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April 15, 2021—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to
announce Evans & Sutherland, a Cosm Company, as the exclusive
Partner Sponsor for Virtual Film Expo 2021, April 19–23. Evans
& Sutherland (E&S) is a committed supporter of GSCA, and
believes their major contribution to the Virtual Film Expo is an
important step in helping the Association grow and advance the industry.
As GSCA theaters adapt to the challenges of Coronavirus worldwide,
E&S is investing in the future success of Giant Screen theaters and
innovative technologies that will impact long-term success.
April 8, 2021—The US Small Business Administration will start accepting applications for the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program at 12:00 pm EDT today, April 8. Eligible entities include museum operators, zoos, aquariums, motion picture theater operators, and more. You'll find program information, requirements, video tutorials, checklists, forms, and the application portal here.
March 30, 2021–IMAX Corporation (NYSE: IMAX) today announced that
Bradley Wechsler has notified the Company he will step down as Chairman
of the Board of IMAX at the Company's annual shareholders meeting (AGM)
on June 9, 2021, after nearly 30 years of service to the Company. IMAX's
Board of Directors will select a new Chairman to be announced shortly
after the Company's AGM. Mr. Wechsler has been Chairman or Co-Chairman
of IMAX's board since 1994 when he and Richard L. Gelfond acquired the
Company. Mr. Wechsler and Mr. Gelfond served as Co-Chief Executive
Officers from 1996 to 2009 when Mr. Gelfond took on the role of sole
CEO.
March 29, 2021—Our sincerest condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of filmmaker and IMAX pioneer Phyllis Ferguson, who passed away on March 12. Phyllis was the beloved wife and creative partner of IMAX co-founder Graeme Ferguson. Graeme, Phyllis and Toni Myers led the IMAX Space Team in its pioneering achievement in chronicling the space shuttle era. Her IMAX credits include
Hail Columbia!,
The Dream is Alive,
Blue Planet and
Destiny in Space. "To me she was the glue that held the IMAX Space Team and the NASA 'extended family' together," says Bill Readdy, former astronaut and associate administrator of NASA's Space Flight office. Read more about her remarkable life and brilliant career here:
https://legcy.co/2PFLRf3
March 24, 2021—The US Small Business Administration Office of
Disaster Assistance is administering the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant
(SVOG) Program. Eligible entities include relevant museum operators,
zoos, aquariums, and motion picture theater operators who meet specific
criteria. The SVOG application is slated to open April 8, 2021. Read more
March 5, 2021—Congratulations to
Backyard Wilderness on winning People & Forest: Long Form in the Jackson Wild World Wildlife Day Film Showcase. The Secretariat of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), Jackson Wild, and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) teamed up to organize an international film showcase focusing on the immense value of our planet’s forests, their extensive ecosystem services and the millions of human livelihoods they sustain. The festival featured over 275 films from all over the world.
Backyard Wilderness is produced by Archipelago Films, Arise Media, HHMI Tangled Bank Studios, SK Films and Reconsider. The film is distributed by SK Films.
See a list of all the winning films and nominees here
March 2, 2021—One of the key figures in the planetarium community throughout the world will have a road named in his honour. The access road to the Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium, in Edmonton's Coronation Park, will be renamed Ian McLennan Way. The Queen Elizabeth II Planetarium (QEP) will be reopening in 2021. The planetarium has the distinction of being the first public planetarium in Canada, when it originally opened on September 22, 1960, and has been declared an historic site by the City of Edmonton.
Read the full article from Telus World of Science-Edmonton here.
March 2, 2021—
Asteroid Hunters, produced by IMAX Entertainment and
Huahuang Pictures, has been nominated by the Visual Effects Society for Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project. The awards program will stream on April 6.
Click here for a full list of the VES nominees
February 19, 2021—In the wake of China's historic $1.2 billion box-office week, The Hollywood Reporter spoke with IMAX CEO Richard Gelfond about IMAX's booming business in the country and why he's "100 percent" confident that U.S. moviegoers will rush back to the multiplex in the same way.
Read the full article in The Hollywood Reporter here