African-American Film Festival, Indie Fest USA Expo, Tejano Music Convention, Flashforward2008, London Frightfest, NVISION
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BMI will sponsor the Amplify Music Conference and Festival taking place in Downtown Las Vegas, through August 8. The agenda includes daily conferences, workshops, nightly showcases and more. HBO will be present at the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Film Festival, August 6-9 in Vineyard Haven, hosting the HBO Short Film Competition on August 9 at Katherine Cornell Theatre. Process is an international Hip Hop Theatre workshop festival, August 7-9 in Manchester, delivered by Breaking Cycles as a tool to preserve the language of Hip Hop Theatre within the British culture and as a provision to nurture and develop the talents of emerging young artists.The film festival will exhibit films inspired by and representative of global Hip Hop culture.
Indie Fest USA Expo and International Film Festival, August 8-15 in Anaheim, combines eight days of independent films, live music artists, celebrities, the opening night welcome party and closing night awards show. Village 8 Theatres in Louisville hosts the August 15 premiere of ‘Last Breath’, a horror and gore genre flick about a canabalistic killer on the loose, preying on young women, and the close-knit band of police detectives on his trail. Tejano Music Convention, August 15-17 in Dallas, seeks to increase and enhance the Tejano or Tex-Mex music genre, and to showcase new artists and assist in the development of the next generation of Tejano artists and fans. An example of one featured event used to reach these goals is the Tejano Mega Dance which will happen at the Dallas Convention Center. Flashforward2008 San Francisco, August 20-22, includes the international Flashforward Film Festival and Awards ceremony and a Flash-related industry Expo Hall and community center with opportunities for the entire Flash community to network and share knowledge. The Flashforward Conference party happens at Ruby Skye.
London Frightfest is held each August Bank holiday weekend. Over 75% of the films shown have been UK, European or world premieres of the latest must see fantasy, sci-fi and horror films. NVISION will gather visual computing professionals, world-class gamers, innovative artists and designers, and cutting-edge researchers to share their ideas, experiences, and passions, August 25-27 in San Jose. It will also be held in conjunction with the Fifth Annual iGames Expo. Telluride Film Festival sticking to its annual custom opens during the Labor Day weekend, August 29 to September 2, in the mountain village of Telluride. Los Angeles Film Acting Coach, Molli Benson, will be holding a free two day Film Actors Workshop, August 30-31 in Albuquerque. For more details contact mollibenson@aol.com.
The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Bit Torrent, as well as on The Actor’s Checklist podcast blog, a great place to get your iPhone, ipod or Apple TV download from. The Free Home Video Showcase serves as an archive for all past video presentations. This month on video you will see trailers and sample clips of ‘Last Breath’ from C&T Productions, a murder mystery about a cannibalistic serial killer called the “Southside Slasher” has an August 15 premiere at Village 8 Theatres, 4014 Dutchmans Lane, Louisville, Kentucky. A Spoilt Video Production release of a Mirko Virgili film, ‘Ganja Fiction’ an Italian short film, in the pulp style genre, starring Claudio Caminito Attore, in which the lives of the characters intertwine behind a single common denominator — marijuana. Modern electronica experimentalism band Phoenix Block. Comedy portrayals of Kim Waldauer, and Robert Christophe, from their Cube News 1 series, and Adventures of Cubegirl, that follows Kim, a cubicle worker by day and superhero when needed, rescuing employees from corporate abuse. All past video uploads are now archived without the audio news narration to the free home video showcase
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International CES, Golden Globe Awards, Sundance Film Festival, MIDEM, GRAMMY Awards, Highlight January Media and Entertainment Business Networking
The 21st Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival which will be running this year through January 18, presented under the auspices of the Film Society, is devoted to nurturing and encouraging new filmmaking talent, honoring the wonderful masters of world cinema and delivering audiences with the opportunity to engage in an appreciation of, and a conversation about, the art of cinema as it is observed about the globe. The International CES, produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), presents its annual event, January 7-10 in Las Vegas, and among its program offerings presents a SuperSession, The Twitter Revolution: How The Actual-Time Web is Altering the CE. Pune International Film Festival (PIFF) 2010 is the official festival of Government of Maharashtra in a joint venture with Pune Film Foundation, and occurs January 7-14. This close alliance draws on Pune’s stature of being residence to a number of colleges, along with the presence of the historic National Film Archive of India, also situated in Pune. Renowned as Sydney¹s 1st beachside cinema, Flickerfest kicks off the (Australian) summer cinema season outdoors below the stars at Bondi Beach, January 8-17, screening short films from Australia, and the rest of the globe, in a relaxed summer environment. Following the Sydney festival Flickerfest tours to 20 venues about Australia.
