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IRENE DUMA DOES NEWFOUNDLAND
ARCHETYPES
Directed by Irene Duma
Screening at St. John's Intl Women's Film Festival
Friday, October 19, 2007
Majestic Theatre
and
Film
Byte Workshop: Artists Crossing Platforms
Moderated by Judith Keenan with Filmmakers Irene Duma,
Sherry White, Mary Lewis, Katerina Cizek
and
Bitter
Tonic
The Official Blogger of St. John's Women's Film Fest
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Karen Kennedy
Marketing and Publicity Coordinator
St. John's Intl Women's Film Festival
Phone 709.754-3141
publicity@womensfilmfestival.com
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For Irene Duma:
Judith Keenan
Toronto: 416 855 2425
Mobile: 416 843 4425
Los Angeles: 310 928 7978
New York: 646 652 6597
judith@bookshorts.com
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THE
DIRECTOR - IRENE DUMA
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With a career in theatre, arts and film spanning
over 15 years, Irene Duma has taken on a variety of filmmaking
roles including actress, comedian, writer, producer and director.
She is also a creative New Media designer/producer and cross-media
storyteller, with an effective combination of creativity and
contagious good humour.
Irene founded Strange Duck Media, a tv and digital media
production company, in 2001. She is currently writing and
developing two wireless games, a documentary series, a feature
and a cross-platform comedy serial. Irene continues to act
for film and TV, and has recently completed a principal role
in a feature for Guerrilla films. This Hour Has Seven Decades
was her first BookShorts production; she has also directed
the BookShorts Archetypes and One Bullet Away..Irene is the
creator and director of several original series for the web,
including cult fave "Madame Borshka's European Beauty
Secrets" for the multi-award winning site parody site
"Happy Woman Magazine'. She has also written and directed
the cross-media series "World Radio Webisope," which
was unveiled at E3 in Los Angeles, and the short animated
film "One Day." |
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THE
BOOKSHORT
Narrated and scripted in the style of school propaganda films
of the 1950’s, ARCHETYPES animated
films present that single second where one exclaims “oh,
I know someone like that!” Combining minutely observed,
caustic commentary with brilliant artwork, the Archetypes
happily illuminate and eviscerate the denizens of the contemporary
urban world.
Watch the Trailer for Irene's BookShort Film
>> here >>
Download the PRESS KIT for BookShorts ARCHETYPE
>>
here
Download VISUALS for the films >>
here
Meet BookShorts' IRENE DUMA
for ARCHETYPES at ST JOHNS WOMENS FILM FEST
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THE WORKSHOP
Bits and Bytes:
Filmmakers Crossing Platforms
Moderated by Judith Keenan with Filmmakers Sherry White, Mary
Lewis, Katerina Cizek and IRENE DUMA
Masonic Temple, 6 Cathedral
St.
Saturday, Oct. 20, 10am-noon
Meet four directors who have successfully
transmitted their films' bits and bytes from one platform
to many, including innovative media-rich websites, cell phones
and television. Newfoundland filmmakers Mary Lewis and Sherry
White got up close and personal with Motorola cell phones
during their time at this year's TIFF Talent Lab; Irene
Duma made versions of her trio of "Archetypes"
shorts for the Internet, television and cell phones; and Katerina
Cizek, the National Film Board's Filmmaker-in-Residence, has
achieved remarkable results in the project's alternative model
of media-making that places media creation into the hands
of citizens - the agents of true social change. The workshop
includes tactical discussion, case studies and demonstrations.
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MAKING MOBILE: Interview
with Director Irene Duma
On making movies for mobile
View BookShort Feature |
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Newfoundland
Camino - The Pilgrimmage
Irene Duma will be joining her fellow
BookShorts director, Sue Kenney, whose feature documentary
LAS PEREGRINAS is screening in the Festival. She Kenney will
begin her trek in Aquaforte arriving in St. John's in time
for the 4:00pm screening of Las Peregrinas Wednesday October
17.
Fellow filmmaker Irene
Duma, Director of ARCHETYPES (screening
on Fri Oct 19) will be accompanying Sue on a portion Newfoundland
Camino on MONDAY OCTOBER 15 to raise awareness
for independent artists everywhere.
For more details on itinerary
and participants visit SUE KENNEY'S PR WEBPAGE <<
HERE>> or contact the St. John's Film
Festival Publicy Office to book media or walking time.
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THE
BLOG - Bitter Tonic Hosted by Irene Duma
Irene writes the blog Bitter Tonic --
Comedy, satire, humor, funny online videos and other ways to dull
the pain, because you don't have time to search through all
the hooey that's out there.
She recently returned from Los Angeles,
where she was invited as a guest journalist on the set of
Stephen Speilberg's new reality show, ON
THE LOT, where a bevy of filmmakers have to make
different genre shorts each week. She won prizes for her converage!
Irene will be covering the Festival
as the Official Blogger - watch out, she'll get ya!
To check out the blog >> CLICK
HERE
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THE
ARCHETYPES BOOK - Written by Mirielle Silcoff
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"Silcoff is a good mimic and she and McLeod both have
a shrewd eye for telling details like the right brand names
and band names. They also have a healthy scorn for trends
and snobberies, such as gourmet water and the quadruple-digit
purse. Archetypes is a slim and snarky read
… Like a latter-day Fran Lebowitz, or a less acidic
David Rakoff, Silcoff finds the funny in our annoying foibles
and implausible subcultures."
—Globe and Mail
This book is published by McClelland & Stewart.
Purchase
On Chapters Indigo |
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Title: Archetypes
"Beastie Dad"
Archetype #36: Beastie Dad. Average age:
38. Natural habitat: Back office, skateboard/snowboard
shop. Overheard: NOBODY thinks you're
too old, honey. If it makes you feel better, you can say
its research for the store.
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Meet BookShorts & Las Peregrinas Director Sue
Kenney at ST JOHNS WOMENS FILM FEST
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