New Mexico Women In Film Newsletter

August 2010

Hello everyone,

I hope this finds you all well and blessed with work this month!

NM Women in Film is completing the updates to our website and newsletter, and we've recently revamped our online Member Calendar. Please visit our "Events" link at nmwif.com to view instructions on posting your events, classes or other announcements to the web page. This calendar is provided as a service to NMWIF members and the greater film community.

We hope you will join us for our August NMWIF event entitled "Personal Branding" on August 18th. The evening is being generously sponsored by Slate Street Café and will be a great opportunity for you to learn how to market yourself and reach your personal and professional goals through unleashing your personal brand. See below for more details! In addition, we welcome all NMWIF members to bring flyers and/or business cards to distribute at our new Members' Table available at our August event. This table will be provided to help promote our members and what you're working on at each month's event going forward. More details in the newsletter below.

Finally, please save the date for our second annual New Mexico Women in Film Summer Mixer taking place in Albuquerque on Sunday, September 12th. We'll have food, live music, and wonderful company to entertain you.

Thank you for your continued support!

Trish Lopez
President, New Mexico Women in Film

 

Monthly NMWIF event for August

Building Your Individual Brand

We hope to see you at our August event in Albuquerque entitled, "Building Your Individual Brand" by NMWIF Board Member Tamara Decker. Prior to becoming the West Region Executive for Screen Actors Guild, Tamara spent over 14 years in organizational marketing and branding.

Discover your unique brand and how to effectively unleash it to achieve your goals in your personal and professional life. Find out what works so well for Coke, Nike and Apple and use that information to drive demand for your talents. Tamara will help you identify your individual brand and develop a road map to put it into use in this session.

When: Wednesday August 18
Where: St John's Cathedral Annex
215 Third Street SW
Albuquerque, NM
Time: 6 to 9 pm

The building is between Gold & Silver. There is plenty of street parking or parking in the NM Bank & Trust lot.

There will be no cost for members, a $15 fee for non-members and all are welcome to attend!

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Events & Announcements

1.) Albuquerque Film Festival is looking for volunteers
The ABQ Film Festival is in need of volunteers NOW for pre-production as well as during the festival August 25 -29th. We would love to have your help. Please send all volunteer inquiries to Sarah D Jones
email: volunteer@albuquerquefilmfestival.org

Thank you! Please contact Sarah if you have questions.

2.) Call for submissions:

6th Annual Vancouver Women in Film Festival
(March 4-8, 2011) Seeks Film Submissions

For more information about eligibility criteria and how to submit,
please CLICK HERE.

The Festival is presented by Women in Film and Television Vancouver and is one of our key annual celebration events. In addition to offering independent filmmakers a professional screening opportunity, the festival also serves to build audiences and appreciation for relevant cinema by women. The festival supports filmmakers with cash awards and artists' fees. Last year, three filmmakers were the recipients of the Legacy Awards, representing $1500 in cash awards. Award-winning filmmaker Lulu Keating was the 2010 recipient of the Women In the Director's Chair Feature Film Award, presented by Creative Women Workshops Association, represents industry leadership and support from some of the most significant companies in western Canada and is valued at nearly $100,000.

The early bird postmark deadline is September 1, 2010. The final submission deadline is November 1, 2010.

The 9th Annual Female Eye Film Festival (FeFF)
Open call for Films (must be directed by a woman) & scripts
(open to women and men)
Open Call for Submissions, 9th Annual FeFF 2011
EXTENDED EARLY DEADLINE FOR WIF Members:
August, 31, 2010. Extended deadline Fall 2010

The Female Eye celebrates the 9th annual FeFF,
March 23 - 27

15% Discount for WIF Members

CLICK HERE for submission details

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Athena Film Festival is a great opportunity for NMWIF
members to enter their pieces ~

deadline September 1st

Melissa Silverstein, an established writer, blogger, founder and editor of 'Women & Hollywood', is now producer of our upcoming film festival. As an organization that deals with women working in the film industry, I am writing to let you know about an exciting new film festival that focuses on women's leadership issues--The Athena Festival-- which will take place at Barnard College in NYC this coming February 10th-13th.

