21ST ANNUAL IMAGEN AWARDS CALL FOR ENTRY NOW OPEN
PASADENA , C.A. , January 18, 2006 – The Imagen Foundation is pleased to announce that it is now accepting submissions for the 21st Annual Imagen Awards. This year’s event will be held on Friday August 18th, 2006 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills .
The Imagen Call for Entry and submission forms are available on the website at: www.imagen.org. For questions or comments, please call 1-877-344-9441 or email:info@imagen.org.
The Imagen Foundation was founded in 1985 to encourage the positive portrayals of Latinos in all forms of the entertainment media, works to enhance opportunities for Latinos in front of and behind the camera and serves as a liaison between the industry and the Latino community by providing access, education and resources.
For more information, click on: www.imagen.com
2006 IDA Awards Call for Entries !!
22nd Annual IDA Awards Competition Entry Form is now available!
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. This year, for the first time, the Distinguished Feature and Short Award winners will be announced at the IDA Awards Gala in Los Angeles on December 8th, 2006 , and screened on December 9th, 2006 at IDA's annual DocuFest.
Early submission Deadline: May 12, 2006
Final submission Deadline: June 9, 2006
Click the image to begin the submission process for the paperless method via Withoutabox.com
If you'd like to apply in the traditional manner, via paper entry form, please download Rules and Entry Form by clicking Here. (IDA Awards downloadable PDF)
Click Here for IDA/Wolper Student Award Entry Form
DocuWeek™ entry forms will be available on Friday, March 31, 2006 .
Chrysler Film Competition
The Chrysler Film Project is accepting submissions now!
Chrysler Film Project seeks emerging independent filmmakers looking to compete for the opportunity to receive a feature film production deal. Inspired filmmakers can submit any short film that they have directed along with a screenplay for a movie that they wish to direct. A panel of IFP judges will determine five finalists, each of whom will develop and shoot a three-minute Chrysler-branded film. From these films, a grand prize winner will be chosen to direct their film for theatrical release.
Deadline: April 20, 2006
There is no fee to enter, and the competition is open to all emerging filmmakers. Inspired?
Visit www.chrysler.com/film for complete information and official rules and to enter
Reel Venus Film Festival - Call For Entries - 2006
4th Annual Reel Venus Film Festival
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Film/Video Shorts
Reel Venus Film Festival is now accepting submissions for its 4th Annual Film Festival.
Reel Venus Film Festival is an Eclectic 3 Day Showcase of current, alternative and mainstream film and video shorts, 30 minutes and under in length, which have been directed and conceived by emerging and established women filmmakers and video artists from the USA and abroad.
Early Deadline : April 7th, 2006 - $15.00
Late/Final Deadline: May 12th, 2006 - $20.00
All topics, subjects considered. All genres accepted: Narrative, Experimental, Documentary and Animation. All work must have been completed in 2005.
Submission Form and Guidelines can be downloaded from: www.reelvenus.com
This year's Festival will take place on July 19, 20 & 21, 2006 in New York City At Peter Norton Symphony Space in the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater
www.symphonyspace.org
“THE BRONZE SCREEN: 100 YEARS OF LATINOS IN HOLLYWOOD "
CHEECH MARIN HOSTS
See the documentary Variety said "beautifully tracks one of the art forms most ignored cultures in front of and behind the camera." This award-winning film showcases rare historical film clips, hundreds of scenes from contemporary movies, and candid interviews with current Latino stars--from Jimmy Smits to Edward James Olmos.The exclusive showing of The Bronze Screen at the Armstrong Theatre in the Torrance Cultural Arts Center will include an appearance and remarks by comedian, actor and Chicano art collector Cheech Marin.
Mr. Marin will also present The Marin Awards in Art and Media to five area students.
In addition, the movie's producer and writer-- Nancy de los Santos --will answer audience questions about the documentary and the status of Latinos in the movie and TV industries.
