ASCAP and MySpace.com, Fantasy Int'l Film Fest, Scripting With
Pilar Alessandra, Hip-Hop Flmmaking,
The Sixth Annual Latin Grammy Awards features 43 categories and
is set for November 3 at Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles. Latin
Grammy Viewing Parties, set up by the Recording Academy that
hosts the award, take place in Miami and New York City November
3. AFI Fest 2005 features international competitions of new
films from emerging filmmakers, global showcases of the latest
work from film masters, in addition to a November 11 tribute to
Johnny Depp. ASCAP and MySpace.com host a new showcase series
(visit the site to enter your band), and has featured performers
on hand for a November 4 showcase at Local 506 in Chapel Hill.
World Mythology, Fantasy, Mysticism, Magical Realism, Science
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Legend and Archetype, are essential
elements covered by the Fantasy Worldwide International Film
Festival through feature films, shorts, documentaries,
animation, etc., running November 4-6 in Toronto. An educational
seminar for aspiring filmmakers, actors, writers and producers
takes shape in "A Conversation with Filmmaker Jean Claude
LaMarre and Actor Gabriel Casseus" held in the Rosenthal
Pavilion at Kimmel Center of NYU, November 5 in New York.
Tools and exercises which deal with writer's block in such areas
as plot point, characters and scenes will be discussed by script
consultant Pilar Alessandra in a talk she gives at the monthly
Alameda Writers Group Meeting, November 5, in Glendale. The
Irish Film and Television Awards, hosted at the Royal Dublin
Society in Dublin, November 5, honors and celebrates all the
talented people in Ireland and also open to Irish craftspeople
who working in the international arena. In a "Sing For Cash"
contest, the November 6 start of a new showcase in Lakeland,
start with top studio performers and local groups, then moving
onto an open vocal contest with amateurs welcome and Karaoke
available. At the Tivoli Theater in St. Louis, The CinemaTech
Directors Workshop a monthly forum in which local filmmakers
will have the opportunity to see their feature-length narrative
films screened before an appreciative audience, gets underway
November 7. At the "Daytime Drama Forum," you can audition live
and meet one-on-one with some of the industry players in daytime
soap during a session in New York City on November 8. The
California Lawyers for the Arts hold a media business seminar
sponsored by ASCAP, November 12 in Los Angeles. BHERC African
American Film Marketplace and Short Film Showcase, an annual
event presenting African American filmmakers showcasing and
networking opportunities, is held this year in Los Angeles,
November 12 to 13.
The businesss of Hip-Hop filmmaking and the evolution of Hip-Hop
in the film industry will be captured at H2O IFF - Hip-Hop
Odyssey International Film Festival - being held November 13-19
at various venues within New York City boroughs, and opening
with a VIP gala at Brooklyn's BAM. Performers already announced
for the 2005 Country Music Association Awards include Dierks
Bentley, Big and Rich, Bon Jovi with Jennifer Nettles of
Sugarland, CMA hosts Brooks and Dunn, Kenny Chesney, Sara Evans,
Faith Hill, Alan Jackson, Alison Krauss + Union Station
Featuring Jerry Douglas, and many more coming to the Garden,
November 15. The Hollywood Reporter/Billboard Film and TV Music
Conference is a two-day seminar on the role of music in film and
television with sessions and panels on music for film, TV,
Internet, gaming, commercials and other industry related topics,
for two day, November 15-16 in Beverly Hills. For the 33rd
International Emmy Awards, Oprah Winfrey to receive Special
International Emmy Founders Award from Senator Hillary Rodham
Clinton, when the awards take place November 21 in New York
City. Animation Festival "Animadrid", opening November 25 in
Madrid, was organized with the purpose of fostering the film and
audiovisual arts by promoting independent animation productions
and providing an assembly point for artists and audiences in the
international community.
The above events are only a sampling of what is listed. Many of
the 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.
Experience the newly relaunched picture and ecard gallery on The
Actor's Checklist which you can find at
http://actorschecklist.com/coppermine/.