Call for Entries for the 14th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival
Late Deadline: November 30, 2006

Media Arts Center San Diego's prestigious and internationally recognized San Diego Latino Film Festival, soars into a second decade of impressive and exhilarating new activities, special events and initiatives. The 14th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival (SDLFF) is now accepting entries for the 2007 festival. SDLFF will take place March 8-18, 2007 at the Ultrastar Cinemas Mission Valley at Hazard Center located in beautiful San Diego, California. Last year's festival was attended by an audience of 18,000 actively-engaged film lovers, filmmakers, actors, programmers, distributors, industry representatives and journalists. The San Diego Latino Film Festival has used the unique geographical and cultural position of the San Diego Border Region to make the festival a premiere venue for the exhibition of international and U.S. Latino features, shorts and documentaries.
The 2007 San Diego Latino Film Festival will include expanded opportunities for participating filmmakers and their films/videos to take the spotlight. The following is just a taste of what filmmakers and attendees can experience by participating at the upcoming

San Diego Latino Film Festival:
-137 feature and short films to be screened;
- Over 120 guest filmmakers and actors;
- 2007 SDLFF Corazon Awards Competition; 
- Workshops/Seminars with industry representatives and filmmakers 
- SDLFF's "Top Ten to Watch";
- Celebrity Guest Curator; 
- "Latinos in TV";
 "Tributes" to acclaimed filmmakers/actors;
- Sonido Latino Concerts @ the Fest;
- Pre-Fest Media Kick Off Event;
- "Best of Fest" showcase;
- Opening, Centerpiece, and Closing Night Gala Celebrations;
- Student Outreach Screenings;
- "Meet the Filmmaker" Dialogues; 
- Return of Cine Gay (second year);
- Animation Centerpiece 
- Midnight Cult Cinema 
- Saturday Morning Cartoon Festival / Family Fun Fair
and
- Cine Chileano Sidebar.

Selection Process
The festival is seeking innovative works that are 'by', 'about' or 'for' the Latino community, that have been produced between 2005-2007. Work previously exhibited in the San Diego / Tijuana Border Region - whether theatrically at another local festival or broadcast on television, - is not eligible to apply. A panel of distinguished curators from the San Diego and Tijuana community will select the films and videos to be screened during the "Official Selection" of the festival. All entries will be pre-screened for eligibility by curators, however, not all entries will be programmed.

Click here to enter your film in the 14th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival

"3:52"
Starring America Ferrera
A film Writtern/Directed by Shawna Baca

Screening at the Cine Sin Fin Film Festival

A young woman must go on a spiritual journey to face her inner demons and her painful childhood past still haunting her.

Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
7:00 p.m.
EchoParkFilmCenter
1200 N. Alvarado Street (@Sunset Blvd.)
Los Angeles, CA 90026
http://www.echoparkfilmcenter.org/

For more information log onto www.Shawnabaca.com

NALIP member Sonia Gonzalez will be featured in a segment of her very own in a sit down interview with LatiNation about her stick ball documentary “Bragging Rights". Make sure you check it out!

Check it out in YOUR area!
LA: Sat, Nov. 11th at 2:00 Channel 9
NY: Sun, Nov. 12th at 4:00 PM Channel My9
SD: Sat, Nov. 11th at 4:30 Channel FOX 6  

Love & Suicide Opens Friday, November 10th in Hollywood, CA

LOVE & SUICIDE opens at The Regency Fairfax Cinemas, Friday November 10th at 7907 Beverly Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90048 For screening times call: (323) 654-4010 or visit www.RegencyMovies.com or www.LoveAndSuicideTheMovie.com for trailers, photos, synopsis and updates.

NALIP Member Lissette Salazar Pre-Nominated for 49th Grammy Awards

Lissette Salazar Napoleoni, Nalip member and lead singer of the band Neon Venus, has been pre-nominated for 2 categories of the 49th Grammy Awards:“Record of the Year” and “Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals.” 

Grammy voting members in the list please kindly check out the song “You Don’t” at http://cdbaby.com/cd/neonvenus3, and/or contact Lissette for a copy of the record at neonvenus@neonvenus.com or neonvenussinger@yahoo.com.  Votes for nominations are due by November 8th.

