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As uncertainty reigns over the future location of North Americas biggest film market, the managing director of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel said he wants the establishment to host the event after the contract expires late next year.The deal between the AFM and the beachside hotel that has served for many years as its home comes up f stanley cup or renewal when the 2012 market concludes, leaving a lucrative convention contract up for grabs.Speaking to Screendaily this week, Paul Leclerc said he met w stanley cup ith AFM managing director Jonathan Wolf on Sept 15 when he made it clear he absolutely wanted to continue hosting the event. Leclerc added, I understood [Wolf] was looking at other venues, so we have left it there. Wolf and certain AFM and Independent Film And Television Alliance IFTA top brass, reportedly unhappy over high contracted prices at the Loews, are weighing up a move to the stanley cup L.A. Live complex in Los Angeles revitalised Downtown district.Shortly after the AFM ended on Nov 9 show organisers took non-LA-based IFTA members on two pre-planned tours of L.A. Live. Supporters of a move argue it will strengthen ties with the concurrent AFI FEST in nearby Hollywood and add much-needed glamour to the market.However a group called Lets Stay In Santa Monica has secured the names of more than 100 industry professionals who want to keep the market by the beach. They include Inferno co-founder and Venice Beach resident Bill Johnson and Open Road chief Tom Ortenberg. The reality is that Santa M Pkwy Europe s national film agencies support MEDIA future
Buddy Squires will receive the International Documentary Association s IDA Outstanding Documentary Cinematography Award at t stanley cup he 23rd Ann stanley us ual IDA Awards Gala Benefit in Los Angeles on Dec 7.Squires credits number into the eighties and include The Statue Of Liberty, which earned him an Oscar nomination in 1986, as well as Civil War, Scottsboro: An American Tragedy, New York: A Documentary Film, Jazz, and, more recently, Nanking. I learned that every documentary is a process of discovery, Squires said. You have to recognise and be open to every pos stanley italy sibility, each moment of every day, because you never know what is going to happen next. The choices you make about the way light falls on someone s face, composition and camera angles can speak louder than words. TopicsAmericasOther AwardsUnited States No comments Related articles News MBS Group closes deal to manage Saudi Arabias AlUla Studios 2025-05-07T08:52:00Z By Michael Rosser US-based The MBS Group is known as the home of James Camerons Avatar franchise. |
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