The Film Courage Interactive is a two-part event.  The beginning will contain a film screening with Director’s Q&A.  The second part involves an in-depth discussion among fellow filmmakers/actors/writers and the like on upcoming projects, the current state of independent film and epiphanies about the business.  The goal of the Film Courage Interactive is to build an appetite for independent film and bring artists together in a collaborative setting.

PRICE:        $10.00

ADDRESS:      The Downtown Independent
            251 S. Main Street
            Los Angeles, CA 90012

http://www.downtownindependent.com

DATE:        March 29th, 2010 (Monday)

TIME:          7:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

For ticket info, please reply to filmcourage at gmail dot com or go to http://www.downtownindependent.com and purchase through Brown Paper Tickets

Footage from last month’s event:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DUFbdchsE

Hope to see you there!

Websites:

http://www.anewtomorrowmovie.com
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http://www.filmcourage.com
http://filmcourage.podbean.com/
http://www.filmsnobbery.com
http://www.facebook.com/FilmCourage
http://www.twitter.com/FilmCourage
http://www.youtube.com/FilmCourage
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1231856438/goodbye-promise-an-exploratory-feature-film

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Adrián Biniez’s first feature length film is an award-winning dramatic comedy about the boundary between falling in love and obsession. Jara (Horacio Camandule) is a shy and lonely 35-year-old security guard at a supermarket on the outskirts of Montevideo. He works the night shift, monitoring the surveillance cameras of the entire building. One night Jara discovers Julia (Leonor Svarcas), a 25-year-old cleaning woman, through one of the cameras and is immediately attracted to her. Night after night, he watches her on the cameras while she works. Soon he starts following her after work: to the cinema, the beach and even to a date with another man. Jara’s life becomes a series of routines and rituals around Julia, but eventually he finds himself at a crossroad and must decide whether to give up his obsession or confront it. Winner of three awards at the Berlin International Film Festival, including Best First Feature and the Grand Jury Prize Silver Bear.

“Thematically and visually, Gigante is as full and rich as its title suggests”- Benjamin Sutton, The L Magazine

Theare & Ticket Info:
Landmark’s Nuart Theatre, 1272 Santa Monica Blvd, West Los Angeles, 310.281.8223
Tickets are $10.50 for General Admission; Seniors and Children are $7.50
Showtimes for Friday, January 1 – Thursday,  January 7:
Friday-Sunday 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30 & 9:45; Monday-Thursday at 5:10, 7:30 & 9:45
Advance ticket purchase at theatre box office and: https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com/Landmark.aspx?TheatreID=209

This series will be about a police psychologist who becomes a bounty hunter with his ex-wife.

“Edgar Floats” will be written by Rand Ravich and directed by Jace Alexander. The program will premiere in Fall 2010.

The show is being produced by Rand Ravich and Far Shariat for Ravich-Shariat Productions.

Send emails to PilotRoles at gmail dot com by March 12th for more info.

ROLES AVAILABLE:

FEMALES

“Penny”, any ethnicity, 18 - Mid 20s. Penny is an attractive and punkish young woman who is a former associate of the fugitive drug seller Darren Gibbs. Mason meets her while she is skating at the Roller Derby Rink. Penny is standoffish and guarded when Mason questions her about Darren.  Penny has an element of mystery surrounding her.

“Sandra”, Caucasian, Late 20s - 30s. Sandra is a tough Fugitive Recovery Agent who carries a 9mm handgun on her. She is a proud bounty hunter and makes her career the focus of her life. Her father Christopher owns and operates “Breakey Bail Bonds” which she works for. Sandra was once married to Edgar Floats but has been single for several years. When Edgar approaches her about working for her father’s company, Sandra is understandably reluctant at first. There is clearly a lot of leftover emotion brewing between her and Edgar.

“Jennifer”, any ethnicity, Mid 20s - 30s. Jennifer is a pretty but emotionally-depressed woman who has dealt with hardship in her life. She works as a waitress at a coffee shop restaurant in the Mid-Wilshire district of Los Angeles. She knows Edgar as one of the regulars at the restaurant. Jennifer is a very good listener when she talks with Edgar as she pours coffee for him.

