The Academy Software Foundation has launched its latest project, development of Samsung’s OpenAPV codec, led by new Premier member Samsung. The Foundation was launched by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Linux Foundation in 2018 to provide an umbrella for developing open source software for the entertainment industry. OpenAPV responds to improvements […]

The EnergaCamerimage international cinematography film festival has revealed the final three contenders in its main competition. This includes a pair of high-profile sequels: “Dune Part 2,” lensed by Greig Fraser, who won the cinematography Academy Award for Part 1 of Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s scifi novel; and “Gladiator II,” shot by John Mathieson, […]

Jeff Gipson, the director of Disney Animation’s VR shorts “Myth: A Frozen Tale” and “Cycles,” has inked a deal with startup DreamFlare AI to create a series of shorts for its recently-launched generative AI content platform. With a background in VFX and immersive storytelling, Gipson was honored with the AIXR VR Film of the Year […]

Amid the explosion of unauthorized AI-generated content, entertainment marketing and production firm Dolphin has partnered with Loti AI, a deepfake detection and takedown startup aimed at protecting companies and celebrity clients against fake accounts, false endorsements, deepfakes and unlicensed distribution of content. Through the partnership, Dolphin will provide its subsidiaries — businesses including 42West, The […]

Producer and VFX industry leader Brooke Breton—whose work has included “Avatar,” “Sky Captain and The World of Tomorrow,” and a trio of “Star Trek” movies, reflected on teamwork and the “thrill of technically and artistically problem-solving” as she accepted the Visual Effects Society’s Founders Award. During the annual VES Honors ceremony, held over the weekend at […]

Victoria Alonso saluted the engineering community and hinted at a return to filmmaking as she accepted Honorary Membership in the Society of Motion Picture & Television Engineers during its annual conference’s closing gala, Thursday at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Hollywood. In what may have been her first return to the stage since her very […]

“Conclave,” “The Brutalist” and “Vermiglio” have been added to the main competition lineup for the 32nd edition of the EnergaCamerimage international cinematography film festival, which will be held Nov. 16-23 in Toruń, Poland. Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller “Conclave” was lensed by Stéphane Fontaine, Brady Corbet’s historical drama “The Brutalist” was photographed by Lol Crawley, and […]

Artificial Intelligence is “fundamentally reshaping computing and will transform how stories are told, produced and experienced,” asserted NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang as he accepted the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Award via a recorded message during the 76th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards. “It has been three decades since Pixar’s ‘Toy Story’ […]

Veteran visual effects producer Nancy St. John, whose credits include the films “Babe” and “Gladiator” (both of which won VFX Oscar kudos), has died at the age of 70, the Visual Effects Society confirmed. St. John held a career in VFX and computer animation that spanned more than four decades. She was a former VES […]

Gints Zilbalodis’ “Flow” — which follows a cat at the brink of the end of the world, learning to survive alongside other species — won the Grand Prize at the 7th Animation Is Film festival that wrapped Sunday in Hollywood. Additionally, Adam Elliot’s “Memoir of a Snail” collected the  Special Jury Prize, along with the Audience Award in […]

Color grading system developer FilmLight has revealed the nominees for its 4th annual Color Awards, which are organized with the EnergaCamerimage international cinematography film festival. The juried awards–which recognize colorists in film, TV and other media–will be presented Nov. 17 during Camerimage in Toruń, Poland. This year, the awards attracted more than 500 entries from 46 countries. […]