Julia Brown - Actor, Mentor and Coach

Julia Brown- Actor, Mentor and Coach

Julia is a Canadian actor with an Acting for Film and Television diploma from Niagara College. Through the on-screen parts of the program, Julia gained knowledge and skills related to improv, character voices, dialect work, scene study, audition techniques, and stunt fighting. Behind the scenes, she learned how to screenwrite, direct, film, and edit all of her own work. She also has experience training at Walter Alza’s award-winning acting studio in Toronto and the Neighbourhood Playhouse in New York City (home of the Sandford Meisner technique).

Julia has been studying vocal music, musical theatre, and various dance genres (Ballet, Tap, Hip-Hop, Jazz, and Modern) since the age of 6. She has acted in several theatre productions such as The Wizard of Oz, Guys and Dolls, Spring Awakening, Godspell, Shrek the Musical, Beauty and the Beast, Into the Woods, etc.

Julia has film, television, and voice acting credits from a range of projects including a national commercial campaign, a radio show, and doing voices for video game characters. She previously worked with iFilmGroup on the film “Tuned In”.

Julia is currently going back to school at Georgian College to pursue a career in Education. Combining her passions for Film and Television and mentoring others, she wants to pass on the knowledge she has to up-and-coming actors.

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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

Filming an iFG Training Module with Jordyn Taylor

Actor Jordyn Taylor teams up with iFilmGroup’s Production Team for a Workshop Training Production

iFilmGroup has been planning a way to be able to reach more people with training and learning in the art of filmmaking. The concept was created that through an online training module of various segments and training videos, that the iFilmGroup team could reach more people in a more effective system.

Various actors and technical people have been working on dramatic shots, segments, and images, along with scripts that are being voiced-over or done with an on-air host about various topics dealing with film and acting.

Matthew Marshall training actor Jordyn Taylor on composition.

One of the actors working with iFilmGroup is Jordyn Taylor. Jordyn has been a part of a couple of productions with the iFilmGroup team. She has been working with the iFilmGroup team on various images to be visual support for the different segments that the training module will have.

iFilmGroup Inter-Generational Actors Andre Fournier and Jordyn Taylor

As the program continues to grow. The iFilmGroup team is looking for more individuals to be a part of the online training modules.

iFilmGroup Workshops and On-Line Training Modules are currently being produced for all inspired actors and crew.

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Jordyn Taylor on the set of a movie short at iFilmGroup.

Actor Jordyn Taylor playing Michelle as a Casting Assistant.

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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

Casting for the short film “Audition Waiting Room”.

iFilmGroup announces upcoming casting for the short film “Audition Waiting Room”. The production is an ensemble cast. The size of roles depends on shooting dates individuals can attend and overall character development. The film centres around a number of potential actors waiting for their audition and the various styles and personalities of people waiting for their audition.

NON-UNION / REEL USAGE / NON PAID

All roles are emotions or feelings at this point. Names will be added to characters as they are cast. This is an open diversity casting call process. Roles are open to any age and any ethnicity.

Those contacted for casting, auditions will be done through Virtual Zoom Auditions.

Double Vaccination Required.

Filming dates TBD

Email your Acting resume, headshot to msmarshall@sympatico.ca

ROLES:
“Anxious/ Anxiety”
"Athletic"
“Authentic”
“Chatter/Talker”
“Chronically Late”
“Dancing Monkey”
“Diva”
“Egocentric Self Centre”
“Emotional”
“Focused”
“Germophobic”
“Impatient”
“Late Comer”
“Moody”
“Negative”
“Nervous”
“OCD”
“On the Phone” (Calling / Texting)
“Over Confident”
“Psycho”
“Shy”
“Status Signaler”
“Socialite”
“Unorganized”
Footage from this film will also be used as part of the iFilmGroup virtual training segments.
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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

2021 Year in Review

The curtain has dropped and the page has turned on another year.
A fresh new, empty book of a year lay in front of us to write the story of 2022. 

To say that 2021 was anything less than challenging for iFilmGroup and the world for that matter would be an understatement... on top of an already challenging 2020. But the moments in life are what you make of them.

