El GI Film Festival es de gran importancia para veteranos

Tickets for GI Film Festival:

https://gifilmfestival.com/tickets/

Durante muchos años hemos visto cómo la prensa y los medios retrataron una imagen negativa de los veteranos. Nuestras historias de veteranos han sido contadas y reportadas por individuos que no tienen ni idea de lo que es ser militar, o lo que es la vida como un veterano. 

La persona mejor calificada para contar una historia de veteranos es un compañero veterano. Ese es el propósito del GI Film Festival. 

El GI Film Festival es de gran importancia para veteranos cineastas, y aquellos que quieren contar nuestra historia. Alienta y ayuda a que nuestros veteranos a que cuenten sus historias y presenten sus proyectos al público. También permite que el contenido adecuado sea compartido y que la historia sea compartida con la mayor precisión.

Siendo un veterano puertorriqueño del Ejército de los Estados Unidos, creo que sería una gran plataforma para compartir la historia de nuestros veteranos boricuas. Tenemos una gran historia en el ejército estadounidense, y en todos los grandes conflictos. 

Nuestros veteranos de la isla han estado entre los mejores de los mejores, pero nunca se ven ni escuchan sus historias. Tenemos una rica historia aquí en la isla, y creo que el GIFF, es una gran oportunidad para que algunas de estas historias sean contadas. 

Como veterano puertorriqueño encuentro que nuestras experiencias, nuestros logros, nuestras historias no reciben suficiente atención. A veces se siente como si tal vez nuestras historias y experiencias no son tan importantes, pero tal vez si podemos compartir esas historias, el público podría comenzar a entender mejor, o mirarnos con una mejor perspectiva. 

Es tan importante para nosotros estar dispuestos a contar nuestra historia como también lo es que alguien la de a conocer, a través de este evento creo que podemos hacer ambas cosas.

Me parece muy importante que nuestros veteranos cuenten sus historias y los exhortó a hacerlo. También exhortó a todos los cineastas, escritores, productores y todos los medios de comunicación a que vengan a escuchar nuestras historias, y lo que tenemos para ofrecer. El GI Film Festival podría ser el lugar perfecto y la oportunidad perfecta para esto.

Guest Blogger: Ivan Lebron

U.S. Army Veterano

GI Film Festival Tickets:

https://gifilmfestival.com/tickets/

Military Times article:

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/gi-film-festival-2017-schedule-of-events

Veteranos Del Cine Y Entretenimiento:

https://www.facebook.com/VETERANOSDELCINEYENTRETENIMIENTO/

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Fulton Film Company

Fresno, California

Hasty Assault by Military Veterans in Washington, D.C.

For Immediate Release

Press Contact: George Ohan, Fulton Film Company

Film Festival: GI Film Festival (GIFF), 2017

Phone: 559-451-1370

Email: FultonFilmCompany@gmail.com

Website: www.gifilmfestival.com

“Hasty Assault by Military Veterans in Washington, D.C.”

3/27/17 – Washington, D.C.

Military veterans, their families and the civilians who support them connect with the local community by participating in a multi-media, interactive, film festival in Washington D.C., May 24 – May 28, 2017.   This event is designed to encourage meaningful dialogue between civilians and veterans through the use of cinema.   

GIFF features original films, music, celebrity awards, and more.  This is a great way for veterans to build community relations, connect with civilians, and understand the resources that are available for them. 

 “The GI Film Festival has become the ‘go-to’ place for military-themed movies. Anyone and everyone with a military-themed film will end up at the GI Film Festival, or at least trying to get in." – Actor Gary Sinise

Fulton Film Company

When it comes to subjects that matter Fulton Film Company chooses to create meaningful content.  Producer, George Ohan has over 10 years of experience in event management and he expects nothing but excellence.

For more details and information about “GI Film Festival” please feel free to contact us at www.gifilmfestival.com.  The filmmakers are available for interview and appearances – contact George Ohan – 

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Soldier's daughter, filmmaker who supports the GI Film Festival

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THE G.I. FILM FESTIVAL 2017 - BLOG POST

Guest Blogger: Ana Quinata
           Contact: quin@anaquinata.com
            Follow: Twitter/IG: @anaquinata

            Since the first days of cinema, commercial productions and even some newsreel documentaries have often found success as entertainment but as true to life tales they have had a tendency to fall short or miss the mark entirely in their depiction of the service member experience. 

This was in large part due to the delicate constitutions of the viewing populace. Essentially, studios wouldn't make money and the government wouldn't entice recruits if they always told it the way it really was. South Pacific ring a bell for anyone? For those seeking an unapologetic level of honesty, there is a solution.

