Tokyo Laboratory, headquartered in the Chōfu section of Tokyo and doing business as Togen, has announced that it will shut down at the end of November after 68 years in business. The company added that after the end of October, it will dispose of any unclaimed film originals still in its possession. Thus, the company is working toward returning all film originals to its clients.
Cooke Optics has announced the launch of the SP3 range of full-frame prime lenses for mirrorless cameras that. The T2.4 range features five focal lengths, a choice of user-changeable mounts and is of small, lightweight yet robust construction.
What its makers say is the first Australian feature film to be entirely shot using virtual production is set for release internationally next month. Mercy Road is an unrelentingly tense psychological thriller from Tracks director John Curran.
As part of the 80th annual Venice International Film Festival sunning though September 9 at Venice Lido, in Italy, the mobile phone company Infinix introduced its latest edition to the Infinix Zero Smartphone series, the Infinix Zero 30 5G and the flagship Zero Book laptop. The introduction was part of the panel session New Image, New Lifestyle. Cinema in the New Media, Capture Your Own Story.
Cineverse has entered into a new partnership with Maverick Entertainment Group, an independent channel offering Black indie cinema, to launch a new video-on-demand channel called Maverick Black Cinema. The deal is a direct reflection of Cineverse's mission to be a curated streaming home for independent film and filmmakers.
Sphere Entertainment today announced that on September 1, internationally renowned media artist Refik Anadol will become the first artist to utilize the Exosphere, the fully programmable LED exterior of Sphere in Las Vegas, as an immersive canvas, debuting an AI Data Sculpture created exclusively for Sphere called Machine Hallucinations: Sphere
Fathom Events and Cineverse will release the buzzed-about horror-comedy Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls exclusively in theatres for a one-night event on October 19. The film will show at 7:00 pm and 10:00 pm, local times, in select theatres throughout the country, and fans will be treated to a special introduction from writer/director/star Andrew Bowser ahead of the film.
One of this year's most talked-about documentaries opened the 29th Sarajevo Film Festival, with a surprise appearance by a certain famous Irish rock band and a little help from their cinema technology friends.
Created by Alex Gregory and Peter Huyck and directed by David Mandel, the five-part miniseries White House Plumbers shines a fresh light on the real-life comedy of errors that burst out of the infamous Watergate scandal. Light Iron provided dailies and final color for the project, which reteamed cinematographer Steven Meizler and supervising colorist Ian Vertovec.
The smartphone manufacturer Infinix is partnering with the Italian Pavilion in Venice, during the Venice International Film Festival, for a September 1 panel session entitled New Image, New Lifestyle | Cinema in the New Media, Capture Your Own Story.
