LATINO PRODUCERS ACADEMY APPLICATION

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The submission deadline has passed for the 2011 Latino Producers Academy

NALIP believes that a Producer is the creative originator of films, a self-starter who recognizes ideas that have artistic or commercial merit. Producers must have passion, sensitivity for story and audience, plus the organizational ability and practical smarts to put together a project, then guide it to and through the marketplace. NALIP’s Latino Producers AcademyTM (LPA) provides our Fellows with the practical skills and knowledge to accomplish their personal goals and realize their artistic dreams as filmmakers.

The LPA is an intensive ten-day professional development workshop for Latino/a film and public television documentary producers. It is designed to support both emerging and mid-career professionals with projects in development and pre-production. The purpose of this program is to prepare you for what lies ahead both on your productions and your developing career as a professional producer. It will provide strong and practical information about the components necessary to develop, package, produce and distribute your next project, from development and material acquisition through post-production, marketing and distribution.

The LPA is a NALIP National Signature Program for NALIP members who either:
• create or intend to create independent or studio feature films as producers, as writer/producers or as part of a producer-writer or producer-director team; or
• produce/direct documentaries, independently or for public television

The 2011 LPA invites applications from Narrative Feature Producers:
- Feature producers (including producer or producer/writers) with projects that have viable scripts ready for packaging and advancement towards production.
PLEASE NOTE: The 2011 LPA for Narrative Feature Producers will take place from August 9 to August 19

The 2011 LPA invites applications from Documentary Producers in two categories:
- Documentary producers with projects in development or production who have proposals and sample tapes; they are invited with their producer/director partners
- Documentary producers with projects in post-production who have rough cuts; they are invited with their editors
PLEASE NOTE: The 2011 LPA for Documentary Producers will take place from August 10 to August 19

The 2011 LPA includes a rigorous and interactive curriculum for Producers at all stages of their professional development.

Documentaries in post-production will have the opportunity to re-cut and score sequences with intensive mentoring on their rough cuts and completion plans.

This program is competitive and highly selective. It is open exclusively to NALIP members, and only to Latino or Native American filmmakers with produced work on which they played a key creative role (Limited experience on major national film, TV or documentary production projects, however, will not be considered a negative.)

All accepted Fellows are invited on full scholarship: materials, lodging, meals and local transportation provided by our sponsors, plus honoraria for documentary editors. Travel to Santa Fe, New Mexico is the responsibility of the Fellows.

32 producing fellows or project teams will be invited to attend, and will be notified by July 8.

Academy Fellows will be selected based on the type and quality of their recent work, their commitment to careers in producing and media leadership, their dedication to sharpening their craft, and their potential to benefit from this Academy scholarship opportunity.