SCAD Presents Day 2 of the 2017 a TVfest

On Friday, February 3, 2017, the Savannah College of Art and Design’s (SCAD) 5th annual aTVfest continued its three-day celebration of television and media productions with stars, screenings, STUDENTS and workshops.

Actress Jenna Elfman received the Spotlight Award following the screening and Q&A for ABC’s “Imaginary Mary” with actor Stephen Schneider, co-creator and executive producer Patrick Osborne and David Guarascio.

• The screening of NBC’s “Trial and Error,” followed by a Q&A with actress Sherri Shepherd
• The screening of ABC’s “Scandal,” followed by a Q&A with actors Jeff Perry, Joe Morton, Josh Malina and Cornelius Smith Jr.
• The screening of ABC’s “American Crime,” followed by a Q&A with executive producer Michael McDonald and actors Benito Martinez, Connor Jessup, Mickaëlle X. Bizet, Ana Mulvoy-Ten and Richard Cabral
• The screening of ABC’s “When We Rise,” followed by a Q&A with actors Jonathan Majors and Emily Skeggs
• The screening of Starz’s “Survivor’s Remorse,” followed by a Q&A with show creator Mike O’Malley and actors RonReaco Lee, Tichina Arnold, Teyonah Parris, Meagan Tandy and Robert Wu
• The screening of Freeform’s “Switched at Birth,” followed by a Q&A with writer/producer/creator Lizzy Weiss and actors D.W. Moffett, Lea Thompson and Sharon Pierre-Louis
• The screening of Freeform’s “Beyond,” followed by a Q&A with executive producer Adam Nussdorf and actors Eden Brolin, Burkely Duffield, Romy Rosemont and Jonathan Whitesell
• The screening of HBO’s “Cries From Syria,” followed by a Q&A with writer and director Lisanne Skyler
• The screening of HBO’s “Brillo Box,” followed by a Q&A with director Evgeny Afineevsky
• The “Talk the Walk with Miss J” panel, featuring a discussion with fashion personality Miss J Alexander

For the 5 years the event has been running, they have hosted various high profile guests and continues to do so.  For more information on the event, visit their website.  Also, stay in touch via social media on Facebook and Twitter.

Flix Premiere’s founder Martin Warner’s keynote at the 69th Festival de Cannes

Flix Premiere, CEO Martin Warner at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival

 

On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, CEO and Founder of Flix Premiere, Martin Warner addressed and discussed the future of online cinema during his keynote at the 69th Festival de Cannes and the Marché du Film’s NEXT program, the festival’s future of cinema forum. Warner was interviewed by Chief International Correspondent for Variety Magazine, John Hopewell.

During the discussion, Warner outlined new models for film distribution and online movie consumption. Warner also discussed how the new disruptive model of an online Cineplex will give movie audiences broader access to a greater variety of world-class movies and share updates on what Flix Premiere has achieved within the last year to democratize cinema.

This was Flix Premiere’s second event at the festival, following its debut at the 68th Festival de Cannes in 2015, when the company initially launched its mission to revolutionize the film industry by offering brand new movies anytime, anywhere.

Judith Davis in Cannes for the Flix Premiere launch

According to Warner, “Each year tens of thousands of movies are made worldwide, but only 5%of these movies find their audience or recover investment. The other 95%, albeit most of great movies, get lost in an archaic distribution system, without their audience knowing about them, Each great movie deserves a chance to be seen. Using an innovative movie curation system and marketing model that gives each of these films the spotlight they deserve, we can connect these movies to their audience worldwide and – at the same time – give online movie watchers broader access to the types of movies they crave to see.

In 2015, at the highly anticipated Flix Premiere pre-launch party, the company also announced their Democratize Cinema campaign. This campaign enables filmmakers, directors, producers, movie critics, and all movie-goers to become involved in a mission that aims to provide one true single point of discovery for great new movies. This campaign is truly driven to help all underappreciated and overlooked films finally realize their full potential. As of May 1, 2016, more than 105,000 people have signed the online petition, expressing their hunger for a single point to access a broad range of high quality films with a hotbed of emerging talent. “Great films should not be dependent on who is in the movie, which studio produced it, or how much it cost produce, but instead on the power of story, characters, resonance, relevance and much more,” stated Warner.

Flix Premiere is the brainchild of serial entrepreneur and film producer Martin Warner. The world’s first cineplex uses technology innovation to break traditional barriers and connect audiences with the work of talented filmmakers. Flix Premiere initiated its global roll-out with a soft launch in the UK, providing film viewers in the UK a new destination to discover movies across genres including drama, comedies, documentaries and animation. The platform is next set to launch in the US and other locations as well.