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I-Cinema Bits Newsletter issue 2 summer 2006

This document summarizes the Summer 2006 edition of Emerging Pictures' quarterly newsletter. It discusses how Emerging Pictures has expanded its digital cinema network to 16 venues across the US, making it the largest digital art house network. It highlights new venues like the Market Arcade Film & Arts Center in Buffalo, NY that have joined the network. It also discusses programming partnerships with organizations like indieWIRE and the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival to bring films to Emerging Pictures venues.

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W elcome to the Summer 2006 edition of i-Cinema Bits, Emerging Pictures’ quarterly newsletter. Emerging Pictures has dramatically increased its size and scope in just the first six months of 2006. Sixteen cinemas are now online, establishing Emerging Cinemas as the largest strictly digital art house network in the United States. More venues and broader support by distribution companies has solidified Emerging’s leadership role.Our overall mission remains consistent: to use new digital technologies to bring a wide range of quality specialty cinema to communities all across America − innovative American independents, festival- winning international films and thought provoking documentary features. To date, we’ve screened over 120 films digitally (see page 7 for complete list). Emerging’s network now delivers film files directly to member venues via dedicated digital tie lines. We no longer send physical media (digital film “prints” housed on hard drives), thereby eliminating shipping costs while expanding our offerings. This networked approach has increased programming flexibility while also improving technical support. From our control room in New York we can assist the venue’s staff through a shared web-based interface. Film festivals and special events remain a highlight of the Emerging schedule. The 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was, once again, a tremendous success. EmergingExpandsIndieDigitalOpportunities The Market Ar- cade Film & Arts Center in Buffalo, NY, is the nation’s only publicly-owned eight-screen theater, as well as Emerg- ing Cinemas’ new- est full-time venue. Beginning February 1st, MAFAC dedi- cated one screen to Emerging’s digital cinema calendar while continuing with first-run com- mercial features on the others. Open seven days a week, MAFAC takes full advantage of the digital network’s flex- ibility to program multiple films on the Emerging screen, in effect “multiplex- ing” on a single screen. Emerging’s diverse content, high quality and ease of operation were key selling points for MAFAC to join the digital network. EmergingCinemasVenueSpotlight:MAFAC Full Frame Documentary Film Festival ● ● ● 2 indieWIRE: Undiscovered Gems ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 3 Emerging Cinemas Network ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 4 Panasonic Spotlight ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 5 New Releases ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 6 Feature Presentations ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 7 Table Of Contents the city... “MAFAC is very pleased to be the ex- clusive western NY venue for Emerging Cinemas. Its offering is technologically advanced, culturally rich and unique.” - Anthony J. Colucci III, Chairman of MAFAC the theater management company... “This new digital projection system will allow more documentaries, indepen- dents, and other art house films to be shown in Buffalo at the same time as they’re being seen in the top five mar- kets.” - Michael Clement, President, Dipson Theaters the Manager of Buffalo Place... “Having Emerging Cinemas’ titles as part of the mix at MAFAC has added a new dimension to our programming, en- abling us to serve an audience of film enthusiasts who would otherwise have had to read about these films in nation- al publications without ever having the chance to see them on the big screen.” - W. Morgan Smith, Manager, Buffalo Place ...and the local media “As Emerging Cinemas spreads across the country, theaters everywhere will have the opportunity to avoid the high costs of transportation and have un- precedented access to international and independent films.” -The Spectrum, Buffalo Issue #2 Summer 2006 Our new “Affiliate Venue” program has added to our rapid expansion. By link- ing independent art houses, commer- cial multiplexes and cultural centers to the Emerging Cinemas network, a wid- er range of venues gains access to the specialty films they want to bring to their communities in a timely and cost effective way (see page 4 for our updated venue partner list). If you know of a venue that might be interested in joining the net- work, contact us at our New York office. The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 2006 LatinBeat celebration of new Latin American cinema returns in September. We’re midway through the monthly In- dieWIRE: Undiscovered Gems series, sponsored by the New York Times and the Sundance Channel. New PBS events for the fall will once again team Emerg- ing with leading public broadcasters and prestigious cultural centers to present previews of upcoming broadcasts in high definition on the big screen.
