News
Allison is slated to direct a new music video for Adrienne Pierce! The song Museum is from her upcoming album OH DEER, which is slated for a March 2010 release! Check out some of Adrienne’s tunes:
http://www.adriennepierce.com or
http://www.myspace.com/adriennepierce
30-LOVE has been invited to participate in the National Screen Institute of Canada’s on-line film festival and can be seen on-line here (Canadian’s only, unfortunately!)
http://www.nsi-canada.ca/30_love.aspx
Just A Minute has been invited to screen throughout the 2010 WINTER OLYMPICS! Keep an eye out for it if you are at the games!
FILMSTOCK cranks it up to 11 for the final year of the festival!!!! And One Day L.A. is going to have its European premiere at the 11th FILMSTOCK International Film Festival in the UK!
http://www.filmstock.co.uk/look.html
Just A Minute has been invited to play in the SUBTRAVELLING FILM FESTIVAL in Spain.
http://subtravellingfestival.tmb.cat/
and is playing in the Metro Stations of Barcelona!
30-LOVE and Just A Minute have been invited to screen at CREATIVEMIX in Vancouver as part of a killer collection of shorts! Looks like a cool event! Oct 22, 2009
http://creativemix.ca/exhibition/short-films/
9-1-MUM starring Marya Delver, plays the North West Film Festival in Seattle and garners an award nomination!
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/go/localsightings/pastprograms2009.html
TEA PARTY has been invited by Judith Weston’s TWO LIGHTS STUDIO in L.A. to screen in a program of shorts presented by TWO LIGHTS CINEMA
http://www.judithweston.com/events.shtml
30-LOVE and Just A Minute play the 1st ever Kitsilano Film Festival in Vancouver CANADA! Bands during the day then movies and parties at night!
Film Screenings @ The Russian Community Centre (Formally The Kitsilano Theatre)
2114 West 4th Ave. August 14 and 15, 2009
9:00 PM - 11:00PM
http://www.kitsilanofilmfestival.org/
The Kitsilano Film Festival is participating with the Summer of Love Festival this year on 4th Avenue. And on August 15th, 2009 all of West 4th Avenue between Balsam and Burrard street will be closed to traffic. Three Stages will be spread out (I believe Zulu Records have talked about having a 4th stage outside their store). The Arbutus Stage outside of the Russian Community Center will be showcasing KFF affiliated musical acts.
12:00 PM The Ian Jones Band of mid 90's pluto fame
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=plutotheband
1:00 PM The Milk Pipes
http://www.myspace.com/themilkpipes
4:00 PM Minto
http://www.myspace.com/mintominto
Hope to see you there!!!!
One Day LA and Just A Minute have both been invited to screen at the FilmOneFest in the Atlantic Highlands July 17-19th, 2009.---check it out if you happen to be in New Jersey---they are providing free popcorn! www.FilmOneFest.org
June 2009JUST A MINUTE has been invited to tour with the dance film program THE INTERNATIONAL FEDAME II.
Stay tuned for upcoming dates! http://www.fedame.org.mx/
30-LOVE has been invited to tour the world for a year with films selected from the MOVES09 International Film Festival! http://www.movementonscreen.org.uk/
The first tour is showing on the 13th of May at 7pm at Dance House Glasgow (Dance House, 20 St Andrews Street, Glasgow, G1 5PD).
We will keep you updated with the rest to come.
MOVES will promote the Year Round Activities through the website http://www.movementonscreen.org.uk/news
A Muse Production is pleased to announce the completion of a new one-minute short film One Day LA. It was written, shot and completed in a week by Director Allison Beda and her 'crew of two'! Actor Marya Delver gets her first cinematography credit and Tim Aaron composed and performed the soundtrack! One Day LA will premiere at the North West Film Center in Seattle WA as part of the Exquisite Corpse Project.
Tuesday May 12 at 8pm.
