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SUNDAY, FEB. 24th
​4:30-9:30pm


CFAA OSCARS PARTY

TICKETS ARE
SOLD OUT!!

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Come out to watch this years Academy
Awards and enjoy the festivities with the Capital Film Arts Alliance! Let's see who takes home the golden statues this year!


Hosted by CFAA board member Mamie Jean Calvert, it'll be a fun night with great food, drink, contests and more! Come out and party with your film loving friends!

* Pick the Winners Contest.
* Costume Contest – Come dressed as your favorite Hollywood person (dead or alive).
* Movie Trivia Games during commercial breaks.

Proceeds go to the Capital Film Arts Alliance (CFAA)

Date: Sunday, Feb 24th
Time: 4:30 to 9:30 pm
Where: Steve’s Pizza,
9135 W Stockton Blvd., Elk Grove, CA 95758

Complimentary appetizers - come early!

Full menu for ordering and no host beer & wine is available.

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​SIGN UP HERE

TO RECEIVE THE
CFAA'S FREE
WEEKLY
NEWSLETTER!


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2018 CFAA Presidents Award Winner:
SALLY FORCIER
A true 'force' in the development of the Sacramento film industry.


CFAA TESTIMONIALS:
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In Their Words


The CFAA is a great way
to meet, reconnect and communicate with Sacramento's top film 

and media makers. 
​You should check it out!

-Rick Kuebler,
My Hero Productions


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I can’t tell you how much
the CFAA means to me!
They have been there and helped me thru the years make by making me a better filmmaker and by giving a place to create business and personal relationships with professional folks in industry of entertainment!

-Cliff Allen,
Screams 4 Reel


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To send your CFAA testimonial in, email:
info@capitalfilmarts.org


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Mark your calendars for the CFAA's Monthly Events:

  • ACTORS WORKSHOP 
  • CFAA FILM FORUM​
  • SCREENWRITERS LAB

ACTORS WORKSHOP:
Every 2nd Tuesday @ 7pm- 

Offering a variety of workshops, special guest instructors and industry leaders who share tools, tips and exercises with the acting community of all experience levels. It's a great place to stretch your acting muscles.

CFAA FILM FORUM: 
Every 3rd Tuesday @ 7pm

The general CFAA membership and all production folks come out to this monthly gathering of the creative filmmaking community.  Topics for meetings vary monthly, based on the speaker or topic - but you will always learn something important!

SCREENWRITERS LAB
Every 4th Tuesday @ 6:30pm- 

For those seasoned writers seeking to improve their scripts through workshopping. This is a great place to improve, share and connect with other writers, and to gain skills and make valuable contacts.

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CFAA Meetings & Workshops held at

The Workshop
3301 C Street, #1000
​Sacramento, CA. 
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All meetings are free to CFAA members, or $5 at the door for non-members and guests.


The CFAA is a non-profit association serving filmmakers, writers, actors and crew in Sacramento, CA and it's surrounding counties.

FOR Filmmakers, BY Filmmakers.  
​The CFAA is here for YOU.


* 3x Monthly meetings for Filmmakers, Writers & Actors
* Free Weekly Newsletter
* Discounts and professional resources.
* Valuable Networking Opportunities
* Workshops, Events, Screenings, Film Festivals & More


Join Us in 2019 to Expand Your Creative Skills and Increase Your Connections!

COMING UP: 
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Every 4th Tuesday @ 6:30pm

CFAA SCREENWRITERS LAB
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Tues., February 26th, 2019 @ 6:30pm


​improve your writing through peer review, evaluation and advice from writers with all experience levels. Take your writing to a new level!

