Sydney Levine

ISA of The Day: Noori Pictures

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • May 14, 2013 1:30 PM
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Noori Pictures is the new name for Sherahazad, Katayoon Shahabi's independent, Iranian international sales agency. After spending 11 months in one of Iran's most notorious prisons for "collaborating with the BBC", she has pitched her tent in Paris where she spent her college years before returning to Iran with idealistic plans which 20 some odd years later she as been forced to abandon.

Jews In The News: Discussing Race

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • April 5, 2013 3:30 PM
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This story told by Director Phlippe Mora and musician Harald Grosskopf who met in Berlin in 2009 and, on discovering that their German fathers were on opposite sides in WW2 opens questions regarding the overall public silence of German society about the war period. Only after the youth rebellions, and the emergence of "counterculture" in 1968 did the subject become public and the subject of discussion.

Cool Cats Worldwide Offered Films Online

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • April 1, 2013 5:30 PM
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Whether you are a cat lover or a dog lover, this one's for you!

Content Marketing for Filmmakers (Strategies from the Online Marketing Summit)

  • By Zack Coffman
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  • February 21, 2013 3:00 PM
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We all know by now that we should have a blog about our film, social sites, and YouTube channels, but how should we use these to create compelling content that will actually drive views, likes, and sales of our films? I attended the Online Marketing Summit in San Diego to see what marketing professionals had to say about the industry's newest buzzword "content marketing".

"The Future of Film" Emerging Industry Strategy from a Variety of Monetization Experts

  • By Zack Coffman
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  • December 17, 2012 4:08 PM
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I had a chance to attend the "Future of Film Summit" in Beverly Hills produced by Variety and DigitalMediaWire. The ambitious one-day event focused on "the current state of the industry, and how film and transmedia deals will be struck in the coming years."

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.

LiveSciFi is a Runaway Hit!

  • By Peter Belsito
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  • April 19, 2012 10:30 AM
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Billed as "Big Brother meets Ghostbusters" online reality show LiveSciFi scored a hit this weekend as the relaunch of their cult streaming ghost hunting show got over 5 million views, going into their final nights on location at the haunted "Sallie House" of Atchison, KS. Originally to last 72 hours, the response to the show has been so great the team decided to extend it to 96 hours to give the viewers just a bit more paranormal investigation to ponder until the next live show scheduled for late May on livescifi.tv

Cinando has Changed Its Look and Its Tools

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • February 28, 2012 6:14 AM
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Cinando launched its new interface this Berlin. It's cleaner and yet more comprehensive with a top menu for personal items econd set of tabs closer into the main page related to the database itself, four spaces to put your own company more actively "in the mix", more visible news, more visible films available for screening online and, unique to Cinando, an attendance list for festivals.

Why Marshall McLuhan would Dig Transmedia and DIY Distribution

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • October 27, 2011 2:30 AM
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UCLA is hosting a DIY Day this Friday 9AM to 7:30 PM and The Film Collaborative's Orly Ravid and Jeffrey Winter will present their new must-read book "How to Sell Your Film Without Selling Your Soul" at 6:30. It will all take place at the Charles E. Young Research Library on the north side of the UCLA campus. Parking in Structure 3.

Women to Watch: Nancy Gerstman U.S. Distributor

  • By Sydney Levine
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  • October 7, 2011 5:30 AM
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