A two-day production assistant workshop in Sherman Oaks, January 9-10, teaches essentials you need to have to know to get an entry level job in film production which includes, but not restricted to, radio/walkie use function and terminology all production paperwork set “do’s” and “don’ts” how every single department functions and interacts specifics of the AD team PA responsibilities and behavior business employment. NAMM Music Merchandise Trade Show takes place this year from January 14-17 in Anaheim, and brings together all facets of the music goods industry – musical instruments, lighting technologies and pro-audio, sound, and stage equipment – to reveal new musical instruments/products, and concepts to assist music products retailers and manufacturers turn into much more successful. BMI will honor gospel greats Donnie McClurkin and Andraé Crouch at its 11th Annual Trailblazers of Gospel Music Awards Luncheon, on January 15 in Nashville. The invitation-only ceremony, held the day prior to the 25th Annual Stellar Awards, which will be celebrated with hosts Kirk Franklin, Vickie Winans, and Donnie McClurkin, and will acknowledge gospel music’s premier songwriters, recording artists and music market executives, as nicely as the genre’s legends. The first annual 30A Songwriters Festival will debut January 15-17 along the resort highway on the Florida panhandle between Destin and Panama City Beach — that includes Alys Beach, Rosemary Beach, Seaside, Miramar Beach, WaterColor and Grayton Beach. Much more than 50 songwriters, which includes Jeffrey Steele, BMI Icon John Oates, Sam Bush, the Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs, Matthew Sweet, Rodney Crowell, the Jayhawks’ Gary Louris, Shawn Mullins, Chely Wright, and numerous more are slated to carry out. The 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards, which originated somewhere in the early 1940s by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, recognizes achievements in both tv and motion pictures, and takes location this year on January 17 in Los Angeles.
In “New Hollywood Cinema”, Northwest Film Forum explores the themes and styles of the New Hollywood movement which lasted from 1967 to 1980. Important films will be screened, studied for their cinematic power, and discussed for how they reflect the wider culture, in which gender roles had been altering along with sexuality and views of class and race in the Monday sessions that run January 18 to February 22 in Seattle. In an outdoor cinema situated at the primary square in the heart of Tromsø, and set against the dark polar nights, Tromso International Film Festival gets underway January 18-24, with screenings, parties, and other off-screen events such as an industry and social meeting for regional film workers organized by Nordnorsk Filmsenter and MEDIA Desk Norge, that takes place at the festival January 20. Anusha Rizvi’s debut film “Peepli Live” has been selected to the globe cinema narrative competition section of Sundance Film Festival. The black comedy which may be the 1st Indian film in this category, produced by Aamir Khan (www.aamirkhan.com), and making use of the sound mixing and sound style talents of Harikumar Pillai (http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=693280704), is a satirical look at the predicament of a poor farmer deep in debt. Sundance Institute, begun by actor Robert Redford in 1981, functions the national and international exhibition of new, independent dramatic and documentary films, runs January 21-31, and has screening venues in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Non-screening events and live showcases such as the Sundance ASCAP Music Café extend the event in new locations.
