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Cine Las Americas
Lights Up "Nicotina" for 9th Edition
(by Brian Brooks, April 15,
2004)
Hugo Rodriguez's "Nicotina," starring Diego Luna
("Y Tu Mama Tambien"), will open the seventh Cine Las Americas
Film Festival in Austin, TX on April 21st. The event
spotlights selections of new Latin and Native American cinema,
and for the first time will include competition awards for
best narrative feature, documentary feature, mid-length doc,
short doc, short narrative and youth film.
Highlights
in this year's line-up include a plethora of Brazilian feature
and short films. The 2004 edition marks the first time that
Native American work will be included. Cine Las Americas will
also host the Hecho en Tejas section devoted to films made by
Texas filmmakers, as well as work created by filmmakers 19 and
under in its Emergencia section.
Read the Full Story @
indieWIRE.com
http://www.indiewire.com/onthescene/onthescene_040415claf.html
A Haunting Hunt for
a Lost Lover; Julian Hernandez's "A Thousand
Clouds" (by Howard Feinstein, April
15, 2004)
"I'll call you." We've all heard it, or said
it, with little or no follow-through intended -- no matter
that such a dismissal nibbles away at the recipient's soul. In
Mexican director Julian Hernandez's exquisite, frequently
explicit "A Thousand Clouds of Peace" (opening tomorrow in New
York and L.A. from Strand Releasing), crop-topped teen Gerardo
(Juan Carlos Ortuno) has passed his number to unresponsive
tricks more often than he can bear. Several add insult to
injury by offering him money, which he rejects. In the film's
nocturnal opening scene, one such man is a motorist whom
Gerardo services at the steering wheel in a desolate Mexico
City spot.
When Gerardo hooks up with a young man, Bruno
(Juan Carlos Torres), who is actually tender, he goes off the
deep end with his infatuation. Unfortunately, Bruno also
offers the fatal three words, and even misses a follow-up
rendezvous, merely sending a cowardly note explaining that he
doesn't want to hurt him. The rest of the film is, in a black
and white both noirish and Bressonian, Gerardo's "via
Dolorosa," his painful hunt for this phantom
lover.
"Gerardo is obsessed with love," the Mexico
City-based Hernandez explains. "It's an idea of love that
might be absurd and old-fashioned, but still the one that we
must all endure
at least once. It's a love, in the German
Romantic tradition, that makes you fall into an abyss and test
your own limits. It can force you to suppress your own ego for
the other person. Gerardo constructs his personality with this
obsession as its foundation." The besotted boy even looks
around the bus station in Bruno's faraway neighborhood of
Ciudad Azteca.
Read the Full Story @
indieWIRE.com
http://www.indiewire.com/movies/movies_040415thous.html
Best Of
Youth
dominates David Di Donatellos
Italy's biggest awards
ceremony sees Castellito, Cruz take acting prizes; telecast
cut short by Iraqi hostage killing.
DIRECTOR
DISCLOSES PLANS FOR HELLBOY: THE
DVD
Hellboy
director Guillermo del Toro is planning two
separate DVD versions of his movie, a double-disc edition to
be released in August, and a "fan" edition containing a longer
cut (by 20 minutes) to be released in December. "The first
edition is going to be a double disc hopefully, and the second
edition is going to be a long cut of the movie, 20 minutes
added, and you add a third disc to it," del Toro told Video Store magazine. "I
think you have the chance of the more casual fan just buying
the first one, and the guy who really is hardcore going for
the second one." Among other things, the longer cut will
develop the relationship between Agent Myers (Rupert Evans)
and Liz Sherman (Selma Blair) -- which ignites the jealousy of
Hellboy (Ron Perlman). The subplot, del Toro said, "couldn't
be in the movie because the theatrical cut has to be a cut
that moves to a pace that any casual fan or nonfan can enjoy,
[while] the DVD is [for] hardcore [fans]."
DEADLINE EXTENDED
UNTIL MAY
3, 2004
The LOS ANGELES
LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (LALIFF)
July 16 25, 2004
CALL FOR ENTRIES
DEADLINE Monday May 3, 2004
LALIFF a premier Latino
International Film Festival in the country, and prominent
venue for the exhibition of the best of Latin cinema from the
United States, Spain and Latin America. The festival creates a
bridge between Hollywood and independent filmmakers, as well
as nurture existing and emerging creative talent while serving
as a springboard and catalyst for the promotion of Latin films
and artistry.
The Festival presents features,
documentaries and shorts as well as retrospectives. It also
offers workshops, panels, youth programs, screenwriter lab
& conferences, the Latino Writers workshop with the Desi
Arnaz scholarship.
