CAmm announces 2010 CAmm Fellow, Miguel Sabogal!

Creative Alliance MovieMakers announces filmmaker Miguel Sabogal has been chosen CAmm Fellow of 2010! One CAmm Fellow is chosen each year to receive extended free use of CAmm Cage gear, the CAmm Media Lab, and editing suite. Miguel Sabogal is an indie filmmaker calling Baltimore home. He worked as a scientist for years and recently made the leap to filmmaking , and earning a Post-Baccalaureate at MICA.. His hypnotic, otherworldly experimental narrative films have screened at the Maryland Film Fest, Hampden Film Fest, and MICA. Sabogal is also co-founder of The Hexagon, a vibrant indie film/music venue in the burgeoning Station North Arts District.

"We are really excited to have Miguel as our new Fellow" says CAmm Director Kristen Anchor. "He is a filmmaker with the emphasis on FILM. He works in good old 16mm film, the real thing at a time when fewer and fewer people do." As part of the Fellowship CAmm will premiere Sabogal's film, a feature length period film, set in 1930’s depression-era Baltimore, about a teenage boy and his mysterious uncle, he will create during his fellowship. Sabogal will utilize CAmm’s collection of 16mm cameras and sound gear to shoot the film.


Creative Alliance’s CAmm Fellowship promotes growth and expertise in filmmaking and time-based media arts of all genres by encouraging the development of finished, professional film, video and media arts projects. Each year CAmm awards one Fellowship to a filmmaker or artist working in time-based media living and working in Maryland, for a specific film/video project planned for completion in that year. Fellows receive extended free use of CAmm Cage gear, the CAmm Media Lab, and editing suite. The Fellowship also includes a work-in-progress critique with established members of the film community (determined by the subject and format of the project), a public artist talk midway through the project, and concludes with a screening opportunity at The Patterson.



Creative Alliance at The Patterson

3134 Eastern Ave. Hi'town B'more

Info: (410)276-1651 www.creativealliance.org

March/April Screenings @ Creative Alliance

Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave * Baltimore, MD 21224
Info & Tix: creativealliance.org

Mon Mar 1 CAmm Cine Lounge presents
Official Rejection
A film about film fests!
Once you’ve finished your movie, you can just “take it to Sundance,” right? Maybe not! Finding placement at a major film festival is often more daunting and exhausting than making your movie. Follow Paul Osborne and Scott Storm as they take their indie film Ten til Noon through the circuit for a lighthearted but realistic look at the politics, pitfalls, costs, and emotional toll exacted by today’s film fest landscape. Note: No shorts this month! Dir. Paul Osborne, 2009, 107 min. 7pm Networking. 8pm Screening. $8, $6 mbrs.


Thu Mar 11
CAmm Indie Premiere: UnderExposure w/ Hometown Baghdad
New films from Baghdad by Baltimore refugee filmmaker Ziad Jazzaa
Award-winning Iraqi filmmaker Ziad Jazzaa fled Baghdad as a refugee and was resettled in Baltimore in 2009. Tonight we screen his feature UnderExposure with a cast of fictional characters set in war-torn Iraq: a determined filmmaker, a poet weak with cancer, a wounded soldier. Shot during the Iraq War, with real footage of Baghdad, a city in rubble yet filled with compassion and perseverance, it won Best Film at Singapore’s International Film Festival 2005. Shorts from Hometown Baghdad open. Dir. Oday Rasheed, 2006, 74 Min. Q&A w/ Jazzaa follows. 7pm. $10, $8 stus, mbrs.

Fri Mar 26
CAmm Indie Premiere: Going All Pro!
Fancy Clancy guides us through the little-known world of stadium vendors, who perform with the same intensity and competitive pressure as the athletes on the field–as he sprints the steps of Camden Yards and Ravens Stadium and runs the entire vending operation for the D.C. Nationals. Witness Clancy’s tricks of the trade: heckling the crowd, running tabs for the Baltimore faithful and dealing with the cast of eccentrics that gravitate to such a hustle—Shakey, the dancing vendor, a would-be-writer, an ex-accountant, an investment banker, and now Clancy’s own son, who hawks bottled water. Discussion with Fancy Clancy and filmmakers follows. Dir. Charles Cohen, 2009, 41min. 7pm $8, $6 mbrs.

Mon Apr 5
CAmm Cine Lounge
CAmm Cine Lounge is the hottest indie film event in town! Bring your new film or work in progress (max length 15min) and have a critical conversation with peers. Film industry guests share tips of the trade. Bring business cards, headshots, and press packets for our info exchange tables! Bar is open with specials! 7pm. $8, $6 mbrs.