MIDEM, the annual global music event taking location in Cannes, is inaugurating the MIDEM Managers’ Village hosted by the IMMF. The lounge and organization area will host events, such as: Trading Conditions for artists and managers in 2010 and match your act to leading brands coaching sessions. At Listening Sessions, play your tracks in front of music market folks looking for music to place in their projects (video games, advertisements, film and Tv scores, and so on.), and showcase artists in live concerts at The Fringe showcase and other showcasing events in the course of the event’s run from January 23-27. From January 25-27 in Las Vegas, the annual NATPE Conference & Exhibition is an American program marketplace serving the worldwide tv community, affecting tv specialists who purchase, sell, create, finance, advertise, marketplace or license content implement technologies exploit rights or leverage media assets. In Rotterdam starting January 27 and running through February 7, the International Film Festival Rotterdam launches an ambitious experiment in film-making in this digital era via Cinema Reloaded, that enables filmmakers to directly connect with film lovers in order to finance and distribute their projects by way of combined online crowd sourcing and crowd funding. Cinema Reloaded will be accompanied by a year-long discussion and debate, and Rotterdam’s international co-production marketplace, CineMart, has chosen 33 projects for the selection of its 27th edition. Every year prior to the Grammy Awards, MusiCares, a charity founded by The Recording Academy, honors a musician as their individual of the year. T Bone Burnett, Patty Griffin, Elton John, Lady Antebellum, Leon Russell, and host Jack Black have been added to the lineup for the 2010 Musicares Person Of The Year tribute to Neil Young happening on January 29 in Los Angeles. The 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards, at which Black Eyed Peas, Beyoncé, Lady Antebellum, Maxwell, and Taylor Swift are slated to perform, will be held on January 31, and broadcast live from Los Angeles more than the CBS Network, from 8-11:30 pm (ET/PT).
The above events are only a sample of what is totally listed. Total details are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events” page. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are also offered at popular video websites about the Net like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, as nicely as on The Actor’s Checklist podcast weblog. Follow the posting of the news summary on Twitter at: twitter.com/actorschecklist. This month on the video news summary you will once again see a dynamic array of artists in efficiency of film, music and documentary. Last month was featured musical work in progress by Swedish musician Jan Verner-Carlsson, Gyprock Records, ‘Final Act,’ from United Front Video, Los Angeles, and Land of Misery Films with upcoming release, ‘Chase’. These videos are now obtainable on the Free of charge House Video Showcase which now serves as an archive for all past video presentations but with no the audio news narration. The Actor’s Checklist is proud announce the return of the Digital Media & Podcast Weblog to find and/or view download to your iPhone the 10 ior 5 minute video or audio podcast presentation.
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Malibu Film Festival, Independent Film Week (IFP), NYTVF, POP Montreal, are Event Highlights in September
New York’s Harlem community hosts a film festival by way of September 11 that showcases functions, documentaries, shorts, youth films and animated works from about the globe. Other events consist of night life, panel discussions, the Brownstone Awards and the Renaissance Awards gala. In addition to showcasing films from about the world, the Festival also characteristics the Harlem Spotlight, which highlights films produced or directed by Harlem residents, films shot in Harlem, or films about Harlem and its history.
A Miami Hitmakers Panel set for September 8, has been structured to aid educate the up and coming music community in Miami. Panelists will discuss topics such as their background, the state of the music market right now, advice for aspiring producers, songwriters, artists and executives, and other related areas. They will also participate in a Q&A with the audience near the finish. ASCAP’s Vice President of Rhythm & Soul Membership, Nicole George, will moderate the panel. Attendance demands an RSVP that will be honored on a very first-come, very first-served basis. To RSVP, please contact Michael Wells at mwellsATascap(dot)com. This panel is cost-free and open to the public.
The Sydney Underground Film Festival seeks filmmakers that veer from the norm. The festival, held in Marrickville, Sydney and running September 8-10, seeks to support filmmakers who operate outside established film business infrastructures, by supplying a platform for exhibition, exposure and essential discussion. The festival program’s choice screens independent, experimental, art-house, provocative and daring films from about the globe. There will be a fifth birthday celebration at the Opening NIght film and party with fun films, a particular live performance, DJs, complimentary food and beverages such as organic wine, organic beer, and freshly baked pizza onsite.
