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SydneysBuzz focuses on international film industry developments and analyzes the international film market as it relates to buyers, sales agents, distributors, filmmakers and film festivals.
Sydney Levine
Sydney’s 40+ years in international film business include exec positions in acquisitions, twice selling FilmFinders, the 1st film database, teaching & writing.
Latest Posts
2025 Oscar Contender Best Film: ‘Conclave’ by Edward Berger
“What fools these mortals be” comes to mind as we watch the cardinals of the Catholic Church convene to elect the new Pope after the…
2025 Oscar Submission Best International Feature: Turkey’s ‘Life’ (‘Hayat’) by Zeki Demirkubuz
’Life (‘Hayat’) opens as the jilted lover (who has barely met his fiance) decides to leave his village and go in search of his intended…
2025 Oscar Submission Best International Feature: Georgia’s ‘The Antique’ by Rusudan Glurjidze
Premiering in Venice Film Festival this year at the Giornate competition, The Antique’s world premiere was suspended due to a lawsuit by…
2025 Oscar Short List Best International Feature: Czech Republic’s ‘Waves’ by Jiri Madl
A straight shooting, gripping story of a time of turmoil, a political thriller starring an unwitting hero caught in the crosshairs of…
2025 Oscar Submission Best International Feature: Latvia’s ‘Flow’ by Gints Zilbalodis
The four time award winner at Annecy Film Festival 2024, the top animation festival follows Flow’s Cannes debut in Un Certain Regard…
2025 Oscars Submission Best Feature Doc: ‘Ernest Cole: Lost and Found’
Ernest Cole is such a sad movie. Such a talented young black man, fleeing Apartheid South Africa comes to New York and uses his skill as a…
Golden Globes® Nominations 82nd Edition
Golden Globest became a private company acquired by Penske Media in 2023. The former owners, HFPA (Hollywood Foreign Press Association)…
2025 Oscar Short List Best Feature Doc: ‘Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat’ by Johan Grimonprez
As in the best of jazz, you will want to repeat this film more than once. The US distributor is Kino Lorber along with Kanopy, which means…
AfroBerlin: Managing Culture
Prudence Kolong is one of those rare managers who also naturally serves as an inspiring mentor for the whole staff…
2025 Oscar Submission Best International Feature: Kenya’s ‘Nawi’ by Vallentine Chelluget, Apuu…
Four directors, three writers, two composers, all a combination of Kenyans and Germans, take this film to a new level of cooperation…
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