CAMACOL’s 3rd Edition of the Miami Media and Film Market

CAMACOL’s 3rd Edition of the Miami Media and Film Market, Florida’s New World Entertainment Market

A co-production and distribution market focused on film, television and digital media.  The event presents the latest independent film productions; co-production and finance forums; digital panels and networking events, to establish business linkages between Florida, Ibero America, Hollywood, and the global marketplace.  The event will also show screeners upon request, and host an Expo for industry vendors and service providers.  MMFM is held in conjunction with CAMACOL’s 34th Hemispheric Congress of Latin Chambers of Commerce and Industry where 22 countries meet for a 4-day business to business event in Miami, Florida and brings top level speaker, executives and decision makers from business and the entertainment industry;  as well as key leaders from the public sector for inter-active discussions. 

This year MMFM and the Congress proudly welcome Film Florida and Our State’s Film & Entertainment Industry Representatives. MMFM Participants are welcomed to attend the Film Florida Meetings to be held on Monday, May 20^th and observe and engage on how Florida’s Entertainment Industry works. 

 

2012 Featured County: The Republic of Turkey Special Appreciation: Mr. Huseyin Pecker, Mr. Fatih Beyhan, Mesut Erogan, the Istanbul Center, The Turkish American Chamber of Commerce, and the Turkish Ministry of Culture

2011 Featured County: India/Bollywood Special Appreciation: Mr. Prashant Shah, President Bollywood Hollywood Productions

The “MMFM” Opening Credits

Official Corporate Sponsor of MMFM

Innovation Productions International LLP  海之蓝国际文化传媒公司
China Latin American Trade Center    中国拉丁美洲贸易中心

CAMACOL Partners

Enterprise Florida

Miami Dade County

City of Miami
 
State of Florida
 
Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau

Co-Produced by
Film Florida

Our Special Producers
Bollywood Hollywood Productions
Film Florida
Filmiami.org
Florida Office of Film & Entertainment
Fox Television Studios
Lesesne Media Group
O-Cinema
The Republic of Turkey
Telemundo
Warner Brothers
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC

Animals Provided by

Creature Features

www.creaturefeatures.com

 MMFM Advisory Committee Members

Patricia Arias, Managing/& Artistic Director MMFM
Frank Castaneda, Chief of Staff, Commissioner Wifredo “Willy” Gort, City of Miami
Joe Chi, President China Latin America Trade Center & Secretary CAMACOL
Tony Lesesne, Founder & Chief Creative Officer, Lesesne Media Group
Woody Lesesne, President Lesesne Media Group
Sandy Lighterman, Miami Dade County Film Commissioner
Jose Luis Martinez, Director Digital Media & Communication Human Rights Foundation
Leah Sokolowsky, President Film Florida
Angel Stroll, Executive Director Film Florida
Graham Winick, Past President Film Florid/Film & Event Production Manager, City of Miami Beach

Chair of the MMFM Advisory Committee

Commissioner Wilfredo “Willy” Gort, Vice Chair, City of Miami & Chair Hemispheric Congress

CAMACOL/Hemispheric Congress Executive Committee Members & Staff

Mario O. Gutierrez, President
Commissioner Wilfredo “Willy’ Gort, Chair 33^rd Hemispheric Congress
Fausto Alvarez, Treasurer CAMACOL
Joe L. Chi, Secretary CAMACOL
Olga Ramudo, Vice Chair 34th Hemispheric Congress
Rafael Calleja, Vice Chair 34^th Hemispheric Congress
Gabriel Pascual, Vice Chair 34^th Hemispheric Congress
Luciano Garcia, Executive Director CAMACOL
Patricia Arias, Managing Director CAMACOL
Betty Gradera, Corporate Relations Manager &  Hemispheric Congress Coordinator
Luis Cuervo, Executive Director Hemispheric Congress
Raul Lopez Perez, Senior Advisor/Hemispheric Congress
Fernando Dominguez, Trade Specialist/I.T.
Rene F. Flores, Sr. Accountant
Romy Rinaldi, Assistant to the President
Diana Alonso, Assistant
Ana Maria Guerra, Assistant
Rafael Fagundo, Accounting Assistant
Guillermo Wong, Accounting Assistant
Roberto Gomez, Assistant
Claribel Aparicio, Intern/Hemispheric Congress

