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AUDIENCE AWARD FOR DRAMATIC FEATURE: MARIA FULL OF GRACE
Writer-director Joshua Marston's strikingly confident debut maintains an unblinking focus and sustains an almost unbearable level of tension. Despite challenges of marketing a Spanish-language feature on a harsh subject, critical attention should elevate this drama into the prime specialized arena, with women likely to be especially responsive.
Triunfa nuevo filme sobre el Che
El Festival Sundance de cine independiente es impactado por los diarios del prerrevolucionario Ernesto Guevara
Servicios de La Opinión
24 de enero de 2004
The Motorcycle Diaries ha impactado el Festival de Cine Independiente de Sundance, donde este filme, centrado en los viajes de juventud del revolucionario Ernesto "Che" Guevara, se ha ganado al público, la crítica y a los estudios.
Chicago Underground Film Fund Seeks and Supports Filmmakers with Vision
"There are so many film festivals out there these days and it seems like most of them are in it for their own recognition or financial gain. Basically, they use the filmmaker for their own advantage. CUFF does it FOR the filmmaker, to support independent film, and for the community it serves. They program films that others dare not show and their film fund provides a means for independent filmmakers like myself to realize our dreams. Yes, the grant award is great and will help enable me to make my film. But really, it's about support. Had I received the grant or not, it's great to know that CUFF is out there making sure that independent films are made," says Doug Wolens, director of Riding Ray's Roller Coaster
"I feel very strongly that in applying for a grant from CUFF, this is one of the very few applications where I can actually be sincere-that my vision for this film and the ideas and politics behind CUFF are enough in sync that I can lay my cards on the table," says Chicago Underground Film Fund recipient, Sam Green, director of The Weather Underground.
Underground, Experimental and Independent film and video makers are invited to apply to the Sixth Annual Chicago Underground Film Fund. Established in 1998, the Film Fund was created to provide financial assistance to filmmakers for personal and avant-garde work. Cash grants will be awarded to selected film or video makers for post-production on works that are in keeping with CUFF's mission to promote works that defy and transcend the mainstream of independent filmmaking. "The film fund is one of the most important aspects of CUFF's mission. Through the fund we aim to give back to the independent film community and insure that smart, creative and daring work continues to be produced," says Festival Director Bryan Wendorf, "The Chicago Underground Film Fund exists to provide financial support for projects that aspire to be more than industry calling cards." Each project selected will receive a cash award of between $500 and 2000 to go toward post-production costs.
By cultivating new artists and supporting established ones, the Fund provides more encouragement and support to the type of media CUFF already seeks to foster in its year-round programming and festival. Along with material support, the grant hopes to create a sense of artistic community among widely disparate but similarly adventurous filmmakers. To date over nearly two dozen projects have been completed with assistance from the Fund, including Ben Berkowitz and Ben Redgrave's Straightman, Julia Query's Live! Nude! Girls! UNITE! The Weather Underground by Sam Green and Bill Siegel and
Stoked: The Rise and Fall of Gator by Helen Stickler.
Submissions are being accepted for Narrative Feature, Narrative Short, Documentary, Animated or Experimental projects. The deadline for this year's submissions is March 1, 2004. For an application and guidelines please visit our website at www.cuff.org.
CAPTIVATING AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MEXICAN ART HOUSE FILMS SHOWCASED
IN FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT'S CINEMA LATINO WAVE II
Film Festival Award Winners Arrive On DVD and VHS February 3, 2004
CENTURY CITY, Calif. - First came the French, then the Czechs, Germans and Australians and now, the newest wave of international cinema has arrived. Fox Home Entertainment proudly presents award-winning and critically-acclaimed films debuting in the Cinema Latino branded line February 3, 2004 - La Ley de Herodes (Herod's Law), Por La Libre (Dust to Dust) and Sin Dejar Huella (Leaving Without A Trace). All three Mexican films boast their own list of accolades: La Ley de Herodes (winner of nine Mexican Ariel Awards); Por La Libre (winner of the 2001 Chicago Latin Film Festival Audience Choice); and Sin Dejar Huella (winner of the Latin American Cinema Award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival). All films will retail on DVD for $19.98 and $12.98 U.S. on VHS.