Fri Apr 9
CAmm College Video Bake-Off
Film contest, screening, & party!
Trophies! Cash Prizes! Cake! Check out the best of B-more’s booming student film scene. Jury selects docs, narratives, animation, and avant garde! Cast your votes. Students: submit work! Free to submit. Deadline for submissions: Fri Feb 26. 7pm. $8, $6 mbrs, stus.

Thu Apr 29
CAmm Indie Premiere: Healing Neen
Co-presented by Maryland Disability Law Center w/ live performance by Caleb Stine
Healing Neen follows the amazing recovery of Tonier “Neen” Cain from a lifetime of abuse and drug addiction to a career as a nationally-known speaker and educator. Her story points to the consequences of untreated trauma to individuals and society at-large, including mental health problems, addiction, homelessness and incarceration. Caleb Stine (who scored the film) opens with a live set. Q&A w/ producers Laura Cain, Thom Stromer and Tonier Cain follows. Dir. Laura Cain, 2010, 54 min. Music 7pm. Film 7:30pm $8, $6 mbrs.

CAMM A/V CART
Creative Alliance’s ongoing installation of film, video, and time-based art! Look for the CAmm A/V Cart parked outside the CAmm Media Lab.

Laure Drogoul
On view Mar 5–May 1
Screening and Artist Talk Thu Apr 1, 7pm in CAmm Media Lab, $5
Laure Drogoul presents short video excerpts from recent installations and performances with interactive sound elements, transforming the AV cart into a sculptural object. Drogoul is an interdisciplinary artist, cabaretist and cobbler of situations, who lives in Baltimore, Maryland. Her artworks are a hybrid combination of video, sculpture and performance that invite audience participation.

Creative Alliance March Workshops!

Info and registration: 410-276-1651 www.creativealliance.org

Tonight - 2/23 Baltimore Screenwriter's Meetup w/ Special Guests Indie Screenwriters Jimmy George & Chris LaMartina

TONIGHT at the Baltimore Screenwriters' Meetup.! Jimmy George, Ryan Thomas, Nicolette Le Faye, and Chris LaMartina talk about their brand new indie feature "President's Day" 7pm. $5

Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave
Baltimore, MD 21224
Info: 410-276-1651 www.creativealliance.org

CAmm College FIlm/VIdeo Bake-Off -- Call for entries EXTENDED to FRI FEB 26!

DEADLINE EXTENDED to FRI FEB 26 (due to all that crazy snow!)



Students! Submit your latest short (max 10 minutes) on DVD or Quicktime (.mov). Accepted films screen at The Patterson Fri Apr 9. All genres, all schools, all departments, all students encouraged! Audience and jury prizes! FREE to submit! Info: kristen@creativealliance.org. FREE!

entries due by 5pm Fri Feb 26
FREE to submit!

3/1 CAmm Cine Lounge presents Official Rejection!

Mon Mar 1
CAmm Cine Lounge presents Official Rejection
When the shooting stops…the war begins: A film about film fests!

7pm Networking Happy Hour. 8pm Screening.
CAmm Cine Lounge hosted by Stacie Gentzler
$8, $6 mbrs.

Once you’ve finished your movie, you can just “take it to Sundance,”right? Probably not! Finding placement at a major film festival is often more daunting and exhausting than making your movie. Follow Paul Osborne and Scott Storm as they take their indie film Ten til Noon through the regional film festival circuit for a lighthearted but realistic look at the politics, pitfalls, costs, and emotional toll exacted by today’s film fest landscape. Dir. Paul Osborne, 2009, 107 min.


Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave. Hi'town B'more
Info and tix: (410)276-1651 www.creativealliance.org

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CAmm Final Cut Pro 101 workshop is on tonight!

Tonight's CAmm Final Cut Pro workshop is on as scheduled!


(This workshop is full, so we can't take any new registrations, sorry, but we are offering another class in April.)

Feb 21 60 Writers/60 Places generating buzz!

Check out Bret McCabe's review of 60 Writers/ 60 Places in City Paper!

Listen to Michael Kimball on WYPR's The Signal!

60 Writers/60 Places w/ I Will Smash You
CAmm Indie Premiere

NEW DATE: Sun Feb 21, 7:30pm.
$8, $6 mbrs, stus. Adv tix sug.

