News & Updates
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Bentonville Film Festival Waives Fee For First 10 NALIPSTERS
Posted by NALIP on November 05, 2015
The Bentonville Film Festival is excited to announce that we are currently accepting submissions for our second annual festival which will be held May 3-8, 2016.
The mission of the festival is to CHAMPION WOMEN & DIVERSITY IN MEDIA! BFF is the only festival in the world to offer guaranteed Theatrical distribution as well as Digital/VOD and DVD release for three of our winning films.
For more information about BFF and our submissions process, please check out our website http://bentonvillefilmfestival.com/submissions/
As part of our partnership with NALIP, we've created waivers for the first 10 NALIPsters to submit their film for free to the festival.
WAIVER INSTRUCTIONS
Please follow the instructions below.-
Select the appropriate category to submit to, and click "Submit Now"
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On the "Submission Details" page, locate the "Special Waiver" section
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Select the option that says:
b) I have received a Fee Waiver, but not a Deadline Waiver
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Enter [Wendy Guerrero] in the “Who granted the waiver?” field
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Enter [NALIP] in the "Reason for waiver?” field
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Enter waiver code [7VESXF7] in the field titled "Waiver code"
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Complete the remaining sections of the page, and then click Send Submission &
Continue.
Once the 10 free waivers have all been used, members of NALIP can still submit their films with a $10 discount. See the fees below:
Regular Price NALIP Price Nov. 2nd Early Entry Deadline $50 $40 Dec. 5th Regular Entry Deadline $65 $55 Jan. 4th Late Entry Deadline $90 $80 To receive the discount, please submit online via withoutabox and mail in a check for the discounted entry fee amount. Discounted fees cannot be paid online by credit card. Please make all checks payable to Bentonville Film Festival. The mailing address is 3212 Nebraska Ave., Santa Monica, CA 90404.
*Be sure to mention NALIP when you mail your payment.
If there are any additional questions, please feel free to reach out to the programming team. You can email [email protected]
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Junot Diaz, Iñárritu and 65 Other Latino Leaders Call Out Donald Trump With Scathing Letter
Posted by NALIP on November 05, 2015
By: Yara Simón
As Donald Trump continues to spread his vitriolic views, Latinos keep calling him out on his racist bullshit. On Tuesday, 67 of the loudest voices in the Latino community joined together to lambast Trump.
Intellectuals, artists, and scientists from all over Latin America and Spain– including Demian Bichir, Junot Díaz, and Elena Poniatowska – said they wouldn’t stay quiet as Trump accused Mexican immigrants of “being criminals, rapists and drug traffickers,” and proposed deporting 11 million undocumented immigrants.
“Trump’s hate speech appeals to xenophobia, sexism and political intolerance; it recalls historical campaigns against other ethnic groups that led to millions of deaths,” the letter reads. “Physical attacks on Hispanics and public assertions that Spanish should not be spoken in public have already occurred.” The letter goes on to condemn Trump for spreading unproven assertions and reducing his opponents to being “stupid” and “weak.”
The letter tries to appeal to reason, something that is often missing from Trump’s comments. “The expulsion of Mexican immigrants would be catastrophic for states such as California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas, where Mexicans carry out most manual work. In California our immigrants harvest 200 agricultural products, serve in hotels and restaurants, and collect garbage…. Without Mexican workers, the economy of the state, followed swiftly by the rest of the country, would go to ruin.”
Recently, Anthony Bourdain also defended Latino immigrants and their strong work ethic. He explained that without Latinos, who are willing to start at the bottom, the entire restaurant industry would collapse.
See the full list of the Latinos who signed the letter at Remezcla.com
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Late Night TV Remains Mostly White, But ‘The Nightly Show’ Just Hired Grace Parra, Its First Latina Writer
Posted by NALIP on November 05, 2015
Written by Andrew S. Vargas
Lately, The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore hasn’t been doing so hot. After premiering to positive reviews and decent ratings earlier this year, the show has been in a ratings freefall since it lost Jon Stewart on the program’s clutch Daily Show lead-in. But then again, any show sent to fill the shoes of the generation-defining Colbert Report is going to struggle to live up to its time slot. So let’s stay positive and hope that Executive Producer Jon Stewart’s latest 11:30 p.m. brainchild still has enough fight in it to make its mark on late night comedy.
