1. Free Acting Workshop
2. Indie Distribution
3. eFilm Market Online
4. Free Film Festival Submissions
5. Carpool Group for Commuting Actors
6. Script Reading Workshop
7. Member Updates
8. Film Grants

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FREE ACTING WORKSHOP

The Actors Creative Workshop presents:

SPECIAL FREE WORKSHOP with Jeffery Brooks

From the dialogue coach on Friends and CEO of RedRock Entertainment
Development, comes an exciting new workshop that will get you working!

SATURDAY, JUNE 25th

Jeffery Brooks: personal manager, producer, actor, coach, casting
director.

Jeffery Brooks worked as dialogue coach for over seven years on
Friends. Jeffery has been teaching and coaching acting students for
more than 15 years and has worked as both a private and a studio
coach for actors of all ages, from beginners to celebrities. Most
recently, Jeffery's management company, RED (RedRock Entertainment
Development) just signed a deal to produce 24 more short films and
their first 10 million dollar movie. The success of his last film,
Sleeping Dogs Lie, starring Bradley Wilk (Rage Against the Machine)
and Ed Asner, has swept the festival circuit. Read about Jeffery's
Latest Film: www.sdlmovie.com.

Don't miss out on your chance to work with Jeffery Brooks ~ for free!

WHEN: Saturday, June 25th: noon-2pm

WHERE: Actors Creative Workshop, 10523 Burbank Blvd. Ste 206, North
Hollywood, CA 91601 (two story, white office building on Burbank
Blvd., just east of Cahuenga Blvd., near the NoHo Arts District.)

HOW TO REGISTER:
There will be a limited amount of space, so please follow the
subsequent instructions carefully to secure your reservation.

Go to http://www.trulyacting.com

Click on the "FREE WORKSHOP" link.

Fill out the form.

You will be contacted shortly via email with confirmation of your
reservation.

CONTACT: Website: www.trulyacting.com, Phone: 818-752-1922, Email:
info@...

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INDIE DISTRIBUTION

Here's another distributor for indie films. David Lynch just allowed this
company to distribute his first feature, Eraserhead, which til now was only
available through his website.
-Anup

http://www.Indiebuyer.com

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eFILM MARKET ONLINE

eFilm Market Online cuts out the middle man, and lets buyers contact you
directly through eFilm's auction and promotional services. In other words, it
brings sellers and buyers together, from the comfort of their own chairs.
Seller, or buyer, you make the deals yourselves. eFilm Market Online is your
chance to retain up to 97% of what your TITLE grosses in worldwide sales. At
eFilm Market Online, you are your own salesperson, and, yes--the end result
will be that film sellers will retain up to 97% of what their film grosses.
Efilm
Market charges a monthly listing fee per title, and a 1.5% gross of all sales on
the eFilm Market Online....far less than 25% to 30% normally charged by
sales companies, along with market expenses. There are no hidden
expenses that eat up potential profits.
It's FREE to register, and only takes a few minutes of your time to become a
member.

http://www.efilmonline.com

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FREE FILM FESTIVAL SUBMISSIONS

Tiburon International Film Festival (Free for Student Filmmakers)

"This annual festival is a true United Nations of cinema, showcasing films from
around the entire world." Via Magazine

Tiburon, CA ---- The Tiburon International Film Festival is excited to announce
the call for entries for its 5th annual event to run from March 9 - 17, 2006.

Submissions are open to all genres of film (Fiction, documentary, short,
animation, experimental, student, children, sports, music video.....) from any
nation of the world.

The Tiburon International Film Festival is proud to be the platform for the
talented independent filmmakers with premieres like Academy Award
nominated 7:35 am (7:35 de la mañana) [2004] by Nacho Vigalondo .... and
many films, which were picked up for distribution .... and countless films that
were invited to other festivals after being screened at TIFF.

Golden Reel Award

The films submitted to the Tiburon International Film Festival are eligible to
win the Golden Reel Award in several categories: Best Fiction, Best
Documentary, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Short, Best Animation,
Best Children Film, Best Student Film ..... The Audience Award will be
presented to one film through submitted ballots and the winners of all
categories will be announced at the end of the Festival.

ENTRY INFORMATION:
Entry form and eligibility guidelines are available on the festival's website
under Submit Films at: www.tiburonfilmfestival.com.

The deadline for submissions is: December 1, 2005.

Festival Date: March 9 - 17, 2006
Phone: (415) 381-4123
Fax: (415) 388- 4123
info@...
http://www.tiburonfilmfestival.com
1680 Tiburon Boulevard
Tiburon, CA 94920 USA

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IMPERIAL BEACH FILM FESTIVAL (SAN DIEGO)

We are in out third year of production This year the festival will be a
2-day event with limited number of venues. It will again feature an art
walk, which prove to be a sucess last year.

