LAS VEGAS—The Future of Cinema Conference at the 2019 NAB Show will take a look at how the medium is moving forward by peeking back into the past. With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing taking place this year, the keynote speaker for the Future of Cinema Conference will be director Todd Douglas Miller, whose “Apollo 11” documentary reproduced raw footage and audio from the historic mission.

Miller composed the film out of unprocessed, never-before-seen 65mm footage discovered at the National Archives and Records Administration and 11,000 hours of uncatalogued NASA audio recordings. For the film, Miller and his team digitized and restored the film, then created an 8K transfer that documents the moon landing.

Past work from Miller includes the films “Dinosaur 13,” “Gahanna Bill,” “Scaring the Fish” and “The Last Steps.”

The Future of Cinema Conference, which this year is titled “Now, Next and Beyond the Yellow Brick Road,” will take place from April 6-7 and is produced by SMPTE. Miller will give his keynote address on April 6 at 9:10 a.m.

For more information on the FoCC, click here.

To register for the NAB Show, visit www.nabshow.com.

Watch the trailer for “Apollo 11” below.

LAS VEGAS—The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has announced the title and theme for the 2019 NAB Show's Future of Cinema Conference (FoCC), produced in partnership with SMPTE. The FoCC, "Now, Next, and Beyond the Yellow Brick Road," will take place at the Las Vegas Convention Center, April 6-7 in conjunction with the 2019 NAB Show and will feature presentations from the experts in the media and entertainment industry.

Julina Tatlock, CEO of award-winning immersive-entertainment company 30 Ninjas, is serving as chair of the FoCC program committee. In her work as an interactive story creator, a digital strategist, a game designer, and a writer and producer, Tatlock uses new technology and platforms to transform content creation and consumption. Her keynote presentation at the SMPTE 2018 Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (SMPTE 2018) focused on how leading-edge creatives are working with next-gen technologies to redefine the very nature of media and entertainment.

"Each year, the Future of Cinema Conference maps the path toward the technology horizon, and we're thrilled to have Julina bringing her unique knowledge and experience to the creation of this year's program," said SMPTE Education Vice President Sara Kudrle, who is also product marketing manager at Imagine Communications. "The conference will include the technical depth you expect from SMPTE and a broad, global perspective incorporating diverse planes of thought. We're looking forward to exciting, thought-provoking sessions with the experts who are changing the very foundation of the media and entertainment industry."

All surrounding the central focus of cinema, topics at this year's FoCC will include the state of the art, technology, and allied sciences; amazing emerging technologies; and the many possible futures of cinema.

More information about FoCC is available here. SMPTE members can register here and use code EP07 to take $100 off the NAB Show nonmember rate for a Conference Flex Pass registration or to get a free Exhibits Pass. The offer expires March 25.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—The future of visual effects for the TV and film industry will be the main topic during a day two keynote at the 2017 NAB Show’s “The Future of Cinema Conference,” produced in partnership in SMPTE. Giving the keynote address on the subject will be Emmy and Academy Award-winning visual effects supervisor Robert Legato.

Legato’s address, “Jungle Book, Photorealism, and the Bright Future of Filmmaking,” will look at his past work, which includes 2016’s “The Jungle Book,” and discuss how computer simulations have improved to provide more realistic images and the distinction between visual effects and “traditional” cinematic disciplines like direction, cinematography, production and design.

Legato is a four-time Academy Award-nominee and a three time winner. His past film work includes “Apollo 13,” “Titanic,” “Hugo” and “The Jungle Book.” His TV work includes on “Star Trek: The Next Generation” and “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,” for which he received three Emmy Award nominations and two wins.

“The Future of Cinema Conference” will take place from April 22-23 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.

LAS VEGAS & WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—The “Future of Cinema Conference: The Intersection of Technology, Art & Commerce in Cinema” will help kick off this year’s NAB Show and the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers is filling out the details of what attendees will be offered. The two-day conference will feature presentations of how new technical innovations, consumption and business models will impact the industry.

Robert Seidel, Barbara Lange, Ang Lee, and Richard Welsh at the 2016 Future of Cinema Conference

The first day of the conference will focus on the new technical developments and challenges in film. These include the use of the SMPTE Digital Camera Package for distribution, the role of cloud technology for global distribution, the latest in display and projection technology, implementations of Interoperable Master Format, immersive audio technologies and standards, and how to protect against threats to content security.

Day two will focus on content creation and consumption with areas like light field imaging on content production and a panel on HDR. Other topics on the docket will include the advancement in AR, VR and mixed reality experiences, and consumers changing relationships to the movies.

Speakers for the “Future of Cinema Conference” will include SMPTE Education Vice President and Sundog Media Toolkit CEO Richard Welsh and Pixar Animation’s Cynthia Slavens. Additional speakers will include Jaclyn Pytlarz, Dolby Laboratories; Chris Witham, The Walt Disney Studios; Pat Griffis, Dolby Laboratories and SMPTE executive vice president; Nick Mitchell, Technicolor Creative Services; Jennifer Zeidan, Industrial Light & Magic; filmmaker Jennifer Hall Lee; Siegfried Foessel, Fraunhofer IIS; and Rajesh Ramachandran, Qube Cinema.

The 2017 NAB Show’s “Future of Cinema Conference” will take place from April 22-23. For more information or to register for the conference, visit www.nabshow.com/education/future-cinema-conference.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—Produced by both the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers and the National Association of Broadcasters, “The Future of Cinema Conference: The Immortal Movie,” which will take place during the 2016 NAB Show, is now open for registration. The conference will explore how content creators and storytellers combine artistry with motion-imaging technology to thrive today and into the future.

The two-day conference will features sessions on techniques and challenges related to making content for theatrical release and beyond. Topics will include the creative use of HDR; utilizing content captured on 35mm film to feed into high-end digital exhibition formats; next-generation distribution; HDR mastering and delivery to the home.

Richard Welsh

“With this conference, we’ll investigate the limits of what is possible within the cinema environment, look at the new directions being taken by creatives, both established and those early in their careers, and consider how these filmmakers are interfacing with technology to expand their storytelling capabilities,” said Richard Welsh, CEO of Sundog Media Toolkit and program chair for the conference.

“The Future of Cinema Conference” is scheduled to take place from April 16-17 in Las Vegas. Registration is now open. For more information, click here.