Hocus Products has announced its new Axis1 thumb wheel focus control, the Smart Roller, for the MōVI, Steadicam, pan handles, moose bars and more. Shown recently at NAB 2015, it is now available for pre-order, shipping early July.
Wanda Cinema Line, the largest movie theater operator in China, has equipped its latest Wanda Hall 9 auditorium at Wujiaochang Wanda Cinema in Shanghai with Christie’s Vive Audio system, which utilizes ribbon driver speakers and Class D amplifiers.
German post house CinePostproduction has deployed high-speed file transfer software Aspera to speed the delivery of Digital Cinema Packages directly to cinemas.
The 61st edition of the Taormina Film Festival, the oldest film festival in Italy, is set for June 13-20, in Taormina, Sicily. Organizers announced key program highlights and the first of the festival’s celebrity honorees at a press conference in Cannes.
Cine Gear Expo returns to the Paramount Studios on June 4-7, 2015. For 20 years, the Cine Gear Exhibition and Seminar Series has brought together artists and technicians alike to share the latest in arts and crafts of the Hollywood industry.
Cinema 21, the largest movie theater chain in Indonesia, has installed Southeast Asia’s first Christie Vive Audio cinema sound system in its state-of-the-art Auditorium 2 at the Epicentrum XXI complex in Central Jakarta.
National CineMedia presented its fourth annual upfront event at the AMC Lincoln Square Theatre in New York on Wednesday and branded itself America’s Movie Network. The company also announced that E! host Maria Menounos has signed an agreement to be the new face of America’s Movie Network as the host of NCM’s FirstLook pre-show program.
Cinemagoers in Antwerp, Belgium, will be treated to a free, immersive 4D experience this Friday and Saturday, as Warner Bros’ CineTransformer stops at the Kinepolis multiplex to promote the brand-new Warner Bros action-thriller San Andreas. The CineTransformer is equipped with a compact, DCI-complaint Barco DP2K-10S projector.
Christie has signed a new agreement to be technical partner of the Cannes Film Festival for a further three years. This means that for the ninth year running, the famous showcase, held May 13-24, will use Christie's solutions for all its movie screenings. The enduring relationship offers a fascinating insight behind the iconic red-carpet event and – beyond – to how the industry of cinema is evolving.
Italian cinema projector technology company, Cinemeccanica, and Euromax, the European Association for Giant Screen and Documentary Cinema, have announced a significant partnership and demonstration of Digital Laser Projection on the Giant Screen at the 2015 Euromax Meeting. This year’s event will be hosted by giant screen theatre venue, La Géode, Paris, from June 7-9 and will feature the European premiere of many new giant screen films. The annual Euromax meeting attracts professionals from the industries of Giant Screen Cinema, Technology, and 3D documentary cinema.
