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LAST
CHANCE TO APPLY FOR NALIP 2004 LPA
Yes,
it's true. The deadline is upon us. Latino Film -- documentary
-- t.v. producers and teams: don't miss this exciting
opportunity to join the Second Class of LPA Fellows
in Tucson, Arizona, August 5 - 12, 2004. This year's
program is geared to advancing PROJECTS in pre-production
or packaging stages, along with developing SKILLS and
RELATIONSHIPS for producers, and writer-producer or
director-producer teams. Our Ambition is to have more
of your films in production, broadcast, and at major
festivals in 2005.
Download
the application at www.nalip.org. Get your package in
by Friday, June 4. The best will be invited to join
NALIP, our instructors, mentors and repertory actors
for one of the most difficult and exhilarating weeks
of your career. Confirmed instructors include: Prudence
Glass, "American Masters;" Chip Diggins, producer, Paramount
Pictures; Myrl Schreibman and Harrison Reiner, professors,
UCLA; Joseph Julian, composer, "Resurrection Blvd."
and VISIONES; Marilyn Atlas, manager/producer REAL WOMEN
HAVE CURVES; Dan Duncan, director/dp, "Desert Speaks;"
Debbie Zimmerman, ED, Women Make Movies; Hector Gonzalez,
Executive Producer KUAT and more.
Questions?
Concerns? Call Project Director Octavio Marin at 310.208-1919.
This is one of NALIP's Signature Programs. Fellows attend
on full scholarship courtesy of our great supporters
and sponsors. Good Luck!! Kathryn Galan Executive Director,
NALIP
FT Membership Coordinator Position Seeking Great
Candidates at NALIP
40-hour
week in Santa Monica offices plus some evening/weekend
member outreach work. Strong computer, editing, phone
and organizational skills essential.
Replaces
writer-producer Abel Salas, Membership Coordinator at
NALIP since last June, who has become Membership Director
at NATPE (National Association of Television Program
Executives) and must reluctantly resign. Candidates
should have working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
including Excel, Publisher and Word as well as familiarity
with FileMaker Pro. The Membership Coordinator is the
principal office administrator and key point of contact
for NALIP members. In addition to phone and database
maintenance duties, the Membership Coordinator works
closely with Latinos in the Industry co-editor to publish
and distribute the Latinos in the Industry e-newsletter
two or three times per week, maintains the subscriber
database and processes all new memberships/membership
renewals.
The
Coordinator will also attend industry events and functions
in an effort to partner with local and national organizations
and attract new members. Responsible for adding member
benefits and interfacing with Chapters around the nation.
The Coordinator assists both the Executive Director
and the Signature Programs Director with Board presentations,
NALIP programming and individual projects, including
the Latino Writers Lab, the annual Conference, the Latino
Producers Academy and the Latino Media Resource Guide.
Interested applicants should fax a resume along with
a cover letter to 310.453.5258
DUO
MINING 'AZTEC' GOLD
Pic
centers on playing dangerous game of Ullamalitzli
After going on a "Eurotrip," the Montecito Picture Co.
plans to travel back in time, acquiring Jeff Schaffer
and Ted Humphrey's action pitch "Aztec."
Study
warns against stereotyping minorities' TV habits
A
study by Columbus, Ohio, based BIGresearch found minorities
do not always watch cable networks targeted at their
ethnic group. One of the biggest surprises in the study
was that a majority of Hispanics surveyed said TV Land
was their network of choice. Media
Life (5/26)
TV
group says it will not endorse LPMs
The
Media Rating Council said it would not support Nielsen
Media Research's controversial new Local People Meter
audience measurement system. The Council's position
gives a boost to Univision's and News Corp.'s efforts
to block the June 3 LPM rollout in New York. Los
Angeles Times
NALIP LA - SMOKIN' MIRRORS - SUBCINE: Bringing It To
You Again
THE LATINO FILM SLAM ! !
This month's Film Slam will be different, more exciting,
thrills, spills, & chills ! !
Because
Sharing Is Caring, please forward to anyone who wants
to have a good time.
For
the uninitiated: What's a Film Slam?
It's like a poetry slam but with flicks: people
show up with their best five minutes of their film
or video cued up. We show the films randomly (NO first
come, first serve--we want you to hang out!), the
filmmaker is introduced and can say a couple of words
and the night goes on like that.
from 7-7:45: we collect the vids (VHS, DVD format)
from 8-10p: we watch the vids
WHERE??
The Slam/Mixer is generously hosted by Smokin’
Mirrors Studios, 4928
Hollywood Blvd, and will offer live
DJ entertainment from 10 p.m. to midnight immediately
following the screenings.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT THIS TIME AROUND?
This time, it will be a competition to the death,
gladiator-style!