Northwest Film Forum | 1515 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA 98122 | www.nwfilmforum.org
you can buy tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/57805
(Supposedly this event sells out quickly!)
April 2009
JUST A MINUTE has been invited to participate in a Dance Film festival in Mexico. THE INTERNATIONAL FEDAME II is to be held from April 17 to 26 2009. JUST A MINUTE will play in Programme One if you happen to be in Mexico!
http://www.fedame.org.mx/
30-LOVE will have its European premiere at the MOVES09 International Film Festival in Manchester UK on Sunday April 25th at 12 noon in a program called Seeking You. http://www.movementonscreen.org.uk/m09/
Director Allison Beda has been challenged to make a new short film which will premiere May 12th at the North West Film Center in Seattle WA as part of the Exquisite Corpse Project. http://www.nwfilmforum.org/live/page/calendar/775
March 2009JUST A MINUTE has been nominated for a 'Crying Monkey' Award and will play in the New Beijing International Movie Week - 中外青年电影交流周 in CHINA which runs from Feb 28 – March 8, 2009. http://www.beijingfilmfest.org/NBIFF/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&layout=blog&id=46&Itemid=71
Allison Beda has been invited to participate on a panel of female directors as part of the Women In Film International Film Festival Vancouver, Friday March 6th at the Vancity Theatre.
30-LOVE will screen at the Women In Film International Film Festival in Vancouver CANADA on Friday March 6th in a program called Cupcakes and Kudos. http://womeninfilm.bside.com/2009/films/30love_womeninfilm2009
Feb 2009JUST A MINUTE screens at the Victoria International Film Festival in the program Converge Feb 7, 2009 http://filmguide.victoriafilmfestival.com/tixSYS/2009/filmguide/films/1091
Nov 2008TEA PARTY has been invited to screen at Filmstock International Film Festival in Luton UK. Venue and date TBA. http://www.filmstock.co.uk/home.html
Allison Beda has been invited to direct some scenes in Prague for John Beck Hofmann’s new series TYRANNY:
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93812805584&ref=mf
http://www.tyrannyseries.com/
Oct 2008
A Muse Productions is pleased to announce that our short film 30-LOVE will have its world premiere at the Vancouver International Film Festival on Oct 8th and will air on BravoTV sometime in the new year!
30-LOVE stars dancers Delia Brett and Daelik (who are the dance company MachineNoisy), and recording artist Adrienne Pierce (who has had songs from her album Faultline featured on The L Word, Veronica Mars and Grey’s Anantomy). 30-LOVE is directed by Allison Beda, choreographed by Claire French (Restless Dance),scored by Leo award winning composer Teresa Connors (Dog Boy, How To Be A Model), edited by Lindsay Allikas (Just A Minute) and James Liston (ControlAltDelete) is the Cinematographer.
Currently, 30-LOVE is scheduled in the Canadian Images Programme of the Vancouver International Film Festival in the short program A Dérive
30-LOVE was produced with the assistance of BravoFact and The BC Arts Council.
We hope you'll come see it...
Wednesay, Oct 8th – 9:30pm
Vancity Theatre - 1181 Seymour St. V6B 3M7
Thursday, Oct 9th – 4pm
Vancity Theatre - 1181 Seymour St. V6B 3M7
You can purchase tickets online... http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2008/filmguide/title/detail/
In person...
Vancouver International Film Centre
1181 Seymour St (at Davie) Noon-7pm daily
Or by phone...
Visa charge-by-phone line
604.685.8297
Noon - 7:00 p.m. Visa accepted.
