Directing Workshop

This event took place on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023 at 10:00 amYukonstruct

October 28 - 29, 2023, 10:00-5:00pm, $200 for YFS Production members and $250 for non-members.

In this two day course, film director Valerie Buhagiar (Carmen, Highway61, It’s Hard to Be Human, Titans) will guide participants through the role of the Director, script interpretation and story visualization. The second day will give participants the opportunity to gain hands-on experience directing an actual scene with actors and crew.

Once your registration has been confirmed, you will receive an electronic invoice for payment.

 

We are also looking for actors!

If you are interested in learning about acting for the screen, we are collaborating with Nakai Theatre Company to facilitate an Acting for the Screen Training session on Saturday October 28. Participants will then be invited to work on some scenes with the Directing Workshop cohort on Sunday, October 29. This is a unique opportunity for emerging actors to learn some screen skills and then put them to use under the guidance of a director with acting experience.

If you are interested, send an email to evan@yukonfilmsociety.com

 

Valerie Buhagiar is an award winning Toronto based actor and filmmaker. At 18 years of age she toured China, the U.S. and Canada as a Puppeteer. She is a scholarship Graduate of George Brown’s Acting Program and a three time Dora Mavor Moore award winner. Valerie first gained international recognition playing the leading roles in Bruce McDonald’s Highway 61 and Roadkill. She has been a host for The Showcase Revue and has appeared as a guest star in various T.V. episodics and several Independent features.

The Passion of Rita Camilleri was Valerie’s writing, directing and producing debut. The film has won several international prizes. The Karlovy Vary film Festival held a retrospective of Valerie’s work as an actor and a filmmaker. Other filmmaking credits include: One Day I Stood Still, L’amour L’amour Shut the Door Por Favor and BoomBoom Baby Wants to Go. She has directed a Public Service Announcement for Centre of Opportunity, Respect and Empowerment (C.O.R.E), a biography on Colin Linden for the Toronto Arts Awards and two Bravo!FACT shorts entitled Pictures from Home and Omneya – Wish. Valerie also directed the Festival of Lights, a parade full of vignettes set on rooftops of Toronto’s Kensington Market, as well as video images for Theatre Gargantua’s production of Nod. Tell Us the Truth Josephine – a bitter immigrant story and Small, Stupid and Insignificant both won the best experimental film at the Female Eye Film Festival. She also directed The Fall of Grace, a short film for the National Theatre School of Canada, and Black Hole, a music video for Joey Wright.

Valerie can be seen on the small screen as well with recent roles including a guest star spot on the CBC hit series The Border and in a recurring role on the international hit series Degrassi, NBC’s Beauty and the Beast, Murdoch Mysteries , The Expanse Season 2 and most recently WB Titans.

Valerie’s second feature film It’s Hard to Be Human has finished it’s festival run and won BEST CANADIAN FEATURE at the Female Eye Film Festival. It has worldwide distribution. Her first feature film, The Anniversary, won BEST NARRATIVE COMEDY at Cinequest and an Actra nomination for Best Actor for Colin Mochrie. Her third feature film Carmen is a Maltese/Canadian co-production, shot in Malta and starring Natascha McElhone. Valerie has two feature films in development.