NALIP, LPB & the NEA Present DOING YOUR DOC: DIVERSE VISIONS, REGIONAL VOICES
October 13-15, 2006 in Austin, TX and November 10-12 in Miami, FL; Chicago in Spring 2007
National Association of Latino Independent Producers and Latino Public Broadcasting, in association with the Austin Film Society, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Black Programmers Consortium, Pacific Islanders in Communications, the Center for Asian American Media, South West Alternate Media Project, Cine de las Americas and Native American Telecommunications, the Miami Film Festival, Documentary Room and Miami Beach Tourism & Cultural Development are presenting an intensive 3-day workshop for filmmakers interested in documentaries in each of the Workshop cities. Special outreach and attention is given to filmmakers of color who want to explore or present stories of their culture, community or personal history.
The workshop is designed for all levels of documentary production. At the workshop, filmmakers will be learning how to structure their documentary, story development techniques, avoiding pitfalls that hurt time and budget, what equipment works best, proposal writing to request funds, budget formats, handling cast and crew, production planning, and how to make a fundraising trailer. A full description of the weekend format, including case-study and mentoring, is available at http://www.nalip.org/signaturePrograms/doyourdoc.htm. In Austin, NALIP showcases LPB filmmaker Mylene Moreno and her RECALLING ORANGE COUNTY with a Q & A on how she developed, funded and produced this project, showcased on LPB's "Voces" this fall.
Filmmakers participating in the workshop are welcome to bring their work-in-progress for sample tape screenings, but it is not mandatory.
Filmmakers will also have the opportunity to participate in private sessions with professional documentary film mentors. Bring your proposal, your idea, your treatment, your pitch! Fernanda Rossi, author of the book "Trailer Mechanics” is one of the mentors participating in the workshop.
There are discount hotel rates and a few hotel scholarships available for out-of-town filmmakers. **Must be reserved or requested by Oct. 5**
Workshop Fee is $100 if paid by October 10th in Austin/November 9th in Miami and $50 for students with valid ID. At the door registration is also available at $125 and $75 for students. The workshop fee includes lunches, workshop materials, books & private project mentoring.
This workshop will also be available November 10-12, 2006 in Miami, FL and April 2007 in Chicago, IL
Please visit www.nalip.org for further updates on the above workshop dates. This event is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
To register please visit: http://www.368design.com/NALIP/doyourdoc_reg.html
Questions? Call (310) 395.8880
10 TH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES LATINO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (LALIFF) PRESS CONFERENCE
Hosted by LALIFF Co-Founders Marlene Dermer and Edward James Olmos; Representatives of Premiere Sponsors of LALIFF 2006: Leticia Castro, Chairman and CEO, GrupoMex Holdings, Inc.; and Luisa Acosta, Farmers Insurance.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th - 4:00 PM
CINESPACE - 6356 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, 90028 (2nd Floor)
(Corner of Hollywood and Cosmo; metered street parking and $8 valet parking available.)
The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) will announce the complete selection of feature films, documentaries and shorts to be showcased at the 10th annual festival to take place October 5-15, 2006. The festival will be held at the famed Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood Boulevard. For LALIFF, 2006 marks the first decade of celebrating the richness and variety of Latino culture by showcasing the latest and newest Latino production from the US and around the world. Founded by independent producers Marlene Dermer, George Hernandez; and actor, director and activist Edward James Olmos, LALIFF has become an eagerly waited event where film lovers from the Southern California community come together to celebrate the diversity of Latino stories in films.
To confirm your coverage, please email: Claudia Acosta - Press@latinofilm.org
Press Contact:
Fluent Reach Entertainment
Publicity: Palmy Carballido - Palmy@FluentReach.com
LALIFF Press Office: 323-469-9066
PBS Foundation and Skoll Foundation Establish Fund to Produce Unique Programming about Social Entrepreneurship
The PBS Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Fund to Support New Work by Filmmakers, Journalists
Arlington, Va., and Palo Alto, Calif., September 20, 2006. The PBS Foundation and the Skoll Foundation announced today the establishment of the PBS Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Fund, with a three-year, $2.5 million grant from the Skoll Foundation. The PBS Foundation will use the funds to enable filmmakers, documentarians and other journalists to produce work that promotes large-scale public awareness of social entrepreneurship, and highlights individuals who are pioneering innovative approaches that address far-reaching social issues.
