NALIP Workshop in Puerto Rico A Big Success, Attended by 54 Filmmakers

NALIP'S Puerto Rico chapter launched this past weekend with a terrific workshop and networking reception for 56 local producers.  Presented in association with Latino Public Broadcasting and the International Documentary Association, the all-day seminar was hosted by local public television station WIPR.  After networking and coffee, WIPR President Dr.
Agrait introduced the day's session and welcomed NALIP and LPB executives to San Juan.

The panel, on writing great documentary proposals and funding docs through the CPB system, included LPB Executive Director Luca Bentivoglio.  He and his programming manager Luis Ortiz were in Puerto Rico to support and encourage more applications for LPB's June Open Call.  Both left the experience certain that numerous interesting projects and skilled producers would access their funds, along with ITVS, CPB's and other public television initiatives available to diverse voices in 2004.

NALIP Board Chair Frances Negron-Muntaner, a Puerto Rico native, contributed her wisdom both as a filmmaker successfully funded by ITVS' LINCS program for a documentary on Guam, and as a panel 'insider,' explaining the evaluation and selection process for applications and sample tapes once submitted to the public t.v. system for funding.

FARMINGVILLE filmmaker Carlos Sandoval joined the workshop to present a case study on the evolution of his film, the development of his successful written proposal, the budget and sample tape that garnered financial support from not only LPB and ITVS, but the Sundance Documentary Fund and the MacArthur Foundation, as well.  After lunch, FARMINGVILLE was screened for the workshop producers and sparked a lively and impassioned discussion.

The day was moderated by NALIP Executive Director Kathryn Galan.  She and Ms. Negron invited local members, both documentary and narrative, to a networking reception in Old San Juan after the workshop, and were joined by WIPR executive Sonya Canetti and Puerto Rico Film Commissioner Laura Velez, among other guests.  We are certain that NALIP-PR is off to a great success, under the guidance of workshop organizer and LPA alum Frances Lausell, and
hope to have many new NALIP members as a result of this first program in Puerto Rico!

Local film wins top prize, the Golden Astor, at Latin America's only A grade festival.

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 ops 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 a total capacity of 600+. 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.

LALIFF joins American Family to invite you to a very special screening of the first two episodes with the cast & crew - Don't miss this wonderful opportunity!!

The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival joins "American Family" to invite you to please join us at the following special free screening:

"AMERICAN FAMILY - JOURNEY OF DREAMS"
Special cast and crew screening

Dear Friends,

You and a guest are invited to attend a special screening of the first two chapters of the miniseries, "AMERICAN FAMILY - JOURNEY OF DREAMS." AMERICAN FAMILY, PBS' widely acclaimed drama, returns to broadcast television Sundays at 7 p.m. beginning April 4, 2004, with the Gonzalez clan celebrating the wedding of one son while confronting their worst fears as another goes off to war.  Starring Academy Award(r) nominee Edward James Olmos, Constance Marie, Yancey Arias, Jesse Borrego, Patricia Velasquez, Kate del Castillo and Raquel Welch, with special guest stars Esai Morales, Lynn Whitfield and Rachel Ticotin, and special appearances by Sonia Braga, the second season juxtaposes the Gonzalez family's story against the broad sweep of contemporary history.  AMERICAN FAMILY - JOURNEY OF DREAMS
interweaves the Gonzalez' courageous escape from the Mexican Revolution to seek a better life in America with the sacrifices the family made in the 1990s to send their first-born son to medical school and the consequences of those sacrifices as seen through the prism of war in Iraq to reveal how their past informs their future.

AMERICAN FAMILY - JOURNEY OF DREAMS was created by Gregory Nava and is produced by his company, El Norte Productions, and KCET/Hollywood, in association with The Greenblatt Janollari Studio and Fox Television Studios.  Underwriters: Johnson & Johnson, The American Legacy Foundation, Public Television Viewers, PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Please join us at the following special screening:
Thursday, March 25th at 7:30 pm
Hollywood Pacific Theater
6433 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood
(between Wilcox and Cahuenga)

Please RSVP by calling (310) 385-4415
For more information, please contact Margie Hernandez at
margie@arenasgroup.com
or (310) 385-4421.

We encourage you to join us for the second season will premiere on Sunday, April 4th, 2004 at 7:00 PM on PBS.

Faltan 25 días para el cierre de Inscripciones INTE 2004

El Premio INTE anuncia que solamente quedan 27 días para la recepción de planillas de inscripción y material para todas las nominaciones del 2004.

Únase a los principales canales de televisión y las compañias productoras del mercado e incluya su nominación ahora.

Para inscribirse on-line haga clic en https://www.produ.com/inte2004/inscrip_online01I.shtml<BR< a>> Si desea recibir la planilla por correo electrónico escriba a inscribe@premiointe.com ahora mismo.