From:TheBahamasWeekly.com
Bahamas Int'l Film Festival bring back Youth Film Workshops
By Dennis Dembia
Oct 20, 2010 - 11:46:09 AM
Nassau, Bahamas
– The Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) will continue its
efforts to educate and inspire a new generation of filmmakers. The Festival
announced today that it will be expanding its popular Youth Film Workshop
during the seventh annual BIFF by partnering with schools throughout Nassau and
integrating the workshops directly into classrooms. The announcement was made
by BIFF Founder and Executive Director, Leslie Vanderpool.
The Youth Film
Workshops serve as an innovative children's mobile film studio creating a
learning environment like none other. With the support of the Board and
sponsors, the Youth Film Workshops will take place in classrooms throughout
Nassau to heighten awareness of the positive impact of media literacy.
There will be one program per day at each
participating school with 15 students in each program taking place November 29th
through December 3rd. Schools that have signed on in the past to
participate in the Youth Film Workshop venture are CC. Sweeting, St. Andrews,
Uriah McPhee, Queens College, Lyford Cay School, St. Annes and St. Bedes.
Commented Leslie Vanderpool, “The
Bahamas International Film Festival continually strives to provide beneficial
mentoring and education programs that open imaginations and introduce young
Bahamians to an uninhibited world of creative filmmaking. The Youth Film
Workshops have been a staple of the Festival for many years and have always
delivered on their mission to inspire and educate. This year will feature
another wonderful installment of the program and we encourage all Bahamians to
participate and see for themselves what can be achieved through the power of
film.”
Select workshops are open to the public on
December 4th for $50.00.
The Youth Film Workshop is conducted by Never
Too Short Productions, a group of professional filmmaking educators and
instructors from Canada, who have worked countless hours to create, develop and
implement specially designed workshops for kids. With the guidance of the Never
Too Short professionals, participants will explore and experiment with the
latest in digital technology, in an exciting, fast-paced, child-focused
environment with the ultimate goal of developing media literacy, social
networking and collaboration skills.
BIFF 2010 begins Wednesday, December 1st
and runs through Sunday, December 5th.
Tickets
can be booked online, over the telephone, or in person at BIFF box offices by
November 1st. Every year the Festival offers advance ticket deals from
the date of Box opening to the first day of the Festival.
About the Bahamas
International Film Festival
The Bahamas International Film
Festival (BIFF) is a nonprofit organization committed to providing the local
community and international festival-goers with a diverse presentation of films
from the Bahamas and around the world. In addition to showcasing films that
might not otherwise be released theatrically, BIFF provides unique cultural
experiences, educational programs, and forums for exploring the past, present
and future of cinema. BIFF aims to raise the level of filmmaking, participation
and education throughout the Bahamas and the world.
Key Sponsors of the 2010 BIFF
are; Ministry of Tourism, Atlantis, Old Fort Bay Club, The Nature Conservancy,
Galleria Cinema, Ministry Culture, Custom Computers, College of The Bahamas,
Bahamas Local and many more.
For additional
information please visit www.bintlfilmfest.com.
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