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WIFT QUARTERLY MEETING

3/11/2005

WIFT-FL is pleased to present award winning film and television producer and Director Sylvia Caminer as guest speaker at our quarterly meeting Tuesday March 29th at DMAC downtown.

When: Tuesday March 29th - Networking from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. - Guest Speaker/Meeting starts at 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Where: DMAC ( Downtown Media Arts Center)
39 S. Magnolia Ave.
Orlando, FL 32801

Cost: Free for WIFT members. $10 for non-members. Everyone is invited to attend.


For more information go to www.womeinfilmfl.org or e-mail wiftflorida@aol.com

About Guest Speaker Emmy Award-Winning Travel Channel Director and Producer Sylvia Caminer:

Sylvia Caminer has a long list of credits from the travel channel including 10 episodes of their brand new show Passport to Europe and 30+ episodes of the series, Great Hotels, both hosted by Samantha Brown. She recently won an Emmy for best direction for Great Hotels, the first Travel Channel show distinguished with this award.

As producer and director, find out how Sylvia puts together some of the nation's most watched travel programs and learn from her experiences as an independent film producer. She recently wrapped production on Passport to Europe's French Rivera and is currently producing her own feature length documentary about Down syndrome, Angels Among Us. This very personal documentary chronicles the affects of Down syndrome on two consecutive generations of Sylvia's family, her brother and her young nephew, and examines the institutionalization of those with Down syndrome years ago. Sylvia is also prepping a feature length film she will produce scheduled to shoot his November on the west coast of Florida. She plans to direct The Exchange, a feature, which she co-wrote in 2006

A native New Yorker, Sylvia attended the University of Vermont and studied biochemistry but later switched to SUNY at New Paltz majoring in theater. She has lived and worked in Central Florida for the past three years but her ties to the area date back much earlier. In 1994 Sylvia's first film as a producer, MEN LIE won many awards including "the audience award" at the Florida Film Festival. Her feature film career began in New York as a Production Assistant in charge of extras where she got to work with some of her heroes including Scorsese, DeNiro & Pacino.

Again, for more information on Sylvia Caminer's guest appearance at WIFT-FL's quarterly meeting on Tuesday March 29th go to www.womeinfilmfl.org or e-mail wiftflorida@aol.com

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