Synopses:
La Ley de Herodes
Mexico, 1949. The fable of a janitor turned Mayor on a little town lost in the Mexican desert, who gradually realizes how far his new acquainted power and corruption can get him. After the corrupt former Mayor is killed by the peasants, poor janitor Juan Vargas is appointed new Mayor of a desert town in central Mexico. Although he tries to bring the motto of the ruling party to town (modernity, peace and progress) he realizes soon that there's nothing to do against corruption... except to become corrupt. Step by step, helped by his pistol, Juan Vargas becomes the law and the worst Major in the town's history. Winner of nine (9) Mexican Ariel Awards.the New York Museum of Modern Art called this dark comic satire about political corruption "A courageous film that proves Jonathon Swift is alive and well south of the border!"
Por La Libre
Rodri and Roco are two cousins unalike in every way except for a shared contempt for their parents' values and a deep connection to their free-spirited grandfather, Rodrigo. When Rodrigo dies unexpectedly, his yuppie children are more interested in quibbling about their inheritance than in fulfilling his last request. Determined to make things right, Rodri and Roco kidnap their grandfather's ashes and set off for sunny Acapulco in a vintage Mercedes. On the way, they learn about life and friendship and realize that their grandfather was more free-spirited than they could have imagined. A hit at the 2003 San Diego Latino Film Festival! Winner of the 2001 Chicago Latin Film Festival Audience Choice.
Sin Dejar Huella
Aurelia is a single mother who ditches her factory job and drug-dealing boyfriend, and Ana is a smooth-talking smuggler of fake Mayan artifacts fleeing a corrupt cop. When they cross paths at a truck stop in the dusty Mexican bordertown of Ciudad Juarez, the two decide to travel together to the Yucatan in search of freedom and friendship. Winner of the Latin American Cinema Award at the 2001 Sundance Film Festival, this is a smartly-written and visually-sumptuous road movie about two women on the run. Written and directed by María Novaro (Danzón, The Garden of Eden). A hit at the 2002 San Diego Latino Film Festival. For mature audiences. For screeners and/or artwork requests call Reyes Entertainment, 323.852.1525
WORKSHOP: STARTING UP YOUR PRODUCTION COMPANY
WHERE: Movieola
1135 N. Mansfield Ave. between Santa Monica and Lexington
Hollywood, CA 90038
WHEN: Wednesday, January 28th, 7:30PM
Al Gonzales has owned his own production company for over 18 years. He formed Vision Quest Entertainment in 1996. He will share his wealth of knowledge about when to form a Production Company, the various types of filing options and which to pick, what you will need to get started, mistakes not to make, when you need a CPA and much, much more. He will also offer CineWomen members a substantial discount to his quarterly "Producers boot camp Workshop" for beginning producers.
Al Gonzalez has over 22 years of experience in camera operating (35mm/Digital), directing/1st AD, producing/Line producing and hosting corporate & educational videos, documentaries shot in Mexico, India, Germany, Italy and music videos. Bilingual, he has been involved in
advertising/marketing & entertainment productions aimed at the Bilingual community. He has written, directed, and produced television commercials in Spanish and English for corporations as well as non-profit organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club of Hollywood.
Al began 2003 with a feature documentary, "Viva El Mariachi" ® on the history of mariachi music in Spanish and English for national distribution in 2004. He will bring a 5 minute cut to screen for CineWomen, and discuss the making of the project, the behind the scenes recording of the theme song, the funding, raising money and getting underwriters. There will be a Q & A about producing at the end.
CINEWOMEN MEMBERS FREE
NON-MEMBERS $10.00 at the door
Or rsvp: indiegofilms@sbcglobal.net
EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET: THE LIFE & WORK OF PIRI THOMAS
will screen at the 2004 Pan-African Film Festival
1:10 pm Wednesday February 11
Magic Johnson Theatres
4020 Marlton Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90008
Ticket information:
www.paff.org
EVERY CHILD IS BORN A POET: THE LIFE & WORK OF PIRI THOMAS
. Official Selection in the DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION at the TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL 2003
. Winner of the OPERA PRIMA AWARD at the LOS ANGELES LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2003
. Awarded HONORABLE MENTION in the DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION at the URBANWORLD FILM FESTIVAL 2003
. Nominee for DISTINGUISHED DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARD 2003 by the INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY ASSOCIATION (IDA)
. Finalist for the SILVER WOLF AWARD at the INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILMFESTIVAL AMSTERDAM (IDFA) 2003
An incendiary mix of documentary, poetry, storytelling, drama, and performance, Every Child is
Born a Poet explores the life and work of Piri Thomas, the Afro-Cuban-Puerto Rican author of the classic autobiographical novel Down These Mean Streets (1967).