The team at iFilmGroup feels sometimes that life is like a movie set. Sometimes you have to make the best out of what you are given. That concept makes the iFilmGroup team think of the song ‘Season of Love’ by Jonathan Larson which was featured in the Broadway show “Rent”. The song talks about ‘525,600’ minutes in a year. That is Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred moments to make something happen. “Five hundred twenty-five thousand journeys to plan”. The song asks the question “How do you measure a life of a woman or a man?”

 The iFilmGroup team feels we can each be measured with what we do with the time we are given and how we make the most out of what we have, regardless of the circumstances. Filming and doing production have ground to a standstill in the past two years. With only a few limited shoot dates happening in the last couple of years due to restrictions and safety protocols. The slower pace has given time for post-production of the several films already filmed.

2021 saw the release of “Malicious Attack” and another film “Not Ready” having most of the post-production done with a plan to release in 2022. ‘Filmmaking’ is not at the core of iFilmGroup… ‘mentoring’ is, and has in the past couple of years been challenging on that front. But iFilmGroup has been adapting.

A lot of groundwork has been laid in the past two years for the future of iFilmGroup. Although the process has been slower than the team would like, it is moving forward with a lot of great things that have happened and that are planned for the future.  Like every year at this time the team likes to reflect on the accomplishments of the past year… while also dreaming and looking forward to what is to come. So, in the spirit of ‘Season of Love’. Let's celebrate and remember a year in the life of iFilmGroup for 2021.

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 The iFilmGroup team came into 2021 with three films in post-production that had been shot previously. “We were in a bit of a hole”, remarks ‘Head of Film Production’ Matthew Marshall. iFilmGroup included a short film on bullying called ‘Malicious Attack’ which Marshall had shot through his production company m & s Marshall Productions that was brought under the iFilmGroup banner.

On the set of ‘Blue Love’. Some cast and crew.

A second short film that Marshall had been working on with Helena Rose that wrapped filming in 2019 called “Blue Love” was added to the editing roster.

Then the iFilmGroup production “Not Ready’ had been filmed as well and needed to be edited. Marshall goes on to explain, “That due to some rapid growth of iFilmGroup and a number of opportunities that had presented themselves during 2019 and 2020 the team had focused on Production and filming with little time left for editing”. Something that in the end may have worked out for the team when things came to a standstill in 2020 and into 2021 when the slow down continued.  

On set of ‘Not Ready’ with some cast and crew.

2021 SEASON OF EDITING
Marshall spent most of the year of 2021 with the editing department. Editing first “Malicious Attack” and “Not Ready”. He brought ‘Malicious Attack’ to completion and 'Not Ready' to the point of Audio Post-production. He even started editing on ‘Blue Love’.  “2021 was a very productive year of editing,'' Marshall adds.

 RELEASE OF MALICIOUS ATTACK
Marshall's work in the editing department started to pay off as in October iFilmGroup and m & s Marshall productions released the 49-minute dramatic film “Malicious Attack” about bullying and how it affects high school students.  October seemed fitting for the release as it is ‘World Bullying Prevention Awareness Month’, with October 13th being ‘National Stop Bullying Day’. Which was the day the team decided to premiere the film. “Malicious Attack” has already gone on to have 12,000 views and be nominated for awards in Film Festivals. 

NEW FORM OF MENTORING
With restrictions, the iFilmGroup team has had to find new ways to carry out the goal of mentoring the target groups. Three areas have developed with great success and have stood out with iFilmGroup International Film Festival, Online Remote Learning and Outreach Beyond the Walls. 

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iFilmGroup International Film Festival (IFGIFF)
In late 2020 iFilmGroup opened up their new Film Festival for the first year as a way to allow filmmakers of all ages to submit their work. This initiative allowed iFilmGroup to mentor filmmakers online from around the world. The online event was held in April 2021 and was a success. The first annual IFGIFF (as it is called for short) produced some familiar faces in the winner circle which added to the giving back to the Southwestern Ontario Community.

