Wednesday – May 11th- 6pm-9pm
Quick Film Budget speaker series
Guest Q&A: Technicolor 3D’s Dan Birnbaum
Moderated by filmmakers Nolan & Adam Lebovitz
Showbiz Budgeting & Scheduling Software Seminar
With Media Services’ Roger Jones
Showbiz Software Café, 500 S. Sepulveda Blvd, West L.A. CA
Free and open to the public; free parking located in building
Info & RSVP: www.showbizsoftware.com
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Wednesday – May 11th – 8pm-?
ProjectFresh meeting – Award-winning 3-D shorts
LA 3D Club’s Eric Kurland & Ray Zone introduce recent competition winners
Food truck service at 6:45pm
After-screening rooftop reception
Downtown Independent Theater, 251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA
Advance tickets: $12 ($15 at the door)
Info & tickets: http://projectfresh.eventbrite.com/
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Friday – May 13th – 8:45am-5pm
3D Advertising Summit
Hands-on presentations on 3D commercials production basics
*John Nicolard (Head of Digital Production, Fotokem)
*Grant Anderson (Stereographer/Instructor, Sony 3D Technology Center)
*Dave Gregory (Independent Filmmaker & Stereographer)
*Alex Lindsey (Lucasfilm & ILM; founder, dvGarage, Pixel Corps and Rebel Unit Media)
*Michael Ching (Owner/Producer/Casting Director of Grantave Productions and Casting)
*Keith Vidger (Sales Support Engineer, Acquisition Systems, Sony Electronics, Inc.)
*Anthony Shafer (Stereoscopic Supervisor and Stereographer, StereoBox)
*Tony McIlwain (VP Sales, Western Region, ScreenVision)
Kerner Group Studios, 90 Windward Way, San Rafael, CA, 94901
Free and open to the public
Info: www.kerner.com or 415/448-2000
RSVP: www.3dAdvertisingSummit.com
Press info: Dan Harary, Asbury PR Agency Inc., Beverly Hills CA
(310) 859-1831
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Friday thru Monday – May 13th thru 16th – TBA
Chesterfield Stereoscopic Society Convention 2011
3D workshops, demos, exhibitors & screenings from around the world
*8pm-Friday thru Sunday – 3D show screenings
Legacy Chesterfield Hotel, Malkin Street, Chesterfield, Derbyshire S41 7UA, United Kingdom
Admission fees vary (day-passes or full festival tickets available)
Info: andrew.hurst@assistpoint.co.uk or 07768-484971
Registration: www.stereoscopicsociety.org.uk
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Saturday & Sunday – May 14th & 15th – 1pm-10pm
L.A. 3D Club (SCSC) 8th Annual 3D Movie Festival & competition
Saturday, May 14th:
*1pm-3-D Shorts competition #1
*4pm-3-D Shorts competition #2
*8pm-Feature Screening (TBA)
Sunday, May 15th:
*2pm-3-D Demos and Presentation (Free admission)
*4pm-3D Student Showcase (Free admission)
*7pm-Festival Awards & Screening (Rooftop reception for all attendees)
Additional events TBA
Downtown Independent Theater, 251 S. Main St., Los Angeles, CA
Admission fees vary; parking fees also charged
Weekend passes: $30 (Discounts for SCSC members & USC students)
Info & RSVP: www.LA3DFest.com
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Sunday thru Friday – May 15th thru 20th – TBA
Society for Information Display’s Display Week 2011
49th Annual Symposium, Seminar & Exhibition
Engineers, manufacturers, researchers in
Convention of electronic-information-display professionals
Presentations, panels & hundreds of exhibitors
Guest speakers include
*Douglas Trumbull (Showscan)
*Phil McNally (Dreamworks Animation)
*3-D Cinema, co-chaired by Force-friendly, Andrew Woods
L.A. Convention Center, 1201 S. Figueroa St., Los Angeles CA
Admission fees vary; individual seminar or full week available
Info & registration: www.sid2011.org/Overview.aspx
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Friday & Saturday – May 20th & 21st – TBA
2nd Annual New Media Film Festival
3D & new media features, short subjects & filmmakers Q&A
Opening night 3D Gala, with International 3D Society and Producers Guild
Los Angeles Film School, 6363 Sunset Boulevard (at Ivar), Hollywood CA
Admission fees vary; 30% discount code (before May 10th): earlybird30
Some networking events are free & open to the public
Competition submissions deadline: May 10th
$5 off any submission, with discount code: NM254
Info & registration: www.NewMediaFilmFestival.com
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