NALIPster: there is still time and space to apply to NALIP's
first Latino Media Market. You now have until January
22 to complete your package or pitch, and get it to
NALIP.
- Remember when producers Cristina Ibarra and John Valadez had
a strategic meeting at NALIP's 2002 Conference with PBS executive
Gustavo Sagastume, and came away with $50,000 for their Conquistador
documentary? LMM is designed to deliver this kind of
business to your project.
- Remember those 'sample pitch' workshops we've done at Conferences,
but you always wished you were in the room with a real buyer
or executive who could say yes, or say why not? LMM is designed
to put you in those meetings.
- Remember Jeff Valdez's great Keynote Speech at Conference V
about the excitement and opportunity at Si TV? Now they
are coming to LMM, to give you the best chance to set up your
unscripted series idea.
- Remember that terrific blog between LITI co-editor Alex Mendoza
and The Devil Inside producer Danny Rodriguez, about
making their first under-$500K movie? Why not bring YOUR
package to the LMM direct-to-dvd section, and try to get your
film up and going in 2005?
Sure, you can still come to Conference VI and enjoy networking,
reunions, celebrations of our makers, keynotes, hands-on workshops
and seminars. But now, like at IFP Market or Tribeca All
Access, you can do that plus do business, as producers,
writers, directors, filmmakers!
Octavio Marin, LMM Project Director, and I hope you won't miss
this opportunity, so in honor of the rain and the New Year and
busy lives, we're extending to you more days to get everything
together. You have a shot: be one of the first.
Questions? Call 310.395.8484 anytime. Details at www.nalip.og under Latino Media
Market!
Kathryn Galan, Executive Director
Exclusive Promotion from IFP/LA to NALIP Members
NALIP Members: IFP/Los Angeles is extending to our members the
opportunity to enroll in the informative IFP/LA Intermediate Screenwriting
Course at the same price as IFP/LA members. The general
public rate for the ten-week course is $495, the course is being
offered to NALIP members at $395 for a savings of $100.
The IFP/Los Angeles Intermediate
Screenwriting Course is geared to students who have a solid treatment
or outline and are beginning to develop it into a feature length
script. Through the development of their first draft,
students familiarize themselves with fundamental narrative structures
and gain further understanding of the writing process while improving
their craft. Taught by screenwriter Clare Foster (The
Sea Change with Kristin Scott Thomas and Naples 44 with Damien O'Donnell)
the course will focus on students' work, providing specific feedback
and advice.
Location: IFP/LA office,
8750 Wilshire Boulevard, Second Floor (At the
corner of Robertson and Wilshire in Beverly Hills).
Dates: Monday, January
31 - Monday, April 18 (No session on February 21 and 28)
Time: 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Reservation policy:
Required
To apply for the course,
send a treatment of the script you'd like to develop in the course
by January 14, 2005, along with a cover sheet
with your name a contact information. A group of 12
students will be selected for the course. Selected
students will be notified by January
21, 2005 and will need to register
by January 26. All students on the wait list will be notified
after that date. Please send materials to IFP/Los Angeles, Education Programming,
Attention: Intermediate Screenwriting, 8759 Wilshire Boulevard, Second Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90211.
The registration deadline
is fast approaching. If you have any questions
on this program or offer, please call IFP Director of Education,
Maria Bozzi, at 310.432.1218
(NY) NALIP Announcement
NALIP-New York held its second Organizational
& Team-Building Retreat on Saturday, January 8, 2005. As a follow up to the
initial 2003 retreat, the current day-long retreat included the
participation of the newly elected Board, committee co-chairs
and members, who gathered to asses the current administrative
health of the regional chapter, ascertain which 2003 goals and
recommendations had been met, as well as to develop the action
plans and programmatic strategies for the 2005 operating year.
The 2003 and 2005 retreats were both respectively facilitated
by Louis Perego Moreno, and organized by Edwin Pagan, who is currently
serving as the Chapter's first elected president.
The full minutes from the retreat can be read and downloaded at
--
http://www.nalip.org/newyork/retreat2005.htm
IDA Presents: 2005 Documentaries from A-Z
The IDA is proud to present
Documentaries from A-Z 2005. Please see below for further
information. The
IDA is offering the IDA member discount to all NALIP members or
constituents in an effort to reach out to a diverse community. Please
note that Richard Saiz of ITVS will be presenting the January
25th seminar on writing proposals.
2005 Documentaries
from A-Z
Expand your Skills and
Broaden Your Network as Documentary Makers January 11th, 2005 - February 2nd, 2005
PURCHASE YOUR PASS
HERE TODAY
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JANUARY 11:
PUBLIC RELATIONS
AND THE DOCUMENTARY
Moderator: Sandra Ruch,Executive
Director,IDA
Speakers: Amy Gray, Dish
Communications; Sarah Greenberg, Lions Gate Entertainment; Melody
Korenbrot, Korenbrot Block; David Magdael, TCDM Assoc.;
Fredell Pogodin, Fredell
Pogodin Assoc.; Nancy Willen, Acme Public Relations.
Do you need a publicist?
When should they begin
work on your film?
What do you do if you get into
a major festival?
Some of the strategies
and tricks of the PR trade that every
Doc filmmaker needs to know.
JANUARY 18: WHAT
NEW WORK-FLOWS AND TECHNOLOGIES MEAN TO THE DOCUMENTARY
FILMMAKER -digital intermediate,
high definition and new editorial options.
A case study of DUST
TO GLORY,a feature documentary from Dana Brown (Step Into
Liquid).This action-adventure documents the most notorious and
dangerous race in the world, the Baja 1000. Moderator: Leon Silverman,Executive
VP,LaserPacific AND Director, Strategic Business Development/VP
Entertainment Imaging
Speakers:Dana Brown,Director,Dust
to Glory; Rich Wilson, Exec. Producer, Dust to Glory.
