New Media Film Festival creates an exclusive Distribution Experience with Sydney Levine and Pet
by Evan Nasseri Seo ExpertFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Los Angeles, CA (October 25, 2018)
–. Announcing the Distribution Experience for content creators to meet
distributors, learn from experts and engage with colleagues.
When - Sunday December 9th 2019 5-8 PM
Where – White Horse Tavern in the Great Room 41 S De Lacey Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105
How to register:
https://new-media-film-festival.myshopify.com/products/the-distribution-experience
Details –
5-6:30
Learn
from Sydney Levine & Peter Belsito, as they share wisdom on
strategy, monetization, the International Film Circuit, your career
& distribution.
6:30-8
Meet & Engage with Distributors & Independent Sales Reps.
• Iced Tea, Water & Nosh provided. Optional $1 cocktail w/ sponsor app
• Receive a U.S. Film Distributors A-Z Report ($59 value)
• All distributors attending will receive registration info with your project info
• Anyone with a project from pitch phase to finished is welcome.
About -
Sydney
Levine has been in the international film business since 1975. In 1977,
20th Century Fox International hired her as the first woman in
international distribution. She has also worked in shorts acquisitions
and international distribution from 1978 to 1980, before moving to
international feature film acquisitions for U.S. distribution until
1988. From 1988 to 2008 her own company, Film Finders, tracked rights
for film buyers of all indie feature films worldwide. In 2008 she sold
her company and database to IMDb, an Amazon company.
She
continues working with the Cannes Film Festival's Industry Workshop and
the Short Corner, often giving the opening presentation, with the
Kisakes Short Film Festival in Istanbul and other film markets and
festivals around the world, presenting workshops and presentations about
the international film circuit and emerging filmmakers’ career
strategies. In January she will chair The Women’s Film Conference at the
Dhaka Film Festival in Bangladesh.
Peter Belsito
was a founding member of Newsreel, a radical anti-war student
filmmaking collective. He was a founding member of the Independent
Feature Project (IFP) in New York City in 1981 and opened the IFP office
in Los Angeles (now Film Independent). He was a founding member of the
Chicano Cinema Coalition.
He worked in publishing for ten years
for Charles T. Munger, Vice Chairman of Warren Buffet's Berkshire
Hathaway, and assisted Sydney Levine in founding Film Finders in 1988 as
a blue chip film acquisitions tracking and consulting firm. He came on
board full time in 1995 as a Film Finders partner, Executive VP.
Fourteen years after Ms. Levine's successful launch of Film Finders, He
has a profound sense of seeking just compensation for filmmakers and
their works.
New Media Film Festival, since
the festivals 2009 inception, Honoring Stories worth Telling has been
New Media Film Festivals mandate. As the 1st Major Festival celebrating
innovation, story, mediums & platforms, New Media Film Festival has
led the way in the pursuit of stories worth telling, the exploration of
new media technologies, boundary pushing resulting in new distribution
models and creating and establishing new methodologies in the global
monetization of content. The New Media Film Festival embodies the
transformative power of the cinematic arts and it reaches across
cultural bridges to wed story and technology for everyone. In 2018 the
festival had 110 New Media Films & Content from 40 countries. 36
world – 7 US – 26 Los Angeles Premieres.
For more information, please visit https://new-media-film-festival.myshopify.com/products/the-distribution-experience
Media Contact:
New Media Film Festival
2355 Westwood Blvd. #381
Los Angeles CA 90064
310-288-1100
Contact - Press Maven, Crystal
crystal@newmediafilmfestival.com
Website: https://www.newmediafilmfestival.com/
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