Miami International Film Festival, Sag Awards, The Oscars!
By The Actor's Checklist, Sat Dec 10th

The Mobile Exposure handheld video program is an exploration ofthe potentials of mobile video and culture and is running nowthrough February 6 at Microcinema in Houston and on the Web.Concert Industry Consortium, founded to foster greatercommunication among the key professionals within the concertbusiness and also between the concert business and otherelements of the music business, meets through February 4 atCentury Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. The "BMI See It Hear FirstRock Showcase", a new showcase, gets underway at Smith's OldeBar in Atlanta on February 3. The San Francisco Independent FilmFestival will screen 100 films and videos by independentfilmmakers from all over the country and around the globe, aswell as networking parties every night. Miami International FilmFestival will focus on Ibero-American cinema when it runsFebruary 4 to 13 at Miami Dade College. Florida Film &Entertainment Professional Development Series are workshopsscheduled during the first three days of the Miami InternationalFilm Festival at Miami Dade College. Daniel Knauf,creator/executive producer of HBO’s “Carnivale,” speaks at theAlameda Writers Group meeting. His talk on "Surviving Success,"covers what a writer should do after the first sale, in a talkat Glendale Central Library in Glendale on February 5. The 11thAnnual Screen Actors Guild Awards takes place February 5 inShrine Exposition Center, Los Angeles. The DIY (Do It Yourself)Music Festival is part of the DIY Convention, geared entirely toindie artists in Film, Music and Books, running February 8 to 12in Los Angeles. World of Comedy International Film

Festival(different from the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival) opens February 9in Toronto at various venues. A GRAMMY Salute To Gospel Musicwill be given at West Angeles Church of God in Christ Cathedralin Los Angeles, February 10. Berlin International Film Festival,Berlin, presents more than 30 short films from the Americanreconstruction programme after the Second World War, fromFebruary 10 to 20. A MusiCares Person of the Year Tribute Dinnerhonors GRAMMY-nominated composer and pop legend Brian Wilson onFebruary 11 at the Paladium in Hollywood. BAFTA: British Academyof Film & Television Arts Film Awards, is slated for February 12in London. The 47th Annual Grammy Awards will be given in theStaples Center in Los Angeles on February 13. 57th AnnualWriters Guild Awards will be simultaneously presented February19 at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles, and Pierre Hotelin New York. A World Airline Entertainment Association TV Marketconvention from February 21 to 22, will be given at HiltonBrighton Metropole in Brighton. The Multicultural Motion PictureAssociation Oscar Week Luncheon is slated for Peninsula Hotel,Beverly Hills on February 24. "Chicago Writing Sessions: LivePerformences, Hot Songs, and Great Networking Opportunities!!"features BMI hip-hop consultant Kevin Shine and other artists ina February 26 session at Hinge Studios in Chicago. Ceremony forSpirit Awards, in Santa Monica, is on February 26. The Oscars!The 77th Academy Awards is set for February 27 at the KodakTheatre, Hollywood.

Many of festivals and conventions listed have a submissionprocess for indie and/or performing artists to take part in.Further information can be found on the "Media, Entertainmentand Performing Arts Industry and Events" page athttp://www.actorschecklist.com/news.html. And also check thelistings we have of US and UK television shows seekingparticipants. View the selection at:http://www.actorschecklist.com/resources/tvtickets.html.

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