JUST A MINUTE (a one minute film collaboration between director Allison Beda, choreographer Claire French and composer James Maxwell) will have its world premiere at the Seattle ‘Local Sightings’ Film Festival
http://filmguide.hamptonsfilmfest.org/tixSYS/2008/filmguide/director/detail/?AlphaRange=BB&ShowShorts=Y&ShowPast=N
JUST A MINUTE will play the Hamptons International Film Festival East Hampton, NY Cinema UA6 Oct 17 and 19, 2008.
http://www.nwfilmforum.org/go/localsightings/schedulebyprogram.html#storiesofreach
JUST A MINUTE has also been invited to the 19th Annual St. John's International Women's Film Festival in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It will screen on Friday, October 17th from 7 - 10pm at the Rooms Art Gallery.
http://www.womensfilmfestival.com/
Director Allison Beda has also been selected to participate in a CAM at the festival.
Sept 2008
Allison Beda is directing some scenes in LA for John Beck Hofmann’s new series TYRANNY
http://www.new.facebook.com/group.php?gid=93812805584&ref=mf
http://www.tyrannyseries.com/
August 2008
Singer Eileen Rothe covered the song ‘Beautiful’ written by Adrienne Pierce and Niko Friesen on the beautiful Spanish Banks beaches in Vancouver and Allison made a little video of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzMRSne60ZI
July 2008
Director Allison Beda is shooting live performances of some great bands-- including Ari Shine at the Beatles Revolution Lounge in Las Vegas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cimDHKcJwS0
and Adrienne Pierce at the Knitting Factory in L.A.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20X8XXBATwo
May 2008
Director Allison Beda is work-shopping scenes from THE TAKE OUT GIRL (written by Lara McKinnon) in Los Angeles with Judith Weston and a wickedly funny and fun group of actors.
April 15 2008
HOW TO BE A MODEL can be purchased on FILMBABY:
http://www.filmbaby.com/films/2812
April 11 2008
A Muse Productions now has a UTUBE page and already has some nice comments!!!!:
http://www.youtube.com/user/amuseproductions
March 2008
Director Allison Beda has a short comedy HOW I LEARNED TO START TRUSTING AND LOVE THE BOMB in CANADIAN FILM CENTRE ‘Shorts Nonstop’. See it online here: http://www.shortsnonstop.com/video_view.php?videoId=192
Feb 2008
Director Allison Beda is one of 8 directors selected to attend WOMEN IN THE DIRECTORS CHAIR 2008 at the BANFF CENTRE FOR THE ARTS.
http://www.creativewomenworkshops.com/default.php
She is workshopping a scene from the feature film comedy THE TAKE OUT GIRL (written by Lara McKinnon)
Jan 2008
Director Allison Beda shoots footage in Wakiki, Honolulu for an upcoming video for singer/songwriter Adrienne Pierce
http://www.myspace.com/adriennepierce
http://www.adriennepierce.com/
KNOW YOUR ALPHABET tours India with The 1st International Sadho Poetry Film Festival:
http://www.sadho.com/sadho_filmfest_overview.html
Dec 2007
KNOW YOUR ALPHABET is short-listed for awards at The 1st International Sadho Poetry Film Festival in India:
http://www.sadho.com/sadho_filmfest_films_d.html
November 2007
November 17, 2007 YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF ME (and look who is fucking sorry now) is selected to screen as part of VISIBLE VERSE at the Pacific Cinematheque Vancouver, BC 7:30 pm
http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/nov_dec_06/visible_verse.htm
Oct 2007
KNOW YOUR ALPHABET plays The 1st International Sadho Poetry Film Festival in India:
http://www.sadho.com/sadho_filmfest_films_d.html
July 2007
July 6th-12th TEA PARTY plays DancesWithFilms International Film Festival (L.A. USA) SUNDAY, July 8th 5:00pm (in COMPETITION SHORTS GROUP 4) TO BUY TICKETS: http://www.danceswithfilms.com/schedule.html
HOW TO BE A MODEL plays REAL TO REEL International Film Festival North Carolina http://www.ccartscouncil.org/realtoreel/film%20synopsis.htm
July 2nd-6th , tba
TEA PARTY plays Space4Shorts Film Festival (Peterbourough UK)
http://www.thespace4.org/film-events.html
http://www.peterborough.gov.uk/page-11489
June 2007
June 15, 2007 THE TAKE OUT GIRL is selected to participate in Whistler Film Festival and Canadian Film Center ‘GO WEST’ Project Lab
May 2007
May 5, 2007 HOW TO BE A MODEL gets reviewed!
