2006 Latino Producers Academy Fellows

NALIP is very pleased to announce that the 2006 Latino Producers Academy Fellows were selected this week, drawn from a competitive pool of documentary and narrative producers and directors.  Submissions came from twelve states, and the choice was challenging for the professional panel. The list of accepted fellows is listed below.

The 2006 Fellows will participate in an exciting curriculum that combines the academic producer’s agenda of the Academy’s first two years with the production/post-production seminars of the third. Eleven feature producers attend in varying levels of development; four producers attend with their directors who will work with casts and professional crews to rehearse, shoot, edit, score and add some special effects for 3-5 scenes from their projects.

Ten documentary makers have projects in various stages, as well.  Four attend with rough-cuts on their work; they are invited with their editors so that they have intensive creative time together in the company of mentors and instructors on the remainder of their process. Six others are in development or production. 

The program takes place in Tucson, Arizona in association with the University of Arizona Media Arts Department, the Hanson Film Institute and the UCLA Professional Certificate Program.

NARRATIVE FELLOWS:
Drew R. Figueroa, New York, NY
Eric Chavez-Robinson, New York, NY                     
Jorge Flores Rodriguez, Sunrise, FL
Alex Ferrari, Hollywood, FL 
Aurora Guerrero, Studio City, CA
Lourdes Ortega,  Los Angeles, CA 
Robert  Kubilos, Hollywood  CA
Chris Chanowski, Pasadena, CA
Marco Santiago, Phoenix,  AZ
Ruth Villatoro,   Houston, TX
Jose R Casado, Hamden,  CT
Santiago Tapia and Jessica Curtright, Boston,  MA
Alyssa Diaz, Van Nuys,  CA
Maria Valdez,    Covina, CA 

DOCUMENTARY FELLOWS:
Lorena Manriquez, Jackson, MS
Ray Santisteban, San Antonio, TX
Antonio Cisneros,  San Antonio, TX 
Lillian Jimenez, New York, NY
Javier Mitchell, Miami, FL
Laura Palermo,  Miami, FL  
 Marian Wertalka, Miami Beach, FL

FILM INDEPENDENT'S 2006 PRODUCERS LAB DEADLINE:  AUGUST 14

Film Independent is now accepting submissions for its annual Producers Lab
that will take place in Los Angeles during October and November 2006.  The
deadline for submissions is August 14, 2006 (postmarked).   Sponsored by
Technicolor, Film Independent's Producers Lab is an intensive seven-week
program designed to help filmmakers develop skills as creative independent
producers. Lab fellows develop a strategy and formal action plan for bringing their projects to fruition -including a budget, schedule, and business plan. Fellows have one-on-one meetings with established producers, directors, and other industry professionals who act as advisors to them on their specific projects. 

A maximum of ten producers are accepted into the program each year. Some
projects that have gone through the Labs are the following: So Yong Kim's
Sundance-winning film, In Between Days; Jessica Sanders' After Innocence,
short-listed for the Academy Awards' documentary category; Andrea Millers'
Dark Matter, currently in production with Val Kilmer and Meryl Streep; Scott Prendergast's Kabluey, currently in production with Lisa Kudrow; Dana Jackson's Park starring Billy Baldwin; Mora Stephens and Joel Stephens' Conventioneers, winner of an Independent Spirit Award; Ted Kroeber's American Gun recently released by IFC Films.

Past instructors include Effie Brown (In the Cut), Eric D'arbeloff (Lovely
and Amazing), Alison Dickey (Piggie), Matthew Greenfield (The Good Girl),
Jasmine Kosovic (D.E.B.S.), and Shelby Stone (Lackawanna Blues). Past
guest speakers include Craig Emanuel, Debra Grieco, Midge Sanford, Peggy
Rajski, Laurie Parker, Ron Yerxa, among others. 

