• Thursday, December 6
• Friday, December 7
• Saturday, December 8
• Sunday, December 9

Registration

Opening Reception
Welcome by conference co-chairs:
Bonnie Abaunza (Executive Director for Artist Relations - Amnesty International & Member of NALIP Steering Committee) and Dennis Leoni (Executive Producer/Creator - Resurrection Blvd.)

Welcome remarks by:
Cathy Anderson (San Diego Film Commission) & Karen Constine (Film California First), Paola Avila (Deputy Chief of Staff for the Mayor of San Diego), & Paul Espinosa (Filmmaker & President of Media Arts Center San Diego)

Keynote Addresses by Victor Villaseñor (Author - The Rain of Gold) followed by the special screening of:

THE BRONZE SCREEN: 100 YEARS OF THE LATINO IMAGE IN HOLLYWOOD CINEMA
USA 90 mins.
Producers/Directors: Susan Racho, Nancy De Los Santos, Alberto Dominguez
Written by: Nancy De Los Santos & Susan Racho
An HBO/Cinemax Reel Life Presentation of a Bronze Screen Production.

Filmmakers in attendance: Alberto Dominguez (Director/Producer), Nancy De Los Santos (Producer/Writer/Director), and Susan Racho (Producer/Writer/Director)

THE BRONZE SCREEN is a remarkable, entertaining, and largely untold story of the history of Latinos in the Hollywood motion picture industry. Inspiring as well as informing, it is a triumph and celebration of this rich, thriving culture that has made a major contribution to the art of motion pictures.

Telling a complex story full of contradictions and rich in irony, both comic and tragic, THE BRONZE SCREEN shows the struggle of many gifted artists to bring a measure of reality to their screen images and transcend crudely cliched movie roles. These roles often determined how other Americans and the world viewed them, reinforced mainstream prejudices and contributed to a poor self-image among Latino audiences -- particularly those depicted in the "greaser films" of the early 1900's.

Friday, December 7

Continued Registration & Breakfast
Guest Speaker: Douglas Darfield (Sr. V.P of Hispanic Services - Nielsen Media Research).

NALIP Opening Remarks
Cynthia López (Communications Director - P.O.V. & Chair of NALIP Steering Committee)
Kathryn Galán (Acting Executive Director - NALIP)

Welcome by conference curators George Cisneros (Media Artist, Principal Partner of DCCI & Member of NALIP Steering Committee) and Frances Negrón-Muntaner (Filmmaker - BRINCANDO EL CHARCO & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Welcome by conference coordinator Ethan van Thillo (Executive Director - Media Arts Center San Diego)

Plenary Session

Storytelling in the Digital Age: Implications for the Independent Producer
• Moderator: George Cisneros (Media Artist, Principal Partner of DCCI, & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Our panel offers a snapshot collage of opinions, experiences and personalities representing but a small slice of the "new media" community. The range of creative outlets and platforms available for the independent media producer are expanding with the demand for gaming technologies, distance learning content, interactive desktop media, streaming materials and data presentations. It is our hope that this NALIP 2001 Conference reflects the necessary sensitivity to concerns that culture and content depth will be pushed to the side as we embrace the new story-telling tools.

----Panelists to include: Karen Buller (President & CEO - National Indian Telecommunications Institute), Pepe Moreno (Founder - Digital Fusion Inc.), Patrick Kwiatkowski (microcinema.com), Mark Polish and Michael Polish (Producer/Directors of JACKPOT), and Karen Watson (Interactive/New Media Project Development Officer, Corporation for Public Broadcasting)

Hands-On & Demonstration Media Lab
----Participants to include: Alex Rivera (Video Artist) and Adam Watkins (Director - Computer Graphic Arts Department at the University of the Incarnate Word)

Concurrent Sessions:

1. WGA Presents: The Pitch - If You Don't Use It, You Lose It
• Moderator: Deborah Leoni (Independent Executive Producer and Writer)
Producers, writers, directors and funders all must pitch their stories. This presentation will feature practice pitch sessions with industry executives. Conference attendees wishing to participate in a 'pitch' MUST present a reproduced copy of the Certificate of Registration issued by the Writers Guild of America or Certificate of Copyright issued by the Library of Congress as proof of Registration or Copyright. All material, treatments and scripts, must be registered in advance with the Writers Guild by mail or in person at the Los Angeles office and/or be copyrighted. 

