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SPECIAL PROGRAMS
We are pleased to highlight special programs in this year’s film festival. Check out these films that are found throughout the program!
Formed in 1984, The Toronto Animated Image Society (TAIS) is a not-for-profit, charitable organization committed to
the support, production, promotion and advancement of independent innovative animation. TAIS is dedicated to assisting
independent artists in creating their animation art by providing studio space, equipment access, workshops and exhibition
opportunities. Films created at TAIS have been screened and exhibited at numerous venues nationally and internationally.
Over the years, the Toronto Animated Image Society has invited national and international artists to present lectures,
workshops and screening presentations. We promote the interchange of ideas, networking, dissemination of work, and
encourage artists to explore animation and its concepts in contemporary art practice.
Akasha, Cocky Pussy, Sticky Ends, Dance Dance, Primer, Ball Pit, Little Theatres, Gum, (re)cycle
First Eyes is a selection of films by and about Indigenous peoples from across Canada.
These films will be featured at the Dänojà Zho Cultural Centre, Saturday at 4 pm.
We are pleased to have Michelle Latimer in attendance at this year’s Festival.
Also check out Mohawk Midnight Runners Sunday at 8pm!

THE OTHER NORTH is a selction of films from other circumpolar areas. In addition to showing the best of the Tromso Film
Festival in Norway (this year featuring 2 films by DCISFF alumni Egil Pederson; Portraits from Varangerfjord and Leaving the
Herd), we are pleased to present our largest selection of films from our eastern neighbours, the Northwest Territories:
Cold Amazon, The Captive, The Place, No Eclipse, Abe and Alfred, Fur Harversters NWT, Pottery Wars, Hands Over.

FRIDAY APRIL 18 ~ WORKSHOP @ YUKON SOVA, 1-4pm

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Music Composition and Sound Design for Film and Media Production
with NormanD Roger and Daniel Janke

usic and sound design are important elements in
film and media production. Many independent
filmmakers and musicians alike have questions
about how music is chosen or created for films, and what
role it plays in telling a story or conveying meaning. Many
start-up filmmakers are visually oriented, but struggle with
music decisions, or with getting quality sound design on
their productions.
This 3-hour master class/workshop with renowned composer
and sound designer Normand Roger seeks to shed light on
some of these issues. Mr. Roger will play excerpts from films
he has scored, and discuss decisions he made about style
and musical language. He will discuss his views on how
music supports a film, and when it is or isn’t needed.
Daniel Janke, with his experience as both a composer for
films (most recently the Oscar short listed Subconscious
Password) and a producer/filmmaker of award winning
short films and Television series (Northern Town) will enlarge
the discussion to aspects of how music fits into the overall
sound deign of a film, and how a composer and a sound
designer work together.
He and Normand will cover the process of the sound scape
of a film.

Normand Roger is a Canadian composer and sound
designer. He is particularly known for his work as a composer
of soundtracks for animated films, having composed more
than 200 such works since 1970. He is the composer of
many original soundtracks for Frédéric Back, Paul Driessen,
Michaël Dudok de Wit, Caroline Leaf and Aleksandr Petrov.
Thirteen of his works have been nominated for Academy
Awards, of which six have won. He also notably wrote the
theme for the PBS’s Mystery!.
Roger has spent nearly 40 years creating soundtracks for the
National Film Board of Canada in his hometown of Montreal,
after first being hired for its animation department at the
age of 22.

Normand Roger

Daniel Janke composes music for film, dance, theatre, and
the concert stage. Film scores include Touch and The Susan
Smith Tapes [dir. Jeremy Podeswa]; the TV series Northern
Town [CBC, 2006]; and Grub Stake Revisited [2013]. His own
music-driven animated film How People Got Fire [NFB, 2009]
has received numerous awards and has traveled around the
world. Daniel’s recent film score for the short Subconscious
Password [dir. Chris Landreth] was short-listed for an
Oscar®, and is featured on the Sundance Festival Composers
Spotlight, 2014.

Funding for this
workshop
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