News and Information From Across This Site

• Cinema will thrive, but perhaps not as we know it 2021/05/08
  Tim Kridel speaks with Mark Collins, professional senior manager of global cinema at Harman, to check the pulse of today’s cinema market and explore future opportunities…   Source: https://www.inavateonthenet.net/case-studies/
• Funimation’s Mitchel Berger on Anime Title Demon Slayer Slaying the Domestic Box Office 2021/05/08
  It was a rare box office bright spot in 2020: Demon Slayer broke Spirited Away’s 19-year-old record to become the highest-grossing film in Japan, despite a pandemic that caused headlines about the exhibition industry to be near-uniformly dour. Based on a popular manga series that was subsequently adapted into a television anime, of which the […]
• Peabody Awards: ‘I May Destroy You,’ ‘Never Have I Ever,’ ‘Ted Lasso,’ Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ Among Nominees 2021/05/08
  The Peabody Awards board of jurors on Tuesday revealed its 60 nominees for the most compelling and empowering stories released across broadcast and streaming media in 2020. Thirty winners will be selected from the below nominees in the categories of children’s and youth, documentaries, entertainment, news, podcast/radio, public service and arts. The winners will be […]
• Flats plan for Walsall’s first cinema building and former pub 2021/05/08
  An historic former Walsall town centre pub which has been closed for five years could be converted into more than 20 apartments. The landmark was originally built in 1868 as an agricultural hall before it was redeveloped to become St George’s Hall a few years later. It became The Imperial Theatre in 1899 before it […]
• Morocco Hosting Virtual Film Festival Exploring Italian Cinema, Geography 2021/05/08
  The Italian Cultural Institute of Rabat (IIC) is hosting a virtual film festival, a 20-part online journey traveling through stunning Italian locations, between April 29 to June 25. The IIC is releasing approximately 60-minute long films on its Facebook page, highlighting the country’s dazzling squares, monuments, churches, and beaches. The two-month-long film festival is called […]
• Pandemic takes a toll on Nepal’s theatre community https://tkpo.st/3eQkt6N 2021/05/08
  The majority of theatres in the country have now been closed for over a year and this has left artists facing multiple challenges.   Source: https://kathmandupost.com/art-culture/
• Italy’s David di Donatello Awards Set to Celebrate Resilience and Renewal of Cinema Italiano 2021/05/08
  Italy’s 66th David di Donatello Awards are set to celebrate on May 11 a year of resilience for Cinema Italiano that also looks likely to germinate some creative renewal, just as Italian movie theaters start to reopen and production is booming. Giorgio Diritti’s biopic “Hidden Away,” about crazed primitivist painter Antonio Ligabue, Gianni Amelio’s wistful […]
• A new stage for theatre technicians 2021/05/08
  When the theatres shut their gates for the pandemic, it was more than just a small adjustment for the community that lived off of it. Especially in a place like Chennai where this kind of art gets little exposure, minimal patronage and no help or official recognition. After a few slips and falls, while actors […]
• Tractor Outdoor partners with Sunshine Cinema to increase access to African film in under-resourced communities 2021/05/08
  Tractor Outdoor, one of South Africa’s leading, independent outdoor media owners, recently partnered with Sunshine Cinema to host a free drive-in movie screening in Cape Town. The event aimed to highlight the need for safe cinema spaces in under-resourced communities, thus increasing access to quality films that showcase proudly African talent. Sunshine Cinema, a solar […]
• Midtown Cinema’s renovations can now be enjoyed firsthand as the theater reopens for public screenings 2021/05/08
  When renovations were initially announced in 2020 for Harrisburg’s Midtown Cinema, plans were to reopen the independent movie theater in June. But due to the pandemic, any potential grand re-opening plans had to fall by the wayside. Instead, like many theaters, the Midtown Cinema opened carefully and gradually, with options to rent out the theaters […]
• Seattle-based kung fu movie ‘The Paper Tigers’ debuts after long, winding 10-year journey 2021/05/08
  Ten years ago, film editor Bao Tran dreamed of writing and directing his debut feature, a warmhearted kung fu comedy set in Seattle and centered on three childhood best friends who reunite in middle age to avenge their murdered master. “The Paper Tigers” finally arrives in theaters and online Friday – after a not-always-smooth journey. […]
• Analysis Finds ‘Gendered Ageism’ Among BAFTA Women TV Nominees – Global Bulletin 2021/05/08
  An analysis conducted by the Acting Your Age Campaign has found that since 2000, the average age of BAFTA leading TV actresses nominees has reduced from 52 to 32. “The messaging of this downwards age-trend is clear and worrying,” the analysis states. “Gendered ageism is seemingly increasing.” In 2021 alone, nominees Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Normal People”), […]
• Oscars Producer Steven Soderbergh Said It Was “Always Part Of The Plan” To End The Show On Best Actor Following Criticism Over Chadwick Boseman’s Loss 2021/05/08
  In a notable break from tradition, the Oscars ceremony on April 25 ended not with Best Picture, but with Best Actor — and people assumed this was an opportunity to end with a tribute to Chadwick Boseman, who was nominated posthumously for his role in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.   Source: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/
• UK government to host international ‘green initiatives in film’ event 2021/05/08
  Conference to address the climate crisis and how to boost sustainability in film through international collaboration.   Source: https://www.screendaily.com/news/
• Restart conference: Vue, Picturehouse heads to talk bringing audiences back to cinemas 2021/05/08
  Tim Richards, founder and CEO at Vue Cinemas, and Clare Binns, joint managing director at Picturehouse Cinemas, are coming together in conversation to talk abou how they plan to attract audiences back to cinemas, at the upcoming Restart Conference (May 18-20). Richards, who was recently appointed chair of the British Film Institute, and Binns will […]
• BFI’s New Streaming Service Brings Classic British Cinema to the United States 2021/05/08
  The United Kingdom is home to some of the world’s most acclaimed and influential filmmakers, but there have been surprisingly few ways for American film fans to stream the best of the country’s cinema in recent years. That’s something that the British Film Institute aims to change via BFI Player Classics, the organization’s upcoming American […]
• Bafta star Noel Clarke faces police probe after seven more women come forward accusing him of a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying 2021/05/08
  Noel Clarke is facing the prospect of a police investigation after seven more women came forward to accuse the Bafta star of a campaign of sexual harassment and bullying. With 27 women now saying they were sexually harassed or groped by the celebrated actor and director, Scotland Yard has said it is ‘assessing’ a specific […]
• Earth Day art installation deepens the human connection to water, creates illusory experience at CAM  2021/05/03
  The human relationship to water is an important one. It makes up 60% of adult bodies and 71% of the planet. It can be a life-sustaining element as much as a life-threatening force. These concepts will be celebrated on Earth Day at Cameron Art Museum (CAM) with a one-night art and science installation, FlowILM — […]
• Inside the Dark Ride at the Bodmin Jail Experience 2021/05/03
  Built in 1779 for King George III, Bodmin Jail is a historic former prison situated on the edge of Bodmin Moor in Cornwall. Closed in 1927, the large range of buildings is now largely in ruins, although parts of the prison have been turned into a tourist attraction.Although Bodmin Jail has consistently welcomed visitors in […]
• FlyDome theatre opens in China built by Project:Syntropy 2021/05/03
  Project:Syntropy, creators of technologies and display solutions for dome cinemas and immersive attractions, has completed the delivery of a turnkey full dome AV solution for the Qin Palace flying theatre at Hengdian World Studios theme park in Dongyang, China. The attraction features a 25m full dome screen, a 20+ multi-channel surround-sound system, show control, a […]