TFR September News
NEW LOCATION - Romeo's Studio at 1515 7th Ave in Ybor City
2nd Friday of Every Month
2008 'BEST OF THE BAY' AWARD
BEST SHOWCASE FOR LOCAL FILMMAKERS: Tampa Film Review
The next Tampa Film Review will be held on Friday, October 10 from 8 – 10 p.m. at this new location, Romeo's Studio at 1515 7th Ave in Ybor City.
The event is FREE and open to the public. EVERYONE COME OUT AND CELEBRATE THIS BIG MOMENT. Also, please pass this information to as many people as you can via emails and websites. The last thing we want is for people to go to the Bazaar next month looking for the film review.
2 Tampa Bay Film & Actor Network
Every month before TFR, join Tampa Bay Film & Actor Network at 7 p.m. at Cigar Theatre. Tampa Bay Film & Actor Network is a networking group for local film makers and fans. They actively meet in four groups for Screenwriters, Actors, Production, and Post-production, discussions and training, at USF, once a month. But prior to each TFR all the groups will get together for one giant networking group. Don’t miss it.
For more information, visit Weekend Film Crew
http://weekendfilmcrew.com
Tampa Weekend Film School
http://tampaweekendfilmschool.com
Tampa Bay Film Industry & Actor Network
http://filmind.meetup.com/294/
3. Pinellas Filmmaker Society
The next Pinellas County Filmmakers Society meeting will be held on Friday, June 27 at 6 p.m. at Indie Studios,
1776 N. 11th Avenue
in St. Petersburg .
4. Global Lens
The Gasparilla Film Festival is proud to announce, along with its partners the University of Tampa and Studio @ 620, the following 2008 screening schedule for the prestigious 'Global Lens 2008' film series. For more information, visit http://www.gasparillafilmfestival.com.
Global Lens is a program of the Global Film Initiative and promotes cross-cultural understanding and diversity by presenting developing world feature films in over forty major U.S. Cities, with their prestigious film series entitled "Global Lens." GFI is considered one of the foremost leaders in funding and distributing world cinema. It's Film Board is comprised of well known, accomplished international filmmakers, such as Pedro Almodóvar, Lars von Trier, Mira Nair & Lucy Barreto, to name a few.
5. Gasparilla Film Fest Extended to 10 Days
The Gasparilla Film Festival (GFF), Tampa Bay 's largest independent film festival, is proud to announce dates for its 3rd annual Festival: The 10 day 2009 Gasparilla Film Festival will be held from Thursday, February 26th- Saturday, March 7, 2009.
The Festival, which will include over 100 films from around the world, will be held at various locations throughout Tampa Bay, including: Tampa Theatre, Studio @ 620 in St. Petersburg, Channelside, Ybor, and the University of Tampa.
6. 48 Hour Film Project
The 48 Hour Film Project will return to the Tampa Bay area July 18–July 20. “Filmmakers from all over the Bay area will compete to see who can make the best short film in only 48 hours. The winning film will go up against films from around the world for the title Best 48 Hour Film of 2008. Registration is now open. Visit www.48hourfilm.com/tampa-stpetersburg/ for more info. (I stole this from www.tampafilmfan.com)
7. Film Crew Café
Introducing
FILM CREW CAFE!
Promote your film, Promote yourself
http://filmcrewcafe.com
Based in Tampa Bay, this is a Free Social Network for Independent Filmmakers, Actors, Directors and more. Finally one place where Tampa Bay Filmmakers can find each other, post their films, network, chat, promote, find actors, announce casting calls, and more. The site features unlimited uploads, audio and video blogging, video forums, live chat, and more. You can also share your content with myspace, and any other website you have already.
This site was developed for actors, directors, film crew members, musicians, visual artists, and anyone else who works in or on films
Promote your films:
Create a new account for each film, and you have a free promotion site, with video, photos, audio, blog, forum, and more!
Promote yourself:
Actors - add your headshots, your personal reel, your resume, start a blog to speak to your fans, network with the film community, and find new gigs.
Filmmakers - add your reel, your short films, your resume, start a blog to attract talent to your next project, network with other filmmakers, use the forum to learn new things or fix a problem.
Musicians - This a great place to make your home and connect with filmmakers. Put samples of your music, music videos, your resume, previous film work, etc.
Visual Artists - You are a rare talent that is always in demand, but hard to find. Put your reel and sample art in any form, out there, so filmmakers can fight over who is going to hire you!
Best of all, it is ALL FREE!
8. Online Actors Forum
Rod Grant has announced the startup of a new online actors forum: http://www.thatsawrapactorsforum.com
Join for FREE, and:
9. THOSE OF YOU WHO HAVE SHOWN FILMS AT THE TFR …. You can now show them on local television:
Bay News 9's Tampa Bay On Demand is going to start showing local indie films in the next coming weeks. It will be a part of the YOU On Demand section under Short Films. They just need some films to be shown. Here are some of the rules and what they are looking for:
• Films must be 10 minutes or less. BUT, if your film is longer than 10 minutes, it can be broken up into multiple parts.
• Must be on DVD or VHS format when submitting. (They will not send the DVDs or VHS copies back to you, so make sure you're not sending your only copy.)
• CANNOT SHOW...films with language, violence, sexual content, nudity, adult themes, etc. Sorry, it's television. But, if you want you can edit your film for television and you can probably get in. ALSO, you may cut a trailer of your film with a link to the website of the full film or to a website documenting where a full version can be seen.
Mail submissions to:
TAMPA BAY ON DEMAND
ATTN: YOU ON DEMAND
700 CARILLON PARKWAY, SUITE 9
ST. PETERSBURG, FL 33716