The PBS Social Entrepreneurship Fund will provide independent producers with grants on a competitive basis to develop original content for dissemination by PBS across a variety of distribution platforms, such as full-length documentaries and independent films or shorter segments on PBS television programs, Web sites and digital services.
Each project supported by the fund may include an outreach initiative, determined by the applicant. This component could include community screenings, Web sites, podcasting and classroom materials, among other possibilities. Guidelines for applying for a PBS Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Fund grant from PBS can be found at http://www.pbs.org/producers/funding.html.
PBS and its member stations provide the Skoll Foundation with an unparalleled opportunity to introduce social entrepreneurs and their compelling stories to millions of people on the air and online, said Sally Osberg, President and CEO of the Skoll Foundation. Social entrepreneurs and PBS share a special mission to inform and enlighten their publics and to bring to life stories that demonstrate how one person can make a difference. This partnership clearly supports that mission in a creative and collaborative manner. In fact, it is our hope that this partnership will be the impetus for many other collaborations, especially those between filmmakers and social entrepreneurs who can access this funding and extend the reach of their impact.
One of the top goals of the PBS Foundation is to help provide funding for new and interesting content that PBS can distribute to its member stations. The new PBS Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Fund helps us achieve this goal, said Paula A. Kerger, President and CEO of PBS and a founding member of the PBS Foundation Board of Directors. It will give PBS the seed money it needs to begin working with content producers and help them explore the fascinating phenomenon of social entrepreneurship, which is reshaping communities across the world.
The PBS Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Fund represents the most recent collaboration between public television and the Skoll Foundation. In 2005, the Skoll Foundation provided major funding for The New Heroes, an acclaimed four-hour documentary series that presented 12 compelling stories of social entrepreneurs who bring empowering solutions to the most intractable social problems around the world. Oregon Public Broadcasting, in association with Malone-Grove Productions, Inc., produced the series hosted by Robert Redford.
Our long-term plan is to make the PBS Foundation Social Entrepreneurship Fund part of a broader program venture fund that filmmakers, documentarians and journalists can tap when creating unique and innovative content. We want the PBS Foundation to support PBS’s role as a laboratory where independent producers and producing stations can explore the future of public media a forum where new ideas and concepts are tested in the pursuit of PBS mission to provide groundbreaking content that citizens will not find anywhere else, said Cheri M. Carter, Executive Director of the PBS Foundation.
The PBS Foundation, formed in 2004, has raised almost $17 million to date. The PBS Foundation focuses its fundraising efforts on creating an endowment, special initiatives and funding for programming and content.
Powerful Documentary "Border Echoes-Ecos de Una Frontera" Set for Theatrical Screening September 27, 2006 in West Hollywood
Please join us for the screening of Border Echoes-Ecos De Una Frontera, the only documentary to tell the story of the slayings of girls and women in the Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua State, Mexico and El Paso, Texas (U.S.) Border Region, through the eyes of the investigative reporter, Diana Washington Valdez, who risked her life to expose the truth about the brutal murders and disappearances of more than 500 girls and women.
Press Conference: There will be a press conference at 6:00pm, September 27 (location to be disclosed upon RSVP).
Screening Date and Time:
7 p.m., September 27
Location: Laemmle Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, California
Please RSVP to (323) 934-9667.
For additional information on related events, please go the Amnesty International website at the link below.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/western/0927_282006juarezca.html
Or
http://www.wereallycare.org/
Last Chance to Submit To Reel Women International Film Festival Regular
Deadline: Oct.15, 2006
Festival: March 8-12, 2007
Described by Backstage West as a "Must attend event for all women in the entertainment industry", the 2006 Festival kicked off with "Missing in America",
directed by Gabrielle Dockterman, starring Danny Glover, David Strathairn and Linda Hamilton.The four day festival continued with panels hosted by The
Writers Guild and The DGA.
Reel Women Inc is a non-profit organization, created to honor and advance the careers of accomplished and emerging female filmmakers by providing them a forum to show case their films to industry decision makers, as well as Southern California's film fan audience. Our goal is to help increase the number of women filmmakers, which will lead to more powerful and diverse screen images of women.
For more information and guidelines www.rwiff.com or call 818 749 6162
CINEMÁS Albuquerque Latino Film Festival 2007
Call for Submissions
Deadline: October 20th 2006
The 2007 CINEMÁS Albuquerque Latino Film Festival is now accepting submissions. This four-day event will take place February 15-18, 2007 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Known for its multicultural heritage and breathtaking landscapes, New Mexico has become one of the top film locations in the US. Filmmaking is one of the fastest growing industries in the state. From this context of diversity and growth, emerges CINEMÁS Albuquerque Latino Film Festival, creating a window into the world of film at home and abroad.
