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NALIP
in San Juan:
National
Association of Latino Independent Producers collaborates
with
Puerto
Rican and U.S. organizations to develop proposal-writing
skills
San Juan, Puerto Rico (March 10, 2004) The National
Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), the
largest membership organization of Latino filmmakers in the
United States, will be in San Juan as the co-sponsor of a
grant writing and financing workshop, and will hold meetings
with local institutions to promote cooperation plus assist in
the development of an already constituted NALIP chapter in
Puerto Rico.
A Puerto Rico-native
and experienced producer, NALIP Board Chair Frances
Negron-Muntaner will join the workshop to illuminate the
process from the filmmaker’s perspective and participate in
local discussions. “Puerto Rican producers have a wealth of
stories to tell and there are increasing opportunities in the
United States for Latino filmmakers. NALIP is dedicated to
supporting and developing filmmakers’ skills and relationships
so that their films are made and seen both within this
community and throughout the media field.”
Negron has also
served on the evaluation panel of Independent Television
Service (ITVS), the largest funder in the public television
system. She will
provide insight into how proposals are evaluated, the criteria
for success plus show a sample tape from her successfully
funded project FOR THE RECORD: GUAM AND WORLD WAR II,
which is being produced by ITVS through their LINCS
program.
The workshop is
entitled “Grant Writing and
Financing Resources Workshop,” and will be
co-sponsored with Latino Public Broadcasting (LPB). Planned for Saturday,
March 13 at WIPR from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., the program is
presented in association with Puerto Rico Public Broadcasting
Corporation and the International Documentary Association, and
is designed to help filmmakers develop successful proposals
and devise fundraising strategies so that they can access
funding and distribution in the public television
system.
“We come to San
Juan as part of our continuous outreach effort to inform the
Latino filmmaking community about the public resources and
opportunities available to them,” says LPB Executive Director
Luca
Bentivoglio.
Himself a long-time producer and executive, Bentivoglio
now heads up LPB’s Open Call process that distributes funds
annually for the development, production and post-production
of Latino short and feature length documentaries. “We want to receive
and fund more proposals from Puerto Rico filmmakers, and see
more projects about their experiences.”
The panel will
examine the key elements of writing a funding proposal,
including the project description and budget. It will also look at
how to build a winning team to collaborate on a film, where to
look for matching funds and what distribution opportunities
exist in the public television sector.
The workshop
will also feature Sonya Canetti of WIPR, who will explain
current programming initiatives of the local public television
station. The full
day program will be moderated by NALIP Executive Director and
IDA Executive Board member Kathryn F. Galan, and include
distribution of NALIP’s new Latino Media Resource
Guide, a comprehensive resource of Latino/a filmmakers,
funding resources, diversity initiatives and film schools that
is published by NALIP.
The program will
conclude with a screening of LPB/ITVS funded documentary
FARMINGVILLE by Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini. This public television
production will air in summer 2004 on the series
P.O.V./American Documentary, and examines the controversy in a
small Long Island town when the community sought ways to
respond to the Mexican day laborer population. Questions and answers
about how this film was developed and produced, including its
proposal and sample tape, will be woven into the workshop as a
Case Study by Bentivoglio.
CINEMA
LATINO
Award-winning and critically acclaimed Mexican
films made their DVD debut in the Fox Home Entertainment
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.
'Spy Kids
3-D' Mission - No. 1 in DVD
Sales (Reuters)
"Spy Kids
3-D: Game Over," starring Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino,
debuted as the top-selling DVD and the second-best-selling VHS
for the week ending Feb. 29, according to industry
sources.
Independent
Television Service, Inc.
ITVS
is pleased to announce a new funding initiative for minority
producers, the Diversity Development Fund. We are looking to
support artists of color in the development phase of their
project for public television. We are seeking innovative
stories in any genre that will advance different points of
view, take creative risks and inspire multicultural dialogue.
For guidelines and an application, please go to
www.itvs.org/producers/funding.html . The deadline for
submissions is April 9th, 2004. If you have additional
questions about the Diversity Development Fund, please email
Erin_Acord@itvs.org or call
415-356-8383x259.
Media Arts Center San Diego's Eleventh
Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 11-21) invites
you to meet some of the hottest and most talented Latino
actors and filmmakers today! Join us as we screen their films,
highlight their careers and celebrate the best of Latino
Cinema!
The San Diego Latino Film Festival is presented by
the Southern California Lincoln Mercury Dealers (http://www.lincoln.com/).
