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January 13, 2015—nWave Pictures Distribution is pleased to announce the hiring of Jennifer Lee Hackett as Director of Sales & Distribution, Americas. Lee Hackett comes to nWave Pictures Distribution with over 10 years experience in the giant screen industry, having previously served as Director of Sales for National Geographic Cinema Ventures and prior to that as Senior Group Sales & Marketing Manager at Smithsonian Business Ventures, the for-profit arm of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. While at Smithsonian Business Ventures Jennifer created sales packages for [...]

January 12, 2015—Electrosonic has promoted Bryan Hinckley to head of the worldwide Entertainment business, which includes the museum, theme park, visitor center and retail markets. The post was previously held by Chris Conte, who was recently named head of the new U.S. Business Development team. Hinckley has been managing Electrosonic's themed environments and attractions business in the U.S., where he was responsible for maintaining and growing the business as well as managing and supporting its U.S.-based sales team. “Bryan’s promotion to lead the Entertainment business comes [...]

January 9, 2015—Birmingham's Giant Screen Cinema has closed down with the loss of 11 jobs. The final performance of The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was watched by 108 people at 7.45pm on January 5 before the cinema’s 70ft 6in x 41ft screen closed without fanfare. Click here for the full article in the Birmingham Mail about the Giant Screen Cinema closing.

January 7, 2015—SK Films and Pacific Science Center are pleased to announce that the giant screen film Amazon Adventure has been awarded a major grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.    The grant was awarded for the film in support of the key scientific ideas embedded in the project, specifically the presentation of the underlying biodiversity of the Amazon basin and the compelling history of important discoveries made in the Amazon that shape our understanding of mimicry and natural selection. The film will be [...]

January 6, 2015—The final two episodes of last year's fourth season will screen on IMAX screens beginning Jan. 23, and will be followed up by the first season five teaser. This is to be the first time a television show has screened in the IMAX format. Read the full article from The Hollywood Reporter here.  

January 5, 2015—In a move that is becoming more and more common, the Bullock Museum IMAX Theatre announced they will be trading in their 70mm film projectors for digital ones. Read the full article from the Austin Chronicle here.

December 18, 2014—3D Entertainment Distribution and N3D LAND Films are delighted to announce that D-Day: Normandy 1944 was honored with two Lumiere™ Awards–Europe from the prestigious International 3D & Advanced Imaging Society (I3D&AIS) for Best 3D Documentary and Stereography–Animated during the recent sixth 3D Stereo Media summit held in Liege, Belgium. This brings the current total to an impressive 9 awards for the film. From left to right: Jason Goodman (21st Century 3D),D-Day: Normandy 1944 Producer Sylvain Grain (N3D LAND Films), Prof. Jacques Verly (University of [...]

December 18, 2014—K2 Films, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of K2 Communications, and Giant Screen Films have teamed up to tell the exciting story of what the next chapter of space exploration will bring both near-term and long-term. Through visually stunning imagery, and in collaboration with leading space experts, Journey To Space showcases the exciting plans NASA and the space community are working on and the challenges they must overcome to carry out missions, once considered science fiction, and now science fact, such as landing astronauts on [...]