This year our event will take place September 9th & 10th. Our call for
entries started May 1, 2005 and will close July 31, 2005.

Please visit our website at ibfilmfestival.com. and download an
application to submit your film.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us via e-mail at
futerman1@..., futerman@... or by phone at (619) 423-2692.
We look forward to hearing from you.

Steven and Martha Futterman
Imperial Beach Film Festival


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MIAMI SCREENINGS

Hi. My name is Justin Routt. My company is Birch Creek Films. My website is
http://www.bcfs.us I hold Independent Film Night here in Miami, Florida. I
show short films at the event. I hold the event at popular venues. I usually
get
between 100 and 200 people per event. I have been featured in many press
articles, i.e., Movie Maker, Fortune Small Business, Miami Herald, New Times,
Deco Drive, Palm Beach Post and lots of others. I let everyone in free, give
drink specials, and give away prizes. I am looking for short films to show.
There is no fee and you will get great exposure and press. If you are
interested in submitting your short film, please send in DVD format to:

Justin Routt
915 N.W. 1ST Ave # H 2611
Miami, FL 33136

If you have any questions, please look at my website, or e-mail me
jroutt@...
Thank you, I look forward to hearing from you.

Justin

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CARPOOL - SD TO LA COMMUTING ACTORS

There are several actors who live in San Diego and commute to LA for gigs,
auditions, etc. Even though schedules are so random as well as specific
locations in LA, there might be times when people's schedules come together
and we'd be able to commute thereby splitting gas money and wear and tear
on the car. If you're interested, just hit reply and give me your info.

-Anup
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SCRIPT READING WORKSHOP

Scripteasers, a San Diego-based playwrights development group, provides
writers the opportunity to hear their work read by actors. The group meets on
biweekly Friday evenings at 7:30 p.m. to present cold readings of stageplays
and screenplays.

http://www.scripteasers.org

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MEMBER UPDATES


ACTOR'S DEBUT DIRECTING PROJECT

Hi folks.
I wanted to invite you to see the play I've been working on. I will not be
onstage, but feel free to sit in the audience and take notes on the
performance, right along with me.
I am directing a play called Hellcab. It's funny. It's sad. But mostly, it's
funny.
The play runs Thursday night and Saturday & Sunday afternoons from June
16-26.
If you are interested in seeing it, you can peep details at the website below.
Or just keep reading this email...

Hellcab
written by Will Kern

A collection of scenes from a day in the life of a Chicago cabbie... Alternately
frightening, hilarious and poignant, these sharply etched blackouts and
cameos... are capped by a stunning and very touching finale.

Show Dates:
Thursday, June 16 at 8:30pm
Saturday, June 18 at 3:00pm
Sunday, June 19 at 3:00pm
Thursday, June 23 at 8:30pm
Saturday, June 25 at 3:00pm
Sunday, June 26 at 3:00pm

Reserve your seats now! Call (323) 465-0800 Plenty of free parking!

Hollywood Fight Club Theatre
6767 Sunset Blvd, Suite #6
(NE corner of Sunset & Highland)
Hollywood, CA 90028

Hope to see you there...
later,
Sid

www.SidVeda.com

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GA$ MONEY IMPROV !!!!!!!!!!

June 20, 2005
8 p.m.
$10.00

14106 Magnolia blvd (look for A1 Cleaners)
Sherman oaks, 91423

Contact: 310-849-9145

Please RSVP .
Thank you very much.

Omar Adam

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NYFA SCREENING

I had the pleasure of acting in a New York Film Academy (in LA, go figure)
short film last weekend with fellow group members Sonia Mari (http://
www.soniamari.com) and Viji about a young woman who is dealing with
pressure from her mother (Viji) to get married. So she and her friend (Mari)
hire an actor to play a suitable beau to please her mother.

- Anup

Will You Marry Me?
Screens: Friday, Jun 24 at 7pm
Location: NYFA
Email me (by replying) for more info and/or changes

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FILM GRANTS

Academy Foundation Names 47 Institutions to Receive $500K Grants
by Brian Brooks/indieWIRE

The Academy Foundation's Institutional Grants Program has announced its
latest round of institutional grants, with $500,000 going to 47 universities,
colleges and cultural organization throughout the United States and two other
countries. Since 1968, the Academy Foundation, the educational wing of the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, has distributed over 400 grants
to film-related departments and programs at universities, colleges and
nonprofit organizations.

"The grants program is designed to bridge public audiences with the film
industry while promoting and advancing film as an art form and profession,"
explained Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt. "Providing half a million
dollars in grants will assist educational institutions and organizations in
developing film-based programming for their respective communities."