On behalf of the participants and organizers of the 3^rd Edition of the Miami Media and Film Market, we would like to express our deepest appreciation to our sponsors, partners, committee members, friends and supporters. Special recognition is extended to Mario O. Gutierrez, President of CAMACOL; Hon. Willy Gort, Chair of the Hemispheric Congress and Vice Chair City of Miami Commission; Fausto Alvarez, CAMACOL Treasurer; Joe L. Chi, CAMACOL Secretary; and to the Members of our Board of Directors, the Permanent Secretariat and all of the CAMACOL Staff.  Through your cooperation and assistance this event was made possible. We could not have done it without all of you.

Thank you. Gracias. Merci. Dankeschön. शुक्रीया. teşekkür ederim. 谢谢.

 Agenda-at-a-glance

May 20^th  to  May 23^rd 2013
Biltmore Hotel, Conference Center of the Americas

Monday/May 20^th, 2013/Lunes 20 de Mayo, 2013
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Registration / Inscripciones                                  

Monday, May 20, 2013

9:00am-12:00pm
FILM FLORIDA MEETINGS (Morning Sessions)
Merrick Amphitheater
Bowman Room (Committee Meetings)
Tuttle Room (Committee Meetings

FILM FLORIDA MEETINGS (Afternoon Sessions)
1:30pm-5:00pm
Merrick Amphitheater

5:00pm-8:00pm

34^th Hemispheric Congress Welcome Reception

Biltmore Conference Center of the Americas Ballroom
Tropical Attire

MMFM/Film Florida Event(s) INFORMATION
Panels & Workshops

May 21 & 22, 2013

9:00am-12:00pm
Morning Sessions/Sesiones en la mañana
Bowman
Please note:  On Tuesday May 21st the am session will be the Film Florida Board of Directors Meeting. All MMFM Participants are invited to attend.

1:00-3:00pm

Hemispheric Congress Luncheons (reservations required)
Danielson Gallery

3:00pm-6:00pm

Afternoon Sessions/Sesiones en la tarde
Merrick Amphitheater

5:30pm/8:00pm
Nightly Networking Receptions
CAMACOL Expo Lounge/CC Ballroom

Movie Nights

Tuesday, May 21^st/ Florida Night
·        8pm “Beach Boy” Science Fiction Short
Lesene Media Group
·        Ripper by Omar Caraballo/Crime Thriller Feature
Wednesday, May 22^nd China Night
·        Shui Hen “Maria”/Award Winning Short
Sonya Chi, Producer

Special Note:  All seminars, panels & receptions are included in your pre-registration. If you wish to attend the luncheons and the gala dinner tickets must be purchased. Space is limited.

 

Tuttle Room will be open on Tuesday and Wednesday from 9:00am

As a lounge and meeting room for MMFM participants.

 MMFM Program/Programa

MMFM is host to the Film Florida Annual Meeting.  Monday, the agenda is dedicated to this industry organization and a strategic partner of MMFM. All MMFM participants are welcomed to attend and inter-act with the Film Florida Leadership and members.  Tuesday morning is the Film Florida Board Meeting.  The  panels/workshops commence after these meetings, where MMFM participants are encouraged to attend.

