Talent Lab

We have a new program for students in Grades 2-7. Building on the success of our popular Reel Focus program, we have added workshops. You may attend a feature film – and now you also have the option of staying for the whole day and taking a workshop. As always, films are accompanied by a film study guide that is distributed before the festival, and a discussion follows the screening.

Download the Talent Lab Flyer here.

Choose a film:

For grades 6-7

Lost In Africa
Vibeke Muasya / 92 min / 2010 / Denmark
In English and Danish with English subtitles
Themes: survival, friendship, adventure, social class, international relations, and adoption. View details here.
Tuesday, April 17, 10:00am at Pacific Cinémathèque, 1131 Howe Street

Colors of the Mountain
Carlos César Arbeláez / 90 min / 2010 / Colombia
In Spanish with English subtitles
Themes: family relationships, generosity, children in armed conflict, effects of civil war and violence on families, and resourcefulness. View details here.
Tuesday, April 17, 12:30pm at Pacific Cinémathèque, 1131 Howe Street

For grades 2-5

The Magicians
Joram Lursen / 94 min / 2010 / Netherlands
In Dutch with English subtitles. Subtitles will be read by an experienced reader.
Themes: reality vs. illusion, family relationships, magic, and economic class. View details here.
Wednesday, April 18 at 10:00 am, Vancity Theatre

On the Sly
Olivier Ringer / 77 min / 2011 / Belgium, France
Dubbed in English (this screening only)
Themes: family relationships, imagination, nature, and survival. View details here.
Wednesday, April 18 at 12:30 pm, Vancity Theatre
Thursday, April 19 at 11:30 and 1:00 pm, Vancity Theatre

Add a workshop:

Light in Motion
Instructor: Cindy Mochizuki
Glow, sparkle and shine with artist Cindy Mochizuki and learn how to create a short animation using only light. Participants will use digital point-and-shoot cameras to take long exposure images that can be crafted into stop motion images that give the illusion that the light is effortlessly flying through the air.
April 18 & 19 at the Vancity Theatre
10:00 – 11:30am
12:30 – 2:00pm

Constructing a Scene
Instructor: Carolyn Combs
This workshop is designed for the budding writer, director or actor who wants to make a film, or those who are just curious about how the pros do it. How are films made? In small groups, participants will collaborate on a scene including scriptwriting, rehearsing, blocking, designing the shots… then actually shooting that prep! Students will walk away with the skills to construct their own scene.
Wednesday, April 18 at the Vancity Theatre
10:00 – 11:30am
12:30 – 2:00pm

Animation Exclamation!
Instructor: Amy Lockhart
Through demonstrations, instructional handouts and hands-on activities, students will learn how to make jointed paper puppets, using Amy Lockhart’s trademark techniques. The workshop will focus on drawn and object animation- cut outs, beads and feathers… You can animate anything that can fit under a camera! Using paper cut outs, we’ll begin with a short demonstration of the five types of movement (acceleration, deceleration, constant, hold and irregular) and other basic principles, such as stretch and squash. This workshop promises to give students an understanding of basic animation techniques.
Wednesday, April 18 at the Vancity Theatre
10:00 – 11:30am
12:30 – 2:00pm

SCHOOL TICKET PRICES
Feature Film: $4 / student
Feature Film + Workshop: $10 / student
TO REGISTER: education@r2rfestival.org