BitPix and HollyShorts partner Alta Global Media have announced their schedule for the end of 2023, with several exciting events in store for those who can attend. Taking place in several cities over the next two months, the company is ready to roll onto 2024 with a slate of great screenings and events. Take a look below for a full listing, and photos from a few previous events!
From their press release:
Alta Global Media (AGM), the Company that specializes in management, production, and marketing for international talent and media companies is unleashing the firm’s upcoming worldwide client conferences, panels, and events schedule for November and December.
The upcoming schedule comes on the heels of AGM recently organizing and participating in three signature events including:
- From Album Cover to Movie Posters: A Designer’s Journey: a special gathering highlighting Visionary creative director Kenny Gravillis, of Gravillis Inc., the go-to man for major Hollywood studios and top filmmakers seeking thought-provoking advertising campaigns and film posters moderated by Blacklist founder Franklin Leonard at Soho Warehouse
- An FYC Best Live Action screening at The Aster in Hollywood, presented by the Oscar-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival: Darren Haruo Rae’s NISEI, Lloyd Lee Choi’s Closing Dynasty and Alden Ehrenreich’s Shadow Brother Sunday Moderated by Scott Mantz (KTLA, Critics Choice Assoc.)
FYC Screenings of Short Documentary WAORANI: Omede Beye Ante Nee Adani by Luisana Carcelén and JAMAICANOPROBLEM & Feature Documentary Deep Rising by Matthieu Rytz, Narrated by Jason Momoa
- AGM principal Steven Adams attended the African International Film Festival in Nigeria (aka AFRIFF) alongside Jimmy Jean-Louis in support of the festival’s showcase of the Award-winning independent feature RISE, which Jean Louis recently won Best Supporting Actor at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAAs). AGM recently came on board as Executive Producers of RISE.
- The International premiere of Babar Ali’s crime thriller JOHN, Executive Produced by Gwen Field at the 9th Edition of the Asian World Film Festival in Culver City, 9pm at the Culver Theater.
Alta Global Media Events Tour November/December
November 18
6:30pm
Crescent Screening Room 100 N. Crescent Drive Beverly Hills
WAORANI: Omede Beye Ante Nee Adani, Directed by Luisana Carcelén and JAMAICANOPROBLEM
For thousands of years, the Waorani women of the Ecuadorian Amazon have lived in perfect harmony with Mother Earth in the most biodiverse spot on the planet: the Yasuní. Until now – the sacred place that grandmothers, daughters, and granddaughters have cherished as home stands under grave threat.
Deep Rising Directed by Matthieu Rytz
Narrated by Jason Momoa
The fate of the planet’s last untouched wilderness, the deep ocean, is under threat as a secretive organization is about to allow massive extraction of seabed metals to address the world’s energy crisis.
November 21
6:30pm
Soho House West Hollywood, 9200 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood
Content London 2023
November 28, 2023, 11:50am
Panel Discussion – Hot Properties, Drama: Adi Hasak’s new series Karantina
Speakers: Adi Hasak, Showrunner, Adi TV Studios; Yasmina El Abd, Actress
Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
November 29, 2023 9:30-10:10am
Panel Discussion – CO-PRODUCTION: Producing and Co-Producing with Africa
Speakers: Cécile Gérardin, head of drama, Canal+ International; Nicola Van Niekerk – Head of Premium Content and Co-Productions, Mnet /Multichoice; Craig Kelly – CEO, Africa XP; Joel Chikapa-Phiri, Chairman and Executive Producer, Known Associates Entertainment; Tshepiso Chikapa-Phiri, Group CEO and Producer, Known Associates Entertainment; Ravi Karmalker, Co – Founder and Producer, Good Karma Fiction (Producer).
Moderator: Steven Adams,Alta Global Media
Location: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
November 29, 2023, 10:20am
Panel Discussion – Hot Properties: Africa
Speakers: Frank Tönsmann, commissioning editor, WDR; Karen Jeynes, executive producer, Both Worlds Pictures.
Moderator: Steven Adams, Alta Global Media
Location: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9AG
A series of 3 FYC Screenings for films in conjunction with DAVID MAGDAEL & ASSOCIATES, INC. and HollyShorts:
- Elisa Gambino’s EVERY DAY AFTER
Every Day After is a 35-minute documentary that provides a more nuanced look at cleft palate surgery and the complexities of the healing process we don’t often see. It honors the invisible labor of a sister whose love and action make it possible for Jary to experience the everyday joys and struggles of growing up.
- Andrew Nadkarni’s BETWEEN EARTH AND SKY
Renowned ecologist Nalini Nadkarni studies “what grows back” after a disturbance in the rainforest canopy. After surviving a life-threatening fall from a tree, she must turn her research question onto herself to explore the effects of disturbance and recovery throughout her own life.
- Darren Haruo Rae’s NISEI
NISEI follows the 442nd, the purple heart battalion, a segregated Japanese American team who served in World War II. The film has had a wonderful festival run with more coming up.
The 3 cities and dates are:
- November 28, 7pm- San Francisco, Delancey Street Theater
- November 29, 7pm Los Angeles, The Crescent Theater Beverly Hills
- December 5, 7pm New York, Film at Lincoln Center
November 29th 7pm and 9:30pm
HollyShorts Monthly Screening: TCL Chinese Theater, Hollywood, CA
December 6, 2023
HollyShorts Best Of UK Short Films with First Flights and Goldfinch
Courthouse Hotel, 19, 21 Great Marlborough Street, London
December 11, 2023 7pm
A Conversation with Showrunner Adi Hasak on his upcoming Series Karantina
The Aster Hollywood 1717 Vine St. Hollywood, CA
December 13, 2023
Hollyshorts Monthly screening: TCL Chinese Theater, Hollywood, CA
This is an incredible amount of events m store for those able to attend! Be on the lookout for more information about the busy next few months! And be sure to check back with us for reviews of the two HollyShorts Monthly Screenings on November 29th and December 13th!
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