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Anesti Vega to speak at Summer Film Fair

Sunday, 06 June 2010 23:17

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AN EXCITING SUMMER FILM FAIR COMES TO USF TAMPA CAMPUS THIS JUNE.

The event promises dynamic speakers and activities.

The University Film & Video Association @ USF is hosting a “Summer Film Fair”, Saturday, June 12, 2010 starting at 9am and ending at 6pm at the Marshall Student Center Ballroom on the USF Tampa campus. This will be an exciting event targeted to young people, college students, and indie filmmakers interested in pursuing film as a career. The cost is $10 in advance and $15 at the door, payable on the event website at http://ufvausfSummerFair.eventbrite.com/. Breakfast and lunch will be provided while it lasts.

The event kicks off with “Motown” Maurice, a local talk show host who has generated quite a buzz locally with his “Motown Maurice Show” (http://www.motownmaurice.com). This has resulted in him receiving a key to the city by Mayor Pam Iorio. Come meet Motown and hear how this young television entrepreneur aspires to Oprah mogul status.

Then, there will be a series of interesting workshops led by volunteer local video professionals; a scriptwriting workshop by script consultant Eric Bean; a workshop on emerging film technologies by professional videographer Richard Wright, a workshop on creating music videos by martial artist and filmmaker Anesti Vega, and a workshop on making culturally diverse films by African-American filmmaker, Rodrick Colbert.

Our luncheon speaker will be Professor Stephen Schlow, chair of the film department at the University of Central Florida. Professor Schlow, through his nearly 40 years as a producer, director, and film educator, will enlighten us on how UCF trains its film students to bridge the gap between their art and the film industry.

The fair will then have a showcase of its local film talent. We will see work from award –winning USF student filmmakers like Dan Bakst and Joyce Yong. An additional special treat will be a film screening of “What lurks in the Dark” by the “talk of the town” outstanding high school student filmmaker Garrett Brown. This is something that you will not want to miss.

Next, Ann Poonkasem AKA Ann P. will perform a musical tribute to our guest of honor, Michael France. Ann Poonkasem is a former Miss USF and distinguished UFVA alumna. Mr. France is a local resident, owner of the St. Pete Beach Theatre, and successful Hollywood screenwriter (“Golden Eye”, “The Hulk”, “The Punisher”, “and The Fantastic Four”). His scripts have generated over billion dollars of box office and home DVD revenue. He will lead a Q/A session about his work, life, and experiences in Hollywood.

To wrap up, UFVA hopes to unveil a sneak preview of an upcoming movie at the end of the show.

The event will be enhanced by tables from film schools from around the area and Florida. So, attendees will have the option to speak to representatives from these schools.

UFVA is also seeking event sponsors for the event. For more information, contact us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Or Register online for the event at http://ufvausfsummerfair.eventbrite.com/

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Hashishin To Play At Sunscreen Film Festival

Monday, 22 March 2010 00:28

I just got word that one of movies, Hashishin, has been officially selected to play at Sunscreen Film Festival! I will be posting more info soon on what time and date it will actually be screening, but wanted to get the word out now and hope that everyone can come out and support the film.

We had the premiere of Hashishin at the Art Institute back in October, but this will be the first festival screening of it and I hope that everyone who was involved in the film can come out to this screening as well! It is a symbol of your time and hard work that has made this film a success! Thank you again so much!

The little boy in my film, Kalil Hamdaoui, also plays a role in the film "Hayden" that is also screening at the festival! Also, there is another film that was also officially selected for Sunscreen called "A Piece of my Heart", directed by Stephen McKendree, where I was the Second Unit Director... so please try to check out those films as well!

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(Click the promo pic below to see all the selections!)

Photoshoot with Kofi Kingston

Saturday, 06 March 2010 06:50

My friend, Marrese Crump, called the other day and told me Kofi Kingston would be home for a few days and wanted to work on some Capoeira at the gym and see if I wanted to snap some pictures. A photoshoot with another good friend and one of the fastest growing stars in entertainment? Sure, why not? Enjoy!

Photoshoot - Adrianna in New Orleans

Sunday, 28 February 2010 05:31

As many of you know, I was born in New Orleans. I have great love for that city. I may even move back there soon. I still have lots of family there. So when Mardi Gras was around the corner, I decided to take a vacation. It also coincided with my son's birthday so he gets the eternal bragging rights of celebrating his birthday at one of the largest parties in the world. And with the joy and excitement of the Saints winning the Superbowl the weekend before, it was epic.

I also planned that while I was there, I was going to set up a photoshoot or two with some local models. So I went on Model Mayhem and reached out to quite a few models on there. Most of them initially got back to me and showed great interest so I was optimistic. Well, one way or another, they flaked out. It's cool though. As usual, I make the best with what I have and mostly turns out better than originally planned and this time was no different. I found a diamond in the rough in Adrianna while my family and I were out to dinner and what resulted were some great shots to add to our portfolios and... more importantly... another great friendship with her and her family that gives even more reason to visit New Orleans more often.

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Marrese Crump - Wrong Side of Town Montage

Saturday, 27 February 2010 04:37

As many of you already know, Wrong Side of Town has been released recently and created a huge buzz. So much so that we decided to throw together a montage video of Marrese's scenes as Markus in the movie. The video also includes footage of his fight scenes with Dave Bautista and Rob Van Dam.

We also set it to a hot track called Deuces by our good friends, AchoZen, made up of RZA of Wu Tang Clan, Kinetic from Killarmy, Shavo Odadjian from System of a Down and Reverend William Burke. What is AchoZen? It's a continuation of the saga. More like a revolution of the saga than a continuance perhaps. Enjoy the video.

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