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Inspiring Creativity at Cannes Lions 2014

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

UK Box Office 30 May - 1 June 2014

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

Times newspapers launch film series on journalists including Caitlin Moran

A selection of the UK’s best independent film directors have been given unprecedented access to 229 years of archive material to create a series of films celebrating the historical and cultural impact of The Times and The Sunday Times.

The collection of films, called The Unquiet Film Series, is the first time The Times (est. 1785) and The Sunday Times (est. 1822) have committed their stories to film and explore the values, beliefs and behaviours of past and present editors, journalists and readers. Read more

Film stars dazzle as Zeffirellis Ambleside hosts Lakes movie’s debut

The premier for Downhill took the glamour of the red carpet and turned it on its head, instead bringing a traditional Cumbrian twist to the film premier as we know it.

The screening was held at Zeffirellis in Ambleside on Tuesday 27 May and the film's stars Richard Lumsden (Sightseers) and Karl Theobald (Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa) were in attendance. For the premier the red carpet and fancy cocktails were nowhere to be seen. Instead attendees walked down the faux turf path, drinking pints of locally brewed ale and wearing worn-down walking boots. Pairing wellies with suits, guests were presented with a goodie bag when they arrived at the screening, which included a packet of cheesy Wotsits crisps. Read more

Love Cinema This Summer - Summer Blockbusters

It has been a genuinely stellar 12 months for animation. Four animated titles made it into the top 10 of 2013, with Despicable Me 2, the third highest grossing animation of all time in the UK, comfortably out on top. It may have come out in December but Frozen is still packing them in at the cinemas and is now worldwide, the biggest animated film of all time, having grossed a huge $1.1bn. The LEGO Movie received huge critical acclaim and is the biggest film of the year so far in the UK, with £32m and a sequel is already in the works. Smaller titles have made maximum impact too, with Mr.Peabody and Sherman breaking out from their 1960s roots to wow families during February.  This all bodes well for the summer with its mix of bona fide blockbusters, big screen debuts for old favourites and the return of recent successes.

July is the start of the summer holidays so this is usually when the biggest animated titles vie for the key release dates. Last year, Despicable Me 2 came out on the last weekend of June and Monsters University followed it a couple of weekends later. This year the biggest animated title and a contender for biggest film of the year is How To Train Your Dragon 2. Read more

UK Box Office 23 - 25 May 2014

The Weekend Round-up (including Bank Holiday Monday takings)

Two generations of X-Men rolled back the years this weekend and posted a series best opening. X-Men: Days of Future Past’s Friday to Sunday total of £7.5m is even better than the débuts of X2 and X-Men: The Last Stand, which opened with £7m and £7.1m respectively. Including Thursday previews and Bank Holiday Monday, Days of Future Past has already grossed £11.6m and is over half-way to overtaking X2’s series best final total of £20.7m. Read more

Digital Cinema Media Sponsors the D&AD Professional Awards Film Craft Category

Last week, the D&AD Professional Awards took place at the Battersea Evolution venue. This year, Digital Cinema Media sponsored the Film Craft Category as part of the ongoing ‘Inspired by Film’ partnership between D&AD and DCM.

The annual D&AD Awards are highly respected and regarded as a major event in the world of design and advertising. Two kinds of awards are given out, the Yellow Pencil and the coveted Black Pencil, in various categories ranging from environmental design to billboard ads and animation shorts. The Black Pencil is given for 'outstanding' work and usually only one or two are given out each year. This year a record-breaking seven Black Pencils were awarded. Read more

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