Distribution & Exhibition

IFP Week Makes Moves

Fri, 07/22/2016 - 13:01 -- Nick Dager

After 37 years in Manhattan, the Independent Filmmaker Project’s Film Week is moving across the river to Brooklyn. The event will set up shop in DUMBO anchored around its headquarters, the Made in NY Media Center By IFP. Film Week will run September 17-22. The IFP has also expanded to support television, digital, web, virtual reality and app-based series at its upcoming IFP Film Week. Series showrunners and creators will take part in the IFP Project Forum, the only international co-production market in the U.S. featuring stories for all platforms

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March on Washington Film Festival Names Winners

Fri, 07/22/2016 - 12:50 -- Nick Dager

The March on Washington Film Festival has named the winners of its inaugural Student and Emerging Filmmaker Competition. The eight films were selected from 75 projects that responded to the question: what’s your civil right? Jurors named winners and runners-up in narrative and documentary categories, for both student and emerging filmmakers. The winning films showcase diverse and powerful young voices, and cover a range of issues including criminal justice reform, immigration, racial justice, sexuality, and gender identity.

Marina Del Rey Film Festival to Feature Cinetransformer

Fri, 07/22/2016 - 12:46 -- Nick Dager

Seeking to reach a larger audience, increase sponsorship and provide a professional screening venue for its film festival, the Marina Del Rey Film Festival will host Cinetransformer at its festival August 14th at the Jamaica Bay Inn in Marina Del Rey, California. The Cinetransformer is a 91-seat mobile cinema housed in a 53-foot double-expandable trailer.

PostWorks Forms Digital Cinema Unit

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 11:46 -- Nick Dager

PostWorks New York has formed a new digital film distribution service, PostWorks Digital Cinema, and hired industry veteran Greg Fornero to lead it. The new unit will work with indie film producers and distributors, international film festivals and independent digital intermediate facilities. It will provide digital cinema package duplication, drive set rentals and sales, KDM management and broadband content delivery services.

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Laika Experience Now an Interactive Event

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 11:40 -- Nick Dager

As digital cinema technology evolves, the creative community is finding new ways to entertain and inform the public. As case in point opens next month when acclaimed animation studio Laika will present From Coraline to Kubo: A Magical Laika Experience. The special event will take place at Universal Studios Hollywood’s Globe Theatre from August 5-14 and is included in the price of admission to the theme park. Focus Features will release the latest Laika film, Kubo and the Two Strings, in U.S. theaters on August 19.

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SMPTE Celebrates a Century

Thu, 07/21/2016 - 11:28 -- Nick Dager

The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is celebrating its Centennial with celebrations worldwide. The celebrations include honoring SMPTE's Founders' Day and the 100th anniversary of its incorporation – July 24 and August 10, respectively. The festivities, which include cakes ornamented with the SMPTE logo and messages of well wishes, actually began in 2015 during the biennial SMPTE technical conference in Sydney and continue with global celebrations held by SMPTE Sections and partner organizations.

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Paramount Releasing Select Home Titles in DTS:X Sound

Wed, 07/20/2016 - 12:06 -- Nick Dager

Paramount Home Media Distribution will release a collection of home entertainment titles with a DTS:X soundtrack. Paramount’s first titles released on Blu-ray Disc with DTS:X audio are Daddy’s Home, starring Mark Wahlberg and Will Farrell; The Big Short, starring Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt; Zoolander No. 2, starring Ben Stiller and Owen Wilson; and Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, starring Tina Fey and Margot Robbie

QSC Wins Teddy Award Second Year in a Row

Wed, 07/20/2016 - 12:01 -- Nick Dager

For the second year in a row, the International Cinema Technology Association has honored QSC Cinema with the Teddy Award. Each year the award recognizes the manufacturer who best exemplifies the progressive principles of product development, and provides dealers with service and up-to-date technical and sales information, while supporting the status of their product without qualification.

Atom 360 Part of Paramount's Star Trek Push

Tue, 07/19/2016 - 12:44 -- Nick Dager

Paramount Pictures is partnering with Atom Tickets to drive ticket sales for the highly anticipated Star Trek Beyond with a creative two-week marketing campaign called Atom 360. Leading up to the July 22 release, the campaign will feature exclusive content from Star Trek Beyond that will premiere inside the app.

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