Production & Post-Production

Cold Skin Premieres in ÉclairColor

Thu, 10/19/2017 - 11:59 -- Nick Dager

Director Xavier Gens’ horror film Cold Skin premiered today in ÉclairColor HDR at Cines Verdi in Barcelona. The film is being distributed by Diamond Film España. The screening at Cines Verdi was a sneak preview that followed an ÉclairColor high dynamic range technology presentation and a cocktail reception. Cines Verdi, a nine-screen complex, is the first cinema in Spain to incorporate ÉclairColor. Éclair’s exhibitor services company CinemaNext/Proyecson installed the system.

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Cartoons Comfort Children with Cancer

Wed, 10/18/2017 - 11:42 -- Nick Dager

Being by Yourself is one of 20 animated shorts produced by the Imaginary Friend Society, a joint project of the Pediatric Brain Tumor Foundation and advertising agency RPA. Each short tackles a different cancer-related subject in a warm and child-friendly manner. In the animated shorts that were created by Renegade Animation, kids suffering from cancer get advice on dealing with the loneliness that accompanies long hospital stays.

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Deluxe Authoring Services Now Dolby Vision Approved

Tue, 10/17/2017 - 14:55 -- Nick Dager

The Deluxe Entertainment Services Group announced today that its compression and authoring services are now Dolby Vision approved, which will rapidly facilitate the release of more high-quality 4K UHD Blu-ray content into the market. Paramount Pictures’ Transformers: The Last Knight will be one of the first Dolby Vision 4K UHD Blu-ray titles delivered.

Deluxe Forms New Technology Division

Wed, 10/11/2017 - 11:19 -- Nick Dager

Deluxe has formed Deluxe Technologies, a new division with more than 250 engineers from six tech centers around the world. Deluxe has played a key role in the technical evolution of the entertainment industry over the last century, and this is an initial step in the next transformation, towards Deluxe as a virtualized services and platform company.

Doc Asks: Are We Alone?

Tue, 10/10/2017 - 12:56 -- Nick Dager

Are we alone in the universe is a question that human beings have pondered likely since the dawn of time. The new documentary film ET Contact: They Are Here documents the jaw-dropping stories of individuals from around the world who share similar accounts of extraterrestrial otherworldly encounters. Written, directed and produced by Caroline Cory, the film takes viewers on an extraordinary journey to uncover whether these seemingly independent yet parallel reports may actually be scientific evidence of a greater phenomenon at work.

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AMIA Webinars Address Latest Media Preservation Practices

Tue, 10/10/2017 - 12:07 -- Nick Dager

The Association of Moving Image Archivists will present a series of online webinars in partnership with the Northwest Document Conservation Center. The webinars, designed to educate professionals in the archive and preservation communities on the latest processes impacting their work, begin October 12 and run through November 2, and are priced individually.

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