NALIP 2005 Latino Writers Lab™ - March 23rd Deadline
Every movie in release, every film at a festival, every telefilm or DVD at Blockbuster, began with a script. Every shooting script began as a first draft. Every first draft was a treatment or a concept. It seems like everyone has a screenplay but, the truth is, every producer and funder is looking for a good one. The more great screenplays that Latinos write, the more films will be made and the more writers will go on to careers writing and rewriting for film and television. This is the path to a louder Latino voice in media.
NALIP (National Association of Latino Independent Producers) holds an annual National Latino Writers Lab™. This four-day intensive seminar brings writers from around the nation to do comprehensive development on works-in-progress, to meet with agents and producers, and to have one-on-one mentoring with leading industry professionals.
"In 2003, we inaugurated this program to develop Latino/a film and television writers," says NALIP Board Chair Frances Negron-Muntaner. "Writers represented 8 states and the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and not only matured their craft, but met producer/ funders and were signed by agents and managers."
The Lab includes 45 hours of seminar time, professional lunches with producers, agents, execs and entertainment attorneys, plus one-on-one mentoring sessions with notable writers.
"More material and well-developed scripts means two things: more viable Latino/a projects for packaging and production and more Latino/a writers ready to work on assignments, rewrites, and series staffs," says NALIP Executive Director Kathryn Galan. "While Latino representation on shows and features still hovers around the 2 - 4% level, NALIP will do anything possible to develop, expose and support our talented writers."
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The Latino Writers Lab™ is a unique program for NALIP members who aspire to work as professional screenwriters, or who desire to develop a strong, viable screenplay for production or sale. It includes skills development by professional instructors, direct mentoring of the work-in-progress by writer/mentors, and professional lunches on legal and guild information. Only 12 – 15 writers will be selected to participate in this 8-day intensive workshop. The first four-day seminar, FEATURE FILM ANALYSIS, will be conducted in New York City May 4 - 8, 2005.
All projects accepted and mentored must be developed and rewritten during the summer of 2005. The second four-day seminar, ADVANCED SCENE WRITING, will be held in Santa Monica, CA, September 22-25. Completed scripts (first drafts based on workshop treatments or polished drafts following development input) must be submitted for review by August 28 to be considered for the second part of the workshop.
Full project discription and application here -- Latino Writers Lab. If this link does not work, cut and past this URL into your browser: www.nalip.org/signaturePrograms/latinoWriterLabdetails.htm#DESCR
Ready to apply? Download the PDF brochure and application. If this link does not work, cut and past this URL into your browser: http://www.nalip.org/signaturePrograms/LWLapplication.pdf
INPUT 2005 (San Francisco, CA)
Filmmakers: Stand for Justice!
We, the undersigned hotel workers, members of UNITE HERE Local 2 in San Francisco, need your support. We have been negotiating with hotel employers for eight months, fighting for fair wages and pensions, affordable health care, and a respectful relationship now and in the future. In the fall, the Hilton and 13 other Multi-Employer Group Hotels denied us access from our jobs, “locked us out”, trying to starve us into accepting a bad contract. All of this has happened at a time when hotel profits and occupancy rates are at a three year high and continue to climb.
INPUT is planning on holding your annual convention in our city at the Hilton Hotel. The employees of this hotel have called for a boycott, and our union pickets these hotels regularly. For this reason alone, your group would be well served to move your convention to unaffected hotels in the city.
We would like to let you know who we are. We are predominantly immigrants. We work hard to make sure that San Francisco’s number one industry, tourism, runs smoothly and is prosperous. While we don’t earn a high income, we have fought hard to maintain a middle class standard of living that includes health benefits for ourselves and our families. Now that standard of living is under attack. Our employers have proposed eliminating health benefits for hundreds of employees. We are also fighting so that people who work in this industry for many years can retire with a pension that allows them to live in dignity.