JANUARY 25:
PROPOSAL-WRITING
SEMINAR
The Independent Television
Service (ITVS)-the single largest supporter of independent work
for broadcast television Moderator/Speaker: Richard Saiz, Program
Manager, ITVS.
What are the nuts and
bolts of a well-written treatment? How do you make your proposal
competitive? How do you target a specific audience? Richard Saiz, Program Manager
at ITVS,will answer these
questions and demonstrate how to write proposals that getfunded.
You'll receive valuable
handouts, with an example of a winning treatment and budget. The seminar will feature
a case study with filmmakers David Grabias and Nicole Newnham
who received ITVS completion funds for their Documentary, SENTENCED
HOME, concerning the deportation of Cambodian American to
Cambodia.
FEBRUARY 1:
WE GOT IT MADE-The
KODAK Film Experience
A Kodak seminar about
the fundamentals of capturing your documentary on Kodak Super
16mm film. Speakers:
TBD Filmmakers who got their films made on Kodak Super 16mm film.
FEBRUARY 8:
CROSSING OVER-DOCS
to NARRATIVE and BACK
Moderator: Elizabeth Stanley
(producer/manager and formerly Assistant Executive Director/Director
of Organizing of the DGA).
Speakers: Michael Apted,
George Hickenlooper, Stacy Peralta, Penelope Spheeris, and Jesus
Trevino. Have you ever thought about
directing narrative feature films and television movies, or episodic
TV or commercials? Join
us for a lively discussion with a group of directors who have
successfully crossed over from documentary filmmaking into these
arenas. They will
share their experiences, insights and advice about how to navigate
the murky waters of fiction programming.
Subject to change without
prior notice
Parking courtesy of The
Eastman Kodak Company
Doors open 6:00 p.m.
Seminars 7:00-10:00 p.m.
IDA/NALIP Members:
$70 per seminar; $280
for all five
Non-members:
$90 per seminar; $360
for all five
To register call
213.534.3600, ext. 7444 or PURCHASE YOUR PASS HERE TODAY
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REGISTER NOW--Space is limited
SPECIAL INVITATION: NALIP
(Austin, TX) Funraising event benefiting
Cine las Americas
Event Fundraiser
for Cine las Americas
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2005
Time: 6:00 PM to 11:00 PM (US/Pacific)
Cine, Musica y Alma:
A cultural celebration benefiting Cine Las Americas Film Festival
Charanga Cakewalk, Manejo Beto, Los Skarnales
Preview of short films from the upcoming 2005 festival
Silent Auction
Basic Details:
Sunday, February 27, 2005
Reception 6-8, Concert 8-11
General Admission: $25
VIP Tickets: $100
VIP Reception at The Design
Center at Pennfield in Austin, Texas
Concert at Ruta Maya International in Austin, Texas: VIP tickets
include a VIP gift package, reception (cocktails, light dinner),
concert.
Reception will take place at Austin's Penn Field Design Center
and will host 100 of Austin's cultural tastemakers. Artists,
musicians, entrepreneurs, elected officials, filmmakers, writers
and cultural arts leaders will make-up the reception's guests.
The reception will feature a light Latino dinner from Austin's top restaurants and
a trio of string musicians will entertain while guests mix.
Guests will be treated to gift bags that will include the following
items; a Cine Las Americas poster, a Charanga Cake Walk CD, One
Cine Las Americas festival pass, Sponsor Spirits item, and other
items donated from Austin's hippest purveyors of
culture and fun. Patrons will pay $100 per person to attend
the reception and concert. Each $100 VIP guest can bring
one guest.
The party moves across the street to (in the same Penn Field complex)
to Ruta Maya International for an evening of music, film, dancing.
Three of the regions hottest bands will perform hour-long sets
and 3 short, funny Latino films will screen between band changes. A
silent auction will take place during the concert. The auction
items will feature 25 packages to include themes such as Latino
literature, film, art, photography, food, and spirits.
The following bands will perform:
Charanga Cakewalk
Multi-instrumentalist, studio whiz, producer, sideman
extraordinaire and musical visionary Michael Ramos presents the
first album from Charanga Cakewalk: 'Loteria del la Cumbia Lounge'.
Currently Loteria de la Cumbia is in the top 20 on the International
World music charts.
Maneja Beto
From the traditional sounds of Mexico, to the postmodern moods
of brit pop bands, Maneja Beto produces sounds with no conception
of borders, diverse and eclectic, accented by a political conscience,
and a willingness to defy prepackaged genres. More than that they write
songs that make you think, dance and feel - all at the same time.
Los Skarnales
Frenzied ska and old-style pachuco boogie come together
in the latest from Los Skarnales. The
band bristles with energetic dance-hall rhythms, rockabilly, Latin
soul and even a little swing and zydeco, all played with a punk-rock
attitude. The wild,
bilingual mixture is a natural for the six-man group.
Anna In The Tropics
Jan. 14th @ the Pasadena Playhouse
Last chance to purchase
tickets for LATIN HEAT ENTERTAINMENT
INDUSTRY NIGHT at
ANNA IN THE TROPICS
Friday, January 14, 2005 at 8:00 P.M.
Pasadena Playhouse
39 South El Molino Avenue, Pasadena, CA 91101
To purchase discount tickets
of $25 call 626.356.PLAY
Includes:
·
Pulitzer
Prize winning play
·
Hand
Rolled cigars by Mursuli Cigars
·
Networking
reception with invited celebrities & cast
·
Dancing
to the sounds of Rumba Sol
For a chance to win a
pair of tickets go to www.latinheat.com
