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Another toast to the Future of Festivals from The Future of Cinema Salon in Cannes 2010

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Future of Cinema Salon in Cannes 2010 presents Future of Festivals Mingle talk and Wine tasting Presented by Filmfestivals.com and Xomo May 19th 8.00 to 9.30 You are cordially invited to the new installment of Future of Cinema Salon in Cannes, a series of panels and exchange arenas which wa initiated in Cannes 2007 and were further introduced in Locarno as official partner. The invited guests (festival directors attending Cannes) will have the opportunity to mingle w...

Bill Mechanic: indie is the condition fatal?

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Bill Mechanic, President/CEO of Pandemonium LLC and former Chairman/CEO of Fox Filmed Entertainment, (my boss when I was running Fox distribution in France)delivered the keynote speech at the annual Independent Film & Television Alliance Production Conference in Santa Monica. here below is a transcript ofhis keynotes He addressed the current state and the future of the independent film business and offered a number of observations about his experiences at FOX and Disney. "I wa...

Jeremy Thomas grew up in movie royalty, but he was a rebel and went out on his own... read his keynote

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Dawn Hudson opened the Film Independent Filmmaker Forum at the DGA by stating that, "the objective of this weekend is to build a community of filmmakers and to inspire". She then introduced Jeremy Thomas who delivered the event's keynote address. Dawn said "He grew up in movie royalty, but he was a rebel and went out on his own". Jeremy Thomas said "I was very lucky. I left school at 17 to make movies. I crossed paths with people like Ken Loach, Julian Temple, Nic...

Barco's CEO introduces REDEFINE the new free quartely company magazine

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The year 2009 marks the 75th birthday of Barco. Throughout the decades that have passed since Lucien De Puydt founded the company 1934, Barco covered a vast number of different markets and products. Originally, Barco's name was an acronym for the "Belgian-American Radio Company". It manufactured a popular brand of radios that quickly gained renown through their forward-thinking technology and clever marketing approach. In just a  few words the CEO defined the project of REDE...

JEREMY THOMAS announced as the keynote speaker at the Filmmaker Forum

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The Filmmaker Forum, three important days that will give you the tools and empower you to create a strategy for your film and career. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, LOS ANGELES OCTOBER 9 - 11, 2009 FILMMAKER FORUM UNCOVERED: Join Academy-Award winning producer, Jeremy Thomas  and Los Angeles Film Festival director, Rebecca Yeldham for a candid conversation about the future of independent filmmaking. "I believe cinema will continue... it is going to be changing, but as long...

Future of Cinema Film Festival

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The motion picture arts program at Interlochen Center for the Arts is seeking film submissions for its Second Annual Future of Cinema International Film Festival. The festival is open to all high school students. The priority submission deadline is February 28, 2009. The three-day festival will take place at the DeRoy Center for Film Studies on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts, from May 1 to 3.   Future of Cinema Film Festival   The festival provid...

James Boyle keynote at Sheffield Doc/Fest on legal future of cinema

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NESTA (National Endowment of Science, Technology and the Arts) are proudly sponsoring a keynote speech at Sheffield Doc/Fest about the legal future of film by James Boyle, a founder of Creative Commons.   Creative Commons is working to facilitate the free availability of art, scholarship, and cultural materials by developing innovative, machine-readable licenses that individuals and institutions can attach to their work.   James Boyle, who is William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law at Duke ...

Future of Cinema Salon in Locarno

Future of cinema, few know, few share, we dare do both!     Let us embark for a trip a few decades ahead of us.Our first stop this year was Cannes where the series has been held for the past 3 years. Locarno conference future of cinemaenvoyé par filmfestivals-com The next stops on the festival circuit are Locarno, Rome, Stockholm and moreCheck out the video of our panels and events in Cannes.Fest21.com, CFC Media Lab and Telefilm Canada and Locarno Film Festival a...

Future of Cinema Salon in Locarno Panel "Digital Distribution"

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The Locarno Film Festival and filmfestivals.com, the organizers of the first panel in Locarno from Future of Cinema Salon were very proud of the quality of the exchange triggered by the panel. Herewith a summary of the themes brought by the panelists: a full length video will be featured here shortly. Panel "Future of cinema distribution", Forum © FOTOFESTIVAL / DAULTE   Bruno chatelin Intr...

Key Speakers from Future of Cinema Salon Series in Locarno

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Locarno Film Festival, Fest21.com, CFC Media Lab and Telefilm Canada are proud to premiere our Future of Cinema Salon Series at the Locarno Film Festival. We will be hosting the Future of Cinema Panel on Digital Distribution that brings together international voices around the table, plus a special hands-on demo of some of the most innovative works coming out of Canada and Switzerland, including Late Fragment a critically-acclaimed dramatic interactive feature film which premiered last year at ...

