African Cinema Conference presents...
"Pan African Film Festival Initiative and the Global Cinema & Urban
Music Summit - LA
August 17, 18, and 19, 2003".
The Initiative is a vehicle that takes films of the African Diaspora
directly from the festivals and markets and distributes them to
consumers, business and educational markets through broadband and
on-demand services and solutions. One of our lead programs is the
Global Cinema and Urban Music Summit. As an instrument of Black film
Festival promotions, the primary goal for this Summit is to provide a
cultural perspective on the development and distribution of Urban
Independent Cinema, and deliver a no-holds barred discussion on the
impact that festivals and its films, and on-demand technology have on
today's entertainment urban consumers, advertisers and Hollywood.
The Initiative and Summit will provide distinguished film festival
professionals and decision-makers, opportunities to hear and
participate in discussions pertaining to new market trends which
impact independent festivals - from exhibition, audience development
and retention and new distribution outlets for filmed and music
entertainment content. There is a critical need within the African
Diaspora for information and resources generated from this type of
"knowledge exchange for film festival owners and industry leaders.
Hosted by the African Marketplace, Inc. in association with digital
content and services companies, iMedia Marketing and NDY Media, this
event is seen as an important contributor to the independent film
festival industry, and is endorsed by the City of Los Angeles's
Cultural Affairs Department. The LA Summit will be a prelude to
other key markets such as Amman, Jordan, Salvador-Bahia, Brazil,
DuBai; Cannes, France; and the World Cultural Forum in Sao Paulo,
Brazil in 2004.
GCUMS' three day panel discussions and presentations will address the
following topics:
* Development of Alternative Distribution Channels
* Black Cultural Values in Urban Cinema and Music (positive versus
the negative)
* The Impact of New Media and Broadband Technologies on Festival
Exhibition and Urban Consumer Markets Consumption
We expect this to be a groundbreaking meeting and cultural exchange
that is ripe with potential for all involved.
Featured Speakers and Participants (Partial List)
* Black International Cinema (Berlin)
* Jamerican Film and Music Festival
* San Francisco Black Film Festival
* Pan African Film Festival (LA)
* National Black Programming Consortium (NY)
* Oakland Int'l Film Festival
* African Diaspora Film Festival (NYC)
* Black Hollywood Film Festival
* Torc Multimedia (Canada)
* NDY Media,LLC
* Anacosta Museum-Smithsonian
* BigDigit
* Pan African Film Festival Initiative
* Pan African Film Festival (Brazil)
* Pacific Rim Chamber of Commerce Entertainment Series
* KRS-One/Temple of Hip Hop
* Afrique En Images (France)
* Casa Via Magia (Salvador-Bahia, Brazil)
* Association of African American Museums
* Fespaco (Burkina Faso, West Africa)
* Imagenation Film Festival
* Reelplay.com
* Urban Broadband Entertainment
* URI, Inc.
* Westchester Bay Consulting * African Marketplace, Inc.
* WherehouseMusic
* House of Blues
* Ford Foundation
Features of The Initiative and Summit
Three (3) days of intense panel and roundtable discussions with film
festival and industry professionals
Demonstrations of Best Practices, Marketing Expertise and Festival
Broadcast Technology Special
Face-to-Face Networking Opportunities
Film Screenings Produced in Digital Format
New Music Artist Showcase Series and more
Who Should Attend:
Festival Owners, Directors and Managers
Information and Entertainment Content Publishers
Film Distributors
Filmmakers, Producers, Actors and Writers
Financial and Venture Capitalists
Entertainment and Technology Press
Film Festival Executives and Directors
Music Industry Executives and Producers
Online Publishers
Advertising and Marketing Companies
Broadcast and Cable Executives
Entertainment and Studio Executives
sponsors
Previous Global Cinema and Urban Music Events
In December 2002, the Global African Diaspora Cinema Summit presented
its first cinema symposium in partnership with the IV Mercado
Cultural Festival International, an annual cultural market in
Salvador, Bahia Brazil. The event was enormously successful as it
set the groundwork for future independent film festivals around the
world to host this important component. The IV Festival De Cinema Pan
Africano was presented as part of the Cultural Market, which attracts
more than 190 exhibitors and thousands of visitors from 50 countries
and regions around the world. Sizable delegations from countries
like; the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas are
organized at this event. The overwhelming response to the first
Global African Diaspora Cinema Summit was a solid indication that IV
Festival De Cinema Pan Africano is becoming a must attend event for
the music, film and the arts professionals.
For additional background information on the IV Cultural Mercado and
the IV Festival De Cinema Africano in Brazil visit:
http://www.viamagia.com.br
The African Marketplace and Cultural Faire
The African Marketplace and Cultural Faire, one of the nations
largest cultural events attracting well over 300,000 visitors
annually and an estimated influx of more than $35 million dollars in
the economy by featuring exhibits by over 200 importers, exporters
artists and crafts merchants from the African Diaspora. The African
Marketplace & Cultural Faire in its 18th year in Los Angeles presents
various aspects of art, cultural and history to the community.
Highlights of the annual event include: the educational and
interactive Children's Village, an annual Health Fair, Multiple
Performance Stages, an Ethnic Restaurant Pavilion, a Fine Arts
Pavilion, Literary Village, Short Film Festival, Tech-Pavilion and
Athletic Competitions including a Family Tennis Tournament, the
Homeland Soccer Tournament and the Celebrity Village Games for
charity.
For updated registration and GCUMS information please visit our web
destination at:
http://www.africanmarketplace.org
iMedia Marketing
Full service interactive entertainment marketing and consulting group.
NDY Media
In North America alone, the potential buying audience for films
showcased at film festivals is huge. Digital content and media
services company, NDY Media is changing the way family and
urban-themed entertainment content is marketed, distributed and
consumed. Utilizing emerging digital technologies, our strategy is
to lower marketing cost and speed distribution of urban ethnic film
festival award-winners to consumer markets across North America and
around the world.
For additional information on NDY Media visit www.ndynetwork.tv
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