WHEN: Sunday, April 23, 2006 -- 4 p.m. -- Armstrong Theatre; Torrance , CA
The Bronze Screen and the Marin Arts Awards are sponsored by Toyota Motor Sales, USA and presented by the Torrance Cultural Arts Center Foundation.
Details on the film are at: www.bronzescreen.net.
Tickets Marin Award applications and directions at: www.TorranceArts.com or 310-781-7171
MPACE Diversity Recruiting Workshop April 7, 2006
“Diversity Recruiting”
WHEN: Friday, April 7, 2006 @ 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
WHERE: Radisson Inn – Rancho Bernardo
11520 West Bernardo Court
Rancho Bernardo ( San Diego ), CA 92127
Tel. (858) 451-6600
With the employment market getting stronger and increased competition for talent, employers will have to work harder to attract, hire and retain diverse students.
Hear a group of recruiting and career services professionals present:
- How your organization can attract a diverse group of candidates
- The needs of minority candidates
- How minority candidates determine employers of choice
- Measuring your diversity success
Registration: $35 for MPACE members; $50 for non-members
Register on-line or access registration form at
http://www.mpace.org/html/events/Pacific/South/index.htm
For more information, contact Terrie Lopez, Cerritos College , 562-860-2451, x2361 or tmlopez@cerritos.edu.
VAMPIROS from Puerto Rico !
The highly anticipated motion picture with the film debut of DADDY YANKEE and CIRCO
has been released!
VAMPIROS
Directed by Eduardo Ortiz
Produced by Javier Morales
The film debut of DADDY YANKEE
The music of LA SECTA ALLSTAR
The music and performance of CIRCO
With Jorge Dieppa, Eli Cay, Israel Lugo, Wanda Rovira
and the real Gothic community of Puerto Rico
( HOLLYWOOD - March 28. 2006) – VAMPIROS, directed by first time feature film director, Eduardo Ortiz is scheduled for international DVD release March 28, 2006 , though IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT. www.image-entertainment.com
Shortly after its international premiere at the 2005 New York International Latino Film Festival, IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT began talks with the film makers of VAMPIROS to plan its international DVD release. The director of VAMPIROS, Eduardo Ortiz said, “I am extremely excited to be partnering with IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT. Their reputation as the premiere DVD distributor is amazing. It has been a great experience planning this, and I am eager to see how the public will respond to this very different film. VAMPIROS is already available through Amazon.com, Netflix.com, Blockbuster.com and even Target, and for that we are grateful to IMAGE ENTERTAINMENT."
In the New York International Latino Film Festival, VAMPIROS was selected to premiere in the “ON THE EDGE” program. The films in that section are considered cutting-edge Latino Cinema that demonstrates progressive subject matter or film making concept.
THE 52nd ROBERT FLAHERTY FILM SEMINAR
CREATIVE DEMOLITION:
RECONSTRUCTING CULTURE THROUGH INNOVATIONS IN FILM AND VIDEO
Vassar College , Poughkeepsie , NY
June 17 -24, 2006
NALIP , in association with the FLAHERTY International Film Seminars, offers a new NALIP Membership Development (Matching Grant) Program Opportunity: Scholarships to the 2006 Flaherty Film Seminar in Poughkeepsie , New York June 17 - 24. 3 Professional Development Fellowships are offered to NALIP members: $350 from IFS, $350 from NALIP will be given to each NALIP Fellow towards the $1000 tuition (covers room, board, materials, travel for the entire week) and travel.
APPLICATIONS at: www.flahertyseminar.org/scholarships_home.htm. **Deadline March 31***
The Professional Development Fellowship is designed for emerging or mid-career professionals such as filmmakers, programmers, writers, scholars, archivists, and media librarians, who might otherwise be unable to attend the Seminar without financial aid. Grants are applied directly towards registration for the seminar.
To apply, follow the instructions on the application form (pdf) and submit all the requested materials in PDF or Word format to ifs@flahertyseminar.org . All documentation must be submitted by March 31, 2006
This is for NALIP members only -- check your status at our office: 310.395.8880 or renew today at www.nalip.org!