----Panelists to include: Kasi Lemmons (Actress, Director and Writer), Corey Sienega (Vice President of Production for David Kirschner Productions), Javier Grillo Marxuach (Producer, Sci-Fi Channel series "The Chronicle"), Mike Fischler (independent producer), Angel Dean López (Writer - "Judging Amy") and Vince Cheung (Writer - “Steve Harvey Show")

----Sponsored by the Writers Guild of America


2. Alphabet Soup: Demystifying Digital Filmmaking
Digital filmmaking experts discuss what you really need to know to turn all those zeroes and ones into a finished work of art.

----Panelists to include: Albert Castañeda, James Tocher (General Manager - Digital Film Group Inc.) and Debbie Denise (Vice President & Producer - Sony Pictures Imageworks)


3. Reel Decisions: The Issues that Shape Our Stories
• Moderator: Vangie Griego (Independent Documentary Producer & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Documentary producers discuss the factors that influence the decisions we make when choosing a subject including fundability, marketability, professional advancement or the sheer desire to tell stories that have long been ignored. Is there a responsibility we have as "Latino" documentary makers? When/why do we "cross over" and how do we do it?

----Panelists to include: Hector Galán (Director/Producer), Myléne Moreno (Director/Producer), Paul Espinosa (President, Espinosa Productions), and Ela Troyano (Director, Writer and Producer)


4. Forming a NALIP Local
• Moderators: John Valadez (Producer - MATTERS OF RACE) and Maria Escobedo (Director - RUM & COKE)

Find out how forming a NALIP chapter can help stimulate production, encourage networking and tie your community into national resources and advocacy efforts.

----Panelists to include: Jorge Aguirre (Video Artist), Alex Rivera (Video Artist), Edwin Pagán (Filmmaker/Activist) and Sonia González (Writer and Director).

Luncheon with Industry Keynote Address
----Guest Speaker from AOL Time Warner (TBA)

----Sponsored by AOL Time Warner

Concurrent Sessions:
1. Latinos Working in Animation
• Moderator: Rick Ramirez (Phil Roman Entertainment)

Innovative Latino artists discuss the art and business of animation and the possibilities created by the many advanced tools available to today’s animators.

----Panelists to include: Poli Marichal (Artist and Filmmaker), Ruben Apodaca (Animator & Animation Instructor), Adam Watkins (Director - Computer Graphic Arts Department at the University of the Incarnate Word), Lalo López Alcaraz (Pocho Magazine), and Esteban Zul (Pocho Magazine).


2. Festivals & Markets -- How to Get In and How to Work Them, Once You Do
• Moderator: Maria Escobedo (Director - RUM & COKE)

Now that you’ve made a film, find out what strategies and skills you need to get it into festivals and how to make festival screenings work for you.

----Panelists to include: Calixto Chinchilla (Executive Director - New York International Latino Film Festival), Kristy Byrd (Festival Programmer - Slamdance), Matthew Breen (Programmer - Austin Film Festival), Halfdan Hussey (Founder - CineQuest), Rachel Rosen (Director of Programming - IFP Los Angeles Film Festival), and Holly Willis (ResFest)


3. Filmmaking on the Desktop Studio: Realistic Expectations and Outcomes
• Moderator: Mike Lucas (Victor Valley Community College)

Digital Video is revolutionizing the film industry. Continually lowering costs and rising quality has become the trend, opening the doors of expression to more and more filmmakers. This panel addresses how best to use existing digital video technology for your next film, as well as what to expect realistically in the near and long term for this rapidly advancing technology.

