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Red Tails VIP Opening Night Screening Mingle Media TV Red Carpet Report

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Mingle Media TV and Virsil Mitchell were invited to come out and cover the only George Lucas film “Red Tails” opening night screening in Los Angeles that was attended by original Tuskegee Airmen.

Red Carpet Interviews

Behind the Scenes with George Lucas

The film is an account of the Tuskegee Airmen, an all-black World War II fighter pilot squad. The squadron, which was sent to North Africa and Italy to escort white bomber pilots, consisted of some of the best fighter pilots in the Air Corps.

Movie Trailer

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A Peek at a New Fable: “La Luna” Share it with Your Family… Sure to be a Favorite!

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La Luna from Pixar

La Luna from Pixar

La Luna is the timeless fable of a young boy who is coming of age in the most peculiar of circumstances.

Tonight is the very first time his Papa and Grandpa are taking him to work. In an old wooden boat they row far out to sea, and with no land in sight, they stop and wait.  A big surprise awaits the little boy as he discovers his family’s most unusual line of work.

Should he follow the example of his Papa, or his Grandpa?

Will he be able to find his own way in the midst of their conflicting opinions and timeworn traditions?

We know our audience likes to see video clips – but this is not a feature film, it’s a short. Yes, it’s a short film with a total run time of just under 7 minutes long.

Meet Enrico Casarosa, Director / Head of Story, Pixar Animation Studios

This short film was directly by Enrico Casarosa who joined Pixar Animation Studios in January 2002.  Enrico began working as a story artist on “Cars” and the Academy Award-winning feature “Ratatouille.”  Casarosa’s next project was as story artist on Disney•Pixar’s Academy Award®-winning feature film, “Up.” Most recently, Casarosa made his directing debut with the short film, “La Luna.” Currently, Casarosa is working as head of story on an upcoming Pixar film.

What do story artists do?

As a story artist, Casarosa creates visual sequences from the script.  Story artists also generate new ideas and gags, and provide feedback regarding the plot, characters and overall story of the film.  With help from story artists, the film’s director finds the story they want to tell and the best cinematographic way to tell it.

Where did Enrico learn how to do animation? What influenced his style?

Casarosa found early influences in Hayao Miyazaki’s work and grew up watching Miyazaki’s television series in Italy. Born and raised in Genoa, Casarosa moved to New York City in his twenties, to study animation at the School of Visual Arts and Illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology.

 What did Enrico do before he came to Pixar?

Before coming to Pixar, Casarosa worked as a storyboard artist at Blue Sky Studios on “Ice Age” and “Robots.”  He also worked as a background designer and storyboard artist for a number of Disney Channel Television Series’ including “101 Dalmatians” and “PB&J Otters.”

Where does Enrico live?

Casarosa lives in San Francisco, California with his wife Marit and their little daughter Fio Giulietta.

Here’s a video with some of the highlights of what’s new at Disney – including a sneak peek at La Luna! Enjoy

La Luna

Scene from La Luna

One World, One Week, One Festival: Manhattan Film Festival, Los Angeles Screening Event

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On Sunday, September 26th, the New Media Film Festival will be hosting the Manhattan Short Film Festival and will be live streaming from the red carpet on the Mingle Media TV website and on our streaming partner, Stickam.com during this global event. There’s a lot of buzz building around the Manhattan Film Festival as it is being held in 230 locations for 7 days around the world and Los Angeles is the first city to kick it off.

The New Media Film Festival is proud to be the Los Angeles sponsor of this event in conjunction with KessPro Studios and Showbiz Store and Café. (more info http://www.newmediafilmfestival.com)

Manhattan Short Film Festival

Manhattan Short Film Festival - Los Angeles Screening

The full details on the 10 finalists are listed here: http://www.manhattanshort.com/2010_finalists.html

The UK, Watching
Croatia, Party,
Ireland, The Pool
Mexico, Underground
France, Madagascar
Australia, Push Bike
Canada, A Little Inconvenience
Poland, Echo
Germany, 12 years
Italy, War

The Manhattan Short Film Festival’s mission is to unite audiences across all seven continents of the globe for one week via the most compelling short films submitted each year. One World One Week One Festival is emblazoned within the rings that surround the Festivals Logo and it is this mantra that sets us apart from any other film event of the year.

NOTE: MANHATTAN SHORT is NOT an ONLINE Film Festival. Films are distributed to our individual partnering cinemas throughout the world. MANHATTAN SHORT is not a Touring or traveling Film Festival…it is the world’s first Global Film Festival, taking place in over 200 cities across 6 continents during one week.

Here’s more info and how to get tickets: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124417990943006&ref=ts

We will be also be screening a short film by Alex Ferrari, Red Princess Blues, which is a bonus as this filmmaker launched their short film as an iPad/iPhone app and is getting a lot of visibility for his work and this medium.

Los Angeles Screening of the Manhattan Short Film Festival
Location:Kess Pro Studios, Los Angeles
Time:7:00PM Sunday, Sept 26th

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at https://www.newmediatickets.com/

Red Carpet starts at 7 PM PST and screening of the 10 short films start at 8 PM PST.

Media should contact stephanie@minglemediatv.com or info@NewMediaFilmFestival.com.
Please contact Susan Johnston director@newmediafilmfestival.com to be added to the talent list / tickets for the event.

Can’t make it?? You can watch “Live from the Manhattan Short Film Festival” live Sunday, September 26th starting at 6:30 PM PST for behind the scenes and then live on the Red Carpet at the Festival at 7 PM PST at http://www.minglemediatv.com/ManhattanShortsFF.html