http://nalip.org/latinolens
ABOUT: Presented by NALIP and supported by a variety of industry, media and organizational sponsors - NALIP’s Latino Lens is an exclusive incubation and media content production program and showcase designed to develop, nurture and produce a series of Latino creators’ and filmmakers' projects and showcase their talents as producers, directors, and writers. Latino Lens
is divided in 4 main areas: Narrative, Digital, Documentary and TV/Streaming. Each pipeline has its own funding source, sponsor, media liaison and industry partners. We create and develop Latino Lens incubation programs specifically with an outcome and an outlet in mind. Flip through the slider above to see the current partners for each strand. We will add more partners and productions constantly so check back regularly! Note: As part of our incubator and production mission, we also hold NALIP Access encounters between advanced NALIP members and industry partners to deliver a curated list of talent and projects on a on on one or small group basis - as well as a Latino Media Market during the Annual Latino Media Summit. NARRATIVE: Our signature incubator today is Latino Lens: NARRATIVE (Shorts' Production and Producers Workshops) - This particular production series and incubator is supported by Time Warner Foundation and National Endowment for the Arts among other media and industry sponsorsKeeping with NALIP’s mission to foster and promote Latino media artists, the Latino Lens: Narrative Shorts program, with a submission call will select 3-5 short feature film scripts from Latino content creators. Each short film will present through a creative approach and independent focus, a storyline of 3-10 minutes long that will be provided pre-production, production, and post-production tools, resources and assets to support the successful completion of each film while later working with them on distribution strategy and outlets. If you are interested in participating in this incubator or if you are a sponsor outlet ready to create a specific Narrative production and/or incubator program for your industry, network, studio or organization with NALIP please email us at membership(at)nalip.org. DIGITAL: Our primary digital media production and incubator is Latino Lens: Digital (American Graduate): A competitive open call to media producers to submit RFP (Request for Proposals) for digital video shorts in support of American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen. American Graduate: Let’s Make it Happen is a public media initiative made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) to help communities address the high school dropout crisis and keep more students on the path to success in college and careers. The initiative supports the creation of national and local content that increases understanding and dialogue around the social, economic, and policy complexities surrounding the dropout issue and highlights solutions to help spur action at the local level. We are also currently working on a digital series for Televisa Foundation and it's Think About It campaign - Refer to site for more information. If you are interested in participating in this incubator or if you are a sponsor outlet ready to create a specific Digital production and/or incubator program for your industry, network, studio or organization with NALIP please email us at membership(at)nalip.org. DOCUMENTARY: Our documentary incubator comes in the form of a series of hands on production and mentoring series. Latino Lens: Documentary (Doing Your Doc) is a 3-day multi regional documentary development/production series for Latino/a, African American, Native/Pacific Islanders, Asian, Middle Eastern, LGBTQ, and regional documentary makers in communities traditionally under-served by professional mentoring and information. A Latino/a filmmaker, NALIP member and/or whose project has been independently evaluated and rated for NALIP Latino Media market will be shown and screened as a case study for participants to engage in question and answer and receive direct mentorship. The artists participating in this program are producing personal, community, social justice, and public media documentaries that reflect their experiences, and tell the stories of their regions and cultures. DYD also builds community between NALIP and local arts and cultural organizations, and amongst the local nonprofits and artists. If you are interested in participating in this incubator or if you are a sponsor outlet ready to create a specific Documentary production and/or incubator program for your industry, network, studio or organization with NALIP please email us at membership(at)nalip.org. TV/STREAMING: Our TV/Streaming incubation program centers around specific partnerships to generate talent and projects directly developed pitched and placed. Wether through FOX Audience Strategy, El Rey Network, NBCUni, GMT Films, Big Vida and a wide variety of production entities - we aim to develop skills and projects to the max. As an example in 2014 we delivered an Unscripted hands on seminar to develop projects specifically for TV and Streaming audiences. We also hold writing mentorships on a one to one basis with advanced TV writer/producers. If you are interested in participating in this incubator or if you are a sponsor outlet ready to create a specific TV/STREAMING production and/or incubator program for your industry, network, studio or organization with NALIP please email us at membership(at)nalip.org. This new NALIP incubation and production program initiative comes as a result of needs identified through conversations with members, the NALIP Media Summit, industry leaders’ perspectives, as well as Latino film scholars surrounding NALIP’s commissioned The Latino Media Gap report. With Latino Lens, NALIP looks to build on previous residential instruction programs and growing incubation efforts by executing direct short film production in order to address this increasing Latino media gap.