The European Digital Cinema Forum offered its annual global seminar at IBC 2022, which wrapped up in Amsterdam last week. This year’s agenda included a general market overview and current industry topics such as cybersecurity, high dynamic range, the cinema ecosystem and its challenges, and audio quality in the cinema.
The Society of Camera Operators is now accepting submissions for the 2022 Society of Camera Operators Technical Achievement Awards. All submissions must be for technology that is used by the camera operator and camera crew during production, and applications must be submitted by November 30, 2022. The winning award recipients will be presented in-person at the SOC Lifetime Achievement Awards dinner and celebration on Saturday, February 25, 2023, at the Loews Hollywood Hot
The Motion Picture Sound Editors association is now accepting submissions for the 70th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. The Golden Reel Awards honor outstanding achievement in sound editing in categories spanning feature films, long-form and short-form television, animation, documentaries, games, and student work.
Last Saturday the ninth annual Location Managers Guild International Awards show was held at Los Angeles Center Studios. The LMGI Awards honor the outstanding and creative visual contributions by location professionals in film, television, and commercials from around the globe. Outstanding service by film commissions is also recognized for their support above and beyond during the production process.
SMPTE Hollywood will explore the latest developments in camera color science and their impact on production and post-production at its monthly meeting slated for August 25 at 6:00 p.m. at the historic Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. The event is free and open to everyone.
The Hollywood Producers Association Awards Committee has announced the winners of the 2022 HPA Award for Engineering Excellence.
The Equity & Inclusion Committee of Post New York Alliance will host a free online panel discussion on negotiating pay rates for post-production professionals. The event is being held at 4:00 p.m. EDT August 18.
The Association of Moving Image Archivists is asking for proposals for sessions and workshops for its annual conference to be held December 7-9 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The deadline for submissions has been extended to August 18.
The Hollywood Professional Association has issued a call for proposals for the main program and breakfast roundtables for the 2023 HPA Tech Retreat. The event, which draws a full complement of innovative thinkers working at the intersection of artistry and technology, will take place February 20-23 at the Westin Mission Hills Golf Resort & Soa in Rancho Mirage, California.
The Hollywood Professional Association Awards Committee has announced that revered studio post-production executive Kim Waugh, executive vice president of worldwide post-production creative services, Warner Bros. Studio Operations at Warner Bros. Discovery, will receive the HPA Lifetime Achievement Award on November 17. The awards honor technical and creative brilliance in content creation.