The festival will feature films from the following categories:
- Feature Films
- Documentaries (90 minutes max)
- Short Films
Entries are welcomed on all forms of film and video production. Special consideration will be given to works regarding Latin America or Latinos in the United States.
New Mexican, Latino and Hispanic directors working on any subject are especially encouraged to submit their material. Student work is welcome.
Submission deadline is October 20th, 2006.
Please fill out the official entry form completely and sign it. A separate entry form is required for each title. Please feel free to photocopy it or download it from our website. Entry form and submission guidelines can be downloaded at www.cinemasfestival.com.
Mail Your Entries To:
CINEMÁS Albuquerque Latino Film Festival
Arts of the Americas Institute
MSC 04 2570
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131
In addition to the preview tape, you may send photos and other publicity materials.
For more information please contact
Mayra Madriz, Festival Coordinator
(505) 277-2286
submissions@cinemasfestival.com
Silver Lake Film Festival Call for Entries!
2007 Silver Lake Film Festival
of Los Angeles
Announces Call For Entries
7th Edition of L.A's Leading Independent Film, MultiMedia & Arts Showcase
Unspools May 3-12, 2007
The final deadlines for submission of films are:
Short films - November 14th
Feature films - December 31st
The 2007 annual Silver Lake Film Festival will present an expanded MP4Fest,
the digital content program that debuted at the 2006 festival. Also returning in an expanded format is MusicFest, the festival's music documentary and live-musical performance program.
Festival Background
Before there was even a Hollywood, film pioneers, such as D.W. Griffith, Walt Disney, Tom Mix and Mack Sennett, established their homes and studios in Silver Lake and its neighboring communities of Echo Park and Los Feliz. Today, the area is home to the highest concentration of contemporary film pioneers [filmmakers? ] in the world. Surrounded on all sides by the major Hollywood studios, greater Silver Lake remains an oasis of innovation.
Silver Lake Film Festival proudly embraces the work of alternative filmmakers. Indeed, non-mainstream and experimental film and video -- features, shorts and documentaries -- are the festival' s focus. The primary programming goal is to provide access to films that would not necessarily be available to the public. A portion of each year's programming line-up is reserved to showcase the distinctively alternative style of local filmmakers.
The 7th annual Silver Lake Film Festival is under the direction of Kate
Marciniak, Greg Ptacek and Saskia Wilson-Brown. For more information, visit
www.silverlakefilmfestival.org
Press Contact:
Greg Ptacek
Silver Lake Film Festival
gregptacek@earthlin k
(323) 660-1935
silverlakefilmfesti val.org
The 10th International Latino Film Festival - San Francisco Bay Area is fast approaching and to celebrate our first double digit year we will be having a VERY SPECIAL Northern California Premiere screening at a VERY EXCLUSIVE venue.
On Friday, October 6th at 6:30pm the International Latino Film Society will be screening the Chilean blockbuster Mi mejor enemigo / My Favorite Enemy (Chile/Argentina, 2005) at the new state-of-the-art theater at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in the San Francisco Presidio.
Invited guests from Chile director Alex Bowen and actor Nicolas Saavedra scheduled for Q&A session following the screening.
December 1978. Chile and Argentina are about to engage in an armed confrontation over ownership of three islands in the Beagle Canal on their southern border. In Patagonia, a Chilean platoon accidentally breaks its compass and they are lost on the immense pampas. They dig their trenches somewhere without knowing whether they are in Chile or Argentina. A long waiting begins that will be interrupted by an Argentinean platoon deployed in front of them. As both units await the start of the war, shared fear and a stray dog allow friendship to grow between “enemies”. Confused by the solitude of the pampas, the characters straddle the fragile line between duty and sentiment, telling a deeply human story with humor and dignity. This humanistic film is a timely and powerful message about the futility of war.
“Agua Con Sal,” Se Estrena El Jueves 28 de Septiembre en Puerto Rico
Pueden ver el trailer en:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZzhMDAnfle4
“Agua con Sal” es la primera coproducción parcialmente financiada por el Fondo
Cinematográfico de Puerto Rico. Las empresas españolas Trivisión y PRP se unieron a Viguié Films, una empresa puertorriqueña establecida desde 1950, para producir esta conmovedora película de gran interés social.
