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Headlining the performances are Australian siblings, Maya and Nandy.  Having toured with Rhianna, Chris Brown, and Letoya Lucett, the singer-songwriters and dancers are best known for their involvement with Prince.  They not only sang and arranged vocals on his album, Planet Earth, but have also sung, choreographed, and danced for Prince’s record-breaking 21 nights run at the 18,000 O2 Arena in London during his Earth Tour; the highly celebrated 2007 Super Bowl Hlaf time show; and six months with Prince on his 3121 shows!

The other talented artists include Kristen Cook, a folk and indie pop singer, who has performed numerous times at West Hollywood’s Kat Club on sunset; Piper Hinson, an R and B singer/songwriter, who is a regular performer throughout Los Angeles and has scored music for MTV’s Making the Band 3; Jacqueline Becker, a soul and jazz singer, who has gained recognition through her stellar performances at The Mint and landmark music venue, Hotel Café; and Gina Cano, a soulful singer-songwriter who is also a veteran in the Los Angeles live venue scene.

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I write for TV

Eric Haywood got his start as a music video director while earning a degree in filmmaking from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.  After relocating to Los Angeles, Eric landed writing jobs on such TV shows as Showtime’s Soul Food: The Series and NBC’s Hawaii.  He participated in the Guy Hanks and Marvin Miller Screenwriting Program and has written and directed three short films: Staring at the Sun, Intersection, and Nick of Time.

Most recently, Eric wrote the Hallmark Channel Original Movie Relative Stranger, starring Eriq LaSalle and directed by Charles Burnett.  After premiering in the spring of 2009, the film garnered a Best Supporting Actress Emmy nomination for Cicely Tyson.  His latest screenplay, On Bended Knee, was also purchased by the Hallmark Channel, and is slated for production in early 2010.

Nick Of Time is about a young man who stumbles upon a unique way to avoid getting dumbed by his girlfriend.

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Careful Carl

Carl has the perfect life. Or so he thinks. He leads a quiet, predictable existence in a safe, middle class housing estate in the suburbs. He’s married to Vicky, his devoted wife and constant partner. She loves Carl but his unwillingness to change is starting to take its toll. Cracks are starting to show in their marriage. Vicky becomes more and more frustrated with Carl’s increasingly boring ways.

Their different outlooks on life start to reach boiling point. Today is Vicky’s birthday. And she wants to celebrate and have some fun and romance. And Carl’s world is about to be turned upside down by his own unwillingness to take risks. It’s at this point when we realize what is and what could have been with Carl’s life — with any life. And we learn the truth about missed opportunities and missed happiness.

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Keep it 30 seconds!

Roderick Fenske director of “Careful Carl” started directing music videos in London in 2001. Soon after, he broke into directing commercials while working as a creative for top London ad agencies St. Luke’s and TBWA. Within a year, he amassed a show reel of comedy work that included award-winning commercials for clients such as Sony Playstation 2, Channel Five and FCUK.

In 2004, Roderick was invited to join the Swedish film collective ACNE, based in Stockholm. For the next three years, he directed comedy and visual-effects-based commercials for global brands including Coca-Cola, Alfa-Romeo, Tropicana, Skittles and Sprint Nextel.

In 2007 Roderick joined the U.S. commercials production company Hungry Man and continued his directing career out of London, shooting more commercials for world famous brands such as Microsoft, VW and Gillette. His work has appeared in such prestigious awards shows Eurobest (Gold), Cannes, and British Design and Art Direction.

Recently, Roderick moved to Los Angeles to continue growing his career and pursue long format projects for Television and Cinema. His short film ‘Careful Carl’ was an official selection at the 2009 Palm Springs International Film Festival as well as the Philadelphia International Film Festival and several other notable festivals.

Roderick has just finished post-production on his latest short film ‘Future Dave’. It’s a comedy about a young man who is forced to confront his future – and his alternate future – all while trying to have sex with his girlfriend. It can be seen at a festival near you.

Meanwhile, Roderick is currently in talks with production companies about various features projects, including one that he has written himself. Stay tuned on this front as more will follow soon!

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Knob On!

Air Knob a comedic short film about two neighbors, one quiet, would-be folk guitarist, the other a brash wannabe head banger, vie for air supremacy in a take no prisoner battle in a sleepy suburban neighborhood.

By director, editor, executive producer, and original composer Nathan Fleet. Air Knob has won numbers of awards around the world including winner of  “Audience Choice” Gangrene Film Festival.

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