In 1997, Malibu Film Foundation was founded by writer/producer/director, David Katz, to produce the Malibu Film Festival. The Malibu Film Festival is set to make a run this year from September 9-15 in the renowned beachfront community that is its property. With a focus on new filmmakers, Malibu Film Festival screens films in all genres, on any topic, from every country around the world. The mission is to showcase the most talented emerging filmmakers, bringing attention to their function to the film industry. A Tory Burch Fashion Show will be presented in the course of the festival run, and there will be a Closing Night Awards Party.
The Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival is open to US and International films in 5 categories: full length features, shorts, documentaries, animation and student films. The music competition component of TVIFF is created to showcase the music vision and artistry of musicians representing all genres of music – from rock to pop, jazz to R&B, Folk to Hip Hop, Country to Latin, Reggae, etc. The festival starts September 14 with an Opening Night red carpet welcome of 300 filmmakers and music artists participants, followed by nightly filmmaker/musician receptions, capped by a Black Tie Awards Gala to close on September 18. Independent record producer Jason Brawner leads the workshop, “Pitch It, Pitch It Excellent!” exactly where he conducts one-on-one mentoring sessions, and JDS Actors Studio conducts a workshop that focuses on the Audition approach for Actors at each and every level. The two-day MusicFest, Friday and Saturday, is free to the public.
In a combined effort, ASCAP and GRAMMY U present a September 15 networking mixer in San Antonio geared to college students and featuring food, drinks, and a panel presented by ASCAP titled: “The Significance of Music In Film and Television 101″. Students can network with fellow college students, Recording Academy Texas Chapter Board members, and begin the school year with GRAMMY U. Panelists consist of: Jeff Jernigan, ASCAP Associate Director of Film and Television Music, Yocel Alonso, Entertainment Lawyer, Janet Vasquez, San Antonio Film Commission, Rick Garcia, ASCAP Film Songwriter, Brian Black, Music Supervisor, Veronica R. Hernandez, NALIP, Carl Thiel, Music Producer/Composer/Film Scorer.
Taking location for the duration of the 33rd annual Independent Film Week (formerly IFP Marketplace), IFP’s 5-day Filmmaker Conference: The Future of Film is now in its new property in New York City at the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s new facility. New this year, are in-depth master classes on topics ranging from financing the narrative function to audience constructing and outreach. Designed in 1979, IFP is 1 the nation’s oldest organizations of independent filmmakers, and in the course of this time has supported the production of 7,000 films and supplied resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers by way of programs and guidance that incorporate: Independent Film Week, Independent Filmmaker Labs, Business Connects, Fiscal Sponsorship, the Independent Film Conference and numerous other people. IFP also publishes Filmmaker magazine.
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The New York Television Festival (NYTVF), founded in 2005 as the face of the “independent television” movement, has been striving ever given that to offer artists with necessary access to choice makers, innovative paths of program development, and opportunities to showcase their function. The NYTVF’s Independent Pilot Competition has established a pipeline permitting producers, writers, and directors to showcase their original Tv pilots directly to choice-makers of the industry. For the very first time, an international group of writers, directors, and producers, selected from a grassroots search, will be given the opportunity to showcase pilot programs directly to network and cable executives in a forum. There will be a cocktail party welcoming the 2011 Official Artists and celebrating the opening of the Independent Pilot Competition on September 20, and on September 21 join the New York City Mayor’s Workplace of Media and Entertainment for a party celebrating the City’s thriving tv production community, both events in the Varick Room at Tribeca Cinema.
Unicomm in association with Range will host the LA Mobile Entertainment Summit in Hollywood, September 20-21, which is all about connecting the ecosystem amongst digital assets, original content and mobile platforms to reach buyers in today’s multi-screen environment. It will bring forth some of the leading minds in mobile technology, interactive media and entertainment to examine how content and rapidly evolving technology is dramatically altering the entertainment marketplace. The two-day conference consists of keynotes, 1-on-one interviews, panels, technologies demonstrations, a networking luncheon and evening cocktail reception as nicely as table top displays and interactive showcases. It will run concurrent with the 3D Entertainment and 3D Gaming Summits operating from the very same space.