Como dato interesante, actores puertorriqueños tienen papeles en las que hacen rol de Españoles, y varios escenarios locales se hacen pasar por vistas que según la historia transcurren en España, enfatizando no solo la gran diversidad de escenarios que existen en la Isla para la producción fílmica sino el gran talento de los técnicos y actores del patio.
Agua con Sal fue invitada a participar en el prestigioso 53 FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE CINE DE SAN SEBASTIÁN y entre los premios obtenidos
hasta el momento figuran Colón de Plata a la mejor actriz Yoima Valdés y el
Premio Llave de la Libertad, ambos obtenidos en el reconocido Festival de Cine
Iberoamericano de Huelva-Sección Oficial, y Mejor Largometraje de Ficción
y Mejor Director en el XXVI Mostra de Valencia.
Agua con Sal se estrenará el próximo jueves 28 de septiembre en los teatros Fine Arts de Hato Rey y Miramar, Montehiedra, San Patricio Plaza y en Ponce. Tendrán la oportunidad de presenciar una gran película a la vez que su asistencia fortalece la industria cinematográfica puertorriqueña.
Carla Sánchez estrena Película en Hollywood
“Soledad is Gone Forever” es la película más reciente que protagoniza nuestra bella y talentosa actriz venezolana Carla Sánchez www.carlasanchez.net en Hollywood, CA. A principios de Octubre se estrena mundialmente el cortometraje “Soledad is Gone Forever” en el prestigioso Festival Latino LALIFF en Hollywood, dicho festival es presentado por el famoso actor Edward James Olmos.
“Soledad is Gone Forever”, es una película de género dramático que toca y narra un tema político muy controversial como lo es la era de Pinochet en Chile y la pesadilla que viven hasta el día de hoy sus exiliados.
Carla Sánchez encarna a Soledad, una fotógrafa chilena que presenció el asesinato de su padre en Chile por un militar del gobierno cuándo ella tenía solo 5 años.
Siendo una historia cruda basada en hechos de la vida real, esta película tiene todos los ingredientes para ser un éxito en los festivales alrededor del mundo.
A Carla Sánchez la conocimos en TV en series como AL Filo De La Ley, Univisión, y en novelas como Prisionera, Telemundo. Pero su trabajo más notorio fue la película europea Ernstfall In Havanna, nominada como Mejor película, siendo Carla la única Latina Co-protagonizando.
www.carlasanchez.net
www.soledadisgoneforever.com
"Portrait of Artists as Latino Immigrants" will be screened this Wednesday in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"Portrait of Artists as Latino Immigrants" depicts the experiences, hopes, and visions of four artists as Latino immigrants in California.
Encuentros @ Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts
September 27, 7PM
2868 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA
Future Screenings:
October 12
"Snapshots of Exodus" - Salem Art Association
600 Mission Street Se, Salem, OR 97302
For our latest info, please visit http://www.glimmerdocs.com/
With the Sponsorship of Mia Maestro, "Chagas, A Hidden Affliction" to Screen at LALIFF
The screening will take place Saturday, October 7, 2006 with the presence and support of Mia Maestro (Tango, Frida, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Poseidon Adventure, and the TV series Alias).
"Chagas..." is about a disease that affects about 20 million people worldwide and kills an estimated 50,000 a year. Originally found only in poor, rural areas of Latin America, the deadly parasite has migrated to the developed countries.
The film shows why, according to many international health organizations, Chagas is a "forgotten disease", and how it is now found in Europe and the US, where there is no testing of donated blood or organs to screen for Chagas. One of the 4 Latino migrants that participated in the documentary was found to be infected.
The film has a web site and more information about Chagas at www.chagasthemovie.com
"Broken" to play at theLos Angeles Latino International Film Festival October 5-15, 2006.
"Broken" is a short film from NALIP members writer/director Alex Ferrari and writer/producer Jorge F. Rodriguez which has gotten international raves from festivals, fans and critics alike. Even the world's top film critic Roger Ebert had good things to say "BROKEN is essentially a demonstration of the mastery of horror imagery and techniques...effective and professional. Looking forward to BROKEN: The Feature." This short film has played in over 75 international film festivals.
EDITORS NOTE: There were some inaccuracies in a story we posted from "Documentary Magazine" about the 7th NALIP Conference. The first NALIP Conference in San Francisco, in June 1999, had 250 attendees. And the NALIP scholarship program for the Flaherty Fellowship in summer 2006 was for general membership, not students.
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