Okay, no para tanto pero here's what's at stake:
1st Prize: Cash!
2nd Prize: Automatic Entry into the Smokin'
Mirrors Film Festival in July
3rd Prize: The FREE use of the Smokin'
Mirrors space for shooting
We are charging a nominal fee of $3 for spectators.
FREE admission for competing artists.
How will the films be judged?
The audience will be given anonymous ballots where
they rate the film from "Basura" to "Liking it Un
Chingon" and anywhere in between. Sort of like an
un-American Idol.
You
don't want to miss this!!
For more info, email Sonia Gonzalez: LaSone189@aol.com
Check out:
National Association of Latino Independent
Producers (NALIP) - not just for Producers!
www.nalip.org
SubCine - the very best in Latino
video distribution
www.subcine.com
Invisible America - Subversion, Latino-style
www.invisibleamerica.com
National Association of Latino
Independent Producers is proud to be a Participating
Organization of the 2004 Los Angeles Film Festival
(June 17 – 26)
National Association of
Latino Independent Producers (NALIP)
will be hosting a screening of Maria Full of Grace
on Thursday, June 24 at 7:15pm at the Laemmle Sunset
5.
Maria Full of Grace
Surprisingly
self-confident and outspoken, 17-year-old Maria desperately
wants to escape a life of mind-numbing work in rural
Colombia. Forced into a corner by circumstances, she
succumbs to the lure of quick cash by agreeing to
act as a “mule,” a drug courier who smuggles heroin
into the United States, via the most harrowing plane
trip of her life. Maria Full of Grace
marks the auspicious debuts of two remarkably gifted
talents: writer/director Joshua Marston and actress
Catalina Sandino Moreno. Marston’s assured, understated
directorial style provides the perfect platform for
Moreno, an actress of strength and resolve whose portrayal
of Maria is pitch perfect.
English and Spanish with English subtitles. 101 min.
Thursday,
June 24, 7:15pm, Laemmle Sunset 5
The
Los Angeles Film Festival’s programming boasts a diverse
selection of work by and about Latinos, in Spanish
and English. The Latino films screening as part
of our new program, CineCultura, represent
a truly global spirit and celebrate the long and rich
Latino history of Los Angeles.
The
2004 line-up for CineCultura includes features Dame La Mano (Netherlands),
The Magic Gloves
(Argentina), Nina (Brazil), Robbing Peter (US/Mexico),
and XV in Zaachila
(Mexico). Numerous shorts by and about Latinos are
also scheduled, especially within our High School
program. Special screening events include: Maria Full of Grace,
shot in Ecuador featuring a Colombian cast/crew and
winner of two major awards at the Berlin Film Festival
and the Dramatic Audience Award at the Sundance Film
Festival; and the 1946 Mexican classic La
otra with a special performance by Rebekah Del
Rio, the vocalist whose haunting rendition of Roy
Orbison’s “Crying” was an unforgettable part of David
Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.
For
more information and a complete line-up of films,
visit www.lafilmfest.com.
To purchase tickets and passes, call 1-866-FilmFest
or visit www.lafilmfest.com. Tickets on Sale Now! NALIP members receive a $1.00
discount on screenings before 6:00pm.
tickets to all screenings are $10 unless otherwise
noted
CineCultura at the 2004 Los Angeles Film
Festival (June 17 – 26)
B-Happy
Beautifully
shot on the coast of Chile, B-Happy is the story
of Kathy, a 14-year-old girl determined to take on
the world on her own terms. Despite her best efforts,
things start falling apart, and Kathy must learn to
truly believe what she’s been telling herself all
along: “I’m not afraid of anything.”
Sat.
June 19, 10:00pm, DGA 2
Wed.
June 23, 5:00pm, Laemmle Sunset 5
Dame
La Mano
After
a week of day jobs driving cabs and working in kitchens,
a group of Cuban expatriates gather every weekend
in a tiny diner in New York City to celebrate their
passion for life and the scintillating rhythms of
the rumba.
Mon.
June 21, 9:45pm, DGA 1
Thu.
June 24, 9:30pm, Pasadena Playhouse 7
The
Magic Gloves
In
post-economic crash Buenos Aires, it seems everyone
is scrounging for money and perhaps ever so slightly
depressed. Charming in its laconic ease, Martín Rejtmann’s
film is a biting look at the things we all need to
define ourselves.
Sun.
June 20, 9:30pm, DGA 2
Tue.
June 22, 9:45pm, Laemmle Encino
Maria
Full of Grace
The
story of an intelligent young Colombian woman who
agrees to smuggle heroin into the United States, Maria Full of Grace
marks the debuts of two remarkably gifted talents:
director Joshua Marston and actress Catalina Sandino
Moreno.
Thu.