Participating Media Makers Include: Zoe Beloff, Vittorio De Seta, Jacqueline Goss, Vijay Iyer & Michael Ladd, Sharon Lockhart, and Rithy Panh, among others!
This Year's Seminar: Media is built from the materials of everyday culture - the brick and mortar of our daily interactions, political events, social trends, and forces of nature that shape our world. Media simultaneously renders blueprints for the design of culture and politics and has the potential to reconfigure accepted modes of representation and reception. "Creative Demolition," the 52nd edition of the Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, de-constructs the relationship between media and social behavior and aims to present film, video, new media, installation, and live performance that offer explosive alternatives to the conventions of communication.
This weeklong program entices viewers to partake in unusual and unexpected ways. Beyond merely bearing witness, participants will engage in interactive media, re-imagine social roles and models of behavior, and break down the barriers that keep audiences safely seated and the maker tucked behind a camera....MORE
http://www.flahertyseminar.org/
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¡Qué Barbaro!
A new film that premiered on HBO last week, Walkout, chronicles the 1968 “walkouts” organized by thousands of students in East Los Angeles to protest the treatment of Latino students in the city’s public school system. What these students wanted was to be treated with respect, dignity, and fairness, and as individuals with unlimited potential rather than as a faceless “problem.”
We were reminded of the heroic and courageous efforts of these students by the actions in the last few weeks of a new generation of Latinos who also wish to be treated with respect, dignity, fairness, and recognition that immigrants are human beings contributing mightily to this nation, not chess pieces in some perverse game being played in Congress to see “quién es más macho” when it comes to cracking down on immigrants.
It started small, earlier this month, with a rally in Philadelphia which drew nearly 5,000. Washington, DC followed, with 30,000-50,000 marching to the U.S. Capitol. By the end of the week, Chicago experienced the largest march in its history as more than 100,000 people gathered in the city’s loop. This unleashed a host of other events in Atlanta, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Denver, and other cities, culminating in the largest protest march in Los Angeles’ history this past Saturday where nearly a million people, many dressed in white, marched through the city.
This is the march that has finally gotten the mainstream media’s attention. It’s about time. The barbaridad is that while the smallest of this month’s pro-immigrant rallies has dwarfed even the largest gathering of Minutemen and their ilk, the Minutemen have received a tsunami of media attention that far exceeds coverage of these marches. However, after more than a year, the “tip of the iceberg” spin on the Minutemen is ringing far more hollow these days.
We hope that the hype surrounding the Minutemen reflects the English-language media’s hunger for new “man bites dog” stories rather than a much more troubling but unfortunately plausible explanation – that the Minutemen finally gave the mainstream media’s Latino-challenged newsrooms the excuse they needed to discuss their own anxiety over the growing immigrant population.
To those who might be “anxious,” we would note not just the size and the energy of these marches, but the tone and atmosphere. These marches have been resolutely peaceful. The flags displayed were overwhelmingly American, and the signs were filled with slogans like “We are America” and “I want the American Dream.” Despite the considerable anger that anti-immigrant legislation has stirred up, marchers are asking for dialogue, not immigrant bashing; a constructive debate without rancor or scapegoating; and a sensible, reasonable, and humane answer to this vexing issue. Contrast that with the Minutemen. Heck, contrast that with the English-language media’s immigration coverage, especially on television and radio.
NALIPsters on the MOVE…
Nicholas Entel, NALIP New York member. His film "Orquesta Tipica" is having its world premiere at the 2006 Beverly Hills Film Festival on Friday, April 7 at 10 pm at the Clarity Theater!
“Orquesta Tipica: Tango or Death” (World Premiere) , a documentary from director Nicolas Entel featuring an orchestra of twelve young men from Buenos Aires that play politically committed tango music.
The complete festival program is at www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com
2006 BEVERLY HILLS FILM FESTIVALOPENING NIGHT:
“Orquesta Tipica: Tango or Death” (World Premiere)
Orquesta Tipica: Tango or Death a documentary from director and NALIP member Nicolas Entel featuring an orchestra of twelve young men from Buenos Aires that play politically committed tango music.
