For the past 12 years, The L.A Office's RoadShow has been the "must-attend" event for brands, entertainment marketers and agencies alike. It is the only event created specifically for the entertainment marketing community. Whether you are already using entertainment content to enhance your marketing programs or simply interested in the opportunities, RoadShow provides the perfect blend of in-depth property introductions, industry insights and first-class networking in a forum that has built the reputation of being the Must Attend event of the year. For further information please visit www.laofficelounge.com/RoadShow. Known as the promotion marketing community's upfront, RoadShow Live introduces the marketing community to new Film and Home Entertainment properties while providing the ultimate networking opportunities for the entertainment marketing community. The event kicks off Tuesday, September 15th and will reinforce how (and why) entertainment can bring more power to your next marketing campaign. RoadShow presentations will take place on Wednesday, September 16th and highlight Marketing Opportunities in Film and Home Entertainment from the biggest studios in town. The Lunch will bring together all of the RoadShow Webinar and RoadShow Live presenters for a 2-hour, high power meet-and-greet! Additional presentations will take place after lunch followed by the infamous RoadShow Wrap Party.

The fourteenth edition of Milano Film Festival will take place September 11-20, 2009.

The feature film competition is open to first and second films of any genre, language, format and running time, provided that they were completed after January 1, 2008. The works will not be divided into categories.

The short film competition is open to films of any genre, language, format and running time, provided that they were completed after January 1, 2008. The works will not be divided into categories.

The website milanofilmfestival.it displays the regulations, the short film entry form and the feature film entry form. For any kind of information, write to info@milanofilmfestival.it.

Deadline: May 31, 2009

The festival is conceived and organised by the cultural association A.I.A.F. (Asolo International Art Festival). Starting with the 28th edition A.I.A.F will work together with the Gallery San Fedele in Milano. The contest is divided into six sections: -- Films On Art for works on art; -- Artist's Biographies for works of historical reconstruction and critical interpretation on personalities from the world of art and music; -- Films On Architecture & Design for works on architecture, urbanism and design relating to history, movements, main personalities, works and projects; -- Video Art & Computer Art for works using electronics or computer technologies as a method of direct artistic expression; -- Productions By Schools Of Cinema related to art and music, produced by schools of cinema, specialized higher education institutes and universities; -- Harmony And Territory documenting works for the harmonious development of the territory and its contradictions, increasing the value of potential and resources with respect for culture and the environment. Only works produced after January 1, 2007 are eligible for the contest. The works must fall into one of the six sections previously described and it must be indicated on the entry-form. The selection committee reserves the right to move a work to another section, if it seems to fit more appropriately. The participation is free of charge.

The Cartoon Art Museum hosts freelance artist and cartoonist Alex Schumacher on Saturday, August 22, 2009 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. as part of its ongoing Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum visitors will be offered the chance to talk to him about his comics and watch Schumacher at work. Alex Schumacher is originally from the Central Valley of California, and now lives in the Bay Area. He has been working in freelance illustration since the age of 18, influenced by books ranging from Madman Comics to Calvin and Hobbes. Thus, he has worked on a wide range of projects such as editorial comic strips for newspaper, the series Boomerangs, and most recently, The Wicked with writer and friend Mark Peaslee. Together they established September 23rd Studios, a new venture to produce comic books and comic-related material. When not creating his comics, Alex Schumacher is bassist and vocalist in the folk/rock band Tobela, which has performed in several venues around the Bay Area since 2007. This event is free and open to the public. The Cartoon Art Museum regularly hosts professional cartoonist in its galleries as part of its Cartoonist-in-Residence program. Museum patrons see cartoonists at work on their latest projects and learn everything you ever wanted to know about cartoonists -- but were afraid to ask. Past featured Cartoonists-in-Residence include Paul Madonna (All Over Coffee), Keith Knight (K CHRONICLES, (TH)INK), Paige Braddock (JANE'S WORLD), Michael Jantze (THE NORM) and Jimmy Gownley (AMELIA RULES) among many others.