All publishers and/or placement supervisors are cordially invited to request a copy.  For more information about the band please check out the website at http://www.neonvenus.com The album Irresistible is a bilingual double-CD mixing several styles from pop, rock, dance and reggaeton.

The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards will air live on CBS from Los Angeles' Staples Center on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007.

The Given
a new play by Francine Volpe
directed by Michael Imperioli & NALIP member Zetna Fuentes

with Sharon Angela, Remy Auberjonois, Jason C. Brown, Elzbieta Czyzweska, Anthony De Sando & Laura Heisler

“Writing boldly, Volpe asks for - and gets - bold performances from a cast directed with mounting intensity” -- Theatermania

“This dark production is lit by a wonderful cast and intelligent directing” -- CurtainUp

“directors Michael Imperioli and Zetna Fuentes keep the actors racing at a heady clip” -- Backstage

Cathea is torn between her two best friends, Swannee, an HIV-Postive man looking for validation from conventional society, and Leon, a drug-user and "bug-chaser," a gay man who actively seeks infection.  Working in a strip club, Cathea meets a man who offers her a new perspective on her world, forcing her to question if acceptance from the mainstream will ever be possible for her and her friends on the fringe.  The Given investigates the value of personal and cultural history, offering an unflinching look at the devastating consequences of anger and repression.
 
Performances October 18 - November 11
Studio Dante – 257 West 29th Street (7 & 8 Ave)
Wednesday - Saturday at 8pm
Tickets $35.00
With this code: GIVEND get 20% off ticket price!
Order tickets thru Smarttix
http://smarttix.com or call them directly at 212.868.4444

Argentine Hit, Cautiva, Opens in New York and Los Angeles

Cautiva, Gastón Biraben’s internationally acclaimed Argentinean thriller has been a hit on the international film festival circuit winning prizes at San Sebastian (Horizons Award for Best Latin American Film), Toulouse (FIPRESCI International Critics Prize) and Mar de la Plata (Best Film).  Cautiva had its U.S. premiere at the prestigious New Directors/New Films series organized by the Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Museum of Modern Art.  Most recently, Cautiva won two Silver Condor Awards (also known as the Argentine Oscars), the highest award given to cinema in that country.

Cautiva (in Spanish, with English subtitles) is written, produced and directed by Gastón Biraben in a dazzling debut.  The film tells the story of Christina, a typical Argentine teenager.  Her life is suddenly uprooted when she is plucked out of class at the summons of a judge and the couple she knows as her parents are revealed to not be so.  In the early 80s, her biological parents were "disappeared" for criticizing the military junta which had taken power in a coup.  Surviving relatives of her biological parents, including Christina’s grandmother, have spent years trying to track down the child. Ordered to now live with her biological family since her adoption – or appropriation, as it is chillingly called – had no legal basis, Christina begins an investigation of her own in order to find out the truth. Played with an extraordinary gravity by the luminous Bárbara Lombardo in her film debut, the young girl meets others like herself and discovers the real-life horrors of Argentina’s relatively recent history and the nightmare that claimed tens of thousands of lives during the country’s “dirty war.”  A movie about the consequences of both political and psychological repression, Cautiva ultimately personifies the resilience of the human spirit.

Opens in New York November 10th
Exclusively at Cinema Village, 22 East 12th St., New York
www.cinemavillage.com

Opens In Los Angeles November 24th
Laemmle’s Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd. (at Doheny), Beverly Hills
Laemmle’s One Colorado, 42 Miller Alley, Old Town Pasadena
www.laemmle.com

www.LaemmleZellerFilms.com/Cautiva

One-hour Telecast Exposes Trend of Latinos as the Fastest-Growing Ethnic Group in the Military and  Chronicles Personal Experiences of 21 Year-Old Former Marine

Special to Air on November 18 at 10PM

Los Angeles, CA October 30, 2006 – mun2, the preeminent voice for Latino youth in America, will air an in-depth and compelling special report entitled “For My Country? Young Latinos in the Military” on November 18 at 10PM.

The special telecast exposes the trend of Latinos as the fastest growing ethnic group in the military and takes a close look at the options young Latinos in the U.S. face upon graduating high school, with an emphasis on the military and pros and cons of enlistment. The one-hour report chronicles the personal experiences of Mexican-born Diego Sosa since the 21 year-old former high school student enlisted in the Marine Corps, received disablement retirement after undergoing over 50 operations to his leg, and became a purple-heart recipient.