POP Montreal International Music Festival, operating September 21-25, is an annual not-for-profit curated cultural event championing the international music scene crucial to indie oriented communities of musicians and artists, fans, curators, critics, and record labels. The festival includes symposium discussions, artisan and visual art exhibitions, fashion shows, film screenings, and nightly parties. The Festival is designated by these sections: Pop Montreal, ArtPop, FilmPop, KidsPop, PucesPop, Symposium. In a slated “Music Supervision Workshop” Jon Bartlett (Megaphono/Kelp Records), Andrea von Foerster (Firestarter Music), Michael Hill and Russell Ziecker (Lionsgate Entertainment) analyze the method to develop new soundtracks to a 30-second film clip.
Across the Canadian divide in Ottawa, the The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) rolls out the Ottawa International Animation Festival from September 21-25. The CFI is focused on promoting and presenting normal public programmes of contemporary, historical, and international cinema in the National Capital region. During the week of the Festival, there are 92 screenings and 46 expert development events at six venues across downtown Ottawa. In addition to the primary Festival – the OIAF runs a number of outreach events and activities such as: cost-free NFB workshops for families and teens, the Adobe Toon Apprentice Pass, Animation Celebration (a cost-free screening for elementary classes), Toon Apprentice high school lecture series, and a lot more. Aside from nightly parties, the festival also has the annual picnic situated in Strathcona Park, Ottawa’s picturesque green spot on the Rideau River.
The Amazing Film and Arcade Game Fest, happening in Austin, September 22-29, was created to supply exposure to genre films in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action, which can be overlooked by the conventional festival circuit. The Festival strives to provide acquisition and media and exhibition opportunities for undistributed films as well as to spotlight upcoming genre theatrical releases and repertory genre classics. The Fantastic Arcade will showcase a curated selection of brand new independent games as nicely as a larger sampling of important independent games from the last couple of years.The festival will also make accessible particular badges for access to: the arcade open for game play and tournaments, Amazing Arcade happy hour and tournament finals, Wonderful Arcade VIP Party. Festival venue The Alamo Drafthouse was named the greatest cinema in America by Entertainment Weekly and characteristics food and drink served to your seat without any disruption of the movie encounter.
The mission of the upcoming Coney Island Film Festival is to raise funds for the non-profit arts organization Coney Island USA even though presenting an engaging program of films such as “created in Coney Island” productions. The September 23 opening night celebrations pay tribute to Coney Island’s renown carnival history with live performances by sideshow freaks, sword
Latino Independent Producers & HBO, SXSW, iHollywood Digital Media Summit, Delray Beach Film Festival, Tin Pan South Songwriters Music Festival
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The Miami International Film Festival, running via March 11, utilizes the geographical and cultural position of Miami to be a special platform for the exhibition of international and US films, with a special focus on Ibero-American cinema. Festival panel, roundtable discussions, and seminars explore the craft and creative method of cinema, as nicely as the organization of making, financing, and distributing a film. Screenwriter Rock Shaink of Tv series “The Dreamer”, and Chris Klug also of “The Dreamer” series, and Creative Director for Cheyenne Mountain Entertainment, will speak at the monthly Alameda Writers Group (AWG) meeting happening March 3 in Glendale. At a March 3 workshop titled “The Rights of an Independent Contractor in Film” attorneys Patrick Reddy and Timothy Emery explain the rights of an independent contractor, what the clauses in the contracts you’re signing actually mean, what production companies can and can not put in their contracts, amongst other topics taking place in Seattle. ASCAP hosts a common annual membership meeting explaining ASCAP operations and membership on March five in addition to a pre-meeting seminar titled “We Create Music,” conducted with a panel of songwriters and composers, in New York City. A meeting of the Game Developers Conference explores next-gen, handheld, present game development, and collaborations with the film market, when it assembles March five to 9 in San Francisco. The monthly ASCAP Song Source Music Feedback Session in Nashville is an chance for ASCAP members to obtain feedback on 1 of their songs from ASCAP staff and music industry experts. Participants might bring 1 song on a CD with lyrics to the March 7 session. The 25th Annual Canadian Music Week mixes informative, intensive conferences, cutting edge trade exposition, award shows, Canada’s greatest New Music Festival and nightly performances, with more than 600 showcasing bands at more than 44 live music venues in downtown Toronto.