For more information, please contact Soo Hugh, 310.432.1275, or email
shugh@filmindependent.org

Call for Submissions

Ricardo Montalbán and Nosotros present the 2006 Nosotros American Latino Film Festival at the historic Ricardo Montalbán Theatre located at 1615 N. Vine St. in Hollywood from August 24th to the 27th. The premiere event brings together some of the best independent Latino filmmakers in the country and film enthusiasts to the epicenter of the entertainment community.

NALFF showcases works presented by Latino filmmakers that reside in the United States who have participated in a major role of a production, such as presenting Latino actors in a leading role, projects that speak to issues relevant to American Latinos, represent our Latin culture, or feature Latino filmmakers behind the camera in a position such as writer, director or producer.  All submissions must be postmarked by the following dates:

NYILFF Television Special on SiTV
Sunday, July 16 / 8:00 PM

We finally got our first TV special! Featuring events from last year, including interviews with NYILFF filmmakers, multi-platinum recording star Keyshia Cole, actress Zoe Saldana, and NYILFF short films including last year’s winning short St. Paul by Francisco Ordonez, the two-hour special will air on SiTV’s Not So Foreign Filmmakers Showcase. So for those who have been to NYILFF, you can revist the fest in your own home and for those who haven't, now you can check us out.

NYC
Time Warner Cable (Channel 154)
Nationally
Dish Network (Channel 159)

Please check your local cable company on where you can find SiTV.

Storie Productions presents
"Developing The Low Budget Feature Script"
(a full-day workshop)
TIME & LOCATION & FEE:
August 5th (Saturday)
10:00am - 4:00pm
Media Arts Lab
Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center Galeria & School
723 Brazos @ El Paso
San Antonio, TX 78207
$60 - Class Fee

Kat Candler and Stacy Schoolfield have written, directed and produced narrative features, documentary features and short films. Candler's second feature film, "Jumping Off Bridges" debuted at SXSW and Schoolfield's documentary,"Rescue Me" has been used across Texas in an outreach effort for animal rescue.
 
They will talk about choosing scripts, scaling major scenes down to manageable proportions, casting, music clearances, budgeting, scheduling, fundraising, distribution...
 

Reserve your spot today. Either pay with paypal at www.storieproductions.com or by sending a check to:
 
Storie Productions
PO Box 301463
Austin, TX 78703

(*include your phone and email with your check so we can contact you to confirm your reservation and provide further details.)
 
For more information, contact us by email at info@storieproductions.com or
phone at 512.771.5863.
 
To learn more about Storie Productions, visit www.storieproductions.com ,
www.jumpingoffbridges.com , www.rescuemedocumentary.com

P.O.V.’s “Al Otro Lado” Chronicles U.S.-Mexico Border Culture and Conflicts Through the Tradition of Corrido Music
Tuesday, Aug. 1 on PBS at 10:00 PM

Songs, Drugs and Dreams Collide as Young Musician Faces Harsh Choices
In Search of a Better Life

Al Otro Lado (To the Other Side) tells the human story behind illegal immigration and drug trafficking between the U.S. and Mexico through the eyes of Magdiel, a 23-year-old fisherman and aspiring composer who dreams of a better life.  For people south of the border, the “other side” is the dream of an impossibly rich United States, where even menial jobs can support families and whole communities that have been left behind. For people north of the border, Al Otro Lado sheds light on harsh choices that their neighbors to the south often face because of economic crisis.

SCREENING OF ACCLAIMED MEXICAN DOCUMENTARY
CINE CLUB! MONTHLY LATINO FILM SERIES July 21st

The San Diego Latino Film Festival is proud to present the great documentary: GRANITO DE ARENA at the upcoming June installment of the Cine Club! Monthly Latino Film Series.

