@nformer

News from the Media
program

documentary production by

a group of senior Media
program students recently won
first prize at the 1999 Canadian
Student Film Festival, held in
Montreal, Quebec. The film
Spoonman, produced by Mike
England, earlier won first prize
in the Cascadia Festival of
Moving Images (B.C.’s student
film festival) where it also
received the grand prize as Best Post-
Secondary Production.

Spoonman tells the story of Seattle
musician, Artis, who is featured in
performance with the internationally-
famous rock group, Soundgarden. The
production presented particular
challenges for Mike and his crew as
clearances had to be obtained from the
band’s record company and publisher for
use of its music and for the interview
appearance in the video of lead singer,
Chris Cornell.

“This is big news for the Media
program at Capilano College,” says
instructor Peter Kellington. “It is the
first time one of our students has
emerged a winner at the Canadian
Student Film Festival.”

Another Media program documentary,
Kids Explore, which tells the moving
story of a group of Inuit children on
their first trip to Vancouver, captured
third prize in the Canadian Festival and
received second prize in the provincial
festival. Kids Explore was produced by
Karen Koch, who also won the Media
program award as Outstanding
Graduating Student. Two other Media
program productions, Don’t Shoot the
Messenger and The Sit received third
prize and honourable mention
respectively at the Cascadia Festival.
Both Spoonman and Kids Explore will
be shown on Tuesday, March 28 at 12:30

Coggins won a $5,000 award
to study in Japan.

“These grants provide a
meaningful opportunity for
students to make a unique
contribution internationally,”
says Gary Henkelmann,
manager of the International
Student Centre.

News from the Capilano
College Art Institute

Art Institute member, Jean

Scott Cozens, left, and Mike England are Morrison, was recently selected as a

two recent award winners for their
Media program productions.

PEOPLE

p.m. in the Library building, room 145.
Everyone is welcome to attend.

Most recently, Scott Cozens
captured first prize in the Vancouver
International Mountain Film Festival
for his production Approved
Accommodation. It is the story of a
group of squatters in the Whistler/
Blackcomb area. The film is currently
on a “best of festival” tour and will be
screened this March in Seattle and in
cities across Western Canada.

Last fall, alumna Barb Cranmer
won the American Indian Festival grand
prize in San Francisco for her film,

T Lina: The Rendering of Wealth.

News from the International
Student Centre

Two Capilano College students have
been awarded grants from the Ministry
of Advanced Education, Training and
Technology. The program is
administered by the British Columbia
Centre for International Education
(BCCIE). Micheline Bell was awarded
$2,500 to study in Bhutan and Sean

finalist in Photographer’s Forum
magazine’s 20th annual student

photography contest, held in Santa
Barbara, California. Jean’s work was
chosen from more than 20,000 entries
submitted from students in the United
States and Canada. Works of all the
winners and finalists will be published
in the Best of College Photography
Annual 2000.

Marja-Leena Rathje, Taiga
Chiba, and Wayne Eastcott had
works accepted to represent Canada at
the Krakow Triennial 2000. Their
works were selected from 12,500
slides submitted by more than 2,300
artists from 76 countries. The previous
Triennial show, held in 1997, had 10
artists representing Canada.

Setsuko Piroche had a book
published in Tokyo by Fukuinkan. It
was illustrated with her prints
(colographs) and titled Daughter of
the Star. The book has not been
released in Canada as it was published
in Japanese.

Women’s Monument update

The complete data from the
Women’s Monument Project is
available to view at the Simon Fraser
University library archives. For more
information, contact Francis
Fournier at 291-3869.

@ e@= Capilano
@€e College

Vol. XXII No. 3
March 24/00