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NALIP MEMBER NEWS
El Trafico, an independent short film from
Volarefilms LLC, makes its Western European premier at the
5th annual Filmstock International Film Festival in the UK.
Directed by first time filmmaker and member Marco Santiago,
the story reflects the growing violence involved in the trafficking
of humans. Chuchi Rivero’s film, Mi Historia, My
Culture, made from original stories with 22 middle school
students at Aspira South Charter School in Florida is the
subject of a Telemundo Behind the Scenes feature airing on
Sunday, June 13th. Check out actor and NALIP member Ruth
Livier just wrapped Sexo, Pudor y Lagrimas, a play by
Antonio Serrano at the MET Theatre in LA. NALIP Members Antone
Pagan (SILENT WARRIOR Productions), Ralph Nieves,
Myztico Campo, and Pedro Carvajal's filmmaking
collaborative works have just been selected for The New York
International Latino Film Festival's "In the Edge" and "Vanguard
Documentaries" out of competition showcase series featuring:
"The STARSEED Incident" (showcasing DP work of Pedro Carvajal);
"The Art & Crimes of Ron English") and "18BJustice". Each
film will have an informal pre-festival screening at the West
Bar-Lounge in N.Y.C. on June 8th and June 16th consecutively.
The winners at the third NALIP LA Film Slam held last Thursday
were: Rubber Soles, Eva Neide, First Place and
$68 door money; Grandma’s Hip-Hop, Cristina Ibarra,
2nd runner up and automatic entry into Smokin’ Mirrors Film
Fest and Cristina Clandestina, Gabriela Sosa,
Third Runner Up and winner of free shooting space at Smokin'
Mirrors.
Conference VI: Call for Volunteers
June 8, 2004
If you have attended a conference in past years,
if you loved it or thought of ways to improve it, now is your
chance to have hand in creating the next conference. We are
starting the production of NALIP Conference VI that will take
place in early 2005 in California. As in past years, we are
looking for volunteers to produce this major event.
We need people to organize panel sessions, work
on the Opening Night reception, Gala Awards Dinner, breakfast
roundtables, hands-on workshops, and many, many more tasks.
As Chair of Conference VI, I will closely work
with our great staff and volunteers to assure that this will
be the best conference to date! I urge you to sign up, let
me know how you are interested in participating. Working on
a program of this magnitude is fun. You will get to know your
fellow NALIP members and other leaders in the field while
providing a valuable service to our Latino media community.
Please contact me at beni_matias@earthlink.net
to sign up! ASAP!
Warm regards,
Beni Matias
NALIP Board of Directors member
MRC seeks end to anti-LPM PR
The Media Rating Council, an industry-backed organization
designed to monitor the quality of research conducted by Nielsen
and other media ratings providers, waded deeper into the Local
People Meter controversy Tuesday by calling on News Corp.
to stop funding the anti-LPM PR campaign waged by a coalition
of minority advocacy groups.
Read the story!
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/the/television/index.jsp?ee
Los Angeles area Filmmakers: The 3rd Annual LA
48 Hour Film Project Returns on June 25!
Do you have what it takes to make a short film
in just 2 days? Space for a couple more filmmaking teams is
available! The 48 Hour Film Project is an international filmmaking
competition started in 2001. This year, more than 500 teams
around the world will compete to win top filmmaking honors.
The LA Project takes place the weekend of June
25-27, with screenings of all completed films at the Laemmle
Fairfax. The Best Film of LA will win Avid’s DV Express software,
and go on to represent the city in the worldwide judging.
For information about entering the 2004 Project,
please go to: http://www.48hourfilm.com
A Language of Passion (Un Lenguage de Pasion)
Bilingual Documentary holds screenings in LA
Documentary Sheds Universal Light on Latino
Artistry
LOS ANGELES: A Language of Passion, debut
documentary by Latina filmmaker Patricia Cunliffe, will begin
screening at various venues over the next few months. The
first will be held in the heart of East LA on June 10 at Self
Help Graphics, world renowned center for Latin art, on to
the Mexican Cultural Institute on July 17, and over to Melrose
Avenue on September 18, at the Don O’Melveny Gallery.
A Language of Passion is an inspiring,
bilingual (English/Spanish) portrait of Latino artistry in
Los Angeles today, a discourse on art and identity, cultural
diversity and an insight to the possibilities that a life
of art brings. For an updated list of current screenings visit:
www.joiedevivreproductions.com
June 10, 7 pm
Self Help Graphics at 3802 Cesar E. Chavez Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90063 323-881-6444
July 17, 5 pm
Mexican Cultural Institute at 125 Paseo de la
Plaza #300 Los Angeles, CA 90012 213-624-3660
(Q&A panel w/ artists afterward)
September 18, 7 pm
Don O’Melveny Gallery at 9008 Melrose Ave. West
Los Angeles, CA 90069 310-273-7868
For an updated list of screenings visit www.joiedevivreproductions.com
Contact info:
cunliffe@juno.com
626-797-9926
On Saturday August 14th, 2004 join The Walt Disney
Company & Celebrity Softball Commissioner, Dennis Leoni, and
over 40 celebrities as they all team up to benefit charity:
one of this year’s recipients will be THE LOS ANGELES CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL.