World music quartet, the Berkeley-based Gojogo, will perform new original instrumental compositions set to films from the compilation "Masters of Russian Animation," August 15 and 16, 2009, with a Sunday children's matinee, at the Community Music Center in San Francisco. In 2006, Gojogo, who Stewart Mason of All Music Guide calls, "an uncategorizable delight," began composing musical scores to accompany these short animated films created in an oppressed Soviet Russia between 1969 and 1984. Gojogo first premiered their compositions-set-to-animation to critical acclaim in 2007 in San Francisco. "Masters of Russian Animation" exemplifies some of the best work of Russian film directors who, with little resources, abandoned the real world in favor of one over which they had complete control. Through innovative techniques like stop-motion animation, cut paper, and over-laid glass, these films defy "low budget" and convey meaning relevant to any time and any place. Gojogo was drawn to the directors' creative use of limited resources and materials to create pieces of unrivaled beauty and eccentricity. Inspired to bring these films to a contemporary audience, Gojogo collaboratively composed fresh music, as the original sound tracks used excerpts from Russian classical music by Rimsky Korsakov and Tchaikovsky. The Saturday evening, August 15, 2009, performance begins with a lecture discussing the relevance of the "Masters of Russian Animation" films on modern society. Sunday's performance, August 16, 2009, will also begin with a discussion for children with the Gojogo members about how music influences the mood of films, featuring musical examples and interactive activities. Founded in Berkeley, California in 2003, Gojogo is an extraordinary musical "World Fusion" quartet that combines the Western sounds of classical and jazz with the rhythmic traditions of India. The acoustic instrumentation includes Sarah Jo Zaharako on violin, Eric Perney on bass, Gabriel Robinson on tabla, and Elias Reitz on dholki (a double-headed drum from Northern India) as well as electronic samples. Gojogo performs throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and the West Coast and has produced two recordings of music that defy the borders of any specific genre. In order to represent the many characters and colors depicted in the "Masters of Russian Animation" films, the original scores extend the Gojogo quartet to include co-collaborator and guitarist Roger Reidlbauer, as well as Patrick Farrell on accordion, Aaron Novik on bass clarinet, guitar, and Tim Strand on drums. This event is supported in part through SUBITO, the quick advancement grant program of the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the American Composers Forum and the San Francisco Friends of Chamber Music Musical Grant Program. When and What Time: Saturday, August 15, 2009, at 8:00pm Sunday, August 16, 2009, at 4:00pm Where: Community Music Center 544 Capp St, San Francisco, CA 94110 www.sfcmc.org - tel: (415) 647-6015 How Much: $10.00 -- $15.00 Adult General Admission $5.00 -- $10.00 Children General Admission Buy tickets at the door (cash only) or online with your Credit Card or Checking account with Paypal at http://www.gojogo.com For more info, please visit: http://www.gojogo.com or http://www.myspace.com/gojogomusic.

The second annual Downtown Film Festival - Los Angeles (DFFLA), the only dedicated film festival in the historic core of the Entertainment Capital of the World, will be held August, 12-22, 2009. The festival doubles in size to 10 days from last year's inaugural event with a series of film screenings of Hollywood, independent and classic films, lectures, panel discussions, exhibits, and parties and receptions, all celebrating downtown L.A.'s renaissance. Filmmakers may submit films for screening consideration beginning today and until the final deadline of July 15. Feature narrative and documentary films, as well as short films are eligible for consideration. Additional information about submissions can be found on the festival's website: www.dffla.com. The 2009 Downtown Film Festival is being presented by the AT&T Center, arts>Brookfield Properties and the GRAMMY Museum at L.A. Live!, with additional sponsors to be announced in the coming weeks. The festival will be headquartered at LBA Realty's AT&T Center (formerly, the Transamerica Center) in downtown L.A.'s exciting South Park district. In addition to providing the festival's main screening venue, (a newly renovated 500-seat theater with state-of-the-art video projection equipment), the AT&T Center will be the location of the festival's 5,000-square-foot Cinema Lounge, located on the southwest corner of the AT&T Center at Olive and 12th St. The Cinema Lounge at the AT&T Center will be a beehive of activity during the festival that will include nightly parties and receptions, panel discussions and art exhibitions as well housing the festival box office. The GRAMMY Museum, located at L.A. Live!, will partner with the festival to present a series of music documentary films and live musical performances at The Museum. Roger M. Mayer will serve once again as the festival's programming director. In addition to the aforementioned programming, the festival will premiere a variety of Hollywood and independently produced feature films, documentaries and shorts. Special programming will include a film series spotlighting American-Latino filmmakers, a screening paying homage to downtown L.A.'s Silent Era history, and a showcase of movies by filmmakers living in Downtown L.A. For more information, visit the festival's website: www.dffla.com.