Board the three story cruising yacht Galaxy Commodore at Pier 40 in San Francisco March 8 and see the year’s leading advertising get awarded, mix with others in the advertising and advertising community with food and beverages served, and cruise the bay. National Association of Latino Independent Producers in alliance with HBO invites you to discover the Mobile Media revolution at its conference taking place March 8 to 11 in Newport Beach, exactly where there will be an exclusive screening of “Illegal Tender,” from producer John Singleton and writer-director Franc Reyes, with cast and crew Q and A following. At the International Festival of Films on Art in Montreal, March 8 to 18, all artistic disciplines, which includes dance, music, painting, architecture, literature and film, will be represented by FIFA whose primary mission is to improve public awareness, information and appreciation of the arts by promoting works by artists and experts from the fields of film, television and video. On March 9 the Seventh Annual Texas Film Hall of Fame Awards will pay tribute to the Honorable Ann Richards, former governor of Texas, who acted as the ceremony’s emcee for 4 years. Columnist Liz Smith, who Richards inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2001, will serve as emcee at the awards show, in Austin. The nicely regarded SXSW or South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals in Austin, from March 9 to 19, puts on the third edition of its mobile media festival, SXSWclick in addition to standard festival offerings. Separately, an expanded list of official SXSW film parties, and happy hours has now been posted on the Film Parties page. ShoWest Global Motion Picture Industry Conference, exactly where motion picture experts and theatre owners from around the globe assemble for 4 days of educational seminars, screenings, and distinctive sponsored events including the 22nd Annual Al Lapidus Golf and Tennis Charity Tournaments, opens March 12 in Las Vegas. This year’s focus at the two-day iHollywood Forum Digital Media Summit opening March 13 in Hollywood will be on how social networking and user-generated content will revolutionize Hollywood’s definitions of content and who creates it, and a “pitch for funds” session at the Digital Media Venture Forum.
Delray Beach Film Festival will screen multi-award winner “My Brother, The Movie” – http://www.myspace.com/mybrotherthemovie – starring Vanessa Williams and Tatum O’Neal, three days ahead of its March 16 national release at AMC Theaters, and the festival will present some screenings on the beach. Asia Film Financing Forum at The 31st Hong Kong International Film Festival is a film project marketplace, from March 20 to 22, that aims to bring Asian filmmakers with upcoming film projects to Hong Kong for international co-production ventures. Winter Music Conference 2007 gives opportunities for DJs and artists to network and have their music heard via Demo Listening Workshops, CD compilation, DJ and efficiency stages, DJ Spin Off and other performance events, showcases and release parties (some poolside) all through the week of March 20 at Miami Beach. At the Nashville based Tin Pan South Songwriters Music Festival and Songwriter’s Symposium, from March 26 to 31, unique guest performances, skilled instruction from songwriting veterans, and intimate group breakout sessions, form a fund raising backbone for the NSAI’s legislative efforts in Congress. Over 40 producers, theater firms, writers and directors will be sitting in on two days of auditions for actors with and without musical talent, starting March 31, hosted by Theater Resources Unlimited, a not-for-profit organization in New York City.
The above events are only a sampling of what is listed. A lot of of the reported events above have a submission procedure for indie and/or performing artists to take component in. Complete particulars are on the “Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Business News and Events” page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are now obtainable at several internet sites around the Internet like YouTube and MySpace, as well as on The Actor’s Checklist. This month on video you will see a trailer of the March 16 national release of My Brother The Film http://www.mybrotherthemovie.com, a Liberty Artists production in association with Angel Baby Entertainment, multi talented New York based band Li’nards Numerous Moods at http://www.li-nardsmanymoods.com now at Club Groove, New York City, “Don’t See It Alone,” premiering March 10 at Indiana Actors.com Film Festival at http://www.indianaactors.com/festival, “The Dangers of Dreaming” an indie release from Burning Mannequin Productions at http://www.myspace.com/sellusb, you can locate on You Tube, The Chip Factor, an urban science fiction drama from New Visions Film Group at http://www.nvfg.com and with soundtrack produced by Chuck D’s record label, Slam Jamz Recordings, and Mikeys Adventures from Skitzobunny Productions Inc. at http://www.myspace.com/michaelreid1.