The IFGIFF 2020-2021 winners
Best Director- Sadie Rose- ‘August’
Best Micro Short Film- ‘Hinterland Election Night’
Best Short Film- ‘August’
Best Lead Actress- Ashleigh Morrison- ‘Goldfish’
Best Lead Actor- Max Steinberg- ‘What Normal Boys Do’
Best Actress Under 18- Ashleigh Morrison- ‘Detainee X’
Best Actor Under 18- Max Steinberg- ‘Afreen’
Best Ensemble Cast- ‘Hinterland Election Night’ 

In October 2021 the second year for the 2021-2022 iFilmGroup International Film Festival opened up. With an end date of April 2022. Thus far the festival has over 60 entries and will have its final deadlines over the coming months of the early part of 2022. The iFilmGroup team is excited for the results of this second season of the festival.

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ONLINE REMOTE LEARNING
Taking a page from the education system, iFilmGroup looks to offer a platform where iFilmGroup members can be mentored without being in person. The iFilmGroup team is working on an online learning and teaching program. A lot of planning and discussion has gone into what this would look like.

This project has been in the works for two years and finally is starting to take form. The team has been filming footage and having individuals record the base training tracks for segments. The concept was started in 2020 but has been one of the aspects to be slowly moving forward. But 2021 saw growth and development as things started to come together and the team prepared for a launch in the future, even if the ‘in-person’ mentoring comes back. iFilmGroup feels this will be a great way to connect with more people and offer teaching and learning so that the mentoring is not limited to just people who can come to ‘in-person’ events. 

OUTREACH BEYOND THE WALLS OF IFILMGROUP
Several moves were made to open more doors for outreach by the iFilmGroup team. In the spirit of mentoring and teaching, the iFilmGroup team has several acting coaches working with various actors wanting training both ‘in-person’ sessions (when safe), and also online remote training. Head of Film Production Matthew Marshall has been doing this dealing with the tech side of production. Marshall was hired by the Digital Creative Arts Centre which is under the banner of BGC London. Marshall led two one-week filmmakers camps for teens. Marshall has also been doing some remote teaching on acting and filming with students.

INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATES
During this downtime, it also allowed Don Hickey (co-founder and Community Engagement Manager at iFilmGroup) to engage in the International Indie film market. In talks with international contacts (since early 2020) iFilmGroup now has associates in Sweden, South Korea, Greece, Italy, Switzerland, and the USA. These associates have already contributed in many ways to our production processes in 2020 and 2021.

EXPANSION & GROWTH
Even in these times of slow down and restrictions iFilmGroup has seen growth. Not always in the areas that they expected, but growth has come on a number of fronts.

 The truth is that this process of ‘limited shooting’ has been time-consuming and frustrating at times, for the iFilmGroup team but they are confident that the strides they are making will be good for iFilmGroup and their associates, actors, and crew as the team moves forward.

The first area of growth was iFilmGroup casting a virtual remote film. This had been in the works since 2020, but finally got rolling with some additional casting of roles in 2021. The cast of ‘Social Disobedience’ was fully selected and cast. Filming has started but has been slow due to some of the cast having to learn how to do shots and filming themselves as well as other commitments in their life. “It’s a new way of making a film and I think everyone is on a learning curve of how to make it work”, comments Marshall on the virtual filming process.  

A place to film without rental fees and working out schedules has been on the team’s minds. Especially within the world of restrictions. The iFilmGroup team, under the direction of iFilmGroup’s Community Engagement Manager; Don Hickey has obtained space in a warehouse to safely shoot ‘specific sized sets’ for future ‘specialized social distancing’ filming.

This warehouse will allow shooting with multiple three-walled rooms. Hickey figures once renovations are complete there will be at least 8 rooms for staging. “Just think “Big Bang Theory” set or any other sitcom set that you might have seen (on a behind-the-scenes feature), and that’s what iFilmGroup will have”, Hickey says.

 Marshall adds, “This awesome ‘real estate’ feature will allow us to continue with mentoring workshops and ongoing filming. Our members (made up of crew and actors) are excited about continuing their growth and sharing their talent with our mentoring program. Growth will continue and we have a full schedule for the 2021-2022 season.” The team has already shot footage for the acting training as well as scenes for the film 'Not Ready' in this warehouse. 

