Film Fair Gala News & Photos
We had a great event September 13, 2005 at the Linen Life
Park Avenue Gallery in Emeryville, California to introduce
the business community to the film community in Oakland,
as well as promote the upcoming Film Festival.
We had about 100 people, including City Council Member
Nancy Nadel, Supervisors Keith Carson and Alice Lai-Bitker,
Director of the U.S. Department of Commerce's Export Assistance
Center Rod Hirsch, Chamber of Commerce President Joe Hariburda,
Director of the Oakland Film Office Amy Zins, and Director
of the Oakland International Film Festival David Roach.
Additionally, I showcased my new promotional
video and received an Export Achievement Certificate for
some foreign sales for the Screenplay Connection resulting
from participating in the Hong Kong Filmart in June.
The event is featured on the U.S.
Department of Commerce
site,
too.
Here are a sampling of photos, along with our program (Word or PDF),
news clips, and press release announcing the event.
The photos were taken by Jim Dennis in Emeryville
Arriving at the event and signing in
at the door with some help from Julia O'Keefe.
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Just take a program and use colored dots on your
name to show if you're in films, business, or the
media.
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A chance to relax on the way in with a massage
by Beth Baron of In Touch Community Fundraising
with proceeds to charity.
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Here's Bruce Tripp, featured on Good Morning
America and in Do You Look Like Your Dog, putting
on the dog with Beth and his wife Linda.
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Some great dishes were provided by local caterers
and restaurants.
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Some guests sampling one of the dishes.
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Here's Tracy Prendergast, with one of her specialties
from Chickweed Catering.
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Now for some mingling before the program. Joe
Diliberto of the Sandler Sales Institute chats
with some film and video makers.
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Ami Zins of the Oakland Film Office chats with
Supervisor Nancy Nadel.
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Rod Hirsch of the U.S. Department of Commerce's
Export Assistance Center and Amy Zins chat with
Barry Caine, the San Francisco Chronicle film critic.
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Rod Hirsch chats with Alameda County Supervisor
Alice Lai-Bitker.
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And here's Amy Zins with some filmmakers and Linen
Life Park Avenue Gallery Consultant Baylin Megino.
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