Calendar – Past Event

For twelve years, the only annual gathering of the national Latino media field has been the NALIP conference. This event is organized as a creative and business event for Latino filmmakers and those interested in Latino content. NALIP's 12th conference will be a dynamic, unique and inspiring weekend filled with professional development and networking opportunities. THE NEW NOW will include top-level speakers from the film, documentary and television industries, intimate conversations with artists, and workshops for emerging and mid-career filmmakers. Also included in THE NEW NOW will be pitch and screening events, and the annual Achievement and Estela Awards that celebrate past triumphs and rising talents. Running concurrently will be NALIP's seventh annual Latino Media Market, a meetings event designed to match executives and funders to projects.

THE NEW NOW: Defining the Future Together is presented by Time Warner and the National Latino Media Council. The 2010 census is about to reveal the ascending significance of the bi-lingual, bi-cultural Latino market. How do filmmakers attract those viewers? How do we use new technologies to access this audience and bring resources to our projects? And what is the Latino market in the New Now? Co-chairs Jimmy Smits and Rudy Beserra have invited top industry professionals and visionaries to help us define a media future that includes Latinos at the table for key decisions and that ensures that our stories are told. Together they have programmed a jam-packed weekend of plenaries and conversations, workshops and networking events, plus an exciting sneak preview screening. All at The Island Hotel in Newport Beach, CA, April 15 - 17, with a special Latino edition of Backstage's Actorfest on April 14.