“Dana”, any ethnicity, 30s - 40s. Dana is a troubled cop who is seeking therapy after a traumatic event in which she killed someone while in the line of duty. She has lost her voice and is trying to sort through the repurcussions of the event.

“Mrs. Kraus”, Caucasian or African-American, 40s - 50s. Mrs. Kraus is a professional and polite middle-aged woman who runs a psychology practice in Los Angeles. Edgar Floats meets with her because he is considering leaving the police department. She explains that most of her patients are from the suburbs and that Edgar might have trouble relating to them. She gently discourages Edgar from joining her practice.

MALES

“James Benton”, any ethnicity, 18 - Mid 20s. James is a scruffy, nervous, and tough guy who lives by himself in a rough part of San Pedro. He is also a resourceful criminal fugitive who is on the run from the police. When a pizza delivery man knocks on his door late at night, James cautiously opens the door to tell him to go away. But it turns out that this pizza delivery man is actually a Fugitive Recovery Agent in disguise who has come to get him.

“Darren Gibbs”, Caucasian, 20s. Darren is a mentally-unstable and jittery young man who is addicted to crystal meth. His father Bob is also a wealthy professional criminal. Darren is confronted by Edgar Floats in a park about a drug deal, and Darren gets into a fight with Edgar and runs away. Edgar tries to chase after him but is not able to catch up.

“Jesus”, Latino, 20s - 30s. Jesus is a tough and focused Fugitive Recovery Agent who works for Breakey Bail Bonds. He is very brave about going after fugitives and is not afraid to get hurt. When he is trying to arrest a fugitive named Jenkins, he gets stabbed by the man’s wife. But Jesus still remains professional on the job even with his wound.

“Timmy”, any ethnicity, 20s. Timmy is a casual meth user and a good friend of Darren Gibbs.  When Darren goes on the run, Edgar questions Timmy about his whereabouts. Timmy is nervous but does not give up very much information.

“Mason”, any ethnicity, 30s - 40s. Mason is a brash but dedicated Fugitive Recovery Agent who also works for Breakey Bail Bonds. He works alongside his trusted partner Jesus to track down criminals. Mason has clearly been around the block in life. There is almost nothing that will upset him or cause him to lose his cool on the job. He has a “Dirty Harry”-style personality——calm and collected under pressure but always ready to fight back.

“Eugene Tunick”, any ethnicity, 30s - 40s. Eugene is a colleague of Edgar’s at the LAPD Psychological Services unit. He is a very inquisitive psychologist and has a lot in common with Edgar. When Edgar tells him that he is considering moonlighting as a bounty hunter, Eugene questions the wisdom of the decision. Eugene is very rational and tends to overanalyze his own feelings.

“Bob Martin”, Caucasian, 40s. Bob Martin is a wealthy and intimidating criminal boss who is on the run from the police. He drives a BMW and takes Edgar hostage in his car while he is being chased. Bob’s son is a meth addict and also a criminal drug dealer. Despite the criminal life that he leads, Bob is genuinely concerned about the well-being of his son.

“Lenny Chaskes”, any ethnicity, 40s. Lenny is a longtime employee of the Los Angeles Police Department, and he oversees the LAPD Psychological Services Unit where Edgar Floats has worked for many years. Lenny is a self-disciplined, somewhat bland bureaucrat who makes sure that Edgar is doing his job properly.

“Christopher Breakey”, Caucasian, 50s - 60s. Christopher is an experienced and successful bail bondsman who has started his own business called “Breakey Bail Bonds”. His daughter Sandra was once married to Edgar Floats. Mr. Breakey has deer heads hanging up on his walls and photos of himself arresting fugitives. When his former son-in-law Edgar comes asking for a job at the company, Christopher decides to bring him onboard.

Please send photos and resumes by March 12th to PilotRoles at gmail dot com for more information!

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Been looking through some of the movies at this site, and there is a lot of exciting talent!  I’d be delighted if you’d like to enter at the Göteborg Film Festival short film award…

We’ve just launched a competition site for the “Dragon Award for New Talent” - we’re looking for new talent, and the next great filmmaker…! 

