February 8, 2022—Jenn Bentz has been promoted to Director of Theaters at
the Pacific Science Center (PacSci) in Seattle, Washington. In her new
role, Bentz will manage PacSci’s two IMAX theaters, Laser Dome, arch
lighting, and production support. She will report to President and CEO
Will Daugherty and serve on the Executive Leadership Team.
February 8, 2022—Figueras is pleased to announce the recent hiring of David Leverton of
Leverton & Associates Ltd. as a planning specialist and sales
consultant to assist in identifying seating and storage requirements for
clients within the giant screen cinema, planetarium, museum, and
science center market in North America.
February 2, 2022—Discovery Place Science, the leading hub for science
learning in the Carolinas, announced today that it has replaced its IMAX
film projection system with IMAX’s next-generation laser technology
designed for 180-degree domed theatre environments thanks to a
partnership with Accenture. The theatre has been closed since March of
2020 and undergone extensive renovations, including installing IMAX’s
groundbreaking technology as well as new seats, carpet, speaker system
and air filtration. Discovery Place Science will welcome audiences back
to the upgraded Accenture IMAX® Dome Theatre on February 11 with the
release of The Beatles: Get Back – The Rooftop Concert.
February 2, 2022—Jana Bennett, whose four-plus-decade career in television and media included prominent leadership roles at the BBC, Discovery Communications and A+E Networks, has passed away from brain cancer at the age of 66. Jana oversaw the BBC's and Discovery Communications' forays into the giant screen world and was executive producer of the BBC giant screen production The Human Body, released in 2001. Our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. Read more about Jana Bennett's illustrious career at Realscreen.com.
January 25, 2022—Congratulations to Terra Mater Factual Studios and Cosmic Picture on The Arctic: Our Last Great Wilderness winning Most Inspiring Adventure Film at this year's Wild and Scenic Film Festival. This year's award-winning films were chosen from a field of over 110 films by a dedicated team of jurors.
January 13, 2022—As we get closer to the dates of the upcoming GSCA
Film Expo in Los Angeles on March 8-9 and Salt Lake City March 10, we
have received many inquiries about whether we are going ahead with the
in-person event. We have been following developments related to
the Omicron variant very closely. We also have talked to industry
stakeholders representing all segments of GSCA’s membership, and we sent
a poll to all our theater members last week asking if they plan to
attend. After gathering all this information, the GSCA Executive
Committee had a thorough discussion on Tuesday, January 11, and has
voted unanimously to proceed with in-person events in both Los Angeles
and Salt Lake City.
January 12, 2022—Florida A&M University and Florida State University announced today
that Michelle Personette, the executive director of Tallahassee’s
Challenger Learning Center (CLC), will step down on Feb. 3, 2022.
Personette has led the center, which is the K-12 STEM outreach facility
of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, since 2004. Prior to that, she
served as its communications and development manager, beginning in 2001.
January 10, 2022—The world premiere of “Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia” film and exhibition debuts at the California Science Center on February 16, 2022. Through 120 original artifacts—half on tour outside Cambodia for the first time—and hands-on exhibits, guests will use the lens of science to explore the ancient empire of Angkor. The film, distributed by K2 Studios, is a visually stunning epic adventure where science, mystery, and ancient civilization intersect.
January 6, 2022—D3D Cinema, in partnership with Christie®, is proud to announce that the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology (MOST)
in Syracuse, New York, has selected D3D to provide a generational
transformation of MOST’s Giant Dome theater with the installation of a
stunning second generation (Gen 2) laser-illuminated, ultra
high-resolution Laser CineDome projection system. The theater is
scheduled to reopen in February 2022 after a complete renovation,
including new seating, flooring, lighting and an impressive new NanoSeam dome surface.
December 17, 2021–The Giant Screen Cinema Association (GSCA) is pleased to announce its
2022 Board of Directors has elected officers and committee chairs for
the coming year.