December 6, 2005

YOU ARE INVITED to NALIP—NY’s ‘2005 Holiday Media Media Mingle’

Dear NALIPsters:

It is our pleasure once again to cordially invite you to NALIP- New York 's annual HOLIDAY MEDIA MINGLE on Friday, December 16, 2005 ( 6:30-10:30PM ). Join us as we kick back at longtime NALIP- New York supporter Jimmy Carbone's newest tavern, JIMMY's No. 43 (former proprietor of The PATIO).

RSVP directly to epagan@pagan-images.com.  Finger Food/Snacks Provided - CASH Bar. Download the invitation at -- www.nalip.org/newyork

Looking forward to sharing another warm memory with each of you. Bring the fun and a friend.

All the best,
Edwin Pagan


To all Friends, Clients and Associates:

Please accept this invitation to our 2005 Holiday Party which will also serve to celebrate the 3rd Anniversary of Total AXIS. Over the year many of you NALIPsters have been instrumental in our growth and our success and we want to take time to appreciate you during this season. Read below and let me know if you'd like to attend or just follow the easy RSVP instructions at the bottom. I hope to see you there in two weeks.

Thank you,Benjamin Torres


 Rescomm Financial Presents: The 2005 Latino Holiday Party

On Sunday December 11th, 2005 at 6:00 PM join our hosts the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP), the Latino Business Conexion, Viva Hollywood and TotalAXIS for a one of a kind Holiday Celebration at the state-of-the-art facility CineSpace for a year end event to benefit the Toys For Tots Program.

The evening will begin at 6:00 PM with a one-hour hosted bar sponsored by our venue CineSpace until 7:00 PM and we will have entertainment provided by Hip Hop & R&B DJ Prophet in one room and a second room with Latin Sounds by Luis Ayala.

At 8:00 PM the Flamenco styles of "Los Bandidos Del Amor" will join us in the back room for a LIVE performance and we will open up the dance floor. Dining and 2 full bars will be available until the end of the event. 

Join hundreds of professionals in the business and entertainment arenas and make new friends, celebrate with old ones and help the children of Los Angeles during this holiday celebration.

HOW TO ATTEND THIS EVENT!
Show A Little Holiday Spirit: In support of under-privileged and sick children in the Los Angeles area, we have teamed up with the US Marine Corps and Toys for Tots and are asking our attendees to bring an unwrapped toy of a $10 value or more in its original packaging to the door. If you forget the toy or do not have time to buy one, don't worry, your may give a $15 donation at the door.

CINESPACE
6356 Hollywood Blvd. (2d Floor)
(1 block west of Vine)
Hollywood , CA 90028
(Main Entrance on Hollywood Blvd. / Self and valet parking)

RSVP by calling 888-465-5488 or email us at RSVP@TotalAXIS.com

Your RSVP guarantees you preferred entry if the venue fills up.


TAA CONNECTS DEADLINE APPROACHES

Directors and screenwriters who identify as African American, Asian American, Latino/a, Pacific Islander or Native American are welcome to submit scripts and documentary proposals for consideration for Tribeca All Access (TAA) Connects. This program of the Tribeca Film Institute brings underrepresented filmmakers and writers together with film industry insiders during the Tribeca Film Festival.

30 directors and screenwriters will be selected to participate in one-on-one meetings with key industry players including development executives, agents, grants managers and equity investors. Members of Tribeca Film Institute partner organizations receive a discount on the application fee.

Apply Now! Deadline is December 16, 2005 .

Visit www.tribecafilminstitute.org/taa-connects.html for complete details.

TAA Connects. May 1-4, 2006 . Not the same old story.


HOLLYWOOD Cinema Production Resources Winter Session
OPEN HOUSE/ORIENTATION!

Do you want to work Behind the Scenes of Film and Television? Free training by expert industry professionals   for youth ages 18 - 25   !!!

Open House for the Winter Session December 13 from 1:00  pm to 4:00 pm     Hollywood Cinema Production Resources

In order to receive an application for the training program, you must attend an open house/ orientation.

Please feel free to print out the attached information brochure and invite youth to attend.

RSVP would be helpful, but not necessary … just come on Tuesday December 13th at 1:00 pm !

Hollywood CPR 310-258-0123www.hollywoodcpr.org


CALL FOR ENTRIES:

Acting UP Talent Recognizes the growing community of filmmakers in Southern California and have projects that need to be showcased and a venue to screen their work.

