White Sands International Film Festival 2009

During this workshop, Jamison will discuss the principal differences between on-camera and theater acting, The business of acting, what to expect in audition situations and how best to prepare as well as introduction to acting as a profession. This is a workshop open to all, the aspiring writer, director, actor or the movie buff who is fascinated with the art/skill/craft/business of acting, live theater, movie making and television. Jamison is a classically trained actor who has found success in Theater, Film and Television. His deep understanding of the actors process and love of the art of acting have led him to the classroom where he has taught and directed for the past several years with the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. He has also taught at The Orange County High school of the Arts, The American Conservatory Theater, A Noise Within, and many other limited engagements workshops around the country As an actor, Jamison’s most recent film credits include The Lodger with Alfred Molina and He Was a Quiet Man, in which Jamison stars opposite William H. Macy and Christian Slater. He can also be seen in multiple episodes the hit TV series 24. Other film work includes Two:Thirteen, Destiny with Casper Van Dien and William Fortsythe, Water Under the Bridge, Radioland Murders, Dark Blue with Kurt Russell, Hollywood Homicide with Harrison Ford, and Actor and Producer credits for Gettin’ Lucky and West of Brooklyn with Joe Mantegna. Most recent theater appearances are Fool For Love at The Stella Adler Theater with Iconic film actor Geoffrey Lewis and critically acclaimed Thérèse Raquin at the Ensemble Theater in Santa Barbara. He also starred opposite General Hospital’s Tyler Christopher in the critically acclaimed Bent by Martin Sherman. He also performed in The Foreigner with the three time Tony-nominated producing team of McCoy/Rigby Entertainment at the La Mirada Theater for the Arts where he also starred in The Lion in Winter with Mariette Hartley, All My Sons, Dancing at Lughnasa and The Rainmaker. Other television appearances include Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Kamen Rider, 24, CSI: NY, N.C.I.S., Crossing Jordan, ALIAS, That 70’s Show, General Hospital, Strong Medicine, Beverly Hills 90210, The Division, Conan, Will & Grace and JAG. Jamison holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from The American Conservatory Theater and a Bachelor of Arts in Theater arts from California State University, Fullerton. Additional training at UCLA and Western Michigan University.

Join us for the WSIFF after party from 10-12am, hosted by the Azul Nighhtclub at Hotel Encanto. Music by DJ Flipz Student, Film & VIP Passes

In summer 2007 the New York Philharmonic received an invitation that was unprecedented in the orchestra's history. North Korea, the world's most isolated and secluded country and technically at war with the United States, invited the orchestra to play in the capital of Pyongyang. Just a few months later, two hundred orchestra members and more than one hundred journalists disembarked from a chartered plane at Pyongyang's deserted airport. They were about to experience a historic moment, the first-ever performance by an American orchestra in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Aspect Ratio: 1.78 (16x9 VIDEO)

The WSIFF will present awards for the 2009 program.

Join us for the WSIFF after party from 10-12am, hosted by the Azul Nighhtclub at Hotel Encanto. Live music by Fat Sol. Student, Film & VIP Passes

Naples (Italy), 1950. Four friends are playing soccer out on the street when their ball is accidentally kicked into the evil old lady's yard. They'll never play with their ball again and for that the revenge will be deadly.

Former Palestinian fighters and Israeli Defense Force fighters (The Combatants for Peace) gather Palestinian and Israeli children to paint a giant peace mural in the West Bank of Palestine. Aspect Ratio: 1.78 (16x9 VIDEO)

In this panel, multi-award winning casting director Jo Edna Boldin and Donn Finn will discuss how to prepare for for telelvision and film auditions. Topics covered are finding your strengths as an actor, how to present yourself for the interview, what your picture resume should look like, what does training mean, and interview and audition techniques. Q & A to follow. Jo Edna Boldin has been a location casting director in Texas and New Mexico for over 25years. Ms. Boldin won the 2008-2009 Artios award for outstanding casting, Studio Feature, location casting for “No Country for Old Men. In 2006, Jo Edna was nominated for an Emmy for casting on “Into the West”. Dallas Women in Film awarded Jo Edna the Lifetime achievement award in 2003. Austin monthly and Tommy Lee Jones named Ms. Boldin the Premier casting director of the Southwest. Jo Edna cast her first TV series “Newscast from the Past” for PBS in 1985. One of Ms. Boldin’s favorite series casting jobs was “Wildfire” for ABC family , which ran from June 2005 until May 2008. As a Feature Film location casting director, Jo Edna has worked with many renown directors including Ron Howard, Jim Sheridan, Alan Parker, Taylor Hackford, Billy Bob Thorton, Ethan and Joel Coen, Tommy Lee Jones, Paul Haggis, Peter Berg, Lasse Hallstrom, Steven Soderbergh, Terence Malik, to name a few. Jo Edna was on the founding board of New Mexico Women in Film. Ms.Boldin is a current member of theCasting Society of America, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and New Mexico Women in Film. Donn Finn , casting partner in the office of Mali Finn Casting, conducts audition workshops for Acting majors. Donn is also a retired professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at California State University in Fullerton. His professional stage direction credits include Roger Cornish’s A Class “C” Trial in Yokohama for Paramount Pictures/Apollo Chicago, starring William Peterson (CSI), Dennis Farina, Ted Levine and D. W. Moffatt. For the National Theatre of Yugoslavia he directed House of Blue Leaves, Waiting for Godot, and Vlast (Power). Recent film casting credits include: Undertow, Eight Mile, Phonebooth, Titanic, LA Confidential, Wonder Boys and THE MATRIX I, II and III. In addition, he has served as an acting coach on several films such as the Acting coach for Casey Affleck and Brad Pitt on the Assassination of Jesse James.