Due to snow, this event has been moved to Sun Feb 21 at 7:30pm

Documentaries by Michael Kimball & Luca Dipierro

Baltimore novelist and postcard biographer Michael Kimball goes cinematic with Luca Dipierro to create two innovative documentaries. In I Will Smash You, twenty people tell a personal story about an object and then destroy It. The result is often funny and sometimes uncomfortable. 60 Writers/60 Places (premiering tonight) meets 60 writers reading their work in 60 places—Blake Butler on a subway, Deb Olin Unferth in a laundromat, Jamie Gaughran-Perez in a salon, Tita Chico in a dressing room, Will Eno in a park, Tao Lin next to a hot dog cart, Rick Moody on a baseball field, and Rupert Wondolowski at a diner.

CAmm Cage Happy Hour is ON! 6-7pm tonight!

We're here and we have pizza and beer! Stop by tonight (Mon Feb 15) 6-7pm!

CAmm Cage & Media Lab
Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave
Baltimore, MD 21224
www.creativealliance.org
410-276-1651

Tue Feb 9 Creative Alliance Snow Cancellations

The following Creative Alliance workshops/activities are canceled for Tue Feb 9:

Basic Painting w/ Clarissa Gregory

BIG Intro to Improv

Final Cut Pro 101

Our galleries are also closed today.

Call for Entries: Screenings, Exhibitions, & Workshops EXTENDED! New deadline is Tue Feb 16! Click here for details!

Mon Feb 8 Creative Alliance Snow Cancellations

The following Creative Alliance workshops/activities are canceled for Mon Feb 8:

Speaking Spanish Class
Class continues next week.

CAmm Cage Orientation
If you need to rent gear before the next orientation (Feb 22), don't worry! Email cage@creativealliance.org and Jaimes will set up an orientation with you in time for your rental!

CAmm Cage & Media Lab is closed today (Mon Feb 8). If you need to reach us, email cage@creativealliance.org. We'll be checking messages all day and will respond today!

Snow postpones everything this weekend at Creative Alliance! Come to these events... later!

Click on the links below for more info!

Fri Feb 5
The CAmm Cage & Media Lab is closing
at 5pm today.
Amanda Burnham Opening Reception is postponed to Sat Feb 20, 6-8pm

60 Writers/60 Places Premiere is postponed to Sun Feb 21 at 7:30pm


Sat Feb 6
Creative Alliance will be closed.
There will be no Life Drawing or open gallery hours.

Special FX Makeup Workshop is postponed to Sat Feb
13, 10am-Noon

Mosaic Intensive w/ Rick Shelley is postponed to Sat Feb
13, 10am-5pm.

Bob Marley’s Birthday -Soul Shakedown Party! is postponed to
Fri Feb 19, 9pm with Unity Reggae Band.

2/24 Social Media 101!

Click here to register!

TONIGHT CAmm Cine Lounge MEET & GREET!

FEBRUARY 1st, 2010
CAmm Cine Lounge Presents

MEET & GREET III
ANOTHER HUGE NETWORKING EVENT ! ! !

Come out on Monday, 2/1/10 for the 3rd installation of our Meet & Greet networking event. Companies from all around the DMV area, especially Baltimore, will be looking for their next cast & crew or sharing informational services with the local film community.

BRING PLENTY OF HEADSHOTS, BUSINESS CARDS, RESUMES AND REELS!!!

COMPANIES IN ATTENDANCE:

BETSY ROYALL CASTING

ZINNIA FILMS

LITTLESAMURAI.TV

RUCKUS PRODUCTIONS

SUPER 8 MAGAZINE

MODERN WORLD STUDIO

BALTIMORE SONGWRITERS ASSOCIATION

STUDIO UNKNOWN

ABSOLUTE INDEPENDENT PICTURES

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FEATURED FILM SCREENING:

"20 Minutes" from IAM Film Works
A real story created for film about a man who has been incarcerated several times (recidivism). After his last stay in prison, he has decided to make a change. Upon his release, he is immediately faced with the same trappings that have landed him in prison several times before. Seconds later, he is given an opportunity for a chance to change, but only if he can get there in 20 minutes. The story takes you through the next 20 minute race he is faced with. Does he make it in time…..wait and see! - Written & Directed by G. Lloyd Morris, www.iamfilmworks.com


***Bring your short film (under 15 mins) to screen that night! First come, first serve sign-ups at the door... spots will be limited this month!

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Bar will be open all night with drink specials!

Bring plenty of headshots, business cards, etc.

See you there!


Feb 1st
Doors open at 7pm
Creative Alliance at The Patterson
3134 Eastern Ave., Baltimore 21224
www.creativealliance.org
cammcinelounge@gmail.com
$8 admission/$6 for CA members