April 8, 2008--IMAX Corporation has announced that Shine A Light: The IMAX Experience, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese, opened to very positive reviews over the three-day weekend from Friday April 4through Sunday April 6, grossing $1.1 million in 93 domestic IMAX theaters. The film will also be released to IMAX theaters internationally starting next week.

April 2, 2008--Filmmakers Jean-Jacques and Francois Mantello (the Mantello Brothers) and film presenter Jean-Michel Cousteau are pleased to announce that their new IMAX 3D Theatre film Dolphins and Whales 3D has grossed $607,000 (USD) at the box office in Germany in its first two and a half weeks of exhibition, making it the most successful release ever for a 3D documentary film in the country. 47,000 German spectators have seen the film since its March 13th opening on just 17 screens.

April 1, 2008--IMAX Corporation today announced three new theater deals in Russia. These deals will mark the entry of the first IMAX Digital projection systems in the country. Under the terms of the agreements, IMAX's digital projection system will be installed in the cities of Sochi, Nizinhy Novogorod, and Novosibirsk. In Sochi, the agreement is with Luxor Cinemax, one of the largest exhibitors in Russia. In Nizinhy Novogorod, the agreement is with Electronika, the city's largest consumer electronics retailer and developer, and in Novosibirsk the agreement is with Art Science Cinema Distribution, the leading exhibitor in Siberia. This is Art Science Cinema Distribution's second contracted IMAX theater system. The first agreement was signed in June 2007. The three new theaters are expected to be installed between 2009 and 2011.

April 1, 2008--IMAX Corporation, Paramount Classics, Shangri-La Entertainment and Concert Productions International have announced that the highly anticipated Rolling Stones concert film Shine A Light, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Martin Scorsese, will be released in a record 93 IMAX theaters domestically on April 4, simultaneously with the film's wide release. The picture will also be released in IMAX theaters internationally during the days and weeks following the domestic launch. Shine A Light has been digitally re-mastered with IMAX DMR (Digital Re-Mastering) technology.

March 26, 2008--The audiovisual production company Orbita Max started filming March 8 in Namibia for the first Spanish film shot entirely in 3D for giant screen theaters, digital theaters, and conventional 35mm theaters. The film, with the working title The Magic Tale, tells the story of a girl’s fantastic travel to Africa, where she interacts with other children, wild animals, trees, and plants that show her the way to the world of imagination and to the meaning of life. The film will be released at the end of 2009, once the long postproduction process is finished.

March 25, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Northstar Media, a strategically diverse television program distribution company, have announced that the two companies have partnered on a distribution arrangement whereby Northstar Media has been appointed exclusive representative for the IMAX XXI Film Package consisting of 21 award-winning high-def IMAX films, including key titles Tom Hanks Presents Magnificent Desolation: Walking On The Moon 3D, Space Station, Into the Deep, T-Rex: Back To The Cretaceous and Blue Planet.

March 24, 2008--IMAX Corporation and Regal Cinemas, Inc., a subsidiary of Regal Entertainment Group, the world's largest theater circuit, today announced a joint-venture agreement to install 31 IMAX Digital projection systems at Regal locations in 20 major US markets. The theaters will feature IMAX's Digital projection system, which is being developed for the IMAX MPX theater design. The 31 IMAX theaters announced today will expand the joint venture partnership between IMAX and Regal Cinemas to 38 theaters and bring Regal's total number of IMAX theaters to 52 by the end of 2010.

March 21, 2008--MacGillivray Freeman Films, producers of the new 3D giant screen film Grand Canyon Adventure: River at Risk 3D, will celebrate World Water Day (March 22) by donating a portion of the film’s box office sales to build much-needed water wells in Africa. More than one million children die each year in Africa from a lack of safe drinking water. The producers will donate $1 for every ticket sold on both World Water Day and Earth Day (April 22) towards building enough water wells to benefit thousands of African school children.

March 21, 2008—3D Entertainment recently celebrated the release of its new film Dolphins and Whales 3D: Tribes of the Ocean with two special premiere events. The New England Aquarium’s Simons IMAX Theatre hosted the world premiere of the filmon February 13, with the European premiere held March 10 at the CineStar IMAX 3D Kino im Potsdamer Platz in Berlin. Both events were attended by the filmmaking team and special guests.

March 20, 2008--Tammy Seldon, GSCA’s Director of Conferences and Membership, recently received her credentials as a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP). Seldon took the certification exam in February and in March was notified of the results. The requirements for certification are based on professional experience and a written examination. The foremost certification program of today's meetings, conventions, and exhibitions industry, the CMP program recognizes individuals who have achieved the industry's highest standard of professionalism.