CSF cancels filmmaking training program
By Robert Nott | The New Mexican - 1/16/2009

An educational program designed to give New Mexican filmmakers a chance to hone their crafts as editors, screenwriters, producers and directors became yet another casualty of the College of Santa Fe's current economic crisis.

The New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive, a roughly seven-month program that offered students hands-on training under the tutelage of established industry professionals, was canceled on the eve of its third year, the college announced this week. The program, which was to start again this month, would have run through the summer in the college's Moving Image Arts Department.
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“New Visions/New Mexico” Contract Awardees Announced
NMFI ALUMNI AND FACULTY AMONG RECIPIENTS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 3, 2008
Contact: Diane Schneier Perrin
(505) 473-6417
dsp@csf.edu

Governor Richardson announces “New Visions/New Mexico” Contract Awardees
NMFI ALUMNI AND FACULTY AMONG RECIPIENTS:

Craig Strong of Santa Fe (NMFI 2007 Directing Track), $10,000 toward La Bola Blanca based on a true story by Cipriano Vigil, one of the country’s leading ethnomusicologists specializing in the music of northern New Mexico. Mr. Strong is also the recipient of the Panavision Award ($10,000 of in-kind Panavision equipment). Shannon Y. Richardson & Armando De Aguero (NMFI 2007 Screenwriting Track) will write the script and John Lucas (NMFI 2008 Producing Track) will produce.

Jocelyn Jansons (NMFI Producing Faculty/Supervising Producer) of Santa Fe, $10,000 toward The Baby Monitor, a story of a former rocker turned unexpected single mom, terrorized by phantom cries from her baby monitor.
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Milagros In Motion
The Big Picture: Robert Nott | Pasatiempo - July 11 - 18, 2008

La Santisima Virgen de Guadalupe didn’t show up for the parade, and the parishioners wanted to know why. They waited anxiously along the parade route in Galisteo - the movie business is all about hurry up and wait - and when the director yelled “Action!” the ’51 Chevy pickup towed La Virgen’s float through the winding dirt roads of the village. But La Virgen wasn’t inside her life-size, ornately decorated shell, and the devoted were befuddled.
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Santa Fe scores again (Excerpt)
The Big Picture: Robert Nott | The New Mexican - 3/20/2008

Meanwhile, back in Arizona, the Sedona International Film Festival gave a Best Humanitarian Short Film award to In the Wake, scripted by Shannon Rotheneder and directed by Craig Strong as part of the College of Santa Fe's New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive program last year. The film focuses on a survivor of Hurricane Katrina who tries to remake his life — through baking — in Albuquerque. In the Wake played as part of last year's Santa Fe Film Festival, as did all the NMFI shorts. The NMFI program, which offers classes in directing, writing, producing, and editing in an effort to build up the above-the-line talent in New Mexico, is in its second year. Check out www.sedonafilmfestival.com for more information on the fest.

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School's Back in Session
The Big Picture: Robert Nott |The New Mexican - 1/17/2008

FADE IN on Jonathan Wacks and Diane Schneier Perrin, who head up the New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive in the College of Santa Fe's Moving Image Arts department. They're saying the first year of the program went pretty well. They're gearing up for year two, which begins Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Partially sponsored by a $1 million grant from the state, the NMFI provides hands-on training in producing, directing, screenwriting, and editing that leads to the creation of a short film for the producers and directors and a feature-length script for the screenwriters. Wacks is the chair of the college's Moving Image Arts department, and last year he hired Perrin, a producer with about 20 years experience in the industry, to direct the program. She in turn hired working professionals in the business, including screenwriter Tom Musca, to teach.
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Short-Film Screening: New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive
NMFI celebrates end of successful first year
College of Santa Fe For Immediate Release: September 28, 2007
Contact: Jennifer Levin
(505) 473-6502/jlevin@csf.edu

SANTA FE, NM - An assimilated immigrant forgets his roots - with dire consequences. Two girls shake off the American beauty ideal by embracing mythic women of their heritage. A terrorist attack forces a man to choose between his wife and his lover. These are just some of the themes of the films created by participants during the first year of the New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive at the College of Santa Fe. Screenwriting students triumphed over the blank page to pen feature length scripts tackling diverse subject matter including white collar immigrants, a supernatural detective story, and opinionated frog princes.

Directing and producing students partnered to shoot six short films during the summer session, which culminates in a public screening on Monday, October 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the Screen. (See below for information on the films and filmmakers.)
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Will Work for Crew
State ramps up training programs to meet soaring demand for experienced staff
Gene Grant | Variety - June 26, 2007

To help bring the industry up to speed quickly, the state hatched the Film Technicians Training Program (FTTP), which operates through New Mexico’s community college network to train people in below-the-line basics.
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Think globally - write, produce, and direct locally
The Big Picture: Robert Nott | Pasatiempo, June 1-7, 2007

Starting Monday, June 4, six short movies are being made in new Mexico, one after the other, over the course of six weeks. Each is being shot in five 12-hour days. Most of the filmmakers are first-timers.

This is the result of the New Mexico Film Intensive, a new program of College of Santa Fe’s Moving Image Arts department. The program teaches students how to produce, direct, and write. Partially sponsored by a $1 million grant from the state, NMFI offers hands-on training that culminates in the production of a short film (for directors and producers) and the creation of a feature-length script (for screenwriters).
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New Mexico Film Intensive Announces Participants for Program's Inaugural Year
College of Santa Fe For Immediate Release: February 7, 2007
Contact: Jennifer Levin
(505) 473-6502/jlevin@csf.edu
Diane Schneier Perrin
(505) 473-6417/ dsp@csf.edu

SANTA FE - Aiming to provide longevity for New Mexico's filmmaking boom by increasing the number of New Mexican filmmakers, the College of Santa Fe's Moving Image Arts Department has launched the New Mexico Film Intensive (NMFI), a two-semester post-baccalaureate certificate program for above-the-line film training. Guided by working industry professionals and academic experts, the diverse participant group will receive the extensive hands-on creative, practical experience and business acumen necessary to succeed in today's increasingly competitive film industry. Supported by a $1 million dollar grant from the state of New Mexico, NMFI's mission to bolster above-the-line talent is the latest step in Governor Bill Richardson's bold film incentive programs.
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New Mexico Aims to 'Grow Its Own' Local Filmmakers Via New Program for Emerging Producers, Directors, and Screenwriters
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 10, 2006
Contact: Jennifer Levin
(505) 473-6502/jlevin@csf.edu
Diane Schneier Perrin
(505) 473-6417/ dsp@csf.edu

College of Santa Fe Launches New Mexico Filmmakers Intensive;
Offers Tuition Grants To N.M. Residents

Santa Fe, NM: Boosting the momentum of generous state rebates and incentives that have increased New Mexico's film production revenue nearly 40-fold, the New Mexico Filmmakers' Intensive (NMFI) is an immersive flimmaking program in producing, directing and screenwriting that launches in January at the College of Santa Fe (CSF).
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Governor Richardson Announces $1 Million State Investment in Film Industry Training
For Immediate Release: May 13, 2005
Contact: Pahl Shipley 505.476.2299 (Gov)
Marcia Sullivan 505.473.6503 (CSF)

SANTA FE- Governor Bill Richardson today announced that through the film industry training initiative, the state will allocate one-million-dollars to the College of Santa Fe's (CSF) Moving Images Arts Program to create a specialized degree program. This critical investment will expand the state's capabilities to train filmmakers in every aspect of production.
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