Monday, May  20, 2013

9:00-12:00pm/Film Commission Council  Meeting (9-12pm)
Merrick Amphitheater

Council Meetings 9:00-12:pm

·        Industry /Labor Council Meeting (9-11am)
Bowman Room
·        Association Council Meeting (9:00am-11:00am)
Tuttle Room
·        Education Committee Meeting (11am-12pm)
Tuttle Room

1:30pm-3:00pm

Marketing Committee/Comite de Mercadeo
Merrick Amphitheater

3:00pm-5:00pm

Legislative Wrap-Up/Comite Legislativo
Merrick Amphitheater

5:00pm-8:00pm

34^th Hemispheric Congress Welcome Reception/Recepcion de Bienvenida
CC Ballroom

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

8:30am-9:00am
Morning “Cafecito” at MMFM/Cafecito con los participantes

9:00am-12:00pm

Film Florida Board of Directors Meeting & Open Discussion/Junta de Film Florida y dialogo inter-activo
This is an important session where you will be able to learn about the present and future of this industry in Florida and where you will be able to establish strategic business linkages. Sesión oficial de “Film Florida”. Habrá la oportunidad de interactuar con representantes de la industria audio visual y representantes del MMFM.

Bowman Room

12:00pm-1:00pm
Break for Networking/Descanso para facilitar las oportunidades de establecer lazos comerciales.
Filmmaker  Lounge/Tuttle Room is available for meetings

 1:00-3:00pm

34^th Hemispheric Congress Luncheon Session/Sesion Almuerzo

Danielson Gallery
·        Hon. Commissioner Jose “Pepe’ Diaz, Miami Dade County Board of Commissioners
·        Minister Roberto Quijano, Commerce Minister of Panama, Rep. of Panama
·        Hon. Ambassador Luis Lauredo, Former U.S. Ambassador to the OAS

3:00pm-4:30pm

“International Co-Production Forum Series. Creative Financing. Thinking Outside the Box”

Forum internacional de Co-Produccion.  Modelos no-tradicionales de co-produccion
Merrick Amphitheater
Moderated by:
Joe Monagle, VP Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
·        Joe Chi, President China/Latin American Trade, Miami, Florida USA
·        Alexander Schust, GermanFilmFinance.com –Wuppertal, Germany
·        Matthew C. Waldron, Vice Consul Trade & Investment, U.K.
·        He Yue Hua, General Manager, Zhejiang Hengdian Film & Television Production, Beijing, China
·        Peter Xiao, China/Hollywood Beijing China

4:30pm-6:00pm

“Miami’s Cinematic Dual Identity”

For the past four decades, Miami has been primarily a location destination, with plots and characters derived from what outsiders think about us.  Recently, Miami has begun to develop, create and share home grown product, determined to tell Miami stories our way. Does that mean our local filmmakers are now responsible for helping us shed an image largely derived not from “Miami Vice” but simply from the “Miami Vice” opening credits?  Can that happen is your area/country as well? Join local filmmakers and film exhibitors for a discussion that itself is proof of Miami’s maturing media status./ Hasta el momento Miami ha sido definido por “Miami Vice” pero en estos momentos Miami esta desarrollando filmes y programas de tv que se aleja de esa imagen. Puede esto pasar en su area o país?

Merrick Ammphitheater

Moderated by:
Graham Winick, Past President Film Florida/Film & Event Production Manager, City of Miami Beach
·        Jorge “Yokes” Yanes, Director “Eenie, Meenie, Miney, Mo”
·        Andrew Hevia, Director  “Sun Don’t Shine”, “When We lived in Miami”/Broscht Corporation
·        Jaie Laplante, Executive Director Miami International Film Festival
·        Kareem Tabsch, Founder O Cinema

 Panel Presented by Film Florida & O Cinema

 6:00pm-8:00pm

Latin Night & Mojito Drinks Networking Reception
CAMACOL Expo Lounge CC Ballroom
Sponsored by Bacardi

8:00pmFlorida Movie Night/Merrick Amphitheater (Complimentary Admission)

·        “Beach Boy” Science Fiction  “Short”/Lesesne Media Group, Miami, Florida/Heroes aren’t born, they’re made. Just ask the Navy scientists who created him./ Héroes no nacen son creados. Pregúntenles a los científicos navales que lo diseñaron. ·        Ripper by Omar Caraballo/Crime Thriller Feature/Hit the Ground Running  Productions, Hialeah, Florida/Based on a true story, this film is a modern day “Jack The Ripper” Tale, that takes place in Little Havana./Un  moderno “Jack El Destripador” en Miami.

