Welcome to the Capital Film Arts Alliance (CFAA)

Connecting Northern California's Film & Digital Production Communities

Weekly Newsletter - Monthly Meetings,  Writers and Actors Workshops,
 Advanced Writers Lab, Film Competitions, Screenings and Much More.

A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION SERVING SACRAMENTO AND NORTHERN CA

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News, Coming Events and Activities

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Check out the 
CFAA Monthly 
Creative Groups:

ACTOR WORKSHOPS 
& ADVANCED 
SCREENWRITERS LAB

Every 2nd & 4th 
Tuesday @ 6:30pm!

ACTORS WORKSHOPS: 
Every 2nd Tuesday - 

Next Actors Workshops:
2nd Tuesday programming for 2015:  

  • February 9th ~ Charlie Holliday Improv Workshop
  • March 10th ~ Dennis Glasgow Acting Workshop (specific topic TBA)
  • April 14th ~ Chris Crotty from Comedy Sportz Improv Workshop
  • May 11th ~ Paul Burke from Blacktop Comedy Improv Workshop


SCREENWRITERS LAB
Every 4th Tuesday - 

Next Screenwriter Lab - Tues., Jan. 27th, 2015 @ 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. Email: Scripts@CapitalFIlmArts.org
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CHECK US OUT ON MEETUP.COM
Check for upcoming CFAA dates and details on meetings and workshops for filmmakers, actors and writers here! 

Meet-Up Days & Times (unless otherwise noted)

1st Tuesday each month: CFAA Board Meeting
2nd Tuesday each month: CFAA Actors Workshop
3rd Tuesday each month: CFAA Monthly Meeting
4th Tuesday of each month: CFAA Screenwriters Lab


Next monthly CFAA Film Meeting in the series 'Filmmaking from A-Z' features


'It All Starts With The Story'

Join us as we explore the root of all great content...  
The story.  Hear from local writers who have written and produced quality short and long films, found their audiences, and navigated their film's distribution. 

The 3rd Tuesday CFAA film meeting on February 17th will offer an informative evening with several talented writers, who will discuss screenwriting, their own professional paths,  and how 'It All Starts With The Story'.  You will hear from a great panel of seasoned professionals including Chris King, Kevin Haskin, Jason Bortz and Mamie Jean Calvert - and learn what motivates them to write and how they produce compelling films from their stories and then get them to market.  You won't want to miss this.

Tuesday, Feb. 17th @ 7pm
The Art Institute of Sacramento
2850 Gateway Oaks Dr.
Sacramento, CA 95833

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

About the speakers (l-r)

Chris King of Watermark Films
Writer/Director/Producer
Chris King is a multiple award winning filmmaker and three-time NorCal Emmy nominated television writer/producer. After receiving his B.A. in film from California State University Long Beach, he worked at Sony Pictures Entertainment as a promotions and game show writer. Simultaneously, Chris worked as a freelance scriptwriter-for-hire. His feature-length and short screenplays have garnered national attention in The Nicholl Fellowship, the Chesterfield Film Project, Fade In Magazine and HBO’s Project Greenlight.

His first feature film Touching Down received numerous film festival awards and nominations. Awakening was his first short film. After screening at several festivals, it was picked up for world distribution by The Spiritual Cinema Circle where it played in over 80 countries. Chris has made six more short films since; Life, Rachel, The Killing of Mary Surratt, Proposal, Happiness, and First Date. 

Chris is currently in post-production on Birthday (premiered at the CFAA Holiday Mixer) and First Date (another short), in pre-production on Carol (about Carol Burnett), and is writing Infamous - his next feature-length script based on the true story of serial killer Dorothea Puente.

Kevin Haskin of KeJo Productions
Writer/Producer
Kevin graduated in 1994 from Sacramento State University with a degree in Journalism Graphic Design and a minor in Business Marketing. In 1997 he wrote his first feature and 12 years later he’s written ten feature-length screenplays, optioned five of them and has been hired to write on several assignments. A writer at heart, Kevin has also won several awards for directing and in 2005 his short film “Peanut Butter and Jelly” was one of two hundred official selections into the prestigious Seattle International Film Festival from 4,000 entries. His feature, “Sensored” was produced in 2008 starring Robert Picardo of Star Trek Voyager and Stargate Atlantis fame, and has since gained distribution. His work has been seen in over 10 film festivals across the United States. Kevin co-wrote his next feature in 2009, “Rogue River” and since has written and produced 'Broken' and now in post-production with 'In God We Trust'. 

Mamie Jean Calvert of Ambra Productions
Writer/Producer 
Mamie Jean wrote and produced  “In the Eyes of a Killer”, which was released September 2012. It is currently available at Blockbuster, Amazon, and now pay-per-view. “In the Eyes of a Killer” is directed by Louis Mandylor and starring Louis Mandylor (Big Fat Greek Wedding), Costas Mandylor (Saw Franchise), Gwendlyn Edwards (The Last Confederate), James Marshall (A Few Good Men), and Petri Hawkins-Byrd (Judge Judy). Her new movie “Magic of Christmas II” has been released and is selling at Walmart, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, etc. In Addition, Mamie Jean just recently produced and directed “Marvin’s Business Trip”. She is currently filming “Magical Christmas” here in Elk Grove. Mamie is also one of the executive producers of “Bad Faith”.

Ambra Productions, founded in 1987 in Southern California by Mamie Jean, has produced and directed many full length, shorts and documentaries. Located in El Dorado Hills, California, our corporate office and studio offers full service audio video production services to the public and other multimedia companies.

Jason Bortz of Neuromortis Films and Stand Out Talent
Writer/Director/Actor/Producer
After college in Eugene, Oregon, he trained in Seattle with The Film School’s John Jacobsen. Jason was a member of the Seattle Cinema Co-Op, pursuing filmmaking both on and off camera.. He moved to New York to train at the National Shakespeare Conservatory before heading to Los Angeles, where he became a member of the Shakespeare and Friends Foundation. Jason is credited in film, television and a few video games, and has worked onstage in many plays.  

Jason has been honored with several awards since moving to the Sacramento region, and his screenwriting is represented by the Silver Bitela Agency, and he typically divides his professional time between writing scripts, coaching actors, and working as President of Stand Out Talent, a 501c3 organization dedicated to providing excellence in performing and production in live and media arts for all ages.
 

The CFAA and it's members were featured in the December Sacramento Magazine in an article about the local movie scene.  Here are the pics! 
Here are a few of the pics from the CFAA's After-Holiday Mixer & Movie Night with Joe Carnahan's 'Stretch' on December 27th, 2014 at the Roseville Tower Theater. 
It was a party to end all parties! 
(SEE ALL PICS UNDER MISC PHOTOS PAGE)
CFAA MEETING INFO:
Cost: Meetings are free to CFAA members and only $5 for non-members and guests.  
(Readers for table reads are not charged.)

Start times: 2nd & 4th creative group meetings begin promptly at 6:30pm - 
and 3rd Tuesday general CFAA meetings begin at 7:00pm 

Location: Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are held at 
The Art Institute of Sacramento, 
2850 Gateway Oaks Dr., Sacramento, CA 95833

We appreciate our sponsors and members.