Thanks to digital technologies, content can suddenly travel across a whole range of media and platforms. But where do you want the journey to go? This high-level workshop has the answers. Aimed at producers, designers and directors of audiovisual content, it offers new perspectives and expert advice for actual and current projects of the participants. The Multi-Platform Business School is organized by the Media Business School (MBS) in Ronda, Spain, one of Europe's prime training institutions. New markets -- new business models -- a new set of mind In an age of converging media, a multi-platform approach has emerged as the most promising business model for digital content creation. But even experienced professionals are sometimes daunted by the brave new world of complex options. The Multi-Platform Business School will give them a clearer picture of the chances and the actual potential of their projects -- both in terms of formats and international co-operations. The workshop will focus on the creative aspects of multi-platform storytelling, with a special emphasis on how to appeal to and engage the digital native user. Starting from a thorough analysis of the diverse markets and production environments for film, TV, web, games and mobile entertainment, the five-day event takes participants through all the stages of developing user-centered, cross-format content -- ideally based upon the attendees' own projects in the making. The Multi- Platform Business School will be held from August 4 to 8 in the beautiful city of Ronda, Spain. The trainers -- concentrated expertise The Multi-Platform Business School has mustered an impressive line-up of trainers/coaches perfectly suited to introducing professionals to this brand-new field: Raimo Lang (YLE, Finland) spearheads the task force set up for turning the Finnish broadcaster YLE into a 360-degree media production and distribution house. He is a content and program developer, teacher and photographer. His design contribution ranges from character generation and interaction design to communication strategies and patented narrative database systems. He has written and directed thirteen fiction and documentary films and has ample teaching experience with high- level institutions including La Femis (Paris), the BBC, the Hilversum Media Academy (The Netherlands), the Finnish National Broadcasting Company and Munich Film School. Inga von Staden (Projectscope, Germany) holds a wide range of jobs as author, lecturer, creative producer, consultant and innovation mediator. After working with Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie, Berlin (dffb), and Medienboard Berlin- Brandenburg, she now directs the four-year studies programme "Interactive Media" at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg. She is also a curator for the section "Media Future" of FMX, Europe's leading conference on animation, effects, games and digital media and an assessor with the technology grant programme PROfit run by the Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB). Teut Weidemann (independent games consultant, Germany) was one of the first game designers/producers in Germany. The designer of Panzer Elite founded his own studio Wings Simulations which he later sold to Jowood AG where he worked as CTO on titles including Spellforce 1 and Gothic 2. In 2004, he released SOLDNER, an online shooter. Teut has founded and supervised dozens of game communities and been involved in the development of MMOGs (massively multi-user online games), thus becoming a specialist in Web3D, community-based entertainment, community building and management. Michael Rueger (independent interaction designer, Germany) left his linear life as TV & Advertising Producer in 1999. Ever since, he has lived for Interactive Media and Games. Today he creates, develops and produces interactive and cross- platform content, including games, web shows, mobile entertainment, ARGs and virtual worlds. He lectures at Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg and Hamburg Media School (HMS) and is a regular speaker at international conferences, e.g. Cartoon Masters or FMX. The organiser -- the Media Business School The Media Business School in Ronda (Spain), founded in 1991, ranks amongst the foremost training institutions for producers, distributors and media executives in Europe. The school is supported by the European Union's MEDIA programme and has, over the years, established a powerful international network of business relations.

