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This is Film! Film Heritage
in Practice at Eye Amsterdam
Wednesdays, from March 6 to May 8 at 15:30
For the fifth year, Eye and the University of Amsterdam
present a series of six public lectures
devoted to remarkable projects in the fields of
film restoration and film heritage. Each session
covers a different topic varying from silent cinema
compilation programmes to the restoration
and presentation of 70 mm Hollywood classics.
The sessions feature an introductory lecture by
Giovanna Fossati (Chief Curator at Eye and Professor
of Film Heritage at the UvA), followed by
an extended Q&A with an invited (inter)national
expert on the theme and a film screening.
This is Film! offers insight into what happens behind the scenes in film archives,
museums and cinemas, and is aimed at everyone who loves film. The lectures are in
English and can be attended as a series or on a one-off basis.
In celebration of the 100th anniversary since women gained the right to vote in the
Netherlands (1919) this year’s This is Film! invites an all-female cast of notable figures
from the film industry who each talk about their fields of expertise, from Large
Film Formats to Silent Cinema, to Digital Film Restoration.
The session on March 20 will tackle the topic Film Heritage Distribution with invited
guest Amy Heller (Milestone Films). Heller, along with her husband Dennis Doros,
built Milestone Films, a distribution company which focuses on the distribution of
film heritage. This session will be paired with a screening of Portrait of Jason (1967),
an experimental documentary by Shirley Clarke, which was recently restored as part
of their Project Shirley.
On April 3 Curator of Film Collections at Cinématèque française, Céline Ruivo will
present a vintage Technicolor print of the Hollywood classic Meet Me In St. Louis
(1944) and discuss the topic of Color in Film.
Haghefilm Digitaal and Eye’s first restoration trainee Tulta Behm is invited to talk
about her experience working in Film Restoration Laboratories on April 10, alongside
the screening of Het zakmes (1992), a classic Dutch children’s film she worked on
during her traineeship.
In the fifth session on April 24, Eye’s curator of Silent Cinema, Elif Rongen Kaynakçi,
will present (for the first time at Eye) the Views of the Ottoman Empire project. A transnational
project, in which film heritage from the Ottoman Empire is highlighted. She
will weave together several films from 1902-1926 accompanied with live music.
Finally the programme will close on May 8 with an invited representative of Wim Wenders
Foundation, who will discuss the topic Digital Film Restoration, focusing on the recent
restoration of “Der Himmel über Berlin” in 4K. This new restoration was released
in 4K by the Wim Wenders Foundation for the 30th anniversary of the film in 2018.
www.eyefilm.nl/thisisfilm
IBC 2019
Having consulted with the industry IBC has decided to
align the dates of the exhibition and conference so
that they will now both take place from Friday 13
September – Tuesday, 17 September 2019.
The IBC2019 Awards are now open for entries,
including two new categories. The Young Pioneer
Award celebrates the newest, brightest talent in the
industry. The Social Impact Award will recognise a company
initiative or campaign that is making a positive impact
in the wider world, tackling an issue that is important within the context of
the industry such as sustainability, diversity or health. Both of these new award
categories are free to enter.
The three Innovation Award categories are Content Creation, Content Distribution
and Content Everywhere.
The deadline for submissions is Tuesday 23 April 2019.
The awards ceremony will take place during IBC on September 15 in the RAI Auditorium.
show.ibc.org/awards • www.ibcshow.org
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Streaming Summit
@ NAB Show
April 8 - 9, Las Vegas
Convention Center, North Hall
NAB Show, in association with
Streaming Summit Conference Chairman
Dan Rayburn, will again produce
the two-day event with a focus on the
OTT video industry. A new dedicated
website has been launched at nabstreamingsummit.com
and includes
details on the call for speakers submission
process. Speaking proposals
are now being accepted.
The event will feature nearly 100 speakers
across two tracks. Technical topics to be
addressed include the transcoding, packaging,
monetization and playback of live
and on-demand video, including how to
deliver the best viewing experience. Attendees
will also learn how to capitalize on
direct-to-consumer offerings and how some
of the largest companies in the world are
monetizing their video libraries via advertising,
subscription and other monetization
strategies.
The Streaming Summit will also feature nearly
a dozen fireside chats with key executives
in the online video market, including
Amazon, Google, Facebook, Comcast, Hulu
and many other leading OTT platforms.
nabstreamingsummit.com
Curated exhibit floor tours
Individuals and groups can now schedule
planned and custom VIP tours Monday,
April 8 through Wednesday, April 10 during
the 2019 NAB Show in Las Vegas.
“The NAB Show exhibit floor spans more
than one million net square feet and hosts
over 1,700 of the world’s most innovative
companies,” said NAB Executive Vice President
of Conventions and Business Operations
Chris Brown. “The new tour program
is designed to help attendees navigate the
show while highlighting a diverse array of
breakthrough products and solutions.”
Specially curated tours were designed
based on input from attendees and focus
on the following areas: Future Technology
and Innovative New Products, Film and
Episodic TV Production Workflow, Live
Production and News Production Workflow.
Attendees also have the option of working
with a NAB Show representative to develop
a custom tour led by a personal guide.
Tours are developed in partnership with
CIM Tours, which produces event curation
opportunities for a variety of companies
and professional events around the world.
Additionally, attendees can schedule tours
of the M.E.T. 360 Studio, from which the
convention’s official live stream broadcast
“NAB Show LIVE” is produced. Tours include
access to the studio’s master control
room and views of the program’s production
and workflow.
www.nabshow.com/show-floor/show-floorhighlights/tours
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