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Seeking financing for your script? Completion funds for your work-in-progress? Trying to sell
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The IDA Awards Competition is the foremost genre-specific event dedicated to the documentary film. Established in 1984, the Awards are made possible through the generous support of the Eastman Kodak Company. Winners will be honored at gala ceremonies in Los Angeles on December 9th, 2005 and screened December 10th, 2005 at IDA's annual DocuFest.
Click here for IDA Awards Entry Form
Click here for IDA/David L. Wolper Student Award Entry Form
IDA Awards Categories include:
--Feature Documentary
--Short Documentary
--Limited Series
--Continuing Series
--IDA / Pare Lorentz Award
--IDA / ABCNEWS VideoSource Award
--IDA / David L. Wolper Student Documentary Achievement Award
(see special Wolper Student entry form to enter)
Dear Friends:
I am in the middle of my director's cut of "Palmarejo: My Backyard Was A Mountain." I have to say that, by far, this is one of the most challenging and rewarding experiences of my life. The footage looks amazing, and I am incredibly proud of the way the film is turning out. I want to thank all of you who supported the film financially and in spirit. Although it will not be finished for a while because of the extensive post-production process, I will let each and every one of you know when the premiere is.
On another note, Esquire Magazine just picked me as a finalist in their Celluloid Style Film Competition. Among hundreds of applicants, they selected me as one of their top five new filmmakers. I will now be shooting an additional short film, adapting an article from the magazine, in late-April/early-May. The panel of judges, from A-list Hollywood actors to industry producers and agents, will select a winner. Your continued support is always welcome and embraced. I look forward to hearing from you soon.
--Adam
P.S. "Palmarejo" also just won a huge grant from the government. We will be finishing on 35mm film!
( Los Angeles , CA )
April 8 - May 1, 2005
@ La Casa Del Mexicano Theater
2900 Calle Pedro Infante
Los Angeles , CA 90063
RSVP (323) 788-3880
$20 Opening Night Gala Fundraiser April 8 (includes food, music, drinks, meet & greet w/ the actors, director, & playwright)
$12 General Admission
$8 Students & Seniors w/ I.D.
*$8 general admission w/ donation of new children’s clothing to be donated to organizations in Ciudad Juarez that help families left motherless.
Synopsis:
For over 10 years the bodies of women have been appearing in the desert just outside the border city of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico . Many of the women share similar traits and worked for local factories known as ‘maquiladoras’, a large number owned by American corporations. The murders remain unsolved. Inspired by these events, the protagonist Juana Canales is a Mexican-American filmmaker documenting the murders. She interviews family members, government officials, the police, and the accused killer himself, Ali Obani. A chorus of women guide and question Juana’s motives while the shadow of a horned man and a wandering woman steer her in different directions. Juana pursues the truth fervently only to be confronted with fear, lies, and silence. This production is in English and was commissioned by East LA Rep from resident playwright Roxanna E. Sanchez.
( Albuquerque , NM )
The short film “2+2=5=1” directed by NALIP Member Miguel Mas will be presented at the third Annual “Sin Fronteras” Film Festival. Saturday April 16, 2005 at 8:30 PM in Albuquerque , New Mexico .
For more information: http://laii.unm.edu/sinfronteras/2005_film_list.html, www.2plus2equals5equals1.com, www.masandmore.com
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"Behind the Curtain", an independent film written and directed by NALIP Member Alvaro Ron and starring EMMY Award Winner Peter MacNicol, will be part of the Beverly Hills Film Festival next week. The film will be screened April the 15th at 6pm at The Clarity Theater, 100 N.Crescent Dr. Beverly Hills , CA 90021 . Tickets can be purchased at www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com
"Behind the Curtain" is an urban fable with strokes of ‘magic realism’ about a bored podiatrist (Peter MacNicol) who recieves the visit of a mysterious patient (Jacques Chan) with a blue chameleon. This patient offers him a ticket to a play that turns into a dangerous game where reality and fiction collide, a game that will change his life forever.
The film also stars Ben Siegler, Victoria Ullmann, Beverly Sanders, Mandy Amano, Debra Magit, Jerod Edington, Geoffrey Gould, Marlon Grace and Rita Rani among others.
In Europe , "Behind the Curtain" is in competition at the prestigious Rome Independent Film Festival in Italy (April 17th to 21st). www.riff.it
And in the East Coast, the film will be presented with a Special Award at the Columbia University Film Festival in New York, Saturday, April 9th at the Roone Arledge Cinema of Columbia University's Lerner Hall (Columbia University, 115th Street and Broadway, New York, NY 10027)
Another ‘magic realism’ fable "The Yawn Jar", will be shown at the San Diego International Children's Film Festival on Sunday April the 10th at The Museum of Photographic Arts (www.mopa.org, (619) 238 75 59). Tickets can be purchased at www.sdchildrensfilm.com
"The Yawn Jar" is also written and directed by Alvaro Ron and stars acclaimed indie filmmaker James Merendino (Sundance favorite "SLC Punk") The film tells the quest of a very special man, Beppo Leoni (James Merendino)who has his own theory about art: Artists
throughout history have tried to capture the perfect face, the perfect smile, the perfect look, but none has ever sought the perfect yawn.
