NALIP Member Benjamin Lobato Wins Prestigious Disney/ABC Talent Development Grant!

NALIP is really excited to announce that, for the first time our nominee to the Walt Disney/ABC Talent Development Grant program has won!!  NALIP Member/LPA Fellow Benjamin Lobato has been awarded a grant of $20,000 plus a mentor to guide him during his participation in the 2005/2006 program.  His project, "The Last Telenovela Star" is about a telenovela junky who dreams of being whisked away by a handsome rebel on a white horse.  NALIP also receives a grant from the Walt Disney Studios Diversity & Communications department in support of our writer development programs including the Latino Writers Lab™ and Latino Producers Academy™.  NALIP is very pleased to have our writer awarded this grant, and thanks the Walt Disney Company for their ongoing support of the Latino Media Resource Guide™, Latino Producers Academy™ and overall financial stability through trustee Efrain Fuentes. 

Benjamin Daniel Lobato is an award winning filmmaker and playwright.  He is currently an MFA candidate in Dramatic Writing at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts at New York University , where he will be graduating this May.  His award Winning film Mariposa Canyon has screened at over twenty-five national and international film festivals garnering numerous awards and accolades to include the prestigious Imagen Award and the Best Director Award at the Latin USA Film Festival at Madison Square Garden.  Benjamin is also a 2004 Latino Producer's Academy™ graduate; and was recently selected by the McNamara Foundation to receive a twenty thousand dollar project grant for his short film Aire.  Benjamin also recently signed on with Fluid Motion Productions to direct, The Midas Touch, a romantic Comedy set in New York City .

On behalf of all NALIP—Congratulations Ben!!!

CALL FOR ENTRIES—CineFestival en San Antonio (TX), Deadline 7-29-05

The Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center and CineFestival en San Antonio invites the Latino filmmakers to submit their films to the 28th Annual CineFestival en San Antonio - the oldest running international Latino film and video festival in the United States .

Entries Accepted: January 24, 2005
Submission Deadline: July 29, 2005

CineFestival will be held November 11 - 19, 2005 at the historic Guadalupe Theater and the new Guadalupe Visual and Media Arts School and Galeria Guadalupe. For the first time, CineFestival would give out cash prizes ($1,000 for each winner) for the five categories:

--Best Feature Prize: Narrative; Documentary; Animated 40 minutes and longer
--Best Short Prize: Narrative; Documentary; Animated under 40 minutes
--Best Experimental Prize
--Best South Texas First Film Prize (Resident of South Texas)
--Best San Antonio Youth Prize (Resident of San Antonio)

CineFestival provides an important regional forum for viewing a representative sampling of works produced by and about the Chicano/Latino/Indigenous people.

For more information and to download the application form please visit:
http://www.guadalupeculturalarts.org/mediaarts/cine2k4.htm

Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center
2005 CineFestival en San Antonio
1300 Guadalupe St.
San Antonio, TX 78207
Phone: (210) 271-3151, Ext. 33
Fax: (210) 271-3480

MASTER CLASS: DIRECTING THE DOCUMENTARY
Saturday, July 9th, 12:00-5:00PM

Media Arts Center San Diego & The Association of Independent Film & Video Makers-San Diego Salon present: Master Class: Directing the Documentary

The director is the nerve center and creative impulse throughout production in documentary filmmaking. The director simultaneously plays the roles of a demanding general, visionary preacher, and therapy counselor. The challenges are many: How do you choose the right camera angle? Do you shoot handheld or on tripod? When do you approach your interview subject? And what does all this mean for your story?

This intensive one-day course taught by award-winning documentary director Paul Alexander Juutilainen will cover the wide range of practical decisions a director faces during production. The course will illustrate how directorial decisions translate story ideas into reality. The instructor will provide examples of various forms and production schedules and will show examples from his own documentaries at various stages of the production process.

