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THE 11TH ANNUAL SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL: DISCOVERY AND CELEBRATION: MARCH 11 ­ 21, 2004

* Purchase your FILM PASS on-line at: http://www.presaleticketing.com/customer/510762180158/show_event?event_id=2276

* Over 100 films, celebrities, Gala Celebrations, workshops, 30 live bands (Quetzal), y mucho mas!

* Become an 'Aficionado de Cine Latino' member today by visiting: http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/member.html

* Travel to the festival! Click here: http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/travel.html

The Media Arts Center San Diego is proud to announce the March 11-21, 2004 San Diego Latino Film Festival with more than 100 films from Mexico, Cuba, Chile, Colombia, Peru, Guatemala, Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Spain and the U.S.  This prestigious and internationally recognized film festival is the longest running Latino festival in Southern California.  With a projected audience of over 17,000, SDLFF is also one of the largest.  Attending filmmakers and fans will see over 100 films including:  Nicotina (Mexico) starring Diego Luna, Sexual Dependency (Bolivia), and Kill Me Tender (Spain).  In addition, as part of SDLFF¹s "Guest Director" series, screen legend Arturo Ripstein (The Virgen of Lust, No One Writes to the Colonel, Deep Crimson) has curated a series of 35mm classics that influenced his career. Click here for a complete list of the line-up: http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/films.html

All screenings will once again take place at Madstone Theaters Hazard Center (7510 Hazard Center Dr. in Mission Valley).  This year¹s SDLFF program includes even more opportunities for the public to share the spotlight with over 100 guest filmmakers and actors on-site.  Highlights include: workshops on Film Financing, Distribution, Screenwriting and Producing for T.V.; "Para la Familia" events (with musician and children¹s educator Jose Luis Orozco); the annual "Cine Cubano" Sidebar (Roble de Olor); SDLFF¹s "Top Ten to Watch"; a "Latinos in T.V." showcase; and celebrity tributes to acclaimed industry professionals like actor John Leguizamo (Moulin Rouge!, Empire), director Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu (21 Grams, Amores Perros), and soap star Eduardo Palomo (El Misterio del Trinidad, Kingpin, Corazon Salvaje).

After-hour Galas at the luxurious Westgate Hotel, ¡Arte Latino! Exhibits (with world renowned artista Alma Lopez & Jose Ramirez), and ¡Sonido Latino! Concerts @ the Fest (w/ over 30 live acts), will round out evenings with a touch of glamour, culture and rhythm.

Confirmed celebrities include: Freddy Rodriguez (6 Feet Under), Patricia Velasquez (The Mummy, Zapata), Adam Rodriguez (CSI-Miami), Roselyn Sanchez (Rush Hour, Chasing Papi), Rene Lavan (El Nominado, Enamorada, One Life to Live), Nicolas Gonzalez (Anaconda, Spun, Resurrection Blvd.), Fernando Sariñana (Amarte Duele, Todo el Poder), David Valdez (Open Range), Gregory Nava (Selena, American Family, El Norte) and the cast from American Family.

The 2004 San Diego Latino Film Festival is excited to announce the following affordable tickets packages:

1. Group Sales:
We offer great group discounts for all shows, groups of 10-20 people will receive $2 off per ticket, 20-40 people will receive $3 off per ticket, and 40+ people will receive $5 off per ticket. Call Helen Guzman at 619-230-1938 or email her at tickets@mediaartscenter.org for details.

