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CMA Awards, GameSoundCon, Streaming Media West, CTN Animation Expo, Music In Media, Highlight November Media and Entertainment Industry Networking Events

An annual event in Santa Monica, the American Film Market is a film
industry event of networking activity, production and distribution
deals, running till November 11, where The AFM transforms The Loews
Santa Monica Beach Hotel and the Le Merigot Beach Hotel into a center
for activity with 23 screens on the Santa Monica Promenade and the
surrounding community put into play for festival activity. Held within
the time period of the American Film Market, the city of Santa Monica
also hosts the Santa Monica International Film Festival, through
November 7, a competition independent film festival that showcases the
work of independent feature, documentary and short films filmmakers
from around the world. Waterford Film Festival in Greyfriars Waterford,
will showcase a wide range of films from feature films, documentaries,
animation, short films, experimental and student work. Academy Award
nominee Feature Documentary 'No End In Sight', directed by Charles
Ferguson, will have its Irish premier at the Festival. Distribution
strategist Peter Broderick and journalist and author Scott Kirsner join
forces to present a crash course on the new rules of marketing and
distribution, especially tailored to the needs of independent
filmmakers and artists, at a workshop in Los Angeles, November 7. BMI's
57th Annual Country Awards honors the songwriters and publishers of the
top BMI country songs from the past year. At the ceremony, BMI will
honor Kris Kristofferson as a BMI Icon in Nashville, November 10. The
43rd Annual CMA Awards takes place at the Sommet Center in Nashville,
airing live on the ABC Television Network. The CMA Awards represent the
pinnacle of achievement for Country Music artists, musicians,
producers, publishers, songwriters, video directors and industry
executives.

Hosted by the Nielsen Company and Dow Jones, and
guided by the combined editorial teams of The Wall Street Journal,
Private Equity Analyst, Barron’s, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter,
Adweek, Brandweek, Mediaweek and Editor & Publisher, the Media and
Money conference, coming up on November 12 & 13, reveals new
strategies for profitability through dynamic panel discussions and high
profile keynote interviews. GameSoundCon features two concentrated days
of seminars and panel sessions by the industry’s experts on the unique
creative and technical challenges of creating audio for games, November
13-14, in San Francisco. The October 16 Video Production for Real
People workshop, will go through a typical video production kit
(complete with lights), cover camera basics, visualizing your idea
(pre-production), shot selection, and ways to shoot so that you won’t
have to "fix it in post." Nokia Mobifest Toronto Symposium and Awards
is an independent leaning, made for mobile film festival, started by
Nokia to distribute mobile films under revenue sharing agreements, and
to take a role as well to produce and commission made-for-mobile films.
BMI is a sponsor of The Copyright Alliance's Third Annual EXPO taking
place on in Washington, DC. This November 17 event will showcase new
products and economic benefits of America’s copyright industries that
provides a platform for artists, trade associations and companies to
exhibit creative work and discuss the future of copyright and its
impact on local economies.

Folded into the established Streaming
Media West, the new Online Video Platform Summit is a two-day event
designed to help organizations of all types — not just those for whom
video is their core business — debuting in San Jose, November 17-19. An
online expo, produced by Sony, seeks to educate its participants
through firsthand online interaction, on new and existing HD solutions
based on your budget, through an Interactive Exhibit Hall, product
demos, presentations, how-to videos, real-world success stories, group
chats, networking, happening November 19, as a web only event at: pro.sony.com/bbsccms/ext/vtsnewecohd/index.shtml?
XID=E:VTS09_register:vtsnewecohdpage.
CTN Animation Expo, November 20-22 in Burbank, is hosted by Creative
Talent Network® to provide highly focused conference programming,
workshops, recruiting, presentations and networking opportunities
designed to connect animation artists, studio executives and industry
leaders both locally and internationally. The Music In Media
Interactive Conference, happening in Hollywood, November 20-22, is
designed to inform, educate, entertain and create opportunities for
conference attendees, and is specifically focused on conveying what
(and who) you need to know to get your music in film, TV, video games,
movie trailers, commercials and other forms of contemporary media.
Imaginaria Film Festival, in Conversano, November 25-29, is attempting
a new experience and new connection between international and
independent cinema of a digital nature, through innovativeness fused
through technology and creativity in an array of works including,
feature film, short film, film and digital, music video, web video and
video art installations.

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. Follow the
posting of the news summary on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/actorschecklist.
This month on the video news summary you will again see a dynamic array
of artists in performance of film, music and documentary. These videos
are now available on the Free Home Video Showcase at http://www.actorschecklist.com/video
which now serves as an archive for all past video presentations but
without the audio news narration. The Actor's Checklist is proud
announce the return of the photo gallery which you can visit at
http://actorschecklist.com/coppermine to upload  head shots or other
suitable pictures of your choice, create profiles, and use your
pictures or others found on the gallery as ecards which you can email
to friends and associates.