
Persona Films January 24th — “Who Gets to Call It Art?” at New-York Historical Society
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New-York Historical Society presents a special screening of “Who Getsto Call It Art?” by award-winning producer-director Peter Rosen (shotby Yan Vizinberg) about the New York art world of the 1960s. A wildride through the decade that created American contemporary art.

Persona Films Here’s a sad email we received in our mailbox from a fellow filmmaker from Argentina:
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No more filmmaking for me. I decided to bury the dream of ever again making my own films. What a relief! I feel free and ready to finally live life for what it is. As a kid you grow dreams. Like colorful balloons they hover above you. ...

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It took the Department of Health “Don't Drink Yourself Fat” campaign, edited by Abigail Honor (and posted by Twitch, our in-house post-production boutique) less than three weeks to reach half a million views on YouTube. The spot was conceived by Bandujo, a New York-based ad agency.

Persona Films Editor Abigail Honor (as in Abby) and Persona’s in-house post-production boutique, Twitch, provided editorial and post-production services to a viral campaignfor NYC Department of Health. The spot, conceived and created by Bandujo,received thousands of hits in the first hours after hittingYouTube and generated enough buzz to be featured on PIX11 news tonight.
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Disgusted? Most people don't realize how easy it is to gain weight from drinking sugary sodas, juice drinks, sport drinks and sweetened tea and coffee drinks. Just one 20-ounce bottle of soda can pack 250 calories and more than 16 teaspoons of sugar. ...

Persona Films Terry Gilliam is sitting in our conference room. Holy shit!

Persona Films The first inside look ever at Doctors Without Borders. Uncensored. A one-night event in select movie theaters nationwide. Monday, December 14th.
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Our own Chris Cooper, co-producer of “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without Borders,” is extremely proud of the fact that his film was shortlisted for Oscar consideration, leaving behind some of the highest-grossing and most critically acclaimed documentaries of the
year, including Michael Moore’s “Capitalism:... A Love Story,” Chris
Rock’s “Good Hair," and R.J. Cutler’s inside peek at Vogue magazine, “The
September Issue.”
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Even before the academy snubbed “Capitalism: A Love Story,” Michael Moore had said that he wasn’t expecting to make the documentary short list. (Associated Press)

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“Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors without Borders,” directed by Mark Hopkins, was shortlisted by The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences among 15 other feature documentaries for 2010 Oscar consideration.
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With unprecedented access to MSF’s field operations, “Living in Emergency: Stories of Doctors Without Borders”, a documentary directed by Mark Hopkins, is a window into the seldom portrayed and less-than glamorous side of humanitarian aid work. ...

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Our male lead, Sayed Badreya, has landed in New York. We are already bombarded by Arabic TV stations. We’ll be posting some videos soon. Meanwhile, watch Sayed star opposite Robert Downey Jr. in “Iron Man”:

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We must have auditioned every single Russian actress and model in New York and Los Angeles. We had over a hundred girls read for the role of Natasha. Some were bad. Some were okay. Some were good. Then Natasha Rinis walked into the room and blew everyone out of the window. ...

Persona Films As we’re heading towards principal photography on “Cargo”, we will be sharing our experiences on the film’s blog.
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LOGLINEA young Russian woman, smuggled into America by human traffickers, and a notorious Muslim transporter, hired to drive her from the Mexican border to New York City, form an unlikely bond that transforms them and threatens to derail the traffickers’ plans.
























