Raindance.co.uk just sent out a fantastic newsletter chock-full of useful tips for the trade for any filmmakers out there. See below for links to some fantastic how to articles that anyone who feels a little lost or unsure about the business that we call film.

My Movie Is Finished! ...Now What?
The 4 Reasons To Attend Film Festivals
How Much Is My Film Worth

What To Do With A Short?
How To Make It With A Short Film
The 100 Best Film Festivals For Shorts

Low to No Budget Filmmaking
No Budget Filmmaking Template

To All Aspiring Directors
5 Tips For Casting Your Film
The 9 Routes To Breaking In As A Director

For more articles or to learn more about Raindance check out the website!

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First Weekend Club, Women in Film and Television-Atlantic and the St. John's
International Women's Film Festival present The Baby Formula, directed by
Alison Reid.

Two adventurous women in love are desperate to have their own biological child. They take a chance on an experimental scientific process and make sperm from their own stem cells. Pregnant with humour and unexpected twists, their journey tailspins out of
control when their families discover there is no father.

The screening will be held at the Inco Innovation Centre Theatre, Memorial
University at 7:30pm Saturday, August 22, doors open at 7:00pm There will be a Q&A and reception
with Director Alison Reid following the film.

Tickets: $10 at the door, $8 for WIFT-AT members.

Join First Weekend Club for free and hear when Canadian films hit Canadian screens first: www.firstweekendclub.ca

Join WIFT-AT and support the training, professional development and celebration of women in the Atlantic film and television community: www.wift-at.com

For more information give us a shout at 709-754-3141 or
kelly@womensfilmfestival.com

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As the Festival is turning the big 2-0 this year we are looking for stories from you; our filmmakers, our volunteers, our supporters about your experiences with the St. John's International Women's Film Festival.

What has the SJIWFF meant to you? People you have met, deals you've made, experiences you've had, we want it all and of course we can't forget the pictures! I'm sure there are more than a few gems floating around out there or perhaps hidden in the deepest darkest corners of your hard drive.

You can email your stories pictures or anything else you'd like to throw in to help us celebrate the last 20 years to victoria@womensfilmfestival.com.

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The Canadian government has refused to provide loans to the CBC to cover its budget shortfall this year. This is forcing the CBC and Radio Canada to drastically cut over 800 jobs as well as programming.

The CBC is asking for temporary loans amounting to just $6 per Canadian, or less than 2 pennies a day for each of us. We can make this happen, so let's pull out all the stops to deliver a massive petition to Parliament and Save the CBC!

Petition to Prime Minister Stephen Harper: The CBC and Radio Canada are a national treasure, and play a vital role in our culture. We urgently call on you to grant the CBC's request for a bridge loan to cover its budget shortfall this year, and commit your government to supporting our public broadcasters.

Please sign this petition to save the CBC. Thanks and if you could pass it along, that would be great!

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Meet Lorene Scafaria, Diablo Cody, Dana Fox, and Liz Meriwether. These four women are the female powerhouses in the male-dominated world of screenwriting. With such successful films as Juno (written by Cody) and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Scafaria's latest screenplay) under their belts, they're taking Hollywood by storm and having as much fun as they can along the way.

They're the "boozy, all-woman answer to those close-knit gangs of Hollywood boy-men captured on screen in “Entourage” and embodied by the real-life Apatown, the industry moniker for filmmaker Judd Apatow’s coterie of actors and screenwriters including Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and Seth Rogen. But these women also work hard: Ms. Cody, Ms. Fox and Ms. Scafaria can command seven figures to write a movie that makes it into theaters with big stars. Ms. Meriwether (the others call her “the freshman”) is on her way to joining them."

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/22/fashion/22fempire.html?pagewanted=1&_r...

"That’s no small achievement when you consider that among the screenwriters who are in steady demand for major projects, only about 20 are women. Don’t even try to credit their bankability to their looks. "

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