Founded in 1901, Children’s Hospital - Los Angeles
has been treating the most seriously ill and injured children
in Los Angeles for more than a century, and it is acknowledged
throughout the United States and around the world for its
leadership in pediatric and adolescent health. Children's
Hospital Los Angeles is the only hospital in Greater Los Angeles
affiliated with the Children’s Miracle Network, an international
non-profit organization dedicated to helping children by raising
funds and awareness for pediatric hospitals throughout North
America.
This year leading off the charge along Dennis
Leoni will be several entertainers from the film, television,
theater and music industries including: Adam Rodriguez, Nicholas
Gonzalez, Mia St. John, Ruth Livier, Benny Nieves, Tony Plana
and hopefully YOU! We look forward to your involvement in
making the 2004 Celebrity Softball Game a huge success! MORE
DETAILS COMING SOON!
For more information on TotalAXIS visit us online
at www.TotalAXIS.com
FLIX @ CineSpace
Our next installment of movie and dinner will
be coming on Wednesday June 30th. Details on the film and
event will be coming next week. In the meantime don't be left
out, last event over 100 people were turned away. Make your
dinner reservations and RSVP with us at FLIX@CineSpace.com
as early as you can commit.
The Documentary Doctor is coming to Los Angeles...
NALIP, AIVF & IDA present: Do's and Dont's
of Fundraising Trailers
A 2-hour session for documentary producers, directors
and editors.
Led by Filmmaker and Story Consultant Fernanda
Rossi. (Author of The Independent monthly column "Ask the
Documentary Doctor") Is your fundraising trailer bringing
you the attention and financing you need? Stop the guess work
of what works and what doesn't with this 2-hour session where
you:
* Will learn the most common mistakes filmmakers
make when making their trailers and how to avoid them (not
the filmmakers, the mistakes).
* View successful trailers.
* View trailers before and after Fernanda's doctoring.
* View trailers from the audience followed by
discussion.
Bring your trailer (finished or in-progress) for
discussion if you have any (Not required). Date: Tuesday,
June 22nd 2004, 7pm-9pm Location: Eastman Kodak, 6700 Santa
Monica Blvd, Los Angeles.
Cost: AIVF/IDA/NALIP members, $10; General Public
$15 (Cash ONLY!)
RSVP: www.documentarydoctor.com/dodontstrailers.html
Limited Seating. Registration closes Monday, June 21st
at 10pm
Questions? Call Abel at NALIP: 310.857.1657
Latino Film Festival-San Francisco Bay Area,
June 2004
Monthly Screenings 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 (Brazil). Preceded by the shorts
EMILIO'S BOX (Mexico), SEQUENCE SHOT (Brazil)
and GUNS & PEACE 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
Wanted: Producer for "My Favorite
Coyote," about immigrant trafficking (whimsical) in the Southwest,
for TV or film. Contact Guillermo Torres, 16114 Rocky Creek,
San Antonio, Tx. 78247; (210) 653-3408, [home]; (210) 250-3436
[work]; or gtorres@express-news.net.
LATV Gives Local Youth Opportunity
of a Lifetime Through Its “Be A VJ” Contest
Open Auditions at Citadel Outlets
on Saturday, June 12 LOS ANGELES, CA, June 4, 2004 / PR Newswire/
- Growing bilingual television network LATV is again looking
for a few new faces.
This summer, LATV’s "Be A VJ
2" contest provides the opportunity of a lifetime to anyone
whoever wanted to be an on-air television host. "Be A VJ 2"
starts off with an open audition at the Citadel Outlets, the
title sponsor, in the City of Commerce on Saturday, June 12th
from 10am -6pm. The potential stars-in-the-making audition
and get narrowed down to twenty.
One of the central themes of
LATV programming is that we are interactive. "The Be A VJ
contest not only interacts with our audience put puts them
front and center. We look forward to giving new talent a chance
to get a break and to be a part of our programming," says
Daniel Crowe, President of LATV.
"Be A VJ 2" is divided into four
phases: Phase 1 is the open auditions at the Citadel Outlets
where twenty finalists are selected; Phase 2 is the "Be A
VJ 2" where the finalists are shipped off to and trained by
television host trainer Marki Costello. Contestants will be
drilled on VJ etiquette and form groups, testing their skills
and voting each other off; Phase 3 includes on-air Try Outs
where the Bootcamp survivors will be handed various on-air
and on-location assignments. Phase 4 occurs in July when the
winner is chosen. Celebrity judges will rate, judge and vote
for the eventual new face of LATV.
The television audience will
be able to pick their favorite new VJ through www.latv.com
and via telephone. The winner receives a LATV Contract, a
$500 Shopping Spree at the Citadel Outlets, and a Television
Hosting Seminar ($400 value) with hosting guru Marki Costello
(MTV, E!, VH1).
"Be A VJ 2" is produced by Lupe
Rodriguez of A La Brava Entertainment. Lionel Pasamonte, of
LATV, is the executive producer. The "Be A VJ 2" contest is
open to anyone over the age of eighteen. Experience is not
required. Bilingual skills are welcome.
For the open audition on Saturday,
June 12th, go to Citadel Outlets, 5675 East Telegraph Road,
Commerce, CA 90040 from 10am-6pm.
Alex Mendoza
Alex Mendoza & Associates
8835 Las Tunas Drive
Temple City, CA 91780
626-614-8277
alexmend@aol.com
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