Wednesday, May 22, 2013
8:30am-9:00am
Morning “Cafecito” at MMFM/Cafecito con los participantes
Bowman Room

 9:00am-10:30am

“Film & Television Incentives. Past. Present. Future”
A candid and open discussion on the film incentives.  The discussion will include the current incentive. How to use incentives properly.  What in store for the future. Un dialogo inter-activo de los ‘incentivos’ gubernamentales para la industria audio visual.
Bowman Room

Moderated by:

Jose Luis Martinez, MMFM Advisory Committee Member
·        Sandy Lighterman, Commissioner Miami Dade County
·        Evan Power, The Power Group
·        Leah Sokolowsky, President Film Florida
·        Graham Winick, Past President Film Florida/Film & Event Production Manager City of Miami Beach

Special Guest:

State Representative Manny Diaz, Member Florida Legislature

10:30am-11:30am

“From Concept to Production”.  An open & interactive workshop on the evolving process of bringing an idea to life and finding the resources to get it done.  This workshop will discuss the financial aspects of a production, but the creative content as well.
Bowman Room

Moderated by:

Jose Luis Martinez
·        Robert Di Cerbo, Executive Producer, All Platforms Media, LLC
·        Brian Eastman, Producer Batway, LTD, London, England/UK
·        Jane Prowse, Scriptwriter

11:30am-12:30pm

 Special Session for MMFM participants with the Official Delegation from China. Zhejiang Hengdian Group which owns China Hollywood.  This exciting session will explore the development  of business ties with China.  Discovering ways to link China/Hollywood with Florida & Latin America.  In the words of Ari Emanuel:  "The movie business internationally is expanding in an unbelievable way. You've never made the money you've made out of China, Russia, South America." – MMFM brings you two of those regions to you. /Dialogo entre los participantes Del MMFM y la delegacion China.

Bowman Room

Session Chair:
Joe Chi, President China Latin America Trade Center
Zhou Sifu, President Innovation Production

Special Guest(s):

Hue Yue Hua, General Manager of Zhejiang Film & Television Production
Zou Zhidi/Deputy General Manager, Zhejiang Television and Radio Group Co., Ltd. China.

 Session Presented by the China Latin America Trade Center, Innovation Productions International LLP, Zhejiang Hengdian Group

 

1:00-3:00pm

34^th Hemispheric Congress Luncheon Session/Sesion Almuerzo
Danielson Gallery
·        Hon. Commissioner Rebeca Sosa, Chair Board of Miami Dade County Commission
·        Camilo Reyes Rodriguez, Ex Dir. AmCham Colombia, Past Foreign Minister/Colombia
·        Gloria Salas, Director of Finance, Warner Brothers, Los Angeles, California

3:00pm-4:00pm

“Developing a Platform for Television”

 A realistic approach at getting your products made in today’s evolving climate. /Como lograr la realizacion de sus proyectos.

Merrick Amphitheater
Moderated by:
Jose Luis Martinez, MMFM Advisory Committee Member
·        Terry Miller, Executive Director Burn Notice/TVM Productions/Fox Television
·        Gloria Salas, Director of TV Finance, Warner Brothers

4:00pm-5:30pm

“A Conversation with Matt Stein. The Sequel”

This Mr. Stein’s second appearance at MMFM. Last year he conducted a discussion on independent filmmaking and the development of projects. This year he will provide us an update and will speak on what is trending in the industry. MMFM participants will have an ample Q&A with Mr. Stein who will listen to your ideas and projects. /Una conversacion con Este famoso productor independiente.

