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Daily Cinema Digest – Wed/Thur 18-19 June 2014

With Patrick von Sychowski still in Barcelona attending CineEurope, I have been tasked with curating the daily digest posts in his absence. Celluloid Junkie readers (i.e. you) have been telling us lately how much you like the daily digest and I’ll do my best to keep it up as best I can. Needle…

Daily Cinema Digest – Monday 16 June 2014

Patrick von Sychowski has been at the Cannes Lions in Cannes, France over the last four days and is presently traveling to Barcelona, Spain to attend CineEurope. While Patrick is traveling I will be doing my best to keep up our daily digest of news related to motion picture exhibition and distributi…

Howard Kiedaisch

Howard Kiedaisch Departs Arts Alliance On His Own Terms

Late last night (or early this morning) before finally closing my laptop and logging off, I sent Howard Kiedaisch a hasty email to see if he wanted to have a quick conversation to catch up before CineEurope. When I had spoken with the CEO of Arts Alliance Media at the end of May he hadRead More

Volkswagen Public Service Ad Makes Impact In Cinemas

[youtube width=”560” height=”315”]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHixeIr_6BM[/youtube] Please Note: To experience the full intent of the advertisement being discussed, it is advised to watch the spot, embedded above, before reading this post. These days for an advertising campaign to be considered a…

2014 Cannes Film Festival

The Cannes Film Festival Overcomes Its Digital Dilemma

As the 67th annual Cannes Film Festival came to a close last week, artistic director Thierry Fremaux scheduled a last minute press conference so that journalists from around the world could speak with filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. The director was visiting the festival for a 20th anniversary screenin…

“Gravity” Takes Off At 15th Annual Golden Trailer Awards

[youtube width=”560″ height=”315″]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4pcg7bXgmU[/youtube] In an industry that loves to award itself with never-ending accolades it should come as no surprise that there is a trophy for those who produce the trailers used to market new releases. Ev…

Eva Green Sin City Poster

“Sin City” Poster Too Graphic For MPAA’s Advertising Administration

Every so often an incident occurs that serves to remind us just how many tasks need to be completed in the workflow leading up to the release of a motion picture. Tasks such as running your marketing material past the proper trade groups for approval. Yesterday I took note that my never-ending Twitt…

Maleficent Regal Entertainment

Exhibitors Pin Their Hopes On Promotional Giveaways For Disney’s “Maleficent”

If Disney’s “Maleficent” fails to generate box office returns when it opens on May 29th it certainly won’t be due to a lack of marketing campaigns touting promotional giveaways. At least that’s the case in North America where the studio has partnered with two of the wor…

Why Arts Alliance Media Sold Its Content Services Business

Last week the digital cinema market continued its predicted consolidation when Arts Alliance Media (AAM), the London based cinema integrator and software developer, sold off its content services business to Motion Picture Solutions (MPS). Founded by managing director Ian Thomas and also based in Lon…

My Old Classmate Poster

Enlight Pictures Casts A Wide Net To Promote “My Old Classmate”

If you were to look at the worldwide box office for this past weekend – and given how “international” receipts account for a majority of a film’s gross, why would you look at anything else – in the number five spot you’d find a release titled “My Old Classmate” which earned U…