If you’d like to compete for this Dragon Award, just upload your short film at http://www.dragonawardnewtalent.com Films should be max 10 minutes. 

The Göteborg Film Festival is a prestigious event, growing in stature each year and is excellent publicity for the winner.

Really hope to see some of your submissions!  The site will be advertised in the “traditional” press shortly, but we wanted to speak to forum members such as yourself first.

Warm regards from a chilly Sweden!

/Russell

The 11th annual WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL (Sept 29-Oct 3, 2010) is currently accepting submissions in all categories.

Early deadline May 21. Final deadline June 21. 
Entry fee range from $10 - $50.

The Woodstock Film Festival is a uniquely intimate, casual and friendly event, where highly respected industry “movers and shakers” mingle freely with emerging filmmakers, providing excellent networking opportunities in a fun and stimulating environment. Honoring quality, the Maverick Awards are presented for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Short Documentary, Best Short Film, Best Student Film, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Animation. Cash, prizes and/or services valued at $50,000 are given out. Audience Awards are presented for Best Feature and Best Documentary.

To see last year’s details and jurors visit http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/awards2009.htm.

Award sponsors have included Lowel-Light, Panavision, Final Draft, Post Factory, A&E Indie Films, Markertek, The Lee Marvin Estate, the James Lyons estate and others.

WFF jurors and participants have included Academy Award® winners Marcia Gay Harden, Timothy Hutton, Barbara Kopple, Daniel Day-Lewis, Tim Robbins, Ang Lee and Haskell Wexler and Academy Award® nominees Woody Harrelson, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Vera Farmiga, Melissa Leo, Laura Linney, Ron Nyswaner, James Schamus, David Strathairn and Stanley Tucci, as well as industry pros and actors such as Kevin Bacon, Steve Buscemi, Matt Dillon, Ted Hope, Mira Nair, Parker Posey, Aidan Quinn, Liev Schreiber, Todd Haynes, Richard Linklater, Kevin Smith, John Sloss and Christine Vachon.
To apply online and for additional info visit http://woodstockfilmfestival.com/entryform/index.htm
If you have any questions, please email office at woodstockfilmfestival dot com

Aims of the competition

  * attract attention to climate change problem and as a call for action among the wide audience;
  * find unconventional solutions on how to have good time while benefiting the planet.

General terms

    The contest is held from 1 to March 20, 2010.
    This is a call for free entry. Anyone can take part in the competition! To participate, sign up at cyberbrothers.tv and upload your original video on the topic “Earth Hour with WWF” or “What can be done in 1 hour to help our planet”. Please tag it “WWF” after finishing the upload.

    All the participants can upload an unlimited number of works.

    Running time of the video is 30 seconds or less. Works are accepted in English and Russian languages, from 1 to 20 of March.

    Competition winners will be awarded prizes, gifts and diplomas from Cyberbrothers and WWF. The main prize is $1500.
    The best videos will be displayed on advertising screens in Moscow from 22 to 27 March 2010, posted on WWF and Cyberbrothers websites, placed in a WWF channel on YouTube and in social networks, and used by WWF for non-profit and educational purposes.

    The works are selected by the following criteria - value for the planet, originality of ideas and quality of execution.
    Winners will be determined by a joint jury composed of WWF representatives and Cyberbrothers experts with taking into account audience votes.
    The winners would be announced on March 22.

    All the videos passed pre-moderation can be seen in the WWF video channel Earth Hour at http://cyberbrothers.tv/user/867/stream/49

    We will deeply appreciate you spreading the word about this competition. You can download printable version of the competition poster here - http://cyberbrothers.tv/images/wwf/poster.en.ai
    Notices

    To vote for your favorite videos site and leave comments please register at Cyberbrothers site and rate the works you like giving them 1 to 5 stars. All registered users can vote for as many videos as they like, but not more than one vote for any single work. They can also leave comments, which are being considered in selecting of the best works.

    All the comments, containing insults, swearing, direct or indirect advertising of any goods or services, mass agitation in favor of the individual participants of the competition of others, any attempts to discredit the organizers of the competition are strictly forbidden. All the comments should be related to the work only.