----Panelists to include: Greg Gilpatrick (Producer/Designer), Greg Derochie (Writer/Director), Todd Fluhr (Adjunct Faculty - Digital Animation Academy at Victor Valley College), Roberta Margolis (CEO - Runway) and Jim Mendiola (Director - COME AND TAKE IT DAY)

----Sponsored by: IFP & IFP-West

4. Shoptalk -- Nuts and Bolts of Guild Contracts
• Moderator: Ricardo Mendez Matta

Staff members from key industry guilds (DGA, SAG, and WGA) will outline the advantages of producing your next project under a union contract. Among the subjects to be discussed are the protection of creative rights and residuals, as well as the recently created low budget agreements.

----Panelists to include: Gerry Daley (Counsel, Member Services - WGA), Chuck Warn (Assistant Executive Director - DGA), and Rommy Schneider (SAG)


5. Private Pitches
----Participants to include panelists from the “WGA Presents” panel.

Plenary Session

What’s New in Public Funding for Independents
• Moderator: Frances Negrón-Muntaner (Filmmaker - BRINCANDO EL CHARCO & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

The panel takes a close look at new trends in public television production, including funding priorities, digital projects and new initiatives. Speakers will also address the conception and development of the new Latino-themed series, “American Family,” that will start airing on PBS in January, 2002.

----Panelists to include: Cheryl Head (Director of Outreach & Diversity - CPB), Edward James Olmos (Actor - “American Family”), David Weinstein (Senior Program Officer - National Endowment for the Humanities), and Cara Mertes (Exec. Producer - P.O.V.)

----Sponsored by: AIVF 

Town Hall Meeting

Year in Review, Challenges Ahead
• Moderators: Chon Noriega (Professor - U.C. Los Angeles & Treasurer of NALIP Steering Committee) and Sandra Pérez (Executive Director - AHA! & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Cocktails & Networking Mixer

Awards Gala honoring Phil Roman & Lillian Jiménez:
Award Presenters to include: David Valdés (Producer - THE GREEN MILE) & Lupe Ontiveros (Actress - SELENA)

Entertainment by comedian Gene Pompa.

Video/New Media Slam

Saturday, December 8

Breakfast:
Selling Your Story to Hollywood
----Featured Speaker: Carolina García-Aguilera (Author - Lupe Solano mysteries)

Plenary Session
Expanding our Voices -- Opportunities for Diversity
Opening Remarks: Esteban Torres (Former Congressman)

Employment and Opportunities in Hollywood
• Moderator: Irma Kalish (Board of Directors - Writers Guild of America)
Listen to network executives explain the ins and outs of landing a job in Hollywood, working with networks and breaking through the tortilla ceiling.

----Panelists to include: Paula Madison (NBC), Mitsy Wilson (Fox Broadcast Company), Josie Thomas (CBS), Randy Ross (Native American Distance Learning), & Spencer Newman (ABC) 

Redefining Advocacy (Case Studies): How are Latinos advocating for equitable representation on and off camera?
• Moderator: Cynthia López (Communications Director - P.O.V. & Chair of NALIP Steering Committee)

How are Latinos using media to advocate and educate for social change? Featured speakers will address current telecommunications policy issues, recent victories and challenges faced in the industry, and provide examples of how Latinos are using new media technologies to inform public opinion. Find out how you can ensure your Digital Future.

----Panelists to include: Lillian Jiménez (Director/Producer), Alex Nogales (National Chair - National Hispanic Media Coalition), Jerry Velasco (President - Nosotros), & Mark Lloyd (Executive Director - Civil Rights Forum on Communications Policy)

Hands-On & Demonstration Media Lab
----Participants to include: Alex Rivera (Video Artist) & Adam Watkins (Director - Computer Graphic Arts Department at the University of the Incarnate Word)

Luncheon with Keynote Address
----Featured Speaker: Colin Callender (President - HBO Films)

Concurrent Sessions:
1. The Bleeding Edge --Trends in Experimental and Art Media
• Moderator: Maria Christina Villaseñor (Assistant Curator of Film and Media Arts - Guggenheim Museum)

Innovative new media artists discuss the latest developments and possibilities of computer and digital production and animation.

----Panelists to include: Alex Rivera (Video Artist) & George Cisneros (Media Artist, Principal Partner of DCCI & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)


2. Getting Representation -- Agents Tell All
• Moderator: Dennis Leoni (Executive Producer/Creator - “Resurrection Blvd.”)

