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OSCAR PARTY IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

OSCAR PARTY

IN CHARLOTTESVILLE

TO BENEFIT THE PARAMOUNT THEATER

AND THE VIRGINIA FILM FESTIVAL

Wear your best “Hollywood-inspired” attire and experience the thrills and surprises of the 82nd Academy Awards® on Sunday, March 7, 2010, at Charlottesville’s own Oscar Night America party...live, in HD!

Benefiting The Paramount Theater and The Virginia Film Festival, Charlottesville’s Oscar Night celebration will be held at The Paramount Theater. Doors will open at 6 pm; enjoy wine, beer, and food from 6-8 pm; and the live HD broadcast starts at 8 pm.

Guests will feel like they are on the A-list! The Academy will provide everyone the same official program distributed to guests at the Oscar• presentation at the Kodak Theatre at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood.

Official Oscar Night parties last year raised more than $3 million in 52 cities. All money raised stays in the local community.

Walk the red carpet into the Theater and sample tastes from some of Charlottesville's top restaurants including The Melting Pot, Bonefish Grill, Maya, Escafe, and Topeka Steak House. There will also be a raffle that evening with items from merchants such as Belk, Gearharts Fine Chocolates, and The Inn At Court Square.

Tickets are General Admission and $25. Tickets include admission to the broadcast with emcees Dan Schutte and Tiffani Sargent (Newsplex News Anchors); food, beer and wine; the official program; coffee, popcorn and soda.

Tickets are pm sale NOW to Theater Supporters; Tickets go on sale to the General Public on Friday, 2/5.

To purchase:

* visit www.theparamount.net <http://www.theparamount.net/>

* call 434.979.1333

* come to the Box Office, 215 East Main Street in Charlottesville (10 am - 2 pm)

Rock Creek Re-Schedule

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AUDITIONS RESCHEDULED

"Rock Creek" auditions are rescheduled for this Thursday, Feb. 11 from 6 to 9 PM and the following Saturday, Feb. 13 from 9 AM to Noon and 1:30 to 5 PM at the Weschler Theater on the Third floor of the Mary Graydon Center on the American University Campus, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC, 20016.

Roles:

Lupe, Latina woman, late 40s, kind, hard-working, quiet, speaks Spanish and English with accent.

La Llorona/Curandera, Latina woman, 50s, frightful, imposing, worn, but beautiful. Speaks Spanish.

Viola, Latina woman, early 40s, outgoing, funny, talkative, speaks Spanish and English with accent.

Ricardo, Latino male, early 40s, charming, tradesman, interested in sports. Speaks Spanish and English with accent.

Rose, Latina girl, teenager, confident, outspoken, likes challenging her mother. Speaks English with no accent.

Miguelito, Latino boy, 9 to tween, happy, easy-going, loves to play. Speaks English with no accent.

Contact: markaguirre@aol.com

Global Lens Passport

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

RWUL Presents: “Passport to a New World of Cinema” Global Lens 2010

Celebrating a month long showcase of independent films from around the world; RWUL presents: “Passport to a New World of Cinema” Global Lens 2010 in collaboration with the Global Film Initiative. Reel Worldwide Underground Link (RWUL) will be hosting: “Passport to a New World of Cinema Global Lens 2010” weekend film series program from February 27, 2010 to March 26, 2010 at the Letelier Theater in Washington, DC. The Global Lens 2010 film series is a collection of films from around the world developed by the Global Film Initiative, a non-profit film organization that promotes cross-cultural understanding through the medium of film. The “Passport to a New World of Cinema” is a month long weekend program in which the films from the Global Lens 2010 will be screened for public viewing. The program will also include educational components, feature guest speakers, and international cuisine catered screenings.

Washington, DC – Feb. 5, 2010 – RWUL presents: “Passport to a New World of Cinema” Global Lens 2010

Global Lens 2010 Films:

Shirley Adams, dir. Oliver Hermanus, South Africa

Masquerades, dir. Lyes Salem, Algeria

Becloud (Vaho), dir. Alejandro Gerber Bicecci, Mexico

Gods (Dioses), dir. Josué Méndez, Peru

Leo’s Room (El Cuarto de Leo), dir. Enrique Buchichio, Uruguay

Adrift (Choi Voi), dir. Bui Thac Chuyen, Vietnam

The Shaft (DiXia de Tiankong), dir. Zhang Chi, China

Ocean of an Old Man, dir. Rajesh Shera, India

My Tehran For Sale, dir. Granaz Moussavi, Iran

Ordinary People, dir. Vladimir Perisic, Serbia

Contact Info:

RWUL, Reel Worldwide Underground Link

Rebekah A. Ofori-Frimpong

Phone: (347)-834-3767

Email: rebekahfrimpong@rwul.com

Web: www.rwul.com

Double Nickels videographer

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

VIDEOGRAPHER WANTED

The Double Nickels Theatre Company, a DC nonprofit, is looking for a videographer to work pro bono at an upcoming event to honor the Tuskegee Airmen and the Triple Nickels (the 555th was the nation’s first all-black parachute battalion). The event is set for Thursday, February 25th, and could produce some fascinating footage and stories.

If interested, please contact Nneka Scroggins, who’s the Research Director for the Double Nickels Theatre Company: NnekaS@aol.com.

SOI ARLINGTON POSTPONED

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

SOI ARLINGTON POSTPONED

Due to the inclement weather in Northern Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland, the February 9^th
State of the Industry Meeting and Expo
HAS BEEN POSTPONED
A new date will be selected soon
and will be publicized by email and
on the Virginia Film Office website
www.film.virginia.org

We look forward to seeing you soon!

