Women in Film & TV – Florida Presents the 13th Annual JINGLE MINGLE

at the Winter Park Farmers’ Market

Join us for a night of “Fire & Ice” and all things nice!

Wednesday, December 10th

7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Winter Park Farmer’s Market – 200 W. New England Ave., Winter Park, FL 32789

Mingle with Florida’s top digital media & entertainment professionals!  Enjoy amazing Food, Drinks, Silent Auction* & Raffle, Photo Opps, & more!

$20: Members of participating organizations in advance

$30: Non-members or day of event

Complimentary Ticket with NEW full WIFT-FL Membership

Buy your tickets in advance at https://www.123signup.com/event?id=ymfhr

Spotlight Charity: Pearls for Women www.pearlsforwomen.com

WIFT-FL & Pearls for Women “Comfort for the Holidays” will be conducting a donation drive at the Jingle Mingle benefittingthe residents of Harbor House. We are collecting donations of bathrobes, pajamas, slippers, flip-flops, shower shoes, & toys for the residents of Harbor House. (They are also in need of new or slightly used jackets & sweaters!) The residents of Harbor House of Central Florida are women and child survivors of family violence and often leave home in the middle of the night with nothing. Let’s help make their holiday a little warmer. www.harborhousefl.com

The 2014 Jingle Mingle is sponsored by: Film Florida, ProductionHUB, Metro Orlando Film Commission, American Advertising Federation – Orlando, AMA Central Florida, Digital Media Alliance Florida, SMPTE, FemFessionals, Greenroom Orlando, FMPTA, AirStar, and John Michael Weddings & Special Events.

More information at www.womeninfilmfl.org

Follow WIFT-FL on Facebook: www.facebook.com/womeninfilmfl 

Jingle Mingle Event page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/524479194352127/

* New to the Silent Auction this year will be unique pieces from several Central Florida-based artists

A big shout out to the team who pulled the 2014 Jingle Mingle together:

(L-R): WIFT-FL Board members – Lyn, Kim, Christy, Brooke, Sheena

On Saturday, November 8, we will be participating in the Give Kids the World Gingerbread Run 5K.  This is an opportunity for all of us to make a difference in the life of a sick child.

If you live in Central Florida, consider joining our Doverwood Communications team and walk with us around this magical village (FYI: we are not runners) … or if you can’t physically be there, please, please, please consider making a donation. Every penny counts: $10, $20, $50 or whatever your budget will allow will add up if everyone gives a little.

Just go to our Doverwood Communications’ Team page and sign up or make a donation: http://support.gktw.org/goto/Doverwood

Give Kids the World Village is a 70-acre, non-profit “storybook” resort, located near Central Florida’s most beloved attractions, where all children with life-threatening illnesses and their families are treated to weeklong, cost-free fantasy vacations.

Unfortunately, the need to house more families continues to grow as more and more children are being diagnosed with life-threatening illnesses each day. With your support, together we can help fulfill more wishes.

We have been following this organization for YEARS. What they do is simply amazing … they make dreams come true for so many families and create memories that will last forever.

This will be our first time physically visiting the village and we are so excited to be a part of this incredible event.

Hope you will join us on Saturday morning.

For more information, please visit www.givekidstheworld.org

On Twitter: @gktwvillage #GKTW

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/gktwvillage

“America’s Got Talent” is coming to Tampa.

The NBC reality series that allows performers to compete for the top prize of $1,000,000 will be auditioning Bay-area singers, dancers, magicians and other entertainers on Nov. 2 for their 10th season.  Auditions will be held at the Tampa Convention Center.

Register in advance of the open call date at www.agtauditions.com.

Performers planning to attend the auditions may also submit videos beforehand.

If you can’t make it in person, there is a video submission option on the website. Videos should be no longer than 2 or 3 minutes, according to the website.

Visit www.americasgottalent.com for more information.

Lion Hearted Productions, an independent film production company based in Manhattan, has released a teaser trailer for the film, LIVING WITH THE DEAD. The trailer is located at: http://youtu.be/E0MDBepDQtQ

LIVING WITH THE DEAD was shot in New York [Upstate, Queens, Brooklyn, Manhattan and Westchester County]. It is listed on IMDb – http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3012776/combined – and is expected to have its world  premiere the beginning of 2015.

Christine Vartoughian

Written, produced and directed by Christine Vartoughian, LIVING WITH THE DEAD is a feature film about a runaway girl, Max McLean, and her adventures into the forest with a young man named Ish who helps her escape the heartache caused by her boyfriend’s suicide.

The film stars Selenis Leyva (“Gloria Mendoza” from Netflix’s hit series, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK), Robert Clohessy, who just wrapped A MOST VIOLENT YEAR with Jessica Chastain and is currently starring on BLUE BLOODS, and Emily Jackson, who will be starring in INCARNATE with Aaron Eckhart (coming in January 2015). Also starring in the movie are Chris Riggi, Deborah Twiss, Marc Coppola, Tanner Flood, Chris Bellant, Thomas Poarch, John J. Thomassen, Craig Kelly, Alissa Simmons, Cara Francis, Aurora Heimbach and Benjamin Frankenberg.

LIVING WITH THE DEAD is Vartoughian’s first full-length feature film. The native New Yorker and SCAD (Savannah College of Art & Design) graduate’s previous credits include The Visions of Dylan Bradley (2011) and Hamlet’s Home Videos (2009).

Anyone interested in following the progression of the movie may follow the LIVING WITH THE DEAD IMDb page –http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3012776/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2  – or “like” its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Livingwiththedeadmovie.

Selenis Leyva