You have an opportunity to help us in our struggle by sending a message to our employers. When you move your meeting from our boycotted hotels, you get us one step closer to settling this labor dispute. When groups move their meetings, it shows our employers that our struggle extends beyond our union, and that groups like yours do believe in justice. All of this means that INPUT has the chance to play an instrumental role in ending these bitter contract negotiations. On behalf of all San Francisco hotel workers and our families, please stand in solidarity with us and move your convention out of the Hilton Hotel and into a non-boycotted hotel.
If you would like to support our cause, please contact Kelly Dugan at 415 864 8770 x751, kdugan@unitehere2.org. For more information, visit www.unitehere2.org
‘Gorilla’ Seminar March 19, 2005
Join us for a free Gorilla Seminar this Saturday, March 19 at 11am in our new location:
Jungle Software
12711 Ventura Blvd., Ste. 345
Studio City, CA 91604
Producing a movie doesn't have to be difficult! With Gorilla, all of your information can be stored in one place: Budgeting, scheduling, crew, cast, profit-sharing, editing notes, and even film festival submissions.
When it's time to create reports, Gorilla can generate over 50 industry-standard reports, from stripboards to breakdown sheets, budget top sheets to variances, your entire production can be run from one program.
Gorilla is the only software package built with the independent producer in mind. You have to do it all, and Gorilla is with you every step of the way.
This is a great opportunity to speak to the programmer directly about Gorilla 2.2's many new features. The seminar is free, but space is limited. Please email ethan@junglesoftware.com to reserve your space.
Jungle Software
12711 Ventura Blvd., Suite 345
Studio City, CA 91604
'Macho' 2005 Season Kicks Off With A
Complementary Show At FOX STUDIOS!
MOCTESUMA ESPARZA and JERRY VELASCO
Invite you to an amazing performance
hosted by H. Misty Wilson Sr. VP Diversity Development
FOX ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
'Macho Men & the Women Who Love Them'
ON THE FOX LOT
Tuesday March 22nd
Starring the
‘Mambo Queen of Comedy’
Maria Costa
In Her Hilarious One Woman Show that critics are calling
A POWERHOUSE COMEDIC PERFORMANCE… DYNAMIC… FEARLESS
“Maria Costa explodes on stage with BRILLIANT COMEDIC SKILL. While she brings sex appeal… it’s fundamentally clear that, above all else making people laugh is her primary gift. Coursing trough her veins is the DNA of the Marx Brothers, Lucille Ball, and Fanny Brice. This is one funny girl who deserves to be a big, big star.”
-CBS Radio
Todd David Schwartz
A MUSICAL COMEDY DIRECTED BY MIKE GOMEZ
Also featuring Hot Cuban Music and Dancing
by: Pedro “Muneco Agular, Alberto Elejarde, Ricky Rodriguez & Nenge
6:00 Pre-reception with Hors d’oeuvres & Refreshments
7:00 Showtime
The show will start promptly at 7:00, we ask that you please at least 30 minutes early to guarantee seating
For Your Complementary Tickets or More information, please call:323-692-3075
Please Note this is limited guest list--Call A.S.A.P. to reserve your seat... it will fill up fast and be sure to call us back if you can not make it so we can give you tickets to someone else.
FOX STUDIOS IS LOCATED AT
10201 W. Pico Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90035
www.mariacosta.com
Mother Of Woman Killed In Juarez Will Be In Los Angeles
Norma Andrade and her daughter Maria Luisa Garcia Andrade, mother and sister of Lilia Alejandra, one of the victims of the serial crimes against women in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico and founders of MAY OUR DAUGHTERS COME HOME, will be speaking at Loyola Marymount University/Weschester Campus’ Murphy Recital Hall, March 17 at 7 PM. The conference title is "Stop the Femicides-Report from Ciudad Juarez. On Friday March 18 at Noon, they will be at Whittier College (directions at http://www.whittier.edu/about/find_us.htm) and on Tuesday March 22 they will be at USC School of Social Work's, "No Mas: Creating a community of non-violence" from 6 to 9pm at the Taper Hall Auditorium Rm 201.
Assistance to all these events are free of charge. Please come and support this cause and hear the testimonials of these brave women.
