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CineLATAM 2025: Why Film Expo Group Is Rebranding ShowEast to Focus on Latin America

For nearly four decades, ShowEast was a fixture on the North American cinema industry calendar—first held in Atlantic City, before heading south to Orlando and then Miami—drawing United States’ exhibitors and studios together every October. This year, that chapter officially closes. In its place, th…

A projectionist holds up a spool of film as he sits between two reels of film.

CJ Tech: What a Modern Cinema Projection Toolkit Looks Like

Reels, Rods and Rewinds: A Toolkit From the 35mm EraBefore servers, switches and signal paths became the centre of projection life, the projection booth was a mechanical world. The toolkit was physical, often oily, and hung on belt loops or lived in battered tins under the bench. There was no ethern…

Its Elemental Pixar Is Not Floundering

It’s Elemental: Pixar Is Not Floundering

In fact, Pixar remains one of the most successful studios in Hollywood. It’s official: Pixar’s “Elio” is a flop. The politely reviewed film cost more than US $200 million and grossed a dismal $152 million as of 27 August 2025. Pundits drew two lessons from this. (Yes, “drew;” I did that.) First, ori…

(From Left) La Frances Hui (MoMA), Jacques Jagou, Pip Chodorov, Leo Van Hee, Elodie Mellado, Bernardo Rondeau during the Promotional Strategies for Classic Films Today panel at the 78th Locarno Film Festival on August 11, 2025

Locarno Insights: Marketing Classics in the Age of Letterboxd

On August 11, at the Locarno Film Festival’s Heritage Monday roundtable, industry leaders debated how to market classic films to a new generation raised on TikTok and Letterboxd. The session, titled “Promotional Strategies for Classic Films Today,” was moderated by freelance programmer Bernardo Rond…

The Filmhouse in Edinburgh, Scotland sits proudly at 88 Lothian Road. The arthouse cinema was refurbished and reopened in June 2025 after being closed since 2022

The Resurrection of Filmhouse – An Edinburgh Success Story

This June, film fans in Edinburgh, Scotland, were treated to several sold-out screenings of Giuseppe Tornatore’s 1988 love letter to cinema, “Cinema Paradiso.” Nothing unusual there, you might think. Except that the venue was Filmhouse, the Scottish city’s beloved independent cinema, which had lain…

Locarno Film Festival 2025 - Building Sustainable Film Ecosystems in Africa - Panel - Mitchell Harper, Neigeme Glasgow-Maeda, Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri, Ema Edosio-Deelen, Yannick Mizero Kabano

Locarno Panel Champions Africa’s Self-Reliant Film Ecosystem

On 9 August, Hotel Belvedere’s Sala Granda hosted the Locarno Pro panel “Building Sustainable Film Ecosystems in Africa: Financing the Future” during this year’s Locarno Film Festival. The event brought together filmmakers and industry strategists from across the continent and beyond to explore inno…

Animated Movies Are Still Box Office Gold

Looney Tunes: Animated Movies Are Still Box Office Gold

Why original animated films are no riskier—and just as rewarding—as live action flicks With the unfortunate collapse of Pixar’s “Elio” at the box office, the industry was quick to declare the death of the original animated feature. “Audiences aren’t interested,” goes the refrain. They’re expensive,…

A sound speaker in a cinema emits a visible sound wave with a cinema audience in the background.

CJ Tech: Getting the Sound Right in Cinemas

Designing a cinema involves multiple disciplines that often compete with one another. At the heart of any list of technical requirements for a cinema auditorium are really two essential elements: sound and picture. Assuming both sound and picture are of equal importance, the latest visual technolo…

The stage at Mediterranean Film Festival is lit up in a dark room for the awards ceremony. The left side says We Are Malta and the right says We Are Film.

Mediterrane Film Festival Showcases Malta’s Popularity with Hollywood

Most film festivals are designed to bring together audiences with the latest movies from both established directors and rising stars. Now in its third year, the Mediterrane Film Festival (MFF) seemingly has a different mission. Hosted on the island of Malta during the last ten days of June, it’s as…

Francesco Lattarulo - Producer & Chief Financial Officer, Mediterraneo Cinematografica

Italy’s Film Tax Credit Reform: Unpacking the Challenges with Producer Francesco Lattarulo

Over the past 15 years, Italy’s tax credit system has become one of the key drivers of its film and audiovisual production industry. But recent reforms have sparked confusion and disrupted workflows, especially for smaller independent production companies. To better understand the origins of the sch…