November 25, 2014—The winners of the 2014 BLUE Carpet Film Awards were announced November 7 at The Mahaffey Theatre in Downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. Films were selected as part of the BLUE Ocean Film Festival and Conservation Summit (BLUE) as being the top cinematic works for ocean conservation and awareness. Three giant screen documentaries took home prizes at the event.

November 24, 2014—IMERSA will honor Ian McLennan for lifetime achievement at its annual Summit in Denver, Feb 25-March 1, 2015. Read the full article from InPark Magazine here.

 

November 24, 2014—COSI in Columbus, Ohio, has reopened the state's largest planetarium, which had been closed since 2004 because of budget shortfalls. COSI chose a Digistar 5 digital Fulldome system from Evans and Sutherland for the new theater, which has 200 seats under a 60-foot diameter dome. Read more about COSI's new planetarium at www.cleveland.com.

 

November 21, 2014—The IMAX/Kodak connection first was tied in October 2011, when IMAX signed a licensing agreement giving it exclusive rights to more than 50 Kodak patents covering laser projection technology. IMAX also hired roughly 30 Kodak scientists and engineers who now work at IMAX's Rochester R&D site. Read the USAToday.com article about the IMAX laser projector here.

 

November 21, 2014—A Long Island, N.Y.-native, Griesmer spent more than two decades at museums in Norwalk and West Hartford, Conn., before accepting a job at the Virginia Air and Space Center in September. The initial attraction, he said, was to the museum's mission and the financial support it received in recent years from the city and from NASA. Read the dailypress.com article about Robert Griesmer's new role at the Virginia Air and Space Center here.

November 20, 2014—Gizmodo goes behind the scenes at the IMAX at Lincoln Center in New York City. Read the full article here.

November 20, 2014—When it comes to Interstellar, the spaceship Endurance isn't the only thing going where no one has gone before—so is the movie itself. At 2 hours, 47 minutes, and 7 seconds, Interstellar is the longest IMAX presentation ever. Read the Wired article about the size of the Interstellar print here.

 

November 18, 2014—GSCA is pleased to announce the results of the 2015 Board of Directors election. The following candidates will join the board for a two-year term beginning on January 1, 2015.

November 14, 2014—D3D Cinema is pleased to announce the introduction of Cinefolio—a turnkey digital cinema initiative aimed at bringing premiere immersive 3D cinema into museums, aquariums, zoos and other attractions. Augmenting D3D’s momentum in the giant screen cinema arena, the Cinefolio program and product line are specifically targeted at smaller and medium size venues, designed to provide a bundled hardware and content portfolio to institutions for no upfront cost.

November 12, 2014—David Lickley estimates his movies have made around $100 million over the course of his 20-year career as a filmmaker. An impressive feat, considering his movies aren't typically screened in conventional movie theatres.  Instead, Lickley belongs to a small group of filmmakers who make large-format IMAX films, primarily destined for museums and science centres around the world.  Read the full article from northernlife.ca here.