In fact, the show’s latest maneuver shows that they’re definitely thinking in the right direction. With the addition of Tejana TV writer Grace Parra as the show’snewest contributor, Stewart, Wilmore, and the rest of the show’s producers have put their faith in the power of Latinas in their slice of the late night pie. With the 11:30 p.m. comedy landscape currently divvied up between brand names like Colbert, Fallon, Kimmel, and Conan, Parra’s pedigree as a political satirist and host of Fuse TV’s late night talk show White Guy Talk Show will hopefully bring some fresh perspective, while taking Parra’s own career one step closer to mainstream success.
Read More at REMEZCLA.com
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Argentina's Oscar Contender 'The Clan' Coming to U.S. Theaters
Posted by NALIP on October 30, 2015
By: Ma. Elena
Argentina's contender in the foreign-language category for the 88th Academy Awards is coming to U.S. theaters.
"The Clan," which was directed and written by Pablo Trapero, will bow in U.S. theaters on Jan. 29, 2016 and will be initially released in New York and Los Angeles before expanding to other locations, Variety reported.
The crime film, set to be distributed by 20th Century Fox, broke the opening record for a domestic release in Argentina in mid-August, The Hollywood Reporter wrote. Trapero won a Silver Lion Best Director Award at the Venice Film Festival for his work on the movie.
"The Clan" also recently bagged the Audience Award category at Miami Dade College's Miami International Film Festival's new GEMS Festiva, The Hollywood Reporter added. In addition, the film was named as an official selection at the upcoming AFI (American Film Institute) Fest in November, Variety noted.The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced earlier in October that 81 countries have submitted movies for consideration in the category for next year's Oscars. Paraguay is a first-time participant with Arami Ullón's "Cloudy Times." Other entries include Ireland's "Viva" from Paddy Breathnach, Japan's "100 Yen Love" from Masaharu Take, Mexico's "600 Miles" from Gabriel Ripstein, and Spain's "Flowers" from Jon Garaño and Jose Mari Goenaga. For the complete list of foreign-language films competing in the award-giving body, check this report from Variety.
"The Clan" follows the story of the notorious Puccio family, who kidnapped four people in 1980s-era Buenos Aires and murdered three of them, Variety wrote.
Guillermo Francella, Peter Lanzani, Lili Popovich, Gaston Cocchiarale, Giselle Motta, Franco Masini, Antonia Bengoechea, and Stefania Koessl star in the film, a separate report fromVariety listed. Serving as executive producers are Pola Zito and Leticia Cristi, with Axel Kuschevatzky co-producing.
This is the third time that one of Trapero's movies is selected as Argentina's official entry for the Oscars. His other films that got similar honors are 2008's "Lion's Den" and 2010's "Carancho,"Indiewire reported.
Trapero, 44, is one of his homeland's most important figures in the Argentine film industry. His projects took him in renowned film festivals around the world, such as Cannes, Cartegena, and Rotterdam, Indiewire added.
Argentina is the only Latin American nation to triumph at the Academy Awards' Best Foreign Language Film, the news outlet noted. The country has bagged the desirable prize on two instances: In 1986 for "The Official Story" and in 2010 for "The Secret in Their Eyes." The South American nation was also nominated in 2015 for Damián Szifrón's "Wild Tales" produced by film company El Deseo.
Check this out at LatinoPost.com
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SNL faces backlash as Donald Trump set to host
Posted by NALIP on October 30, 2015
By: CBS News
Saturday Night Live has always featured politics and politicians, and Donald Trump is no stranger to the program, both as a target and a host.
But when NBC announced the Republican candidate would return to host the show on Nov. 7, there was immediate backlash from Latino advocacy groups who say his inflammatory remarks about Mexican immigrants should disqualify him from appearing. This comes as a new poll out Tuesday shows 72 percent of Hispanics view Trump unfavorably.
But so far, SNL is not backing down, reports CBS News correspondent Jan Crawford.
"Racism and hate speech is not funny," said Axel Caballero, executive producer of National Association of Latino Independent Producers. Caballero is a member of a coalition of 40 Latino civil rights and policy organizations that sent a letter to NBC and Saturday Night Live, asking them to take back Trump's invitation.
"How is it possible that a man can go out and really disrespect and really put dangerous words out there and NBC is giving a platform for it?" said Caballero.
SNL has long been a destination for political candidates -- including the presidentand former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton - many of whom find themselves in scenes with the very actors who have been making fun of them on the show.
