HDFEST World Tour takes place in six different cities throughout four
countries around the world - first in London through October 4; then
New York, October 10-11 - screening High-Def content, and holding
panels, that highlight issues pertaining to filmmaking in HD. Films
that will be screened in the "MontanaCINE International Film Festival
of Cultures, Issues of Nature and the Environment," taking place in
Missoula, through October 7, throws the spotlight on issues that
include: culture, outdoor recreation, conservation, urban sprawl,
political and social impacts and influences, agriculture, industry and
the effects of war on the natural world. Streaming Media Europe, on
October 4 & 5 in London, features over 50 international speakers
focusing on both corporate and consumer business, technology and
content issues for online video in the enterprise, advertising, media
and entertainment and broadcast markets. The Annual Durango
Songwriter’s Expo, happening in Rio Rico October 4-6, typically limits
its registration slots holding this year's number to 200. Horror genre
screenwriter Stephen Susco discusses the craft and business of his
chosen field when Alameda Writers Group meets October 6 in Glendale. On
October 8, and every Monday night, the One Mic Nite talent showcase (www.myspace.com/onemicnite)
and industry networking event turns over the microphone to a variety of
performinng artists to do their thing, in the far west district of
Greenwich Village.
At the San Francisco International Animation
Showcase, opening October 8-11, programs of feature-length and short
films are screened, with two days devoted to the latest technical,
aesthetic and narrative techniques in animated film production. MIPCOM,
the global content event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing
and distributing entertainment content across all platforms, opens this
year October 8-12 in Cannes. HD World, opening for two days on October
10 aims to bring together buyers and suppliers of HDTV, high def video,
and broadcast related equipment and solutions while offering a forum
for broadcast, cable, film and government executives to collaborate
together and with suppliers of High Definition technologies. The New
Orleans Film Festival enters its 18th anniversary when it opens October
11-18 as the preeminent vehicle in the region for the exhibition of
local, regional, national and international film, while also hosting
the Film Congress, a program of panels, workshops and mentor sessions.
The 2007 Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame dinner and induction
ceremony on October 14 is a presentation of The Nashville Songwriters
Foundation, Inc., a non-profit foundation dedicated to honoring and
preserving the songwriting legacy of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of
Fame. A Jazz Loft Party will be thrown to benefit the Jazz Foundation
of America's Musicians' Emergency Fund on October 14 in New York.
Nightly red-carpet gala premieres and other cause celebre are part of
the annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Film Awards happening
in Beverly Hills, from October 17-22.
The Amsterdam Dance Event
is part industry conference, part club festival, and actually takes
place in over 40 clubs, concert venues, record stores and art galeries
in the city center of Amsterdam from October 18-20. Florida Media
Market, a membership organization that facilitates meetings of
independent film and media makers to meet with international buyers,
distributors and production companies, to buy, sell and network, hosts
an upcoming session from October 18-21 in Miami. FREAK SHOW Horror Film
Festival features independent horror from around the world, and is part
of the SCREAMFEST Horror Convention, running October 19-21, in Orlando
where there will be seminars, live music, tattooing, a dealer room, and
more surprises. Billboard Mobile Entertainment Live! is a mobile
entertainment conference produced in partnership with CTIA - and hosted
by entertainment impresario Quincy Jones - prospectively drawing in
more than 1,000 executives from companies representing mobile music,
gaming, TV, video, animation, messaging, marketing, social networking
and more at its October 22 meeting in San Francisco. American Black
Film Festival hosts five days of independent films, panels, workshops,
Hollywood premieres, live entertainment and the ABFF Awards Dinner,
during its run from October 25-29 in Los Angeles. From the World Trade
Centre in Mumbai, Broadcast India Exhibition and Symposium is a global
megamart for broadcast related industries, with everything to do with
entertainment. During the Americana Music Conference, October 31 to
November 3 in Nashville, evening showcases and parties will continue
Thursday through Saturday, and the Sixth Annual Americana Honors &
Awards will be held at the Ryman Auditorium on November 1.
The
above events are just a sampling of what is listed. Most of the
reported events above have a submission process for indie and/or
performing artists to take part in. Complete details are on the "Media,
Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events" page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html.
Video and podcast versions of this news summary are now available at
most popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, the
Apple iTunes store podcast category, as well as on The Actor's
Checklist at http://actorschecklist.com/loudblog/
a great place to get your iPhone, ipod or Apple TV download from. This
month on video you will see trailers and video clips of The Milgram
Experiment (http://www.myspace.com/tme61)
a Moving Art Picture film by Maxwell Addae following the story of a
pair of career con artists who have mastered the art of wielding the
power of authoritative figure; the antics reflected by their comedy
skits and hip hop tunes of the parody duo Tommy C and Joey McG (http://www.myspace.com/tommyc_joeymcg); Hear the soulful, break beat, hip-hop style of UK based songstress, Bukola (http://www.bukola.biz; http://www.myspace.com/bukolabiz).
The Actor's Checklist now lets you keep track of latest musical artists
song releases on Apple's iTunes, updated on an hourly basis at: http://www.actorschecklist.com/resources/itunes.php
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