Join us once a month for Screenings of Independent Films / Indie Cinema

Submit your film, bio and $15.00 submission fee

Submissions are Ongoing

Attention: ActingUptalent Indie Cinema Division / P.O. Box 3166 / Tustin, CA 92781

LET US SHOWCASE YOUR PROJECT
-send in your trailer
-send in your short films
-music videos
-documentaries
-animations

We want to open the door and welcome our local filmmakers and make this a home where they are able in showcasing their latest works right here in a quality venue. A space where young, talented filmmakers can network and become inspired to continue to create projects and sharing their masterpieces with us!

We are working hard to create a community of unity where we can help each other move upward and mark a place in this ever growing country that so deserves an arts outlet such as our cinema night!

We are also looking for DJ's and Indie Bands, Fashion Designers! Any questions please contact info@actinguptalent.com


Free Filmmakers Seminar on December 9 th 2005

New York City - The public is invited to attend the totally free filmmakers seminar to be held on Friday December 9 th at The Bleecker Theater located at 45 Bleecker Street in New York City from 2pm to 3:15pm . The seminar is part of the Noli Film Festival ( http://www.nolitafilmfestival.com) going on from December 4 th thru 9 th 2006. Multi award wining writer, producer, director, cinematographer and editor Tim Greene of Tim Greene Films and The Ultimate Hip Hop Motion Picture Consortium will be on hand to tell you the secrets of getting into the multi billion-dollar film business. Tim will tell you how to:

  • Be a millionaire filmmaker in 3 years or less.
  • Market your films worldwide for only $7.99 a month.
  • Get agents and managers calling you in 6 months or less.
  • How to do your own press for your films.
  • Turn your ideas into feature films without a big budget.
  • Get any film location for free.
  • Have top actors calling you to act in your films.
  • Get free music for your films.
  • Get millions to see your films without a movie theater.
  • What a director looks for in an actor.

Tim Greene has had standing room only film seminars at The Los Angeles Convention Center, The Directors Guild Of America Building; FIND (IFP-Diversity Committee) Beverly Hills , London England , Atlanta , Detroit , Washington , Baltimore , Ohio and Philadelphia . Tim’s comedy films are in 21 Countries in Spanish, English and French. His no budget feature films have stayed on the new release self for over 11 months, where the average multi million-dollar studio film stays on the new release self for about 3 months. Tim will have 3 news films out in 2006, with the first being a new G-Rated Kid’s comedy feature complete with a 19-song soundtrack. Tim has been featured in many magazines including Backstage West Magazine. For more information on Tim Greene log onto:

http://www.graffitiverite.com/bryanworldarticle.jpg

http://www.timgreenefilms.com/NewsStory.html

http://www.uemedia.com/CPC/directorsworld/article_11694.shtml

http://www.studentfilmmakers.com/news/article_526.shtml

http://www.timgreenefilms.com


‘Habana Blues’ plays Lincoln Center NYC

Calling all Cuban-ophiles,

The Film Society of Lincoln Center will be screening ‘Habana Blues’ as part of its Spanish Cinema Now series. ‘Habana Blues’ is one of the latest features shot in La Habana. Habana Blues recently premiered at the Los Angeles Latino Film Festival where it received both the Audience Award as well as the Best Screenplay award. Spread the word.

Salud,
Hugo Perez

Havana Blues / Habana Blues
Benito Zambrano, Spain/Cuba/France, 2004; 115m

Benito Zambrano, whose debut feature, ‘Sol was a worldwide hit, moved in a decidedly different direction for his equally impressive second feature. Cuba is a land of music, and consequently a land of musicians. Longtime friends and collaborators Tito and Ruy are preparing for a big concert when they learn that two Spanish record producers want to hear them play; this could be the break they’ve been waiting for. Will Ruy accompany his wife and children to Miami ? What will happen to Tito’s grandmother if he goes off on the worldwide tour the Spaniards have been talking about? ‘Havana Blues’ is full of lots of extraordinary music, but what makes it so special is the way Zambrano details the lives of these artists, and the choice they might be forced to make regarding their music, their families and their country.

DATES/TIMES: Fri Dec 9: 9:00pm / Sat Dec 10: 6:45pm / Mon Dec 12: 1:00pm
LOCATION: The Walter Reade Theatre at Lincoln Center
TICKETS: For ticket information, go to www.filmlinc.org

For more info, go to: http://wwws.warnerbros.es/movies/habanablues


Play: "FRIDA KAHLO" Selling Out

Grupo De Teatro Sinergia & Sony Entertainment Present for its 13th triumphant season the critically acclaimed…FRIDA KAHLO, Written & Directed by Ruben Amavizca

FRIDA KAHLO, returns by popular demand! This play, written and directed by Ruben Amavizca, and based on the life of the famous Mexican artist, is a Kahlo-eidoscope of images analyzing the person behind the artist, the woman, the political activist, the passionate lover, the wife and the legend behind one of the most fascinating women in history.

