Archive of the Film Festivals/Screenings Category

Sohonet Connects Professional CGI Training Facility, Escape Studios

Sohonet, the first and largest high bandwidth connector for the global entertainment industry, has connected Escape Studios as the newest member of its international network. Escape Studios is a leading CGI training and consultation facility for professionals and students based in London and one of the most innovative CGI boutiques in the world, offering clients everything from bespoke training, recruitment and outsourcing, to software and hardware solutions. Escape will utilize the Sohonet system for its groundbreaking new Escape PODS graduate program. more

Detroit, MI – December 3, 2007: Blastwave FX (www.blastwavefx.com), announces the release of a new sound effects library called Spoilers™.

Specifically designed with movie trailers and commercials in mind, Spoilers is the ultimate high definition collection of commercial beds for the editor that wants to put a powerful kick to their final cut. This collection has 300 stereo movie trailers and compositions with matching 5.1 surround sound effects files, plus 200 high impact stereo imaging elements, totaling over 3 hours of unique commercial ready sound effects on 4 DVDs. more

NEW YORK:  Rapidly approaching completion of a major facility renovation, West Village-based Mega Playground founder Eitan Hakami has named Terry Brown Chief Technology Officer for the leading production/post production complex.

A skilled technologist, Terry Brown helped pioneer technological breakthroughs in the 24P high definition format, postproduction workflows and High Definition Digital Laboratory services during his 21-year tenure with LA-based LaserPacific.  more

37th Edition of the Festival Runs in New York, March 26–April 6, 2008
The Roy and Niuta Titus 1 Theater

NEW YORK—The 37th New Directors/New Films will run March 26–April 6, 2008, with Rajendra Roy, chief film curator at The Museum of Modern Art, joining the six-member selection committee. This festival of discovery, presented annually by two of New York’s most distinguished cultural organizations—the Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art—invites all new filmmakers to submit their work. Entries are being accepted November 15, 2007, through January 9, 2008. Feature-length and short films of any style are considered. Additional guidelines and further information can be found at the New Directors/New Films page at www.filmlinc.com, or by calling the Film Society at (212) 875-5610. more

NEW YORK CITY, New York November 13, 2007…Technicolor, the Services division of Thomson (Euronext 18453; NYSE: TMS), in conjunction with the American Museum of the Moving Image announces a new Technicolor exhibit and film series launching on Saturday, November 17th. In addition, Technicolor is proud to announce the publication of professor Scott Higgins’ Harnessing the Technicolor Rainbow, from the University of Texas Press. more

Leicester, UK – 13 November, 2007. Cooke Optics Ltd., a premier manufacturer of precision lenses for the motion picture industry, today announced the Cooke RED Set, a package of four standard Cooke S4/i lenses offering a range of focal lengths from 15mm through 100mm, specially engraved with red lettering. The lenses incorporate /i metadata capture technology that can be read directly by the /i contacts of the RED camera lens mount, and come with a rigid carrying case and protective glass for the CXX Zoom Lens. more

Facility Maintains Fest’s Editorial Operations

Runway, the Culver City based editorial rental company, is currently providing the American Film Institute with editorial systems and support so that it can keep film fans informed of everything happening at its 21st Annual AFI Film Fest. The festival runs from November 1st through 11th in Los Angeles. more

The Cooper Brothers’ “PostStart2Finish,� a group of leading post production companies (The Post Group, iO Film, Runway, Lightning Media, Look Effects, Novastar Digital Sound Services, Creative Edge and eVision) that provide services to the entertainment and media industry, has acquired Camera House, a full-service film and digital camera rental facility. The acquisition also includes Camera House’s sister company, Digital Film Company, which will be merged into iO Film. more

The Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA) is pleased to announce a special restoration screening of THE SAND PEBBLES (1966), on Friday November 9th at the Zanuck Theatre on the Twentieth Century Fox lot in Los Angeles. Event partners include Twentieth Century Fox and Ascent Media Group. more

WAYNE, NJ, October 15, 2007 — North by Northwest (NxNW) Productions in Spokane, Washington provided a Fujinon HAc13x4.5 compact Cine-Style Super Wide-Angle zoom lens and Fujinon HA18x7.6BERM HD ENG/EFP zoom lens to director Wayne Wang who shot his new feature, “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers,” entirely in the area. NxNW serviced the production from prepro through production and post to final delivery. more