New York Women in Film & Television has announced a new scholarship furthering the organization’s support of women’s media legacy. Through the generous donation of the Mysel family, the Nancy Mysel Scholarship Fund will provide NYWIFT with $5,000 per year for The NYWIFT Nancy Mysel Preservation Scholarship.
Converse and the animation studio Laika are inviting fans to step back into the Other World and celebrate the fifteenth anniversary of the beloved stop-motion fantasy film, Coraline. The Converse Laika partnership, back with its second collaborative collection, is introducing footwear for all ages as well as apparel inspired by the film’s imaginative and haunting world.
The feature Killer Heat unfolds in the wake of a treacherous love triangle involving twin brothers on an exclusive Greek island. The secretive investigation that follows falls to a visiting detective known as the Jealousy Man, portrayed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Director Philippe Lacôte teamed with BAFTA Award-winning cinematographer Andrew Dunn, BSC, and together they crafted a cinematic language that bridges the story’s multiple cultures.
In 2025, defiance will be brought sharply into focus at the Göteborg Film Festival. Under the heading Focus: Disobedience, the power of civil resistance will be explored, as well as questions like: when does rebellion become a moral obligation? When can it go too far? And is the flouting of laws and regulations a reasonable price to pay for change in a democratic society?
The winners of the 2024 FilmLight Color Awards were announced on Sunday November 17 at a dedicated ceremony at EnergaCamerimage in Poland. The ceremony was opened by director and 2024 guest of honor, George Miller, before the awards were presented by this year’s jury president, cinematographer Mandy Walker, AM, ASC, ACS.
The 12th Annual Boston International Kids Film Festival returns with nearly 60 films for, by or about kids. The festival runs November 22-24 at Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, Massachusetts. All screenings are open to the public.
Mediageniz, a Brussels-based provider of smart content solutions, has published this year’s M-Connect Survey results. The report provides an in-depth analysis of the media industry's current state of maturity in three critical areas: data-driven decision-making, automation, and system connectivity. It highlighted that 55 percent of media organizations are still in the early stages of effectively integrating these strategies.
The Hollywood Professional Association held its annual awards ceremony at the Television Academy’s Wolf Theatre last week, honoring trailblazing talent in the post-production industry, celebrating standout achievements in color grading, sound, editing, restoration, and visual effects across theatrical features, commercials, and episodic television.
The Portland, Oregon animation house Laika, the Visit Downtown Campaign, Wild in Art, and OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital are proud to announce that the auction of the Coraline Cat Statues that drew crowds to downtown Portland since August of this year has raised $324,500.
“This story highlights main characters from three different generations,” says director Richard Lagravenese of his new feature A Family Affair. Now streaming on Netflix, the movie follows Zara Ford (played by Joey King), who works thanklessly as the assistant to self-absorbed movie star Chris Cole (Zac Efron) — who, in turn, ends up falling for Zara’s widowed mother, Brooke Harwood (Nicole Kidman), with comic consequences for all.
