Talent Lab aims to: involve youth in actively viewing and discussing professionally made films; expose youth to new ideas and cultural perspectives; offer high-quality cinematic entertainment outside the mainstream; explore issues that are important to youth; engage youth in discussions with filmmakers about their work and increase understanding of the art and craft of filmmaking and moving images.
During Talent Lab, pre-registered classes attend a feature film screening (listed below) – and have the option of attending the Mere Phantoms workshop (see brief description at the bottom of this page). All films are accompanied by a study guide that is distributed before the festival. A discussion will follow each screening.
School groups (of 10 or more) receive a group discount of $5 per student for all screenings (teachers and parent chaperones are FREE). The workshop is available for an additional $5 by pre-registration only.
All Talent Lab screenings take place at the Vancity Theatre and are open to the public. Regular ticket prices apply.
Download the Talent Lab flyer here.
Ernest & Célestine
In French with English subtitles
Themes: peer pressure, labeling, prejudice, gender inequity, misuse of authority
Alfie, the Little Werewolf
Netherlands | 2012 | 98 min
Themes: celebrating differences, recognizing talents, growing up, feeling alone, bullying
Teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmVo6bJaDf4
Moon Man
Wednesday, April 17, 10:00am
Director: Stephan Schesch
Ireland / France / Germany | 2012 | 92 min
In English
Recommended for Grades 2-6
Themes: loneliness, difference, understanding and acceptance
Teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlt2qGRqh4
Preceded by: The Intergalactice Space Adventures of Cleo and Anouk
Wunderkinder
Director: Marcus O. Rosenmüller
Germany | 2011 | 100 min
In German with English subtitles
Recommended for Grades 5-12
Themes: World War II, anti-Semitism, prejudice, war, music, friendship, hardship
Teaser: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5OfhzcVACM
Preceded by: Breaking Bread in the Holy Land
TALENT LAB WORKSHOP
In this 45-minute workshop participants will work with paper and light to explore how three-dimensional objects become two-dimensional shadows. Each participant will create a three-dimensional paper cut-out modeled after the techniques employed by Mere Phantoms in their interactive shadow installations.
In the first segment of the workshop, Mere Phantoms artists will demonstrate one of the paper-cut techniques they use in their work, and will guide participants through a design and creation process. The pieces made by the group will be combined with previously made examples to create a small-scale paper-based installation. In the second segment of the workshop participants will use Mere Phantoms hand-held light wands to explore how their pieces translate in light and shadow.
The workshop will be hands-on and experiential, and will play on scale, light and shadow, and the creative use of negative and positive space.
Recommended for Grades 2-12
This workshop is offered in French or English and is available by pre-registration with a film booking only. Space is limited.
Please contact education@r2rfestival.org or call 604-224-6162
