Harkness Screens today announced that it will cease manufacturing in the United States in October and will serve its Americas customers from its global manufacturing facilities in Europe and Asia while maintaining sales, technical and customer support functions in the USA.
Sui Foundation, the smart contract platform and Layer 1 blockchain, today announced a partnership with MoviePass at Token2049 in Singapore. Sui Foundation is also taking an equity stake in MoviePass as part of the agreement. MoviePass says it is the leading movie subscription platform focused currently on the US market, and recently featured in the HBO documentary MoviePass, MovieCrash. MoviePass relaunched in 2023 and says it achieved profitability that same year.
Arts Alliance Media has extended its software partnership with the prestigious San Sebastián International Film Festival to enable Producer and Screenwriter to manage all content and scheduling for a tenth consecutive event. Celebrating the festival’s 72nd year, SSIFF will show select titles to an international audience of spectators, specialized media, and industry professionals while promoting projects in development and business opportunities for creators, producers, and distributors.
Student film fans in the United Kingdom can grab a bargain deal every single week, as Showcase Cinemas launches Student Sundays at locations nationwide. The new offer means cinemagoers can see any movie after 7:00 pm on a Sunday for just £5.99 with student ID.
Crunchyroll has announced that the heartwarming yet emotionally charged anime Bocchi the Rock! Recap Part 1 & 2 will hit theatres in a limited special engagement run featuring the omnibus recap film in North America on October 6.
PVR Inox Limited has announced the opening of its third cinema in Mohali. The new seven-screen multiplex at Mohali Walk in Mohali, Punjab will offer city residents yet another out-of-home entertainment destination to watch movies in an immersive environment.
The Elevate Entertainment Group is launching Imax with Laser auditoriums at ShowBiz Cinemas in Baytown and Liberty Lakes, Texas.
The iconic British duo Tears for Fears have announced their first-ever official live album, Songs for A Nervous Planet, which is set for release on October 25. The album includes four brand-new studio tracks. Along with the album, they’ve announced a concert film shot and recorded at the scenic FirstBank Amphitheater at Graystone Quarry in Franklin, Tennessee, during their sold-out global Tipping Point Tour Part 2. Tears for Fears Live (A Tipping Point Film) will be distributed in cinemas worldwide via Trafalgar Releasing.
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria has promised to issue discounted tickets for all cinema lovers across the country on September 21, in commemoration of the World Cinema Day.
The American Film Institute has announced that the world premiere of Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 will close the 38th edition of AFI Fest presented by Canva. The Warner Bros. Pictures film stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, J.K. Simmons, Chris Messina, Gabriel Basso, Zoey Deutch, Cedric Yarbrough, Leslie Bibb and Kiefer Sutherland. It will screen at the historic TCL Chinese Theatre on October 27.
