What Clients are Saying “Sydney Levine, Peter Belsito and Film Finders have a unique relationship to the Marché du Film and provide a great service to the international film business and to the filmmakers.” Jérôme Paillard, Directeur Délégué, Cannes Marché du Film “Sydney Levine and Peter Belsito have been on the front lines of the American independent film scene before the Sundance Film Festival and any of the current indie companies even existed, and they continue to know what’s going on before anyone else does. The web they cast is wide, their contacts are unparalleled, their stature enormous, their services indispensible.” Todd McCarthy, Senior Film Critic of The Hollywood Reporter “Sydney and Peter are true industry insiders, always on the scene and in the know. International treasures of the film world.” Rajendra Roy, Head of Museum of Modern Art NYC / MOMA Film Program “Sydney Levine and Peter Belsito’s service FilmFinders helped me over the years again and again to navigate successfully through the ever-changing jungle of producers and their films” Wieland Speck, Senior Programer of Berlinale / Berlin International Film Festival, Panorama ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Toronto By Numbers 2011 Sydney Levine Published by SydneysBuzz at Smashwords Copyright 2011 Sydney Levine Discover other titles by SydneysBuzz at Smashwords.com. Cover photo credit: Charles Leonio, WireImage/Getty for TIFF Smashwords Edition, License Notes This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please go to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Table of Contents Introduction U.S. Distributors by the Number Error: Reference source not found ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Introduction Going into Toronto, out of 337 films showing, 56 have U.S. distributors attached. As buyers buy throughout the Fall Festival and Market Season, this number will change, so stay tuned for more reports. For a comprehensive report on current U.S. Distributors A – Z for the year 2011, use the link provided. New U.S. distributors are still popping up like mushrooms!! Since U.S. still represents up to 30% of the market (the largest market share of any country), it plays an important part in worldwide marketing. Predictably, SPC and IFC have the most films in the festival, each with 7 titles for now. There is also the competition among the Producer Reps for titles to represent. Producer Reps used to be knowledgeable individuals who could help producers make deals with U.S. distributors. Over the past few years the talent agencies have entered this area on behalf of clients and only a few individuals have continued in this sphere. Among the Producer Reps, CAA is leading the pack with 12 films, one of which already has U.S. distribution. This fairly new development of agencies representing the producers causes some conflict for international sales agents who must plan the worldwide strategy for film sales and now have to consider how best to incorporate the U.S. sales into their strategy even, if the sale no longer is under their control. This report tracks these numbers in order to help professionals map out their own strategy for their films when considering how to make the most of the Toronto Film Festival if their film is favored enough to be selected for this major world event on the international film circuit. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ U.S. Distributors by the Number 7: Sony Pictures Classics: In Darkness (Beta), The Skin I Live In (FilmNation), Take Shelter (FilmNation), Damsels in Distress (Sony Pictures Int’l Releasing), Restless (Sony Pictures Int’l Releasing), Footnote (WestEnd), A Separation (Memento) 7: IFC Films: Kill List (Protagonist), Snowtown (Protagonist), Beloved (Celluloid Dreams), Sleeping Beauty (Entertainment One), Habemus Papam (Fandango Portobello), Goodbye First Love (Films Distribution), Into the Abyss (ZDF) 5: The Weinstein Co.: Undefeated (Exclusive), Coriolanus (Icon), W.E., (IM Global), The Artist (Wild Bunch), Butter (De Luca Prods., No ISA) 4: Sony Pictures Releasing/ Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions: The Raid (Celluloid Nightmares), Anonymous (Sony), Moneyball (Sony), Ides of March (Sony) 3: Sundance Selects/ IFC Films: The Forgiveness of Blood (Fandango Portobello), Pina (HanWay), Kid with a Bike (Wild Bunch) 2: Fox Searchlight: Descendants (20th Century Fox), Martha Marcy May Marlene (UTA reps worldwide) 2: Magnolia: Headhunters (Trust/ Nordisk), Melancholia (Trust/ Nordisk) 2: Paramount: Jeff, Who Lives at Home, Like Crazy (No ISA, UTA reps worldwide rights) 2:The Cinema Guild: The Turin Horse (Films Boutique), Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (No ISA) 1: Abramorama: Pearl Jam Twenty (Echo Bridge) 1: ATO: Woman in the Fifth (Memento) 1: Dimension: Livid (SND) 1: Eros: Mausam (Eros) 1: FilmDistrict: Drive (Sierra/ Affinity) 1: Focus: Pariah (Focus) 