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The development of digital cinema in Europe took a significant step forward with the conference of the influential Europa Cinemas network of independent theatres reaching a consensus on a single global standard. We can now say that there s total agreement that digital cinema and digital distribution worldwide should only have one standard, said Anders Geersten, Director of Distribution at the Danish Film Institute, who chaired the discussion on the subject at the Europa Cinemas annual conference in Paris.There has been hot debate over recent years among European exhibitors and independent distributors about whether
stanley cup the DCI standard - which governs areas like interoperability and security standards - was suitable for the European market and the demands for cultural d
stanley cup iversity. Some had been demanding a separate standard for the continent but it seems the arguments are close to resolution. We can say that the war on standards is over, said Geersten, who is also Head of the Commercial Module of the European Digital Cinema Forum.Delegates in Paris heard a number of speakers say that smaller exhibitors and distributors would have most lose if the industry shifted from one standard - 35mm - to a set of competing standards. The only people who would benefit from multiple standards are those who have the r
stanley usa esources to deal with three, four or five formats, said Peter Buckingham, head of distribution at the UK Film Council. For the smaller players, it would be a nightmare and I cann Htwz Altitude acquires awards hopeful Moonlight for UK
Feature debuted at Sundance; produced by Searching For Sugar Mans John Battsek.New York-based Mongrel International has secured international sales rights excluding US, Canada and Japan to Japanese rock band documentary We Are X and will bring it to market for the first time at the Cannes Marche next week.The film centres on renowned heavy m
stanley usa etal band X Japan, which sold more than 30 million records before they broke up in 1997. The band reunited a decade later.The deal was brokered by Chantal Chateauneuf for Mongrel International and by Preferred Content and WME Global on behalf of the filmmakers. We Are X, directed by Stephen Kijak Backstreet Boys: Show Em What Youre Made Of , debuted in competition at Sundance in January where it was awarded the special jury prize for editing and screened at SXSW in March, where it won an audience award.REVIEW: We Are XThe film was produced by John Battsek of Passion Pic
stanley us tures, producer of Oscar-winning documentaries Searching For Sugar Man and One Day In September.We Are X will have its international market premiere in Cannes on May 14.Mongrel International president Charlotte Mickie said: Its ve
stanley cup ry edgy, enormously entertaining - and at the same time its very poignant and moving. Stephen Kijak did a terrific job illuminating and conveying [X Japan founder] Yoshikis soul. Director Kijak said: For me, the film moves beyond the rock-doc paradigm into a zone thats more emotional, tragic, bizarre, and ultimately inspiring. I cant think of a