Born and raised in Barcelona ( Spain ) writer/director Alvaro Ron started to work at a radio station at age 16 producing a popular night show. Two years later he began to work in the theater in Madrid doing "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" and "RENT". In 2001 he wrote, produced and directed his own musical: "An Evening in Broadway" which gave him the recognition from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art as one of the 6 youngest talented directors of that year. He also received the SGAE Grant (Spanish Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers) and the La Caixa Fellowship (a Spanish National Award given by the King of Spain) to go to Los Angeles and study film at UCLA.
He has been an assistant at Lakeshore Entertainment (at Paramount Studios), then worked on films like "Frankie and Johnnie are Married"(with Michael Pressman, Lisa Chess and Alan Rosenberg) (www.frankieandjohnny.com)or
"Girls Never Call" directed by Nacho Manubens (www.girlsnevercall.com), he has co-produced "Americano" (with Josh Jackson, Dennis Hopper and Leonor Varela) (www.americanothemovie.com), and has written and directed several films like "Lucy", "Lost Railway", "The Yawn Jar" with James Merendino (Sundance 2000, SLC Punk) and now "Behind the Curtain" with Peter MacNicol.
He is currently developing the screenplay for his first feature film "The Red Umbrella" set in San Francisco .
or more information on any of the above screenings or to talk to Alvaro Ron directly, e-mail fellowshiplacaixa@yahoo.com
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On the surface is where Rey Parla works to make his movies by hand, based on his physical, immediate response to the scratched/painted layers of his marks on that film. His haptic approach is flexible: it explores the physical character of its objects as objects, not as symbolic representations. This is a distinctly non-verbal approach to making movies. It does away with language in order to document a more immediate, direct encounter with the movie: the many tiny pictures that are the film itself.
For Full Story, go to: http://www.cinegraphic.net/article.php?story=20041021235637364&query=Parla or http://www.joseparla.com
HBO recently acquired Diamante's Pictures’ documentary film, “Bazooka: The Battles of Wilfredo Gomez”, a co-production with Cinemar.
***About Diamante Pictures (Owned & Operated by NALIP Member Ben De Jesus***
Diamante Pictures produces high-quality and innovative commercials, television, music videos, epk's and documentaries. Clients include: MTV, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Nick@Nite, VH1, HBO, ESPN, SiTV, BET, Showtime, Paramount Pictures, Columbia Records, Warner Bros. Records, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, and many, many more.
L'Oreal Tell Longoria She's Worth It
Desperate Housewives beauty Eva Longoria has been presented with a $1.9 million contract to be the new face of cosmetics giant L'Oreal. The Texan actress, 30, will join a succession of celebrities including Jennifer Aniston, Natalie Imbruglia and Beyonce Knowles who have starred in posters and adverts for the make-up company, saying the famous slogan "Because I'm worth it", reports British newspaper The Sun. A close friend says, "She's been told she was picked for her stunning face and figure, but also for her beautiful, glossy hair. Longoria will be officially named as the new face of L'Oreal later this week.
Nomination Up for Grabs on 'West Wing'
AP via Yahoo! News Tue, 05 Apr 2005 1:06 PM PDT
Real political conventions should be this exciting. On Wednesday's season finale of "The West Wing," the Democratic gathering isn't a coronation, it's a fight.
"Sin City" Pulps "Beauty Shop"
E! Online via Yahoo! News Mon, 04 Apr 2005 2:40 PM PDT
Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's silver screen version of Miller's graphically violent novels hustled up an estimated $28.1 million as the nation's new top movie.
'Sin City' makes hookers and violent crime look beautiful
The Dartmouth Tue, 05 Apr 2005 5:24 AM PDT
Everything about " Sin City " is cool. The trench-coat-clad anti-heroes smoke with style and kill without any heed of the consequences, and the women are either lesbians or gun-toting dominatrix-style prostitutes. Frank Miller's tale taps into the subc...
Learning to love Latin
The Age Sun, 03 Apr 2005 7:23 PM PDT
For livewire Colombian-born actor John Leguizamo, it's a great time to be Latin, writes Helen Barlow. It's nine in the morning when I meet a perky John Leguizamo. What is the one-time hell-raiser and self-respecting New Yorker - who ends his fast-spoken sentences with "man" - doing up so early?