            Currently in its eleventh year, the pioneering G.I. Film Festival remains an important platform for the military veteran community to share their stories in several categories including music videos, student films, features, and screenplays to name a few, allowing differing levels of filmmakers and avenues of expression to be showcased. Participants are also afforded the fantastic opportunity to network with working professionals in the television and film industry - the importance of which cannot be understated. 

When pursuing a career after the active duty military life has come to its conclusion, the exceptional news coverage the film festival garners is not limited to local newspapers around the D.C. area but reaches every corner of the nation through articles printed in the Washington Post and stories featured on national television providing widespread exposure to the projects selected.

GI Film Festival 2017

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Buy Tickets: https://gifilmfestival.com/tickets/

May 24 - May 28, 2017

Washington D.C., USA

            Whether those projects be narrative shorts or feature-length documentaries, every experience shared on screen at the GI Film Festival is a real story that can only be told by those men and women of the armed forces that have lived through them. Stories that speak to viewers on spiritual levels; that reach depths within us that we thought perhaps we'd buried. 

In being open with their experiences - the good, the bad, and the in-between - participants promote understanding and encourages others to do the same. It is their expression that the event was founded on and on which it continues to thrive because their authenticity can be felt by those who watch in the screening rooms.

            Now, who can be in those screening rooms? Anyone, really. Not only those aforementioned entertainment industry professionals looking for talent but film students, family members, anyone in the general public who enjoys military stories and of course, fellow veterans. 

The event also includes opportunities for attendees and participants to socialize with one another and on the international level with respective counterparts from American allied countries.

     

GI Film Festival 2017

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Buy Tickets: https://gifilmfestival.com/tickets/

May 24 - May 28, 2017

Washington D.C., USA

       As a daughter of two former United States soldiers myself, I appreciate the steadfast efforts the GI Film Festival team has put forth with each passing year for this event to continue as another means of connectivity among veterans. 

As a filmmaker with much of my work focused on military conflicts in the last century, this provides proof that these stories matter as they should which is in turn encouragement to keep pushing forward to share them as best I can so that one day I might be able to honor those who have sacrificed so that I might be in this position to do just that.

Guest Blogger: Ana Quinata
           Contact: quin@anaquinata.com
            Follow: Twitter/IG: @anaquinata

GI Film Festival 2017

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Buy Tickets: https://gifilmfestival.com/tickets/

May 24 - May 28, 2017 

Washington D.C., USA

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Fulton Film Company

Fresno, California

https://fultonfilmcompany.com/

Military veteran seeks a career in Hollywood

Military veteran trying to get into Hollywood... 

It's all about the connections! -

GI Film Festival

https://gifilmfestival.com/

Below you will find a list of considerations and suggestions for those people who seek an entertainment business career in Hollywood. 

There are many ways to do something, choose the way that fits your personality the most and go for it.

1.     Gain a specific entertainment business skill that will be valuable to a team

2.     Seek a mentor that does the job you want to do

American Soldier Network

http://americansoldiernetwork.com/

3.     Offer your help as an intern or volunteer on projects to increase your skills

4.     Write a short blog to support an industry event or film to get noticed

5.     Make a contact list of 50 people or companies and contact them

6.     Create a proper cover letter and entertainment business resume

7.     Complete the projects that you start and submit to film festivals

8.     Attend film festivals to meet filmmakers and festival organizers

9.     Make a plan or strategy to follow during the year; set goals

10. Are you talent or crew? Both?

11. Working on independent films or studio films, is there a difference?

12. What do you want to be known for?

13. How often are you training on your craft?

14. Who are the top 5 people that influence your career?

15. Do you consistently follow-up with the people that you meet?

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*If you met your "Hollywood" hero today, what would you ask her? 

Are you prepared for this meeting?

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What message do you send to people who give you a business card?

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*If you were offered a job by NBC Universal today, are you ready? 

  What job do you seek exactly?

  Have you searched their website to see if they're hiring?

http://www.nbcunicareers.com/

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Veterans in Film & Television - VFT

Are you a member?

http://vftla.org/

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GI Film Festival

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Do you plan on attending the "Sundance for the Troops" this year?

GIFF a great place to increase your contacts and familiarize yourself with amazing stories.

GI Film Festival Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/gifilm/

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Blog By:

Fulton Film Company

Fresno, California

Veteran Owned small business

https://fultonfilmcompany.com/

George Ohan - U.S. Army Veteran
Producer
http://fultonfilmcompany.blogspot.com/2017/01/george-ohan-business-professional.html