Starring: MINERVA GARCIA as Frida Kahlo, RICHARD AZURDIA, EDWIN RIVERA,
RENEE DURON, CRISTINA FRIAS

DATES:

NOV. 25 – DEC. 18, 2005
IN ENGLISH Left: December 15, 16, 17, 18
In Spanish Left: Dec. 8(Sold Out), 9(Sold Out), 10(Sold Out), 11
Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm , Sundays at 6pm

PRICE:

$15 General, $13 Seniors & Students with ID
$13 for groups of 10 or more.
Special $11 tickets for our performances every Thursday

(NOTE: Not recommend for children under 13)

LOCATION:

FRIDA KAHLO THEATRE / 2332 West Fourth Street / Los Angeles , CA 90057
Tel. 213-382-8133 / www.fridakahlotheater.org


LTC Presents "La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin"

Latino Theater Company Presents… ‘La Virgen de Guadalupe, Dios Inantzin’

WHEN: December 7th & 8th, 2005 @ 7:30PM
WHERE: Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 W. Temple Street , Los Angeles , California 90012-2707

Free/Gratis

Dedicated to the Memory of LTC Board Member and Labor Leader Miguel Contreras

(Preferred Seating Available)

For information: Info@latinotheater.com / (213) 489-0994

SCREENWRITING WORKSHOP with JOSEFINA LOPEZ!



WHO:  NALIP member JOSEFINA LOPEZ will conduct a screenwriting workshop in Los Angeles .

WHAT:Screenwriting 101, an intense four hour workshop on the fundamentals of screenwriting with Josefina Lopez, author of ‘REAL WOMEN HAVE CURVES’, MFA in screenwriting from UCLA's film school.  If you're curious about writing a screenplay or what you need to make it in the business, come to the workshop with all your questions and an idea.  Josefina will teach how to take your story from your heart and onto the page.  This workshop is ideal for beginners, but all levels are welcomed.

WHEN:  Tuesday DECEMBER 20th, 6-10pm !

WHERE: Casa 0101 Theater Art Space / 2009 E. First Street / Los Angeles , CA 90033

COST: $25

WHY:   Why Not?!?

HOW:   Call (323) 263-7684

E-mail info@latheaterproject.org to reserve your space today!

 

ABC Names Jennings ' Replacements
ABC News veterans Elizabeth Vargas and Bob Woodruff will co-anchor the nightly network news broadcast, beginning Jan. 2. The announcement ends speculation that "Good Morning America" co-host Charles Gibson would take the position.   Mediaweek (12/5)  


Sogepaq announces slew of sales for Fernando Leon's latest film

Encouraging sales for Fernando Leon's Princesses (Princesas) Sundance entry


Latin Web site Voy offers multiple formats
Reuters via Yahoo! News Sun, 04 Dec 2005 5:28 PM PST
The field of Web sites dedicated to Latin music expanded with the November 21 launch of Voy Music.


Report: Network TV Reflects More Diversity
AP via Yahoo! News Thu, 01 Dec 2005 7:45 PM PST
Network television reflects more of the country's racial and ethnic diversity today than it did six years ago but much more progress could be made, according to a report released Thursday.


Start-up aims to boost Latin music online
Sun-Sentinel Tue, 22 Nov 2005 0:19 AM PST
The marketing guru who pioneered the Internet for Latin America on Monday launched a venture to promote Latin music -- also online.


Disney taps niche markets for Narnia promotion
Reuters via Yahoo! News Mon, 05 Dec 2005 2:51 PM PST
Whether or not The Walt Disney Co. scores a major box office success with its new film "The Chronicles of Narnia: the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," its unusual marketing effort has already proven groundbreaking.

 

Job Opening: ‘On-Air Promotions Writer/Producer’ at E! Entertainment

E! Entertainment is looking for an experienced ON-AIR PROMOTIONS Freelance Writer/ Producer.  Candidate must have experience in on-air promotions, be bilingual (in Spanish and English), also prefer some sales reel and/or trailer producing experience as well.  Position is full-time freelance to start immediately for E! International Network through December. Possibility for future freelance projects.  ONLY candidates with ALL of above qualifications need apply.  All other resumes will be discarded. 

No calls please.  Please send resumes and cover letters to MLevine@eentertainment.com


WANTED: Television Writers

Omar Meza, formerly of the William Morris Agency , is looking to manage television writers for the staffing season in 2006. Writers must have one original television pilot AND at least one other spec of a show currently on the air.

