Future Indigenous Filmmakers:

Brochure Download

AGENDA

DAY 1

DAY 2

DAY 3

DAY 4

DAY 5

Program Overview

Production Structure

Filmmaking Styles

Introduction to Visual Storytelling

Setting up our Production Teams

Brainstorming & Pitch Development

Script/Storyboards Training

Film Concept Presentations

Technical Shooting with 4K Gimbals

Camera Movement Workshop

Media and Production Workflow

Shooting our Productions

Importing and Organizing Footage

Editing Sequences in Adobe Premiere

Post-Production Techniques

Audio Production for Film

Editing of Group Productions

Complete and Export our Films

Film Festival

Awards Ceremony and Prizes

Future Indigenous Filmmakers:

THE EMPOWERED

FILMMAKER

MASTERCLASS

August 5 - 30, 2019

9:00AM - 5:00PM

The Empowered Filmmaker Masterclass is an official program to take individuals with no prior knowledge in filmmaking and shape them into self-sufficient, nimble and powerful media content creators.

MEET THE TEAM

Farhan Umedaly

Lead Instructor

Thomas Giwusk Isaac

Senior Mentor

James Morgan

Northern B.C. Liaison, Mentor

Farhan Umedaly is an award winning filmmaker best known for his films about social causes.

Farhan has a background in neurobiology and has worked as a consultant for renewable energy developments before establishing VoVo Productions in 2009. The original focus of the company was to produce videos that enable clean-tech and renewable energy companies to realize their business objectives. Since then, VoVo Productions has diversified, having produced more than 200 promotional videos and commercials for leading companies and non- profits such as the David Suzuki Foundation to help create positive change. Farhan works alongside groups such as ISSofBC, Vancouver Foundation, and Access to Media and Education Society to provide mentorship in filmmaking to marginalized communities such as Syrian refugees and indigenous communities. He is best known for his indigenous focused documentaries - ‘A Last Stand for Lelu’, and more recently ‘The Sun on Top of the House’. He recently was a Producer, Assistant Director and Director of Photography for the acclaimed Hollywood feature ‘Best F(r)iends’ which was recently purchased by Lionsgate Films.

The son of refugees to Canada from Uganda, Farhan is committed to building alliances with indigenous communities through providing professional training and mentorship in filmmaking - an area of great opportunity as well as a powerful tool to give voices to those who have important stories to tell.

Christine Smith-Martin

Christine Smith-Martin grew up in the north coast communities of Lax Kw’alaams and Prince Rupert. Her Nations include Haida, Tsimshian and Nisga’a. Her great grandfather was William Beynon (Sim’oogit Gwisk’aayn) Her grandparents were William (Sonny) Beynon and Dora (Adams) Green, Ganada Wilp Luuxhoon.

Christine spent 19 years as the Executive Director of the Vancouver Aboriginal Transformative Justice Services Society. In this capacity, she sat on various Boards and Committees including the Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society, Metro Vancouver Aboriginal Executive Council (which she co-founded), Knowledgeable Aboriginal Youth Association among others.

In addition to the Board and Committees, Christine spent most of her professional career negotiating with both Provincial and Federal Governments, The City of Vancouver and Provincial Indigenous political organizations.

Christine Smith-Martin

Northern B.C. Liaison, Mentor & Recruitment Coordinator

Hands-on Training

WHAT PEOPLE SAY

MICHELLE JONES

Secwepemc & Syilx Nation

The Empowered Filmmakers
Masterclass Workshop with Farhan was absolutely necessary and valuable not only to me as an Indigenous woman and mother, to all those that attended but even more importantly to our peoples collectively.

JANICE ANTOINE

Lower Nicola Indian Band

Our group went from idea concept, storyboarding, shooting, editing and post production, daunting for a newbie. However, our diverse group experienced the thrill of completing our short film.

TRENT MOREAS

Skidegate Band Council

We need to create a visual platform to assist youth to be more informed about choosing to live healthy, drug-free lives… We need to strengthen the youth with the power to achieve their own social awareness.

RSVP

NANAIMO

Mon, Aug 5, 2019, 9:00 AM –

Fri, Aug 9, 2019, 5:00 PM PDT

CRANBROOK

Mon, Aug 12, 2019, 9:00 AM –

Fri, Aug 16, 2019, 5:00 PM PDT

PRINCE GEORGE

Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 9:00 AM –

Fri, Aug 23, 2019, 5:00 PM PDT

VERNON

Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 9:00 AM –

Fri, Aug 30, 2019, 5:00 PM PDT