MEDIAWEEK Upfront, Bigger Than Hollywood, NAB Show, Experimental Cinema Exposition, Glasgow's Hinterland, Highlight April Media and Entertainment Industry Networking Events
The One Mic Nite Open Talent Showcase (OneMicNite@gmail.com)continues it's run in NYC's East Village every Monday, with this April
6 session featuring European recording artist Liz Menezes in an
acoustic set of Bossa Nova, followed by the NYC debut of Pravini,
before the mic goes open to the floor. The International Film Festival
Summit Europe, taking place in Paris, April 7-8, is the annual
conference and trade show for professionals from the film festival
industry and provides a platform for the community to explore ways to
collaborate and promote the advancement of the film festival industry.
At the 2009 MEDIAWEEK Upfront Conference in New York, April 14,
seasoned Mediaweek editors will help decipher the strengths and
weaknesses among the broadcast and cable networks, TV syndicators and
digital players all competing for a piece of the $18 billion Upfront
Marketplace. DETOUR: A Film Noir and Arts Festival on April 16 in
Brooklyn's DUMBO area, will feature a selection of short films drawing
upon the Film Noir genre, in conjunction with photography, live jazz,
and a "steamy" burlesque show, all moving along the lines of the
evenings central theme - Film Noir.
"Bigger Than Hollywood:
Working in Cinema for a Greater Purpose" is a panel discussion and
networking session set for April 16 at the New School, Greenwich
Village campus, New York. In Las Vegas, April 18-23, the NAB Show™
attended by media, entertainment and communications professionals who
share a passion for producing the next generation of audio, video, and
filmed content across multiple platforms, will this year add Alternate
Reality and Game Day focusing on game development techniques and
marketing strategies to the format, as well as the usual Content
Creators Party. The Urban Individualists will be in Baltimore, April 18
to May 16, to showcase "Eclectic Urbanism, Space, Time, & Rhythm",
with artists Paul Deo
(www.myspace.com/pauldeo), Gary Dunn, Helen Bascom, Kraig A. Blue,
Keith Duncan, and others, and with a special short video screening by
Miguelangel Ruiz titled "El Vejigante-Luchador" and a music performance
by Michel Lemorin and Billy Fleurima at the opening reception. An April
19 workshop in New Brunswick for producers, film/videomakers,
film/video students, lawyers, as well as amateurs, tackles the general
rules of law that apply to the production and distribution of motion
pictures and other audio-visual productions, and the basic provisions
of common contracts used in the motion picture industry.
The
International Experimental Cinema Exposition gets underway April 22-25
in Vienna, by carrying out its mandate to illuminate experimental film
of the highest caliber, as well as to join, recognize and serve
filmmakers who are dedicated to the art and experimentation of the
celluloid motion picture. The European Media Art Festival taking place
in Osnabrück, April 22-26, serves as a meeting point for artists,
curators, lenders, gallery owners and an audience of specialists, and
offers its visitors a current overview of experimental films,
installations, performances, digital formats and hybrid forms, ranging
from personal and political subjects. For the third year, the Tribeca
Film Festival, running April 22 to May 3, teams up with sports
entertainment powerhouse ESPN to present a showcase of films as a
segment of the program, but there are also premieres of family-friendly
films, showcases of local young filmmakers, and an all-day Street Fair,
as well as usual activity geared to the international film loving
community. Right on the heels of just being named a UNESCO City of
Music, Glasgow will host the first ever Hinterland, a multi venue arts
and music festival which will take place in and around 20 music art
venues in central Glasgow with performances by established groups like
post-punk band The Fall, April 30 to May 1, and will provide a free
compilation album for all ticket holders.
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 at actorschecklist.com/news.html. Video and podcast versions of
this news summary are also available at popular video sites around the
Web like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, as well as on The Actor's Checklist podcast blog
at actorschecklist.com/loudblog, a great place to get your iPhone, ipod
or Apple TV download from. This month on the video news summary you
will again see a dynamic array of artists in performance in film and
music. Last month's video news summary showcase featured the 'Buddha
Bar' video, a collaboration between musician JanVernerC (Jan
Verner-Carlsson), Russian psychiatrist, Taras Popov
(www.youtube.com/kotmarsik) and his client Roman Majsonov; Miraflix
Productions (www.miraflix.com) 'Harlem Hostel', a Nestor Miranda comedy
feature; hardcore rap powerhouse DMX (www.myspace.com/dmx) in 'Lord
Give Me a Sign' These videos are now available on the Free Home Video Showcase
at www.actorschecklist.com/video which now serves as an archive for all
past video presentations but without the audio news narration.
