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The Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival Partners with Home Media Magazine to Host Premier Industry Event Oct. 9

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Posted on: September 24th, 2007
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“Home Media Magazine is teaming with the Los Angeles Latino International Festival (LALIFF) to host a industry event at the 11th annual festival.

The festival takes place Oct. 7-14 at the ArcLight Cinemas in , Calif. Home Media Magazine’s Angelique Flores on Oct. 9 will moderate a panel, “Distributing Your on ,” at the festival with the top Latino distributors and suppliers in the home entertainment business for an audience of filmmakers and other LALIFF attendees.

“LALIFF is the premiere Latino festival in the country, and Home Media Magazine is looking for more ways to get involved in the lucrative and growing Latin entertainment market,” Flores said. She adds that many, if not most, of the films that are shown at festivals are released directly to . “As the leading home entertainment magazine, we are looking to partner with festivals because this really is our natural market.”

Representatives from Desert Mountain Media, Laguna Productions, Lionsgate and Warner Home Video are scheduled to sit on the panel to discuss the Latino home entertainment industry and distribution.

The panel will take place Oct. 9 at The Village located at the rooftop at the ArcLight Cinemas from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. A networking reception will follow from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The panel will be invite-only; the reception will be open to the public.

The event will be under the festival’s Connect program, which is a series of breakfast and luncheon meetings, industry panels and presentations to build bridges between filmmakers and the professionals from the community.

“The importance of distribution is that it is a second window of opportunity in the marketing of a , after theatrical distribution,” said José Carlos Mangual, the industry office manager for LALIFF. “Films that don’t enjoy the success and exposure from a theatrical release are able, through the popular, accessible medium of , to benefit not only financially, but also in promoting up-and-coming actors and wonderful new stories that would not have otherwise made it to audiences.”

The festival promotes Latin cinema from the United States, , Central America, the Caribbean, and Portugal. It will include numerous screenings of feature films, documentaries and shorts, as well as industry workshops, panels, labs, networking receptions, educational programs and galas.

For the most up-to-date LALIFF schedule, go to http://http://www.latinofilm.org.

For more information about the event, contact Angelique Flores at aflores@questex.com or 714/338-6752. “

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