Last, but not least, we’ve got U.S. Army veteran Noah A Waters III ™, director of Relationship Killers, as part of our October Festival! An award-winning filmmaker, Noah is a member of many societies, a line producer, a combat consultant, and does stand up! NFMLA.org/events/

We’re delighted to introduce Hisonni Mustafa, director of Hermanita, as part of our October Fest! A Guyanese American filmmaker, Hisonni’s films have received awards from multiple festivals, such as the Bentonville Film Festival, and have been featured on Hulu! NFMLA.org/events

We’re thrilled to introduce Catriona Rubenis-Stevens, director of The One They Wanted, as part of our October Fest! An award-winning director and producer, she was in the 93rd Academy Awards with the best live-action short film nominee: Feeling Through! NFMLA.org/events/

We're very glad to introduce multi-hyphenate Devin Scott, director of My Happy Place, as part of our October Festival! An honor graduate from SDSU film school with many awards to his name, Devin is an experienced, yet easy-going goal-reaching collaborator. NFMLA.org/events/

Are you interested in working behind the scenes on movies and TV shows? NBCUniversal Launch is hosting an informational session about the World of Production Accounting on October 19th for LA County Residents. Learn more and sign up here: (bit.ly/NBCULaunchProd…)

We're delighted to introduce U.S. Army veteran Paula Cajiao Paula Cajiao director of Shell Shocked, as part of our October Festival! With experience as a professional actress, Paula is an accomplished award-winning filmmaker with a passion for the arts. NFMLA.org/events/

We're thrilled to introduce U.S. Army veteran D.K. Greenley, director of Blur, as part of our October Festival! A Filipino-American filmmaker with an MFA in Screenwriting, D.K. enjoys workshopping character motivations with actors on scenes as a director. NFMLA.org/events

NFMLA is delighted to introduce Wendy Xu, director of Til it Blooms, as part of our October Festival! A rising Chinese-Canadian filmmaker, Wendy’s films ask her audience what it means to bear Asian skin in a myriad of social and cultural environments. NFMLA.org/events

We're excited to have back Nicole Mejia, director of A Place in the Field, at our October Festival! An LA-based director, writer, and producer, Nicole is an accomplished filmmaker from AFI with awards and fellowships from LALIFF, Netflix and Sundance. NFMLA.org/events

A huge congratulations to NFMLA alum Marissa Chibás and her producer, Rui Xu, who was admitted as a Producers Guild Fellow in the 2nd annual PGA Create Lab! Rui was admitted as the producer of '72,' which Marissa worked on as a 2022 Sundance Screenwriters Intensive Fellow.

We're excited to introduce as part of our October Festival US Army veteran Micah Stathis, director of The Sisters Karras, his first feature film! A graduate of NYU Tisch, he has written and directed many short films, music videos, and short documentaries. NFMLA.org/events/

Join Film Fatales on 10/28 at 2pm PT for The Future of Film Festivals panel with festival programmers talking about the latest trends on the festival circuit, curating lineups, approaches to their selection process, and recommendations for filmmakers.

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We're excited to introduce award-winning Latin writer/director Alyssa Toledo, director of Friends Call Us Unlucky, as part of our October Festival! Her stories explore young adulthood & universal traumas within the Mexican/American and LGTBQ+ communities. newfilmmakersla.com/events/

With verified execs from companies like HBOMax, Disney+, NBC Universal, Lucky Chap, Paramount+ and more looking for scripts, The ISA is the perfect place to get noticed, establish connections and launch a career. Sign up to start submitting today!

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Producer Carolyn McDonald will be hosting a Zoom panel on project pitching on October 26 from 4pm-7pm PDT. Buy tickets now and members get a $20 discount! Click the link below for more info and learn the art of pitching!

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Blackmagic Design just dropped the price on their ATEM Mini Pro! If you do any live streaming or multi cam work for YouTube, Twitch, or other things, definitely check this out.

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Our friends FilmNorth are excited to announce the launch of their Inclusive and Socially Conscious Filmmaking Lab, supported in part by the NEA. The program will run for 6 weeks starting Nov 10.

Applications close October 28, 2022.

For more info: filmnorth.org/event/lab/

Excited to announce some members of the next round of the STARZ #TakeTheLead Writers' Intensive are scribes Naiyah Ambros, Raymond Arturo Perez and Tennessee Martin! These writers will advance and go on to write and pitch a full episode of a current STARZ series.

Excited to announce some members of the next round of the STARZ #TakeTheLead Writers' Intensive are scribes Corey Dashaun, Gabriela Revilla Lugo, and John Lowe! These writers will advance and go on to write and pitch a full episode of a current STARZ series.