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LatinoBuzz: Interview with Nicholas Ozeki - Mamitas Opens Friday April 27th in Theaters!

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • April 27, 2012 4:28 PM
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I came across Mamitas (ISA:Traction Media) as a short film version back in '07 and was struck by it's charm. At the time there were few and far between coming-of-age stories set in LA about a budding romance in teenagers that didn't involve pregnancies or gang culture yet Mamitas rang true in every sense. So, when Nick told me he was making the feature length version, I was anxious to read it, to see what journey he would take these two characters, Jordin and Felipa, on. I was pleasantly surprised by the elements he added to surround the core love story. These were teens with real life teen problems.

LatinoBuzz: Havana Film Festival New York Closes with Cuban Zombie Comedy Juan of the Dead

  • By Vanessa Erazo
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  • April 26, 2012 11:13 PM
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When the film premiered in Cuba at the Festival Internacional de Nuevo Cine Latino in Havana, the lines snaked around the block. Everywhere it’s played extra screenings have been added. And even with worldwide sales Alejandro Brugués stays humble. I asked him what would happen if he was a zombie. “Oh that’s easy. I’m the most useless person in the world. I’m a director and all I know how to do is make films. I would be the first one that would get eaten.”

NALIP 2012 - Empowering our Multi-Cultural Creative Identity

  • By Christine Davila
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  • April 25, 2012 12:30 PM
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Adding to our Wednesday feature LatinoBuzz, Christine Davila, Sundance programmer is contributing Chicana from Chicago, her take on the Latino scene.

6 Latin American Films Participate in Films in Progress 21

  • April 21, 2012 10:30 AM
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Six films from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Uruguay participated in the 21st edition of Films in Progress at the Rencontres Cinémas d’Amérique Latine in Toulouse, jointly organised with San Sebastian Festival. The second part of this twice yearly rendezvous will take the shape of Films in Progress 22 at San Sebastian this coming September. A total of 118 films were received for Films in Progress 21.

Jerusalem, I Love You

  • April 20, 2012 10:30 AM
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One of our favorite clients, Emmanual Benbihy, who allowed us to help with Paris, Je T’aime (ISA:Celsius) and even New York, I Love You  (ISA:QED International), has since moved to Shanghai to make Shanghai, I Love You (ISA:WestEnd) and during the Berlinale, Berlin, I Love You was announced.  He sold the rights to Rio, I Love You (ISA:WestEnd) and now, The Hollywood Reporter announces directors are set for Jerusalem, I Love You (ISA:WestEnd).  Congratuations Emmanuel on the Cities of Love franchise! 

LiveSciFi is a Runaway Hit!

  • By Peter Belsito
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  • April 19, 2012 10:30 AM
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Billed as "Big Brother meets Ghostbusters" online reality show LiveSciFi scored a hit this weekend as the relaunch of their cult streaming ghost hunting show got over 5 million views, going into their final nights on location at the haunted "Sallie House" of Atchison, KS. Originally to last 72 hours, the response to the show has been so great the team decided to extend it to 96 hours to give the viewers just a bit more paranormal investigation to ponder until the next live show scheduled for late May on livescifi.tv

LatinoBuzz: UPDATE!!! Life Imitates Art. Interview with Lucy Mulloy - Una Noche

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • April 18, 2012 10:59 PM
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LatinoBuzz premieres today but will be a weekly feature every Wednesday morning in SydneysBuzz. Capturing the newest in trends and ideas in Latino film, today's feature is an interview with Lucie Malloy whose debut feature Una Noche is showing in Tribeca Film Festival which has just kicked off.

BAFTA Los Angeles Inaugurates An Enhanced 3-Year Scholarship Program

  • April 18, 2012 10:30 AM
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To celebrate it's 25th anniversary, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts Los Angeles® (BAFTA Los Angeles) has announced a new three-year scholarship program for graduate students studying in the U.S. The annual program will grant a scholarship of $15,000, with a runner-up receiving $5,000, and two honorable mention scholarships of $1,500 each.

The 13th Annual New York International Latino Film Festival - Final Submissions Due!

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • April 12, 2012 6:58 PM
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Transmedia Hollywood 3: Rethinking Creative Relations

  • By Meredith Levine
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  • April 11, 2012 1:03 PM
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Transmedia Hollywood is a conference, in its third year, which I used to work on. It is a joint venture between UCLA’s producer’s Program Chair Prof. Denise Mann and legendary scholar and now USC professor Henry Jenkins. It was intended as an offshoot of MIT’s Futures of Entertainment Conference with the added bonus of being in a city with access to some of the leading industry professionals. With the purpose of creating a dialogue between cutting edge storytellers and the scholars that study them, this conference puts professionals on panels with scholars to talk about the most pressing issues of labor, funding, style, platforms, and all things media/narrative in a convergent culture. In my first two years working on the conference I was a conference coordinator and curated a panel on the ARG as a storytelling mechanism and its role in branding/advertising and the following year (2011) a panel on theme park design and world-building, emphasizing the role of setting in narrative. Although I am no longer formally working on this conference, because I graduated with my M.A. from UCLA and am therefore no longer Prof. Mann’s research assistant, I still attend and write about it.

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