Latino Celebrities Hit San
Diego March 11-21
Confirmed celebrities and
filmmakers include: John Leguizamo, Roselyn Sanchez,
Patricia Velasquez, Yancey Arias, Vanessa Bauche, Gregory
Nava, Arturo Ripstein, Christian de la Fuente, Freddy
Rodriguez, Rene Lavan, Adam Rodriguez, Nicholas Gonzales,
Fernando Sariñana, y más!
Reserve a seat now! Purchase your
tickets at the Madstone Theaters Hazard Center
box office or on-line at:
http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/tick.html
Listed in order of appearance
dates:
Roselyn Sanchez
(L.A. Fame, Angel, Chasing Papi, Basic, Rush
Hour 2)
appearing: Thursday, March 11th,
7 p.m.
Nicolas
Gonzalez (Anacondas: The Hunt for
the Black Orchid, The Bride of the Sea, Spun, The Princess and
the Barrio Boy, Resurrection Blvd.)
appearing: Thursday, March 11th,
7 p.m.
Vanessa Bauche
(Amores Perros, De la Calle, Un Embrujo)
appearing: Friday, March 12th,
7:30 p.m.
Gregory
Nava (American Family, Selena, El Norte, Mi
Familia)
appearing: Saturday, March 13th, 1.
p.m.
Yancey
Arias (Kingpin, American Family,
NYPD, CSI: MIami, The Shield, The Time Machine)
appearing: Saturday, March 13th, 1.
p.m.
Cristian De La
Fuente (El
Nominado, Basic, John Carpenter's Vampires: Los
Muertos)
appearing: Thursday,
March 18, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Patricia
Velasquez (The Mummy, The Mummy
Returns)
appearing: Thursday,
March 18, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Rene
Lavan (One Life to Life,
Enamorada, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights, El Nominado)
appearing: Thursday,
March 18, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Arturo
Ripstein (Director of Deep Crimson and
Gabriel Garcia Marquez' El Coronel no tiene quien le
escriba). Appearance date: Friday, March 19, 2004,
7 p.m.
Freddy
Rodriguez (Six Feet Under, Can't
Hardly Wait, The Pest, Dead Presidents, A Walk in the
Clouds) appearing: Saturday,
March 20, 2004, 7 p.m.
Adam
Rodriguez (NYPD Blue, C.S.I.:
Miami, Roswell)
appearing: Saturday,
March 20, 2004, 7 p.m.
Fernando
Sariñana (Todo el Poder, El Segundo Aire,
Ciudades Oscuras, Amarte Duele, Cilantro y Perejil, Atletico
San Pancho )
appearing: Saturday,
March 20, 2004, 7 p.m.
John
Leguizamo (Carlito's Way, Piñero,
Summer of Sam, Ice Age, Collateral Damage, Super Mario
Brothers, Spawn, Moulin Rouge, 8 Mile, William Shakespeare's
Romeo and Juliet and To Wong Foo, Thanks for
Everything, Julie Newmar)
appearing: Saturday,
March 20, 2004, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets ONLY $8 General Admission and
$6 for students/members. Purchase your tickets today at
Madstone Theaters Hazard Center box office (7510
Hazard Center Dr). Visit our ticket page for more information:
http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/tick.html
For a complete list of all of the
films to be screened at SDLFF 2004, please visit:
http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/sched.html. For additional
information, please call 619-230-1938.
Media Arts Center San Diego's Eleventh Annual
San Diego Latino Film Festival (March 11-21), in partnership
with the Association of Independent Video & Filmmakers and
the National Association of Latino Independent Producers, is
proud to present the following workshops/seminars
starting this upcoming weekend. Don't miss this great
opportunity to meet feature film directors, screenwriters,
producers and more!
All seminars will
take place at the
Madstone Theaters Hazard
Center, Screen #6,
10 am - 12:30 pm
Only $15 for students &
members!
The schedule of informative workshops
and seminars includes:
"Producing for
Television" - with GREGORY
NAVA!
Saturday, March 13
10
am - 12:30 pm
Learn the ins and outs of producing
for television from this seasoned panel of industry
professionals. What is involved in taking a project from
concept to completion? What are the secrets of assembling a
dream team? Are great producers born or made? Guest speakers:
Gregory Nava (Selena, El Norte, American Family), Barbara
Martinez-Jitner (American Family), and Carlos Portugal
(Producer, Galan Entertainment).
