Cinema Canada (Mar 1982)

‘ nm ro 4 Marty Gross to work with Olmi TORONTO Acclaimed Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi, whose film The Tree of the Wooden Clogs won the Palme d’Or at the 1979 Cannes Film Festival, has invited Canadian director Marty Gross to meet him and discuss Gross’s participation on his next film, scheduled to begin: shooting this spring in Italy. “Ym going to Italy to meet him and to discuss his next project, in which I will be a part,” Gross told Cinema Canada. “It may be a little bit more than an apprenticeship, it may be not.” The match between Olmi and Gross was made by Italian film critic Marco Muller, who met Gross last summerin China while he was preparing a retrospective of the Chinese cinema for a Turin film festival this spring. Muller, who had seen Gross’s film The Lover's Exile at Cannes and at Venice in 1982, invited Gross to join him in selecting the Chinese films for the festival. While working together, Gross expressed his admiration for Olmi’s cinema; Muller, a per sonal acquaintance of Olmi's, offered to-write Gross a letter of introduction. Olmireplied to Canadian Images accent on women TORONTO The fifth annual Canadian Images Film Festival, the largest and most comprehensive screening of Canadian films anywhere, will take place March 11-14 in Peterborough, Ontario. Over 230 films will be screened, and seminars and workshops will be held by leading film professionals to discuss the creative, political, and financial aspects of filmmaking in Canada. The festival is organized by Susan Ditta and Susan Newman in conjunction with Trent University in Peterborough. It is funded through grants by the Film Festivals Bureau in Ottawa, the National Film Board, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Peterborough, Trent University, private donations, and fund raising activities throughout the year. This year’s Canadian Images will highlight women’s filmmaking with 53 films made by women and three seminars on the role of women in the Canadian film industry. Twenty foreign films and 33 Canadian films are scheduled, including the works of Bonnie Kreps, Kay Armitage, Micheline Lanctot, Louise Carré, Bonnie Klein, and Diane Létourneau. Kay Armitage will chair a seminar on Feminism and Film Theory featuring Anne Kaplan, film professor at Rutgers University, Michelle Citron, film professor at Northwestern University and filmmaker, and Marcia Burnett, editor of Cine-Tracts. Patricia Gruben will moderate a seminar on Women In The Industry with Canadian filmmakers Micheline Lanctot, Bonnie Kreps, Nesya Shapiro, and American actor-director Lee Grant. A seminar on Feminism, Pornography, and Censorship will include screenings and discussions with filmmakers Bonnie Klein, Barbara, Hammer, Elizabeth Chitty, and Paule Baillargeon. There will also be a panel discussion on censorship with Susan Cole, Varda Burstyn, Barbara Martineau, Julia Lesage, and Kerri Kwinter. nnn ea Among the feature films scheduled are the top films nominated for this year’s Genie Awards, including Les Plouffes, Ticket To Heaven, Heartaches, Scanners, The Amateur, Alligator Shoes, and Silence of . the North. There will be a retrospective of the work of Québécois filmmaker Michel Brault, who will attend the festival. A series of children’s films, of National Film Board new releases, with emphasis on regional productions, an experimental film program highlighting Toronto filmmaker Bruce Elder, showcases of shorts and student films, and a program called Emergency, which examines how filmmakers have dealt with socialissues are also scheduled. . Jewison to produce TORONTO — Universal Pictures has announced that Norman Jewison and Patrick Palmer will produce Iceman, ascience fiction thriller about the discovery of ‘the missing link’ in man’s evolutionary chain, tenatively scheduled to start shooting in the fall of 1982 on Arctic locations. John Irvin will direct. Script is by Chip Prosner, based on an original story by John Drimmer. Western Inferno edits TORONTO ~Picture editing has been completed and a musical score is now being written for Dante’s Inferno, the film’s editor Richard Schreiner has announced. The $1 million comedy is being completely financed and produced by Calgary businessman Hymie Singer, and finished shooting last May in Calgary. Written by Michelle Stirling and directed by Philip Marshak, the film stars John Ireland, Billy Royal, and Patricia Clare. The film has not yet been picked up for distribution, Muller's letter by stating he would like to meet with Gross, see his work, and invite him to participate on his next film. Gross leaves for Italy Feb ruary 24 to meet Muller at the Chinese cinema retrospective in Turin, and expects to meet with Olmi a few weeks later. He is busy learning Italian, DOROTHY AND OSCAR BURRITT MEMORIAL AWARD ADMINISTERED BY THE CANADIAN FEDERATION OF FILM SOCIETIES L,5 OO .00 GRAN | O O THE DOROTHY AND OSCAR BURRITT MEMORIAL AWARD for 1982 is $1,500.00. This annual Award, established in 1964, encourages the further development of film appreciation in Canada. It is accompanied by a cash grant to assist an individual or a volunteer organization to undertake a project contributing to a greater understanding and enjoyment of film as an art. Application forms for the 1982 Award are available from The Dorothy and Oscar Burritt Memorial Award, P.O. Box 484, Station A, Toronto, Ontario. M5W IE4. CLOSING DATE FOR RECEIPT OF ENTRY FORMS: APRIL 15, 1982 The recipient of the Award will be notified prior to the Annual General Meeting of the Canadian Federation of Film Societies, May 22-24, 1982, Saskatoon, Sask. Dorothy and Oscar Burritt founded the film society movement in Canada, and this Award was established to keep alive the unique spirit and purpose of these two dedicated film pioneers. The Dorothy and Oscar Burritt Memorial Award is registered as a charity under the Income Tax Act. Donations to the capital fund are solicited, and will receive a receipt for income tax purposes if sent to the above address. since Olmi doesn’t speak any English, and says he hopes to spend 4-6 months on Olmi’s film, including the post-production stages. Cinema CanadaMarch 1982/11