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2023 Sundance Film Festival

Sundance Gets Personal Again In 2023

Attendees heading home from the Sundance Film Festival in 2020 were barely paying attention to the increasing number of notifications streaming in over the mobile phones about a strange virus spreading in Wuhan, China. Of course that news item, deemed a “China problem” at the time, turne…

Mark Christiansen of Paramount Pictures, Ioan Allen of Dolby and Robert Sunshine of Film Expo Group during the 2023 ICTA Los Angeles Seminar Series

ICTA Icon Award Presented to Ioan Allen

The International Cinema Technology Association presented Ioan Allen of Dolby Laboratories with the ICTA Icon Award on 10 January during the organization’s 2023 Los Angeles Seminar Series (LASS). Allen becomes the second honoree to receive the award, which was first bestowed upon the Will Roge…

How James Cameron Defied Nay-Sayers With “Avatar: the Way of Water”

“Avatar: the Way of Water” walked away empty-handed from the Golden Globes this week, but it continues to rain gold on James Cameron’s sci-fi epic where it truly matters: the cinema box office. The film is approaching the global USD $2 billion mark and is now the fifth-biggest Inte…

The Naked Truth About What's Happening at AMC

Avatar and AMC Theatres Dominate Holiday Headlines

For anyone who took the Christmas and New Year’s holidays off, welcome back. We hope your 2023 is off to a productive and fruitful beginning. For those of you who may have worked through the holiday break, such as the hundreds of thousands of ushers, cashiers, servers and concession stand work…

The Naked Truth About What's Happening at AMC

The Naked Truth About What’s Going on With AMC Theatres

There was no rest for the public relations department at AMC Theatres this holiday season. With most motion picture executives around the globe having already left the office for at least the two weeks surrounding Christmas and New Years, the senior management of the largest exhibitor in the world w…

Movie Theatres Get A Feliz Na’vi Dad Thanks To Avatar Sequel

Cinema operators all across the globe are dreaming of a blue Christmas. Filmmaker James Cameron is the unlikely high-tech Santa, who they hope will make all their box office wishes come true. The early signs for “Avatar: The Way of Water,” which opened this week/end are auspicious. Indee…

Sundance Film Festival 2023 - Official Selection Announcement

CineAsia Returns With a Bang in Bangkok

The CineAsia show held this week was a return to form in the new/former home of Bangkok after a gap of three shows, since its last event in Hong Kong in 2018. While it had been previously held in Bangkok many years ago, there were a lot of uncertainties about the move and inevitable challengesRead M…

Toni El Massih, Managing Director, Majid Al Futtaim Cinemas and Abdulaziz Almuzaini, Chief Executive Officer, Sirb Production

Cinema Industry Shines Spotlight on the Far and Middle East

While it is widely disputed whether certain businesses slow down during the month of December, there can be no debate on the subject when it comes to the cinema industry, especially as 2022 draws to a close. After two pandemic-dampened years, the business is spending the last four weeks of this one…

Amazon Acquisition of MGM

This Holiday Season Cinemas Are Thankful for Netflix and Amazon

This week was the Thanksgiving Holiday in the United States and US cinema operators are giving particular thanks to Netflix for having gifted them a sequel to a blockbuster with an all-star cast and, most importantly, a full one-month window before it streams. Call it a turkey holiday with a large h…

CJ's Top Women In Global Distribution - 2022

Creating CJ’s First Top Women In Distribution List

Each year, as we put together our annual Top Women In Global Cinema list, we do so with a great deal of trepidation. While we seek nominations from throughout the industry, we always fear overlooking an important or deserving industry professional that should have made the list. Maybe the best examp…