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First Annual Screening Series

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Call for Submissions

1st Annual Screening Series

The Network Austin Mixer presents our 1st Annual Screenings!

There’re just so many talented filmmakers in our midst, we figured it was about time to feature a few. So that’s what we’re doing at our March Mixer.

On the 2nd Wednesday evening next month we’ll be delighting our audience with screenings of your teasers & trailers. Projects must be based in Central Texas, and preference will be given to those for feature films, although an outstanding one for a short may slip in. We’re also inviting any for exceptional television or digital series, or even a remarkable video game.

Please exercise sensitivity when editing and choosing your video teaser or trailer for our viewing audience, which includes people of all ages and backgrounds. In other words, keep it clean.

There’s room in our program for 10-12 videos at about 5 minutes apiece, including introductions & descriptions for each.

Submit yours here by the end of this month, which this leap year falls on February 29th.

Then plan to be at our next NAMixer on Wednesday, March 11th — and invite all your friends to come watch!

Complete & send this form for your project’s teaser or trailer, and pass it along to others with great projects in the works.

Submissions Deadline: Saturday, February 29, 2020

As of this writing, this first year isn’t an official offsite SxSW event, but we’d like next year’s to be. So submit great videos, spread the word, get the buzz going, and let’s make this another amazing event to help put Central Texas entertainment media and our plethora of talented & skilled players on the worldwide map.

October 9, 2019 ~ Marco Perella

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Marco Perella

Marco Perella

 

Many of our attendees are actors, so we will be inviting more highly-credited actors and acting coaches as our guest speakers, continuing with the amazing actor, author, acting teacher, and musician Marco Perella on Wednesday October 9th @ Opal Divine’s Austin Grill! Known well in our industry as a prolific working actor with credits spanning 3 decades, and highly admired and respected, Marco may be best known for his role playing an abusive alcoholic second husband, Professor Bill Welbrock, in Boyhood (2014), as well as for penning his bestselling book, Adventures of A No Name Actor (2001), a humorous autobiography recounting his struggles in the acting arena.

Marco studied at Stanford University, then worked as a construction worker, firefighter, and musician before auditioning for a role in West Side Story. He’s been working steadily in film and television, adding to his professionalism, popularity, and numerous credits, since the mid-1980s.

Marco lives in Onion Creek with his wife, Diane. Besides acting themselves, they offer on-camera acting classes and audition workshops here in Austin at Marco Perella’s Film Actor Workshop. Many actors hire Marco to video their auditions and benefit from his expertise at delivery, covering everything from comedy to intense drama.

The Veteran’s Teddy Bear Project kicks off at this month’s mixer, too, so if you have a stuffed lovie to donate, we’ll be collecting them this night!

 

Last Month

We want to extend our sincerest thanks to the panelists from Austin Film Festival (AFF) for guest speakering in September. The iconic annual Austin Film Festival & Conference known ’round the world transpires here in Austin later this month, and we are extremely grateful that the panel so clearly explained many aspects of AFF, the panels, the films, the screenwriting competition, volunteering, and more. So thanks to all of you!

The annual Austin Film Festival & Conference takes place October 24 – October 31, 2019. Use our special promo code for a $25 discount off any badge:
NAM25

See photos here, and more mixer photos here.

 

Come on the 9th and bring a friend to network and enjoy the show. While there enjoy Opal Divine’s Happy Hour which lasts until 7, then $3 “Three for Texas” beers the rest of the evening. And don’t cook or go anywhere else for a meal or snacks because Opal’s offers a tasty and largely locally-sourced menu of goodies.

Beware both rush hour traffic and any current construction!

Pass along our website and check it for details about each month’s speaker(s)!
Find this month’s mixer on Facebook and invite your friends.
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Mixing & Networking @ 6:00PM, Announcements @ 6:30, Program @ 6:45
Followed by More Mixing & Mingling and Networking