“Considering the ongoing U.S. military campaigns and that young Latinos are the fastest growing demographic in the military, it’s important for us to take a close look at this issue and how it affects our viewers and the community which we represent,” said Alex Pels, General Manager, mun2. “In this special, we hope to shed some light on the choices that young Latinos face when deciding whether to join the military, and at the outcomes of that decision, both good and bad.”

In the piece, Diego shares powerful war stories from the front line and speaks candidly about the psychological toll of war, brotherhood in the military, the support of his family and the benefits received by the government for his service, including obtaining citizenship for his family.

Additional interviews with principals, teachers, career counselors, activists and students help shed light on current and relevant trends of Latinos in the armed forces, including the economic and social factors that drive them to enlist, the recruitment versus counter-recruitment controversy on high school campuses and Latino-targeted recruitment. The documentary-styled piece also offers viewers a realistic comparison of the costs of war in contrast to the benefits offered to new recruits joining the armed forces.

“For My Country? Young Latinos in the Military” is the second installment in a series of news specials created by the network. The first special, entitled “mun2 News Special: Immigration,” debuted on June 10, 2006 and introduced viewers to Fermin, an undocumented high school student from El Salvador trying to secure a future for himself by lobbying legislators.

Originally-produced mun2 news specials will air on a quarterly basis in 2007 as part of the network’s commitment to produce content specifically geared for young Latinos which focuses on the relevant issues that affect them.

For more information, visit www.holamun2.com or www.hellomun2.com.

Making the iPod bilingual
Telemundo is making its telenovelas "Pasion de Gavilanes" and "El Cuerpo del Deseo" available for download at Apple's iTunes store, making it the first Hispanic network to do so. Telemundo's cable sibling network, mun2, also is selling programming via iTunes.

"Babel" Bounces To The Top of the BOT; "Queen" Continues Reign
Box Office coverage presented by Rentrak Theatrical
by Steve Rosen (October 31, 2006)

Director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's Paramount Vantage-released "Babel," a multi-character omnibus drama about the state of the world today, got off to an exceedingly strong start by finishing first on this week's indieWIRE Box Office Tracking Report (iWBOT) of independent/specialty films with a $55,622 average from seven theaters in New York and Los Angeles. But Miramax Films' "The Queen" - previously number one for four weeks - is hardly abdicating. Stephen Frears' speculative take on Queen Elizabeth II's response to Princess Diana's death, starring Helen Mirren, came in second with a $12,560 average at 152 sites. More important, it increased overall business by 26.4% by adding just 53 new theaters and has now grossed $6.29 million from 152 theaters. It is on track to be one of year's biggest indie hits as it starts to expand in earnest. Not destined for such glory, however, is Newmarket Film's controversial "Death of a President." It debuted on the iWBOT with a lowly 23rd ranking.
Read the Full Story @ indieWIRE.com

Hiring Associate Studio Director

AIA Actors Studio is looking for an extremely dynamic, tenacious and committed individual to join the team as an Associate Studio Director.  If you enjoy a fast past, exciting, creative, atmosphere where you can reach out and change the lives of people and make a difference everyday in the entertainment community then please send me you resume immediately.
 
This position will require a long term commitment on your part, and your complete attention to the details of increasing our community awareness, and our membership base, so that we may continue to positively impact the lives of thousands of actors and entertainment professionals.
 
You will manage a team of highly trained consultants and it is imperative that you have the tenacity, optimism and personality to drive our team and our organization to success.

You must have knowledge of the entertainment business, industry relationships, strong selling skills, the ability to start, build and maintain powerful relationships, exceptional organizational skills, ability to multi task, extraordinary customer service skills, and a passion for people to succeed and meet their goals.
 
If you have experience coordinating events, this is added skill that would be very valuable for this position as this position would also include:
 
-Curriculum development
-Scheduling courses, seminars and other studio events
-Maintaining strong relationships with current industry instructors
 
AIA Studios offers fast growth, diverse career opportunities.
 
To Apply: Be sure to mention you heard about this from Jeff Gund at INFOLIST.com <http://www.InfoList.com> , and email your letter of interest with a paragraph or two stating why you would be ideal for this position, resume, and salary requirements to:
Denise@aiastudios.com

For more info, please visit
www.aiastudios.com <http://www.aiastudios.com>

MTVN Seeking Coordinator of Advertising Standards               
Apply at www.mtvncareers.com . Please note which organization alerted you of  this position when applying online.
               
