As a response to the several inquiries that I have received, this article provides additional information following my December 15 background essay on the emerging field of film festival tourism. As noted before, film festival tourism is part of the rapidly expanding cultural tourism industry that serves a fairly affluent and knowledgeable audience. Conversely, local or national departments of tourism have realized that attracting cultural film tourists generates additional income for the loca...
National Amusements Deploys over 50 Percent of Its Locations for the Digital 3D Opening of Disney's MEET THE ROBINSONS in REAL DAdding 20 new U.S. locations, National Amusements leaps ahead by installing REAL D Digital 3-D projection systems offering patrons the opportunity to enjoy the newest 3D technology for the March 30th opening of MEET THE ROBINSONSNational Amusements, Inc., a world leader in the motion picture exhibition industry operating more than 1,500 screens in the U.S., U.K., Latin ...
MUNICH INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF FILM SCHOOLS -19. November - 26. November 2005 After the Awards Ceremony in the Gloria Palast theater, the festival's participants from around the world spent their last night in Munich partying and dancing at the BMW Pavillon on Lenbachplatz until after midnight.We'd like to thank the participants of the 25th International Festival of Film Schools for presenting their films this past week and we would also like to thank the Munich public for attending in such la...
The 30th Toronto International Film Festival announced the Canadian and International awards on September 17, 2005 during its annual Awards Brunch.The People’s Choice Award, voted on by Festival audiences – known worldwide for their enthusiasm and love of cinema went to Tsotsi to Gavin Hood's TSOTSI (UK/South Africa), based on the novel by Athol Fugard and traces six days in the lonely, violent life of Tsotsi (meaning "thug"), a ruthless, young gang leader. Tsotsi means “thug” or “gang...
onedotzero launches 'onedotzero industries' production arm with U2's Vertigo global tour festival, DVD label and production company onedotzero has produced visual content for U2's Vertigo world tour. Producing for U2's show director Willie Williams, onedotzero industries cherry picked a 'dream team' of international creatives including UVA, Julian Opie, The Light Surgeons, Run Wrake and Ed Holdsworth. Underlining onedotzero's longstanding commitment to spotting, supporting and showcasing new tal...
ADMC Launches with international workshop (click here for details)A digital media revolution is on its way. The digitalization of content, the development of new digital platforms and the explosion of data transfer capacity will bring along a new world of applications and needs. The gap between the technology and competences needed to produce and distribute content for a personal terminal or for a 1,000 seats movie theater is becoming less and less significant.These new opportunities have not be...
3rd Annual Tiburon International Film Festival March 12-18, 2004 At its 3rd edition, the Tiburon International Film Festival will screen 240 films from over 50 countries, including four tributes: One to Charlie Chaplin with two documentaries containing many film clips, one called "Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin" by Richard Schikel, the film critic of Time magazine; and the other one called "Charlie Chaplin - The Forgotten Years" made by a German director Felice Zenoni, a...