For the past 12 years, The L.A Office's RoadShow has been the "must-attend" event for brands, entertainment marketers and agencies alike. It is the only event created specifically for the entertainment marketing community. Whether you are already using entertainment content to enhance your marketing programs or simply interested in the opportunities, RoadShow provides the perfect blend of in-depth property introductions, industry insights and first-class networking in a forum that has built the reputation of being the Must Attend event of the year. For further information please visit www.laofficelounge.com/RoadShow. Created to take advantage of new technologies and the continued evolution of our business, The Road to RoadShow Webinar Series is the next step for introducing entertainment properties to brand marketers throughout the country. The Series eliminates travel requirements, provides an "On Demand" element to the session and is environmentally friendly! Since each webinar broadcast will be recorded and archived, marketers will be able to view each of the property presentation as scheduled or at their convenience through The Lounge at laoffice.com! Additionally, all of the webinar presenters will be at RoadShow Live to provide the face-to-face interaction that our business requires. Note: The webinar series will be continuously available online after August.

Anime Festival Orlando is excited to announce the exciting conclusion of "The Swords of Orlandia". "Swords of Orlandia" is the story behind AFO's Interactive Convention Experience. The talented writing staff has crafted an original story/game in which attendees can voluntarily participate all weekend long. Throughout the event there are "character cut scenes", side quests and plenty of leveling up that even casual fans of Live Action Role-playing will enjoy. "With the popularity of role playing games such as 'Kingdom Hearts', 'Final Fantasy' and 'World of Warcraft' we've found this theme to be an overwhelming success for the past two years," states event coordinator Karen Trudeau. This year, Anime Festival Orlando has the privilege to announce their guests of honor: Reuben Langdon, Vic Mignogna, Aaron Dismuke, Chris Sabat, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Sonny Strait, Doug Smith, Jason David Frank and Robert Axelrod. "One of things that makes AFO 'Florida's Favorite Anime Convention' is that many of our guests take an active role in our theming and events throughout the weekend," said Karen Trudeau. "We're really excited about the panels and workshops that have been suggested by the guests themselves." New events for Anime Festival Orlando 10 include Whack-a-Nerd for Charity and Wasabi Anime's Cross Play Rally Race. There will also be fan favorite events such as Happy Happy Cosplay Go Go Go and the traditional fare offered at anime conventions. AFO is a multi-day celebration of all things related to Japanese animation and pop culture held at the Wyndham Orlando Resort July 31, August 1 and August 2, 2009. Ticket prices are only $45.00 for an adult 3-day membership badge, $25.00 for a Friday or Sunday Only wristband and $30.00 for a Saturday Only wristband. Growing in attendance nearly 20% each year since its inception in 2000, Anime Festival Orlando has earned the title of "Florida's Favorite Anime Convention" as well as being voted one of the "Top 10 Things To Do In Orlando" by DK Publishing's Travel Guide. For more information about Anime Festival Orlando, please visit http://www.animefestivalorlando.com/

Orange County's own world-class orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, conducted by Richard Kauffman; along with four Broadway-style vocalists, will present The Magical Music of Disney on Wednesday, July 29, at 8 p.m. as part of the OC Super Fair Summer Concert Series at Pacific Amphitheatre. Tickets start at $19.50 and 2-for-1 tickets to this show are available with the purchase of a Super Pass at ocfair.com. Presenting songs and exciting orchestral arrangements from such Disney Classics as THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, THE LION KING and more, the Pacific Symphony and special guest vocalists invite OC Super Fairgoers to "Be Our Guest," and sing-a-long as they take you on a journey through a "Wonderful World" of music and fun. The Summer Concert Series is geared to provide a premier concert experience at a fan-friendly ticket price and, as always, concert tickets include Fair admission. Tickets are on sale now at all Ticketmaster outlets, online at ticketmaster.com, by phone at (714) 740-2000 or (213) 480-3232 and at the OC Fair & Event Center Box office at the Pacific Amphitheatre. Gates open 60 minutes before show time. Concertgoers are encouraged to arrive early to avoid traffic and parking delays. The 2009 OC Super Fair, July 10-Aug. 9, will bring 23 days of food, rides, exhibits, animals, music and fun, as well as the world premiere of "Al's Brain," the Super Pass (first-ever season pass), Pacific Amphitheatre Summer Concert Series, and Action Sports Arena entertainment. The Fair is open Wednesday-Sunday, July 10-August 9. The OC Fair & Event Center is located off the 405 and 55 freeways at 88 Fair Drive in Costa Mesa. For more information, please visit ocfair.com or follow us on Twitter -- twitter.com/ocfair09.