The International Union of Cinemas (UNIC), the European cinema trade grouping, has announced that IMAX Corporation and Vista Group take on the role of principal sponsors of its flagship Women’s Cinema Leadership Program, already in its fifth year. At the same time UNIC launched a call for mentors and mentees to take part in the next 2022-23 edition.
SMPTE Hollywood and the IMF User Group will co-host a virtual meeting on IMF and its impact on content owners, service providers and technology developers. The Interoperable Master Format is fast becoming the standard deliverable for studios and streamers. Free and open to all, the event is scheduled for Wednesday, March 30 at noon PDT on Zoom.
SMPTE, the global home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, today introduced the board officers, regional governors, and governors-at-large serving terms on the SMPTE Board of Governors in 2022, as well as the standards, education, and membership directors appointed to serve in 2022. This leadership group will welcome SMPTE's next executive director, continue to reimagine how professionals access engineering documents and articles, and guide the Society in providing ongoing value and service to the industry.
Greig Fraser, ASC, ACS won the feature film award for Dune: Part One at the 36th American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Achievement Awards. The event also celebrated Pat Scola for Pig in the Spotlight Award category, and Jessica Beshir for the documentary Faya Dayi.
The median average budget of a European theatrical fiction film released in 2019 was €2.07, according to a new report that tracked the actual budget analysis of 651 European live-action fiction films released in 2019. The largest financing source was clearly direct public funding which contributed 28 percent of the total financing volume, followed by producer investments and broadcaster investments, both of which accounted for 18 percent of total financing. The percentage share of direct public funding in film financing decreases with increasing market size and budget volume.
The members of the SMPTE Board of Governors have issued a resolution condemning the unprovoked invasion by Russia of the sovereign country of Ukraine, the slaughter of innocent Ukrainian citizens, the destruction of Ukrainian infrastructure, and the suppression of individual rights of Russian citizens to speak and associate freely.
The trade group New York Women in Film and Television is hosting its inaugural NYWIFT Tech Talks in partnership with Company 3 and Entertainment Partners.
Pamela Martin, ACE, was named the winner of the American Cinema Editors' Best Edited Dramatic Feature award for her work on King Richard. She is also nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. Martin was previously nominated for her work on The Fight (2010) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).
The Motion Picture Sound Editors will draw on the most accomplished sound artists of its past in celebrating the best in sound editing of the present at the 69th Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards. Five past recipients of the MPSE’s Career Achievement Award will serve as presenters during the Golden Reel Awards ceremony to be held as a fully virtual event on Sunday, March 13th.
The Society of Camera Operators has announced that the recipients of Camera Operator of the Year in Film are Mitch Dubin, SOC, and B Camera John “Buzz” Moyer, SOC (West Side Story). The recipients of Camera Operator of the Year in Television are Manolo Rojas, SOC, and B Camera Pauline Edwards, SOC (Snowfall, Season 4, Episode 8, Betrayal). The award recipients were celebrated by industry peers and colleagues during a virtual awards ceremony on Saturday, March 5.
