Gospel Music Week, Cmt Music Awards, Nab2005 Showcase,
By The Actor's Checklist, Sat Dec 10th
The Method Fest is known as The Actor's Film Festival, afestival of discovery, seeking breakout acting performances ofemerging stars and established actors in story-drivenindependent films, closes out on April 8 with a closing partythe night before in Calabasas. Minnesota Film Arts is hostingthe 23rd Annual Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festivalin Minneapolis through April 16 with opening and closing nightparties throughout. The Istanbul International Film Festival,organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts has atheme this year of 'Arts and the Movies', as it plays throughApril 17. Nashville Songwriters Association Internationalpresents the Tin Pan South Songwriters Festival which featuresthe NSAI Songwriter's Symposium and the Tin Pan SouthSongwriters Golf Classic Invitational, from April 4 to 9. RomaIndependent Film Festival, opening April 4 to 9 in Rome,includes retrospectives, roundtable discussions with topinternational filmmakers, workshops, live music, and VIPcocktail parties. Eilat International Film Festival runningApril 6 to 9, bill itself as a competitive festival and includescompetitions for 'Best Foreign Film' and 'Best Israeli Film'. AMiami conference dedicated to the critical role of NewGeneration Latino in the worlds of media, marketing andentertainment - New Generation Latino Consortium in Miami - isset for April 6. Toronto's Images Festival opens on April 7,with a party at Mod Club, and runs till April 16, presenting itsannual exhibition of media arts installations and new mediaartwork. During Gospel Music Week, April 9 to 13 in Nashville,there are nightly music showcases and daily luncheons where youcan see and hear Christian music’s current and upcoming artists,culminating in the 36th Annual GMA
Music Awards. Comedy kingpinJeff Foxworthy will lead the live festivities as Country MusicTelevision telecasts the 2005 CMT Music Awards from GaylordEntertainment Center in Nashville on April 11. Four emergingpolicy issues will be addressed during the 5th Annual Future ofMusic Policy Summit at Barbara Jordan Conference Center,Washington DC, on April 12. Aspiring artists can learn how tonegotiate the creative and business aspects as they navigatetoward a successful recording career at a BMI Aspiring ArtistWorkshop in Nashville on April 14. The National Association ofBroadcasters NAB2005 Showcase taking place in Las Vegas April 16to 21 is known to be one of the largest showcases for broadcastmedia. Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) seeks tonurture a greater appreciation of India's cinema and diverseculture by screening films from and about India by Indian andInternational filmmakers, April 20 to 24. Ebertfest: "RogerEbert's Overlooked Film Festival" are screenings and paneldiscussions from films selected from among the films Mr. Ebertsees in the normal course of his reviewing, taking place April20-24 in Champaign. Tribeca Film Festival runs April 21 to May 1in New York. Games and Mobile Forum is a full-day executiveforum in New York on April 21. New Orleans Jazz & HeritageFestival features a stage solely dedicated to some of NewOrleans most vibrant music and most venerable culturaltraditions during its run of April 22 to May 1. At the BostonCyberArts Festival exhibitions of visual arts; music, dance, andtheatrical performances; film and video presentations;educational programs; and lecture/demonstrations and symposiaare combined with online exhibitions such as JenniferWoolcock-Schwartz' immersive 3D installation "On the StreetWhere I Live"(http://www.absolutely-fashionable.com/on_the_street.html) toencourage participation from outside New England, and all takingplace April 22 to May 8. MerleFest: An Americana MusicCelebration is committed to producing a high quality diversifiedAmerican roots based musical experience when it gathers inWilkesboro from April 28 to May 1.
Many of events above have a submission process for indie and/orperforming artists to take part in. Complete details are on the"Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry andEvents" page at http://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html.
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