Schedule revised frequently, check back for updates!!
 Advance Sign-Up Required |
 Open to all Attendees |
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 Documentary Session |
 Performer/Director Session |
 Latino Media Market |
 Narrative Film & TV Session |
 Producer/Writer Workshop |
| 8am – 9:45am | Check in – NALIP ACTORFEST STUDIO (register online!) |
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| 9:45am – 6pm | |
NALIP 2012 ACTORSUMMIT This all day event features workshops, conversations, and networking opportunities with casting, acting, and auditioning professionals who will share their wisdom and tricks to help propel your acting career to new heights! At the Wizards Theater on Universal CityWalk! |
| 8am – 6pm | Check in – NALIP 2012: Diverse Voices, Universal Content (register online!) |
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| 9am – Noon | |
Morning Sessions – Advance Sign-Up Required! |
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A. Writing the Screenplay that Sells! Learn how to divide your screenplay into a powerful 3-act structure that works! TV and feature film writer Ligiah Villalobos will teach you the format she uses and will share a few tricks that will help you create memorable storylines and characters! |
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B. Doing Your Doc: Packaging Your Documentary For Success Pitch, proposal and trailer! This presentation by internationally acclaimed story consultant Fernanda Rossi will cover how to best present your project verbally, in writing, and with audio-visual material. |
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| 9am – 6pm | |
Filmmakers Lounge & WGA Writers Corner |
| 9am – 9:30am | |
Latino Media Market: Check-In |
| 9:30am – 12pm | |
Latino Media Market: Orientation/Pitch Session Training |
| 10am – 4pm | |
NALIPsters On View (sign in and screen your work!) |
| 12:30pm – 2pm | |
OPENING KEYNOTE LUNCH WITH ROBERT RODRIGUEZ |
| 2pm – 6pm | |
Latino Media Market: Private Sessions |
| 2:30pm – 4pm | |
OPENING PLENARY: New Works/New Voices: A Storyteller’s Journey |
| 4pm – 4:30pm | Networking Break | |
| 4pm – 4:30pm | |
A Conversation with Joseph Tovares, CPB (at the Filmmakers Lounge!) |
| 4pm – 4:30pm | |
WGAw Writers Corner (meet the WGA Latino Writers Committee!) |
| 4pm – 4:30pm | |
Meet & Greet with Mario Solis-Marich, Vice President of Programming for BabyFirst Americas (at the Filmmakers Lounge!) |
| 4pm – 4:30pm | |
Fernanda Rossi Book Signing (at the Filmmakers Lounge!) |
| 4pm – 4:30pm | |
At the Table With…Round Table Industry Meetings |
| 4:30pm – 6pm | |
Breakout Sessions |
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A. The Short Documentary As audiences migrate to the web, short-form documentaries are on the rise. This workshop examines what makes a 30-minute documentary tick, which subjects works best, and where to go for funding and broadcast. |
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B. The Reality of Reality Television Unscripted television dominates the cable industry. Join our panel of top programming executives and producers for an in-depth look inside the world of reality TV, why it works, the opportunities it holds and how to break in. |
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C. Inside the Mind of the Investor Learn about the art of how investors think and make decisions. This workshop is about understanding investors, how they think and how they make decisions by reviewing and discussing frameworks, with examples you can use today. |
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| 6:30pm – 8pm | |
WELCOME COCKTAIL RECEPTION At Infusion Lounge on Universal CityWalk! |
| 8:30pm – 10:30pm | |
SPECIAL SCREENING: FILLY BROWN with filmmaker and performer Q&A At the AMC Theatre on Universal CityWalk! |
| 10:30pm – 1am | |
LIVE MUSIC & DANCING/CASH BAR |
| 8am – 5pm | Check in – NALIP 2012: Diverse Voices, Universal Content (register online!) |
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| 9am – 5pm | |
Latino Media Market: Private Sessions |
| 9am – 6pm | |
Filmmakers Lounge & WGA Writers Corner |
| 10am – 4pm | |
NALIPsters On View (sign in and screen your work!) |
| 9am – 10:15am | |
Breakout Sessions |
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A. Women in Media Women are transforming the media landscape through creative innovation, savvy business acumen, and master collaboration. Join us in a discussion of how women’s growing influence is shaping the stories told in both traditional and digital media. |
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B. Shooting in the Crosshairs: Telling Latino Stories in Volatile and Dangerous Times Hundreds of real-life stories have impacted the Latino community: from the Dream Act to the Ciudad Juarez Femicides to the conjoined twins in Central America. This panel presents journalists who have reported on stories ripe for Latino independent producers to pick from. |
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C. Crossing Over: Diverse Voices, Universal Content As the media landscape changes and becomes more inclusive around the world, filmmakers need to think about how their projects will reach a global market. Hear how these up and coming Latino filmmakers are crossing over and reaching new audiences! Featuring Estela Narrative winner Patricia Martinez de Velasco, America director Sonia Fritz, and Cartas a Elena director Martin Barajas-Llorent. |
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| 10:15am – 10:30am | Networking Break | |
| 10:30am – Noon | |
Breakout Sessions |
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A. Make Money in TV Commercials! This workshop will teach an understanding of the various aspects and workflow used in commercial production. Join us and our dynamic panel of directors, producers, DP’s and casting directors. |
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B. The Social Life of Convergence How can we best meet the macro forces influencing social media? This panel will discuss collaborations among filmmakers, new ways of engaging audiences and how these will influence the industry in both predictable and surprising ways. |
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C. Public Media and Latino Independents Public Media and Latinos have a long and complicated history, but one that has brought the American people great content over the years. This panel brings together some of the leading Latinos in the field to assess where we are and where we’re going! |
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| 12:30pm – 2pm | |
KEYNOTE LUNCH WITH RON MEYER, President/COO of Universal Studios |
| 2pm – 2:30pm | Networking Break |
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| 2:30pm – 4pm | |
Breakout Sessions |
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A. A Conversation with Alice Bag From being the front woman of an L.A. punk band to being an inner city school teacher, and now published author, Alice Bag has definitely made her mark on American pop-culture! Moderated by Joe Escalante, bassist of the punk rock band The Vandals. |
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B. Documentary Financing In addition to grant cycles and U.S. broadcast licenses, how are documentary films being produced nowadays? Join the top supporters of documentary films to discuss the changing landscape of documentary financing. |
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C. Writing CHAVEZ A discussion with writer Keir Pearson on writing the long-awaited biopic on labor leader and civil rights activist, Cesar Chavez. Joining Keir will be the film’s producers Pablo Cruz and Paul Chavez. |
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| 4pm – 4:15pm | Networking Break | |
| 4:15pm – 5:45pm | |
Breakout Sessions |
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A. Anatomy of a Hit YouTube Channel This year Google-owned YouTube is investing in new channels – 100 of them! Made with new partner production companies, what does this mean for producers and media makers like you! |
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| 4:15pm – 6:15pm | |
B. Writing a MOW: A Sneak Preview and Q&A of Firelight Don’t miss this private screening of upcoming Hallmark Hall of Fame movie of the week Firelight. Afterward meet members of the cast and crew, including NALIPster Ligiah Villalobos! |
| 7pm – 8pm | |
GALA COCKTAIL RECEPTION |
| 8pm – 10pm | |
GALA DINNER AND AWARDS PRESENTATION |
| 10:30pm – Midnight | |
LIVE MUSIC & DANCING/CASH BAR |
| 10am – 11:30am | |
CLOSING PLENARY: RACE AND THE MEDIA |
| 11:30am – 12pm | |
CLOSING TOWN HALL – NALIP Board of Directors and Staff |