June 24, 7:15pm, Laemmle Sunset 5
Nina
Blending
Crime and Punishment
and manga-like animation, Heitor Dhalia's stylish
debut feature Nina is a harrowing portrait of a young
São Paulo artist's psychological disintegration in
the face of a sadistic world.
Wed.
June 23, 10:00pm, Laemmle Sunset 5
Fri.
June 25, 5:00pm, Laemmle Sunset 5
Robbing
Peter
With
a refreshingly original style, writer/director Mario
F. de la Vega reinvents the crime genre, bringing
a deadpan sense of humor and absurdity to this tale
of smugglers, crime bosses, and second-rate thugs.
Tue.
June 22, 9:45pm, Laemmle Sunset 5
Fri.
June 25, 7:15pm, DGA 1
XV
In Zaachila
Lyrical
and sweetly comic, this documentary chronicles the
extensive preparations, events, and emotions involved
when a young Mexican woman’s family throws her a traditional
fifteenth birthday party.
Sat.
June 19, 2:00pm, Laemmle Sunset 5
Tue.
June 22, 9:45pm, DGA 1
CineCultura
will be celebrated by a party sponsored by Latin Style Magazine
with a DJ spinning salsa, rock en espanol, corridos,
punk, and pop.
For
more information and a complete line-up of films,
visit www.lafilmfest.com. To
purchase tickets and passes, call 1-866-FilmFest or
visit www.lafilmfest.com.
Tickets
on Sale Now! NALIP members receive a $1.00 discount
on screenings before 6:00pm.
Latino
Film Festival-San Francisco Bay Area, May - June 2004
Monthly Screenings
*HAVANA
FEELINGS
Cuba/Germany 2002, 80 min. DIR Sylvio Heufelder, In
Spanish with English Subtitles
Thursday, May 27, 2004 at 7.30pm
Berkeley: La Peña Cultural Center
**FLOWERS FROM ANOTHER WORLD (FLORES DE OTRO MUNDO)
Spain 1999, 105min. 35mm Dir. Iciar Bollain, 2004
Goya Award Winner, In Spanish with English subtitles
Wednesday, June 9, 2004 at 6:00pm & 8:00pm
San Francisco: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
Sponsored by: CHEVY'S FRESH MEX & CONSULATE GENERAL
OF SPAIN IN SAN FRANCISCO
***NO SHAME (SIN VERGÜENZA)
Spain, 2001, 113 min DIR Joaquín Oristrell, In Spanish
with English Subtitles
Thursday, June 10 at 7:00pm
Richmond: Richmond Public Library
**** FRANCISCA, WHICH SIDE ARE YOU ON? (FRANCISCA,
¿DE QUÉ LADO ESTÁS?)
Mexico/Spain/Germany 2002, 85 min, DIR Eva López-Sánchez,
In Spanish w/ English Subtitles
Wednesday, June 16, 2004 at 7.30pm
San Francisco: Mission Cultural Center for Latino
Arts
***** LULA, A WINNER'S JOURNEY (LULA, A JORNADA DE
UM VENCEDOR)
Brazil 2003, 50 min, DIR Cosme Coelho, In Portuguese
with English Subtitles
Preceded by the shorts EMILIO'S BOX (Mexico), SEQUENCE
SHOT (Brazil) and GUNS & PEACE (Brazil).
Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 7.30pm
Berkeley: 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
*****
LULA, A WINNER'S JOURNEY (LULA, A JORNADA DE UM VENCEDOR)
Brazil 2003, 50 min, DIR Cosme Coelho, In Portuguese
with English Subtitles Preceded by the shorts EMILIO'S
BOX (Mexico), SEQUENCE SHOT (Brazil) and GUNS & PEACE
(Brazil). Thursday, June 24, 2004 at 7.30pm Berkeley:
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
Dear
Compinches,
Just
quick notes;
First:
Sorry for the delay on sending this issue. Got real
busy and couldn’t put together on time.
Second:
Sorry for the next week’s lack of LITI eNewsletter,
I will be out of town with limited online availability,
so in the most likelihood; I will not be able to publish
then.
Third: Once more
a word of caution to those that miss great networking
opportunities…, DON”T! Myself and a bunch of those in
attendance, had the greatest of times on the NYILFF
tour of LA:
www.TotalAXIS.com/NYILFF
We
welcome Calixto and Elizabeth and congratulate them,
in the company of Benjamin, for a great show and a crowded
and fun after party. if you are reading this on Saturday,
if you have not gone yet, you may still go tonight,.
DO NOT MISS IT!
C
U in a week!
Alex Mendoza
Alex
Mendoza & Associates
8835
Las Tunas Drive
Temple
City, CA 91780
626-614-8277
alexmend@aol.com
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