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NB Documentary Big Winner at 7th Annual Silver Wave Film Festival

November 13, 2007

Fredericton, NB - The filmmakers behind the documentary "The Maritime Violin of Jasper Wood" walked away with five awards including Best NB Documentary at the 7th Annual Silver Wave Awards Saturday Night at the Centre Communautaire Sainte-Anne. Described as an "inspirational performance narrative", the film also picked up awards for Excellence in Cinematography, Excellence in Sound Design, Excellence in Music Composition, and the Errol Williams Filmmaker Award which comes with a cash prize.
NB Filmmaker's Co-op Executive Director Tony Merzetti said he was thrilled with the quality of the work screened at this year's offering.

"Each year the films get stronger and stronger and The Maritime Violin of Japser Wood is just one example of that," Merzetti said. "By celebrating excellence in NB Filmmaking, it serves as an example for not only our filmmakers but for the film communities across the country of what we're doing here in NB."

Other award winners include Fredericton's Gia Milani who won Best NB Short Comedy for "She Lost Her Marbles" and Most Unique Film for the music video for Hey Rosetta's "The Year You Were Born". Chris Giles walked away with the New Brunswick Joy award valued at $16,500.

The awards night wrapped up the four day festival that saw more than 70 films screened from across the country and around the world. This year's festival kicked off with the Opening Gala feature film They Didn't Make It, which was written, directed and edited by NB Film Co-op member Joel Thompson. TDMI was shot in Fredericton with the assistance of the NB Film Co-op and many volunteer cast and crew.

Other special films and screening programs featured at this year's festival included French screening programs, Saturday documentary matinees, free Sunday documentary matinees, features including Road to Victory by UNB Film Certificate Alumnus Jon Kitchen formerly from Fredericton, Away From Her, Imitation, Rescue Dawn, The White Masai and On the Trail of Igor Rizzi. In addition to screenings and parties, the SWFF presented its annual Industry Series which included the writer/director and producers of Growing Op which was shot in Moncton and Tracadie, and an industry reception hosted by New Brunswick film with over 100 people in attendance including the Premier of New Brunswick, Shawn Graham who spoke about the importance of supporting the Film community in New Brunswick.

"The festival is an amazing community event and we received a huge response of support from our sponsors, the filmmakers and the audience which is very satisfying for the festival team, board of directors and volunteers who put their heart and soul into the event all year long," Merzetti said.

Saturday night, aspiring filmmakers were treated to a surprised announcement by Andrew Cochran, new Regional Director for the CBC. Cochran told the crowd about a new program that would give substantial funding to independent filmmakers to move forward to the next level in their filmmaking.

2006 SILVER WAVE AWARDS
New Brunswick Silver Wave Awards 2007

Presented by: New Brunswick Film and CTV

The Winners at the 2007 NB Silver Wave Film Festival Awards are:

William F. White International Inc: Proud Sponsor of yearly SWF $2,500 Service Award (Split between Best NB Short Drama and Comedy Winners each year) - Gia Milani and Pamela Gallant

Best NB Documentary - Maurice Andre Aubin for The Maritime Violin of Jasper Wood

Best NB Short Drama - Pamela Gallant for La Voisine (The Neighbour)

Best NB Short Comedy - Gia Milani for She Lost Her Marbles

Excellence in Cinematography - Alain Dupras for The Maritime Violin of Jasper

Excellence in Art Direction - Glendon McKinney for A Song for the Home Front

Excellence in Sound Design - Chris Goguen for The Maritime Violin of Jasper Wood

Excellence in Picture Editing - J. Anthony Brown for The 34th Annual Harrison House Great Pumpkin Sacrifice

Excellence in Music Composition - The Maritime Violin of Jasper Wood directed by Maurice Andre Aubin

Best Actor - Dji Hache in La Voisine (The Neighbour)

Best Actor - Alex Goldrich in My Immortality

Most Unique Film - The Year You Were Born directed by Gia Milani

Best Music Video - Swan Pond directed by Tara Wells

Errol Williams Filmmaker Award - Cash Award - Maurice Andre Aubin for The Maritime Violin of Jasper

Best Documentary from Away - Hope for the Future directed by Teresa MacInnes and Kent Nason

Best Short from Away - Cayman Grant for Soup Ladle

Recognition Award for a person, group or organization who has contributed significantly to film and video in New Brunswick in a professional capacity - New Brunswick Film

Recognition Award for a person, group, or organization who has contributed significantly to film and video in New Brunswick in a volunteer capacity - Donovan Richard (Moncton), Danny Thebeau (Dieppe) and Ralph Pritchard (Shediac)

New Brunswick Joy ($16,500) - Chris Giles

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The 7th Annual Silver Wave Film Festival is pleased to have the support of the following Major Sponsors: New Brunswick Film, City of Fredericton, Telefilm Canada, Le Centre communautaire Sainte-Anne, CBC Television and Radio, Here Magazine, University of New Brunswick-Faculty of Arts and The Canada Council for the Arts.
For more information, please contact:
Jim Lavoie, Publicist
Cat LeBlanc, Membership Services
NB Film Co-op/Silver Wave Film Festival
Tel: 506-455-1632
Email: info@nbfilmcoop.com