The Academy Foundation's Grants Committee selected the following
programs for the 2005-2006 allocation:

Internship Programs

$15,000

California Institute of the Arts (Valencia, CA)

Columbia University School of the Arts (New York, NY)

New York University (New York, NY) - The Maurice Kanbar Institute of Film
and Television

University of California at Los Angeles - Film and Television Archive

University of Southern California - School of Cinema-Television

University of Southern California - College of Letters, Arts and Sciences - The
Master of Professional Writing Program

$10,000

Austin Film Society (Austin, TX)

Columbia College (Hollywood, CA)

Penn State University (University Park, PA) - Department of Film-Video and
Media Studies

University of California at Los Angeles - School of Theater, Film and
Television

University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill, NC) - Hollywood Internship Program

Yale University (New Haven, CT) - Film Studies Program

$5,000

Museum of Modern Art (New York, NY) - Department of Film and Media

Institutional Grants

$25,000

American Film Institute (Los Angeles) - Directing Workshop for Women

$20,000

Flaherty/International Film Seminars (New York City) - 51st Robert Flaherty
Film Seminar

Inner City Filmmakers (Los Angeles) - Training and film industry job
development program serving underprivileged youth

Streetlights (Hollywood, California) - Film industry job training, placement,
career mentoring and advancement

$15,000

Acme Network (Los Angeles) - "Acme Animation On-Air and Online" - Distant
learning program and online learning resource for high school and college
students

FIND (Los Angeles) - "Project Involve" - Mentoring and training program for
young filmmakers from underrepresented communities

Henry Mancini Institute (Culver City) - "Tribute to American Film Music" - One-
night concert with accompanying film clips

Writers Guild Foundation (Los Angeles) - Educational programs, including a
visiting writer program, seminar series, nominees' panel and a one-day
workshop on adaptation

$12,500

Film Arts Foundation (San Francisco, CA) - Screenwriting education program
and mentorship program

Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY) - "Animation: Minds in Motion!" -
Animation workshop for children between 9-12 years of age in from
underserved school districts and community organizations

Pacific Film Archive (Berkeley, CA) - "How To Read A Film" - Two-day visual
literacy workshop for teachers

$10,000

CineStory (Idylwild, CA) - Screenwriting workshop

Cornell University (Ithaca, NY) - Cornell Cinema - Visiting filmmakers

Independent Feature Project (Minneapolis/St. Paul) - "Women Filmmakers
Access Grant Program" and the "Independent Producers Conference"

Independent Feature Project - "Project Involve: New York" - Networking
workshops and a mentorship program for 40 emerging and mid- career
minority narrative and documentary filmmakers

National Association of Latino Independent Producers (Santa Monica, CA) -
"Latino Producers Academy" - Intensive workshop bringing together
producers and directors

Squaw Valley Community of Writers (Olympic Valley, CA) - Screenwriting
workshop

$8,000

Cineaste Magazine (New York, NY) - "Acting in the Cinema" - Special 40-
page supplement

$7,500

Cleveland High School (Los Angeles) - "Summer Film Production Workshops"
- Cinematography projects for high school students

Double Helix Corporation (St. Louis, MO) - "City Visions" - Filmmaking
workshops with nationally recognized filmmakers

Duke University (Durham, NC) - "Women Film Pioneers International" -
Touring exhibition program

George Eastman House (Rochester, NY) - "Visiting Artist Series"

North Carolina School of the Arts (Winston-Salem, NC) - School of
Filmmaking - Visiting filmmakers

Winnipeg Film Group (Canada) - "The Winnipeg Aboriginal Filmmaker's
Training Program" - Advanced production workshop

$6,000

Community Film Workshop of Chicago - Film production workshop

eQuinoxe to be Continued (Paris, France) - International workshops for
screenwriters

$5,000

Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York) - "Screening Great Literature" -
Educational film series for high school students

California Film Institute (Mill Valley, CA) - Educational outreach programs
including filmmaker visits to schools, young critics workshop and student
transportation to events

College of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, NM) - "GirlsFilmSchool" - Summer film
production workshop

Frameline (San Francisco, CA) - "Frameline at the Center" - Screening and
visiting filmmakers program

Independent Feature Project (IFP) Chicago - "Project Involve Chicago" -
Summer film program targeting underprivileged youth

Independent Films, Inc (Aspen, CO) - "Latino Youth Documentary Project" -
Film production workshop for immigrant teens

Women Make Movies (New York, NY) - "Production Assistance Program" -
Professional development workshops, fiscal sponsorship and information
services for women filmmakers

$2,500

University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) - Visiting Filmmakers Program

[ For grant guidelines and proposal information, please visit http://
www.oscars.org/grants ]