The topics covered will include:
- Research and Archival Footage
- Pre-interviews
- Scouting
- Visualizing the Documentary
- Scene Break-down and Shot Lists
- Shooting Schedules
- Obtaining Permissions
- Securing and Directing the Crew
- Camera Set-ups and Interview Techniques
- Directing Participants
- Composition and Shooting Styles
- Paper Editing and Story Flow
- Creating Edit Scripts
- Narration Tracks
- Intentions and Ethics of the Documentary Director

Paul Alexander Juutilainen is a filmmaker with over ten years of experience in producing feature length documentaries for television. Juutilainen's first long format documentary, Herbert's Hippopotamus (1996) was broadcast and screened at festivals internationally and selected for the Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at the 1998 Cannes Film Festival. He has received three Emmy awards, six Emmy nominations, and twenty other awards and distinctions. He is also a visiting lecturer in media production at the University of California , San Diego . For more information, please visit www.defactofictionfilms.com

Location: Media Arts Center San Diego ( 921 25th Street , San Diego , CA 92102 , between E & Broadway in Goldenhill area).

Registration Fee:
$20 Students
$35 MACSD / AIVF San Diego Salon members
$55 non-members.

For additional information & to register, please call 619-230-1938 x 101 or email: ethan@mediaartscenter.org.

Register on-line! Click here:

TYCOON INDUSTRIES--MAKE AN IMPACT IN THE LATIN MARKETS!

The Spanish-speaking community is growing and their demand for great entertainment is

increasing every day. Tycoon Industries can help you meet this demand by dubbing your

productions from English into an easily understood neutral Spanish. You will double the size of your film library and reach a larger audience as well.

Tycoon Industries uses only the latest in digital audio technology, making the Spanish version of your works more attractive in any Spanish speaking market. Detailed voice casting, lip synchronized dubbing, accurate translations; these are just some of the things that make Tycoon Industries your number one choice in choosing a Spanish language facility. We will bring impressive quality to all of your original English productions.

Our studios are conveniently located in Baja California , where we have over 200 actors available on-call. Our turn-around time averages ten days and our prices are very competitive. Tycoon Industries offers only the best customer service and complete client satisfaction.

For all of your Spanish dubbing needs, choose Tycoon Industries.

For questions/inquiries, contact Tycoon Industries’ corporate offices at:

Tycoon Industries
2525 East Colorado Blvd., Suite 101
Pasadena , CA 91107
626-793-5170
www.tycoonindustries.com
info@tycoonindustries.com
sales@tycoonindustries.com

East L.A. Rep proudly presents the Los Angeles premiere of 14

East Los Angeles , CA – East LA Rep proudly presents the Los Angeles premiere of 14 by Jose Casas. 14 marks the third production of East LA Rep’s second season dedicated to producing work by playwrights of Latino heritage. Featuring the talented ensemble: Brenda Banda, Juan E. Carrillo, Rainey K. Taylor, Seph Wise, and directed by Jesus A. Reyes.

Synopsis:
In May of 2001, thirty Mexican nationals were discovered in the southern portion of the Arizona desert, fourteen perished. 14, explores the issue of race as dealt by (or ignored) between the Latina/o community and the white majority culture in the United States . The play is a fictionalized set of monologues extracted from true stories and interviews conducted throughout the state of Arizona by the playwright.

There will be an Opening Night Gala Fundraiser held on July 8. Tickets for the opening will be $20 per person and will include food, beverages, music, a meet & greet with the actors, director, and playwright. General admission is $12 per person or $8 for seniors and students with I.D. Free parking is available next to the theater.

When: July 8 - 31, 2005 — Fridays @ 8pm ; Saturdays @ 2pm ; Sundays @ 5pm
* No performance on July 22
Where: La Casa Del Mexicano Theater, 2900 Calle Pedro Infante, Los Angeles , CA 90063 ( Boyle Heights )

Admission: $20 per person Opening Night; $12 General; $8 Seniors & Students w/ I.D.
RSVP: (3323) 788-3880; eastlarepertory@hotmail.com; www.eastlarep.com

Special Screening Invitation-- LA GUERRA QUE NO FUE (NY)

WILD WIMMIN FILMS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE:
LA GUERRA QUE NO FUE(The War That Never Was)

A short film by Cristina Kotz Cornejo, featuring Darío Prince and Romina Polnoroff--with music by Bernardo Monk, will screen at:

NEW YORK INTERNATIONAL LATINO FILM FESTIVAL
--Friday, July 29th at 3pm
--Saturday, July 30th at 7pm
Location: Lighthouse International / Ames  Auditorium, 111 East 59 th (Bet. Park and Lexington Avenues) New York City .

