Sydney Levine

Creatives Go To Strasbourg To Defend the Exclusion of Culture in EU-US Trade Agreement

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • June 8, 2013 1:30 PM
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A delegation of creators, artists, performers and directors members of the coalition of the 6200 creators who have submitted a petition to the European Parliament will be in Strasbourg next Tuesday, June 11.

US in Progress Celebrates Its Second Year at the Champs Elysees Film Festival

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • June 7, 2013 3:30 PM
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US in Progress is a joint initiative between the American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland, the Champs-Elysées Film Festival in Paris and Black Rabbit Film. It is the first and only professional event dedicated to the independent American cinema which happens twice a year – during each festival.

CineLink Picks 16 Projects for Co-Production Market

  • By Peter Belsito
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  • June 7, 2013 1:30 PM
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From Bosnia and Herzegovina the Sarajevo Film Festival’s co-production market CineLink has announced 16 projects selected for its 2013 edition, running from August 21-24. 

Gabon Film Industry Story

  • By Sarah Mason
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  • June 6, 2013 5:30 PM
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My intern Sarah's observation during her first time attending the Cannes Film Festival.

Sundance Institute and Skywalker Sound Announce New Collaboration to Support Independent Filmmakers and Film Composers

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • June 6, 2013 3:30 PM
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Sundance is always on the move. Skywalker and George Lucas himself are refocusing on the indies and choosing sound design as their point of entry.

Unifrance Has A New Director

  • By Fabien Lemercier
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  • June 6, 2013 1:30 PM
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We in U.S. All know Unifrancc because French films are the most popular non-English language in the U.S. In the bad old days, everyone had to ask N.Y. Unifrance's Catherine Verret for a pass (free) for the festival but only those who had actually acquired a French film that year were granted a pass. John Kochman took over and the rules changed so buyers could apply to the market for all film entries. John was recently put on part-time because of cut backs.

LatinoBuzz: What Makes a Latino Film Latino?

  • By Vanessa Erazo
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  • June 5, 2013 5:30 PM
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Jack Rico, NBC Latino contributor, put together a list of the, “Best Hispanic movies of 2012” that included films like Silver Linings Playbook, Skyfall (a James Bond movie), and End of Watch. Were these really the best Latino films of the year? I was dumbfounded. Not one of these movies was written or directed by a Latino. I kept wondering, what makes these films Latino?

Dubai Goes Latino Via Biarritz

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • June 5, 2013 3:30 PM
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Everyone should read this recent article from 'Screen Africa'

LatinoBuzz: NALIP 2013 Promises Discovery And Debate

  • By Christine Davila
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  • June 5, 2013 1:30 PM
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The National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) is ramping up for its 14th Annual Conference this weekend and to my great gusto, the discourse promises to be more specific, relevant and fresh than last year on how to empower Latino independent storytellers.

La Costa Film Festival Announcement

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • June 4, 2013 1:30 PM
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L.A. Film veteran Nancy Collet will be the Festival Producer of the Posh Resort La Costa's first film festival. With her as a consultant is her former AFI boss, Jon Fitzgerald who has also been brought in to run the Hollywood Film Festival. We wish them both luck!!
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