APPLY NOW! For NALIP's 2012 Latino Media Market™, April 13-15 at the Sheraton Universal Hotel in Universal City, CA!

ATTENTION FILMMAKERS!

Do you have a Low-Budget Feature in Development or Pre-Production? A Documentary in Progress? or Scripted Series Ideas ready to Pitch? The Latino Media Market™ will connect you with people who can help, mentor, advice, option, or propel your career to the next step!

Do not miss this opportunity to apply for a spot in NALIP's 2012 Latino Media Market!

The Latino Media Market™ began in 2005 with a simple goal: to bring NALIP members and their projects together with funders, studio executives, distributors, dealmakers, agents, and mentors. With the support of the NEA and CPB. The Latino Media Market™ consists of a meeting series for up to 30 selected projects. Filmmaker participants meet one-on-one with industry representatives who can provide sound advice in how to advance their projects to the next level. If your project meets the specific needs of the company, this can open a window for your project to grow into a commissioned pilot, or to obtain a broadcast license or completion funds.

The Latino Media Market™ will run concurrent with the NALIP 2012: Diverse Voices, Universal Content National Conference, April 13 -15, 2012 in Universal City, CA.

Applications will be accepted in the following categories:
• Low-Budget Features in Development or Pre-production
• Documentary Works-In-Progress
• Non-Scripted Series Ideas

Click here to download your application and begin preparing the necessary materials.

The Deadline to Apply is February 24, Do not miss this opportunity and apply today!

Any questions? Please call Latino Media Market Coordinator at 310-395-8880.

About the Latino Media Market

The Latino Media Market™ began in 2005 with a simple goal: to bring NALIP members and their projects together with funders, studio executives, distributors, dealmakers, agents, and mentors. With the support of the NEA and CPB, we have introduced select producers to top executives from HBO Films, Warner Bros. Home Video, P.O.V./American Documentary, Universal, 20th Century Fox, Maya Pictures, Paramount, Showtime Networks, Focus Features, CPB, Univision Home Entertainment, SiTV, LATV, Women Make Movies, Payaso Entertainment, Screengems, HBO Documentaries, Warner Brothers, and more.

The Latino Media Market™ consists of a meeting series for up to 32 selected projects. Filmmaker participants meet oneonone with industry representatives who can provide sound advice in how to advance their projects to the next level. If your project meets the specific needs of the company, this can open a window for your project to grow into a commissioned pilot, or to obtain a broadcast license or completion funds.

Now in its seventh year, the Latino Media Market has surpassed that initial mandate and has supported more than 250 filmmakers and their projects, some of whom have gone on to get deals, funding, jobs, distribution, and invitations to film festivals around the world!

Some of our past LMM Fellows success include:

- Lillian Jimenez, an LPA Fellow whose documentary Antonia Pantoja: ¡Presente! had LMM meetings that led to a distribution contract with Women Make Movies. Since then, Lillian's film premiered on PBS as part of LPB's "Voces" series last fall. It also screened at the New York International Latino Film Festival.

- El General, Natalia Almada's award-winning documentary, participated in the Latino Media Market and met with such companies as POV/American Documentary, where it was broadcast in 2010, after its 2009 Sundance Film Festival premiere.

- "Latin Lover," a nonscripted television series concept by LPA Fellows Santiago Tapia and Jessica Curtright, won the $2500 grant from SiTV, and was offered an option/development deal. Santiago and Jessica describe the experience as an "awesome opportunity that opened many doors to executives and agents!"

The program is a unique place to find Latino/a talent, and a great stepping stone for participating filmmakers as they advance their projects and careers.

The Latino Media Market™ runs concurrent with NALIP's annual National Conference.

Any questions? Please call Latino Media Market Coordinator at 310-395-8880.