Where: Palomar College (Auditorium P-32, 1140 West Mission Road, San Marcos, CA 92069).
When: Friday, July 21st at 6:30 p.m.
Cine Club! is FREE and OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC

For over 20 years, global economic forces have been dismantling public education in Mexico, but always in the constant shadow of popular resistance...
Granito de Arena is the story of that resistance—the story of hundreds of thousands of public schoolteachers whose grassroots, non-violent movement took Mexico by surprise, and who have endured brutal repression in their 25-year struggle for social and economic justice in Mexico's public schools. Award-winning Seattle filmmaker, Jill Freidberg (This is What Democracy Looks Like, 2000), spent two years in southern Mexico documenting the efforts of over 100,000 teachers, parents, and students fighting to defend the country’s public education system from the devastating impacts of economic globalization.

For more information, please contact
Media Arts Center San Diego at 619-230-1938 x 104 or lvega@mediaartscenter.org

SPLINTER Screening and Panel at San Diego Comic Con

Saturday, July 22
12:30-1:30 Dark Horse Indie Films— Mike Richardson presents Dark Horse's new independent film label along with never-before-seen footage and guests from its first three titles, including Edward James Olmos (Battlestar Galactica), Ricky Ullman (Phil of the Future), Talan Torriero (Laguna Beach), and Diamond Dallas Page (Devil’s Rejects). Room 6A

SCREENING TIME:  10:00-12:00    CCI:IFF Extra: Splinter— A Dark Horse Indie Film starring Edward James Olmos, Enrique Almeida, Resmine Atis,  Noel G., Delilah Cotto and Tom Sizemore. "With the bullet that killed his brother lodged in his own skull, Dreamer desperately seeks revenge on the mean streets of LA amidst a rising body count and the threat of an all-out gang war." Directed by Michael D. Olmos. Room 6B
Info at: http://www.comic-con.org

Truly CA Call For Entries: Deadline October 1

Working on a film with a California twist? KQED-San Francisco has launched a new documentary series where we partner with filmmakers to get their films completed and broadcast. Check out our announcement below, and visit our web site ( www.kqed.org/trulyca ) for more details.

KQED Public Television in San Francisco seeks one hour documentaries about California for an exciting series called Truly CA: Our State, Our Stories. Filmmakers will be offered significant post production resources to complete broadcast versions of their films, including: an online, sound mix, closed captioning, promotion, a web site, plus a licensing fee and broadcast. Projects should be completed films, fine cuts, advanced rough cuts, or festival versions. Submissions must be postmarked no later than OCTOBER 1, 2006. In particular, this season Truly CA is looking for documentaries presenting diverse perspectives on and approaches to health issues faced by traditionally underserved communities in California. Visit www.kqed.org/trulyca for details.

ALSO...

NEW THIS SEASON: TRULY SHORTS!!

Now independent producers of short documentaries (30 minutes or less) about California can distribute their films through Truly CA's newest series: Truly CA Shorts -- a web-only series for short documentaries. There is no deadline for Truly Shorts. Visit our website at: http://www.kqed.org/arts/truly/page.jsp?id=28 for more information and submission materials.

MT&R DocFest
The Museum of Television & Radio's annual Festival celebrating the documentary—with premieres, works-in-progress, classic docs, workshops, and special events—originally held in the spring, will take place in October 2006.

Deadline: August 1, 2006

MT&R DocFest, The Museum of Television & Radio, 25 West 52 Street, New York, NY 10000

e-mail: MTRDocFest@mtr.org.
web: http://www.mtr.org/festivals/mtrdocfest2006/index.htm

Calendarlive.com Wed, 12 Jul 2006 2:57 PM PDT
Comedy Central's Carlos Mencia believes "political correctness is a form of racism." "How come you don't make fun of Albanians?"

"Shrek" sequel adds Amy Sedaris, Eric Idle to cast
Reuters via Yahoo! News Wed, 12 Jul 2006 10:56 PM PDT
DreamWorks Animation has cast a small medieval kingdom's worth of fairy tale characters who will appear in "Shrek the Third."

PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance Thu, 13 Jul 2006 8:51 AM PDT
HBO and the New York International Latino Film Festival today announced Hugo Perez as the winner of the 3rd Annual HBO/NYILFF Short Film Competition.

Market for Latin lovers is growing
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Thu, 13 Jul 2006 2:21 AM PDT
As more TV melodramas are made in Miami, the city becomes a sort of Spanish-language Hollywood.

Toronto International Film Festival Unveils Seven Spanish-language Titles
The 31st Toronto International Film Festival is set to screen international or North American premieres of seven Spanish-language films from a number of countries.

Bilingual Spanish/English­-speaking interns needed for low budget film

We need interns that can help out in the office as well as on set. NO PAY but Credit and meals provided as well as connections. You will be working with well known actors from Mexico and Latin America.
 
Please forward your resume. fvoicesmovie@aol.com

SONGS NEEDED FOR INDIE FEATURE FILMS

Songs needed for the soundtrack for two independent films. One is a mystery thriller about a biologist searching for the cure for a deadly disease, and the other is a documentary about homeless people.
go to: www.butforthegraceofgodmovie.com to see a trailer.

This is a paid opportunity.

SONG ONE: For the thriller, I am looking for a song along the lines of Pink Floyd's "Comfortably Numb" for a scene where someone is being murdered in a hospital bed

SONG TWO: Something along the lines of Pink Floyd's "Brain Damage" for the closing credits.

SONG THREE: For the documentary, something like Bob Dylan's "Like a Rolling Stone"

SONG FOUR: Something like Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah"

Please email me if you want more information about what the movie is about, or more information on the songs I am seeking.

TO SUBMIT: Email mp3 files or a link to a website where your music can be heard (for website submissions, you MUST list the specific songs. Submissions that ask me to listen to everything will not be considered) - please email to: info@awun.net

Thanks, and looking forward to receiving your submissions!

CASTING CALL: Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY
CASTING MULTI-RACIAL, BICOASTAL ENSEMBLE FOR
Heather Woodbury’s Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on Multiple Tracks, a two-part, six act saga co-premiering in Los Angeles and New York at UCLA Live’s Fifth International Theatre Festival and at Performance Space 122 in NY. Tale is about the 1957 transplant of the Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles and how the ensuing neighborhood upheaval in two cities resonates, both then and now, for three generations of multi-racial characters. Playwright/Actor Woodbury won the first ever Spalding Gray Award, for “writer/ performers who fully realize both aspects of Gray’s legacy and are fearless innovators.” Read rave reviews on her groundbreaking epic plays @ http://www.heatherwoodbury.com/about/press.php

Equity scale pay, Off-Bway contract. Housing/travel/per diems covered. Rehearsals are August 28- September 28th, 2006 in Los Angeles. Tale opens
in Los Angeles on September 29th, running through October 8th and then moves to NYC and runs through October 29th, 2006.
 
Looking for actors skilled at multiple characters. All actors in the ensemble portray multiple roles, of different ethnicities and ages, in addition to the central characters they portray. AUDITIONS HELD BY APPT. JULY 15-16, 22-23 IN NY& LA.(TBA) Please send picture & resume, or url-link to americanjoyride@aol.com or mail to Fomenting ARTS, Unlimited , Inc./1166 Glendale Blvd., PMB #14, L.A., CA 90026.
 
We are primarily looking to fill the following 2 roles in a 7-actor ensemble:
1)Latina woman. Late 30s-50-s (plays ages 6-61). Accurate 2nd generation  Mexican–American Los Angeles dialect. Many other dialects including Brooklyn Irish, Lower East Side Jewish, and Nuyo-Rican.

Gabriela: Wandering ghost. (6-61) Grandmother who grew up in a barrio torn down for Dodgers.
 
