Gotta Minute Film Festival is still going! Until September 26th, you can catch this year’s Gotta Minute Films on PATTISON Onestop screens in Edmonton and Calgary, at Edmonton Public Library Branches, during the Metro Cinema pre-show and online. So don’t forget to check out these little one-minute gems.  The outdoor Festival Awards Celebration took place this past Friday at the new ROOT 107 park space. Thank you to all who attended. The weather was perfect for a night of fun and outdoor entertainment thanks to the fantastic talents of Rooster Davis and Bil ..read more

Gotta Minute Film Festival is still going! Until September 26th, you can catch this year’s Gotta Minute Films on PATTISON Onestop screens in Edmonton and Calgary, at Edmonton Public Library Branches, during the Metro Cinema pre-show and online. So don’t forget to check out these little one-minute gems.  The outdoor Festival Awards Celebration took place this past Friday at the new ROOT 107 park space. Thank you to all who attended. The weather was perfect for a night of fun and outdoor entertainment thanks to the fantastic talents of Rooster Davis and Billie ..read more

Search All Projects Dylan Rhys Howard's Picks Experimental FAVA Artist-In-Residence FAVA FEST 2012 FAVA FEST 2013 FAVA FEST 2014 FAVA FEST 2015 FAVA FEST 2016 FAVA FEST 2017 FAVA FEST 2018 × The project content is restricted by a password. Please enter the password to continue. Join our special guest host Owen Armstrong for the first-ever episode of the FAVA in Studio podcast! In this episode, we chat with six filmmakers about directing their projects that have been selected for the 2021 FAVA FEST.  FAVA FEST is an annual celebration of independent film and video art. You ca ..read more

For Fava TV Fourfold: A Thematic Curatorial, Dr. Kristen Hutchinson will be mining the archives of FAVA TV to create four collections and curatorial essays based on specific themes. The first collection of ten media artworks is an exploration of place. Three more thematic collections will follow summer 2020. This project was funded in part by The Alberta Media Artists Alliance Society of Alberta (AMAAS). Wibbly, Wobbly, Timey, Wimey: Reflections on Time by Dr. Kristen Hutchinson The passage of time has been extra weird lately. Have you felt that too? As Doctor Who would say, it has been “wibbl ..read more

For Fava TV Fourfold: A Thematic Curatorial, Dr. Kristen Hutchinson will be mining the archives of FAVA TV to create four collections and curatorial essays based on specific themes. The first collection of ten media artworks is an exploration of place. Three more thematic collections will follow summer 2020. This project was funded in part by The Alberta Media Artists Alliance Society of Alberta (AMAAS). Wibbly, Wobbly, Timey, Wimey: Reflections on Time by Dr. Kristen Hutchinson The passage of time has been extra weird lately. Have you felt that too? As Doctor Who would say, it has been “wibbl ..read more

For Fava TV Fourfold: A Thematic Curatorial, Dr. Kristen Hutchinson will be mining the archives of FAVA TV to create four collections and curatorial essays based on specific themes. The first collection of ten media artworks is an exploration of place. Three more thematic collections will follow summer 2020. This project was funded in part by The Alberta Media Artists Alliance Society of Alberta (AMAAS). Connecting with Nature By Dr. Kristen Hutchinson In 1969 the Canadian artist collective N.E. Thing Company created a series of installations called Quarter Mile Landscape. Along a quarter mile ..read more

For Fava TV Fourfold: A Thematic Curatorial, Dr. Kristen Hutchinson will be mining the archives of FAVA TV to create four collections and curatorial essays based on specific themes. The first collection of ten media artworks is an exploration of place. Three more thematic collections will follow summer 2020. This project was funded in part by The Alberta Media Artists Alliance Society of Alberta (AMAAS). Finding Joy By Dr. Kristen Hutchinson In these pandemic times, I think we could all use a little more joy in our lives, some time and space to re-experience the pleasures of the small, medium ..read more

Are FAVA Award recipients required to attend the event? Ha ha, goodness no. Only if they love dressing up and drinking alcohol! Are these awards serious? I am writing filler text. Awards are serious business. How else can I feel validated but for the public recognition of my peers and acquaintances? Without the glad-handing and back-slapping? Speeches and photo ops? But as Harvey Keitel’s “The Wolf” in Pulp Fiction wisely advised, “Let’s not start sucking each other’s dicks just yet.” The journey to achieving a FAVA Award is long and torturous process. Wringing your brain for a worthwhi ..read more

A workshop educates attendees on a specific topic and lasts no more than one day. In this example, the workshop is about interviews and lighting. It is a workshop because it only addresses a single area of video production. Images The blog post has a featured image (1903 pixels wide) which is repeated in the body of the post before the text begins. More than one image can be included in the body of the post. However, uploading one high-resolution image for the heading and letting the WordPress theme take care of scaling that picture for different screen sizes will be the easy way to put ..read more

Got a screenplay that’s ready to take shape? Here’s your opportunity to develop your short or feature film script or one-hour teleplay in an intense but supportive workshop setting. This class will focus on crafting the concept and structure of your story, and will provide feedback on your evolving script. Participants must enter the class with a story outline or first draft of the idea they wish to develop. The post Intro to Screenwriting appeared first on FAVA ..read more