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Celluloid Dreams
THE BEST SEAT IN THE HOUSE
» Thursday 27 May 2010 | 5 pm
» Bohemian Café, 524 Bernard Avenue, Kelowna
An informal afternoon hour showcasing ideas
and people in the Okanagan creative economy. Join us as CBC Radio's Alya Ramadan hosts a panel featuring Janice Blackie-Goodine, Dean Goodine, Marc Arellano, Graham Cairns and Amar Chebib - all active members of the Okanagan's burgeoning film industry.
» $2 at the door. Refreshments are available at a modest cost.
» Seating is limited, please reserve yours HERE
Visionaries Step Out from Behind the Cameras to Share Film Dreams
As residents and visitors alike know, the Okanagan boasts divergent and breathtaking views around every turn. The valley is camera ready and many have long felt it "ought to be in movies." But it takes more than locations to make movie magic. It takes a talented pool of skilled directors, camera operators, scene builders, video and sound technicians of all kinds. It also takes creative vision, access to financing, and supportive communities.
On Thursday, May 27th at 5 pm the ongoing weekly Okanagan Institute Express series at the Bohemian Café in Kelowna presents Celluloid Dreams: The Best Seat in the House. Join us as CBC Radio's Alya Ramadan hosts a panel featuring Janice Blackie-Goodine, Dean Goodine, Marc Arellano, Graham Cairns and Amar Chebib - all active members of the Okanagan's burgeoning film industry.
Individuals active in the film industry agree - the Okanagan is on the cusp of becoming a player on the big screen. Film veterans and visionaries have been patiently developing the valley's resources and creative capacity, and building a skilled and trained labour force.
Boasting a broad background of experience and expertise, the members of this panel understand that more than a pretty face is required to project the Okanagan's appeal to the global film industry. CBC Radio's Alya Ramadan, a serious film buff, will host the discussion of a diverse and active group who are beginning to make the valley's celluloid dreams a reality.
 Marc Arellano, a Professor of Communications at Okanagan College, is a poet and filmmaker. Marc is interested in making video art that incorporates processes of collaboration and community. His short documentary, (k? n??d? ?n), screened at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2008, placed in the top 10 in the CBC/Radio Canada International competition, Migrations, and just received a U.S. premiere at the largest Hispanic film festival in the U.S., Cine Las Americas. Marc's current project, Strange Fruit: A Changing Landscape in The Central Okanagan, is a feature-length documentary that explores family-run orchards and the issues of land, labour and water.
 Graham Cairns is the department head of the Digital Film Program at the Centre for Arts and Technology, Kelowna. Graham grew up in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan and produced his first TV show at the age of 12 for the local community station Telecable 10. Years later after receiving a degree in Anthropology and Archaeology from the University of Saskatchewan, he decided to again to enter the film and TV world relocating to Vancouver BC and working towards being accepted as a member of the Directors Guild of Canada. Graham has worked in the assistant director department on shows such as Stargate SG1, Scary Movie 3, White Noise, Firewall, Stargate Atlantis, The Andromeda Strain, Whistler, and The Legend of Earthsea. Graham has also run his own video production company Graham Cairns Films and worked on corporate, commercial and music videos in the areas of directing, camera, sound, and editing.
 Amar Chebib, born in Kuwait from a German-Canadian mother and Syrian-French father, was raised throughout the Arabian-Persian Gulf. After receiving a western education, he has chosen to make Kelowna his home. He started experimenting with filmmaking during his adolescence by contrasting traditional Arab culture with modern westernization. Amar completed a film internship with Oneira Pictures International in 2005 and graduated from the film production program at the Vancouver Film School in 2006. Since then, he has worked on various short films, documentaries, and feature films. In 2008, he wrote, directed, and produced his first short drama Le Boucher in France. Currently in post-production, Amar's next short film, Mish Mush, is scheduled to be completed in 2010.
 Janice Blackie-Goodine, a Summerland resident, started working in the film and television industry as a set decorator in 1979. Since then she has worked on over 50 productions and been acclaimed both in Canada and the US. In 1992 she received an Oscar Nomination for Set Decoration on Clint Eastwood's Oscar winning film, Unforgiven. In 1993 she was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as a voting member of the Academy. Janice is now one of 78 set decorators worldwide that vote on the Oscars. In 2002 she received a Calgary Global Television "Woman of Vision" Award for her contribution to Arts and Entertainment and in 2004 Janice's name was added as part of the key creative team to the National Film Registry in the United States "Library of Congress" for her work on the film Unforgiven. In 2008 she won a Genie Award for Set Decoration on Paul Gross's Genie winning film, Passchendaele and in 2009 became a voting member of the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Janice shares her extensive expertise as a guest lecturer at the Center of Arts and Technology, Kelowna.
 Dean Goodine has worked in the film and television industry as a property master for 24 years. His film credits include: Unforgiven, Legends of the Fall, Open Range, The Assassination of Jesse James, Passchendaele, and Gunless. In television Dean has worked on the series Stargate SG1 and Atlantis, and is currently the property master on the Fox series Human Target in Vancouver. As a member of the Alberta film industry, he has been the business agent, and film vice-president of Calgary's IATSE local 212 where he was part of an industry group that promoted Alberta as a filming destination in the mid 90's including putting on producers tours and traveling to the location expo in LA. While on hiatus he is a guest lecturer at the Center of Arts and Technology, Kelowna. Now with the South Okanagan as his home, he would like to help build a local industry here.
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Celluloid Dreams: The Best Seat in the House takes place at the Bohemian Café, Kelowna. This marks the 140th event the Okanagan Institute has held since the Express series got underway in July 2007.
Express is directed, convened and hosted by Doug Hodgkinson, Karen Close, Edward McLean, Jan Kennett and Neil McKay. It has played host to many Okanagan luminaries, including former deputy secretary general of Amnesty International Derek Evans, artists Lee Claremont and Gary Pearson, BC Book Award nominee Don Gayton, CBC Literary prize winner poet Harold Rhenisch, distinguished editor and author Jim Taylor, poet laureate and professor John Lent, creative entrepreneur Nikos Theodosakis, animator and filmmaker Jim Cliffe, community activist Don Elzer, dancer David LaHay, architect Jim Meiklejohn, culinary artist and writer Heidi Noble, broadcaster Marion Barschel and many others from a wide range of creative fields.
The Okanagan Institute is a group of creative professionals that has gathered around the goal of providing events, publications and services of interest to enquiring minds in the Okanagan. We partner with individuals, organizations, institutions and businesses to achieve optimal creative and social impact.
Our mission is to ignite cultural transformation, catalyze collaborative action, build networks and foster sustainable creative enterprises. We invite the participation by all members of the creative community.
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