When: Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Media Arrivals: 5:45 p.m.
Red Carpet Arrivals: 6:15 – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Writers Guild Theater (135 South Doheny Drive)
Media Contact: Heather Burgett, hburgett@verizon.net or 310.452.9133
Who: The night also features the West Coast Premiere screening of “The Locrian Mode,” a short urban operatic opus, written and directed by Eric O. Lodal, starring Dominique Swain (“Alpha Dog,” “Lolita”), Schuyler Fisk (“American Gun,” “Orange County”) and Stephane Rousseau (“The Barbarian Invasions”). Other celebs and VIPS slated for attendance include: Shelley Morrison (Rosario on “Will & Grace”), co-stars from “The Civilization of Maxwell Bright” Patrick Warburton (“Hoodwinked,” ABC’s “Less Than Perfect”) and Marie Matiko (“The Sum of All Fears”), exec. producer Michele Shane (“I, Robot,” “Catch Me if You Can”), veteran producer A.C. Lyles, and more to be announced…
About BHFF
The annual International Beverly Hills Film Festival was founded in 2001 by award-winning independent filmmaker Nino Simone. The 2006 event, from April 5 – 9, is dedicated to showcasing and promoting non-studio films to the entertainment industry. Designed to bridge the world of premiere independent cinema with the renowned community of Beverly Hills , the festival hosts world-class screenings, networking events and industry seminars.
COST: Prices range from $10.00 per screening to $250.00 for the Awards Gala. Festival passes are also available, ranging from a 1-Day Pass ($45.00) to a VIP Festival Pass ($500.00). All WGAw, SAG, ASC and ACE members receive a 15% discount on all screening and seminar tickets and passes. Screenings are held at the state-of-the-art Clarity Theater ( 100 North Crescent Drive) in Beverly Hills , California .
Tickets are available online at www.beverlyhillsfilmfestival.com or by calling the BHFF office at 310.779.1206.
NALIP Member Sonia Fritz invited to participate in Hot Docs lab
THE DOC LAB
Sonia Fritz, Director of Isla Films and NALIP Puerto Rico member has been invited to participate in the Hot Docs Director's Lab taking place during the Canadian International Documentary Festival from April 28th to May 7th.
Hot Docs will launch the Doc Lab at this year's festival, inviting 10-15 early to mid-career doc writers and directors to partake in an intensive five-day creative development workshop.
Doc Lab participants will have the unique opportunity to share in intimate and focused discussions with leading creative professionals from the documentary world. These professionals will act as Doc Lab workshop leaders - their depth and breadth of experience will be the cornerstone of the program - as the Doc Lab Producer curates a schedule of micro-meetings and informal gatherings that will allow participants to connect, interact, discuss ideas and share best practices.
This year, Kevin McMahon of Primitive Entertainment will act as Doc Lab mentor, guiding participants through the program and acting as facilitator for the scheduled activities.
Congratulations to Sonia!
AOL FEATURES SHORT FILM, MAMA SAID!
DIRECTED BY NALIP MEMBER YASMINA CADIZ
Los Angeles, California - X Chromosome Films is proud to announce AOL is
currently promoting Yasmina Cadiz's award winning short film, MAMA SAID.
MAMA SAID will be available on AOL for two weeks beginning March 28,
2006 . To view MAMA SAID, click on the either of the links below.
Yasmina Cadiz, a native of Chicago is one of five women chosen to receive
the inaugural Women In Film/General Motors " Latina New Filmmaker" grant and
was selected as one of the finalists for the prestigious Walt Disney ABC/DGA
Television Directing Fellowship 2006.
Cadiz currently lives in Los Angeles and is developing her first feature film, TWELVE SIGNS.
