Ted Gagliano president of 20th Century Fox feature post-production will receive the Hollywood Post Alliance’s Lifetime Achievement Award at the HPA Awards in November. The Lifetime Achievement Award pays tribute to well-respected individuals who have made a significant contribution to the post-production industry.
Imax has signed a memorandum of understanding with Laser Light Engines a leading developer and manufacturer of ultra-high brightness laser-driven light sources.
The International 3D Society will present the first Harold Lloyd Award at a ceremony in October. Suzanne Lloyd granddaughter of stereoscopic 3D pioneer actor and director Harold Lloyd will make the presentation. The award recognizes visionary individuals whose contributions have advanced the art and technologies of stereoscopic 3D. My grandfather was always on the cutting edge of filmmaking ” says Lloyd chairman of Harold Lloyd Entertainment. “He poured his passion enthusiasm and creativity into his craft – and that was as true as ever the moment Harold picked up a 3D camera.
German exhibitor Kinopolis German digital cinema service provider FTT in Germany and XDC have basically agreed on the terms for a deployment of 123 digital cinema systems at 15 cinemas. Dr. Gregory Theile managing partner of Kinopolis says “We are delighted to have found in XDC/FTT a competent experienced and reliable partner for the conversion of our cinemas to digital cinema. The model offered by XDC represents the best solution in the market as far as our particular requirements are concerned and so we explicitly opted for this long-standing partnership.
The industry mourns the passing of Manfred N. Klemme innovator and founder of K-Tek Boom Poles. Klemme who died July 2 was 71. Klemme a native of Canada had always been fascinated with photography and electronics. As a young man he worked at the local camera shop and often attended photo trade shows. It was at one such exhibition that he saw the representative for Hasselblad struggling with a jammed lens on their only show camera. Klemme calmly took the camera apart from the back forward unjammed the lens and put it back together.
The Maya Indie Film Series launched its second annual eight-city tour in Dallas on July 23 before traveling to New York on August 6. The series which debuted last summer will bring six critically acclaimed Latino-themed films to the top eight U.S. markets: New York Los Angeles Chicago Miami Dallas Washington D.C.
NEC has announced that its entire line of digital cinema projectors is the first in the industry to reach full Digital Cinema Initiatives compliance.
North Carolina Gov. Beverly Perdue has signed a new 25 percent film incentive into law that took effect last month. The new legislation broadens qualifying expenses including but not limited to labor fringe benefits (including health pension and welfare contributions); per diems stipends and living expenses; most importantly it raises the overall project eligibility cap from $7.5 million to $20 million per project. The new legislation also repeals the corporate income tax on incentives taken by production companies.
QSC Audio Products has released the DCP 100 Digital Cinema Processor which provides complete signal processing and monitoring functions in a single integrated rack-mount system. The DCP 100 offers many of the same features as the DCP 300 but at a lower price and is designed for six to eight channel systems that do not require CobraNet network audio distribution or 16 input channels.
The UK premiere of Sony Pictures’ The Karate Kid was held at the famous Odeon Cinema in Leicester Square. The premiere was presented using the theatre’s Sony Digital Cinema 4K projection system. In addition to the premiere movie was also released to theatres worldwide as a 4K Digital Cinema Package. The film centers on the story of Dre Parker a 12-year old who moves with his mother from Detroit to China. After making a connection with his new classmate Mei Ying Dre makes enemies with the class bully Cheng.