"Financing the Independent Feature
Film"
Sunday, March 14
10 am -
12:30 pm
Can you really make a film for
$6,000? Are you tired of maxing out your credit cards? Don¹t
quite feel like selling your car for your art? Find out what
it takes to get an independent feature financed in the real
world in this valuable workshop. Guest speakers: Antonio Chavarrías
(Director/Producer, Oberon Cinematografica - Nicotina), Diana
Lezmez (Production/Acquisition, Arenas Entertainment - Empire,
Imagining Argentina), and Sergio Aguero (Executive Producer -
Y tu Mama Tambien)
"Distributing & Marketing your
Film"
Saturday, March 20
10 am -
12:30 pm
Getting a film made is only half
the battle. Now you have to get it seen. Learn how to enter
the marketplace and be noticed by distributors. This
informative workshop will address mastering simple grass-roots
techniques and understanding how major distribution companies
think. Guest speakers: Julio Noriega (Venevision
International - Todo el Poder, La Ley de Herodes), and Ivette
Rodriguez (American Entertainment Marketing - Y tu Mama
Tambien, Real Women Have Curves, Havana Nights. Once Upon a
Time in Mexico).
"Selling your
Screenplay"
Sunday, March 21
10 am
- 12:30 pm
So you¹ve written your masterpiece and
nobody¹s knocking down your door to get it. In this workshop,
a panel of successful screenwriters will discuss makes a
script sellable, when it¹s time to get an agent and how a
writer be commercially viable and still maintain artistic
integrity. Guest
speaker: Danny
Mora (actor - Dharma & Greg, George Lopez; screenwriter -
Laverne and Shirley; instructor - SitCom
Bootcamp).
All workshops and seminars will take
place at Madstone Theaters
Hazard Center (7510 Hazard Center
Dr).
Cost: Per
Workshop/Seminar:
$25 General /
$15 Students, Seniors & AIVF/Media Arts Center
San Diego Members. Click here to purchase on-line
(http://www.sdlatinofilm.com/tick.html)
For more information contact Media
Arts Center San Diego at 619-230-1938 or
info@mediaartscenter.org
Latino Film Festival San Francisco Bay
Area
In partnership with La Peña Cultural Center
presents
2003 Jury
Award Recipient-Best Documentary, North America
Queen of
the Gypsies, A Portrait of Carmen Amaya
La reina
de los gitanos, un retrato de Carmen Amaya
A film by
Jocelyn Ajami
Thursday, March 25, 2004 at 7.30pm
La
Peña Cultural Center
3105 Shattuck Ave at Woolsley,
Berkeley
$8 /General Admission $6/Student, Senior and
Disabled
NO ADVANCED SALES- Tickets on sale 1 hr. prior to
showtime
For more info please call (510)
849-2568
Queen of the Gypsies, A Portrait of Carmen
Amaya
La reina de los gitanos, un retrato de Carmen
Amaya
USA / Spain 2002, 82min DIR Jocelyn Ajami
Carmen Amaya, legendary, passionate, and fiery
"duende" (soul) of the gypsy, revolutionized the art of
flamenco during the 20s and 30s and became the first gypsy to
become a world famous star. A child prodigy, Amaya was born
into abject poverty in 1913. At the age of four, she started
to dance on the streets of her native Barcelona.
By 23 she had become a stunning star of Spanish cinema and a
darling of Hollywood and Broadway. Amaya embodied sensuality
and expressiveness and to this day remains unequaled in the
art of flamenco. Dancing both male and female roles, a
flamenco Marlene Dietrich, she will be forever identified with
the passion of the Spanish spirit.
This
screening is part of the monthly Latino Film Festival program
at the La Peña Cultural Center.
Carmen
Amaya, la legendaria, apasionada y fogoza "duende" de los
gitanos, revolucionó el arte del flamenco durante los años 20
y 30 y fue la primera gitana en transformarse en una famosa
estrella mundial. Amaya, una niña prodigio, nació en 1913 en
extrema pobreza. A la edad de cuatro años comenzó a bailar por
las calles de su nativa Barcelona. A los 23 se había
convertido en una afamada estrella del cine español y una niña
mimada de Hollywood y Broadway. Amaya personificó la
sensualidad y expresividad y hasta este día permanence
inigualada en el arte del flamenco. Bailó los roles femenino y
masculino como una Marlene Dietrich flamenca y será
identificada para siempre con la pasión del espíritu
español.
