MAF Member and Directrix Devi Snively recently showed her short film “Death in Charge” to a local audience and had big news to share with everyone at the event. The short had been submitted and accepted into the prestigious Palm Springs Short Film Festival. Not only is this a HUGE short film festival, but it is an Academy Award Qualifying Film Festival. Of course, that doesn’t mean that Death in Charge will get an Academy Award, but it does mean that it is at least qualified to be nominated for one. And that is GREAT news. Congrats to Devi from all of us at Mid America Filmmakers!

ps. Also, Devi will soon have a home in the LA area, so we wish her the best of luck pursuing opportunities out West. Go Devi!

The new animated series Hip Hop Fables, by famed writer/creator/director Jack Olesker (creator of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers), is holding open auditions for voiceover talent this Wednesday, June 25^th at WNIT Studios in Elkhart, IN (info on the location can be found HERE )

Several parts to this series have already been cast, and this is a casting call for additional characters required for an upcoming episode. The details are as follows (be sure to read all of the requirements):

Hip Hop Fables Auditions

Required: new V.O. talent for the parts of Jacky and Swifty.

Jacky is a rabbit, and is Macky’s wise-cracking, cocky and jealous brother.

Swifty is a slow-moving (middle-aged) turtle, a la Tortoise and the Hare.

Auditions are in WNIT-TV Studio at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, June 25 2008.

Please arrive prior to 12:30 pm for sign in.

Talent must be unagented and willing to join American Model & Talent Agency - the project’s exclusive talent partner.

Whether you have a Dad who loves films, or if you’re just a film fan yourself, this weekend (Jun 12th - 15th) is the Waterfront Film Festival up in lovely Saugatuck, MI. You can catch a wide variety of films over the weekend in what has been labeled a “laid-back Sundance” by critics. Would you like to know more? Then click HERE!

MAF Member Devi Snively will premiere her short film “Death in Charge” on MAY 11, 2008 at 7:00 PM on the AFI CAMPUS in LOS ANGELES, CA. Going to be in the LA area and want to attend? Then RSVP HERE.

For those who don’t know or who just can’t remember, “Death in Charge” is the short film Devi did as a part of the AFI’s Directing Workshop for Women. You can see more about the film at the Death in Charge website. Check it out! Congrats Devi!