Hello friends,

This is Martin Anaya, Director of the California Film Foundation. I have a special message for anyone who considers his or herself a film maker, director, producer  or cinematographer.

This Saturday night we are launching an amazing film making program we call CINE VISIONARIES. We're doing this with a training workshop by none other than Academy Award winning director KIETH MERRILL (The Last Cowboy).…

This hot up-and-coming talent will be here to answer your questions and debut her new video by none other than Nick Liesure. Don't miss it! http://www.californiafilm.net/events/cine-soul-urban-film-summit

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With a slew of comic themed films out this year including Thor, Capitain America, Green Lantern and yet another X-Men movie it has me pondering just how far we've come.

In my day we salivated at the mere thought of seeing one of our beloved comic heroes on the big screen. All too often we were let down by cheezy plotlines and special effects. So imagine my 12 year old imagination gone wild when I feasted on the first Superman film...you know, the ONLY Superman film?!... Dick…

The Future is Now?? Wow! That was quick!!

by Martin Anaya

Pacifica Community TV Studio Photo (sometime in the 70's)

Among my many hats is the running of a small community TV station in Pacifica that shows classic and foreign films as well as important community news and…

Superman has a new look, and the redrawn Man of Steel now more closely resembles a a vampiric Robert Pattinson or a sulky member of My Chemical Romance than a hunky matinee idol. He now has a decidedly more emo vibe -- pale, leaner, and brooding.

The Superhero…

Indie Con September 24th go to EVENTS…

This Friday: 6:30pm

The Studio Center

Fresh off the outstanding success of The Sacramento Film Festival, we invite you to a demonstration you won't believe by our special guest:

Karl Soule

On behalf of the Sacramento Film Festival and California Film family I'd like to extend a sincere "thank you" to everyone involved in the just concluded festival.

It was an amazing ten days in which we saw awe inspiring art from truely accomplished filmmakers. In addition, we learned more about the craft with cutting edge workshops and conversations from some of the industry's best and brightest. Our commitment to these visionary artists and to the film going community was…

VERY LIMITED TIME! RSVP @ here

RSVP NOW To the Digital Odyssey Conference Saturday @ the 24th Street theater (2791 24th st).

When you get to the show use the [assword: "MARTY's VIP" for a ticket!

MOVIES, ANIMATION, COMICS and FILM SYMPOSIUMS (TRANSMEDIA) from some of the biggest thinkers in the biz!

This is a MUST ATTEND for SERIOUS FILM MAKERS

Oh and ACTORS: There will be a LIVE Casting call…

So as we discuss what will really help local film making everybody has a take. Some will tell you that the most important thing is getting better state film incentives or getting a meeting with the state film commissioner, a Hollywood executive, the mayor or some other messianic figure who'll deliver us from our film netherworldlyness into a a film-Utopia created, constructed and delivered conveniently to our own porch, like some kind of amazing and delectable piping hot pizza from my…

go to www.sacramentofilmfestival.com today and Sign…