    In case of any of the aforementioned violations, the user’s account will be closed immediately. All comments and works sent to the competition work from this account will be removed!

    Only works with original video and sound are accepted.

    Submitted works should not contain text, scenes, sound effects, indicating violence or reflecting the suffering of people and animals.

    Organizers are not liable for violations of copyright infringement by participants.

    All materials are not reviewed.

    Administration of the contest reserves the right to refuse participation to any person, directly or indirectly violating any provision of these rules.

    The Administration has a right not to comment on their actions in relation to persons, directly or indirectly violating any provision of these rules.

Some people have asked us to define “sports.” Well, we want to include any subject matter that deals with mental and physical competition for the sake of winning a prize. So we’re ready to watch and read any stories from auto racing to badminton and spelling bees to rugby.

Please visit us at http://www.AllSportsLAFilmFest.com for more information and submission link.

Landmark’s Nuart Theatre: 11272 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, (310) 281-8223
Tickets are $10.50 for general admission and $7.50 for seniors and children.
Showtimes will be Fri-Sun at 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 & 10:00; Mon-Thu at 5:00, 7:30 & 10:00.
Live appearances Friday- Thursday at 7:30 & 10:00 shows.

Oakdale’s “Mystery Team” was once a spunky band of kid detectives dedicated to solving child-sized mysteries: Who put their finger in the pie? Who stole the tricycle? The town loved them for it. Now the Team is about to graduate from high school and move in to the real world, but they’re still storming the playground to bust little kids. Needless to say, the town of Oakdale is sick of it. Each member of the Team has a supposed specialty: Jason (Donald Glover), the “Master of Disguise”; Charlie (Dominic Dierkes), the “Strongest Kid in Town”; and Duncan (D.C. Pierson), the “Boy Genius.” But those skills may not be enough when one day a neighborhood girl asks the team to find out who killed her parents. The Team is taken for the first time into Oakdale’s dark underbelly, where a violent cartel of drug lords and strippers will threaten their lives, strain their friendships, and put their team slogan “No case too hard, no case too tough” to the test. The debut feature from popular internet comedians Derrick Comedy. (USA, 2009)
http://www.mysteryteam-movie.com

“Sublimely ridiculous…”—Whitney Pastorek, Entertainment Weekly

“Mystery Team is incredibly well written… it’s funnier and more original than 99% of the comedies Hollywood releases now-a-days.” – Peter Sciretta, Slashfilm.com

“Mystery Team needs to be seen.  It’s fresh, it’s unique, and funnier than hell.” – Cinemablend.com

The film’s running time is 98 minutes; it is rated R.

I’m pleased to contact you on behalf of the The Inconnu Festival (“The Festival of Unknowns”). We are interested in featuring your short films at our international festival of self-produced short films, organized by students at the University of Paris-Denis Diderot, from April 15-18 2010. The deadline has been set to Thursday, 1st of April.

To insure fairness to all participants, all short films must:
- last less than 25 minutes.
- be subtitled in (at least) English if the original is in a language other than French.

Please send your films to the following address (DVD format expected):

Association Cinesept,
Université Paris Diderot Paris 7,
UFR LAC, case 7010,
16 rue Marguerite Duras,
75205 Paris Cedex France

Films can also be submitted via a downloadable version, with a maximum size of 4 GB (please refer to our blog or contact us for more information).

The films will be viewed by a selection committee in order to select the best films for the festival. It is essential that the candidate holds all rights to distribute the film (music and images).

If your film is selected by our committee, a form certifying the candidates right to distribute the film will need to be signed.

Here is our e-mail address to contact the members of our team:
inconnufestival at gmail dot com and our web site: http://inconnufestival.over-blog.com

We look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours faithfully

the « Inconnu Festival » team

http://idata.over-blog.com/3/27/66/48/affiche-basse-def2.png ( 7th edition poster )

For more information visit http://www.amazon.com/yaac, and then submit through Withoutabox or upload to the Amazon.com website by the submission deadline of July 31st!

*Restrictions apply. See amazon.com/gc-legal for details.