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Director, designer and one of the founding members of Imaginary Forces, Karin Fong infuses her work with a hybrid of filmmaking and design savvy. Having carved a niche in creating feature film title sequences, her work has earned multiple awards, including an Emmy for main title design. Here she discusses the role of title sequences in storytelling... Read more
The great and the good of the European cinema industry are gathered in Barcelona this week for CineEurope 2014 to celebrate excellence, share expertise, network with partners and for a sneak-peak at highlights of the upcoming film slate.
CineEurope is the official annual Convention of the International Union of Cinema (UNIC) and the premier get-together of the cinema exhibition community in Europe. The UK’s Chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors’ Association (CEA), Phil Clapp addressed the industry in his role as President of UNIC as part of the opening ceremony, in a programme of events covering hot topics such as industry innovation, technology and digital delivery, event cinema and exclusive distributor film screenings. Read more
Digital Cinema Media was proud host to a preview screening of Chef, a film that offers innumerable pleasures, both comedic and gastronomic, at the brand new Ham Yard Hotel, Soho, last month.
With cubanos and Cuban beer served from DCM’s very own street food van, the night got off to a great start. Read more
The Weekend Round-up
22 Jump Street got everyone jumping this weekend, taking the top spot, grossing £4.9m. The sequel grossed three times the opening weekend of 21 Jump Street (£1.6m) which bodes very well for the comedy franchise. Read more
As well as premiering 16 films from some of the world’s most acclaimed directors in the main competition, the Cannes Film Festival also hosts a prestigious competition for short films, by filmmakers who are just starting out. Tom Linay, Digital Cinema Media's Head of Film, picks out a few of his 2014 favourites... Read more
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Steve Ochs, SVP Marketing at NCM, the US advertising sales house, talks about how movies are the ‘original social media’ and how the experience keeps on going after the credits have rolled and the audience have left the auditorium. The ‘Millennials’ make up over 50% of the movie going audience in the US, and for them being ‘in the know’ about the latest movies is a critical form of social currency. Read more
On Wednesday 18th June Sheffield’s Showroom Cinema will be hosting a Q&A session with Director Ken Loach, following the screening of his latest film Jimmy’s Hall. Read more
This year, from 15-21 June, around 11,000 members from 90 countries are coming together to be inspired at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. For the second year, Digital Cinema Media (DCM) is partnering with the Screen Advertising World Association (SAWA).
SAWA established what is now known as Cannes Lions, hosting the first festival in Venice in September 1954 with 187 film advertising entries from the 14 countries competing. The Lion of Piazza San Marcos in Venice formed the inspiration for the coveted Lion trophy. The second Festival was held in Monte Carlo and then in Cannes in 1956, which became the festival’s permanent home in 1984. Read more
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Volkswagen UK has launched a new campaign to promote its long-standing support of independent cinemas throughout the UK.
The series of films, created by adam&eveDDB, sees the brand move away from its ‘See film differently” platform of the past few years, with the new line “Made for real life, not the movies”. Read more
The Weekend Round-up
Maleficent enchanted the UK public this weekend, comfortably taking the top spot. The Disney fantasy grossed £6.6m, which included £2.7m from previews. Its Friday to Sunday total of £3.8m is bigger than both Oz: The Great and Powerful (£3.7m) and Snow White and the Huntsman’s (£2.6m) opening weekend and both those films went on to cross the £15m mark, which suggests that Maleficent should too. Read more
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