MVI Post interns

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Looking For a Few Good Interns…

MVI Post was recently selected to provide post production on the upcoming and highly acclaimed "In Performance at the White House" concert series. The Feb. 10^th concert will include performances by Bob Dylan, Jennifer Hudson, Smokey Robinson, John Mellencamp, Seal, John Legend, Blind Boys of Alabama, Natalie Cole and the Howard University Choir and be broadcast nationally. The mixing will be overseen by Ricky Minor, musical director for American Idol.

The concert will take place in the White House East Room. President and Mrs. Obama will host the event in honor of Black History Month and include A Celebration of Music from the Civil Rights Movement - showcasing the rich fabric of American culture in the setting of the nation's most famous home. Morgan Freeman and Queen Latifah will serve as Emcees.

The event will be held on Wednesday Feb. 10th and MVI will have about 19 hrs to post the show for air the following night at 8pm (Feb. 11th)

Once the concert is wrapped at the White House, the Music Mix Mobile truck will travel to their facility in Falls Church and set up in our parking lot and start the remixing process. There’s a strong possibility that some of the star singers will be at the facility post concert overseeing the mix down and editing of their songs.

"In Performance at the White House" is a production of WETA Washington, D.C. in association with The GRAMMY Museum, AEG Ehrlich Ventures and the National Black Programming Consortium (NBPC). The executive producers are Dalton Delan and David S. Thompson of WETA. The producers are Ken Ehrlich, executive producer of The GRAMMY Awards, Primetime Emmy Awards, MTV Movie Awards and NFL KICKOFF SPECTACULAR; Smokey Robinson, legendary Motown singer, songwriter and producer; and Bob Santelli, executive director of The GRAMMY Museum.

If you're interested and can commit to be at the Post facility from 3pm Wed to 3pm Thursday, please contact M.kohn@mvipost.com. Interns will be selected on the basis of their written email. In the email, please give a brief description of yourself and your background and a brief (short paragraph) statement of interest. NO telephone calls please.

MVI Post is a premier provider of HD digital media production on a local and national level for the web, broadcast, cable and radio. They offer a signature mix of compelling, high-end production values and vivid cinematography with state-of-the-art post editing and mixing that consistently represents quality for their clients.

SOI Meeting and Expo POSTPONED

Mon, 08 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Due to the inclement weather in Northern Virginia, Washington DC and Maryland, the February 9^th State of the Industry Meeting and Expo HAS BEEN POSTPONED. A new date will be selected soon and will be publicized by email and on the Virginia Film Office website (film.virginia.org).

Petersburg Oscar Night

Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Oscar Night America party in Petersburg!!!

This year on March 7th, 2010,
the Central Virginia Film Institute once again
hosts an Oscar Night Party, supported by the Academy.

Blair Underwood will serve as our Honorary Host

Morgan Dean, from WRIC TV8
will serve as
Master of Ceremonies
and do red-carpet interviews

Held this year at the beautiful Union Train Station in historic Old Towne Petersburg

The gala will feature live entertainment, red-carpet interviews,
buffet dinner, awards program and the 82nd Academy Awards Simulcast.

All proceeds for this evening’s fundraising event will go towards
Central Virginia Film Institute’s “If I Can Dream It…I Can Achieve It” educational programs
for the young people of Central Virginia, including the planned
Legacy Film Camp with Upward Bound students at Virginia State University

For information on tickets, please visit the
Central Virginia Film Institute at

http://site.cvfi.us/

BANFF Pilots Competition

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The Banff International Pilots Competition

Motivated by the great success of the 2009 Banff World Television Awards, The Banff World Television Festival is proud to announce a new competition for the 2010 season that aims to honour those with the talent and motivation to create a series pilot.

The inaugural Banff International Pilots Competition aims to recognize the talent and creativity it takes to conceptualize and create a pilot, be it online or on television. The competition accepts submissions from both "virgin" producers who have never had a show or program broadcast in any way, as well as "veteran" producers with least one show broadcast on cable, satellite or the Internet, or with a show in full production.

For more information, please visit http://www.banff2010.com/pilot.program.rules.and.regulations.php

Haiti Film Fundraiser

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:00:00 GMT

WASHINGTON FILM INSTITUTE HAITI FILM / RECEPTION FUNDRAISER

Friday February 12

Goethe-Institut (7th & Eye, NW)

Film: "ARISTEDE AND THE ENDLESS REVOLUTION"

Wine and Cheese Reception 6:00 - 8:00pm

Film Screening 8:00pm

DONATE TO THE CHARITY OF YOUR CHOICE FOR ADMISSION

FILM SYNPOSIS

Written and Directed by: Nicholas Rossier. An hour south of Miami is the Western Hemisphere's poorest nation, Haiti. In 1991 its citizens elected a former Roman Catholic priest and exponent of liberation theology, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, as president.

Popular among Haiti's poor and disenfranchised, Aristide become a target of Haiti's business interests (and the political parties that served those interests) because of his daring policies which tried to raise the standard of living for the huge majority of Haitians. During his second term in office, his government came under increasing pressure from many sides and by 2004 political violence had escalated sharply. On February 29, 2004, Aristide and his family left Haiti on a US-dispatched airplane-- according to Aristide, against his will; the US claims with his full cooperation.

EVENT DETAILS AT http://www.dcfilminstitute.org