Instructors
All of Victoria IndieCine Ltd. Instructors have successfully produced, directed, or been key personnel on low-no budget productions.
Jordan Clark 
Directing/ Producing/ Sound/ Editing (Independent Documentary
& No-Budget Filmmaking)
Jordan Clark Produced and Directed the independent film 'Bangkok Girl'
seen on CBC and SVT in Sweden through his production company High
Banks Entertainment Ltd.. 'Bangkok Girl' currently has Worldwide DVD
distribution. Jordan spent time with CHUM Limited and CTV as a Commercial
Producer, and recently completed principal photography on two feature
films surrounding the Philippine 'Aswang' folklore.
Dan Carruthers
Cinematography/ Camera/ Equipment Handling (Independent
Documentary & No-Budget Filmmaking)
Dan Carruthers has been the
Director of Photography and Camera Operator on 4 independent feature films,
over 7 music videos and a dozen other projects. He has fast become one
of Victoria's most respected independent DOPs. Dan is currently the Equipment
Manager at Cinevic Society of Independent Filmmakers.
Art Messenger
Directing/ Film History/ Pre-Production/ Production
(Independent Documentary & No-Budget Filmmaking)
Art Messenger's original background was in fine arts; having been employed
by a number of galleries and owning an alternative/ underground gallery
which undertook diverse art exhibits. Film was always a matter of great
personal interest and in 2004 Art decided to pursue it as a career. Since
then he has worked on a number of different projects, which have been
broadcast, on the film festival circuit, and award winners.
Presently Art is in pre-production on his own project, 'Nighthawks' -
a one hour drama series which will be shot locally through his production
company Corner Booth Entertainment Ltd.
Jim Knox
Screenwriting/ Directing (Screenwriting, Independent Documentary & No-Budget Filmmaking)
Jim Knox has produced, written and directed drama, comedy, music video and commercials for broadcast, including prod/writ/dir the 1 hr drama 'The Subtleties of Love and Terror'(2002) for Bravo! Channel. Since then, he has been teaching screenwriting and visual storytelling at Victoria Motion Picture School, making award-winning shorts and developing feature film projects. In 2008 he created 'The Cinevic Show', a half-hour program on Shaw Cable 10, which he continues to write, direct and produce, as well as serving on the Board of Directors for CINEVIC: Society of Independent Filmmakers in Victoria, B.C.
Ana de Lara
Casting/ Working with Actors/
Film Festivals/ Networking (Independent Documentary & No-Budget Filmmaking)
Ana de Lara studied video
production at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School and further
honed her skills through workshops at CineVic, a co-op of independent
filmmakers in Victoria, BC, Canada. Her short film In Control won the
Jury Prize for "Best Children's Film" at the 2008 Commffest
Film Festival and has been an official selection at several other prominent
festivals. Ana's anti-racism visual poem, First Winter Last won the Grand
Jury Prize for Best Canadian Fiction in the CBC Radio Canada International
Migr@tions Competition. It screened at the 2008 Montreal World Film Festival
and is an official selection for the 2009 Women in Film and Video Festival
in Vancouver, BC. Aside from filmmaking Ana also has acting credits in
television, independent films, commercials, and theatrical productions.
Courses
NEXT COURSE STARTS APRIL 12-17, 2010. Located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. IndieCine offers a creative and practical approach to independent and no-budget filmmaking through short intensive programs. We pride ourselves in being an inexpensive alternative to film school.
(Full Time- April 12-17, 2010 or Part Time - Summer 2010)
Our Mission
IndieCine has a goal - to train and mentor producers, writers and directors in the art of independent and no-budget filmmaking. We give a practical insight into the complexities of independent filmmaking and allow participants to explore their own unique, distinctive vision and learn how to tell creative stories with the tools and mediums available on a small budget.
IndieCine wants its participants to succeed. Instructors work closely with students so they can attain skills and vision to move towards their personal goals and have a successful career grounded in both creative ambition and pragmatic and insightful realism. IndieCine achieves this with a balance of hands on training, capped class sizes and a philosophy which puts the student's concrete skills and creativity first. We will help students to understand the business side of film and address it without it overwhelming their artistic vision.
quote of the month
"In the future, everybody is going to be a director. Somebody's got to live a real life so we have something to make a movie about."
--Cameron Crowe