For tickets and schedule: www.nylatinofilm.com

AND

QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART
Friday, July 29th at 8pm
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY 11368
(718) 592-9700

For more info:  www.queensmuseum.org; or www.wildwimminfilms.com

Independent Film Night Screenings –July 6 th (LA)

NALIPsters,

Hi.  I am holding another Independent Film Night on Wednesday, July 6th, 9 to 11 p.m.  at Oxygen Lounge, 2911 Grand Avenue , Coconut Grove, in the Streets of Mayfair.  I am holding this event in association with HBO/Entourage and Oxygen Lounge.  Everyone attending the Birch Creek Films invite are admitted FREE.  You get your first drink free, and I will give the first fifty people who arrive, a free Entourage V.I.P. card issued by HBO.  The HBO Entourage V.I.P.  cards entitle you to free hotel rooms, spa treatments, discounts at major stores, V.I.P. tables at clubs, and a lot more.

Also, the first 50 people who receive the HBO Entourage card drink free Level Vodka from 11 P.M.  to 1 A.M.   We will be giving away great prizes, such as, a bottle of champagne, and a dinner for two.  Also, all who come for the Birch Creek Films Independent Film Night will receive 20% off of the full sushi bar, open until 2 A.M. Say you are there for the Birch Creek Films Independent Film Night, or bring a copy of this e-mail with you, and you to get all of the above.  A major celebrity DJ that you all know, will be playing just after the movies, so you can stay and dance the night away.   

I will be showing two short films:

"Among Thieves" winner, Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival, [A criminal, flees a robbery, breaks into the home of an elderly woman, and forms an uneasy truce which changes their lives forever] and "Things that Go Bump in the Night" winner, Special Jury Selection, Palm Beach International Film Festival, 2005 [a comedy about a young man trapped in his girlfriend's house, after sneaking in late at night, and his peculiar route to escape trying to bypass her parents] 

There will be multiple screens and plenty of room.  There is covered parking which connects to the building, so if it rains, you won't feel a drop.

Please pass this along, or forward this to anyone you know who may be interested in attending this event, or would like to be placed on our events list.  Also, there will be a major announcement regarding one of the largest film companies in the world, and a film event to be held in Miami next month (August, 2005), brought to you by Birch Creek Films.

Thank you for supporting Independent Film.  And thank you to all who came to our last event, our biggest to date, with over 350 people in attendance. 

I look forward to seeing you there.

Thank you,
Justin Routt/Birch Creek Films: www.bcfs.us; jroutt@bellsouth.net  

HOLLYWOOD NETWORKING BREAKFAST -- JULY 28, 2005

SANDRA LORD Invites you to the monthly HOLLYWOOD NETWORKING BREAKFAST® (aka The Hollywood Breakfast™)

With SPECIAL GUEST SPEAKER: RONALD SCHWARY
--ACADEMY-AWARD WINNING PRODUCER, DIRECTOR AND CURRENT EXECUTIVE PRODUCER OF THE HIT TV SHOW, “MEDIUM”
(As of this press time, Mr. Schwary was reviewing his schedule to see if he will be able to accommodate HNB’s request for a private meeting with a breakfast attendee. Please go ahead and send submissions, just in case it’s possible. For guidelines, http://hgenonline.com/event_bios/BkfstPrivateMeeting.htm )

WHEN:
THURSDAY, JULY 28, 2005
8:00a.m - 10:30a.m.   Check-in starts at 7:20a.m.
Postmark Deadline – Thursday, JULY 21, 2005
(You must list your full legal name as it appears on valid ID for Studio Security)