AOL Festival Circuit Main Page with link to Mama Said
http://blackvoices.aol.com/
black_entertainment/
movies_features_reviews_trailers/
festivalcircuit/
Mama Said: http://us.video.aol.com/
video.index.adp?mode=1&pmmsid=1477853
Contact: Danielia Falcon
X Chromosome Films
Los Angeles, CA.
danielia@xchromosomefilms.com
PUERTO RICAN FILMMAKERS WIN COPPER WING AWARD
The Puerto Rican filmmaking team of Poli Marichal and Ricardo Méndez Matta, NALIP Conference Presenter, were awarded the Copper Wing Award for Best Director in the World Cinema Competition at the 2006 Phoenix Film Festival, for their film Thieves and Liars (Ladrones y Mentirosos). Festival President Chris LaMont presented the award to the filmmakers at the closing ceremony, held Sunday, March 26th, at the Arizona Republic Party Pavillion
in Scottsdale , Arizona .
The Spanish language film, starring Steven Bauer (“Scarface”, “Traffic”), Elpidia Carrillo (Mi Familia, Predator”), Daniel Lugo, Lymari Nadal, Magda Rivera and a large ensemble cast, including reggaetón singing stars Vico C and TNT, depicts the life of three Puerto Rican families trying to cope with the wave of drugs and corruption afflicting the island ever since it became the main port of entry for cocaine into the US east coast.
When accepting the award, Ricardo and Poli highlighted the significance of screening the film in Arizona , a state similarly used by smugglers as a trans shipment point for illegal drugs entering the U.S. The film also had a special encore screening on Monday, March 27, sponsored by the Univision network. Next up on the movie¹s calendar will be screenings at the Chicago Latino Film Festival in April, followed by the prestigious Seattle Film Festival in May.
“Through these compelling parallel stories, Matta and Marichal call attention to the truly inescapable corruption in Puerto Rico , which is very much a product of American influence.” Elena Bonomo, Cleveland International Film Festival.
For more information about the movie visit www.ladronesymentirosos.com
For more information about the Phoenix Film Festival visit http://www.phxfilmfestival.com/index.html
JOSE CAN SPEAK returns on MAY 11th, 2006
Jose Can Speak is getting another chance to be heard. After a successful workshop production at the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe in spring of 2006 which was co-produced with Chica Luna Productions, NALIP member Linda Nieves-Powell who conceived the idea of having Latinas perform as their male counterparts, decided that although the show was well received, it was too long and there was a missing thread that needed to connect these stories together to create one journey. Linda who is directing the AHA sponsored workshop production of the show has also written three additional monologues and is also performing a new monologue dedicated to the Latino soldier and the brave men of the 65th Infantry.
"The Nuyorican Poet's Cafe workshop production was an out of the box experiment. I wanted to see if this idea worked and it did. However, I am still working on developing the piece. Everyone raves about the concept where women perform as men, however what is more important to me is that these stories connect to one another in order to tell the bigger picture of the male Latino experience in this country." Linda said.
The May 11th performance of Jose Can Speak is sponsored by The Association of Hispanic Arts and is part of this year's Latinas in Literature series. To view the flyer for more info on this event and others click here: http://www.latinoflavored.com/
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ALSO:
WHEN: Sunday April 2 at 3:00 PM
An Afternoon with Linda Nieves-Powell
Author of YO SOY LATINA !
We look forward to seeing you at the Genesis Festival. Please remember to call for reservations as the Festival will be held in the Theatre lobby and seating is limited. Call 732-545-8100 for more information.
LOCATION: Crossroads Theatre, 7 Livingston Avenue / New Brunswick , NJ 08901
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The History Channel en espanol(TM) Celebrates the Life and Legacy of Cesar Chavez with 'THE FIGHT IN THE FIELDS: CESAR
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Tue, 28 Mar 2006 1:14 PM PST
The History Channel en espanol will honor the legacy of Mexican-American hero and activist Cesar Chavez with the two-hour film THE FIGHT IN THE FIELDS: CESAR CHAVEZ AND THE FARMWORKERS' STRUGGLE on Chavez's birthday, Friday, March 31.
