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Digitization of Theaters in Europe
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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:
Women to Watch: Russia to Open Beverly Hills Russian Film Commission Office
- 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.
Wroclaw Rhymes with Love: Out with the Old, In with the New, Part 3
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- January 13, 2012 5:32 PM
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Continuing with my blog series on my 2011 travels to festivals, (Out with the Old, In with the New), after Spain I was invited to serve on the jury of the American Film Festival's debut edition of Indies in Progress. The American Film Festival itself is only 2 years old. The second edition will be Indies in Progress. www.neweuropefilmsales.com the only international sales agent in Poland has picked up ww rights to Now Forager, winner of American Film Festival's Indies in Progress. New Horizons, the distribution arm of Poland's largest film festival picked up 7 festiival favorites for Polish distribution. New Horizons is owned by Gutek, Poland's largest independent film distributor.
Out with the Old Part 2: Secrets of Spain
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- January 11, 2012 7:01 PM
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Spain is a country full of secrets. Thirty-six years after the death of Generalisimo Francisco Franco, Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1936 until his death in 1975, the secrets of Spain's history are just beginning to emerge from the shadows and merge with the flow of the Eurozone. From the outside, Seville seems flawless. The city is superb, its commodities, its amenities and its people could not be more comfortable and pleasant. I was invited by Margaret von Schiller, ex Berlinale Panorama programmer on behalf of Extenda, the export arm of the Andalusian government, to The Sevilla Festival of European Films to participate in their Industry Forum (Il Foro) on a panel, “Festivals: What is their use and at what moment in production?” and to speak one-on-one with filmmakers about the international film business, its players and the place of festivals as acquisitions and distribution mechanisms.
Speaking of Spain...
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- January 8, 2012 7:06 PM
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No sooner do I get my blog written on the subject of film in Andalusia and Seville than Javier Martín-Domínguez quits as artistic director of The Seville European Film Festival! Martin Dominguez, who was the correspondent in New York and Tokyo for Spanish pubcaster RTVE and later served as its secretary general, used his contacts and persuasiveness to bring many industry figures to Seville. "I'm not interested in directing a low-profile, limited event," he said after the Seville Town Hall slashed SEFF's budget from €1.7 million ($2.2 million) in 2010 to $1.4 million last year. Further 30% plus cuts are anticipated for 2012. All the regional governments may follow suit and cut their budgets, with the exception of the Sebastian Festival which increased its budget by $500,000 to $9.2 million in 2011, hiking sponsorship deals while institutional support held. See Variety for full article.
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