Sydney Levine
West Hollywood CA
Sold 20 year old FilmFinders to IMDb, an Amazon company, in 2006 and left in 2009 to pursue other endeavors including SydneysBuzz blog on IndieWire. 35 years in the film business, in 1988 FilmFinders began as the first database for tracking rights for acquisitions and programming executives. Patnered with Cannes Market establishing their first databased website, and established original Toronto and Sundance Sales Offices. With partner Peter Belsito began consulting in 1990. Continuing to create innovative tools for the film business.
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Comment on: Mike Medavoy and SFG team for WWII feature
This is so exciting. I've been waiting for years for Mike to produce something about his birthplace Shanghia and the Jews. There is so much material to choose from. I'd read the books first if, but I can't find either one on Amazon. Where can I find them?
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Comment on: Mumbai fest's Business Centre to welcome 25 top international buyers and sellers
This is very exciting. I am eager to hear more about sales made by these invited sales companies and distributors and hope Screen will report on that. Reliance is putting its money where its mouth is, Dreamworks, IM Global and onward. Very exciting.
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Comment on: Stewart Till closes deal to buy Icon UK, Icon International
Will they keep m mark gooder?
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Comment on: Toronto unveils new city section, announces first programme selections
Brave Toronto. Let's hope the examples of bigotry exhibited by protests against freedom of expression as took place in Edinburgh and Melbourne do not erupt in Toronto, the place where so many of us were on September 11, 2001.
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Comment on: Where's the profit in online distribution?
John Flahive's article is articulate and informative. The comments it elicits are as interesting in their reference to Peter Broderick who is devoted to filmmakers' finding their way to online profits. His model is always tailored to the particular film, and is successful for those taking the time and interest in undertaking their own hands-on distribution. Another most interesting comment is that the bridge between online exhibition and profits are the social networks. This is the key. The recent studies on social networking, participatory (pop) culture as formulated by Henry Jenkins now at USC, but formerly Director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program, whose book Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide are now defining this new paradigm. They are worth looking at unless you are one of the old school who is satisfied believing there is no money in online exhibition and who is going to continue flogging the old MG/ advance business models.
