The American Film Institute has announced that that Heretic, the psychological thriller starring Hugh Grant, and Maria, based on the life of opera singer Maria Callas starring Angelina Jolie, will round out the Red-Carpet Premieres section at this year’s AFI Fest presented by Canva.
The Dublin-based post-production facility Gabha Studios has chosen a Christie CP4420-Xe cinema projector for its new color finishing suite at Westland Row, Dublin, Ireland. The independent visual effects studio delivers high-end visual effects, color grading and mastering for commercials, broadcast, TV, film and content.
Colorfront has introduced new tools for standard dynamic range to high dynamic range color workflows that dramatically augment its feature-set for cinema mastering. These capabilities were unveiled at IBC 2024 during demonstrations at The Okura Hotel, Amsterdam. The new tools are powered by Colorfront Engine, the color-volume re-mapper that uses the Human Perceptual Model for multiple-display mastering, while maintaining the original creative intent, and which features in Colorfront’s Transkoder, On-Set Dailies/Express Dailies products.
American Cinema Editors have announced the ceremony date, venue and full voting timeline for the 75th Annual ACE Eddie Awards, recognizing outstanding editing in 13 categories of film and television.
Some of the biggest and brightest names in cinema from all five continents are coming together in October for a free new global webinar series about film, moving pictures, and cinema careers for the next generation of industry professionals.
Canon U.S.A. has introduced the new EOS C80 cinema camera, with a native RF-mount and full-frame, back-illuminated stacked CMOS sensor, designed for filmmakers that require a full-featured camera in a compact body.
The award-winning studio Laika is expanding its live action slate with an original film written by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Dune, Passengers, Doctor Strange), who makes his directorial debut with this sci-fi thriller. The as-yet untitled film tells the tale of a woman investigating a mystery that took place during a week she cannot remember.
MTI Film has been honored with a Technical Engineering Emmy Award at the 76th Primetime Emmy Awards. The award was presented in recognition of the significant impact MTI Film's DRS Nova software system has made on television post-production.
Will Mauricette began working on his short film Spare Me in the summer of 2022, just before his junior year at Ringling College of Art and Design. It has since been selected for entry to more than 20 film festivals and earned a number of awards—including 2024 Best Picture from the Mometu College Shorts Film Festival in Los Angeles. Mometu, a streaming service specializing in independent and international titles, subsequently awarded funding to adapt Spare Me into a full-length film.
Pi Studios and SRAB Films have begun showing the trailer for Crois Pas Qu’on Dort (Don’t Think We’re Sleeping in English), an inspiring and unique feature-length story of three young French athletes in the lead-up to the Paris 2024 Olympics and Paralympics. The 90-minute French language film, which was developed and produced by Pi Studios with the support of Nike, will premiere in mid-January 2025 followed by a release in theatres at the end of January.