Grupo de Teatro SINERGIA will be performing the play THE WOMEN OF JUAREZ/LAS MUJERES DE JUAREZ based on some of this cases. Performances in English will be April 1 to May 1 and in Spanish May 6 - June 12. For more information check our website www.fridakahlotheater.org or call us at 213-382-8133.
AFI presents 'Pass The Mic!'
Pass The Mic! will screen as one of the six documentaries chosen for AFI's Fourth Annual Music Documentary Series.
Please join filmmakers Richard Montes and Jessica Martinez along with featured music artists for the screening followed by a Q&A and reception.
AFI's Fourth Annual Music Documentary Series presented by Audi features Pass The Mic! on Wednesday April 13th 8PM
@Arch Light Hollywood 6360 W. Sunset Blvd. Hollywood
Ticket Sales www.arclightcinemas.com or 323-464-4226
For more info log onto: www.PASSTHEMIC.net www.SAFADAYSANO.com
Very Best,
Jessica Martinez
Safada Y Sano Productions,LLC
Seeking Entries-- SIN FRONTERAS FILM FEST (NM)
The Department of Latin American Studies at the University of New Mexico and SOLAS -Student Association for Latin American Studies- are cosponsoring SIN FRONTERAS FILM FESTIVAL, which will take place on April 15-16, 2005 at the Guild Theatre in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
SIN FRONTERAS is a media festival created toshowcase the works of socially conscious independent filmmakers from across the Americas. We wanted to invite you to submit your film. Submission forms are available at the SIN FRONTERAS website: www.laii.unm.edu/sinfronteras
Material can be submitted in VHS or DVD. Deadline for submission is March 20, 2005. If you have any questions regarding this event, please do not hesitate contacting SOLAS by phone (505) 277-6847 or emailing madriz@unm.edu.
Mayra Madriz
madriz@unm.edulaii.unm.edu/sinfronteras
‘Ollin’ To Perform in East Los Angeles for St. Patrick’s Day Celebration
LA WEEKLY, MARCH 17
Kate: So, Ben, what’s up for St. Patty’s?
Ben: Ollin’s performing Pogues covers in East L.A.!
Kate: That Mexican punk band?
Ben: Yeah — they’re doing the entire Rum, Sodomy and the Lash album!
Kate: That’s crazy talk.
Ben: Ever heard of the San Patricios?
Kate: Come again?
Ben: They were a battalion of Irish soldiers who deserted the American army to fight for Mexico during the Mexican-American war.
Kate: No sh**?
Ben: They had more in common with the Mexicans — besides green being the national color. Catholicism, the history of being occupied, being poor . . . the accordion. They still
commemorate the San Patricios in Mexico. It goes deep.
Kate: That makes sense, plus they both share the whole storytelling thing.
Ben: The oral tradition. To this day, that’s how the Mexican traditions are kept going.
Kate: And having their native languages outlawed. And the tragic ballads — you know, "Johnny boy sailed away and his ship went down . . ."
Ben: All you have to do is replace "sailed" with "crossed the border" — rancheras are all about losing your loved one and drinking your sorrows away. That’s very Celtic. No one talks about drinking like the Irish and the Mexicans.
Kate: And no one gets stereotyped for drinking like we do! Thanks for blowing my mind, Ben.
Ben: Any time.
Location: Boulevard Café & Bar, Whittier Blvd., East L.A. (323) 261-3090
(Ben Quiñones & Kate Sullivan)
24fps Productions: New HBO "Dogamentary"
Premiering tonight on HBO/Cinemax
A DOG'S LIFE: A DOGAMENTARY by Gayle Kirschenbaum is a wacky and poignant film about the human/canine bond as told through the filmmaker's life and her dog. Kirschenbaum strapped a doggiecam on her Shih Tzu and the two single females hit the streets of New York looking for love. A Dog's Life will premiere on HBO/Cinemax, March 15, 2005 At 7:30 PM and will have many additional broadcasts.
