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World Copyright Summit, CineVegas Film Festival, NXNE: North byNortheast Music & Film Festival, Cinema Expo International,American Black Film Festival, Highlight June Media andEntertainment Industry Networking Events

The BANFF World Television Festival, opening this year in Alberta from June 7-10, is a not-for-profit event produced by Achilles Media Ltd., an international events managementcompany serving the television and digital media industries. Among various sessionsprogrammed into the festival, the Broadcaster Briefings get inside information on whatbroadcasters from around the world want. In these open, informal sessions, internationalProgram Executives will provide insight into their schedules, outline production priorities andbiases, discuss potential partnership deals, and answer questions. The second WorldCopyright Summit kicks off this year with an opening night party and reception in DC,hosted by the U.S. Rights Societies and Guilds members of CISAC on June 8. For theduration of the Summit running through June 10 the shape and impact of the new creative,economic, technological and legal environment will be addressed. Beginning June 10,industry networking and career guidance group URNetworking Alliance (meetup.com/

urnetworkalliance) will be part host to a playreading series in New York, and, the group isalso conducting the Casting Director Workshops and the Power Lunch Series in other venuesas well. A think tank like event gives shape and substance to the 2009 Lake Placid FilmForum, running June 11-13, whose programs throughout the years have providedopportunities for filmmakers, screenwriters and actors to come together to exchange andobtain information related to the creation, production and distribution of film and otherelectronic media.

At this year's CineVegas Film Festival, happening June 11-20 in Las Vegas, CineVegas willhonor two actors, two directors and two video game design pioneers, including Jon Voightwho will be given the Marquee Award, and Willem Dafoe honored with the Vanguard ActorAward. InfoComm International will host an International Reception, one of many, when itstages its annual convention in Orlando, June 13-19, which serves the professional AVcommunications industry worldwide. When TeatroStageFest: the Third Annual Celebration of Latino Arts and Culture opens June 15-28 in New York, it will present 19 events featuring 23theater, dance, music, and comedy performances, family programming, workshops, artistpanels, youth awards, and an all-day conference, with performances in English or Spanish.During Broadcast Asia 2009, in Singapore, solutions will be offered for broadcasters, cableand satellite operators, content providers, new media operators, vendors, IT and multimediaproviders, to gather and discuss latest trends, business strategies and technology updatesover a four day run starting on June 16. The DISCOP Organisation, which facilitatesaudiovisual content distribution and coproduction business in 87 countries located inCentral, Eastern Europe, Eurasia and Africa, presents its annual convention to an audienceof International suppliers of finished programs, packaged TV channels and formats;Programming, acquisitions and coproduction executives representing TV Stations, Pay-TV

operators, DVD and theatrical distributors, broadband and telco operators, and others, fromJune 17-19 in Budapest.

North by Northeast Music & Film Festival and Conference (NXNE) is a Toronto-basedconference and showcase taking place June 17-21 for new music and music-related films,where listening and mentoring sessions assist career planning for future considerations,programmed screenings of hand-selected music movies, from concert classics to the latestindie docs from Rio to Rwanda, nightly music showcases, and on June 20, Wu-Tang Clanfounding member and creative engine, GZA will be interviewed by hip hop historian Fab 5

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Freddy. Opening June 18-28 for its annual event, the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festivalfeatures s varied offering, and such unique signature programs including the exclusiveFilmmaker Retreat - hosted by the Festival's annual Guest Director - and the Spirit of Independence Award ceremony and gala. Cinema Expo International is a pan-Europeanconvention and trade show happening in Amsterdam this year, June 22-25, dedicated to theneeds of the movie theatre industry where over 1,250 cinema exhibition and distribution

professionals from Europe, the Middle East and Africa come to view the latest major cinemareleases and extensive product reels and more. At this year's American Black Film Festival,running June 24-27 in Miami, the Festival hosts The Star Project, an international actingcompetition, and now in its 12th year, the HBO Short Film Competition, showcasing fiveshort film finalists selected from hundreds, including Derrick Anthony's 'Popous Pane andthe Kids He Love to Hate' starring Alfred Rutherford. This year Brussels Film Festival isconducted over nine days, June 27 to July 5, with open air screenings, free concerts everyevening, and parties. Los Angeles based career service, Talents Connection, has invitedperformers to the family oriented Orange County Market Place on June 28, and hasannounced the formation of its Roller Derby Team, Rolling Vixens, for which it is seekingsponsors ([email protected]).

The above events are only a sample of what is fully listed. Complete details are on the

"Media, Entertainment and Performing Arts Industry News and Events" page atactorschecklist.com/news.html. Video and podcast versions of this news summary are alsoavailable at popular video sites around the Web like MySpace, YouTube, Daily Motion, aswell as on The Actor's Checklist podcast blog at actorschecklist.com/loudblog. Follow theposting of the news summary on Twitter at: http://twitter.com/actorschecklist. This monthon the video news summary you will again see a dynamic array of artists in performance of film and music. Last month's video news summary showcase featured Russian film musiccomposer, Edgar Arens (http://edgararens.com) and Dutch video editor, State 209, whohave produced graphic game video 'Deadly Pursuit.' Freelance bass guitarist of the RagaZZstyle, Jayen Varma (www.jayenvarma.net), considered one of the fastest bass guitarist inthe world. Excerpts from the web series of comedy performer Maija DiGiorgio whosedocumentary feature, 'Hollywood Outlaw' (www.hollywoodoutlaws.com), is playing out inepisodes over the Web. These videos are now available on the Free Home Video Showcaseat http://www.actorschecklist.com/video which now serves as an archive for all past videopresentations but without the audio news narration.