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Sydney Levine focuses on international film industry developments and analysis of the international film market related to buyers, sales agents, filmmakers, film festivals and distribution.

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Mumbai Film Festival

  • August 30, 2012 11:51 PM
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The Mumbai Film Festival (October 18 – 25, 2012) is the largest film festival in India with over 100,000 attending. The Festival is 14 years old itself but Reliance Big Entertainment, the company that backs both Dreamworks and IM Global, one of U.S.’s foremost international sales agents, has backed this festival for the last 4 years and the result is a scaled up festival.
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More: International Film Festival, Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks, George Clooney, Julia Roberts

LatinoBuzz Q & A: Terracino, 'Elliot Loves'

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • June 23, 2012 7:30 AM
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'Elliot Loves' (ISA:TLA Releasing) by Gary Terracino is a true American independent, made completely outside of any system, largely self financed, crowd funded, sponsored even, you name it - by any means necessary. It's a story that anyone from any walk of life can relate to; ultimately when love sucks, it F-in sucks. But when it's beautiful...
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More: Latino, LatinoBuzz, Los Angeles, New York

Colombia Leads the Latin American Contingent in Cannes

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • June 6, 2012 3:30 PM
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Colombia had three films in the various sections of Cannes this year. And the Colombian producers, Diana Bustamente and Jorge Forero of Burning Blue, produced two of them along with Thierry Lenouvel’s Cine-Sud. La Sirga (Directors Fortnight) was just picked up for U.S. by Film Movement and La Playa is still in play since its debut in Cannes FF's Un Certain Regard. The Short Film Corner featured Rodir by Franco Lolli who is now embarking on his first feature.Colombia also had 10 production companies participating in the Producers Network, an important adjunct to the Cannes Marche.
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More: Cannes Film Festival, Internet Film Distribution, Latino, International, Features, New York, Los Angeles, Short Film, Festivals

LatinoBuzz: Q & A with Joshua Sanchez - 'Four' to Screen at Los Angeles Film Fest

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • June 6, 2012 10:30 AM
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Joshua Sanchez, a native of Houston, Tejas graduated from Columbia University’s MFA Film Program with several internationally screened short films under his belt along with the HBO Films Young Producer’s Development Award. His feature debut, Four, based on a play written by Christopher Shinn, participated in the Tribeca All Access program at the Tribeca Film Festival
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More: Latino, LatinoBuzz, New York, Los Angeles

LATINOBUZZ: Q & A with Alicia Marie Sixtos - HIGH School

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • May 23, 2012 10:30 AM
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Alicia Sixtos makes a cameo in mega-smash, 'The Avengers' and next up she will be seen in the stoner flick, ‘HIGH School’ starring Adrien Brody and Michael Chiklis. Take a moment to get to know rising actress Alicia Sixtos in this exclusive interview with LatinoBuzz.
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More: LatinoBuzz, Latino, Avengers, Michelle Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Los Angeles, Interviews

Iber.film.america brings Hispanic cinema to Latin Americans online

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 23, 2012 12:28 AM
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Fourteen films have been competing in iber.film.america, the first-ever Latin American film festival online, organised by VoD platform filmotech.com.
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More: Latino, Online, Awards, Festivals, Features

Oye! First Peep at New Film, "Love, Concord"

  • By Christine Davila
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  • May 17, 2012 6:08 AM
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Oye means listen up! I’ll be profiling brand spanking new US Latino films, in various stages and different genres so our community can promote their trajectory online and by word of mouth, and yes hopefully so distribution outfits and festivals take note! Case in point this week: Love Concord.
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More: Latino, LatinoBuzz, U.S., Mexico, Features, International

LatinoBuzz: More Generation Mex Filmmakers on the Rise

  • By Vanessa Erazo
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  • May 16, 2012 5:29 PM
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Last week we featured some of Mexico’s young filmmakers who have emerged as part of a recent revival in Mexican cinema. These new directors have pushed out the old guard and persevere in difficult situations, using public funding and micro-budgets to create films which take aim at Mexico’s social ills, broach difficult subjects, and take stylistic risks.
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More: LatinoBuzz, Latino, Mexico, Oscar Academy Award, Academy Awards

LatinoBuzz: Latin American Films Take Center Stage at the Box Office, Sometimes

  • By Vanessa Erazo
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  • May 2, 2012 1:07 PM
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It’s rare for a film in Spanish or Portuguese to make it to a U.S. theater. Even within Latin America or Spain, it’s difficult for local films to compete against Hollywood blockbusters. Once in a while, against all odds, Latino films triumph at their local box office.
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More: Midnight in Paris, LatinoBuzz, Latino, Tribeca Film Festival, International, Features, Xingu, Unit 7, The Artist, [REC] 3 GENESIS, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Documentary, Oscar Academy Award, Awards, Academy Awards, Sundance Film Festival, Box Office, Box Office

LatinoBuzz: Interview with Nicholas Ozeki - Mamitas Opens Friday April 27th in Theaters!

  • By Juan Caceres
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  • April 27, 2012 4:28 PM
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I came across Mamitas (ISA:Traction Media) as a short film version back in '07 and was struck by it's charm. At the time there were few and far between coming-of-age stories set in LA about a budding romance in teenagers that didn't involve pregnancies or gang culture yet Mamitas rang true in every sense. So, when Nick told me he was making the feature length version, I was anxious to read it, to see what journey he would take these two characters, Jordin and Felipa, on. I was pleasantly surprised by the elements he added to surround the core love story. These were teens with real life teen problems.
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More: LatinoBuzz, Interviews, International, Features, Screen Media, Screen Media Films

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