For more information or a
submission form, please contact LALIFF at:
Los Angeles Latino
International Film Festival (LALIFF)
6777 Hollywood Blvd.,
Suite # 500
Los Angeles, CA 90028
TEL.: (323) 469-9066
FAX: (323) 469-9067
www.latinofilm.org
info@latinofilm.org
latinofilm@yahoo.com
Latino Theater Company & Speak
Theater Arts Present
N*GGER
WETB*CK
CH*NK
A New Play by Allan Axibal, Rafael
Agustin, Miles Gregley, Liesel Reinhart, and Steven T.
Seagle
April 15th - May 8th
8:00PM
Thursday - Friday
8:00PM
Saturday - 2PM &
8PM
Los Angeles Theatre
Center
514 Spring Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(Downtown between 5th and 6th)
Tickets:
Adults $20
Students & Seniors
$12
For Tickets Call: (323) 461-3673.
Group Rates Available (20 or
more)
Winner of the 2003 award for "Best
Play" from the American Readers Theater Association. N*GGER
WETB*CK CH*NK is an explosive comedy that charges into the
dangerous territory of race, but without the predictable anger
and angst.
N*W*C says, "The show traces the origins and
evolution of three derogatory terms that shaped our lives and
took the place of a genuine understanding of our distinct
cultures. In doing this show we hope to de-power these words
for ourselves and for our audiences.
Oh yeah, and we
hope you laugh your a** off, too."
Read the LA Times Feature Story:
http://www.speaktheaterarts.com/LATIMES.pdf
www.speaktheaterarts.com
www.LatinoTheater.com
"The
Art of Funding Your Film: Alternative Financing
Concepts"
Register on-line at
http://www.presaleticketing.com/customer/110821308694/show_event?event_id=2556
*Get a FREE membership to Media Arts
Center San Diego by registering to this workshop (a $45
value!)
When:
Saturday, April 24, 2004, 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Where:
Media Arts Center San Diego (921 25th Street, San Diego, CA
92102)
Carole
Dean, executor of the Roy W. Dean Grant
Foundation, one of the largest, most prestigious
grants in the US, is coming to San Diego to teach strategies
from her new book.
Do you need money
for production?
* Learn how and when to apply
for film grants.
* Create the perfect pitch to
fund your film.
* Master your approach to
corporations for donations.
* Acquire the "Art of Asking"
individuals for money
* Learn how to give funding house
parties and get $5 to 10K
Bring your perfect pitch and practice
it with Carole while you have a chance to get immediate feed
back and you will understand why Clearly Defined
films get funded
PLUS: Learn how to
apply for the 7 Roy W. Dean grants valued at over $370,000 per
year. Continental Breakfast, afternoon snacks and
more...
Carole Dean has experienced many successes in
the film industry. She knows how to succeed...and more
importantly how to succeed in the film business. She pioneered
the short-end film business and ran it up from a $20 bill to
over a $50,000,000 dollar a year business. She sold the
business because she wanted to do more of what she is doing
now, helping filmmakers help society. She ran her own
successful television show, and more.
See more about
Carole Dean at:
<http://www.fromtheheartproductions.com>FromTheHeartProductions.com
Registration
Fee:
$55 MACSD members / AIVF San Diego
Salon / Students
$75 non-members (includes FREE
membership!)
For additional information & to
register, please call 619-230-1938
Register online at
http://www.presaleticketing.com/customer/110821308694/show_event?event_id=2556
Call for Entries --
InFACT™ Qualify
your film for Academy Award® consideration. The next deadline
for IDA's 8th Annual InFACT™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase
is next Friday, April 23. Be
sure to get your feature or short documentary submitted by the
regular deadline date and pay only $45.00.
The late deadline is April 30 and the
final deadline is May
7.
Send your film in today.
Please check www.oscars.org for official
rules and www.documentary.org or
www.withoutabox.com
for entry information.
Save the Date:
InFACT™ Theatrical
Documentary Showcase at ArcLight™ Hollywood
August 20-26,
2004
***CALL FOR
ENTRIES***
8TH INT'L LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, SAN FRANCISCO
BAY AREA
NOVEMBER 05 TO NOVEMBER 21,
2004
SAN FRANCISCO, SAN JOSE, SAN RAFAEL, LARKSPUR,
BERKELEY
50 Acacia Avenue, San Rafael, CA USA
94901
Phone 415 454 4039 Fax 415 454
4613
PRINT THE GUIDELINES & ENTRY FORM at
www.latinofilmfestival.org
The LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, SAN
FRANCISCO BAY AREA invites narrative, documentary, short
filmmakers, women filmmakers, youth/children (18 & under)
filmmakers as well as directors, producers, distributors &
investors to participate in our annual film festival &
festival competition.
