Bringing audiences to independent cinema in Europe via digital & social media
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...aka SylC is a pan-European project, funded in 2010 by MEDIA, to enhance audiences for independent cinema through social media. We make mobile apps for cinemas in Germany, the UK, the Netherlands, France and Poland. If you are a cinema, sign up and reap the rewards.
In French, this very interesting interview from Mud director Jeff Nichols, as well as short and witty reviews for i.e. Ulrich Seidl's Paradies: Hoffung or Gondry's L'Écume des Jours. Thanks to our friends from Cinéma du Palais for publishing the link.
(click on the picture below to listen to France inter podcast, "On aura tout vu")
In English, OF COURSE this fantastic marketing coup by Steven Spielberg, having Obama playing Daniel Day-Lewis playing... Obama himself. And we like : "Awww. The guy's just SO cool".
In German, the results of the Deutscher Fimpreis…
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...is out ! We've been following live Thierry Frémaux and Gilles Jacob revealing the names of the movies and directors which will be shown in the official selection of the 66th Cannes Festival, from the 15. to 26. May.
In his introduction, Thierry Frémaux recalled Cannes' tradition as a welcoming place for directors from all over the world in its mission to enhance freedom of expression through filmmaking globally. The festival is partnering with Cartooning for Peace, an initiative started by French political satirist Plantu in favour of more tolerance and freedom for cartoonists worldwide. …
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For Game of Thrones fans, the knowledge that our favourite epic-acting bards are hitting the big screen in a big way. Check out this Indiewire article about how Starks, Lannisters even those 'north of the wall' are appearing in other full-length features.
Posted by Nicholas Beddek on April 15, 2013 at 2:00pm
In June 2012 filmosophie initiated the movie blog filmosophie.com where her co-bloggers and her write about films from a decidedly personal perspective. Since film is oftentimes perceived emotionally, she doesn’t believe in objective criticism. Writing for several websites as well as the AGM Magazine filmosophie is especially interested in the topics of gender and religion. Once a week she works in a project for immigrant families, most of them from Palestine and other Arabic countries. She is currently undergoing training to become a drama educator and dreams of combining her practical work with her passion for movies and cinema.
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Christy Dena is Director of Universe Creation 101, where she is currently developing a web-driven comedy-drama and web entertainment service. She works as an experience designer and writer on transmedia projects, and has consulted on multiple films, TV shows, alternate reality games and performance projects around the world. Christy co-write the Writer's Guide to Making a Digital Living and curated Transmedia Victoria. http://www.UniverseCreation101.com
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Filmmaker Arin Crumley has kindly written an exclusive guest blog for Support your local Cinema this month.
The Wall Street Journal lists Arin Crumley among the top 20 new media moguls. His first film, Four Eyed Monsters, won the Sundance Channel Audience Award, was nominated for two Spirit Awards and was the first feature-length film to air on YouTube. Millions of viewers have engaged across multiple mediums with the project, which began building audience through the release of a popular online video series and then booked film screenings across the world using the first location-based request system for independent film. The project evolved into an interactive experience when it began re-mixing footage created by the audience into the series itself. Continuing his exploration into new media Arin also co-founded a research and development project called From Here to Awesome, which invited filmmakers to create the future models of collaboration, funding, production and distribution. Recently Arin also co-founded OpenIndie.com, which is designing a new community distribution model for booking screenings of independent films and exploring ways to put revenue directly into filmmakers pockets.
Our many thanks to Arin for this one-off post.
For more information visit: arincrumley.com
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Amber Jane Butchart is a former Research Fellow at the Centre for Fashion, the Body and Material Culture, based at the University of the Arts, London, and has lectured in Cultural Studies at both London College of Fashion and the ICA. She is a freelance trend and design consultant and a regular contributor to leading tren ng company WGSN. Her research is featured on PYMCA, an archive of youth culture that spans back over the past seven decades, and she has also written for sites including Fashion156, which was recently selected for the Blog Portal of the British Fashion Council. Having spent seven years as Buyer and Trend Analyst for London’s largest vintage clothing store, Beyond Retro, she recently left to focus on being one half of the Broken Hearts – DJs, designers and cultural commentators (www.thebrokenhearts.co.uk).
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Nicola Sinclair is a freelance writer and editor based in Edinburgh. Nicola writes for magazines, newspapers and websites, manages social networks such as 38minutes and provides PR and creative consultancy services to a range of clients. Her particular interests lie in screenwriting, novels and design, particularly interiors and textiles.
This month, Nicola investigates how cinemas can turn followers into fans online.
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