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2021 film festivals and markets: latest dates, postponements and cancellations
To help keep track of the changing schedule, Screen is keeping this page updated with the latest film festival and market dates, postponements and cancellations.
Festivals taking place online or as hybrid events due to Covid-19 are noted. If not specified, the festival is currently set as a physical event.
Productions Embrace LED Walls as Necessary in Pandemic Times
Move over green screens, LED walls are here.
When the pandemic hit, productions scrambled to figure out logistics in the new normal. That’s when studios turned to an emerging aspect of virtual production: digital immersive environments capturing real-world settings (including lighting) rendered in real time using game engines such as Unreal. They are then projected onto LED walls made up of hundreds of high-def displays that serve as interactive backdrops for actors — like a green screen, but much more sophisticated.
IATSE Considers Strike as Negotiations with Studios Stall Over Paltry Streaming Rates
IATSE, the major labor union for film, theater, and television workers, is mulling a possible strike amid ongoing negotiations with the AMPTP. The union, which represents 150,000 workers across 13 Hollywood locals, released a statement to members Tuesday indicating a vote on a strike could be forthcoming. The union’s major priorities include living wages, reasonable rest (turnaround between shoot days), better meal breaks, and sustainable benefits (e.g. pensions that reflect cost of living increases).
The major sticking point in the latest round of negotiations is over rates and/or benefits for streaming projects, which are currently slated at a lower rate under the “New Media” classification. IATSE argues that after 13 years, streaming can no longer be considered “New Media,” preferring the term “Not So New Media.”
Maine Economic Recovery Input Sessions for Friday 9/10/2021
Share your input with the Department of Economic and Community Development on potential business and nonprofit support programs.
Commissioner Heather Johnson, Carlos Mello from the Finance Authority of Maine, DECD staff, and region-specific organizations are hosting virtual input sessions as a chance for us to receive feedback directly from you. This is an opportunity for you to share how we can best help you as we move forward in our economic recovery.
Use the links below to register for Friday 9/10/2021 Zoom sessions below. If you are not able to join a session in your region, please feel free to attend another session.
Maine Economic Recovery Input Sessions for Thursday 9/9/2021
Share your input with the Department of Economic and Community Development on potential business and nonprofit support programs.
Commissioner Heather Johnson, Carlos Mello from the Finance Authority of Maine, DECD staff, and region-specific organizations are hosting virtual input sessions as a chance for us to receive feedback directly from you. This is an opportunity for you to share how we can best help you as we move forward in our economic recovery.
Use the links below to register for Thursday 9/9/2021 Zoom sessions. If you are not able to join a session in your region, please feel free to attend another session.