From a personnel perspective, the team has grown as well. Tim Harvey, a local photographer and sound engineer that has worked with the iFilmGroup team a number of times have come on board to help out with people who are looking for affordable headshots. Tim worked on several productions with the team as a photographer including ‘Struggles Within’ and ‘Malicious Attack’. Most recently he was a drone pilot and camera op for ‘Not Ready’. Tim has an extensive background in photography in various forms. “He is partnering with iFilmGroup to be a source that we can send people to for headshots.” adds Marshall.

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 The iFilmGroup team expanded in 2021 in a way that is at the core of the iFilmGroup’s values and mission. iFilmGroup added a co-op student, Olivia Williams. Her time started in October 2021 and will go to June 2022.

The iFilmGroup team has had what they call “Accredited Mentoring” of students in the past on a short-term basis for a term of a month or so, or for a certain number of hours. A student had completed a one-month term during shooting of a film. A College student also did some virtual training with Marshall on ‘Directing’. But never an internship or co-op that ran a full school year or semester like Olivia is doing.

Marshall and Hickey are very excited about this opportunity. “This style of training is at our core as a mentoring group”, Marshall says. Marshall feels this opens the door to the group doing more internships and training like this in the future. Olivia’s training has been mostly virtual. But Marshall feels that when you look at acting in most cases actors do a lot of independent work learning the craft and preparing for auditions. So, the style of virtual training very much fits the way an actor would be functioning. More so than attending a certain location every day.

 With the co-op, it is putting more of a focus on the development of the Online virtual learning program and how much this could be a state-of-the-art program in the area for the training of young or new actors. “The structure and learning process could be something that we become well known for”, adds Hickey.

 LOOKING TO THE FUTURE
With all this growth in the last few years, the team is looking to where they need to go in the future. If by the theory, growth continues at the current rate, the team has to look at how their programs and facilities can expand and how this structurally will work. iFilmGroup is not funded by any government programs. Their funding comes from the generous funding of corporate and individual donations.

Perry Hegmans and Don Hickey overseeing the renovations at the warehouse to complete iFilmGroup Studio.

The team and donors have fronted the burden of the costs of renovations in the warehouse as the team converted the interior to sound stages. Renovations of the warehouse to sound stages will be ongoing into 2022. Also, the team has shot several short films, plus Virtual Acting training incurring many expenses. In 2022 iFilmGroup will be looking at ways to raise more funds to continue to finance the projects underway. To make a donation to iFilmGroup cause, please contact either Matthew Marshall or Don Hickey of iFilmGroup.

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Despite the restrictions of 2021, iFilmGroup feels they have used every second of their Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred moments of 2021 and is planning to wisely use all those same moments of time in 2022. As the chapter of 2021 has closed, a new chapter of 2022 has opened with a fresh new blank page. As Hickey and Marshall are both scriptwriters, they both jokingly wish to be very clear that because we have ended a year, that doesn’t mean the story of iFilmGroup has ended.  In fact, it has just begun for a New Year and they look forward to the new journey and the story that will be written.

New Year 2022 - Chapter one… begins!

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“2020 and 2021 have been great growth years even during these ‘special times’ and with many restrictions on business and society. Developments in many departments within iFilmGroup have exceeded our expectations. Thank you to The Production Team, mentors, mentees, actors, and associates.”

— iFilmGroup Co-founders

iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

Tim Harvey - Joins Production Team

iFilmGroup is happy to complement our Production Team with the addition of another experienced multi-talented film industry trades-person.

TIM HARVEY
STILL PHOTOGRAPHER/SOUND ENGINEER
DRONE PILOT / CAMERA OPERATOR

Tim Harvey is a photographer, Sound Engineer, and Drone Pilot, who has worked with the iFilmGroup team on a number of the iFilmGroup films.

He was a still photographer, Sound Editor, and Sound Engineer on “Malicious Attack”, Drone Pilot/Camera Operator on “Not Ready”, Still Photographer and Camera Operator on “Struggles Within”, and Still Photographer on “Tuned In”.