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Every 2nd Tuesday @ 7pm

CFAA ACTORS WORKSHOP
Tues., March 12th, 2019 @ 7pm

with Guest Instructor
Jason Bortz
Critical Thinking: The Hard Work of Acting

This workshop addresses the challenges of acting beyond 'looking good, being natural and memorizing lines.' At its core, film is a medium of subtleties and specifics, demanding consistent choices and an actors' intimate belief in the work they perform. The choices actors make separate the hobbyist from craftsperson, amateur from professional. This workshop will examine choices: how to take advantage of the details an author provides in a script, and how to create them if they don't exist. How to analyze a work and extrapolate the decisions made by an actor and director to convey the most powerful product--and to use the findings as inspiration to create new, engaging and memorable work. Participants should bring writing or recording tools, and will participate in group analysis of written and filmed pieces.

Jason, a co-founder of the CFAA, has made his living in the industry for nearly thirty years as an award-winning actor, writer and director. He has appeared in dozens of stage plays, films, voiceovers and video games. He has workshopped/guest instructed for multiple educational institutions in the Sacramento area on acting, directing, movement and screenwriting. In Seattle, he was a core member of Seattle International Film Festival's Cinema Co-Op, workshopping scripts with such actors as Tom Skerritt, Peter Horton and Ned Beatty while studying with John Jacobsen, co-founder of the prestigious The Film School. After attending the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York, Jason worked in Los Angeles on independent films while acting as a core member for the only State-sanctioned non-profit to teach and perform Shakespeare in high-risk inner city schools. Jason continues to work and provides private coaching as well as group classes and is an instructor at Tamraloo Studios in Lincoln. Jason is a member of SAG/AFTRA and represented by The Silver Bitela Agency, WGA.


Free to CFAA members, and only $5 for non-members and guests. All are welcome.

The CFAA Actors Workshop offers a different instructor or acting technique is shared each month by some of the best acting coaches and instructors around. There's something for everyone!


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Every 3rd Tuesday @ 7pm

CFAA FILMMAKERS FORUM / MEETING
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Tues., March 19th, 7pm
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Art Direction in Film 
with Production Designer 
Doug Freeman 


Doors open at 6:30, meeting starts at 7pm 
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​CFAA MEETING LOCATION:

The Workshop Sacramento
3301 C Street #1000,
Sacramento 95816


FEES: 
Admission is free to CFAA members
​and only $5 for non-members and guests. 

All skills and experiences are welcome! 

MEMBERSHIP:
Click HERE to register

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The CFAA's annual President's Award for 2018 goes to the Sacramento region's most indomitable 'force' in the local film and media community:
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SALLY FORCIER
Sally is a formidable champion of all things film, and of making Sacramento an exciting hub of production.  She has operated Forcier Casting for almost 20 years, coaching, advising and tirelessly giving of herself and her time to advocate for the growth of others in the local production community, and in making Sacramento a professionally recognized industry. In the last couple of years she has branched out to add full-time producing to her array of creative services and has already successfully co-produced a few major features films that were shot here at home, along with managing other commercial casting work and producing smaller indie projects - all while planning her wedding at the same time!

Sally's stated passion on her own website is "to be a part of the creative process on set, inspire and help others realize their dreams" - and I believe that we are a better community because of her doing just that.


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 Thanks for Another Great
CFAA Annual After-Holiday Party! 

Saturday, January 12th, 2019
At The Workshop
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VIEW ALL PICTURES HERE
Wait! There's More!!   VIEW ALL 2019 PARTY PICTURES HERE

Attention!
NEW CFAA MEETING LOCATION! 

The CFAA hosts 
all monthly meetings at
The Workshop 
3301 C Street, Sacramento.
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The WorkShop is a coworking, incubation, and training space that includes on-demand work and office space, business support services (e.g., phone reception, IT management services and support), skills training and professional certification access, aide in seeking early-stage financing, and networking activities and events designed to support entrepreneurship opportunities.  The CFAA is honored to be a partner of this organization and excited for the future.

CFAA PHOTO GALLERY

​MORE PHOTOS
HERE


​CFAA Board of Directors annual Planning Retreat - November 2018


​CFAA After-Holiday Party 2018 at Hot Italian:
MORE PHOTOS HERE

Here's a clip from one of our Speed Networking events.  
Tons's of fun ​with the CFAA! 



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