>Forwarded by Jeremy Butler, for more information contact Steve Montal: >[log in to unmask] > >______________________________ Forward Header >__________________________________ > >FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > >CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY TO HOST INDUSTRY CONFERENCE ON INDEPENDENT FEATURE >FILMMAKING > > >Chapman University will hold a major conference on the financing, >production and distribution of independent feature films on Sunday, >November 24, 1996. > >The award-winning School of Film and Television of Chapman University, >located only 30 miles South of Los Angeles, will host the Chapman >Independent Feature Filmmaking Conference focusing on contemporary issues >in the field of independent feature filmmaking. > >The conference, which is expected to sell out, will feature prominent >members of the independent community participating in panels that will >examine the current state of financing, production and distribution of >indepedent feature films. > >The nominal advance registration conference fee of $20 covers all >conference events including a luncheon, the Indie Dinner, the Conference >Screening as well as admissions to panel discussions on financing, >production and distribution of independent features. Panel moderators will >include industry veteran Jason Squire, editor of The Movie Business Book. > >The panels will be followed by an informal social hour leading to the >evening events -- which will feature the Indie Dinner. The Keynote Speaker >of the Indie Dinner will be Professor Howard Suber, Co-Chair of the UCLA >Independent Producers Program. > >Following the Indie Dinner, there will be a Special Advance Screening of HYPE!, >the award-winning feature on the Seattle music scene featuring the >performances of Nirvana and Pearl Jam. HYPE!, screened at Sundance in >January, was directed by Doug Pray and produced by Steven Helvey. The >picture will be released theatrically by Cinepix/CFP in Los Angeles and New >York only weeks after screening in the Chapman Conference. > >The fees of the conference are $20 before November 15th; and $50 after >November 15th and at the door. Conference fees include participation in all >conference events as well as the Script Thingr Luncheon, the Indie Dinner >and the screening of HYPE! > >According to Conference Organizer Steve Montal, "We have limited the >conference fees to a bare minimum in order to encourage widespread >participation in this event." > >Steven Helvey, Independent Producer and President of Helvey/Pray >Productions described the conference as, "a terrific way to reflect on the >future of the industry with colleagues." > >The Conference is organized by the Chapman Producers Program, which is part >of the award-winning and internationally recognized School of Film and >Television of Chapman University. > >SPACE IN THE CONFERENCE IS LIMITED. For more information on the Chapman >Independent Feature Filmmaking Conference, please contact: > >Steve Montal, The Chapman Producers Program >School of Film and Television, Chapman University >333 N. Glassell Street >Orange, CA 92866 >Tel. (714) 744-7843 Fax (714) 997-6700 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] > > >=============================== >Steve Montal >The Chapman Producers Program >Chapman University, School of Film and Television >333 N. Glassell Street, Orange, CA 92866 >Tel. (714) 744-7843, Fax. (714) 997-6700 >E-mail: [log in to unmask] > >** check out our web site** http://www.chapman.edu/ftv/producers.html ------------------------------------------------------ Dear Steve, May we obtain a 'transcript' of this indie conference? We would like to include something about it in an upcoming issue of IndieZine. Thanks! Michael Carr Publisher/Editor INDIEZINE: The Internet's *premiere* e-zine dedicated to the spirit and advancement of independent film/video making and screenwriting! Please visit IndieZine's web site at: http://telluridemm.com/indizine.html to preview a FREE issue! mc ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]