Week 39 - September 25th to October 1st

[akamine_chan]

Community News and Announcements

• Announcements
  
  • _unhurt_ recently celebrated a birthday which included such gifts as part of a Flashpoint script written by CKR, a Flashpoint cartoon, and more tales from the HCL-AU-verse of Billie/Jo gender!swapped!cheerleaders.
    
  • mary_the_fan is looking for pictures, fics, meta about Bliss for her TV post to the_ckr_files. If you have any links, please let her know.
    
• Awards
  
  • The Gemini Award nominations have been announced. The presentation galas are scheduled to be held October 20th through October 22nd and November 28th.
    
• Archives
  
  
  
  • A new multi-fandom archive has opened up to store ebook-ready fanfictions. Please visit the Ebook Library or contact amothea or sprat for more information. The archive is still looking for volunteers, and authors can sign up to post their own stories.
    
  • stormymouse's screencap sites have been reopened and updated. These are Cap it! Before I die of waitin' and Geez, look at all the pretty!. Please stop by and thank stormymouse for all of her hard work and her generosity in hosting these sites.
    
  • isiscolo has a del.icio.us page for Slings & Arrows fics and one for Wilby Wonderful links. If you have anything to add please contact isiscolo.
    
  • There is a Hard Core Logo archive Touch My Stump that has been largely forgotten by the HCL communities. Please consider archiving your Hard Core Logo stories there and reading some of the wonderful stories already there. And please thank shrift while you're there.
    
  • The due Slash archive is in the process of being overhauled and upgraded. Please help the site out by uploading stories and beta testing the archive for problems. While the new site is up and running, the old site will still be available. The due Slash archive welcomes both dS and c6d content. Basically, anything but RPS. Please contact the archivist at dueslash@gmail.com or see the FAQ for further information.
    
  • mergatrude keeps a masterlist of c6d wing!fic here.
    
  • viciouscats has compiled a list of due South crossovers with dS6degrees fandoms.
    
• Books
  
  • The University Of Toronto Press will publish a series of books on Canadian cinema.
    
• Chats
  
  • Next week's C6D chat will be held on October 4th and will feature the due South episdoes Asylum, We Are The Eggmen, and Body Language, starting at 9 PM EST. Contact sisterofdream for more information.
    
  • vsee is continuing to hold live Flashpoint chats. See theconstabulary for more information. On hold while the show is on hiatus. Again.
    
• Conventions
  
  • get/together, a slash-oriented, multi-fandom gathering held in New Zealand has started planning for this year's conclave. Please contract arysteia or check out get__together for more details. The convocation is planned for October 3rd through October 5th.
    
  • Muskrat Jamboree 2009 has been scheduled for April 3rd and April 4th, 2009 in Boston, Massachusetts. Registration will go live on October 25th and will be limited to 140 people. Muskrat Jamboree is a mutli-fandom, slash-oriented con. Check out the con community muskratjamboree or contact a member of the con committee brooklinegirl, driense, kageygirl, misspamela or mrsronweasley for more information.
    
  • muskratjamboree is looking for ideas for a vid show. Check out this post for more info. The deadline to submit ideas is October 1st.
    
  • A reminder that registration for Muskrat Jamboree 2009 starts in a month.
    
• Communities
  
  • slashtheimage is a new slash fanfic challenge community using images as prompts. They will be posting new prompts every two weeks. For more information, see the profile.
    
• Movies
  
  • The Trojan Horse has a DVD release date of October 7th.
    
  • ETA:Blindness will be opening across Canada on October 3rd.
    
• Movie Festivals
  
  
  
  • The Edmonton International Film Festival has been scheduled for September 26th to October 4th.
    
  • ETA:The Vancouver International Film Festival is running from September 25th to October 10th. (Thanks, musical_emjay!)
    
• Music
  
  • The Northern Pikes have revamped and updated their website. Go check it out!
    
• Politics
  
  • The politics of resentment.
    
