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| --NEW-- |
| 9/15/08
- MAFIA CREATIVE MEETING RE-SCHEDULED
(Sept. 22nd) |
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| The
MAFIA creative meeting has been RE-SCHEDULED due to
the power outage. The new date is next Monday,
Sep 22, 7-10pm, still in Benton 206 visit the
EVENTS PAGE HERE. Note: All
other meetings and events this week remain unchanged.
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| --NEW-- |
| 9/10/08
- MAFIA CREATIVE MEETING (Sept. 15th) |
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meeting is intended to bring people together to chat
about movie ideas and start off the process to build
one or two larger collaborative productions to be produced
by MAFIA over the coming year (in addition to all the
individual films everyone will be producing). For complete
details visit the EVENTS PAGE HERE. |
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| --NEW-- |
| 9/10/08
- NEW SCREENING - "Mojave Phone Booth" (Sept.
17th) |
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| The
Miami Valley Film Association
will be hosting the next great new indie-film screening
this coming Wednesday night uptown at the Oxford Arts
Center at 7:30pm. This weeks film is the hilarious dramedy
"Mojave Phone Booth", a winner of 15 awards,
and selection to over 50 film festivals, the film stars
Steve Guttenberg (Police Academy), Missi Pyle (Big Fish),
David DeLuise (Stargate SG-1) and many more. Films are
presented in true HD-DLP Digital Cinema Projection and
feature films that you can't see anywhere else, because
they haven't been released to the public. Stick around
after the film for a coffee-house style atmosphere to
chat film, network with other film enthusiasts, and
once a month, Live Music! CLICK
HERE for complete info, or visit www.miamifilmassociation.com
for a complete list of new programs and activities. |
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| --NEW-- |
| 9/10/08
- MAFIA EQUIPMENT TRAINING (Sept. 18th) |
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This
is a required meeting for new members who may (ever)
want to check out equipment on their own, or schedule
their own new project, but is open to all current
members as well who may have never learned how everything
works. The meeting will cover basics on how to use
all of the equipment owned by MAFIA, as well as cover
crew positions and safety info. For complete information,
times and locations visit the EVENTS
PAGE HERE.
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| 8/25/08
- NEW SCREENINGS! |
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| The
Miami Valley Film Association
will be hosting some great new indie-film screenings
on Wednesday nights uptown at the Oxford Arts Center
at 7:30pm starting on September 3rd and running through
the rest of the year. Films are presented in full HD-DLP
Digital Cinema Projection and feature only the best
new EXCLUSIVE films (often with notable stars) that
you can't see anywhere else, because the films haven't
been released to the public. Stick around after the
films for a coffee-house style atmosphere to chat film,
network with other film enthusiasts, and once a month,
Live Music! CLICK
HERE for complete info, or visit www.miamifilmassociation.com
for a complete list of new programs and activities. |
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| 8/25/08
- WELCOME BACK! |
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| We
just want to wish you all a big Welcome Back for the
2008-2009 year! MAFIA has lots of exciting things planned
for this coming year, ranging from dozens of film productions
to new workshops, screenings and other fun stuff. So
don't hessitate to surf around this site and take a
look at what MAFIA has to offer! Also, don't forget
to take note of MAFIA's first huge all-member meeting
taking place on September 8th CLICK
HERE for complete details. |
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| 6/1/08
- NEW SUMMER PROJECTS ANNOUNCED! |
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| Two
summer projects have been added to the mafia production
slate. Tom Shelley's first directorial slate the short
action/comedy film "The Bar Fighter", and
Joe Baur's documentary feature on the current crisis
in Tibet. Visit the FILMS page
for more info on these and other current projects in
development with Mafia Films. |
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| 5/5/08
- ONLINE MEMBERSHIP SURVEY |
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| The
new "Elect" officers are looking for some
feedback from members about your participation and interests,
and have created a quick online survey that they would
like all current and former members to complete. This
is a 10-question quickie (and all questions are optional)
but it will greatly help the organization continue to
improve, so the more feedback the better! This is your
chance to give direct input into the future of the organization,
so please take a few brief minutes and fill out the
survey... MAFIA
ONLINE SURVEY HERE. |
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| 5/5/08
- NEW '08-'09 OFFICERS ANNOUNCED |
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 We
are proud to announce the new officers for the 2008-2009
year for the Miami Association of Filmmakers and Independent
Actors (MAFIA Films) are: Lindsay
Rice - President, Olivia Otten - Vice President: Management,
Jon Yarbrough - Vice President: Production, and Nick
Anderson - Treasurer. Their contact information
is available on the CONTACT
page. |
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| --NEW-- |
| 4/30/08
- 2nd ANNUAL OXFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL A SUCCESS! |
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| The
2nd Annual 2008 Oxford International Film Festival took
place just this past April 10-13, and was a great success,
with over 1500 in attendance (including over 200 filmmakers
attending from around the globe with their films) for
4-days of screenings of more than 100 films, with over
60 regional, US and World Premieres, concerts, parties,
workshops, filmmaker panels, galas, awards and more.