2)White man, Anglo-Irish looking. 40’s-50’s. (Plays ages 11-95) Must do
Brooklyn Irish accent and a very old (19th century-born) man of upper class origins.
Mike Rafferty: Kind, melancholy, cab-driver, sixtyish. Diehard Brooklyn Dodger's fan.
Samuel Wentworth: Ancient, eccentric proprietor of Hobo Ridge in LA, 1940’ –50’s.
 
We’re also accepting resumes for:
THIRD ACTOR: Mexican-American/Salvadoran/Latino man.(18-30)Thin, frenetic,
attractive. Accurate Chicano, Los Angeleno accent. Many other dialects including white Long Island, European Jewish, Italian-American, and New York African-American. Also a cameo as a transvestite.
Manuel "Manny" Vasquez: a 19-year-old talented but troubled mix artist (DJ).
 
FOURTH ACTOR: Young woman (20-30) of mixed race or Jewish, Arab or Hispanic to play
Hannah: a Jewish NYer coping with an aunt’s illness
Lavinia: A young Latina in LA trying reconcile a self-destructive boyfriend (Manny) with her positive goals. ****Plus many character roles of all ages, many ethnicities.

CASTING CALL: Los Angeles, CA
Come audition for a dramatic short to be reviewed by Steven Spielberg’s new reality competition, “On The Lot”, the new American Idol for Filmmakers! Auditions are going to be held on Saturday and Sunday, July 22nd and 23rd, for three roles in a five-minute short. We are looking for 1 woman and 2 men, ranging in age from mid 20’s to 30’s. The film will be shot over three days in early August. The woman’s role will require all three shooting days. Each of the men will require one day of work. This will be a paid assignment.
Serious Actors please email headshot and resume (if available) to
MiddleDrawer@hotmail.com
Please include your name and a contact number so that we may schedule an appointment time with you.
If you don’t have access to email, please mail to
Middle Drawer Productions
1844 N. Nob Hill Rd. Ste. 609
Plantation, FL 33322
or call (954) 288-1166

CASTING CALL: Tucson, AZ

Project Title: 123 Smile! (Bilingual Children’s short)
Plot: Twelve year old Xochi is tired of bad school pictures and this year, she’s going to do something about it, even if it means a lifetime of detention!
Writer/Director: Rebecca Skeels Trujillo
Cinematographer: Matt Brailey
Length: 10min
Production Dates: Tentatively weekends of October 2006.
Pay: No pay, but on set meals will be provided and if necessary, transportation
to and from the set will also be provided, a DVD of the final film and special
invitation to the local premiere.

Auditions: Since we are conducting auditions by appointment only, please
send your headshot and resume, (preferably by email, but paper mail will be
accepted) before August 1st, after which, you will be called to audition at
a later date. Please also make sure you will be available during the weekends
of the month of October. We will audition in both Tucson and Phoenix. This is a
no budget film, so actors MUST be in-state (Arizona).

Contact Information: Send resume and headshot to Rebecca Skeels Trujillo at
1303 East University Blvd #20847 Tucson, Arizona 85719 or at
rskeels@email.arizona.edu.

Characters:
Mrs. Norma McLoogle (60s-80s) Caucasian or African American Female with
silvery hair and unique facial features. She is the very strict and scary school
photographer.

Mr. Albert Obregon (30s-50s) Latino Male. The stern homeroom teacher. Some
physical comedy required.

Mr. Jones (30s) African-American Male. Librarian, scholarly and wise. 1 day
shoot.

Jesus (11-14) Pref. Latino Male, but will audition any type. Jesus is the
bad boy of the class, and he also happens to be Xochi’s crush! English-speaking
role. No acting experience is necessary but must be enthusiastic and
available for late summer rehearsals and October Weekends.

2 Brothers (4-16) Latino. Spanish speaking lines. 1 day shoot.
2-4 Bikers, any age, any type male or female. 1 day shoot.

We are also looking for a male motorcycle owner/driver who would be willing
to appear in the film as a stand-in motorcycle driver. You will recieve credit
in the film! If interested please send information to the above address.