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In The Beginning...
A long time ago (1975) in a galaxy far away (Overland Park, Kansas) Hammad Zaidi and his sister Mona watched a documentary on harp seals being clubbed. All of the seals documented perished, except for one, which they called "The Lonely Seal." The image stuck with Hammad so firmly, that he named this company "Lonely Seal," as a reminder for him to someday create a sanctuary for harp seals.
Lonely Seal Releasing (LSR) is a full-service international distribution company. We attend major film and television sales markets throughout the globe, which creates maximum exposure and multiple revenue streams for the product we represent. We have distributed several award-winning feature films, documentaries, and television series since 2005, and we have also developed and produced our own product.
Our Bedrock
Quality. Vision. Ethics. Those three words encompass everything we are.
Our Expansion
Lonely Seal founder and owner Hammad Zaidi recently became a partner at Industry Corporation, (www.industrycorp.ca) a thriving video game and multimedia company in Kitchener, Canada.
Our Outreach
Hammad Zaidi writes, "Going Bionic" (http://www.filmthreat.com/category/features/going-bionic/) a weekly column that appears every Tuesday on Filmthreat.com. With more than 150 published articles and counting, "Going Bionic" is designed to help filmmakers understand the world of distribution.
Markets Attended by Lonely Seal Releasing:
Marché du Film – Cannes, France
MIPCOM – Cannes, France
MIPTV – Cannes, France
European Film Market – Berlin, Germany
FILMART – Hong Kong, China
TIFFCOM – Tokyo, Japan
American Film Market – Santa Monica, CA USA
DISCOP – Budapest, Hungary
Film Festivals Attended by Lonely Seal Releasing:
Cannes International Film Festival
Berlin International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
Slamdance Film Festival
SXSW
Tokyo International Film Festival
Hong Kong International Film Festival
Lonely Seal Releasing, a quality choice for filmmakers.