"I think SNL plays a unique role in the way that people perceive candidates," said Matthew Belloni of the Hollywood Reporter.
But unlike in these other guest appearances, Trump will be hosting the entire 90-minute show.
"It's exceedingly common right now for candidates to appear on the show, but hosting is an altogether different matter," said Belloni. "It's a big boost for a candidate to have that kind of platform," - one that has many of Trump's detractors upset, but Belloni said he doesn't see NBC reversing the decision.
"They see it as a potential ratings gold mine," he said. "They see themselves as a political humor place, and this is a perfect opportunity for political humor."
Trump's SNL appearance could trigger the FCC's equal-time rules. The rules, which do not apply to news programs, give equal opportunities to opposing candidates. They will have a week after the SNL broadcast to request equal time with local NBC stations.
NBC declined to comment on the story.
Check this out at CBSNews.com
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Luis Guzmán Reflects On His Acting Career And Why He’ll Always Be “Louey From The Hood”
Posted by NALIP · October 30, 2015
By:Andrew S. Vargas
Luis Guzmán doesn’t need an introduction around these parts. Hollywood’s go-to character actor has been doing his thing for going on 40 years, and has almost single-handedly flipped the script on Latino representation in Hollywood along the way. And somehow he’s managed to do it all while remaining exceptionally humble and true to his Lower East Side Boricua roots. But don’t think it’s all been made in the shade for the legendary actor.
After first following his passion as a social worker, Guzmán kicked off his acting career in the late 1970s with your stereotypical Gang Member #2-type roles. But as a testament to his intelligence and tenacity, Guzmán deftly parlayed his rising star into an enviable filmography that includes roles in masterpieces of Hollywood auteur cinema (see: Traffic, Magnolia), alongside diverse roles as chefs, cops, dads, and E.R. nurses. And now, at 59 years old, Guzmán can celebrate two new career firsts: a role on the main cast of a network drama (Code Black), and a turn on one of Netflix’s groundbreaking digital series (Narcos).
So even though the man’s easily got a few decades of work left in him, it seems appropriate that the Lifetime Achievement awards start rolling in about now. And the first organization to give Mr. Guzmán the honor has been the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), who recently bestowed him with a Latino Lens Legacy Award in recognition of his unparalleled career trajectory.
And guess what? To mark the occasion, we took the chance to chat with him about his favorite roles, a very special necklace, and the magic that’s taken his career to such great heights. So take five minutes and prepare to be inspired, mi gente, because Luis Guzmán’s just as real, thoughtful, and generous as you would hope him to be.
On Keeping it 100
“I love what I do, but more than anything I’m really passionate about being able to pass that on to other people.”
I still consider myself pretty much the same person today that I was when I started out. I love what I do, but more than anything, I just really love the idea of being able to inspire other people who are up and coming. Because I know when I started out, I was inspired by people like Raúl Julia, ’cause I looked up to him and the things that he was doing. That was for me a great inspiration. Also, coming from the Lower East Side of New York City. I grew up when the Lower East Side was a very tough neighborhood to grow up in, but it also nourished me with a lot, as far as being a community activist and someone who is all about the community. The acting thing for me is great – I love what I do, I love the people that I work with. I continue to grow, but more than anything I’m really passionate about being able to pass that on to other people, especially young people.
On Taking It One Role At A Time
Early on…I understood the importance of building my foundation, and when you build a foundation you do it piece by piece, in my case it was role to role. I didn’t have a crystal ball that was going to say to me, “You know what, you’re going to make it.” No, my whole thing was that I wanted to grow, I wanted to learn, I was all about observing everything that went on. I asked a lot of questions. I used my life as a reference for a lot of my characters. I understood certain things, and pretty much that’s how I incorporated my roles into my life and vice versa.
On Challenges For Latino Creators
“You know what, I don’t have to play that anymore, I can play the dad, I can play the doctor, I can play the President.”
Nowadays a lot has changed. I feel that we are in more prominent roles. Not only as actors, but as directors and producers and writers, and makeup and hair and electricians and carpenters, and set designers and wardrobe. Though I think there’s always room for progress. And the question is always asked, “Do you think that Hollywood is giving Latinos a fair shake?” And I don’t think that question today applies anymore. We really do have the power as Latinos to improve the quality of stuff that’s out there, because we can create some of that quality. But I also feel, and this is really key to me, that we have to really improve the quality of our own products, of what we put out there when it comes to entertainment. And I believe we’re making progress in that direction.