2. $70 FILM PASS -- Click here to purchase on-line: http://www.presaleticketing.com/customer/510762180158/show_event?event_id=2276
(includes entrance to 11 films, no waiting in lines, festival souvenir poster, and VIP seating. The Festival Pass is fully transferable and may be shared among friends and colleagues.) - an $88 value

3. $175 FESTIVAL PASS -- Click here to purchase on-line: http://www.presaleticketing.com/customer/510762180158/show_event?event_id=2275
(includes OVER 100 programs, 1 festival t-shirt, festival souvenir poster, no waiting in lines, VIP seating, 4 workshops, 1 year FREE "Aficionado del Cine Latino" membership, and entrance into Opening Night - March 11th, Centerpiece - March 18th, and Saturday Night - March 20th Gala Celebration and Awards Ceremony. The Festival Pass is fully transferable and may be shared among friends and colleagues. ) - an $875 value

NEW THIS YEAR! The Festival Pass and FILM PASS are both available in advance for purchase at the Madstone Theater Hazard Center box office (12:30 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.).  Passes can also be purchased in advance on-line or via mail order at: http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/tick.html

Tickets to individual films are $8 General Admission and only $6 Students, Seniors and 'Aficionados de Cine Latino' members. Become an 'Aficionado de Cine Latino' member today by visiting: http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/member.html

For additional information visit the San Diego Latino Film Festival website at http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/films.html or call (619) 230-1938.

CMP MODELS is seeking 3 Latino Promotional Models in Los Angeles, CA for a Sampling Promotion. 

NEED: 3 Beautiful Latino Promotional models who speak English AND Spanish
Fluently will be standing/walking the entire shift & who are energetic, fun,
outgoing & willing to work hard between the ages of 21 years old to 29 years old
that live in Los Angeles area to give out samples. 

Pay:  This job will be Monday, March 12 from 8:30pm-11:30pm for $20 per hour.

No facial piercing or visible tattoos.

Please email to CMPModels@aol.com the following:

Subject:  LA, CA Sampling
1. Name
2. Phone #
3. City, State, Zip
4. Include JPG (without photo you will not be contacted)
5. Age, Dress/pants size or T-shirt size & height
6. Do you speak both English & Spanish fluently?
7. Promotional/Tradeshow experience, if any.
You must send all the required info in order to be considered.

Rosemarie
CMPModels.com
215-755-6611
  

Queridisimos Cuates y Cuatas,

I had the immense pleasure to see a bunch of you at the NALIP Conference 5 this past week. For those that were not there, my deepest condolences, you missed a great gathering.

The Conference was a great opportunity to further your career with the presence of high powered executives, and not only of the Latino kind, but also very high powered executives of the other kind. Acquisition and Development execs from the studios (especially many from the TimeWarner Family of companies) were there.

If you were not there, you missed a chance to pitch your project to executives from Warner Bros, New Line, TNT, Warner Independent, CAA, WMA, Endeavor, Arenas, Maya Pictures, LPB and many more, too many to list them all. It may be that the pitching sessions, brilliantly handled by Samantha Smith, were the most successful of all the many activities at the conference. I am positive; thanks to the impressions I gathered from both sides of the pitching sessions, that these will result on more than one project being green lighted.

The entire event went so smoothly, with the very few and minor glitches only attributable to the more than expected attendance to the event. And that IS GOOD NEWS! Kathryn Galan, NALIP’s Exec Director, and Tery Lopez, Conference Coordinator, worked very hard before and during the event to insure that the delegates not only found it productive but also great fun.

And chingao, what a great fun it was. Meeting old friends (Luca, Julio, Danny, Jose Luis, Antonio, Peggy, Leonardo, Rogelio, Mocte, Alex, Jeff, David, Piedad, Claudio, and many more to list them all), making new ones and having a good taco-de-ojo, can only be compared with the business opportunities that were opened there.

The atmosphere was very friendly, welcoming and relaxed. Probably the best party was the one that was created impromptu by a bunch of friends (at one time more than 80) getting together with a guitar in hand to sing our lungs out in the hotel bar till 5 o’clock in the morning (yes, by virtue of that magic realism we Latinos enjoy so much, some bottles of tequila were made magically a reality after the bar officially closed).

Again, to those that couldn’t be there, my most sincere condolences… but I know that I will see you at next one.

Salud, Amor y un chorro de negocio pa tochos,

Alex Mendoza

Alex Mendoza & Associates

8835 Las Tunas Drive

Temple City, CA 91780

626-614-8277

alexmend@aol.com