CineSalon
Monday, February 28th, 7:00 PM
Backstage Café
9433 Brighton Way
Beverly Hills, CA 90210
FREE to CineWomen Members
$5.00 Non-Members
PUBLIC PARKING one block North off Canon or Beverly ($2.00)
CineWomen is pleased to announce our February CineSalon line up. There
will be two screenings back to back at 7:15 and 8:30. Great food and
drinks available at Ian Copeland's Backstage Café. Many thanks
to Ian for providing this venue for filmmakers.
1) THORN GRASS (8 minutes) - Robin
Hammer
A transformative mediation on the untimely death of a Two-Spirited youth.
This film honors his spirit and his courage to live authentically. THORN
GRASS is based on the life and death of Fred C. Martinez Jr., a Navajo
(Dine) young man who was killed in a hate crime in Cortez, Colorado
in 2001.
2) SHAKE THE RAIN (13 minutes) - Robin Hammer
A film based on a dramatic reading of the original writing of Transgender
author Tennessee Jones. Tennessee Jones speaks of desire, brutality
and hope in a beautifully drawn account from an Appalachian childhood.
3) GEORGIA (15 minutes) - Monique Le Tran
A Vietnamese wife learns the different types of love and passion as
well as the various chicken dishes that she is able to get in America
from a beautiful dancer named Georgia.
CineSalon provides filmmakers with an opportunity to crew up their projects
or a chance to join a production. Actors can network with people in
the industry, as well as get started on making their own films. Writers
get out of the
house and meet producers. Editors, you next job could be found at a
CineSalon. Everyone gets to meet like-minded women and share advice
or ideas and garner support and inspiration.
E-mail: Events@cinewomen.org if you have a work in progress, trailer,
demo reel, short, or pilot to be put on the CineSalon schedule line-up.
January CineSalon January 31st, 2005
1) NAKED DAVE (13 min.) - Alexandra Schaffert and David Callaghan
Chicana artist Laura Molina paints tongue-in-cheek nude portraits of her ex-lover Dave and exhibits them on her web site, www.nakeddave.com. This documentary follows the self-declared "Angriest Woman of the World", ex-punk rock singer, ex-Disney employee, ex-contestant on the TV show "Win Ben Stein's Money", attempting to document Molina's singular obsession.
2) HOLLOW (9 min.) - Jen Soemantri
What if your dark secret came back to haunt you? Paul is suspicious that his girlfriend Esther has been hiding a secret from him. To her annoyance, he pressures her to tell him the truth. Little do they expect that her dark secret is going to haunt them both this Halloween
night. www.jsoemantri.com
3) OUR SECRET GARDENS (5 min.) - Elin Guthrie
Our secret gardens is a reality gardening show -- for the cable TV market --Where gardeners from all walks of life share their passion for gardening as they share their private Eden1s with us. It's a why
show, not a how-to show.
Short Film Party, an internet show hosted by CineWomen member Kelly Zirbes and featuring a variety of short films and a special guest filmmaker each month happens LIVE on the first Monday of the month, 4-5 pm Pacific Time. Check it out at Short Film Party.
Film Industry Network meets the second Sunday of every month from 3 - 6:30 p.m in the Atrium Meeting Room (located on the lobby level) of the Sony Pictures Plaza (SPP) Building (across from the main Sony lot) On Madison Ave., between Washington and Culver Blvds. The entrance to the underground parking lot is in the front of the building
COST: $6 for FIN members, $9 for CineWomen members, $12 for non-members
For more info, check out their website at Film Industry Network
OUTFEST holds weekly film screenings every Wednesday at the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center's Village at Ed Gould Plaza, located at 1125 N. McCadden Place, one block east of Highland, just north of Santa Monica Blvd. Go to Outfest Screening Series for more information.
The First Weekenders Group is a weekly email that supports features directed by women the first weekend they arrive at the box office. This is how we can make a direct impact on the industry. Please visit the website 50/50 Summit for more information.
New York CineWomen Events
For information on CineWomen events in New York, contact the New York chapter at PO Box 1063, Cooper Station, NY 10276 (212) 604-4264 or check out their website at NY CineWomen
**Check out some of our past events as well!**