Panelists Kimberly Fox, Partner & Head of International Sales, MadRiver International Jeffrey Greenstein, President, Millennium Media Nat McCormick, EVP, Worldwide Distribution, The Exchange Moderator Jeremy Kay, Americas Editor, Screen International What’s it like engaging with buyers on pre-sales right now? Kimberly Fox: “I see it as being quite binary. It’s either big, theatrical stuff…or it’s real[…..] […]
Highlights from today’s 1st AFM Finance Conference Panel: Producing Without a Completion Bond Panelists: Brad Krevoy, CEO, Motion Picture Corporation of America Brian O’Shea, CEO, The Exchange John Sloss, Founder, Cinetic Media Moderator: Jill Goldsmith, Co-Business Editor, Deadline The current state of Insurance and Production? Brian O’Shea: “It’s really been a standstill ever since COVID happened…We were in[…..] […]
Mark Gill, President & CEO, Solstice Studios Moderated by Anthony D’Alessandro, Managing Editor, Deadline On releasing Unhinged into theatres: “Our idea was that we could be first and probably elevate a film of an otherwise modest budget of $33 Million Dollars against Tenet which is hundreds of millions of dollars or Mulan and that we might[…..] […]
This month, we talk to Mark Taylor, Co-Director of Bristol-based A Productions, the animation studio internationally recognised for producing high quality, award winning, creative, and innovative work. Pictured: Mark Taylor, Co-Director, A Productions. A Productions is a multi-award-winning, creative led, independent production studio, working in traditional & digital 2D, CGI & live action. Can you[…..] […]
This month we talk to Alexis Haggar, Visual Effects Supervisor at award-winning independent visual effects studio, Lexhag VFX, about how they recently began working with Arch Platform Technologies; the scalable, pay-as-you-go cloud-based system for content creation. Lexhag is renowned for its work for high-end television dramas in the UK film and TV industry, supplying the[…..] […]
An interview with Vuulr’s Ian McKee, In the international content industry, the traditional way of doing business that has endured for decades has heavily relied on trade events. At Vuulr, the company has digitally transformed the well-worn ways of B2B transactions in the licensing of films and TV shows. “You can now do it online[…..] […]
How do you visualize your family tree? SIGGRAPH 2020 Art Paper “Enhanced Family Tree: Evolving Research and Expression” reimagines the possibilities of family trees with an evolving series of exhibits, and took home the Best in Show award for the Art Papers program. We connected with lead author Fan Xiang to learn more about what[…..] […]
This month we talk with Co-founder and Company Director Rachael Penfold of One of Us, the London-based studio known for their ethos of creative intelligence and masterful focus on design and collaboration. Discussing views on innovative storytelling through VFX, and their roster of incredible projects – past and upcoming. Pictured: One of Us Co-founders and[…..] […]
Dummy Dojo is a game development studio founded in 2019. Its studio is based in Southern California,. They focus on developing games with the exciting experience to the players. They consider themselves “dummies” who are training hard to become better game developers. Abylight Studios is a digital entertainment company founded in 2004. It’s based in[…..] […]
Harry Gregson-Williams attended the Hollywood premiere of Mulan on March 7 and, as the composer candidly says, “it all went to crap from there.” Within days, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the globe, the live-action version of the Disney 1998 animated blockbuster was pulled from its original March 27 theatrical release date. Now, nearly[…..] […]
