SHanghai Independent FIlmmakers Association (SHIFA) will hold its next meeting at the esteemed Dynasty restaurant. We will have a delicious meal while discussing our film projects and plans for the new year.  The event is limited to the first 20 people.

Name: DynastyRestaurant (‘Wang Cao’ Da Jiu Dian)
Address: 2260 Hong Qiao Lu, 2nd floor (betweenJian He Lu & Hong Mei Lu)
Time: 7.00PM (sharp)
Date: 11th December 2008

Cost 100 RMB/person (Students may contact me for special student rate)

Bus:
57 or 925 to Hong Mei Lu stop. Cross over Hong MeiLu(hotel/conference centre on corner) and walk towards the direction of HongQiao Airport

Subway:
Line 1 Chang Shu Lu station & board 911 bus to HongMei Rd.

Contact:
RIchard Trombly
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13818837641

Don't forget the monthly meeting, now happening the first Thursday of every month at Bulldog pub! Last time we had a really big turnout, and a lot of great speakers telling us all about what is going on in the community.

不要忘了每月上海演员会议，现在是每个月第一个星期四在Bulldog酒吧！上一次真多人参加，也有很多人告诉大家关于公社事件。

再抱歉我中文写的不好，我希望以后我的中文变成比较好。

SAA News / 上海演员新闻

1. SAA Community Groups Section / SAA公社团

With all the theater groups, workshops and other groups popping up in Shanghai and Beijing, how does one keep track of them all? Well now the SAA will provide a community section with each group having it's own mini site within the SAA website. If you feel a group is missing, tell me so we can put up a new page for it!

在上海有很多的公社团，所以现在有SAA公社团在网站。你们可以搜搜你喜欢的团后连接，连接我们上海公社。

Other News - Community / 其他新闻 - 社会

1. MeiWenTi Film Competition viewing/awards ceremony

I hope to see all of you at the Meiwenti Film competition viewing and awards ceremony this Saturday!

这个星期六有Meiwenti短片竞赛事件。希望那里看见大家。

Next Meeting - Thursday December 4, 6:00pm @ Bulldog (2 days left)

未来的活动 - 星期四12月04日,下午六时在Bulldog(还有2天)

Come and meet other actors, directors, filmmakers and anybody interested in anything related to performance, film and production. Everyone is welcome.

Always free, always friendly.

来见面其他演员，导演，制片人和任何人喜欢性能，戏，和生产。大家都表示欢迎。永远免费，永远友好。

The address is: 1 WuLuMuQi Nan Lu ( Near Dongping Lu. Opposite the American Consulate)

地址是： 乌鲁木齐南路1号（近东平路。对面的美国领事馆）

You can find a map here - 你可以找到一个地图在这里 - http://www.bulldog-shanghai.com/site/find_us!!.html

I hope to see you all at the event on December 4th and also December 6th!

希望这个4号和6号看你们！

An urban fairytale by Jonathan Harvey

TWO NIGHTS ONLY - DECEMBER 12 & 13

Beautiful Thing by Jonathan Harvey is an urban fairytale that reminds us that the things we want in life are possible. This multi-award winning play is the unlikely coming of age story of two teenagers living in a London housing estate who fall in love against all odds. Sensitive Jamie (Joakim Eriksson) would rather watch rainbows and musicals than be at school. His athletic neighbor, Ste (Derek Kwan), throws himself into sport to avoid the troubles that wait at home. Jamie’s feisty mother Sandra (Christy Shapiro) juggles her job as a barmaid and her younger lover and working-class wannabe, Tony (JP Lopez). Their sassy neighbour Leah (Sophie Lloyd) has been kicked out of every school in the area and lives vicariously through her idol, Mama Cass of Mamas and the Papas fame, whose music forms the soundtrack to the play.

All proceeds will be donated to Chi Heng Foundation, a registered charity committed to supporting people living with HIV and AIDS in China. The Foundation provides money and care to two very worthy causes: orphanages for HIV/AIDS kiddies and counselling for “men who have sex with men” in the form of confidential hotlines and sex worker outreach. AIDS does not discriminate.

Beautiful Thing is produced by an international cast and crew of Shanghai residents with the enormous generosity of Angle Communications, CPH Boutique, H&M, ShanghaiLGBT, Shanghai Studio and Zhejiang Dream Factory.

We respectfully request you to make a donation in the range of 100 yuan. If you cannot afford to make a donation please e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it

I hope all that attended Starlink night had fun! We had an interesting meeting with many interesting guests! Following is a recap:

Juan Vargas Producer	MeiWenTi Productions is having their 7th Short film competition. The steamy movies have been shot and are ready to be shown! Tickets are on sale now, so get them before they are gone! Don't miss the awards ceremony this December 6! To learn more about the competition or for more about previous competitions you can go to www.meiwentiproductions.com You can contact Juan at: 13918572444
Richard Trombly Director, Writer, Filmmaker	Richard is the founder of the Shanghai Independent Film Association (ShIFA)and invites anyone interested in filmmaking to join in.  He also talked about his new work "Real Time Data". We also got a chance to see his latest film "Melon Harvest", a very professional looking piece with a main cast of all Chinese. You can contact Richard at: 13818837641
Kevin Gaudette Actor	Kevin told us about his Community Language Learning combined with Movie Magic They will use brief movie segments and Video recording/projection of the participants' performances to learn either English or Mandarin.You can read more about this here: www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/articles/community-language-learning Kevin also has a couple of other projects involving TaiChi training with intensive sessions and VSO/Volunteerism events. If you are interested, please contact Kevin for more details. You can contact Kevin at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Paul Cascante Actor	Paul talked about his upcoming show consisting of independent one act plays to be performed in a theater for a long run. It's not too late to join the show. Also if you are interested to see the show you should also contact Paul. Paul also runs a workshop for actors wanting to develop their skills. To learn more go to: www.taw.cabanova.com You can contact Paul at: 13817231787
Dave Earl Earl of Dave	Dave told us about the ongoing development and rehearsals of Zuloo productions' "Cinderella pantomime". For more information you can view their website at www.zuloo.co.uk You can reach Dave at: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Matthew Bloomfield Rapping Professor	The rap-tastic rapping rapster that is the Rapping Professor rapped for us his rapping repertoire. Yes, he can rap and un-rap too. He creates custom raps in Chinese or English for any event! To learn more about his rappilations you can check out www.rappingprofessor.com He'll learn ya good!