernatural

Nickel Workshops: Writing the First Act with Wanda Nolan

07 Wednesday Aug 2019

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I’m teaching a feature film screenwriting workshop in September. Here’s the deets:

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A short synopsis and a one-page long synopsis of your story. A four page writing sample. E-Mail info@nickelfestival.com with your materials!

Deadline for submissions August 18th
Notify successful submissions by August 23rd
Workshop on Sept 10th, 16th, 23rd, 30th, Oct. 7th
Cost $150

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“If there is something wrong with the third act, it’s really in the first act.” Billy Wilder

The first act lays the groundwork for your entire story. It is what activates your character, defines their world, the central conflict, the emotional stakes, and sets off the action across the length of your film. It determines if an audience will stay with your story.

In this hands-on screenwriting class, we will use writing in-class exercises, lecture, and film examples to write the first act of your film. In the process we will explore screenwriting elements like:

· Dramatic premise
· Plot (external world)
· Theme (internal world)
· Ethos/World
· Tone and point of view
· Character/Character arcs/Transformation
· Dialog
· Scenes and sequences
· Transitions
· Subplots

This class will be small and intimate. It requires each writer to share their work.

Short Film Screenwriting Class

18 Thursday Jul 2019

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Creating Your Short Screenplay/Picture Start Short

Thinking about submitting to Picture Start? I’m teaching a short film workshop for NIFCO on July 30th that will help you with your script.  Sign up here through eventbrite

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This is Moving: Illustration on Screen – Art Gallery of Hamilton

21 Friday Jun 2019

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Thrilled that Mystery of the Secret Room is playing at the Art Gallery of Hamilton as a part of their exhibition This is Moving: Illustration on Screen http://bit.ly/2wwXtnC 

The exhibition runs June 21 – September 8, 2019

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