“How to be a Model (A 12 Step Plan) is everything you didn’t anticipate….”
Read it here: http://feministreview.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html
April 2007
April 14, 2007 FALLEN and TEA PARTY play Post Alley Film Festival, Pike Place Market Seattle WA:
http://www.postalleyfilmfestival.com/films-2007.html
March 2007
Friday March 9, 2007
TEA PARTY plays Women In Film And Video Festival Vancouver, BC Canada
http://www.wiffbc.com/filmsmar9.html
March 27, Tuesday 2007 FALLEN plays Tibourn International Film Festival
http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com/pdf/2007Program.pdf
February 2007
February 23, 2007
HOW TO BE A MODEL airs on Documentary Chanel (CA)
FRI,February 23 11:30pm, 3:30pm, 9:30am
(CHECK WEBSITE FOR UPCOMMING BROADCASTS)
www.documentarychannel.ca/schedule
January 2007
January 6th-12th
TEA PARTY plays Beloit International Film Festival (Wisconsin USA)
THURS,January 18th & FRIDAY 19th 10:00pm, SUN January 21st 2:30pm
(in SHORT SLOT 1 ®)
www.beloitfilmfest.com/shop/productinfo
THE TAKE OUT GIRL is selected to participate in the prestigious National Screen Institute’s ‘Features First’ Program.
http://www.nsi-canada.ca/featuresfirst/teams.shtml
Director Allison Beda and writer Lara McKinnon will be traveling to Toronto and Winnepeg developing the screenplay (and themselves!) over the course of the year with the NSI and the assistance of a myriad of reknowned mentors!
October 2006
Oct 4 and Oct 9, 2006 TEA PARTY plays Vancouver International Film Festival in the program BLACK HOLES
http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/2006/filmguide/prognote.php?ProgCode=BLACK
Sept 2006
Sept 15, 2006 HOW TO BE A MODEL plays GirlFest Hawaii International Film Festival
http://www.girlfesthawaii.org/WEBPROGRAM2006.pdf
TEA PARTY plays Calgary International Film Festival
Sept 28, 2006 TEA PARTY gets a nice mention in The Georgia Straight article ‘Shorts Provoke a Longer Look’---Mark Harris calls it ‘Amusingly Bitchy’.
http://www.straight.com/article/shorts-provoke-a-longer-look
May 2006
May 4, 7pm
FALLEN plays KICKSTART 2006 at The Ridge THEATRE
www.dgcbc.com/ie4/kickstart/kickstart.cfm
April 2006
April 12, 11:25pm
FALLEN plays CBC Zed (episode 13 Candid)
Oct 2005
Oct 1, 2005 and Oct 3, 2005 FALLEN plays Vancouver International Film Festival
http://www.viff.org/tixSYS/filmguide/director-synopsis.php
FALLEN gets reviewed! 3.5 out of a possible 4
http://hollywoodbitchslap.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4812
March 2005
HOW TO BE A MODEL screens at TWO BOOTS PIONEER CINEMA NYC USA http://www.twoboots.com/pioneer/monthly_programs/2005-03.htm Sept 2004
Sept 24-26, 2004 TEA PARTY plays Port Townsend International Film Festival, Port Townsend WA USA
http://www.ptfilmfest.com/archives/2004/index.html
March 2004
HOW TO BE A MODEL Plays ‘Special Screenings’ Northwest Film Center Portland OR
http://www.nwfilm.org/archives/schedule_2004/mar_apr/nowshowing_screen.html
February 2004
HOW TO BE A MODEL Plays the Victoria International Film Festival
http://www.victoriafilmfestival.com/archive/2004/film_description.html