For complete details about the event, including award-winners,
program and attendees, visit www.oxfordfilms.com/oiff.
Thank you to all that supported this great event! |
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| 2/18/08
- OXFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2008 PROGRAM!! |
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 The
complete program for the 2008 Oxford International Film
Festival (Coming Up April 10-13, 2008) is now online!!
A completely new website and fully interactive program-guide
is now online. You can create your own profile, build
your own festival schedule, read filmmaker blogs, rate
films, write reviews and more! Check it out at www.oxfordfilms.com/oiff.
Also don't forget to buy your tickets while they last,
there are a TON of big films, and even more filmmakers
coming in from around the world, don't get left out!
You can get your tickets Online
Here, by phone 1-800-838-3006, or at the MU Box
Office. |
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| 1/14/08
- SECOND SEMESTER GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ANNOUNCED |
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| The
second General Assembly and Informational Meeting of
the year for MAFIA will be held on TUESDAY, January
22nd, 9:30pm in 115 Shideler Hall at Miami, Oxford.
We'll be showing some clips from recently produced films
(including clips from MAFIA's largest film to date "The
End of All Things", and MAFIA's summer feature
"Eastern
College" which you won't want to miss!), we'll
also allow members to announce their new projects, chat
about the upcoming HUGE 2008 Oxford
International Film Festival and lots of other cool
stuff. (Note: if you have a clip
or trailer you'd like to show, please contact LINDSAY
RICE before the meeting to arrange a time to show it
during the meeting). |
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| 12/19/07
- NEW FILMS ADDED TO PRODUCTION SCHEDULE |
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| Crish
Koch's "St. Augustine" and Nick Shoener's
"Untitle Project", have just been added to
the MAFIA production schedule for next semester. Be
sure to check them out and see if you're interested
in participating. They are still looking for a few cast
and crew! CLICK HERE to view
the FILMS page. |
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| 12/07/07
- MAFIA REPRESENTED IN VEGAS THIS WEEK |
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| MAFIA,
the Miami Film Association, and Oxford International
Film Festival reps. JC Schroder (current MAFIA president)
and Stephen Murray (former MAFIA president) were both
invited to speak at the "International Film Festival
Summit" (a huge international industry conference
held in Las Vegas, NV) this week as a resault of their
work in founding the region's first major film festival.
They spoke along-side such industry big-wigs as the
CEO of VARIETY, STARZ, and TORONTO & SUNDANCE film
festivals. If you see them around, ask them about it! |
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| 11/16/07
- MAFIA HEADLINE'S MIAMI STUDENT |
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| "TAKE
1: MIAMI BECOMES FILMING GROUND" headlined this
week's paper, with a full-page article about the MAFIA
film "The End of All Things" which was recently
being filmed on campus. If you get a chance, pick up
a copy and take a read, it's not every-day that MAFIA
gets the Front-Page headline. Thanks Miami Student! |
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| 9/23/07
- HOW TO JOIN THE MAFIA E-MAIL UPDATE LIST |
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First off, if you're already
on the list and are receiving MAFIA updates, DO NOT
sign up again, it will automatically remove you from
it. This is not a new list, it has not changed, this
is just a notice for people who are not yet aware of
it yet.
I know our staff have been receiving a few scattered
e-mails from people wondering how people can get added
to our e-mail update/mailing list (called a "ListServ")
so they can keep updated on all the production notices
and cool stuff MAFIA is up to. First off, if you've
registered as a member, then your e-mail should have
automatically been added to the mailing list, if not,
keep reading. Though I know most of you were not aware
of this, but you do not have to contact us (or be a
member) to get added to the mailing list, simply CLICK
HERE and put in your info, that's it! Keep in mind
that joining the list does not make you a "member"
of MAFIA, it just adds you to the mailing list. |
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| 9/23/07
- ONLINE REGISTRATION FORMS NOW AVAILABLE |
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For all those of you who thought it was too difficult
to fill-out a paper form to register your projects,
events, or membership, now you have no more excuses
to procrastinate, since it can all now be done completely
online. You can access these forms from the "Forms"
page, "Contact"
page or "Films" page
(at the top where it says 'start your own project').
