Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The Blog2025 Oscar Submission Best International Film: Norway’s ‘Armand’ an Interview with the ProducerWinner of the Camera d’or for best first feature in 2024 Cannes’ Un Certain Regard, ‘Armand’ is directed by Halfdan Ullmann TøndelSep 20Sep 20
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The BlogOne Two Does It Again!Since my last blog on this Berlin-based production company, ‘The Girl From Köln’ has progressed from pre-production to post-production. The…Sep 20Sep 20
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The Blog‘The Substance’ Written and Directed by Coralie Fargeat in U.S. Theaters‘The Substance’, Cannes’ Winner for Best Screenplay in Competition is writer-director Coralie Fargeat’s second feature after her TIFF…Sep 19Sep 19
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The Blog‘Food and Country’ Opens Theatrically in NY and LA this OctoberPremiering at Sundance 2023 in Premieres Section, ‘Food and Country’ will be released theatrically by Greenwich at IFC in MY October 2 and…Sep 19Sep 19
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The BlogOne Two Does It Again!Since my last blog on this Berlin-based production company, ‘The Girl From Köln’ has progressed from pre-production to post-production. The…Jul 161Jul 161
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The BlogJewish Film Festival Berlin Brandenburg 2024 is 30 Years OldThe Jewish Film Festival Berlin & Brandenburg (JFFB) took place for the 30th time this June 18–23.Jul 15Jul 15
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The BlogCannes Competition Grand Prize Winner 2024: ‘All We Imagine as Light’ by Payal KapapaPayal Kapadia’s debut fiction feature, ‘All We Imagine As Light’ comes after her having won l’Oeil d’Or (the Golden Eye) prize for best…Jun 16Jun 16
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The BlogFair Play in the German Cultural IndustryIt used to be, we created as we went. No ground rules were set, but as we progress, we realize that film and cultural production requires…Jun 11Jun 11
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The BlogWhat is Culture? Yogurt? Sour Dough Bread? Yeast? Movies and Music TodayAs we move into a new world emerging from our post-pandemic digital daze, it becomes clear that culture, arising from the grass roots of…Jun 11Jun 11
Sydney LevineinSydneysBuzz The BlogFilms as a Culture of Memory: Berlinale 2024Several films at this year’s Berlinale speak to a culture of remembrance, positing it as a means of doing justice to the oppressed and…Jun 11Jun 11