1: Indomina: Life Without Principle (Media Asia) 1: Janus: Le Havre (The Match Factory) 1: Menemsha: Restoration (Israeli Films) 1: Millenium: Trespass (Nu Image) 1: NBC Universal: Page Eight (UI) 1: Open Road: Killer Elite (Inferno) 1: Oscilloscope: We Need to Talk About Kevin (Independent) 1: Relativity: Machine Gun Preacher (LionsGate) 1: Roadside Attractions: Albert Nobbs (WestEnd) 1: Summit: 50/50 (Mandate/ LionsGate) 1: Strand: Tyrannosaur (Protagonist) 1: Zipporah: Crazy Horse (Celluloid Dreams) 1: Disney: Up from Poppy Hill (Wild Bunch) 1: 20th Century Fox: Miss Bala (20th Century Fox, Mexico) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Producer Reps by the Number 12 CAA ALBERT NOBBS - U.S Roadside Attractions (ISA: WestEnd Films) - Ireland-Gala-Rodrigo Garcia-World Premiere PEACE, LOVE, & MISUNDERSTANDING (Voltage Pictures) - U.S Gala-Bruce Beresford- World Premiere KILLER JOE (Voltage Pictures) - U.S Special Presentations-William Friedkin-North American Premiere GOON (Myriad Pictures) - Canada-Special Presentations-Mike Dowse-World Premiere FROM THE SKY DOWN (Mercury Records/Universal Music Group) - U.S Gala Presentations-Davis Guggenheim-World Premiere YOU'RE NEXT(HanWay) - U.S Midnight Madness-Adam Wingard-World Premiere THE-ORANGES (FilmNation) - U.S Special Presentations-Julian Farino-World Premiere BURNING MAN (Filmbox) - Australia-Special Presentations-Jonathan Teplitzky-World Premiere WINNIE (Film Bridge) - South Africa/Canada-Gala Presentations-Darrell J. Roodt-World Premiere VIOLET & DAISY - U.S Special Presentations-Geoffrey Fletcher-World Premiere COMIC-CON EPISODE IV: A FAN'S HOPE - U.S Real to Reel-Morgan Spurlock-World Premiere CAA / shared with WME HICK (Content Media) - U.S Special Presentations- Derick Martini- World Premiere 6 WME PEARL JAM TWENTY - U.S.: Abramorama (Echo Bridge for int’l TV)-U.S Special Presentations-Cameron Crowe-World Premiere PAUL WILLIAMS STILL ALIVE - U.S Real to Reel-Stephen Kessler-World Premiere RAMPART (Sierra/ Affinity) - U.S Special Presentations-Oren Moverman-World Premiere NEIL YOUNG LIFE - U.S Mavericks-Jonathan Demme-World Premiere WME / shared with UTA 360 (Wild Bunch) - U.K./Austria/France/Brazil-Special Presentations-Fernando Mereilles- World Premiere 5 UTA INTRUDERS (Universal Pictures International) - Spain-Special Presentations-Juan Carlos Fresnadillo-World Premiere SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN (Lionsgate) - U.K Special Presentations-Lasse Hallstrom-World Premiere SLEEPING BEAUTY - U.S IFC (Entertainment One)-Australia-Special Presentations-Julia Leigh-North American Premiere UTA / SHARED with Submarine YOUR SISTER'S SISTER - U.S Contemporary World Cinema-Lynn Shelton-World Premiere 4 Submarine THINK OF ME - U.S Contemporary World Cinema-Bryan Wiemann-World Premiere LAST CALL AT THE OASIS - U.S Real to Reel-Jessica Yu-World Premiere 2 ICM THE BROOKLYN BROTHERS BEAT THE BEST-( Hollywood Studios International) - U.S Discovery-Ryan O'Nan-World Premiere SAMSARA - U.S Real to Reel-Ron Fricke-World Premiere 2 Cinetic Media THE-MOTH DIARIES (Wild Bunch) - Canada/Ireland-Special Presentations-Mary Harron- North American Premiere FRIENDS WITH KIDS (Red Granite Int’l) - U.S Special Presentations-Jennifer Westfeldt- World Premiere 1 Each Untitled Entertainment: HYSTERIA (Elle Driver) - U.K.,U.S Gala Presentations-Tanya Wexler-World Premiere Traction Media: ROMEO ELEVEN - Canada-Canada First!-Ivan Grbovic-North American Premiere The Pitt Group: BARRYMORE - Canada/U.S Mavericks-Erik Canuel-World Premiere Primer Plano: POMPEYA - Argentina-City to City-Tamae Garateguy-North American Premiere Preferred Content: THE-DAY (Content Media) - U.S Midnight Madness-Doug Aarniokoski- World Premiere Paradigm: TEN YEAR (Voltage) - U.S Special Presentations-Jamie Linden-World Premiere ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ About Sydney Levine Sydney’s 35 years of experience in the international film business give her a unique ability to analyze industry and international film market developments and focus on what is relevant for buyers, sales agents, filmmakers, film festivals and distribution. Discover other titles by Sydney Levine at Smashwords.com www.smashwords.com/profile/view/sydneysbuzz Connect with Me Online: Website: www.sydneysbuzz.com Blog: www.sydneysbuzz.com/b log Newsletter: www.sydneysbuzz.com/n ewsletter Facebook: www.facebook.com/sydneysbuzz Twitter: www.twitter.com/sydneysbuzz . What Clients are Saying “Sydney Levine, Peter Belsito and Film Finders have a unique relationship to the. indie companies even existed, and they continue to know what s going on before anyone else does. The web they cast is wide, their contacts are unparalleled, their stature enormous, their services. the link provided. New U.S. distributors are still popping up like mushrooms!! Since U.S. still represents up to 30% of the market (the largest market share of any country), it plays an important