On Stereotypical Latino Roles
There was a time when we [Latinos] really didn’t have a say [in the roles we took]. That’s what you took to put food on the table. But I knew it wasn’t going to be like that forever, because everything keeps evolving. And when things evolve it’s like, “You know what, I don’t have to play that anymore, I can play the dad, I can play the doctor, I can play the President.” In life we’re always going to have stuff that’s stereotypical. That’s unavoidable. I would have a problem if that was all that was being done. But you’re always going to have that element.
Photo: Richard Cartwright/CBSOn The Hardest Show He’s Ever Done
“Doing Code Black is a wonderful opportunity because I’m doing something that I love and making a difference in people’s lives.”
[Code Black] is the hardest show I’ve ever done in my whole career, and it has nothing to do with dialogue. It has to do with the fact that emotionally you’re invested in it. You have to learn medical procedures, you need to understand medical lingo. You need to understand how rapidly things happen in a trauma center. I actually visited the trauma center, and when you see what goes on it’s an incredible controlled kind of chaos. For me doing Code Black is a wonderful opportunity because I’m doing something that I love, and that is working with people and saving people and making a difference in people’s lives, and this nurse that I portray is doing that. And it’s a good feeling. It really really is.
On The Absolute Realness of How to Make It In America
For me it was one of the best roles I’ve done, because it was showing to me what dreams are made of. And it showed that here’s a guy who’s been in and out of jail, he’s one of those jodedores from the neighborhood and he’s going to try his best to make it. And I love that. I love that about my role, I love that about some of the other roles, and people trying to get on with their lives and make something of themselves. And you move up two steps and you fall back ten, you move up three, you fall back four… And it’s this constant back-and-forth struggle of trying to make it, and every time something great happens then something knuckleheaded happens. And that’s part of the reality.
On Why He’s Always Wearing A Necklace
“I’m not there to be the biggest, the baddest, the outcast. I’m there to do the work.”
It’s my own personal necklace. It’s a part of me. It was something that someone gave to me 30 years ago and I’ve never taken it off. And if I do have to take it off, it’s always in my hands. It has nothing to do with wardrobe. That’s part of the Luis Guzmán brand.
On That Luis Guzmán Magic
I just really commit to the work. I’m there to complement the work and complement the people I’m working with. I’m not there to be the biggest, the baddest, the outcast. I’m there to do the work, and I’m there to learn, and I’m there to ask questions. Look, I’m not the guy who shows up like he knows all his shit.
Of course, there’s certain advantages that I have, you know growing up on the Lower East Side. It’s been the circle of people I grew up around, the influences that I have. To me that’s the magic. How I’m able to incorporate my own personal life and my own personal emotions into what I do. And I guess also that’s really kept me grounded… I’m really proud of who I am and where I come from and the people I grew up with, and the influence my Mom and Dad have had on me, and the influence of some of my older friends especially. That to me is all part of the magic.
Check this out at Remezcla.com
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NALIP Member Discount on Black List Live Reading 'El Fuego Caliente'
Posted by NALIP · October 30, 2015
NALIP is excited to be listed as a supporter of The Black List’s a live, staged reading of Black List script EL FUEGO CALIENTE by Ben Schwartz, starring:Roselyn Sanchez (DEVIOUS MAIDS), Jaime Camil (JANE THE VIRGIN), Judy Reyes (SCRUBS), Stephanie Beatriz (BROOKLYN NINE NINE), Diego Boneta (SCREAM QUEENS), Ben Schwartz (HOUSE OF LIES, PARKS & RECREATION) and narrated by Jane the Virgin's Anthony Mendez!
Miami, Present Day.
In this hilarious remake of SOAPDISH, telenovela icon Penelope desperately dreams of Hollywood stardom. But when a jealous co-star and scheming producer bring back the ex-lover she had killed off, suddenly her life is a soap opera crazier than the show that made her famous - EL FUEGO CALIENTE.
The Black List has provided our member a special discount when you use the code "NALIP" to receive $5 off!
http://elfuegocaliente.eventbrite.com
Join us:
Date: Saturday, November 21
Time: 7:30pm Doors, 8:00pm Show
Place: The Montalban Theater
1615 Vine Street in Hollywood, CA
Full bar and concessions are available in the lobby.
Signed, limited edition movie posters will be for sale.