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Posted on June 11, 2011

TORONTO INTERNATIONAL STEREOSCOPIC 3D CONFERENCE ANNOUNCED

At TIFF Bell Lightbox

June 11-14, 2011
Organized by York University and 3D FLIC

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For information contact Juana Awad jaawad@yorku.ca

The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference is a one of a kind international gathering of experts in the stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment arena. From June 11 to 14, 2011 major figures from Canada, Germany, Russia, UK and USA will meet to discuss, analyze and contextualize the “new era in 3D cinema.”

Speakers include:

acclaimed director WIM WENDERS, on his latest masterpiece PINA
CATHERINE OWENS, co-director of U23D and installation artist
international film historian THOMAS ELSAESSER
master cinematographer and stereographer PETER ANDERSON, ASC
veteran filmmaker GRAEME FERGUSON, co-founder of IMAX
vision scientists, scholars, filmmakers, artists and the major S3D industry players.

Screening:

Bugs!

Resident Evil: Afterlife

Hubble 3D

and excerpts from speakers’ latest films including Neue Road Film’s PINA (premiered last February at Berlinale) and SK Film’s Flight of the Butterflies (to be premiered)

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All panels, presentations, key-notes and master-classes will be held at the 350- seat 3D capable cinema of the TIFF Bell Lightbox. Speakers will showcase their latest materials in stereoscopic 3D during their presentations.

Posted on June 10, 2011

Where are the 3-D masterpieces? Just wait

Globe and Mail by GUY DIXON. Friday, Jun. 10, 2011

http://m.theglobeandmail.com/news/arts/movies/where-are-the-3-d-masterpieces-just-wait/article2054337/?service=mobile

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An image from U2 3D, directed by Catherine Owens and Mark Pellington.

Remember the heady days of 2009, when James Cameron’s 3-D movie Avatar hit the jackpot to become the highest-grossing film of all time? Along with Coraline and Up, the film convinced the industry that 3-D was the next big thing, whether for feature films or home television.

But a credibility gap has emerged about 3-D’s potential to be the ultimate box-office draw.

Doubters see a wake-up call for Hollywood in the relatively soft demand among North America audiences to pay extra to see the 3-D version of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. And then there’s the lighthearted backlash: Amazon.com now sells 2-D glasses, which intentionally eliminate the 3-D effect for those “tired of paying for 3-D movies and getting nothing but a headache.”

So is the shine really off 3-D? Catherine Owens directed 2008’s U2 3D, which sought to convey the grandness of a U2 concert on film and was billed as the first live-action digital 3-D film. She has since become one of the few directors known internationally as a 3-D specialist. (“Once you’ve worked in 3-D, it’s very hard to let go,” she says.) She will be among the guest speakers, along with German director Wim Wenders, himself a fan of 3-D filmmaking, at the International Stereoscopic 3D Conference being held at Toronto’s York University from Saturday to Tuesday.

Posted on June 9, 2011

Embracing film’s next dimension

Toronto Star by Bruce DeMara, Entertainment Reporter. June 09, 2011.

When Avatar burst through the $2 billion box office barrier in 2009 — becoming by far the highest-grossing movie of all time — it proved once and for all that the future of film is three dimensional.

And as the film world continues its rapid transition from traditional 2-D celluloid film to 3-D digital, a weekend conference at the TIFF Bell Lightbox is aimed at boosting the Toronto film community’s chances of capitalizing on the next wave in film — 3-D.

Posted on June 2, 2011