  • Toronto Movie Filming Exposes Canada's Guns for Money Policy.
    
• Television
  
  • Flashpoint has premiered to excellent reviews and continues to show on both CTV (Canada) and CBS (US), Thursdays at 10pm.
    
  • INK: Alter Egos Exposed will be shown Fridays on the IFC (Independent Film Channel) Canada. It will be rerun Saturday and Sunday mornings and is a must for any comic fans. There are ten episodes planned.
    
  Battlestar Galactica
  
  • Challenges/Ficathons
    
    • thearchive2 is running a Cylon challenge for the duration of Battlestar Galactica's Season 4. The Archive is for experimental fanworks for Battlestar Galactica Season 4 and beyond. The 01000011 Challenge : Rewrite or remake a scene from the episode from the POV of the Cylons or a Cylon.
      
    • bsg_slashathon is having a comment ficathon from October 5th through October 18th. Prompts are being accepted. Check out this post for more info.
      
  • Vids
    
    • nnaylime posted a Kara/Leoben vid to I Alone by Live.
      
  BMcD
  
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • The Rawside of Die Mannequin, a documentary about the punk bank Die Mannequin, directed by BMcD, will be showing on November 18th on ICF.
      
  Californication
  
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • To live and lie in L.A.: 'Californication' returns.
      
    • Californication Season 2 review.
      
    • The Futon's First Look: “Californication".
      
    • Californicatin: 'The Great Ashby' Preview.
      
  CKR
  
  • Fanart/Icons/Etc
    
    • lovers_fade posted some icons and banners.
      
  • Miscellaneous
    
    • diabolicalfiend posted a link to a humorous blog entry about CKR.
      
  Crossovers
  
  • Fanfic
    
    • Not All There (Tin Man x due South, Zero, Fraser/RayK, R) by bakaknight.
      
  DMacI
  
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • Five Outstanding Canadian Playwrights Make Short-List for 2008 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre.
      
    • Finalists for the $100,000 Siminovitch Theatre Prize announced.
      
    • Dramatists MacIvor, Murphy among five finalists for lucrative theatre prize.
      
    • Playwrights MacIvor, Murphy to vie for $100,000 theatre prize
      
    • Two Quebecers on short list for Siminovitch theatre prize.
      
    • Top theatre prize shortlist announced.
      
    • The Nuances of Chitchat (last half of article).
      
  Dresden Files
  
  • Fanfic
    
    • Turn, Turn, Turn (Justin Morningway, PG) by mizface.
      
  Durham County
  
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • Durham County: Dillion dedicated to 'Durham County'.
      
  Edmonton International Film Festival
  
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • Edmonton International Film Festival.
      
    • EIFF a reel good time for all.
      
    • Word of mouth yields coups for underdog film fest.
      
  Flashpoint
  
  • Screencaps/Pictures
    
    • nyn17 posted an Ed-centric picspam from episode 1x08.
      
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • Top 10 television programs in Canada for the week of Sept. 15-21.
      
    • Ratings - Canada.
      
  Hard Core Logo
  
  • Vids
    
    • mrs_laugh_track made a vid-ish sort of thing to Playboys of the Southwestern World by Blake Shelton.
      
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • I remember my first Sidewalk (The Tuscaloosa Sidewalk Film Festival).
      
    • Old Sounds: Hard Core Logo.
      
  Multi-Fandom
  
  • Challenges/Ficathons
    
    • ds_snippets's Challenge # 87 has lovely new prompts: freeze, sheet, timber, spare, limit. Snippets are due by October 5th. See this post for rules and regulations.
      
    • slashthedrabble's Challenge # 181 is questions. Drabbles are due by October 8th. See this post for rules and regulations.
      
    • smallfandomflsh's Challenge # 12 is fantasy. Fics are due October 8th. See this post for further details.
      
    • writers_choice's Challenge # 273 is plain. See this post for the rules.
      
