Grab your popcorn! Walmart is lifting the curtain on plans for the Walmart Drive-in, a drive-in movie theater experience, which is rolling into 160 Walmart stores across the country beginning this month, created in partnership with the Tribeca Film Festival. Available for free to Walmart customers, the Walmart Drive-in will transform Walmart parking lots into outdoor cinemas … [Read more...] about Walmart Brings the Big Screen to Its Parking Lots Starting August 14
Short films
SIGGRAPH 2020 Announces Computer Animation Festival Award Winners, Lineup for First-ever Virtual Screenings
SIGGRAPH 2020 announces the award winners and lineup of 28 short films, cinematics, scientific visualizations, breakdowns, and more set to appear in its first-ever virtual Computer Animation Festival Electronic Theater next month. Showcasing the latest in computer graphics, the Electronic Theater will premiere to ticketholders on Monday, 24 August at 4:30 p.m. PDT and … [Read more...] about SIGGRAPH 2020 Announces Computer Animation Festival Award Winners, Lineup for First-ever Virtual Screenings
World Premiere of Animated Short, Metro6, Slated for Virtual Brooklyn Film Festival
Metro6, the animated short film by writer and first-time director Geoff Hecht, will make its world premiere at the 23rd Annual Brooklyn Film Festival (BFF), a qualifying event for the Canadian Screen Award. Out of 2,589 overall submissions received, 148 total films made the cut, including Metro6. Though originally scheduled to debut at the SFFILM Festival, an Academy … [Read more...] about World Premiere of Animated Short, Metro6, Slated for Virtual Brooklyn Film Festival
Hormel Foods Announces the First-Ever Hormel Film Festival: Six Films Showcasing Heroes Making a Difference May 11-15
Hormel Foods, a global branded food company, announced it will present six powerful and hope-filled short films during a five-day virtual film festival, starting Monday, May 11, and running through May 15. Each film profiles uncommon heroes ranging in age from 12 to 101 who show us that it is possible to thrive against incredible odds. See SPAM products. "Given the current … [Read more...] about Hormel Foods Announces the First-Ever Hormel Film Festival: Six Films Showcasing Heroes Making a Difference May 11-15
Aspen Film Announces Virtual Version of 29th Annual Shortsfest
Aspen Film is pleased to announce that its 29th Annual Aspen Shortsfest will go on as scheduled – online. An innovative, cutting -edge, virtual version of this year’sShortsfest will be presented online during the originally scheduled dates of March 31-April 5, 2020. By partnering with Paris-based Festival Scope, whose platform is a preeminent service in the film industry, Aspen … [Read more...] about Aspen Film Announces Virtual Version of 29th Annual Shortsfest
Bingo! Vision Films to Release Children’s Animated Feature “Ella Bella Bingo” to VOD and DVD in Both English and French
Vision Films Inc. (“Vision”) is bringing the animated children’s film Ella Bella Bingo to the U.S. and Canada on VOD and DVD on March 24, 2020. Ella Bella Bingo is from Studio100 Films and Factoris Films. The screenplay is by Frank Mosvold, in collaboration with Rob Sprackling and Johnny Smith of Disney’s Gnomeo & Juliet. With a uniquely … [Read more...] about Bingo! Vision Films to Release Children’s Animated Feature “Ella Bella Bingo” to VOD and DVD in Both English and French