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IMFF Cinedays M, taking place in Skopje by way of September 7, celebrates the past, present and future of the music and film. The Festival’s concentrate is on music-related content material, which includes feature films, documentaries and brief films submissions that have an emphasis on music – rock, jazz, blues, soul, reggae, punk, pop, reggae …. old and new. River View Players based in Harlem open a new overall performance series on September that will present readings of plays (featuring DuEwa Frazier, Lit Noire Publishing), brief stories, poetry, music and films every Sunday from 4 to 6 in the back room of Cafe Largo. Free food tastings will be supplied from the Cafe on this occasion, and the event is no cost and open to the public. indieWIRE presents filmmaker Alan Ball and actress Summer Bishil in a discussion of their new film, ‘Towelhead,’ at the Apple Shop, SoHo, September 8. “The Down-Low on Distribution” is a seminar on September 10 in Los Angeles attempting to decode the distinct distribution offers so that you can get the best rights in your agreement. New York Tv Festival which has featured acclaimed independent pilots that had been purchased by networks such as NBC Universal, A&E, and the like, will feature an “Industry Day” session in which market leaders participate in a number of panel discussions, when it runs September 12-17.
At this year’s Boston Film Festival a program of shorts, documentaries and function films premieres in the course of the festival’s run from September 12-19, and evening receptions are hosted by regarded chefs and restaurateurs delivering the ideal scene for filmmakers and talent to network as effectively as sponsors to entertain. The IBC 208 Conference and Exhibition, September 12-28 in Amsterdam, addresses personalised content material more than the web future broadcast companies and the altering audience the “digital dividend” and the battle for bandwidth production and protection of all varieties of content, and other locations. At “Fund Your Film Workshop With Stu Pollard,” important elements of an independent film organization plan, such as structure, layout and analysis and a primer on private equity financing for truly independent projects, will be reviewed when the one-day session meets September 13 in Dallas. Independent Film Week, formerly know as the IFP Industry, is nonetheless a gathering for industry specialists where pitch meetings search for new talent, and money, product donations and services are awarded to participants. The Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival’s social calendar begins with Opening Night Festivities on September 17, followed by every day and nightly filmmaker/musician receptions, industry workshops, a Lifetime and Career Achievement Awards Black Tie Gala, a Sunday morning Hot Air Balloon Ride, a Closing Night Wrap party (September 21) and Greatest of Fest unique screening presentations and a lot more. The NBC Universal Girls Writers Workshop, September 18-25 in Toronto, will target intermediate ladies screenwriters who have a treatment or initial draft, and will work toward the development of their subsequent draft of a function script. It will concentrate on script development and creating on concepts introduced in the Feature Film Writing Program emerging module.
Screenwriting and the Company of Hollywood, will be conducted September 19 and 20 from Rock Island, by Act One Seminars, intensive, practical workshops for aspiring and expert writers and entrepreneurs who are severe about their Christian faith and who dream of generating culture that respects and enriches a global audience. SWAMP and TALA present the Organization of Film Conference 2008, a September 20 event at Rice University Media Center focusing on the enterprise of creating movies with experts from the film, legal and financial worlds that address a wide range of topics, which includes budgeting for film, funding resources, music rights, distribution and a lot more. The Film, Stage and Showbiz Expo will enable participants to showcase their film/video/movie reel for Producers and Production Companies at a private screening location all day at the Expo, and Telsey + Company will conduct an open talent search for some of the hit Broadway shows they represent at the one-day event, September 21, in New York. In Gene Autry, Oklahoma, the Gene Autry Oklahoma Museum celebrates the legacy of the singing cowboys with its Film & Music Festival. It’s a gathering of cowboy and country singers, cowboy poets and storytellers, Western film stars and appear-alikes, and it takes place from September 24-28. The 17-day New York Film Festival gets underway September 26 in New York, with its program of emerging and international filmmakers. Black Entertainment Magazine in conjunction with Talents Connection hosts the September 27 Enterprise, Arts & Entertainment Conference in Los Angeles, with slated workshop sessions on “Surviving Hollywood,” and “Acquiring your youngsters in commercials,” and a premiere screening of soon to be released BEM film ‘True Riches’.
