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Concordia University's Cinécole summer intensive is a pre-professional practicum for senior high school and college students looking for a comprehensive introduction to the fundamental aspects of media production.

From the producer's pitch to the director’s cut, students learn all aspects of cinematic art and craft by making their own documentary short-subject while mentored by industry professionals.

Films premiere at a special symposium presentation in the evening of August 23rd to an audience of family, friends and VIP guests from Concordia's Faculty of Fine Arts.

the base camp

Concordia University is home to one of Canada’s top film schools. Many of its graduates have gone on to successful careers all over the world. Cinecole’s base camp is at Concordia’s Loyola Campus. Shuttle bus service offers a free and convenient link to downtown Montréal. Breakfast and lunch are available at The Market next to the Tim Horton’s. Snacks and drinks are available on set.

the supervising director

Louise is a cinéma vérité filmmaker who writes, shoots, directs and edits all her own films. To practice her craft Louise founded Studio Morin Heights, a script-to-screen production house offering a complete 4K workflow including broadcast and digital cinema packaging. A product of The National Film Board of Canada's Studio B, Louise's list of film credits is a  who’s who of documentary filmmakers in Canada and abroad. As a director, Louise has delivered over 25 hours of prime-time broadcast and theatrically distributed content. The recipient of multiple awards, Louise was named one of Canada's foremost filmmakers by Telefilm Canada in 2017. Louise is a member of SARTEC, ARRQ and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television.

the line producer

Rick worked his way through university crewing for theatre, stage and film. He has worked on $50,000,000 blockbusters and no-budget indies. The films he has produced are critically acclaimed, rating leaders and multiple award  winners. He  has  worked with hundreds of artists and technicians from all over the world and learned  from each  and every one.  Rick is a  past member of Nabet 700, IATSE 56 and APFTQ and currently a member of SARTEC, AQTIS and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. He is a MEQ licensed English Language Arts & Media specialist and has a BEd, MA and PhD from McGill University.  rickblackburn.com

the back story

Louise and Rick have been teaching the cinécole method to young people interested in media production for over twenty years.

Their first film camp production, kicks, won Best Direction, Best Editing and Best of Fest at Toronto's 1998 KIDS TV International. Their second youth-directed film, the NFB feature-length documentary Salt, premiered in official competition at Montréal's FNNM, won Most Innovative, at Vancouver's Reel to Real and the Bronze Plaque at Colombus International.

They have taught their work-based learning approach to media production in high schools, film festivals and summer camps across Canada. They are very happy to offer the cinécole program this summer exclusively at Concordia University.

the location

Montréal is a global city. After Paris, it is the largest French-speaking cosmopolis in the world. It is "Canada’s capital of all things cultural", the best city in the world to be a University student, and the birthplace of North American cinema.

The first movie projection in America took place June 28,1896 in the Palace Theatre on the third floor of the Robillard Building at the corner of St-Laurent Boulevard and rue Viger. Two days later the same movie premiered in New York City.

Cinéma vérité, documentary film’s most famous genre, was invented by Montreal filmmakers Michel Brault, Gilles Groulx and Marcel Carrière while filming Les Raquetteurs. ©1958 National Film Board of Canada

the call sheet

Concordia's Cinécole Film Camp 2019

• August 5, 8:00am 7141 Sherbrooke W, CC 204, Central Building, Loyola Campus, Concordia University
• 15 days of intensive hands-on instruction.
• Full-time mentoring by industry professionals.
• A broadcast quality short-subject documentary.
• Certificate of completion & list of acquired skills.
• Adjudicated assessment at gala presentation.

$2250.00_{tx incl}