The LATINO FILM FESTIVAL, SAN
FRANCSICO BAY AREA promotes Latino Culture by showcasing the
best and most recent works produced by or about Latinos in the
United States and internationally. The festival promotes
cinematography of significant artistic and educational merit
which expresses the cultural diversity of the many countries
and roots of the Latino population and rich cultural
heritage.
AWARDS: Jury and Audience for 10
categories.
SUBMISSION DEADLINES & ENTRY FEES
ARE:
June 15th - $35 USD - For each non refundable early
entry
June 30th - $45 USD - For each non refundable late
entry
Student Works - Entry Fee waived. Include a
photocopy of your student ID or similar proof of enrollment,
age and grade level at the time of production.
FINAL
EXHIBITION FORMATS: 35MM, Betacam SP NTSC, DVD
& VHS. Entries selected to screen MUST arrive at our
office by October 18, 2004.
QUESTIONS /
PREGUNTAS?
Please contact G.G. Geddes,
Associate
Director of Programming at gg@latinofilmfestival.org
Tp 415
454 4039 Fx 415 454
4613
www.latinofilmfestival.org
Latino Film Festival,
San Francisco Bay Area
50 Acacia Avenue
at Dominican
University of California
San Rafael, CA USA 94901
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Are you a Latina with a cinematic story to
tell but have no equipment, crew, or
budget?
In celebration of Virgen de Guadalupe in
December, CASA 0101 and Chispas Productions announce
the:
First Annual Boyle Heights Latina International
Film Extravaganza (BHLIFE)
We invite interested Latinas
to come find out how you can make your film with little money
and a lot of help.
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
7:00 –
9:00 p.m.
Please RSVP by calling 323-263-7684
or
emailing bhlife2004@yahoo.com.
CASA 0101 Theatre
and Art Space
2009 East First Street
Los Angeles, CA
90033
April 2004 Monthly
Screenings for Latino Film Festival, San Francisco Bay
Area
* Cuban Program: FAMILY VIDEO,
NEXT YEAR IN HAVANA and SAVE YOUR LIPS FOR MY RETURN
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 7.30pm
San Francisco:
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
** NO
SHAME
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 7:30pm
San Francisco:
Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
*** THE
PHOTOGRAPHER
Thursday, April 22, 2004 at
7.30pm
Berkeley: La Peña Cultural Center
Latino
Film Festival-San Francisco Bay Area
in partnership with
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts presents:
Cuban
Program
Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at 7.30pm
Yerba
Buena Center for the Arts
701 Mission Street at 3rd
Street
San Francisco
$8 General Admission/$7 LFF,
YBC & KQED members w/membership card, seniors and
students.
Call the Yerba Buena Box Office (415) 978-2787 to
order tickets LFF members "Estrella" level or above/call (415)
454-4039 by April 12 to reserve your ticket
*FAMILY
VIDEO (VIDEO DE FAMILIA)
Dir. Humberto Pardon, Cuba 2001,
47min,
In Spanish with English Subtitles.
A raucous
film within a film reveals the complexity and humorous
travails of a contemporary Cuban family. This deeply engaging
film captures the family emotions of discovering that one
member of the clan, a raft émigré living in the USA is gay.
This is a universal story of the conflicts, strength and love
that lie at the heart of all family life.
*NEXT YEAR IN
HAVANA
Dir. Traci Weintraub, USA/Cuba 2002,18min
LFF
2003 Jury Award Nominee
In English
This comical film
within a film examines a Cuban-American-Jewish-Gentile
marriage and its multi-complex relationships within the
family.
*SAVE YOUR LIPS FOR MY RETURN (GUARDAD LOS
LABIOS POR SI VUELVO)
Dir. Juan Carlos Garcia-Sampedro,
Cuba/Spain 2003, 24min
In Spanish with English
Subtitles.
Smart & sexy Cuban-Spanish
love-triangle. Ever and Fermin love Yemirei, but nobody asks
Yemirei what she wants.
**NO SHAME (SIN
VERGÜENZA)
DIR Joaquín Oristrell, Spain 2001, 113 min
In
Spanish with English Subtitles
Recipient 2002 Goya &
Best Film, Malaga Film Festival
Opening Night 2003
International Latino Film Festival, San Francisco Bay
Area
Wednesday, April 21, 2004 at 7:30pm
Mission
Cultural Center for Latino Arts
2868 Mission Street (Right
off 24th St. BART)
San Francisco
$8 General
Admission/$6 Students and Seniors
NO ADVANCED SALES-
Tickets on sale 1hr prior to showtime
For more information
please call 415.821.1155
Actors and egos are
lampooned in this amusing, witty satire where drama students
fall in love and compete for the few paying roles available.
