Alameda Writers Group, Cannes Film Festival, Academy of Country
Music Awards, Headline May Show Busi
The 45th edition of the Festival Rose d'Or happens May 3-8 in
the alpine setting on the shores of Lake Lucerne. The Festival
continues to host the international competition for television
entertainment, that attracts programme producers and
entertainment executives. Emerging Latino filmmakers and
producers whose work is contributing toward the face of the New
Latino Film New Wave and who have not had a major commercial
theatrical release are featured in NewLatino Filmmakers
Screening on May 4 at Anthology Film Archives in New York. The
26th W.C. Handy Blues Awards at the Memphis Cook Convention
Center in Memphis on May 5 features a pre-party and the Awards
with dinner and performances by your favorite Handy nominees.
The 34th Annual Key Art Awards honors movie marketing and
advertising. A pre-show reception at 6 pm for the May 5 event at
the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. CSI Staff Writer David Rambo
will address an Alameda Writers Group meeting on May 7 in
Glendale. His talk will be titled "From the Stage to the Crime
Lab: One Playwright's Journey Into Series Television." A BMI
Round Table meeting covers topics that include performing
rights, BMI's history, how the Nashville music industry
operates, and tips to help you become the songwriter you want to
be at a May 9 session in Nashville. This year the Cannes Film
Festival runs from May 11-22 and includes special presentations
like European Day aside from the regular fare. The Spritual
Cinema Festival takes place at sea for a seven day cruise of the
carribean aboard Holland America's MS Zuiderdam leaving from Ft.
Lauderdale on May 14 and returning May 21. The 31st Annual
Creative Craft Daytime Emmy Awards happens May 15 in New York
and Los Angeles and are presented to daytime television programs
that are broadcast nationally between the hours of 2 am and 6
pm. At the Broadcast Cable Financial Management Annual
Conference running May 15-17 in New Orleans, more than 100
speakers/panelists will provide the latest information on
accounting, taxes, human resources, technology, television,
radio, cable, and credit and collection issues. The 40th Annual
Academy of Country Music Awards will be held May 17 at the
Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino Events Center in Las Vegas, and air
live on CBS-Television. On May 18 in New York's Florence Gould
Hall, MI composer Michael Whalen presents Music in the Dark 3 -
extemporaneous scores for new silent films. At Orlando's Florida
Music Festival and Conference happening May 18 to 21, all
Industry passes allow unlimited access to the Rooftop Industry
Cocktail Parties including complimentary drinks and
refreshments. At the Danville International Children's Film
Festival, view over 75 films made for children and by children,
from May 20-22 in Danville. Jim Marshall, portrait, Rock