One of this year's most talked-about documentaries opened the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, with a surprise appearance by a certain famous Irish rock band and a little help from their cinema technology friends.
Nagra has announced a partnership with 2G Digital Post, a post-production and localization services provider based in Burbank, California.
Created by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and directed by David Mandel, the five-part miniseries White House Plumbers shines a fresh light on the real-life comedy of errors that burst out of the infamous Watergate scandal. Light Iron provided dailies and final color for the project, which reteamed cinematographer Steven Meizler and supervising colorist Ian Vertovec.
Born in Venezuela and raised in Minnesota, Erika Koski’s dream of being a competitive gymnast unfortunately ended due to multiple injuries throughout her childhood. However, besides being a gifted athlete, Koski was also a musician. Her love of music allowed her to pivot to a career in professional audio production.
The smartphone manufacturer Infinix is partnering with the Italian Pavilion in Venice, during the Venice International Film Festival, for a September 1 panel session entitled New Image, New Lifestyle | Cinema in the New Media, Capture Your Own Story.
AFI Fest, the American Film Institute’s annual celebration of the best in global cinema, has announced that festival passes are on sale now. The 37th edition of the film festival will take place October 25-29 at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in the heart of Hollywood.
Written and directed by award-winning virtual reality filmmaker Ethan Shaftel and co-produced by easyAction, Veer, and Detona Cultura, the animated virtual reality short film Ajax All Powerful removes the barrier of the fourth wall to provide viewers with a uniquely immersive perspective in which they experience the events and emotions more acutely through the viewpoint of a protagonist.
VFX Legion served as primary visual effects studio on The Passenger, the new hostage thriller helmed by directed by Carter Smith (Swallowed). It is one of a package of eight horror genre films developed and produced by Blumhouse exclusively for MGM+.
TMT Insights, which specializes in professional services and software development for the media and entertainment industry, is accelerating business transformation initiatives with the formation of a new division, Media Operations. The new group addresses what TMT sees an industry-wide need for domain expertise and resources that can bridge the critical gap between an organization’s traditional engineering and digital content operations groups.
The Motion Picture Sound Editors today announced that submissions for the 71st Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards will open Thursday, September 1. The Golden Reel Awards honor outstanding achievement in sound editing in categories spanning feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, and student work.