The film weaves in a love story between Isabel, the drama
teacher and her ex-lover, now a successful film director, who
is looking for fresh faces. Soon everyone in the school is
preparing scenes from Oedipus to Hamlet. In the process,
actors clash, egos inflate and they either behave like spoiled
brats or team players--in short, as real life actors. They are
chided with sympathy as the film is dedicated to the 4500
actors working in Spain. A tale of love and risking everything
in the name of dreams, the film has a bohemian flavor that
breathes magical life into the beautiful sets and glowing
cast.
Una burlona e inteligente
mirada a los actores y sus egos en esta sátira en la que los
estudiantes de teatro se enamoran y compiten por los pocos
roles pagados que son disponibles. El film entreteje una
historia de amor entre Isabel, y su ex-amante, ahora
convertido en un exitoso director de cine. El está en búsqueda
de caras frescas por lo que todos en la escuela comienzan a
ensayar escenas desde Edipo hasta Hamlet. En el proceso los
egos se inflan, los actores se enfrentan y se comportan a
veces como niños malcriados y otras como un buen equipo de
jugadores--en fin, como verdaderos actores. El film es una
simpática reprimenda ya que está dedicado a los 4500 actores
que actualmente trabajan en España. Una historia de amor y de
sueños con un sabor bohemio, vital y con hermosos escenarios y
un elenco resplandeciente. Ganador del Palmares del
Festival de Málaga.
***THE PHOTOGRAPHER (EL
FOTÓGRAFO)
DIR Sebastián Alarcón, Chile 2002, 90
min.
In Spanish with English Subtitles
LFF 2003 Audience
Award Recipient for Best Feature Narrative
Thursday,
April 22, 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 1hr. prior to showtime
For more info
please call (510) 849-2568
In this nostalgic comedy,
set in Valparaíso 1950s, Simón, a photojournalist, is obsessed
with creating a film that will redefine cinematic arts in
Chile. Despite many problems, Simón and his friends, an
entertaining myriad of characters including a Francophile
boarding house owner, a Don Juan, and a leading lady Audrey
Hepburn look-alike, embark on a search for artistic identity
and love. Alarcón mixes bright colors and B&W images,
suggesting the real and the imagined worlds. The '50s music
recalls a sunny epoch and creates a sweet mood for this visual
delight.
En esta nostálgica comedia,
situada en Valparaíso en los años 50, Simon, un
foto-periodista vive obsesionado por crear una película que
redefina la artes cinematográficas de Chile. A pesar de
muchos problemas Simón y sus amigos, un divertido grupo de
personajes, (la francófila dueña de la pensión, un Don Juan, y
la primera actriz, muy parecida a Audrey Hepburn) emprenden
alegremente la búsqueda de la identidad artística y el amor.
Alarcón combina imágenes en blanco y negro y color sugiriendo
dos mundos: el real y el imaginario. La música de los años 50
evoca una época dorada y crea un ambiente amable para esta
película encantadora.
This screening is part of
the monthly Latino Film Festival program at the La Peña
Cultural Center.
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
http://www.latinofilmfestival.org
AUDITIONS FOR
GAS
Award winning play by Elizabeth Kay
Otero
Tuesday, April 20th
Casa 0101 Theatre Art
space
2009 E. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA
90033
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
Guillermo
Martinez: age 17, half Chicano, half Anglo though he
thinks he's puro Chicano.
Janel Salazar: age 23,
half Chicana, half Anglo, blonde and blue-eyed,
attractive.
Frank Furter: age 45, anglo,
young-at-heart gas station attendant from Oklahoma.
Ana
Martinez: Guillermo's mother, age 35, Chicana, very
attractive.
Edward: Ana's new husband, age 36,
Anglo, easy-going.
Jorge: Guillermo's cousin, age
19. Large and intimidating, a bully.
Sammy:
age 16, anglo. One of Jorge's sidekicks. The mouth
of the group.
Crespin: age 17, another sidekick
of Jorge's; the shy and emotional one.
Auditions will
be held between 4PM and 10PM. Please bring a prepared
monologue not to exceed 2 mins. Sides will be
provided.
Call 310.293.4606 to schedule an audition
time.
Alex
Mendoza
Alex
Mendoza & Associates
8835 Las Tunas
Drive
Temple City, CA
91780
626-614-8277
alexmend@aol.com
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