Facilitated by Jose Luis Martinez, former Creative Director of the Miami World Cinema Center and the current is the director of media & communication for Human Rights Foundation.

5:30pm-8:00pm

China Night
CAMACOL Expo Lounge/CC Ballroom

8:00pm

China Movie Night /Merrick Amphitheater (Complimentary Admission)

Shui Hen “Maria” A Short Film Produced by Sonya Chi A coming of age story about a Chinese girl in Hong Kong who was left behind by her parents and travels to Cuba after 15 years to be reunited with them. She quickly discovers that after all these years of not truly knowing her parents, she has become a stranger within her own family. Problems arise when her dreams about her future collide with plans for marriage set up by her own father. This film explores familial love, often not a given, but something that needs substantial effort to grow. This film explores how family love grows through the struggle between generations.

Best Narrative Short Film Award – ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2003 HBO Award for Best Short Film – SAVANNAH FILM FESTIVAL 2003 Grand Prix Award – BRUSSELS INDEPENDENT FILM FESTIVAL 2003 Mole-Richardson Production Design Award – ANGELUS AWARDS FILM FESTIVAL Best Cinematography Award – PALM SPRINGS INT'L FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS Best Cinematography AwardsAMERICAN SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS Sony Award for Best Short Film – METHOD FEST FILM FESTIVAL 2004 Narrative Short Film Award – LUNAFEST FILM FESTIVAL 2004/2005 Un cortometraje que trata de una joven de Hong Kong que viaja a Cuba para reunirse con su familia, después de quince años de separación.

MMFM Panels/Seminars/Networking Receptions Conclude
Thursday, May 23, 2013
Open Day

7:00 pm- 11:00 pm

COCKTAIL & CLOSING DINNER / COCTEL Y CENA DE CLAUSURA
CC Ballroom
7:00pm-8:00pm
Reception
Laguna

8:00pm

Gala Dinner
CC Ballroom
Program/ Programa
Master of Ceremony
Rick Sanchez
\Welcome Remarks
Hon. Carlos Gimenez, Mayor
Miami Dade County

Special Greeting

Hon. Commissioner Lynda Bell, Vice Chair
Miami Dade Board of County Commissioners

Guest Speaker:

Jose Raul Perales, Director for the Americas
United States Chamber of Commerce

Awards

·        Sanchez to Sanchez to Smith Award / Galardón Sánchez a Sánchez a Smith
Olga Nuñez, President, Northwestern Meats, Miami, Florida USA
 ·        Invest Contest Award Winner by Damian Valenzuela, President of Inter-American Invest

Honorees 2013 / Personalidades 2012-2013
·        Entrepreneurial Excellence - Architect Víctor González Acosta, President of GA&W Management Company, Paraguay - President World Trade Center, Asunción. / Excelencia Empresarial – Arq. Víctor González Acosta, Presidente de la empresa de Gerenciamiento GA&W en Paraguay - Presidente, WORLD TRADE CENTER Asunción.

·        Excellence in Public Sector Services - Matías Mori, Executive Vice President of the Foreign Investment Committee, Chile / Excelencia al Servicio en el Sector Público - Matías Mori, Vicepresidente Ejecutivo del Comité de Inversiones Extranjeras de Chile

·        Excellence in Social Media – The Miami Herald. Manny Garcia, Executive Editor and General Manager/ Excelencia en Medios de Comunicación Social a El Nuevo Herald de Miami, Florida. Manny Garcia, Director Ejecutivo y Gerente General.
.        Excellence in Production & Development – Matt Stein. MES Productions, Los Angeles, California/Productor Filmico Destacado.

 SEE YOU NEXT YEAR FOR OUR FOURTH INSTALLMENT IN THE FRANCHISE. It’s GONNA BE BIG!

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