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Goldcrest Post Helps Send Six Films to Sundance

NEW YORK CITY—January 7, 2021— Continuing its long-time support for independent film, Goldcrest Post provided post-production, sound, and/or picture services for ten films screening in this year’s Sundance Film Festival. They include four films taking part in the U.S. Dramatic Competition, and one each including in the NEXT and Shorts tracks. All are world premieres. […]

Agency Profile: Mekanism

Mekanism is an independent creative advertising agency with offices in New York, San Francisco and Chicago and Seattle. Recently, I had a chance to chat with Sarah DiLeo, Executive Producer & Managing Director at Mek Studios, Mekanism’s full service in-house production and post company, about them and the work they do. DiLeo is currently located […]

Annual Adobe MAX 2020 Delivers Important New Features to Video Apps

Adobe MAX 2020, Adobe’s annual mega-conference for creatives, began yesterday and ends Thursday. There are an amazing number of virtual sessions to check out, and they’re all taught by experienced instructors. You’ll find that topics are aimed at creatives, covering areas such as digital photography, filmmaking, graphic design, AR, VR, and much more. Like previous […]

As NYC Moves to Phase 4, PNYA Helps Post Production Companies Get Back to Work

Above image:  PNYA chair Yana Collins Lehman When New York City began Phase 4 reopening of its economy, it paved the way for the resumption of film and television production under restrictions designed to forestall the spread of coronavirus. Productions must implement testing, apply rigorous cleaning measures and practice social distancing. But the good news […]

Top Team to Discuss Reopening Film and TV Production in NYC

SMPTE invites Studio CEOs, Union Reps, and Rental Houses to present just how feature film and television production will resume. As of July 20, under Phase 4 reopening, NYC film and TV production resumes with full crews – but facilities staffing at 50% capacity. How will Covid-19 continue to impact production? Leaders from NYC’s guilds, […]

Stock Footage Only: That’s the Rule at the First Ever Adobe Stock Film Fest

Now here’s an interesting concept: Since you can’t shoot like you want to these days, how about holding a film festival where all the films were made entirely with shots from a stock footage library? The Adobe Stock Film Fest, live streamed beginning July 15, makes great sense in today’s stressed out production scene. I […]

The Most Important Film Festival Is Now Online

Tribeca Enterprises’ Jane Rosenthal Corrals Famous Fests for ‘We Are One’ Youtube Outing Producer, executive Jane Rosenthal has pulled off the most important virtual film festival of the year: We Are One. It starts today, hosted by Google on, where else, YouTube. Rosenthal’s Tribeca Enterprises – which organizes the Tribeca Film Festival – convinced 21 […]

Tribeca Film Institute Closing

Funding losses during COVID19 pandemic force layoffs, closure Image: In May 2020, the Tribeca Film Institute announced winners of its 10th annual TFI Network. Image credit: Tribeca Film Institute Reports in the major trades, including Variety, IndiWire, and The Wrap, confirm earlier blog posts on Monday; the Tribeca Film Institute (TFI) has suspended operations, with […]

Latest Maxon Cinema 4D S22 Drops, Delivers Easier UV, Viewport Enhancements

Subscription model promises more regular updates, while better UV mapping just makes life easier. Kitty image credit: Maxon Creative artists in motion media know that this is the best of times (in spite of the current news of the world). The power of the digital tools and technologies 3D artists wield today, with apps like […]