For over a decade, HBO has been a committed sponsor of NALIP, and once again we are excited to announce HBO as Presenting Sponsor for NALIP’s 19th Annual Media Summit. HBO continues to bring top industry leaders, screenings, executives, and experts that serve as mentors and engage with aspiring content creators.
NALIP members Iliana Sosa and Chelsea Hernandez will be screening their short documentary An Uncertain Future in the Texas Shorts portion of the South by Southwest film festival.
The Guadalajara International Film Festival, also known as FICG, took place March 9-16. FICG is a cultural event of great relevance for the city as one of the showcases for the appreciation, diffusion, promotion and distribution of Mexican and Ibero-American cinema. Now in its 33rd year, the festival featured some of the best creative work and highlighted some of the strongest professionals in the industry today.
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Gina Rodriguez will produce and star in Netflix’s romantic comedy “Someone Great.”
Jennifer Kaytin Robinson will direct from her own script, marking her feature directorial debut.
The producers are Paul Feig and Jessie Henderson of Feigco, Anthony Bregman and Peter Cron of Likely Story, and Rodriguez through her I Can and I Will Productions. Feigco’s Dan Magnante, Likely Story’s Stefanie Azpiazu, and Robinson are executive producing. Emily Gipson of I Can and I Will is co-producing.
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Well, here’s one way a kid could pay off those nagging student loans. The Launch, a fellowship co-founded by producers Jason Shuman and Zachary Green, has set an international Million Dollar Screenplay Competition for college students. Its mission: “To find the next generation of great screenwriters from around the world.”
Vida showrunner and executive producer Tanya Saracho has signed a three-year overall deal with Starz. Under the pact, Saracho will develop new projects for the network and continue as showrunner and executive producer on the upcoming Latinx drama series Vida, set for premiere May 6 on the premium cabler.
The annual British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs) were a Searchlight affair, with Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water taking three awards including Best Director for del Toro. The strong showing makes the film a strong candidate for the top prizes at the Oscars just two Sundays from now. Disney's Coco took the award for Best Animated Feature as well.
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Sony Pictures Television has announced a number of key changes to the senior management team of its International Production arm, including two new roles. Richard Parsons is set to take on the new role of executive vice president of operations for the international production arm.
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Alana De La Garza is returning to the CBS fold. The former Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders star has been tapped as one of the three leads in CBS drama pilot Chiefs, from David Hudgins and Carol Mendelsohn.
Daniel Eduvijes Carrera recently had an article featured by Djerassi, where he discussed his time in their residence program and his background as a first generation Mexican-American filmmaker. His article got in depth about how the program allowed him to step away from the rigid expectations and deadlines he set for himself and instead focus on the art of creating and collaborating with others. His experience in the program also helped shape his relationship with his identity as a member of an often under-represented community, and how that could be something that drove his work instead of inhibited it. Carrera previously won the 2017 Djerassi Residency Award for the development of his debut feature screenplay, Místicos, a supernatural drama that explores spiritual development and gay identity amid the rise of exorcism in rural Mexico.