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Ah, those Frenchmen: ‘Toujours l’amour’!

The winner of the 65th Cannes Film Festival is Michael Haneke’s apparently very moving marriage drama Amour, starring acting legends Emmanuel Riva and Jean-Luis Trintignant. The choice of the film was not unexpected, as it was unanimously praised by…

After four days made of eclectic movies, brief encounters (but of the Third Kind), tasty Provence food and unpredictable Provence (?) weather, we are now back from Cannes! To those of you I could see, it was a real pleasure to either meet you or see you again. To the others the good news is: I will…

Crossmedia experts met at the Berlin Talent Campus to discuss audience involvement. The Indie Filmmaker's Guide to Cross Media II: Engaging 21st Century Audiences across Multiple Platforms took place on February 14^th…

SylC is going to Cannes! Meet us there, May 21.-25.

Do get in touch! sylc@moviepilot.com |…

Have you heard of Transmedianext? Field-leading experts among them SylC  former coordinator and independent film director and producer Rachael Castell offer an immersive training course for experienced media professionals in the art, craft and…

Although I’ve known about the Future Shorts folk for a while, I had never attended one of their events. Until Friday night. I joined the Future Shorts screening in Berlin-Wedding creative studio Supermarkt with a few friends for a good start into the weekend.…

I was in beautiful Paris two weeks ago to meet Franck Ciochetti from Action Christine cinema. A nice place to launch our mobile app in France, since according to Franck, even Woody Allen likes to stop by in the…

This year's Directors' Fortnight poster for Cannes was created by Michel Welfringer. It bases on a photographic work by Swiss non-conformist artist …

You may have noticed a recent trend of cinemas attempting to enhance the viewing experience. Cinemas around the country are upgrading to razor sharp 4k digital projection, crystal clear sound and stepped seating providing an unobstructed vantage point. However some cinemas are focussing more on viewer comfort, offering alcoholic drinks, food and the kind of seating you’d be delighted to have in…

Watch them out. They won the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW Festival taking place in Austin last week, and just got acquired by Sundance selects.

There you can read more about …

Jon Reiss, Filmmaker, Author and Strategist talks about launching a 40+ city simulcast screening and Q&A for the new Bob Hercules' film Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance out of its world premire film festival.

For the past six months, my company Hybrid Cinema has been working on the release of the new Bob Hercules’ film…

Gosling, Mulligan, and an awsome soundtrack. When Hollywood makes things right.

Drive creative film poster found in …

Berlinale is over, long live the Berlinale!

So long! 10 days of movies, parties and meetings. And this is, in short, what SylC got awarded with.

Opening different doors**

Thank you! For those of you who came and participated to our gathering and workshop and to those who visited us at our moviepilot HQ offices during the festival.…

Wir moviepiloten (5): Léa

Nicola Sinclair asks how cinemas can harness social media in a way that is secure, positive and authentic

Let’s face it, these are tough times for media. In the past year alone, News of the World imploded in…

Soraya Fatha, Artist, Filmmaker and Researcher looks at live broadcasts and live film streams and the relationship between 'immediacy', the live, social media and the internet.

When I went to see the exhibition…

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