    • movie_100's Challenge #02 is kiss. See this post for more details.
      
    • The schedule for round_of_kink's Round 8: Posting (and claiming) will be from October 1st through October 16th. See this post for more details.
      
    • The Multifandom DVD Commentary Challenge has started. Pick your favorite author's story and write a DVD commentary for it. Go to this post for details.
      
    • The Fall Fandom Free-For-All is being held. Go post your list of up to 10 fannish things you would like (icons, fics, vids, wallpapers,etc) and hopefully someone will fulfill your wish. Hopefully you can turn around and fulfill someone else's wish. A masterlist will be posted October 29th.
      
    • film_by_fandom is starting Round 1. This is a community where you re-write your favorite movie with your favorite fandom. Round 1 is Sci-Fi/Horror movies and are due October 31st. Minimum word count is 5k. Check out this post for more details.
      
    • Sign ups for ds_c6d_bigbang started on September 14th and continue until November 14th. ds_c6dbigbang is a challenge to write 20k words in 9 months. In return, you get some art to go with your story and the satisfaction of a job well done. In any of the ds/c6d fandoms. Please check out this post for more info.
      
    • smut_bingo is a really low-pressure, multifandom challenge oriented around smut. Read the rules and join the fun.
      
    • kink_bingo is a low-pressure, multifandom challenge oriented around kinks. Read the rules for more information.
      
    • The fandom nomination post for yuletide is up.
      
    • 3some_ficfest is prompt-based, multi-fandom ficathon that focuses on the goodness that is threesome fic. Whatever mix of gender, species and fictional universe gets you going, it's welcome here as long it is in triplicate. Prompts were being accepted until September 30th, masterlist of prompts goes up October 3rd. See this post for more information.
      
  Passchendaele
  
  • Fanart/Icons/Etc
    
    • bakaknight made some icons.
      
  • Screencaps/Pictures
    
    • bakaknight posted a picspam from the Ottawa premier.
      
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • primroseburrows posted a link to Passchendaele's absense at Calgary film fest miffs local crews.
      
    • Canadian troops in Kandahar to get early screening of Paul Gross war epic.
      
    • primroseburrows posted a link to Paul Gross's Passchendaele heads to Kandahar, Afghanistan.
      
    • Passchendaele Opens Oct 17th.
      
    • From Passchendaele to Afghanistan.
      
    • Governor General attends the Ottawa Premiere of Canadian Film Passchendaele.
      
  • Miscellaneous
    
    • The Movie-List Forums has links to various trailers and teasers for the movie.
      
  PG
  
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • Video Interview with Paul Gross Part 1 in the Industry Centre at the National Screen Institute
      
  Pontypool
  
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • Pontypool a frighteningly great film.
      
    • Will Pontypool Change Everything?
      
    • EIFF 08: Review of Canada's best new horror film Pontypool.
      
  RPF/RPS
  
  • Fanfic
    
    • Pink Lipstick (CKR x HD, NC17) by zabira. [note link is to a locked community]
      
  Slings & Arrows
  
  
  
  • Fanfic
    
    • Where Care Lodges (Geoffrey, Oliver, PG) by fabu.
      
  • Fanart/Icons/Etc
    
    • curtana made some icons and wallpapers.
      
  Sudbury Cinéfest International Film Festival
  
  • Reviews/Interviews/Articles
    
    • Cinéfest 'friendly' to participants.
      
  Tin Man
  
  • Challenges/Ficathons
    
    • Fall/Winter Seasonal Challenge is starting at tm_challenge. For more information check out this post.
      
  • Fanfic
    
    • diabolicalfiend has written Lavender Thoughts and Cass Vs. Adora (Zero-centric, various ratings).
      
    • Indescribable Forces (Zero/Jeb, PG13) by godess_jessie.
      
  • Miscellaneous
    
    • A What is everyone's personal Zero/Cain ship? discussion thread.
      
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