WHERE:
PARAMOUNT STUDIOS
EXECUTIVE DINING ROOM
5555 Melrose Avenue , West Hollywood , CA   90038
Directions: East of Vine, at Plymouth . Enter on Melrose Gate

Produced in Los Angeles to benefit CHANGING IMAGES IN AMERICA (www.changingimagesinamerica.org) –- a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting diversity in American culture

Sponsored by: Final Draft, Inc. & Jungle Software
(The independent Filmmaker’s budgeting and scheduling software)

ATTIRE: BUSINESS CASUAL ATTIRE REQUIRED.  PLEASE, NO JEANS OR T-SHIRTS.  
(We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone)

THIS IS A MUST-ATTEND EVENT!!!
IMPORTANT NOTICES: PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:To contact us about the breakfast, PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL US. You must CALL (310) 477-0996.

FUND RAISING SOCCER EVENT FOR AN ALIANZA LIMA FILM PROJECT

American-Peruvian independent filmmaker, Angelo Joe Bolanos is organizing a fund raising event for an Alianza Lima soccer film that he plans to produce in the South American country of Peru .

The fund raising event will take place in Paterson , New .Jersey on Thursday, July 28, 2005 .  The purpose for the special event is to cover the development production costs of the film and to build interest for potential investors. Angelo, who will also direct the feature film, has received donations of official merchandise from the Major League Soccer, New York Metrostars, SoccerAmerica Magazine, and EASports. The merchandise will be used to raffle prizes to those who attend the fund raising event.

The funds raised from the event will go towards travel expenses, lodging, and the development of a screenplay with a hired screenwriter from Peru .

WHEN: THURSDAY JULY 28, 2005
WHERE: ZANA RESTURANT
152 23RD AVENUE (CORNER OF 27TH STREET )
PATERSON NJ 07522
973-684-5311
TIME: 8PM-2AM
DONATION: $15.00 (get back $5.00 worth of raffle tickets)

4 OFFICIAL MARATHON SPORTS ALIANZA LIMA JERSEY WILL BE RAFFLED AT THE EVENT.

If you like to send a donation. Please send to:
ANGELO BOLANOS
3 Garfield Avenue
Paterson ,  NJ 07522
TEL: 973-323-7105
EMAIL: Alianza72@aol.com

Greetings NALIPsters,

I am writing to tell you about an upcoming film screening that might interest NALIP constituency in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Very best regards,
Erin Stamos
Film Arts Foundation
415-552-8760 x304

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Documentary Captures one man’s struggle to survive through music
 
Romántico is a feature-length documentary telling the story of Mexican musician Carmelo Muñiz Sánchez.  The film follows Carmelo as the troubadour returns home to Mexico after years of trying to make a living as a musician in San Francisco . Through his eyes, the viewer watches a migrant tale in reverse, as the film vividly captures why the 60-year-old first chose to leave his beloved family and cross the desert borderlands.

Along with his musical partner, Arturo Arias, Carmelo wanders through San Francisco restaurants and dives, playing love songs for tips.  Although they are a duo, they call themselves a trio for marketing purposes.  The rhythm of the film follows Carmelo and Arturo’s nocturnal life in the San Francisco Mission District.  They play songs of the old-fashioned romántica style, but these songs rarely represent romance in a blissful sense.  The romanticism of this music resides in its heightened melancholy, and the film captures Carmelo’s struggle to support his family through his songs of lost love and sadness. Through Carmelo’s music, Romantíco conveys the quest for happiness in the face of frustrated dreams.

When Carmelo receives news that his ailing mother has taken a turn for the worse, he decides to return to Mexico to take care of her. He arrives in Salvatierra and suddenly finds himself revisiting his past in an entirely new way.

Filmmaker in person for Q&A following screening. Advanced ticket purchase recommended ­ most True Stories sneak previews sell out prior to showtime.

