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Online Registration August 1st - October 10th ONLY.

No onsite (at the door) registration for payment.

Daily online Registration once festival begins will only be available for passes, credentials and festival bag pick up and information. Please registered at link below.

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Kick back with MPAC! Artist Lounge is a daily spot for all to network, chill, catch up on emails and phone calls, meet and greet or catch an open mic live performance from a local poet, actor, comedian, singer, musician or dancer. Performers interested in open mic should email us at admin@mpac-arts.org for sign up times available and details.

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Dave Fagundes - Intellectual Property Law Professor
The University of Houston Law Center

Dave Fagundes joined the University of Houston Law Center faculty in fall 2016. Professor Fagundes began his teaching career at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California, where he was a professor from 2007 through 2016. Prior to entering academia, Professor Fagundes worked as a Bigelow Fellow and Lecturer in Law at the University of Chicago Law School, an associate at the Washington, D.C. office of Jenner & Block, LLP, and a clerk to Judge David S. Tatel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. Click Here for more information on Professor Fagundes.

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Alfred Cervantes - Deputy Director of Houston Film Commission

Deputy Director of the Houston Film Commission and a native Houstonian, has worked in the film industry in various capacities since 1992. Click Here for more information on the Houston Film Commission.

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Greg Carter - Producer, Director, Writer

Greg is a native of Houston, Texas and a graduate of Texas A&M University. After studying under Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Gordone, Greg Studied film at Rice's prestigious School of Visual and Dramatic Arts under Professor Brian Huberman with producer Elizabeth Avellan. Click Here for more information on Greg Carter

 

Alfred Cervantes - Deputy Director of Houston Film Commission

Deputy Director of the Houston Film Commission and a native Houstonian, has worked in the film industry in various capacities since 1992. Click Here for more information on the Houston Film Commission.

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It's the opening night party. Let's celebrate, fellowship and have a good time. Come meet other attendees, speakers, sponsors, MPAC staff and volunteers, and members of the community all in the name of Art!

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Online Registration August 1st - October 10th ONLY.

No onsite (at the door) registration for payment.

Daily online Registration once festival begins will only be available for passes, credentials and festival bag pick up and information. Please registered at link below.

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Kick back with MPAC! Artist Lounge is a daily spot for all to network, chill, catch up on emails and phone calls, meet and greet or catch an open mic live performance from a local poet, actor, comedian, singer, musician or dancer. Performers interested in open mic should email us at admin@mpac-arts.org for sign up times available and details.

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We are seeking primarily vendors with goods or services related to arts and entertainment, film services, film production, film financing, film distribution, film casting, etc. Vendor space is $75 for Friday and Saturday. Interested Vendors should email us at admin@mpac-arts.org for sign up times available and details.

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Dr. D. Ivan Young - America's Leading Relationship & Emotional Intelligence Expert, Life Coach

As a master credentialed expert on personality type, Dr. D. Ivan Young is a highly sought-after keynote speaker. His theories about Law of Attraction and human emotional intelligence have gone viral on YouTube by millions of fans around the world. Click Here for more information on Dr. D. Ivan Young

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Come enjoy a night of film shorts from our film winners with Director talk back.

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Online Registration August 1st - October 10th ONLY.

No onsite (at the door) registration for payment.

Daily online Registration once festival begins will only be available for passes, credentials and festival bag pick up and information. Please registered at link below.

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Kick back with MPAC! Artist Lounge is a daily spot for all to network, chill, catch up on emails and phone calls, meet and greet or catch an open mic live performance from a local poet, actor, comedian, singer, musician or dancer. Performers interested in open mic should email us at admin@mpac-arts.org for sign up times available and details.

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We are seeking primarily vendors with goods or services related to arts and entertainment, film services, film production, film financing, film distribution, Film casting, etc. Vendor space is $75 for Friday and Saturday. Interested Vendors should email us at admin@mpac-arts.org for sign up times available and details.

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Michelle Mower - Director, Writer, Producer

Michelle Mower is an acclaimed writer, producer and director whose work has been featured on Lifetime, Lifetime Movie Network (LMN) and Nuvo Television. Click Here for more information on Michelle Mower.

 

Anita Long - Producer

Anita Long is Producer / Founder of the Ink Spots Museum and Long Films Studio in Houston, TX. The museum is dedicated to the memory of her father, legendary guitar jazz musician Huey Long. Click Here for more information on Anita Long.

Dr. Michon Benson-Marsh
English and Creative Writing Professor

As a Visiting Professor of English at Texas Southern University, Dr. Benson has earned excellent performance evaluations for her work in Freshman Composition and African American Literature courses.

 

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Joe Newcomb, Truth Entertainment, President & CEO, Dallas Buyers Club, Executive Producer

Mr. Newcomb serves as Chairman and Chief Executive officer of Truth Industries, which comprises an expanding portfolio of businesses including marketing and distribution, properties, design, investments, development and entertainment. Building upon his 22 year career in the chemical and fertilizing industry, Newcomb founded TRUTH Chemical in 2003 and TRUTH Products in 2005 an innovative leader in marketing, trading and distribution servicing the agricultural, oil, gas, and drilling business sectors as well as the consumer lawn and garden market. He started his career in the chemical sector at the Fortune 500 company Potash Corp ( formerly known as the Arcadian Corporation), the world's largest fertilizer company serving as their sales manager. Click Here for more information on Jerome Love.

Jerome Love, Author, President & CEO, Texas Black Expo

Jerome Love is the founder and president of the Texas Black Expo, Inc., producers of the nationally-recognized Texas Black Expo Summer Celebration, which is the largest African-American tradeshow in the state of Texas. He earned a B.S. in corporate communications with a minor in business from the University of Texas at Austin. During his tenure at the University of Texas, Love had a brief stint in corporate America, which motivated his entrepreneurial ambitions. Click Here for more information on Jerome Love.

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Carlos Tovar - Producer, Writer, Director

Armed with a formal background in digital media production and a shrewd eye for story-telling, Carlos has crewed for feature films such as Cook County, Tree of Life, Wolvesbayne, Mindsight, This is America. Click Here for more information on Carlos Tovar.

Greg Carter - Showrunner, TV & Film Producer, Writer, Director

Greg is a native of Houston, Texas and a graduate of Texas A&M University. After studying under Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Charles Gordone, Greg Studied film at Rice's prestigious School of Visual and Dramatic Arts under Professor Brian Huberman with producer Elizabeth Avellan. Click Here for more information on Greg Carter

Jarren Smalls - Legends Do Live Founder

Smalls graduated from Prairie View A & M University '12. Smalls majored in mass communication with a minor in marketing. While attending college he developed a passion for the betterment of the student body. Smalls became the Student Government Association president in 2012. Click Here for more information on Jaren Smalls

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Kiana Dancie - Media Personality, Comedian, Actress

Kiana Dancie is the first female celebrity guest ringmaster for the Universoul Circus. She is also the only female house MC for the upscale Atlanta Comedy Theater. Click Here for more information on Kiana Dancie.

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Are you ready to slam the competition? Then Speak! Performers interested in the monologue competition should email us at admin@mpac-arts.org for sign up and details.

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It's the closing night party. Let's close out as we celebrate, fellowship and have a good time. All awards presented for film winners and monologue competition. Come say good bye and get some final networking in with attendees, speakers, sponsors, MPAC staff and volunteers, and members of the community...til next time!