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First Participant PanAmerica Film, El Ardor, Begins Production

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 22, 2013 3:30 PM
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Launching earlier this year, Participant PanAmerica is an initiative to develop and finance 10-12 films over five years for and from Latin America with Mexico’s Canana (Sin Nombre, Miss Bala), Chile’s Fabula (Young and Wild, Gloria) and Colombia’s Dynamo (Undertow, The Hidden Face). Its first film will El Ardor starring Gael García Bernal and Alice Braga to shoot in Argentina.

Eventival and Black Market Online Joint Venture for Fest Submissions

  • By Peter Belsito
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  • May 19, 2013 3:30 PM
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Thom Prasek from Prague is a very good friend many years now. This is an exciting new venture that will help film festivals worldwide to evaluate film submissions.

ISA of the Day Ondamax Films

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 19, 2013 1:30 PM
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Ondamax is the talent discoverer for Latino filmmakers! The newest filmmakers can be found here with their first films.

ISA of the Day: IM Global

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 12, 2013 1:30 PM
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Visit Sydneysbuzz.com for an Introduction to Our Rights Roundup

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 9, 2013 1:30 PM
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LatinoBuzz: ISA of the Day: Latido Films

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 8, 2013 1:30 PM
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Latido out of Spain, consistly sells Iberamerican films

Latvia Films in Cannes

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 5, 2013 3:30 PM
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Latvian films in Cannes give proof to the fact that Eastern and Central Europe are succeeding in joining the international independent film community. Not only will Latvia host the European Film Awards in 2014 but Film Riga's successful tax incentive has attracted internationally successful productions from as far away as Korea (The Berlin File) and closer to home, Russia (In the Fog), since 2010.

A Walk Down the Cannes Croisette

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • June 7, 2012 9:12 AM
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This is a typical day in Cannes as one walks along the Croisette (between the Mediterranean shore and the hotels and offices) where international sales agents are selling their films at the Cannes Market and Film Festival.

Coproductions with Canada Total Budgets Climb to Over $1 Billion in the Last Five Years

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • June 4, 2012 1:30 AM
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An Outstanding year for Canadian coproduction at the 65th Cannes Film Festival with Cosmopolis (ISA: Kinology), Laurence Anyways (ISA: MK2) and Hors les murs (Beyond the Walls) (ISA: Films Boutique).

The Doc Corner at Cannes and a Pick-Up

  • By Peter Belsito
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  • May 26, 2012 7:58 AM
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The Doc Corner, a new initiative of Marche Directeur Delegue, Jerome Paillard, is designed to help Marche participants to find distribution, sales and festival play for their feature length (70 minutes plus) documentary new and completed films.

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