The WGA's week-to-week contract minimums for staff writers is $3,376 per week.

Write what you know best. Some suggestions for comedy are My Name is Earl, Family Guy, Boston Legal, Stacked, Everyone Hates Chris, Entourage, The Office, Joey. For drama, any of the CSIs for procedurals; Veronica Mars for smart or teen dramas; Nip/Tuck, The Shield, Criminal Minds, Medium.

I'm looking forward to discovering the staff writers of today so they may be the showrunners of tomorrow. Please e-mail your original and spec with a resume at: omar.meza@gmail.com.


CASTING: Adult Latinos/as for TV commercial

Hola....

I'm casting a commercial this week for a major U.S. phone carrier and am looking for Latino(a) adults of all backgrounds. Both actors and "real" people are welcome.

Please send me a photo ASAP and tell me a little about yourself or call 347-539-4802. YOU MUST SPEAK SPANISH.

The deadline to receive your submissions is Wednesday and the casting is this Friday in New York .

Please contact me ASAP.

Trina Bardusco
trina@latinomediaworks.com


COMPOSER NEEDED FOR INFLUENTIAL LATINO SHORT

Latino Short Film, with great community/Film Festival Support needs a talented composer and post production sound mixing services. Great opportunity for an experienced composer to earn major credit on a film which has garnered interest from influential industry players.

Soledad Is Gone Forever is a spellbinding, poetically haunting, psychological drama that explores the long-term human cost of warfare.

Soledad Is Gone Forever is sponsored by Kodak, Spy Post, Film Arts Foundation and the International Latino Film Festival.

http://www.soledadisgoneforever.com

Format: Super 16mm
Pay: Credits, copy , film festival exposure

Demo reel and resumes, online links (if applicable) and references should be sent by email ASAP.

Contact: Mabel Valdiviezo / Director
haikufilmsorg@yahoo.com
(415) 614-9697


DIRECTORS, CIEMATOGRAPHERS, AND LINE PRODUCERS WANTED AS INSTRUCTORS

One On One Film Training is seeking instructors for its filmmaking education program – these are paid positions. We are looking for Directors, Cinematographers, and Line Producers/UPM’s to work with emerging directors in an individual training environment in both Los Angeles and New York .

To submit, be sure to say you heard about this from Jeff Gund on the Info List, and send your cover letter, resume, and references to info@OneOnOneFilmTraining.com

We are looking for working professionals with theatrical feature credits (or extensive narrative television credits) and an intense passion for teaching.

Details about the program are at http://www.OneOnOneFilmTraining.com.

Jeffrey Seckendorf
info@OneOnOneFilmTraining.com
www.OneOnOneFilmTraining.com


Casting: “Barefoot Boy With Shoes On" AEA 99 Seat

DIJO Productions is casting “Barefoot Boy With Shoes On,” an award-winning West Coast Premiere of a touching portrait of urban ghetto life by Edwin Sanchez; Jon Lawrence Rivera, director. Rehearsals start Jan. 3, 2006 . Performances run Jan. 29- March 11, 2006 (Thurs-Sun) at The Underground Theatre (formerly Nosotros).

Auditions will be held by appointment only Dec. 8, 2-5pm, Dec. 9, 10am-2pm at The Underground Theatre, 1312-1314 N Wilton (off Fountain Avenue); call-backs Dec. 13 at The Underground, 3-6pm.

SEEKING:
--BUELO: (Rosario’s grandfather) Latino male, late 60’s-70’s, lives with Pops and Rosario in a one–room apartment, may be senile, plays the numbers, must speak some Spanish;
--POPS: (Rosario’s father) Latino male, late 40’s-50’s, unemployed, widower, porn addicted;

All information about the show can be found at
http://www.dijoproductions.org/pages/10/index.htm


HIRING FIRST AD / SCRIPT SUPERVISOR / SET PAs / TRASPORTATION COORDINATOR

Hello,

We are in need of a First AD, Script Supervisor, Transportation Coordinator, and Set PA’s for re-shoots of “Toxic” an Indie low budget feature.  All positions are paid.  We shoot in Los Angeles for 8 days starting on   December 10.

To submit, email your resume to:   toxic@tunnelpost.com

Please list the position you are applying for in the subject line.  You must let us know you were referred by Jeff Gund.

Thank you,

Ryan Seashore
Producer

 

 

Editor

Alex Mendoza
Alex Mendoza & Associates
AMARTE Design & Digital Printing
9513 Longden Avenue
Temple City, CA 91780
626-614-8277

Co-Editor

Jose Murillo
NALIP
1323 Lincoln Blvd., #220
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310-395-8880
membership@nalip.info

 

 

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