CINE Newsletter - February 2008

IN THIS ISSUE:
• President’s Letter
• The CINE Master Class Series … Featuring Dan Glickman
• Save the Date for CINE’s 2008 Awards Gala
• The CINE Profile Series: CINE Jury Chair Bill Simon
• The CINE Profile Series: CINE Golden Eagle Winner Steven Fischer

President’s Letter

Hello Everyone!

Welcome to the new edition of our CINE newsletter. We’ve been really busy during the past few months and we have a lot to share with you.

To start off, thanks to all of you who have been coming to our website on a regular basis. Our numbers are way up and we appreciate your support. Much thanks to Ken Burns, who was the guest on our very first CINE Master Class. He was a real sport, and the next we hear from him, I promise we’ll have video of him to share. And thanks also go out to Mat Tombers, our past President of CINE for conducting the interview.

Coming up for this edition, we have a great Master Class with Dan Glickman. Dan, as many of you know, is the Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). How many of you know just what they do? Dan sat down with me and talked about his organization. He also pondered many issues facing filmmakers in America and the film industry in general. This interview is on video, and I enjoyed being with him.

For our next Master Class, we’re going to talk to Pat Aufderheide, the Chair of the Center for Social Media at American University, who is just a smart and fascinating leader in our community. We talked a lot about fair trade concerns for filmmakers. And in the near future, I’m going to sit down with Tracie Thoms, actor and singer. She’s been in several films (The Devil Wears Prada, Rent, Grindhouse) and is a co-star in the TV series Cold Case. Tracie will talk about breaking into the film business, working with directors and her involvement with young student actors (and yes, she’s my daughter).

I’d also like to announce our Golden Anniversary Awards Gala. This is going to be an exciting evening, and I hope you all join us. The event will be held at the Newseum, a beautiful and dynamic new facility here in Washington, D.C., on April 24th. We will be honoring the CINE Golden Eagle winners of the past year and handing out Masters Series Awards to the best of the best. We will also be honoring film and television star Edward James Olmos with our Lifetime Achievement Award. "Eddie" will be at the gala along with other television and film personalities. Please look out for the announcement and get your tickets early.

This is a great issue, and we hope you enjoy and come back often. If you have any questions or comments, please contact the CINE office.

Sincerely,

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The CINE Master Class Series with Dan Glickman

CINE is proud to continue our new Master Class Series, webcasts of conversations with those who have shaped the media, including legendary filmmakers, journalists, and other personalities...many of whom are CINE Golden Eagle Award winners.

Our second Master is Dan Glickman. In 2004, Mr. Glickman succeeded Jack Valenti as Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Mr. Glickman sat down with CINE President Donald Thoms to discuss the purpose of the MPAA, piracy and other issues affecting the film industry today.

Click here to watch the interview.
(To download the interview - PC: left click and choose "save as"; Mac: left click + control and choose "save as".)

Click here to download the transcript.

Announcing the 2008 CINE Awards Gala

CINE is thrilled to announce our Golden Anniversary Awards Gala. The event will be held on April 24, 2008 and take place at the The Newseum, a fantastic new interactive museum in the heart of downtown Washington, D.C. Located on Pennsylvania Avenue and featuring a stunning view of the Capitol, The Newseum is an ideal place to celebrate CINE’s first half century.

The Gala event will begin with a Wolfgang Puck-catered reception — the perfect place for networking with award-winning filmmakers and industry executives from all over the country. The evening will culminate in our Awards Gala, which will feature the presentation of the CINE Lifetime Achievement Award to distinguished actor Edward James Olmos and the CINE Masters Series Awards to the "best of the best" from CINE’s 2007 Golden Eagle Award winning productions. Along the way, we’ll spotlight some of the great moments from CINE’s first fifty years and hear from some of the most influential men and women in the film and television industry who count the CINE Golden Eagle among their prestigious honors.

Check our website for more information. Don’t miss this phenomenal event!

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Profile of Jury Chair: Bill Simon

Bill Simon has been chairing CINE juries for as long as he can remember. He’s written over seven hundred short and feature films (really) and several best-selling books on a variety of topics. A member of the Writers Guild, Mr. Simon actively manned the picket lines in support of the recent writers’ strike. He spoke to CINE Director of Competitions Betsy Walters about his diverse professional history and the process of chairing a CINE jury.

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Profile of a Golden Eagle Winner: Steven Fischer

Steven Fischer won two Golden Eagles in 2007, for Draw the Line: An Animator’s Showcase and Freedom Dance. Freedom Dance also received a 2008 CINE Special Jury Award as the Best Independent Documentary Short of 2007. One of his previous films, Silence of Falling Leaves, was nominated for an Emmy. Mr. Fischer has worked independently and on commission in Belfast, Miami, London, Washington and Baltimore. He spoke to CINE Executive Director Wendy Revel about his muse and his acclaimed works in an interview at CINE’s Washington, D.C. office.

Click here to see an excerpt of Freedom Dance and to hear Steven talk about the making of the film
(To download the interview - PC: left click and choose "save as"; Mac: left click + control and choose "save as".)

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