Channel:        MTV NETWORKS Department:  STANDARDS&PRACTICES
Category:       EXEMPT                  Location:      NEW YORK       
Job Type:       STAFF                  

Job Description:                               
NOTE: MUST POST RESUMES BY 11/10/2006***
This position is responsible for handling his/her own advertising accounts to ensure compliance with laws, regulations and network policies. Responsibilities include: reviewing several categories of adult-directed advertising intended to air on MTVN adult-directed channels; daily review of scripted and filmed commercial advertising material, substantiation/documentation of product claims. Position involves client, Sales and Traffic contact, constant monitoring of information sources, and some administrative duties. Will also assist department in special projects.                              

Required Qualification/Skills:                         
Minimum of 2 years experience preferably in Standards or Commercial Clearance; BILINGUAL PREFERRED-(BOTH VERBAL & WRITTEN) IS KEY! Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel. must be proficient in Microsoft Office Word and Excel; knowledge of internet and data entry, knowledge of Microsoft Outlook; must have strong research skills. Must be extremely organized and detail-oriented, possess strong communication, prioritizing and multi-tasking skills. Proven ability to handle heavy work volume, possess some strategic thinking and concept skills and have ability to develop constructive working relationships internally and with clients.                         
Desired Qualification/Skills:                          

CASTING CALL: Los Angeles, CA

Casting Call for Independent Feature

JAMES VERACRUZ, 17, Latino or Latino/Caucasian mix, skinny, lanky, a runner, angular facial features. Inquisitive, aspiring priest, too mature for his age. English is primary, but he speaks some Spanish as a second language.

The film is SAG Ultra Low Budget, status pending. Please contact Michael Dwyer at 626.833.3295, or m_d_t_dwyer@hotmail.com

CASTING CALL: Los Angeles, CA
Female Mexican Actress for "Driver of the Dead" (Chofer De La Muerte) a full length feature film (digital)

I am a NALIP member and will direct/co-write a low budget film that will take three-six months to shoot over weekends, in Arizona and LA. I am looking for an actress that is willing to go the mile with us. Her look would have to remain consistent during our shooting period and she should be a nonunion actress.  

ROSALIE: We seek an attractive, sexy and physically fit Mexican actress age 28-44. MUST BE from Mexico, speak fluent Spanish, and have a Spanish accent when speaking English. Please do not submit if your Spanish accent is not real. There is deferred pay, and distribution option is set. We will provide copy, credit, meals, housing, and transportation.

"Driver of the Dead" explores the psychological madness within Donny Driver an obsessed, twisted, lonely, funeral escort driver who spends his free time lashing out his frustrated anger at cross-border immigration rallies. He finally unhinges when he longs to connect with the office secretary and misuses his knowledge of martial arts by putting her boyfriend in the hospital. Rejected by his coworkers, the only friends he has, he is desperate to find his place in the world, and he finds it when he meets ROSALIE, an illegal immigrant he falls obsessively in love with. His efforts to love Rosalie, and save her little sister from a world of slavery and prostitution, eventually purifies his soul, although he remains an outsider. 

Email headshot/resume to: katrinaelias@gmail.com. For info about the Director: www.katrinaelias.com

CASTING CALL: Los Angeles, CA, Las Cruces, NM, and El Paso, TX

Casting a USC graduate student thesis film. The casting directors are Morman Boling Casting who cast ME, YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW.

Roles sought:
Octavio - Lead / MALE / 18-25 / Hispanic

Octavio is from a small rancho in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. He dropped out of school at 14 after his father died, in order to help support his large family. This is his third time working illegally in the US - he works as a ranch hand on the Johnson border ranch in New Mexico. He is a serious young man, strong-willed but kind, with a deep rooted sense of pride and honor. He is a risk-taker, willing to do whatever he can to get what he wants. And what he wants is Lynn, the young woman from the neighboring ranch who seduced him and who he fell in love with. He wants to convince her to leave with him to North Carolina, where his cousin has a better job lined up for him.

Please visit http://www.redmesamovie.com/casting.cfm for submission and audition information.