What: True Stories presents Romántico, directed by Mark Becker
When: Wednesday, July 20th @ 7:30 p.m.
Where: Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Screening Room, 701 Mission St. at 3rd St., SF
Tickets: $7 general/ $6 Film Arts members
How: For Advance Tickets call (415) 978-ARTS
 
Romántico is part of the 9th season of True Stories sneak previews of new documentaries presented by Film Arts Foundation and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.  True Stories is Film Arts Foundation’s monthly series of sneak previews of new documentaries, showcasing films that are compelling, issue-driven, and that push the genre to new levels by challenging conventions of the form. True Stories is held the third Wednesday of every month from February to September.

Film Arts Foundation is one of the nation’s leading media arts centers, providing a full range of support services to thousands of independent filmmakers, from students to award-winning directors.

LATINO EYE on the World:
BULLFIGHTING FOES CONVERGE ON PAMPLONA FOR ‘RUNNING OF THE NUDES’ –
PETA Hopes ‘Human Race’ Will Expose, End Cruelty Behind Bull Run

Pamplona, SPAIN – With opposition to the annual “Running of the Bulls” and the ensuing killing of the bulls in bullfights mounting throughout Spain and around the world, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals’ (PETA) Fourth Annual “Running of the Nudes” is building for its biggest-ever showing in Pamplona on 5 July, two days before the bull run. Leading the charge against animal abuse will be an estimated 600 Spaniards and other Europeans, most of them wearing nothing but costume bullhorns and red scarves – more than twice the number of people who participated in last year’s event, which grabbed headlines around the world.

PETA is pulling out all the stops to recruit runners and promote this year’s “Human Race”. Local vendors are selling “Running of the Nudes” T-shirts, and Pamplona bars…

For more information and to view footage of last year’s “Running of the Nudes”, please visit www.RunningOfTheNudes.com.

CASTING CALL: PARAMOUNT PICTURES FILM, Starring Hillary Swank

OPEN CALL!! FOR STARRING ROLES IN A PARAMOUNT PICTURES FILM!!!

The film is called "FREEDOM WRITERS" - BASED ON A TRUE STORY ABOUT a new teacher who's assigned to a class of tough inner-city gang members from different ethnic backgrounds.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR STUDENTS AGES 14-18

BREAKDOWN:
--"DARIUS" (African American/male) HUGE (at least 6'3") and imposing. He is very threatening, and he's a gang leader.
--"SHARAUD" (AFRICAN AMERICAN/male) Troublemaker. Instigator. Well built and athletic. Always cracks jokes and makes fun of others but is also very charming.
--"HANK" (AFRICAN AMERICAN/male) - the class clown. Joking. Physically smaller than Sharaud.
--"TANIA" (African American/female) She is regal and very internal. It is hard to tell in the classroom what is going on underneath but at home we see the abusive stepfather that she has to deal with daily. We discover she has also had to live in the streets because of her father's drug addiction. In the class she expresses herself and realizes she's not alone.
--"VICTOR" (African American/male) - A very bright, confident, outspoken honors student.
--"MARIA"(HISPANIC/female) Pretty, tough with a lot of attitude. Her boyfriend is the leader of the Hispanic gang. Maria witnesses a gang murder and testifies against her boyfriend.
--"SONIA" (HISPANIC/female) - down to earth, sensitive, likes to express her feelings.
--"GERALDO" (Hispanic/male)- Wiry. He is a `tagger'.
--"SUSAN"(Asian/female) A tough gang member who puts up with no one's crap.
--"KI"(Asian/male) He's in a gang and gets killed by RAMONE, Maria's boyfriend.

The CASTING CALL will be held, WEDNESDAY, JULY 5TH AT 4:00 PM .
AT CASA 0101 THEATER, 2009 E. FIRST STREET , LOS ANGELES, CA 90033

CASTING CALL FOR SHORT BILINGUAL LATINO FILM

Soledad Is Gone Forever is a spellbinding, poetically haunting drama that explores the long term human cost of state sponsored violence. A story based in real accounts, the story is an intimate portrait of Soledad Gonzalez, a young photographer, who like many child survivors from the Pinochet era, has erased the memory the witnessing of the violent death of her father killed by the Chilean military twenty years ago.

This is a bilingual film and some characters need to have an excellent command of both English and Spanish. This short film is based in a feature length script that has been selected to attend the prestigious Squaw Valley screenwriting workshop this summer.