The film traces Thomas' path from childhood to manhood in New York City's Spanish Harlem, El Barrio, from the 1930's through the 1960's - his parents' immigrant experience, home life during the Great Depression, membership in barrio youth gangs, his struggle to come to terms with his mixed-racial identity, travels as a teen-age merchant marine, his heroin addiction, his notorious armed robbery of a Greenwich Village nightclub, his six years spent in prison, and his emergence as a writer. Thomas' coming-of-age story is counter-pointed with verité scenes of his on-going work of forty-five years as an educator and activist empowering marginalized and
incarcerated youths. A stylized, genre-spanning production, Every Child is Born a Poet includes rare archival footage & still photographs and provocative mixed-media artwork, as it examines Thomas' use of creative expression as a means of confronting poverty, racism, violence and isolation. Pulsating with an original Afro-Cuban Latin Jazz score, Every Child is
Born a Poet is a riveting portrait of a life lived through struggle, self-discovery, and transformation.
Produced & Directed by JONATHAN ROBINSON; Original Music by KIP HANRAHAN & JOHN SANTOS; Artwork & Still Photographs by JUAN SANCHEZ
For more information: www.everychildisbornapoet.com
Day Shift, a Fox Searchlight production.
This short film has a very limited budget, but is a groundbreaking project that guarantees positive, high-end exposure. We are currently seeking to fill the following positions:
CAST:
-JULIO: Hispanic actor, 25-35. (comedy background preferred)
-LUPE: Hispanic actress, 25-30.
-HILLARY: Blonde, all American, 35-45.
-JANET: Red headed actress, 20-30.
-ROSA: Hispanic actress, 45-65.
-CHUCHO: Hispanic actor, 5'5 or bellow, beer belly, 55-75.
-BOB: Blonde actor, 6' and above.
-JOE: Blonde actor, 6' and above.
-BARBIE: All-American looking actress, beautiful, great figure, 20-30.
-CARMEN: Hispanic actress, 45-65. (must know how to drive!)
-RASHID: African-American actor, 40-65. (dread-locks preferred)
EXTRAS:
-Latin American Actors and Actresses with distinctly Hispanic features.
-Fair-Skinned Actors and Actresses with blonde or red hair.
CREW:
Production Designer
Art Director
Make-up artist
Set Dresser
Prop Master
Art department interns
Wardrobe interns
2nd AD
Script Supervisor
Gaffer
Key Grip
Boom operator
Production Assistants
Please email your resumes to carolina@paiz.org or call (310) 927-5124.
A NEW PLAY - by acclaimed writer Jose Rivera ("Marisol," "References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot"), who is also getting a lot of attention for his new film "The Motorcycle Diaries" which premiered to rave reviews at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival on January 17th. Based on a true story and the book of the same name, the film is about a young Ernesto "Che" Guevarra,
prior to his becoming a revolutionary icon, directed by Walter Salles and starring Gael Garcia Bernal. Jose Rivera is an Obie Award-Winning playwright with world premieres at the Mark Taper Forum, La Jolla Playhouse, among many other major theaters and is a leading Latino playwright/ screenwriter with numerous publications & awards.
Seeking ASAP!! a quality printer for postcards - Chicana/o or Latina/o owned business preferred (but not required)Los Angeles/ Hollywood or West L.A./ Santa Monica/ Culver City area companies preferred if possible (for logistical reasons, but certainly open to companies outside these areas)
Also seeking to fill the following Creative Crew positions for this new play, to take place in Los Angeles
Dates - approximately late February/ early March.
More specific information can be given to interested and qualified individuals. Only seeking experienced & creative people with a strong background in theater. Chicanas/ Latinas or other women of color preferred (but not required). Graduate students will be considered.
Set Designer
Lighting Designer
Costume Designer
Music/ Sound Effects Designer
Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager/ Stage Hand (semi/ non-experienced college students will be considered)
Please send resumes/ contact as soon as possible with interest or any
questions to: Carlos San Miguel, latinoproducer@hotmail.com, 310-391-7623
Alex Mendoza
Alex Mendoza & Associates
8835 Las Tunas Drive
Temple City, CA 91780
626-614-8277
alexmend@aol.com
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