Or go directly to them from these links - Online
Film Registration Form, Online
General Contact Form, Online
New Membership Form, and Online
Special Projects Form. |
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| 9/11/07
- MAFIA MASTER SCHEDULE ONLINE |
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| Before
you go to plan or schedule your own project or
event, be sure to check MAFIA's new online MASTER
SCHEDULE for available times and dates to
avoid scheduling conflicts. This schedule can
be readily found on the FILMS
page of this site. Keep in mind that in most cases
more than one project can be scheduled simultaneously,
so even if a date is taken, that doesn't mean
a second, often smaller, project cannot also be
scheduled at the same time (though this is not
always the case). As soon as you register a project
the project details will be listed in the appropriate
section of this website, and the master schedule
will reflect the correct production dates. |
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| 9/6/07
- MAFIA WEEKLY OFFICE HOURS |
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| If
you have any questions about MAFIA, production,
the film industry, upcoming events ect. or would
like to chat with a MAFIA officer in person about
an upcoming project you're planning, or how to
get involved more (or if you're just bored) feel
free to drop by the MAFIA production office and
chat with one of our officers. Our on-campus office
is located at 08 MacMillan Hall. Office Hours
are Monday & Wednesday 10:00am-2:00pm, and
Friday 10:00am-12:30pm. Click
Here to see each individual officer's hours
if you'd like to chat with someone specific. You
can also register new projects and membership
during these hours. |
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| 6/21/07
- MAFIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY ANNOUNCED |
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The
first General Assembly and Informational Meeting
for MAFIA will be held next MONDAY, April 27th,
9:30pm in 115 Shideler Hall at Miami, Oxford.
We'll be showing some clips from recently produced
films, allowing members to announce their new
projects and lots of other cool stuff. |
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New Commers welcome! New member sign-up will
take place right after the meeting. For more
info visit our Events Page
or Contact us. |
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| 8/20/07
- MAFIA BEGINS NEW YEAR |
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| Welcome
back my fellow MAFIAnders! There are so many exciting
things going on in the world of MAFIA that I can't
even begin to explain them all to you. Please sift
through this website (News,
Events, Films
and our new Projects page),
and come see us at MEGA FAIR this Sunday for more
info. |
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| 6/21/07
- MAFIA MEMBERS WIN AN EMMY! |
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 If
you happen to run into Stephen Murray, Anna
Egofske, Jake Hossfeld, or Andrew Neilsen,
be sure to congratulate them on winning
the 2007 NATAS regional Student
Emmy Award for their work on the
Miami production "RX". Stephen
Murray (former President of MAFIA, graduated
last May) directed the film, while Anna
Egofske was the 1st AD, Jake Hossfeld DP'ed
the project with Andrew Neilsen editing.
All are MAFIA alumni and were MAFIA members
while producing the project. The awards
will be handed out during the regional awards
gala in Columbus this Saturday, June 23rd.
Congrats! |
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| 6/21/07
- MIAMI FILM ASSOCIATION, INC CREATED! |
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 You
read that right, the Miami Film Association
is now officially registered as a non-profit
corportation with the State of Ohio as an
independent production-house. The new Miami
Film Association will act as an independent
production entity for the general public
and community in the Tri-State area and
around the world! Though not affiliated
with Miami University or directly with MAFIA,
the new Miami Film Association is now charged
with producing the Oxford International
Film Festival in addition to many other
great year-round programs! MAFIA will, of
course, still be a great supporter and partner
with the new organization. Check out the
new website at www.miamifilmassociation.com
for more info. |
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| 6/10/07
- 2007-2008 OFFICERS ANNOUNCED! |
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| President-
JC Schroder, Vice President: Management- Olivia
Otten, Vice President: Projects- Joe Baur, Special
Events Manager- Lindsay Rice, Treasurer- Dan
Battistone. If you see them this summer, say
"Hi" and bug them to death about it! |
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| 5/14/07
- M.A.F.I.A. Films [us] on IMDB! |
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 MAFIA
is now officially listed (along with several
of our members) as a Production Company
on the most infamous movie site in existence...
thats IMDB.com for all those of you who
aren't familiar with the Internet Movie
Database. CLICK
HERE to view the listing. (note:
Mafia cannot add your films to the list
as we have no control over what IMDB chooses
to post, so please don't ask) |
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| 4/20/07
- MAFIA CO-PRODUCTION SUMMER FEATURE FILM ANNOUNCED |
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| MAFIA
will be assisting in the production of the film
"EASTERN COLLEGE" directed by MAFIA
alumni James Francis Flynn (co-writer of FINGERMAN).
The filmmakers are looking for several MAFIA
memebers to assist as Production Assistants/Interns
on the film, which will be shot here, in Oxford,
this July. You may be able to earn CLASS CREDIT
for your work. |
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| 4/10/07
- FIRST OXFORD INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL A RESOUNDING
SUCCESS! |
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| Over
1000 guests including over 100 filmmakers
and celebrity guests from around the globe
attended the first-annual Oxford International
Film Festival last weekend. The festival
received nothing but positive remarks from
all who attended. With news of the event
fluttering all the way to Los Angeles (The
Hollywood Reporter) to Canada (The Hollywood
North Report) even out as far as Iceland
and the UK, the event was a resounding success.
If you missed it this year, you certainly
won't want to miss it next year as 2008
festival planning is already underway with
plans to almost double the size of the event!
For pics, video and award-winners from this
year's fest CLICK
HERE. |
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