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Park City Film Music Festival
Article by Tom Selwick
Confirmed in recognition of YouTube, watching movies is a preferred leisure time activity among Americans, and basically worldwide. This is component of why movie festivals are such a common activity.
Park City hosts an annual independent Film Music Festival that attributes a film and musical competition for INDIE and studio-sponsored films. It also attributes a showcase for composers and workshops for musicians, songwriters, groups, and composers.
By the summer of 2010, the Park City Film Music Festival will have reached its seventh consecutive year of competitions. The competitions will take place both in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The festival occurs about the third week of Might every year. This film festival is particularly popular simply because it is the first, each in America and worldwide, to totally recognize the role that composers play in creating a film.
There are a number of categories that are judged and awarded at this festival. These categories incorporate Very best Use of Music in Full-Length Function Film, Greatest Use of Music in Documentary Film, and Very best Use of Music in Brief Film and Very best Efficiency/Experimental Music Film.
The Park City Film Music Festival is also the 1st festival that awards composers for their skill in contributing to a film because the Flanders International Film Festival in Ghent.
Film music, or soundtracks, are extremely well-known amongst the teenagers and other fans of movies. Soundtracks hold a considerable portion of the revenues created in the music industry these days.
Nevertheless, music is still largely unrecognized for the role that it plays in our lives. For example, none of the awards presented at the Emmys, the Grammys, or other award ceremonies.
Music is beginning to make a name for itself and turn into recognized. In 2005, the Pulitzer prizes announced that they would be extending their consideration to film music.
The very first year of the Park city Film Music Festival showcases 33 films. The next year they had 50 films with the number of movies featured doubling the subsequent two years.
The film festival has continued to grow given that that time. The founder of this popular event was Ms. Leslie Harlow.
Ms. Harlow has been in charge of running the Park City International Music Festival for a lot more than 25 years. A talented musician herself, she graduated from Juilliard.
Her husband also graduated from this renowned school of music and is a member of the Utah Symphony. They each specialize in classical music.
Ms. Harlow hopes to see the festival grow to reach a level where international movies are often showcased at the festival. This film music film festival has received support from the founder of the Sundance Film Festival and the renowned composer John Williams.
In years to come, the Park City Film Music Festival hopes to invite many of the prominent composers to host workshops and share their nicely created talent.
There are four principal parts of the Park City Film Music Festival which includes the film music competition, screening, master classes, and social/mixers.
The Master classes always incorporate lessons concerning film scoring and the film music business. The socials and mixers are an chance for composers, directors, music supervisors, producers, market experts, and festival sponsors.
This year, the festival plans to host and showcase a lot more than 130 films. With so a lot of films, the entertainment will never end throughout the week.
The movies will start on Monday at nine in the morning and will not end until Sunday at 10 at night. Viewers are welcome to check out and leave as often as they would like.
Nonetheless, if there is a certain movie that you would like to see you could want to arrive early to be safe. This festival is quite popular and will draw thousands for visitors.
Some movies could be full if you do not arrive early sufficient. The movies will be shown at the Egyptian Theatre and the Sandy Auditorium at the Library and Education Center in Park City.
This year many foreign films are offered. The films come from Korea, Africa, Israel, Lebanon, Australia, Germany, and England.
There are also several entries created by local film producers. The spread of movies is very broad and provides are wonderful cultural experience.
In the past the festival occurred in January to accommodate the producers who would also be performing at Sundance. Nevertheless, Sundance did not like the competition.
This year the festival will be held in Could to accommodate Sundance. The expertise, culture, and taste available at the Park City Film Music is invaluable.
Tom Selwick is a resident of Utah and has written hundreds of articles relating to tourism and Park City Vacation Properties. He has been involved in local travel and tourism for more than 20 years. Make contact with Info: Tom Selwick TomSelwick09@gmail.com http://www.parksedgeparkcity.com
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