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June 12, 2019—The Trolley IMAX Experience received a tremendous reception at its world premiere from a capacity audience at Toronto’s Ontario Place Cinesphere IMAX. Exhibited as a special presentation at the Hot Docs Toronto International Documentary Film Festival on Saturday May 5th, the event attracted an enthusiastic audience of more than six hundred.   The screening included an introduction by Alex Rogalski (Hot Docs senior Canadian programmer), a videotaped address by filmmaker Stephen Low (filming at sea for a new IMAX production) and a post-screening Q&A [...]

June 1, 2018—The 8th Beijing International Film Festival "Science and Technology Section" and the 8th CSTM Popular Science Film Panorama took place at the China Science and Technology Museum (CSTM) April 5 to May 6. This film festival, hosted by CSTM, was themed "Film, Making Technology More Wonderful” and was divided into five activity sections, including Popular Science Film Panorama, Science Popularization Events, Excellent Works Selection, Exhibition and Exchange, and Academic Forum. Thirty six of the latest films from 10 countries were shown during the film [...]

May 30, 2018—The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce Evans & Sutherland, in partnership with Christie Digital, will present their 8K digital cinema RGB laser system at GSCA’s Dome Day event on September 24 at McWane Science Center in Birmingham, Alabama. The E&S 8K dome system was chosen by the GSCA Technical Committee after a comprehensive request for proposal and selection process. The GSCA Technical Committee will host the E&S 8K demonstration. The demonstration will feature an RGB laser projection system that covers 75 percent of the dome (comparable [...]

May 14, 2018—Mousetrappe (www.mousetrappe.com) announced today that Michael Daut has joined the company as Director, New Business Development to further expand their growing portfolio of national and international projects. Michael Daut comes with a wealth of experience within the industry, most recently at Evans & Sutherland (E&S) where he was instrumental in acquiring numerous large accounts and expanding the product line. Joining Mousetrappe, Michael will cultivate and establish new partnerships while maintaining the existing relationships with their prestigious clientele. As the leader of the New Business [...]

May 10, 2018—"IMAX, The Big Picture" was the subject on the latest edition of Westdoc Online, a new series all about documentary production. The  conversation featured giant screen filmmakers Greg MacGillivray, Stephen Low, Sean Philips, and Mark Krenzien. Click here to watch the episode at WestDocOnline.com.  

May 8, 2018—D3D Cinema is pleased to announce that 2018 marks its tenth anniversary. A pilot offshoot of large-format film producer/distributor Giant Screen Films in its earliest days, D3D has boldly and dramatically altered the landscape of the museum cinema business over the course of just a decade. The company now boasts over 75 giant screen and museum cinema installations, with an estimated $80 million in market impact, as measured in incremental box office revenues and operational savings. “Everyone at D3D is proud of what we’ve [...]

May 2, 2018—IMAX Corporation and AMC Theatres have signed a binding letter of intent to install IMAX's new ground-breaking laser experience for commercial multiplexes in 87 of the exhibitor's highest-performing IMAX at AMC locations across the U.S. The announcement coincides with the launch of the next-generation of IMAX with Laser, IMAX's most advanced commercial projection system to date designed to transform the premium blockbuster moviegoing experience. Under the agreement, the IMAX with Laser systems operate under a joint revenue sharing arrangement with renewed 12-year lease terms, and [...]