Special Report: George Lopez 100th Episode!
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Variety.com Special Report, George Lopez 100th Episode
http://email.variety.com/cgi-bin7/DM/y/elrK0DbubY0Oe40BDx50EH
George Lopez to Get Walk of Fame Star
ABC 13 Toledo Wed, 29 Mar 2006 9:55 AM PST
HOLLYWOOD - Comedian George Lopez will receive the 2,306th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today, the same day the 100th episode of his ABC comedy "George Lopez" is aired.
Hispanic Films Have Yet to Catch the Same Wave as Hispanic TV
By CHARLES LYONS
Filmmakers and marketers look to TV to crack a growing market.
Nonfiction is heart of the story in Mexico
Tue, 28 Mar 2006 05:34 am PST
Reuters - When 23-year-old Tin Dirdamal decided to make his first documentary, he had no film experience to speak of, yet he was itching to tell a story about the hardships of Central American immigrants. So he grabbed a camcorder, rounded up about $7,000 and started shooting. This year, his picture "No One" won the World Cinema Audience Award at Sundance for best documentary. Full Story
Del Toro Takes His Shot at Che
Wednesday, March 29, 2006 at 12:10 AM
Shooting is set to begin in Veracruz , Mexico , next month on Guerilla, starring Benicio Del Toro as Ernesto "Che" Guevara, of poster and T-shirt fame. Guevara was Fidel Castro's left-hand-man during the 1956 Cuban Revolution and continued to work to inspire leftist uprisings throughout Latin America until he was killed while battling the Bolivian Army in 1967
Steven Soderbergh will move behind the camera next month to bring a biopic of revolutionary Che Guevara to the big screen. Counterculture types have worn his likeness on T-shirts and bumper-stickered his name and face for years…soon many of them may find out what it was he actually did.
FORTISSIMO BUYS WORLD RIGHTS FOR MEXICAN FEATURE
Tue, 28 Mar 2006
ScreenDaily.com- By Alexis Grivas- In Gudalajara Fortissimo`s Wouter Barendrecht as secured world sales outside the US for the Mexican feature Broken Sky (El cielo dividido) at the Guadalajara International Film Festival. www.fortissimo.nl/whatsnew/
Latinos Finally Get Counted: New Radio and TV Ratings System Emerges
Founded in 1949, Arbitron is considered the audience measurement pioneer. It began measuring television and radio and now concentrates only on radio ratings all over the U.S. , Puerto Rico and Mexico . Last month, Arbitron Executives flew from New York to Los Angeles to present to the NHMC and National Latino Media Council Board the results of a Houston Portable People
Meter (PPM) field test. The new technology can be used in radio and television. The consensus after the presentation was that this new technology was far superior than anything else that is currently available in the market and that it offers transparency in the methodology – an invaluable tool for media advocates who have been asking for this for years.
The advantages of the PPMs include more stable, reliable and timely data, more frequent reporting, measured compliance and the participation of technically trained households. In addition, we are pleased to see that Arbitron made the distinction between Latino Spanish-speaking and LatinoEnglish-speaking participants- a key characteristic that makes our community
unique. We will keep you informed on Arbitron¹s progress in introducing this new technology to the market in radio and television. For more information, visit: www.nhmc.org
Film Shoot Mistaken for Hostage Situation
Sat, 25 Mar 2006 02:13 am PST
AP - A movie set at the downtown post office turned all too real for a group of high school filmmakers. Members of the high school Spanish club were shooting a movie Thursday night when the police showed up believing a hostage crisis was going on inside the post office. Full Story
Uruguayan project wins Tornasol Award at Guadalajara Festival
Eighteen Cigarettes and a Half presented at the Iberoamerican Co-production Meeting receives Tornasol Award worth $301,449.
Danna Garcia Signed As The First Latin Face Of Garnier Nutrisse Haircolor
Mon, 27 Mar 2006 5:00 AM PST
PR Newswire- Garnier Nutrisse has just named Colombian actress Danna Garcia its newest face of haircolor.
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