HBO & The New York International Latino Film Festival Announce 2nd Annual Latino Filmmaker Competition * HBO to Fund
HispanicBusiness.com Mon, 04 Apr 2005 9:02 AM PDT
NEW YORK, April 4 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year, HBO has teamed with THE NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL (NYILFF) to find the next hot Latino Filmmaker.
Letters and Commentary
Boston Globe Sat, 02 Apr 2005 10:52 PM PST
Critic clash It would be unfortunate if Ed Siegel's review of ''Culture Clash in America" discouraged people from seeing the show (''Culture Clash doesn't throw off many sparks," Weekend, March 25 ). Siegel admits that the show had ''plenty of juice" for the opening-night crowd, and grants that the acting is ''so good" by the three Latino-Chicano performers who play...
By Lisa Johnson (www.filmstew.com)
It's all the rage for celebrated filmmakers to turn their attention to the tube - even in Spain . Pedro and Agustin Almodovar's Madrid-based banner, El Deseo, is now producing a television dramedy series called Mujeres (Women). The series is about a grandmother, fortysomething mother and a teen daughter living in a downtown district of a large city.
For full story: http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=11175
Sales veteran Aguilar leaves Spain's Aurum Mocha Aguilar leaves Spanish distributor to launch her own sales outfit El Dorado International.
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April 1, 2005 – April 8, 2004
Available Positions:
Storyboard Artist (2), Storyboard Revisionist (2), Character Designer, Production Assistant, Storyboard Artist (2), Character Designer, Character Designer, Background Designer, Animation, Prop Designer, Background Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist/Revisionist, Background Painter, Freelance Storyboard Artist, CG Generalist, Character Rigger, Compositor, CG Character Animator, 3D Layout Artist, Production Assistant, and more…
Call the Nickelodeon JOB HOTLINE @ 818.736.3673 for more information.
Alberto Barboza and BT Productions are curently putting together a team for a 35mm short film Co-Produced by Showtime. Barboza is the award winning director of the short film PREMEDITATION (Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival - U.S. , Festival Internacional del Nuevo Cine Latinoamericano- Cuba , Guadalajara Film Festival- Mexico ). In Barboza's next short film titled CHAOS once again he explores the entanglements of love... this time the backdrop is LA's vibrant art scene. This short film will be shot in mid May and will air on Showtime in the fall of 2005.
Please submit for the following positions:
- Line Producer
- Art Director
- Set Designer
- Wardrobe Designer
- Make up Artist
- Gaffer
- PA's (on set)
You can submit your resume and/or info about yourself to:
BT Productions
2023 Preuss Rd. Suite 5
Los Angeles, CA 90034
Or you can email it to: Unexxpected1@gmail.com
Oscar-winning helmer Ron Howard is heading back to 1500s Mexico for the epic The Serpent and the Eagle for Paramount Pictures. Brian Grazer, Howard's partner in Imagine Entertainment, will produce the project.
In a deal worth a near $2 million, the studio has brought on Brian Helgeland to rewrite a script originally penned by Hans Beimier and Robert Wolfe. Focusing on the Spanish conquest of Mexico , the story more specifically centers on conqueror Hernando Cortez and how he worked with an Aztec princess-turned-slave to dominate the native tribe.
For full story: http://www.filmstew.com/Content/Article.asp?ContentID=11113
--Director of Photography
--Gaffer
--Sound person with equipment
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Short
Digital Video
2 day shoot
1 interior location
Shoots in Los Angeles
Shoot dates: April 30th and May 1st
Open to Nosotros/NALIP members
A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH OTHER LATINO ARTISTS
This project is the first project created under the banner of the Nosotros under a new program within the organization titled the Nosotros Filmmakers Network (NFN). The NFN is dedicated to creating film and video projects with Nosotros talent in-front of and behind the camera.
Written and Directed by Isaiah Galarza
Producers: Henry K. Priest / Rafael Calderon
Executive Producer: Joey Mendez
Please respond via email: HenryKPriest@Nosotros.org
I'm looking for two actors in Miami for a short film "Wet Foot, Dry Foot" by director Carlos Gutierrez, who directed the HBO award winning short "Lechón"
The film will be shot in Miami this month. It's about two cuban balseros who leave Cuba on a raft and make it to a Florida island. “Wet Foot, Dry Foot” is a about a U.S. Policy by the same name that accepts refugees once they have made it on land (Dry Foot) but sends them back to Cuba if they are found in the the Water (Wet Foot). The dramatic story is about how two balseros, Ivan and Ramiro almost make it to the shore but get caught by U.S. Coast Guards trying to save the life of a man they discover on another boat who has just had a stroke.
I am looking to cast the roles of Ivan and Ramiro, both in their 30’s by this week in Miami .
Please contact Trina Bardusco at trina@latinomediaworks.com 347-837-1542 ASAP if you are interested in auditioning.
The shooting will take place in Miami staring in mid-April. The actors do not need to be Cuban, but must speak Spanish.
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