For more information, visit http://www.24fpsproductions.com , http://www.dogamentary.com or http://www.cinemax.com/reel/adogslife/index.html
‘La Guerra’ to Screen At 2005 San Diego Film Festival & Chica Luna Short Film Showcase and more…
WILD WIMMIN FILMS IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE
‘LA GUERRA QUE NO FUE’ / (THE WAR THAT NEVER WAS)
A short film by (NALIP Member) Cristina Kotz Cornejo featuring Darío Prince and Romina Polnoroff and Music by Bernardo Monk will screen at the following venues:
12th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival
March 10-20, 2005
www.sdlatinofilm.com
Chica Luna Short Film Showcase
March 21, 2005
Columbia University
New York City
deFrAMED
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY LATIN AMERICAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
MARCH 31 - APRIL 2, 2005
SATURDAY, APRIL 2ND
Followed by a panel discussion with
Eryk Rocha, Michael Solomon, Cristina Kotz Cornejo and Andrés DiTella
Info at http://spo.princeton.edu
For more listings and show times, please contact info@wildwimminfilms.com
OR www.wildwimminfilms.com
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Conference VI Volunteer/NALIP Intern, Cyrus Ahanchian
NALIP Board, Staff and myself, Jose Murillo (Membership Coordinator), would like to take this opportunity to CONGRATULATE our very loyal and hard-working Intern, Cyrus Ahanachian, for having been hired as a Writer's Assistant 'on the spot' during our Sixth Annual NALIP Conference, In Huntington Beach, CA, just last week.
Like many similar e-mails/phone calls I have received since our Conference--underlining the true potential of simply attending NALIP's annual gathering-- Cyrus' hard work, perseverance and passion for film were enough to get him noticed by noted comedic writer Rick Najera, who is responsible for writing the acclaimed Latinologues about Latino life in America. Najera's early works have also been seen on long-running and historic sketch comedy shows MAD TV and In Living Color.
Once again, congratulations Cyrus and keep up the good work. You certainly exemplify the ideals of NALIP and we all know that this will be one of many future successes to come your way.
To quote a fellow Trojan colleague of ours, Jose 'Pepe' Ochoa...
"Success!"
Jose Murillo,
NALIP Membership Coordinator
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Morman Casting Looking for Lead In Indie Feature
JESUS—Must be Latin, FLUENT SPANISH & ENGLISH; 22-26 yrs.
Old, handsome and well built soldier just returning from his tour of duty in Iraq with the understanding that he will soon be discharged. Jesus joined the Army to gain citizenship for his family. Upon returning from the war he is haunted by images of an Iraqi family he killed and finds that home is not exactly as he left it. He has trouble adjusting to the normal everyday life with his wife and daughter. For one thing, Claudia (his wife) insists she continue to work at the beauty salon instead of quitting and becoming the family caretaker. When he is called for a new tour of duty he faces the decision to honor his commitment to the US Army or to return to Mexico and give up on his dream of raising his family in America
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TO SUBMIT PLEASE CALL Morman Boling Casting @ 323-874-8965 OR email mormanboling@yahoo.com.
PURPLE VELVET PRODUCTIONS SEEKING:
LIGHT TECH/DESIGNER WANTED!
Off-Broadway Debut of FEAR & ALL OF ME
A ONE WOMAN SHOW
DIRECTOR PEPPER NEGRON
Located @ The Producer's Club
May 24-June 12, 2005
THIS IS A PAYING GIG!!!!
Prefer individual who's experienced in both designing & technical aspects of lighting. Must be available for entire 3 week run.
For more information please send resume to Milly taino78@yahoo.com.
Nickelodeon Animation Studios
The Place To Be!
