Sydney Levine

Discussion of Women About Women

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 24, 2013 3:30 PM
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At Cannes a short week ago, the European Women's AudioVisual Network, held an informal and intimate coffee klatch at the Scandinavian Pavilion. This was a followup to the larger more formal meeting in Berlin sponsored by Dortmund Women's Film Festival and Indiewire blogger Melissa Silverstein (Women in Hollywood).

Tipped for Cannes

  • By Fabien Lemercier
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  • April 11, 2013 3:30 PM
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Everyone's thoughts are turning towards the 66th edition of the Cannes Film Festival (from May 15th to 26th, 2013) and predictions abound about which films might be chosen by Thierry Frémaux.

Yes You Cannes! Euro Fests & Selling Internationally

  • By Lee Jameson
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  • March 29, 2013 1:30 PM
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Film Independent’s annual orientation on European film festivals and markets, hosted by festival experts Peter Belsito (co-founder of Film Finders) and Kristen Figeroid (SVP of International Sales, Sierra Affinity), guided our members through the festival and market calendar, including CineMart, Berlin, Cannes and many more.

Berlin Diary #2

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • March 10, 2013 6:08 AM
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The Berlinale has come and gone so quickly, so intensely. Everyone was catching the flu or a cold, and I was left with the sniffles. My last two days I was lucky to be able to catch some films. Before that I only saw Don Jon’s Addiction which I was charmed by. Scarlett Johanssen played the best role of her life, she is a great comedienne. And Joseph Gordon-Levitt was delightful. Upstream Color bit off more than it could chew. The reviews express my feelings about it better than I can.

Berlin Notes #1

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • March 4, 2013 1:00 PM
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The Berlinale is an A-festival, founded in 1951 at the height of the Cold War. It accredits about 20,000 industry visitors and about 4,000 journalists each year with a total of 130 countries. It is one of the largest public festivals, selling about 300,000 tickets. The actual figure is 303,077 up 1.2% from last year’s 299,362). Aside from the Competition, it has 10 other sections and series, from children’s films to retrospectives. This year The Weimar Touch and also an homage to Claude Lanzmann were especially appealing to me. See more on the EFM website.

The Last of Robin Hood

  • By Peter Belsito
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  • March 1, 2013 1:00 PM
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Recently Sydney was at a gathering here in L.A. and she ran into our dear friends from 'the biz' Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland. They were excited about to begin directing a new film they had written about the last days of cinema great Errol Flynn in Cuba detailing, among other things, the making of his final film Cuban Rebel Girls. Sydney looks at them and says, "Peter's in that film!"

ISA of the Day: Memento and We Are What We Are

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • February 21, 2013 1:00 PM
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I want to put a spotlight on what to look forward to next Sundance (and Berlin) as an example of long lasting effects of filmmakers/ actors/ buyers and sellers.

Central And Eastern European Films at the 2013 Berlinale

  • By Iulia Blaga
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  • February 12, 2013 12:30 PM
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Films from Poland, Romania and Slovenia will screen in the 2013 Berlinale Official Competition.

Dominga's Film Production Kit: The Time Before

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • February 10, 2013 9:30 AM
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Dominga Sotomayer who directed my favorite film of last year's Latino films, Thursday Through Sunday, is now crowd funding to produce a 30 minute short called The Time Before with a Polish co-director on Indiegogo.

Richard Lormand, Publicist's Best Films

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • February 9, 2013 12:30 PM
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Richard Lormand's films are always a key to the best films at the festivals of Berlin, Venice and Cannes. If he reps them, you want to see them.

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