This month marks the fifth annual Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival in New York City, and to celebrate the event (running from May 25th–30th), we caught up with festival director Daniel Abella for our latest Q&A feature to discuss what attendees can look forward to experiencing this year.
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Daniel. For those unfamiliar with New York City’s Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival, can you discuss how this year’s events will honor the late, great author Philip K. Dick?
Daniel Abella: Thank you, it is a pleasure to speak with you and to be featured on Daily Dead. The theme of this year's festival is "Transcendence or Extinction." The films and panels programmed reflect the crossroads that humanity is in. One side points to a personal evolution and greater spirituality while the other...
Thanks for taking the time to answer some questions for us, Daniel. For those unfamiliar with New York City’s Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival, can you discuss how this year’s events will honor the late, great author Philip K. Dick?
Daniel Abella: Thank you, it is a pleasure to speak with you and to be featured on Daily Dead. The theme of this year's festival is "Transcendence or Extinction." The films and panels programmed reflect the crossroads that humanity is in. One side points to a personal evolution and greater spirituality while the other...
- 5/1/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
82nd Academy Awards, Telecast
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 scientific and technical achievements represented by 33 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 13, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. In addition, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (Smpte) will receive a special award recognizing a century of fundamental contributions to the advancement of motion picture standards and technology.
“This year’s honorees represent a wide range of new tech, including a modular inflatable airwall system for composited visual effects, a ubiquitous 3D digital paint system and a 3D printing technique for animation,” said Richard Edlund, Academy Award-winning visual effects artist and chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. “With their outstanding, innovative work, these technologists, engineers and inventors have further expanded filmmakers’ creative opportunities on the big screen.”
Unlike other Academy...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences today announced that 10 scientific and technical achievements represented by 33 individual award recipients will be honored at its annual Scientific and Technical Awards Presentation on Saturday, February 13, at the Beverly Wilshire in Beverly Hills. In addition, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (Smpte) will receive a special award recognizing a century of fundamental contributions to the advancement of motion picture standards and technology.
“This year’s honorees represent a wide range of new tech, including a modular inflatable airwall system for composited visual effects, a ubiquitous 3D digital paint system and a 3D printing technique for animation,” said Richard Edlund, Academy Award-winning visual effects artist and chair of the Scientific and Technical Awards Committee. “With their outstanding, innovative work, these technologists, engineers and inventors have further expanded filmmakers’ creative opportunities on the big screen.”
Unlike other Academy...
- 1/9/2016
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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