Panelists to include: Larry Becsey (Co-Founder - Becsey, Wisdom, Kalajian), Suzanna Camejo (Suzanna Camejo & Associates), Paul Santana (APA) & Jonathan Westover (Gage Group)


3. Cinema en Español: Spanish-Language Co-Productions
• Moderator: Moctesuma Esparza (Producer - PRICE OF GLORY & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Leading industry professionals examine the tremendous growth of Spanish-language film production, its popularity in the US and the promise and pitfalls of international co-production.

----Panelist: Santiago Pozo (President - The Arenas Group), Pablo Rovito (FIPCA), Elba Luis-Lugo (Muvi Films, Inc.), Bob Katz (Producer - INTRODUCING DOROTHY DANDRIDGE), Peter Rawley (Partner - EKR Strategies), Pedro Rodríguez (Producer AMORES PERROS & Partner at Nu-Vision)

4. One-on-one Pitches to Latino Project Funds
----Participants to include: Cheryl Head (Director of Outreach & Diversity - CPB), Luca Bentivoglio (Program Manager - Latino Public Broadcasting) & David Liu (Executive In Charge of Program Development - ITVS)

Concurrent Sessions:

1. Everybody Needs Musica!
• Moderator: Paul Saucido (TV Host, Music Writer - "LATV Live")

Since the first tribe member rose to tell his story at the campfire, there was the beat of a drum to accompany him. With the brave new digital world, the convention of music as not only score and pace, has taken on a central role in a movie's overall creative success. This panel will discuss a range of issues from composer to producer from label rep to publishing. Also sound and vision come into play as we will present TV/FILM clips scored by some of our talented panelists to ground- breaking Latin music being used in mainstream and independent films.

----Panelists to include: George Acogny (Music Supervisor - Resurrection Blvd.), Yvonne Gómez (SURCO), Jorge Pinos (Sr. V.P. - William Morris), & Emilio Kauderer (Composer)

2. Building an Audience for Latino Media
• Moderator: Moctesuma Esparza (Producer - PRICE OF GLORY & Member of NALIP Steering Committee)

Learn about the latest trends, techniques and resources related to developing and sustaining viewership, visibility and the all-important market presence.

----Panelists to include: Lorie Hope (Latino Filmmaker Showcase - Showtime Networks Inc.), Cristina Ibarra (Filmmaker - www.subcine.com), Jeff Valdez (Sí TV), Ivy Martin (Account Executive - Time Warner Communications, Advertising Sales), Alberto Ferreras (Executive Producer of HBO Latino’s On Air Promotions) and Michael Harpster (Distributor - Caliente Media)

3. Youth-Produced Media for Social Change
• Moderator: Beni Matías (NALIP Steering Committee)

Media educators and young media artists deflate the "slacker" myth by demonstrating what today’s new generation of Latino and Latina mediamakers are doing in creative ways to address social issues and concerns.

----Panelists to include: Gina Lamb (Educator/Media Artist), Esperanza Barajas (Media Artist), Ana López (Media Artist), George Ozuna (North East School for the Arts, San Antonio), Tina Rodríguez (Media Artist) and Kristine Sorenson (Media Artist/Educator)

4. One-on-one Pitches to Latino Project Funds
----Participants to include: Cheryl Head (Director of Outreach & Diversity - CPB), Luca Bentivoglio (Program Manager - Latino Public Broadcasting) & David Liu (Executive In Charge of Program Development - ITVS)

"Resurrection Blvd.”
Cocktail Party & Mixer

Special guests to include: Camilo Vila (Director), Sylvia Morales (Director), John Behring (Director), Nancy Malone (Director), Michael de Lorenzo (Director), and Norberto Barba (Director)

----Sponsored by Showtime Networks Inc.

Open Dinner Option and Night Out In San Diego!

Video/New Media Slam

Breakfast:

Moving Forward & NALIP Resolutions
• Moderator: Cynthia López (Communications Director - P.O.V. & Chair of NALIP Steering Committee)

Adjourn

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