Tim owns and operates “White Pine Photography” and “Sparta Sound”. 
He is a gifted photographer who has done a number of headshots for iFilmGroup members. He does headshots and portfolios for actors. He also does Wedding, Family, Special Events, Pets, Models, and Commercial photography.

If you are need of a headshot, Tim can be contacted through an inquiry to iFilmGroup. We will pass the contact info on to Tim (White Pine Photography) for you to be contacted about his pricing.

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RELEASE SUMMARY
Newest Production Team Member- Tim Harvey

iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

Olivia Williams - Joins Production Team

The iFilmGroup team is excited to announce that Olivia Williams will be doing a Co-op intern placement with iFilmGroup that will last till the spring of 2022.  Olivia is in grade 11 and is very passionate about acting, modeling, and dance. She is excited for the upcoming months with iFilmGroup and the opportunities she will get through the placement in the art of acting and modeling.

Olivia Williams applied for the Co-op position and was put through a typical audition process of first submitting a headshot and resume with acting experience. Then she had to perform a rehearsed monologue and go through an interview process with the iFilmGroup Head of Production Matthew Marshall.   Marshall admits the process is not an easy one but feels the audition process for the placement mirrors what it is like in the real world for those auditioning for roles in productions for acting. “The idea of the audition and application process is to simulate what is like for someone looking to be cast or brought on with a theatre or production group,” says Marshall.  He admits it’s not an easy or simple process but those that get through it have shown that they are up to the task.

Williams admits to being a little nervous with her audition monologue. “I was scared I would mess it up” says Williams. She found a monologue she knew and liked online and then went over it a lot of times.  In the end, she felt that she did pretty well.  Marshall backs up and confirms that Williams did well by pointing out that Williams made it through the process and was selected for the Co-Op placement. “I think that fact that she got the placement speaks to how the entire audition interview process went for her.  Williams is just getting started on the placement, but she is already enjoying talking about what her Co-Op with iFilmGroup might look like and the opportunities she might have.  “I think it sounds really exciting. I am looking forward to it” adds Williams.

The Co-op placement will include the various aspects of acting including character development, various styles of acting, and acting methods. As well it will include work on the audition process which is something Williams is glad that she will get lots of opportunities to get more comfortable with the process even if it might feel repetitive at points. 

This is not the first time iFilmGroup has offered something like this in a formal program to someone looking to expand their knowledge in an aspect of the film industry. Although iFilmGroup co-founder and Community engagement Manager Don Hickey offers up these words “the two previous Accredited Mentoring participants had experiences different than that of what Olivia Williams will have”.  Hickey is quick to point out the difference between accredited mentoring and the standard mentoring program that the iFilmGroup offers.

Standard mentoring is what the group does all the time. But the accredited mentoring is when students in high school or college/university have their school involved and the student does an internship or period of evaluation with iFilmGroup and the student is then evaluated and receives a mark and credit for their time under the mentorship of the iFilmGroup team. 

The iFilmGroup has had two previous students. “One individual did their internship during the making of a film to put in the hours required for their course. They were evaluated on their acting and performance as well as participation in the filmmaking process, along with the hours put in. This will be similar to what Williams is doing. However, Williams will follow more of the standard Co-op placement practice of having to put in a certain number of hours in a week. 

The second student was a Middle Eastern woman named Yasmine “Jasmine” Al Sayyid.  Yasmine left her home country and came to Canada to study film in post-secondary studies. While in Canada she went by the name Jasmine. She had very little opportunity to explore education and make films in her home country due to her culture. While studying film at film school here, she was looking to learn more about directing. Marshall mentored her virtually to assist with long travel.

She spent several months being mentored by Marshall several hours a week and working on a film studies credit and an independent project on the art of directing a film. With the opportunity to learn and train with Marshall, she was able to explore her passion for filmmaking. “Learning directing and filmmaking from Mr. Marshall and the iFilmGroup was a dream come true for me”, says Yasmine.

She goes on to say “I feel very blessed to be able to have learned from someone like Mr. Marshall. He creates strong female lead films. This group of people at iFilmGroup inspire me. They make me want to pursue my dream even more. I love that they allowed all people to have opportunities to explore their passions and talents within making films”, adds Yasmine. 

