The American Film Market, a marketplace where production and
distribution deals are closed, collaborates with AFI Fest to present
screenings on the Santa Monica Promenade and the surrounding community
of a vast selection of indie works, happening in Santa Monica through
November 11. For the Insights On Internet Television Breakfast
Workshop, on November 6 in Los Angeles, Veoh Networks, an Internet
television company, discusses how the industry and major players are
revolutionizing the business of entertainment. American music legend
Willie Nelson will be honored as an Icon at BMI’s 55th Annual Country
Awards, November 6 in Nashville, the oldest awards saluting country’s
top music makers. Streaming Media West 2007 happening in San Jose from
November 6-8, covers the business of online video and the technology of
streaming, downloading, Webcasting, Internet TV, IPTV, and mobile
video. The Latin Recording Academy presents the 2007 Person of the Year
Tribute at a Latin Grammy Awards related ceremony honoring Juan Luis
Guerra on November 7 in Las Vegas. The Eighth Annual Latin Grammy
Awards follows the next day -- broadcast live on the Univision Network.
Attend a Dow Jones and Nielsen Company two-day event uniting media and
entertainment dealmakers with private and public investors to discuss
how they can work together to profit, and how buyout firms, hedge funds
and venture firms are prospecting new deals, valuing opportunities and
structuring deals to maximize returns, at "Media and Money," November
7-8 in New York. The Aurora Animation Festival fuses thematic film
programmes, seminars, and debates with live performance, installation
work and new films from across the world, during sessions that run from
November 7-10 in Norwich, UK. A two-day IGDA Leadership Forum, on
November 8 and 9 in Burlingame is focused on advancing the state of the
art in game production and management, and is suited to producers, team
leaders, project managers, studio directors, and all others seeking to
learn and share techniques for leading teams in creating successful
games.
Director Pan Nalin's feature, "Valley of Flowers" (www.valleyofflowers.com),
filmed in the remote and high altitude region of the Himalayas, and in
Japan, has its New York premiere on November 9, coming off a Grand Jury
Prize win at the IFFLA in April. A reception with Director and Cast
follows the screening at a local art gallery. The Recording Academy's
Memphis Chapter presents "Indie Impact," November 9-10 in New Orleans,
focusing on digital music and the important business, creative and
legal issues it presents to the music industry and consumers. The GiRL
FeST Hawaii festival, whose mission is to prevent violence against
women and girls through education and art, incorporates film, music,
art, spoken word, and dance complemented by a mini-conference involving
panels, lectures, outreach workshops, at sessions running November 9-18
in Honolulu. On November 10 Houston Film Commission hosts the Texas
Filmmaker's Showcase, a special screening event each June of Texas
short films and videos under 45 minutes, presented to a select group of
studio executives, agents and producers in the Hollywood film
community, resulting in selected filmmakers being flown to Los Angeles
for follow-up screenings and meetings with industry professionals at
the Directors Guild of America Theater. The Michigan Production
Alliance (MPA) in partnership with Detroit Women In Film and TV
(DWIFTV) and The Detroit Film Society (DFS) holds a Filmmaker's
Marketing and Distribution Seminar on November 10 in Southfield to
aimed at media professionals. The New York Production Technology Expo,
focused on people who work with equipment; who rent and buy equipment;
students and people who make creative decisions based on new and
emerging technology, will be held in Brooklyn Navy Yard, on November 12
& 13.
Professionals in the interrelated areas of lighting,
audio, special effects, projection and staging technologies can attend
Live Design Wire 2007 Entertainment Industry Convention, to see the
latest products, interface with vendors and attend educational
conference sessions, November 12-18 in Orlando. At G2E: Global Gaming
Expo, on November 13-15 in Las Vegas, investors, analysts, stockbrokers
and investment professionals will learn about the financial future of
leading gaming companies in forums, and attendants can enjoy the sounds
of classic symphonic rock, jazz, new country, reggae and more at the
G2E Entertainment Showcase located in the lobby. The Billboard Touring
Conference and Awards unites today’s top touring professionals to
discuss the current state of the industry when it meets November 14-15
in New York. The International Student Film Festival Hollywood offers a
forum for student filmmakers around the world to showcase their films
in Hollywood, and includes a discussion with Tim Lampros, Founder &
CEO of ACT (Actors Certified Training) conducted at an opening day
reception. The 35th annual American Music Awards - created by Dick
Clark in 1973 as an alternative to the Grammy Awards - is hosted by
Jimmy Kimmel, and will be broadcast live from the Nokia Theatre in Los
Angeles at 8 pm ET. Now in its eighth year, the Billboard R&B,
Hip-Hop Conference and Awards combines conference sessions, artist
showcases, networking opportunities which culminate in the awards
program, from November 28-30 in Atlanta. The ongoing New Filmmakers
series for independent filmmakers in New York, will screen Andrew
William Flores LIAR’S PENDULUM, a psychological thriller set in the
fictitious city of Johanna during the next Great Depression, on
November 28.
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.
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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 Pan Nalin's
Himalayan epic "Valley of Flowers," an Asian love story about passion,
death and reincarnation spanning two centuries from remote and high
altitude region of the Himalayas to modern day Tokyo (www.myspace.com/pannalin - www.valleyofflowers.com) Australian ambient music composer NakedSkin adapting its music to Fritz Lang's 1927 Metropolis (www.youtube.com/Nakedskin - www.myspace.com/nakedskinlostsouls)
Laurence N. Kaldor’s comedy "Redirecting Eddie," about a fledgling
director who conquers sibling rivalry, finds parental acceptance, and
discovers love while fighting to finish his first film (www.myspace.com/redirectingeddie - www.RedirectingEddie.com)
Andrew William Flores LIAR’S PENDULUM, a psychological thriller set in
the fictitious city of Johanna during the next Great Depression (www.liarspendulum.com - www.myspace.com/liarspendulum) Belgium based DocFilm' Movie Productions making of music video Senkrecht Waagerecht (Confuse The Cat) (www.docfilm.be - www.myspace.com/docfilm_be). Florida ART Film Fest is now accepting submissions for approaching film festival. Contact them for more info on submissions (floridaartfilmfest@yahoo.com - www.acrosstown.org/filmfestival.htm).
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