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Global Film Initiative - One of U.S.'s Most Creative Distributors at the 65th Cannes Film Festival!

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May 22, 2012 1:33 AM
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The Global Film Initiative is a leading distributor and funder of films from Africa, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, including Cannes Film Festival's Un Certain Regard film MISS LOVELY (dir. Ashim Ahluwalia, India) being sold by Fortissimo and screening May 24 and May 25.

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March 23, 2012 10:45 AM
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“DigiTraining Plus: European Cinemas Experiencing New Technologies”, taking place in Amsterdam from 29 August to 2 September 2012:

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March 22, 2012 7:30 AM
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INTERVIEW: Carmen Rosa Vargas Céspedes, General Director of Cultural, Industries and Arts

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March 21, 2012 10:41 AM
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The Venice Film Festival's new artistic director Alberto Barbera has announced that France’s Pascal Diot will head the new Venice Film Market. TIFF goes on. In October, Rome has announced that Marco Mueller has been apppointed Director there and will soon reveal market plans. Moscow has also announced its Red Square Screenings will be held during this crowded fall season. The big question is, who will have the energy to attend yet another market?

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March 12, 2012 10:30 AM
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By Sydney Levine, Peter Belsito
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February 29, 2012 11:43 PM
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Russia’s Roskino / SEF – formerly known as Sovexportfilm – will set up business, and open a full time office, in the USA. Recently, while attending the Berlinale European Film Market, the company announced, via Roskino / SEF CEO Catherine Mtsitouridze and US based Commissioner (and longtime film biz Senior Executive) Eleonora Granata, that the new Russian Film Commission will be looking to build relationships with US distributors for Russian films and to promote Russia as a filming location and a strong partner for US international co- productions. Prominent LA based Russian journalist (and Board Member of ‘The Golden Globes’ Award Ceremony for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association) Sergei Rakhlin will be Director of the Russian Film Commission Office.

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October 30, 2011 2:30 AM
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Everyone in the film world knows the American Film Market in Santa Monica is one of the Big 3 world film markets which generate about $3 billion in deals. The business of independent motion picture production and distribution - a truly collaborative process - reaches a peak every year at the American Film Market, the Cannes Film Festival's Marche May 16-27, 2012 and the European Film Market during the Berlinale February 9 - 17, 2012.

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October 27, 2011 12:00 PM
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This project is one of our faves.

By Sydney Levine
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October 25, 2011 2:30 AM
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I am looking forward to serving on the jury of GiP, the first industry event devoted solely to U.S. indie films in Europe, The American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland is hosting the first "Gotham In Progress", a European industry showcase for U.S. indies in final production stages. Out of the 11 projects, selected from 39 applications, 7 will be presented in full at closed industry screenings. The second edition of American Film Festival is the only ongoing Polish film event focused on American cinema and offers narrative and documentary competition sections with Audience Awards of $10,000 and $5,000 respectively. Retrospectives of Todd Solondz, Terrence Malick and Joe Swanberg will also take place during the event. And I get to be on the jury in this city, once named Breslau, the jewel in the crown of the Prussian Empire who won it from the Hapsburg Empire, and which returned to Poland after the war. It is also the home of the largest film festival in Poland, its sister festival New Horizons. Both are associated with the largest distributor in Poland, Gutek.

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October 12, 2011 2:30 AM
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Variety reports on Morelia Film Festival's ninth edition October 15 - 23. I won't repeat the article here except to cite its place today as an exciting venue (hopefully not too exciting!!) to see new Latino, especially Mexican, films. The artistic director and founder Daniela Michel has quickly brought the festival an international reputation for welcoming filmmakers and their films. "The smartly programmed official selection captures very well the energy and diversity of contemporary Mexican independent film," notes critic and Museum of Moving Image editorial director Dennis Lim.

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Global Film Initiative - One of U.S.'s Most Creative Distributors at the 65th Cannes Film Festival!

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Venice Film Festival Announces its Market in a Crowded Fall Season

Caribbean Post: Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival September 2012

Women to Watch: Russia to Open Beverly Hills Russian Film Commission Office

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