Antoine Virenque: Appointed as New President for EDCF

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Following the recent elections to the Board by EDCF (european digital cinema forum) members, the new Board has appointed Antoine Virenque as EDCF President for the next two years.Antoine Virenque has a Law degree from the Paris University and diploma of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He is the General Delegate of the French Federation of Film Distributors (FNDF), which he joined after his military service in the French Navy, and Executive Director of the International Federation of F...

Key Speakers from Future of Cinema Salon Series in Cannes

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List of panelist/Cannes MingleTalk Distribution and Blockbuster panel: May 20 and May 21stOur esteemed panelists included (for the MingleTalk Distribution) Colleen Nystedt: founder of movieset http://www.movieset.com/ MovieSetTM founder, Colleen Nystedt, has an extensive background in film production, finance, business affairs and creative development. Nystedt has produced or supervised production on numerous feature films and TV movies for Universal Pictures, Paramount, MGM, CBS, NBC, ABC, USA...

Future of Cinema Salon @ Cannes The panel in the Palais "Future of cinema, few know, few share, we dare do both!"

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Let us embark for a visionnary trip a few decades ahead of us.Fest21.com, CFC Media Lab and Telefilm Canada are proud to present another installment of our Future of Cinema Salon Series at the Cannes Film Festival. This year promises to be a stellar line up that includes MingleTalk at the Canadian Pavilion - an event that will be brokering conversations around the future of distribution amongst a varied group of maverick directors, rebellious producers and daredevil distributors. We will also b...

Future of Cinema Salon Series in Cannes the full program (larger than life)

Larger than Life Living Poster on the way to The Canadian Salon...

List of participants to the Cannes Future of Cinema Salon

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List of participants to our Cannes Future of Cinema events    Name & Company, title            Alexandra     Galvis        Anjali +4    Bhushan         Antonio     Urano de Carvalho Neto         Rio Filme S.A    Basil+1    Khalil    Code 81 Films    Boby     Sheng        Bryony     Read        Cassie     Ross        Cee     French     Chiron Films, Inc.    Executive Producers; Directors & PartnersChar...

Future of Cinema Salon Series in Cannes the full program

                       FUTURE OF CINEMA SALON Series: FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2008Future of cinema, few know, few share, we dare do both! Let us embark for a trip a few decades ahead of us.Our first stop is Cannes, with possible next stops on the festival circuit in Paris, Rome, Stockholm and moreFest21.com, CFC Media Lab and Telefilm Canada are proud to present another installment of our Future of Cinema Salon Series at the Cannes Film Festival. This year promises to be a stell...

Latest Survey on VOD in Europe

The European Audiovisual Observatory and the French Government's Media Development Department (DDM) have published the results of a new survey of VoD services in Europe, carried out by NPA Conseil. Upsurge in number of services At the end of 2007, the survey found 258 VoD services in operation in the 24 European countries covered, compared with 142 services at the end of December 2006. This upsurge in the number of services is largely explained by the fact that television channels generall...

Future of Cinema Salon @ Cannes program : register online

OUR VISION Future of cinema, few know, few share, we do both! We are taking this think tank on the road throughout the global festival circuit. Let us embark for a trip a few decades ahead of us. Our first stop is Cannes, with possible next stops on the festival circuit in Paris, Rome, Ischia, Stockholm and more.        FUTURE OF CINEMA SALON Series FESTIVAL DE CANNES 2008 CONTEXT Fest21.com, CFC Media Lab and Telefilm Canada are proud to ...

Future Defining Presentations for HD EXPO

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On March 6th, 2008 at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California, HD EXPO presents a number of educational opportunities for attendees to help define the future. Intel's Françoise Bourdonnec joins Variety's David Cohen in a thought provoking one-on-one conversation entitled "Does Technology Define the Audience, or Does The Audience Define the Technology," which focuses on her research group's groundbreaking global studies that are illuminating how and what the audience is watchin...

Making of Late Fragment -- an Interactive Film

                    For the past ten years, Canadian Film Centre Media Lab has been in the forefront of the thrust towardinteractive media, having developed original content for a variety of platforms, including cellphones, digitalcinema broadband and gaming consoles. It was time to take it to the people.But how do you make an innovative interactive feature film with two producers, three writer-direct...

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Chatelin Bruno

 

This blog explores the future of Cinema, from production to Distribution.

Future of Cinema Salon returns to Cannes 2010 after its successful 2007 introduction and following installments in Cannes and Locarno.
 

MINGLETALK
CONVERSATIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF FESTIVALS Wednesday May 19th, 2008, Spa des Stars, 7:15PM - 9:00PM
Presentted by XOMO Digital and filmfestivals.com
 
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