Latino Film Festival - San
Francisco Bay Area
in association with Dominican
University of California
50 Acacia Ave, San Rafael,
CA 94901
P: (415) 454-4039
F: (415)
454-4613
*www.latinofilmfestival.org*
Tuesday March 23rd,
2004
Join Dennis
Leoni, Creator and Executive Producer of
Resurrection
Boulevard along with cast and crew as they showcase the Season One
Pilot that started the Showtime Series and then
stay for a panel discussion with them. Paramount Pictures has
picked up the distribution of the first season of the hit show
that opened so many doors for Latino actors, writers and
directors.
Dennis Leoni is credited with having
created many job opps and insisting on having a majority crew
that was Latino.
The format will begin at
7:30 PM with cocktails and the pilot viewing
will begin at 8:00 PM. After the showcase, a panel will be
hosted by Dennis Leoni and then a networking session will
follow; an after event to have the participants mix and
mingle. The viewing will take place in a highly state of the
art digital screening room provided by our friends at
CineSpace. (www.Cine-Space.com)
The Preferred Seating Deal: Since
there are only 150 dining seats with an additional 100
spots in the screening area, and the venue is being offered
for free; we will offer those members who make dinner
reservations, preferred seating. We encourage you to come dine
with us and watch a free movie and make new contacts. You must
make dinner reservations directly with CineSpace by calling
323-817-3456. Seating is available on a first come first
serve basis.
You must RSVP to this email FLIX@TotalAXIS.com
only. Entry is FREE but you are responsible for your own food
and drinks.
Ogaz Productions is
producing three short educational videos.
We are looking for the following
spokesperson types. Male 25 to 45 years of age, bilingual,
athletic, rugged, construction worker type Female 30 to 40
years of age, bilingual, 5'5" to 5'10", attractive,
a customer friendly attitude. Female or male 35 to 45 years of
age, professional, educator or professor
type
This is a non-union
production.
Please send head shots to
OGAZ PRODUCTIONS
3216 Elda Street
Duarte, CA. 91010
626-305-5194
email: ogazprods@yahoo.com
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
Producer of all Latino independent
feature in need of multi talented crew. No pay, but
meals and credit. We have been shooting since October,
and look to wrap before June. Weekend shoots only,
mostly at night. SAG EXPERIMENTAL
contract.
I
can guarantee you will be given multiple responsibilities and
be appreciated for your time and efforts. This is not the
only movie we will ever make. So, if you want to really
see what low budget moviemaking is all about, are flexible,
have initiative and a good sense of humor, then please contact
me.
John
Estrada
(818) 777-3270
Queridos Compinches and
Compinchas,
New week, new events. I am making any
possible effort to attend the San Diego Latino Film Festival,
but it seems that this time I will need to skip it, much to my
own regret. But if you can make it, do not miss it, since by
now Ethan Van Thillo, its Exec Director, has put together one
of the prominent Latino film festival attracting celebrities,
high powered execs and, of course, extremely talented
filmmakers.
Talking about events, I had the honor
to be invited by my dear friend Alex Nogales to
the National Hispanic Media Coalition IMPACT AWARDS this past
Friday and what a great party it was! I was very glad to see
that the extraordinary efforts of mi tocayo, Jeff Penichet and
the rest of the board are paying off.
I had the opportunity to, thanks to my
mentor Frank Zuñiga, befriend Alex and Jeff many
years ago when they were starting the organization. Then, in
my typical cynical ways, doubted that this small bunch of very
well intentioned people would be able to make any dent in the
inequities that we were suffering. When they started kicking
the chins of the major studios and networks, it truly looked
like a sling-less David vs. many well-armored Goliath’s
story.
I love to be proven a fool in matters
like this…, they not only got one big sling on their
determination and perseverance, but also many very powerful
stones when they were able to rise the support of our own
community, put together a coalition of all other minority
groups with the same concerns and, funny thing, using a mix of
strong-arm with persuasive strategies turn a couple of those
giants in a our favor, once they demonstrated to them the
advantage to join our cause early rather than later. You know,
money talks…
To them and to this year’s IMPACT
awardees (Maria Elena Salinas, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu,
Johnson & Johnson and The Walt Disney Company) our most
felt congratulations! Siganle en la chin…, we are all in your
debt.
Alex Mendoza
Alex Mendoza &
Associates
8835 Las Tunas
Drive
Temple City, CA
91780
626-614-8277
alexmend@aol.com
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