The Last Broadcast will
make an all digital stop at the Darklight Digital Film Festival
on May 28 & 29 as part of an international electronic cinema tour.
Standing at the vanguard
of a new revolution in digital filmmaking and distribution, Wavelength
Releasing (WLR) today announces the first all-digital international
release of a feature film and high definition short. The Last Broadcast,
the first digital feature film in history released to theatres without
celluloid and by satellite, will be released in tandem with a high-definition
short: Protest; by S.D. Katz and Pitch Inc. at The Director's Guild
of America (DGA) in New York, on May, 15, 1999. International stops
to follow will include: the Cannes Film Festival, London, Dublin
Darklight Film Festival and Stockholm.
"At this state-of-the-art
event, movie goers will be able to enjoy the movies as they would
a traditional film; in the theatre," says Esther Robinson co-founder
WLR, "but for the technology aficionados, there will also be a technology
showcase that demonstrates how the electronic cinema release works
including demos of new projection and e-cinema storage and playback
systems, this adds an unprecedented level of information and access
to your average viewer."
In addition to screening
the films, the New York event will offer a special hi-definition
(HD) demonstration and a panel discussion on the future of HD and
e-cinema. These demonstrations and NYC screenings at the Directors
Guild of America are presented in conjunction with the American
Museum of the Moving Image and the Independent Film Channel.
Last October, Wavelength
Releasing demonstrated their electronic cinema delivery mechanism
with the national theatrical satellite release of their film, The
Last Broadcast. Igniting a new digital movement in cinema, The Last
Broadcast was made for a precedent setting $900 US and was hailed
as "the first desktop feature". "The model of our satellite technology
combined with Wavelength's digital filmmaking will give voice to
independent filmmakers by lowering film production costs, and could
revolutionize full-length motion picture distribution by saving
millions of dollars in physical distribution costs per movie," said
Ron Maehl, president of CyberStar. "It could also enable simultaneous
global film release with extraordinary efficiency."
"What we've done with
The Last Broadcast from start to finish has been ground breaking
and now the industry is taking note," says Lance Weiler, Co-Founder
WLR. "Digital filmmaking and e-cinema are becoming a reality. A
great example is George Lucas' announcement to roll out Star Wars
Episode I on four screens electronically. He plans to shoot the
next Star Wars instalment digitally. It becomes more apparent everyday
that what we've been pioneering over the last two years has changed
the face of the industry."
The Last Broadcast will
be distributed in New York and subsequent markets, stored on an
advanced "QuBit" hi-def storage system and decoding device made
by QuVIS Inc. The Director's Guild of America (DGA) Theater in NYC
will be outfitted with state-of-the-art digital projection systems
known as Power Displays provided by Digital Projection Inc. of Kennesaw,
GA in NYC. Parent company, Digital Projection Ltd. of Manchester,
UK will outfit the International shows. The projection enabling
DLP chip technology is provided by Texas Instruments. Additional
support for the tour is provided by The Independent Film Channel
(IFC), IndieWire, and Millimeter Magazine.
WAVELENGTH RELEASING
was formed by digital film pioneers Stefan Avalos and Lance Weiler
(co-directors of The Last Broadcast),producer Esther Robinson (the
Fuel Tour, Home Page, Alive TV,) and entrepreneur David Beard (OMAS)
specifically to address new forms of production, distribution and
exhibition. With the first ever theatrical release of a digital
feature film via satellite and the first video-on-demand releases
in the United States and Singapore, Wavelength Releasing is propelling
entertainment into the 21st century.
Visit The Last Broadcast
at: http://
www.tebweb.com/lastbroadcast/.
Contact:
Paula Page 650.631.4533 or paula@lookyoung.com
Lance Weiler 215.598.8496 or lenzz@voicenet.com
The Darklight film festival
is to be held in Dublin's Temple Bar in May 27 to 30th 1999.
The organisers are looking
for entries for the festival exhibition in Arthouse. The deadline
is quite tight - May 10th so they need to see a preview of work
as soon as possible. You can send a lo-res version as a jpeg zipped
attachment to info@darklight-filmfestival.comalong with the downloadable entry form from the site www.
darklight-filmfestival.com Xerox have kindly agreed to sponsor
us so we can print from disc any of the chosen entries. More details
below��
Art Exhibition
The Digital Art Exhibition
runs in Arthouse from the 27th of May to the 29th. The exhibition
opens on the 27th @ 7pm with the launch of the festival. The show
itself will be held on the ground floor of Arthouse and will consist
of interactive visual pieces, 2D stills and digital installations.
The theme for the exhibition
will be created by the work submitted.
Call for Entries
The organisers are asking artists to submit digital artworks- CD-ROMs/
websites, installations or 2D pieces that have been through a digital
process.
Submission Image Requirements
You can send previews of the images to be submitted as 72dpi Jpeg
e-mail attachments to info@darklight-filmfestival.com
Final Image Requirements:
2D Work- A high-res version will be required-details on entry form
Websites must be submitted on CD or mac/pc zip disc. CD-ROM can
be either Mac or PC based. Installation proposals to include images
and brief.
Closing date for entries
is May 10th
Darklight Festival Office
19 Clare St
Dublin 2
Ph: +353 1 6629035
Fax: +353 1 6626980
Email: info@darklight-filmfestival.com
www.darklight-filmfestival.com