The Festival will examine the values women leaders share--vision, courage, resilience--as well as explore leadership across race, class, culture, and country. In short, our goal is to open a robust dialogue about women and leadership: what it takes to excel, collaborate, lead, and inspire.

They are currently in the process of accepting film submissions and would love to to receive any related submissions from members of our organization.

The deadline for all submissions is September 1st. For further information and guidelines regarding submissions please go to: Athena Film Festival.

Script DC

Registration is now open at www.scriptdc.com. (Note: at this writing this link was not working... check back or call number below if you are interested)

Early Bird Pricing in effect to August 30. Save $50 on full conference registration.

Confirmed presenters include:

Lisa Cortes (Precious), Megan Holley (Sunshine Cleaning), Claudia Myers (Kettle of Fish), Dawn Porter (Serious Moonlight), Stephen Harris (A&E), Maureen Ryan (Man on Wire), Ed Burns (The Wire), Kelley Baker (Angry Filmmaker), Aviva Kempner (Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg), Marilyn Horowitz, Walter Gottlieb (FinalCut Productions), Jenny Halper, Erin Keating (IFC TV), Cid Collins Walker (Black Opal Productions), Heather Waters (Creative World Awards), Marc Lapadula, Judy Levenson (Nat Geo), Libby Richman (Half Yard Productions). Complete schedule here.

Presentations for writers, directors, producers, talent. Practice your pitch.Make your pitch. Have your script critiqued. Learn! Network!

ScriptDC is the largest event of its kind in the region. But space is limited, so register today.

We have a block of rooms at the Renaissance Hotel at a special rate, call Melissa at 202-429-9438 if you're interested.

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San Francisco International Women's Film Festival 2011
Call for Entries is Now Open
The Women's Film Institute announces its call for film and video entries in all lengths and genres for the 7th annual San Francisco International Women's Film Festival (SFWFF).

The deadline for submissions is December 1, 2010. Any questions regarding submissions can be emailed to sfwomensfilmfestival@gmail.com or call
(415) 754-3456.

Founded in 2004, the SFWFF celebrates the achievements of women working behind the camera and raises awareness about the need for more opportunities for female filmmakers: CLICK HERE

About the Women's Film Institute: WFI is the sponsor of the annual San Francisco International Women's Film Festival (SFWFF), WFI Shorts Tour, and year-round educational programs and events. WFI aims to bring the highest quality films to the community.

The festival will take place April 4-10, 2011. Visit the WFI Website CLICK HERE

NMWIF Members Doing Great Things

Congratulations to Angelique Midthunder, member and former Board member for her EMMY nomination for "Outstanding casting for a miniseries, movie or special" for Georgia O'Keefe. Way to go Angelique!

Got something to share? Please send to Reina at nmwifinfo@gmail.com

Look for the new MEMBERS TABLE
at all monthly events

Starting in August there will be a table at all NMWIF events specifically dedicated to support the networking opportunities for our members.

MEMBERS: Please use this area to provide your business cards, flyers or other promotional handouts of what you are working on or supporting this month!

GUIDELINES:
Only NMWIF members may distribute handouts at this table
All handouts must be 8½ x 11 in. in size or smaller
NMWIF reserves the right to remove any materials deemed inappropriate for any reason

PLEASE NOTE: NM WOMEN IN FILM DOES NOT ENDORSE, SPONSOR OR CLAIM RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY OF THE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED AT THIS TABLE.

Please visit the New Mexico Women in Film website often to find out about new benefits for members, announcements about upcoming events, and to find out who our wonderful supporters are! You may follow us on Facebook as well to keep updated on NMWIF and members.

Sincerely,

Vivian Nesbitt
board member/newsletter chair

 

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