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Feb 2, 2019 · Friday, February 1 - Saturday, February 2, 2019. DCP Projection. Kubrick and author Arthur C. Clarke’s sci-fi masterwork does nothing less than trace the arc of civilization, from prehistoric prehumans to space-traveling astronauts in the then-future of the titular year. With its unconventional structure and groundbreaking imagery, 2001 ...
Shudder Showcase 2024. Wed Jan 10. - Mon Oct 28. The IFC Center, the ultimate entertainment space for New Yorkers seeking out the best in independent film, opened in June 2005 in the historic Waverly theater.
IFC Center is an art house movie theater in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City. Located at 323 Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) at West 3rd Street, it was formerly the Waverly Theater, an art house movie theater. IFC Center is owned by AMC Networks (known until July 1, 2011, as Rainbow Media), the entertainment company that owns ...
Feb 4, 2020 · Sci-fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey," lands at the Museum of the Moving Image (MOMI) in Queens, New York. ... Space is part of Future US Inc, an international media group and leading digital ...
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Crawley Films Limited was founded by Frank Radford (‘Budge’) Crawley in Ottawa in 1939. Crawley Films has now made over 2500 films including sponsored films for just about everybody and also features as well as 700 commercials and promos. And it has won over 200 national and world awards including an Oscar (1976) for The Man Who Skied Down Everest....
Chetwynd Films Limited was founded in 1950 by Arthur Chetwynd, who till then had been teaching physical and health education at the University of Toronto. The company’s first productions were coaching, educational and Red Cross films, followed by several years of childrens’ shows for CBC. Chetwynd Films made football films for Big Four football te...
Westminster Films Limited has been in business since 1958 and has made strictly sponsored drama, industrial and documentary films. “Name it, we’ve done it,” says production coordinator Margaret Beadle. It has also produced slides and multi-screen productions, such as the 6 1/2 hour communications seminar show for Bell Canada. Don Haldane and Lee G...
Quinn Laboratories Limited was started in 1968 by Findlay Quinn who had his start in 1946 when he joined the Film Board. In the war he served as an RCAF squadron gunnery officer who used films for training and as a result became interested in filmmaking. In 1957 he left the Board to run Transworld Film Labs in Montreal. Around this time it happened...
KEG, started in 1964, is named after the three principal shareholders – G.S. Kedey, Ralph Ellis and Dan Gibson. KEG’s TV wildlife series – Audubon Wildlife Theater– has never been off the air since 1969. The series, which has been shown in about 40 countries, was financed through presales based on pilots. KEG also produced Wildlife Cinema, another ...
International Cinemedia Center Limited began in Montreal in 1969 when Joseph Koenig, John Kemeny and George Kaczender left the National Film Board. Koenig says that before he joined the Board in the early ’50s, he was a reporter for some trade papers in Montreal. He began as a writer for NFB educational film strips, then moved to educational films....
Insight Productions was launched by John Watson and Pen Densham in 1970 with a series of fillers for CBC. They’ve recently produced several TV specials including Toller, World of Wizards and Stallone, The Million-to-One Shot. The latter film resulted from Densham’s stint as ‘intern’ to Norman Jewison in Hollywood on F.I.S.T.,the feature starring Sy...
Nelvana Limited was formed in 1971; the principals are Patrick Loubert, Clive Smith and Michael Hirsch. As result of the success of its animated TV special A Cosmic Christmas, Nelvana is now moving along with The Devil and Darnel Mouse, which will run on CBC and Radio Canada and on the same American stations that carried Cosmic. As well, George L...
Around 1976 I submitted a feature article to Cinema Canada about Insight Productions, which had been founded in 1970. My sense was that they were a great company and warranted coverage in the magazine. It was a beautiful article. I was very happy with it. However, the feeling among key people at the magazine was, in so many words (and I paraphrase)...
Some of the things that people said, I only realize the import of what they said now, these many years later. With regard to comments, on a recent re-reading of the article, I also enjoyed a quote from Joe Koenigin the 1978 Cinema Canada article: “Looking back, he’s pleased he had to make a living on the outside before he went to work for the [Nati...
The IFC Center, located in the West Village of New York City, is undeniably a precious treasure. Its quaint, vintage atmosphere adds to its charm. What sets it apart is its focus on showcasing independent films and classic movies that are rarely found elsewhere. Additionally, their concessions and comfortable seating enhance the overall experience.
West Village . star_border. Share ... 323 Sixth Ave., New York, NY, 10014. View Website call_made. Description. The IFC Center, an entertainment space for New Yorkers ...