Following her film training, Yasmine went back home and most recently went on to submit a short film called “Prejudice” to the iFilmGroup International Film Festival. Yasmine was the director and the creative drive of the film. She says that she owes a lot of making this film to iFilmGroup for what they gave her. The film received three “Official Selection nominations” at the 2020 IFGIFF. “Prejudice” was nominated for the best short film, Yasmine Al Sayyid was nominated for “best director” and the lead actress of the film Amira Assad was nominated for “Best Actress” for her role of Maryam.  The film lost in all three categories but Al Sayyid was happy with the nomination. “It showed that what I learned was able to be applied. The nominations mean I made a good film. That is all I can ask for” says Al Sayyid. 

The focus for iFilmGroup now turns to this newest opportunity to mentor through an accredited Mentoring program opportunity. Marshall has a number of things in the works to try and give Olivia Williams an outstanding placement experience. Marshall would not divulge much of what he has planned. Just saying it was “in the works” But he did share a few tidbits. “She is likely to play a big part in working with us to get the iFilmGroup online education program off the ground with training videos,” says Marshall.  Williams is looking forward to being part of the newly formed training program. “I think that the educational videos will be really fun to be a part of as well as it being a good thing to look back on at the end of this year,” says Williams.   

It is also not to be forgotten that iFilmGroup is also preparing for their second annual iFilmGroup International Film Festival which will happen during Williams’ placement. “She will likely play a part working on the administrative side with us in helping make the festival a success,” adds Hickey.

RELEASE SUMMARY
Production Team Member- Olivia Williams

iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

ACTING AND DANCING COACH / ACTOR

Another Acting Coach, / Dance Instructor added to iFilmGroup’s list of Production Team Leaders

TALIA MIELKE
ACTING AND DANCING COACH / ACTOR

Talia Mielke is a dancer, actor, singer, writer, and creator who is currently studying at Sheridan College in the Honours Bachelor of Music Theatre Performance Program. Talia has been dancing since the age of six and is formally trained in ballet, tap, jazz, contemporary, hip-hop, pointe, and musical theatre dance styles. She has danced competitively for eight years and has choreographed two shows.

Talia has been acting since six as well but really took it seriously after she left the competitive dance world at fifteen. Her most recent stage acting credits include Anne Shirley in Anne of Green Gables the Musical and Dorothy Gale in The Wizard of Oz. She has been apart of two films associated with iFilmGroup. She played Katherine Campbell in “Not Ready” and Maizie Dunne in "Blue Love”.

 Talia is currently accepting individuals of all ages for online lessons. If interested Talia can be contacted through an inquiry to iFilmGroup. We will pass the information on to Talia to contact interested parties about lesson times and pricing.

Application for Consideration

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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

Safety Controlled Sound Stages

Safety Controlled Sound Stages

Pandemic Scrambling and Safety Measures

iFilmGroup Leads The Way in the Film Industry
with Safety Controlled Sound Stages

iFilmGroup’s Production Team over several months have researched the film industry struggles with ‘full production of films’. The bigger players in the film industry that have million dollar budgets are deeply struggling. Being bigger at this time may not ‘save them’, their overhead is huge. iFilmGroup.org is an independent (INDIE) film organization operated by donated funds, with all volunteers. For iFilmGroup to continue all mentoring programs it is necessary to have a facility to accommodate interior sound stage filming. We are a small community of dedicated actors, crew and screenwriters that donate their time, talent and money to support existing and in-coming people that want to be a part of the iFilmGroup family.

It is by your donations that our awesome acting and crew workshops and mentoring programs continue.

Under the direction of iFilmGroup’s Community Engagement Manager; Don Hickey, iFilmGroup has obtained space in a warehouse to safely shoot ‘specific sized sets’ for future ‘specialized social distancing’ filming. This warehouse will allow shooting with multiple three walled rooms. Hickey figures once renovations are complete there will be at least 8 rooms for staging. “Just think “Big Bang Theory” set, or any other sitcom set that you might have seen (on a behind-the-scene feature), and that’s what iFilmGroup will have”, Hickey says.