Shooting days: TBD
Shooting Locations: San Francisco Bay Area
Pay: Small stipend/Local transportation, meals, a copy of the short for your reel, festival exposure. Willing to go SAG under the experimental agreement
Audition Dates: July 6, July 7 and July 8
Audition address: 411 South Main St # 320 , Los Angeles , CA 90013

Send headshot and resume ASAP via email to haikufilms@aol.com for audition appointment. Please include a phone number that you can be reached at. You info should be sent as jpeg and word file attachments only. You can also snail mail it to: Mabel Valdiviezo, 1290 Jackson St. # 4 , San Francisco , CA 94109 .

Currently seeking 3 roles for short film

SOLEDAD GONZALEZ (LEAD ROLE):
Latina . Late 20’s to early 30’s. Fluent in both English and Spanish. Raised in the States as a child refugee. She's an accomplished Fine Arts photographer enjoying a successful career in San Francisco . Seemingly stable and strong, she is emotionally traumatized as a result of witnessing the violent death of her father at the hands of the Chilean military when she was eight. Her workaholic habits help her repress these traumatic memories and a sense of guilt that she carries. And although she is socially aloof, she is clever, elegant, delicate, intuitive, caring, and unpretentious.

ROBERT MARQUEZ (LEADING MAN):
Late 30’s to late 40’s, Latino, European or American. Soledad ’s manager. A father figure to Soledad, he is social, charismatic, attractive, well put together, deal maker, tactful, analytical, planner, realistic, steady, confident, natural leader; judgmental at times. Possibly her confident and vaguely aware of her psychological trauma, but he places their professional relationship over her private affairs. An art lover who knows what good art is and how to make money out of it. He reaches out to help Soledad and becomes her best ally.

BEATRIZ FLORES (SUPPORTING ROLE):
Latina . Mid to late 30’s. An elegant upper class Spanish speaking woman with Chilean accent. She is the daughter of a Colonel who has devoted her life to activism after learning that her own father is a perpetrator of human rights abuses. She is truly committed to justice even if her father must be prosecuted. Passionate, compassionate and outspoken, she sits as the chair of the Center of Missing Chileans in her native country of Chile . A quietly determined woman, she convinces a reluctant Soledad to return to Chile to solve the mystery surrounding her father.

For more information, e-mail Mabel Valdiviezo at haikufilms@aol.com.

Producer Needed for Feature Film with Latina Role

Nationally produced playwright/screenwriter/director seeks a passionate producer for a feature film with a sensational, Oscar worthy role for a Latina actress. This is a gem of a script that needs to find the right home.  Will furnish a resume and credits.

Please respond to JennyJacobson@aol.com for more details.

MUSICIANS WANTED FOR 5 MIN VIDEO

NALIPsters,

We need EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED MUSICIANS for a 5minute video.

The Deal: We are looking for several musicians to incorporate in a student video about a young woman become alive thanks to modern technology.
The Story: A grey, lonely, sad woman receives as a birthday present a new technology that will speed up and transform her life in a positive way. The story starts really slow to end up in a fast paced environment (music as well).
Who we want: Because of the transformational aspect of the story, we are looking for a string quartet (or any number group for that matter), as well as jazz, classical and salsa groups. Demos highly needed.
When: The music needs to be ready for the first week of August. People with pieces already recorded will be preferred.
Where: The video is a low budget student video that will be showed on line at the VERIZON web site. It will be great exposure for the participants.
Legal: You will be declared for copyright allocation.

Please send websites or any relevant info to this e-mail:  greywomanfilm@yahoo.com; (http://post.craigslist.org/manage/82025212/upfyu)

Casting PSA’s

Casting various PSAs
Casting Director: MINA VASQUEZ
Non-Union / Possible Pay

BREAKDOWN:
MALES & FEMALES: Young Latino’s between the ages of 18-30, all types. MUST BE FLUENT IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH!

Email headshot/resume ASAP to: dstreetfilms@aol.com AND call Mina Vasquez ASAP @ 323.669.1723 between 10am and 8pm !