CANNES, France — Christie is serving as the technical D-Cinema partner for the Cannes Film Festival for the third year in a row, and announced a significant increase in movies being screened in the digital format — at least 50 out of the total 53 shown, vs. 37 in 2008 and 20 in 2007. “We are pleased to see the progress of D-Cinema in the motion picture industry, as shown by the digital movies which are part of the Official Selection,” said Jack Kline, president and COO for Christie Digital Systems USA, Inc. “And we’re delighted by the continued trust displayed by XDC, the Festival’s technical D-Cinema partner, and CST, the representative organization of cinema professionals in France responsible for the technical operation of Cannes.”
Christie will provide at least 19 projectors for the 62nd annual film festival.
For the Official Competition, seven Christie 2K DLP Cinema projectors will be installed in the following auditoriums: Lumière, Debussy, Bazin, Buñuel, 60th Anniversary Theatre and the Beach Cinema.
For the Film Market, three Christie 2K DLP Cinema projectors will be installed in Bory and Lerins2 auditoriums and auditorium J, while nine Christie high definition DLP standard projectors will equip the other HD video rooms.
One 2K digital control room will be installed in the Palais des Festivals in order to check the digital copies.
XDC will implement its Cinestore Solo G3 server in all the auditoria and will be collaborating with XpanD, an expert in 3D presentations, which will be given top billing this year at the world preview of “Up,” Pixar/Disney’s animated comedy adventure, which will open this year’s Festival.
“Up” will be premiered using a Christie CP2000-SB projector with built-in Christie Brilliant3D technology, which uses a single lens system. The Christie CP2000-XB, CP2000-SB, CP2000-M and CP2000-ZX are also equipped with the Brilliant3D technology.
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