Warehouse accommodations secured… to build ‘sound stages’ for filming

Matthew Marshall of iFilmGroup says, “This awesome ‘real estate’ feature will allow us to continue with mentoring workshops and ongoing filming. Our members (made up of crew and actors) are really excited with continuing their growth and sharing their talent with our mentoring program. Growth will continue and we have a full schedule for the 2021 season.”

Take part in iFilmGroup’s future. Join us as an actor or crew.
Our Production Crew
is steadfast with mentoring others to fulfill their dreams to be successful in the film industry.

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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

Safely Expanding Programs

iFilmGroup Safely Expanding Programs

FilmGroup is looking for a few talented individuals to be “Virtual Acting Coach” for a new online iFilmGroup program that is being created and designed. The successful candidates would be assisting in the design and execution of the new virtual program. Which would be for members of the iFilmGroup for training and teaching of acting techniques and skills through recorded videos, skits, scenes and online virtual teaching. With the possibility of in person teaching and workshops down the road.

All Virtual material will either be shot from home locations or in special cases at remote studios and locations for certain specialized material depending on what is required for the setting of the recorded material.

Focus of all material created and recorded would be training of iFilmGroup members ranging from youth to seniors in the art and skills of acting and the various aspects of the film industry including but not limited to auditioning, projection, emotion, various acting skills, and set protocol

Candidates can be of any age but should have formal training in acting through a Post-Secondary school program degree or through real life practical training in acting. Candidates must be familiar with both stage and film acting.

Please submit qualifications / resume as well as promotional head shot to info@ifilmgroup.org

Be sure to include in the subject line of the email “Application for iFilmGroup Virtual Acting"

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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

Max Steinberg Receives Nomination Again

iFilmGroup and m & s Marshall Production would like to congratulate iFilmGroup member and London Ontario actor Max Steinberg on his two
2020 Joey Award nominations.

His most recent nominations included a
“Best Actor in a short film (14-16 years)”
for his role as Michael in iFilmGroup’s short film “Not Ready”.

The movie ‘Not Ready’ was shot throughout Southwestern Ontario using over 100 actors and crew using many students from grade-schools and high-schools, along with college and university students. Many parents volunteer for crew or background actors with iFilmGroup.

Max is no stranger to the Joey Awards. With these two newest nominations Max brings his total to 8 nominations and 1 win at the Joey Awards since 2017. He had 1 nomination in 2017, 2 nominations in 2018 and was nominated in 3 categories in 2019. He won in the category for "Best Featured Actor in a Feature Film" for his role in "Afreen" in 2019.

Congratulations to Max and his family on his most recent nominations and we wish him all the best in November 2020 at the Awards Ceremony.

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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

Films in Development

iFilmGroup Films in Development

ABOUT THE FILMING PROCESS OF THESE MOVIES

During this time of social distancing, iFilmGroup is bringing our film community together to make films while keeping everyone safe.
The end result is a concept to create films that can be done from the comfort and safety of actors’ homes.

To kick this off we have two films being shot in this new style.
ONE NOW AND ANOTHER IN 2021

So we are calling for submissions for auditions and the scripts will be finished and finalized as we cast.
Auditions for these films are being done by online remote auditions which you do from your home.
This is open to local and International applicants.

AUDITION AT THIS LINK

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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org

SOCIAL ISOLATION MONOLOGUE CHALLENGE RESULTS

SOCIAL ISOLATION MONOLOGUE CHALLENGE
(SIMC)- RESULTS

Keeping our actors busy during the spring and early summer of 2020 with a Monologue Contest.

THE JUDGES HAVE SELECTED FROM THE BEST TOP 5 PERFORMERS

Marco Baviera

Jessica Ladd

Max Steinberg

Andrea Avila

Perry Stockwell

SIMC FINAL RESULTS

1. Marco Baviera

2. Jessica Ladd

3. Max Steinberg

4. Andrea Avila

5. Perry Stockwell

A special thanks to all participants that made the iFilmGroup [June 2020] SIMC a success.
Your talent and support shines through!

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iFilmGroup
London ■ St. Thomas ■ Chatham-Kent
Ontario - Canada
WEBSITE - www.ifilmgroup.org