Cinionic has installed Laser Light Upgrades in Brazil at Cinematográfica Araújo’s Cine Araújo and AFA Cinemas theatres. Together, the projects bring laser-powered presentation to fourteen screens, including 13 at Cinematográfica Araújo’s Cine Araújo theater and one at AFA Cinemas Cine Ritz Pará de Minas.
National CineMedia has added VIP Cinemas to its cinema advertising network. The family-owned and operated circuit has seventeen theatres across eight states from South Florida to Central Kansas. VIP recognizes the value of bringing the big screen to communities of every size.
The sixth annual Digital Cinema Media Awards, held in partnership with Campaign, took place this week at BAFTA. Leading figures from the media and advertising worlds came together to celebrate and reward the most impactful cinema advertising work created by the industry. The big winners on the night were Disney+ The Walking Dead and Publicis Imagine’s Frighteningly Good: How Disney+ Jump Started Their 18+ Audience campaign.
In an open letter to Liquid Media Group shareholders, CEO Joshua Jackson expressed confidence in the future of cinema. “Over the last eight months, we have been meticulously striving to shore up partnerships and acquisitions to provide our clients with infrastructure, services, research, and resources that will position Liquid Media Group as a leader in the independent content creation universe, and unique in its scope of offerings unlike any other provider in our space,” Jackson said
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.
For the first time in more than thirty years, cinema lovers in Kashmir, the northernmost geographical region of the Indian subcontinent, will be able to see films on the big screen. Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha this week inaugurated the valley’s first multiplex in the Sonawar area of the city.
Digital Cinema United has entered into a multi-year service agreement with Screenvision Media to manage the distribution of advertising content at select Screenvision Media exhibitor partner theatres.
Strong/MDI Screen Systems has released the HGA ReAct 1.4 screen, an efficient and versatile screen developed for the new generation of high-resolution laser projectors.
In its second outing with the wildly popular superhero drama The Boys, developed by Eric Kripke and based on the comic book by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson, Rising Sun Pictures delivered more than 100 visual effects shots for the show’s eight-episode third season. The studio’s contributions included a jaw-dropping sequence that opens the first episode, depicting the spectacular, near total destruction of New York City.
The 13th annual DTLA Film Festival has announced its winners. Florencia Krochik’s The Rest of Us, a feature documentary about DACA kids shot over a decade, won Best Picture. Other winners included director Martin Torrez’ The Great American Low Rider Tradition, a feature documentary about the Lowrider culture of East Los Angeles, which took the Audience Favorite Award Sophie Galibert was named Best Director for Cherry, a narrative dramedy that tackles the hot-button topic of abortion.
