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The Dallas Film Society (DFS) is pleased to announce the appointment of Tanya Foster to the position of CEO/President of the Dallas Film Society and to the newly-created position of Executive Director of the DALLAS International Film Festival (previously the AFI DALLAS Film Festival). In her...
PipelineFX, makers of Qube!™ - the leading render farm management software for digital media creation, announced today the addition of advanced features for its render management...
The popularity of Avatar and other 3D movies will put 3D TV on the map for consumers, reports In-Stat. 2010 will be a big year for 3D entertainment, as movie studios release more 3D films shown in a growing number of 3D-equipped theaters.
"Exposure to 3D films is important to the debut of...
Kathryn Bigelow, Julianne Moore, Lee Daniels, Tom Ford, Jon Hamm, Woody Harrelson, Jason Reitman, Henry Selick, Gabourey Sidibe and many other artists from in front of and behind the camera were among the attendees honored by the American Film Institute (AFI) in Los Angeles today, during its AFI...
Nominees for the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards® for outstanding performances in 2009 in five film and eight primetime television categories and for the SAG honors for film and television stunt ensembles were announced this morning in Los Angeles at the Pacific Design Center's Silver...
Writer, Director and Producer James Cameron, and Vince Pace, DP, Co-inventor of the Fusion 3D camera system, and founder of PACE, chose Fujinon lenses for production of the ground breaking 3D epic feature Avatar, released December 18th. Lenses used on the production included the Fujinon HA16x6....
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 live action short films will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards®. Seventy-one pictures had originally qualified in the category.
The 10 films are listed below in alphabetical order by title,...
The world of advertising is changing dramatically with shifts in consumer behavior and growing online and pay TV video-on-demand (VOD) services, reports In-Stat. These shifts among others are creating a growing market for advanced video advertising, which In-Stat projects will approach $5...
"Pedal Faster Business Consulting" has been launched by Jeff Ross, a veteran Hollywood Visual Effects and Post Production Facilities executive. With over 35 years of experience, Mr. Ross is well versed in all aspects of senior management, including sales, marketing, finance, operations, and...
The American Film Institute (AFI) today announced the year's AFI Moments of Significance. These eight noteworthy events were determined to have had an impact on the world of the moving image during the calendar year 2009.
Each year, AFI AWARDS adds another volume to the history of...
EARTHBOUND, the major motion picture starring Kate Hudson, Gael Garcia Bernal, & Kathy Bates is holding an Open Casting Call for Principal & Background Actors.
Saturday January 9, 2010
10:00AM - 1:00PM
Robert E. Nims Center
800 Distributors Row
Harahan,...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that Paul Debevec, associate director, graphics research at the USC Institute for Creative Technologies, Tim Hawkins of LightStage LLC, John Monos of Sony Pictures...
American Cinema Editors (ACE) today announced nominations for the 60th Annual ACE Eddie Awards recognizing outstanding editing in nine categories of film, television and documentaries. Winners will be revealed during ACE's 60th annual black-tie awards ceremony on Sunday, February 14, 2010 in the...
Renowned commercial production company SFI (Simpson Films), has named Dante Piacenza as its new Executive Producer. The announcement was made by SFI founder Jerry Simpson.
Regarding the appointment, Simpson said, "Dante brings close to 20 years of experience in the advertising industry,...
Nomination ballots for the 82nd Academy Awards® were mailed today to the 5,777 voting members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Completed ballots must be returned to PricewaterhouseCoopers by 5 p.m. on Saturday, January 23, 2010. Ballots received after the deadline will...
The U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) announced the launch of a movie trailer in Albany, NY as part of its nationwide Faces of Lawsuit Abuse public awareness campaign, which aims to show how abusive lawsuits affect small businesses and workers in very real ways.
"We are...
A perennially top-ranked university is getting three new visually compelling television spots produced by a legendary Executive Producer and a pioneering advertising agency. The University of Vermont ((www.uvm.edu)), long known as one of the nation's leading small...
Leading film visual effects company, Cinesite, has completed a series of complex and challenging visual effects on the new film from Spyglass Entertainment, 'Leap Year,' which opened in theaters across the United States over the weekend.
'Leap Year' follows the story of Anna, played by...
The decision to spend the rest of your life with someone sparks an important question: Do you share the same beliefs and values? Oftentimes, this question is answered after knowing the person over a long period of time. Occasionally, no matter how well you know someone, you may still be...
Leading post-production and production house Optimus today announced the launch of its ShelterBox spot, which is based on the winning script from the second annual Optimus "One Shot" contest. Cramer-Krasselt/...