An Equal Opportunity Employer
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
March 11, 2005 – March 18, 2004
Show: The X’s
Open Positions Incl.: Storyboard Artist (2), Storyboard Revisionist (2), Background Designer, Character Designer (ALL positions start ASAP)
Show: Teenage Robot:
Open Positions Incl.: Character Designer, Background Designer, Animation Director, Prop Designer (ALL positions start ASAP)
More positions also available by calling the Nickelodeon Job Hotline at 818.736.3673
Seeking Feature Film Producer
We have a completed screenplay adapted from a popular novel by Graciela Limon, we are seeking a feature film producer which relates the intimate tale of Hummingbird - - or Huitzitzilin in her native Nahuatl - an Aztec princess who is reduced to the level of concubine then even servant, all within the larger epic context of the Conquest of Mexico.
While living in Moctezuma's court and experiencing the joys and heartbreak of her first love, Hummingbird witnesses the wondrous arrival of Cortez and the Spanish Conquistadores, those bearded and armored gods who descended from their galleons on horseback to brutally devastate her land and her people. She mournfully recounts the savage battles which led to the fall of the once-great city of Tenochtitlan
, the ancient Aztec capital, along with the suffering she felt upon losing her identity, her language and traditions, and even her ancestral gods.
Expressing a confidence and freedom that women have strived for centuries to
attain, Hummingbird passionately relates her tale to Father Benito, the young priest who wishes to confess her and offer her an absolution which she neither needs nor wants. In an ironic twist, through the telling of her epic story, Hummingbird is able to convert Father Benito, making him question his own teachings and see the conquest through the eyes of the conquered for the first time.
Song of the Hummingbird pays homage to the pre-Columbian woman, celebrating
the endurance of the human spirit in the face of cataclysm and mourning the collective loss of indigenous treasures infinitely more valuable than all of the plundered Spanish gold.
Norma Brody
Literary Agent
Geste, Inc.
Please respond to e-mail address: gesteinc@aol.com.
ELSI EDUCATION PROJECT VIDEO SHOOT
SATURDAY & SUNDAY, MARCH 19-20
We're having a video shoot during the morning and afternoon of Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20 to film clips that will be used in medical education. On one of those two days (schedule to be determined), we'll be filming a clip that calls for a:
BREAKDOWN:
Latino actor who looks 12 years old (can actually be 14 or 15) who is around 5'4". We'll be able to pay $150 for this speaking part.
We'll be filming in Westwood. Parking will be covered by the project.
CONTACT:
Jerilyn Higa
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Division of General Internal Medicine
911 Broxton Av., Room 221
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736
Ph: (310) 794-2451
FX: (310) 794-0732
Assoc. Producer For Documentary on Cuban
Photographers Needed ASAP!!!
Looking for Associate Producer for documentary about Cuban photographers. Currently in post-production in New York City. Bi-lingual (Spanish/English) preferred. Strong research, letter writing and organizational skills. Position involves research and helping with clearances for archival materials and music. Part time. Starting immediately.
Contact ncattell@nyc.rr.com with resume.
IMAS Seeks Poet for Workshop
IMAS is currently seeking an experienced poet to instruct a Poetry Workshop for teens ages 13-18. The Instructor must have strong knowledge of the creative thought process, and have some class room teaching experience related to the subject. Instructors will be paid $20/hr.
Dates:
Session 1 Thursdays May 19, 26, June 2, June 9 Thursdays
Session 2 June 16, 23, 30 & July 7
Times: 6:00-8:00 pm
Interested applicants, please email resume to:
Evana Vleck, Education Coordinator
Subject: Poetry Workshop
evleck@imasonline.org
LATINO BOXING SHORT SEEKS EXPERIENCED
LATINO/LATINA 1ST AD, 2ND AD, UPM
Latino short film called "Broken" needs to fill the following paid crew positions:
--1st AD
--2nd AD
--UPM
No students please. ONLY qualified, experienced filmmakers with resumes will be considered. Bilingual a plus.
For information about "Broken", please go to: www.BROKENthefilm.com
Contact:
Bobby Leigh
Producer
bobby@brokenthefilm.com
"Broken"
270 N. Canon Dr. #1947
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 289-4416 (Office)
(773) 439-2735 (Fax)
www.BROKENthefilm.com
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Festival spotlight announced on eve of Guadalajara International Film Festival and as a crop of promising new Mexican films are set to wrap.
