LA Femme Film Festival Announces Schedule of Seminar and Panelist Expert for the May 27-29 Festival

Discussions to focus on the future of filmmaking and empowerment of women

Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) April 27, 2005 -- LA Femme Film Festival announced today its schedule for the first year of this new and exciting film festival premiering at the Los Angeles Center Studios in downtown Los Angeles on May 27- 29, 2005.

The seminar is designed as an open forum for discussions that revolve around the film industrys perception of the role of women in entertainment today and the direction films are taking in the next decade. The goal is that the attendees leave with a more tangible understanding of the different approaches to filmmaking with commercial appeal on a global basis. The panel of experts will be giving strong advice and background on how they have broken through the barriers to film production, financing, and distribution.

One of the innovative topics up for discussion is, Storytelling: All the gossip with the boring parts left out!" Moderated by Independent Producer, Maria Bravo (Storytelling) featuring Penelope Spheeris, Director (Black Sheep, The Little Rascals, The Beverly Hillbillies and Waynes World), Cynthia Mort, Writer (Rosanne and The Guide), Dorothy Kozak, Sr. Script Analyst, Walt Disney Pictures, Ivana Chubbuck, Acting Coach, Lupe Ontiveros, Actress (Real Women Have Curves, As Good As It Gets, Selena and El Norte) and Pat Quinn, Literary Agent, Innovative Agency as panelists. Jenny Alonzo, Senior Vice President, Production, Promotion Planning and Multicultural Strategies, Lifetime Entertainment Services, Mo Fitzgibbon, Producer/Director, Lifetime Television, Brigit Muller, Emmy Award winning costume designer, Lynne Whiteford, Independent Management Consultant and former VP Production of Kevin Costners Tig Productions will discuss entertainment careers for women. A complete schedule of the seminar is attached to this release or can be found at www.lafemme.org.

We are thrilled to have such a distinguished list of experts on our panels," said Leslie LaPage, President and Founder of LA Femme Film Festival. We truly hope that each and every attendee leaves the festival with a much better understanding of how to navigate the sometimes treacherous waters of the film industry."

LA Femme Film Festivals goal is to increase emerging and cross-over female artists into high profile A List" female Producers, Directors and Writers in the entertainment industry. This is a unique, multi-ethnic and multi-culturally diverse film festival. It is the only festival of its kind to represent into distribution the festivals competition films through Foundation Films Distribution (FFD), which was formed by Leslie LaPage and David Aion (Formerly of Lincoln Media Group, American Film Partners and currently serving on the Board of Directors of Women in Film).

About La Femme Film Festival
LA Femme Film Festival, a Division of La Femme Inc., platforms female artists in the entertainment community as Producers, Directors and Writers. This festival is about empowering females who desire to create commercially viable product in media entertainment or desiring to cross over into one of the above creative fields.

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