America’s fascination with theatrically pre- sented documentary film continues unabated. The diversity of stories, characters, and loca- tions is limitless. Such acclaimed nonfiction features as Why We Fight, Sketches of Frank Gehry and Who Killed the Electric Car? were all made available, digitally, by Emerging Cin- emas to communities that otherwise would have missed the opportunity to see them on a big screen. To best access the next wave of hot docu- mentary films, Emerging partnered for the third consecutive year with the internation- ally renowned Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. During the same time frame that the flagship festival took place in Durham, NC, 11 U.S. cities, each with an Emerging Cinemas venue, presented their own schedule of films drawn from the competitive feature section of the festival. And when it was all over, The Refugee All- Stars, a highly acclaimed, music driven film about the plight of African refugees dream- ing of a pop music career while living in re- settlement camps, was awarded The Full Frame-Emerging Pictures Special Audience Award. California-based filmmakers Zach Niles and Banker White received a new JVC GY-HD100U HDV camcorder, graciously pro- vided by JVC America. We look forward to seeing their next film in the coming year. Documentaries provide more than just onscreen entertainment. Emerging encourages and supports its venues to use such screenings to engage local community interest in the films’ subject matter and its effects upon their lives. By way of example, during this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Emerging worked with media activist consultants Active Voice to arrange and host post-screening conversations about Anne Makepeace’s award-winning Rain in a Dry Land, a moving portrait of Somali refugees who have been resettled across America. Venues in Buffalo, NY, Lincoln, NE, and Tucson, AZ, each with large Somalirefugeecommunities,hostedpost- screening conversations that included members of the refugee community and local support groups. WINNER of the Full Frame/Emerging Pictures Audience Award, Refugee All-Stars, a film by Zach Niles & Banker White CommunityOutreach Refugee All-Stars filmmakers, Zach Niles, Banker White and Chris Velan with Liberian refugees in Guinea Rain In a Dry Land director, Anne Makepeace, with Somali refugees after a post-screening discussion at the 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival PhotobyBradKimbrough DocsAcrossAmerica China Blue, a film by Micha Peled El Inmigrante (The Immigrant), a film by John Sheedy, David Eckenrode and John Eckenrode Page 2 Summer 2006
“indieWIRE:Undiscovered Gems” is an eight-month series of films based on indieWIRE’s annual list of the top 15 films from major festivals around the world that have yet to find a theatrical distributor. Emerging Pictures and The New York Times are presenting the series across the country in association with the California Film Institute, where the idea for such a program originated. The series kicked off in late April with Jem Cohen’s acclaimed feature Chain, followed in May by The Puffy Chair, a film directed by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass that was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. The June film was Four Eyed Monsters, recipient of the Special Audience Award at 2005’s SXSW Film Festival, written, directed, produced and acted in by Arin Crumley and Susan Buice. Upcoming titles include Georgia Lee’s Tribeca Film Festival award winner, Red Doors, and Andrew Bujalski’s Mutual Appreciation. The series will conclude in December, with the presentation of the Sundance Channel Audience Award, which will have been voted on by audiences in all the participating venues across the country. The prize is $50,000 toward a theatrical release in 2007 through Emerging, and an additional $50,000 license fee for broadcast on the Sundance Channel. The award will be announced at ceremonies taking place simultaneously in New York City and at the California Film Institute’s Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, California. Four Eyed Monsters filmmakers Arin Crumley and Susan Buice at their sold out New York premiere. TheSearchforUndiscoveredGemscontinues... EmergingTeamsUpwithindieWIRE, TheNewYorkTimesandSundanceChannel Four Eyed Monsters, a film by Arin Crumley & Susan Buice The Puffy Chair, a film by Jay & Mark Duplass Red Doors, a film by Georgia Lee Chain, a film by Jem Cohen Prospective venues are being considered for the 2007 edition of Full Frame and indieWIRE: Undiscovered Gems. If you would like to participate in this upcoming festival, contact us at exhibition@emergingpictures.com “Having national exposure to our film through the indieWIRE showcase was awesome...it’s a sneak peak into the future at how films will be curated and presented to audiences using digital delivery and simultaneously being in multiple cities. And our percentage of the box office was the most money we’ve made to date.” -Arin Crumley & Susan Buice Monsters intheVillage Page 3Summer 2006
Page 4 Digital cinema systems have three main components- projectors, digital cinema servers, and a specifically designed Theater Management Software (TMS) program. Screens and audio are basically the same as in traditional cinemas. Emerging prefers 3-chip DLP-based projectors. They provide, hands down, the best price/performance value of any projector we’ve tested, combining a beautiful theatrical quality picture with tremendous dependability. Emerging’s servers and its TMS, called KinoCast, are supplied by Emerging’s joint venture with Brazil’s RAIN Networks, one of the world’s leading builders and operators of digital cinema networks. The joint venture, RAINU.S.,ledbyGlenDaSilvaandJoshBanton, is based at Emerging’s New York offices. Digital tie lines connect each venue to the network, allowing for file delivery and technical support via a simple web-based interface. Glen DaSilva manages operations and marketing efforts for Rain U.S. in New York. He coordinates theatre installations and connectivity to the digital cinema network. A Drexel Uni- versity graduate, Glen spent 10 years in various roles at major technology companies and internet start-ups. He joined Rain in January 2006. Josh Banton is the Technical Coor- dinator for Rain U.S., handling the encoding of the films and playback integrity. With a film and video post- production background, he joined Rain in September 2005. Glen and Josh also are available to evaluate the existing equipment in venues in order to assess how appro- priate it is for the Emerging Cinemas network. When a venue joins the net- work, they arrange for the connectiv- ity to our HQ, handle all installation is- sues, train the staff in its use and are available to maximize the value and usage of the system. RAINU.S.CombinesTechnologywithExpertise MeettheRAINmakers Current locations: Avalon Theatre, Washington DC Cinema Village, New York NY Cinema Paradiso, Fort Lauderdale FL Circle Cinema, Tulsa OK Endless Mountains Theatre, Scranton PA Galaxy Cinema, Cary NC Imperial Theatre, Augusta GA Island Theatre, Martha’s Vineyard MA Loft Cinema, Tucson AZ Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, Buffalo NY Mary Riepma Ross Media Center, Lincoln NE Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN Noble Theatre, Oklahoma City OK San Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA Stage West at the Duncan Theatre, Lake Worth FL Theatre N at Nemours, Wilmington DE NationwideEmergingCinemasNetwork Above: Full projector and digital cinema server set-up Below: KinoCast interface Summer 2006
PICTURE THE OPPORTUNITIES: a world of digital content available through a new line of projectors proven to earn their keep. As a pioneer in projection systems for more than 30 years, Panasonic projectors are among the most widely used projector today - playing in more than 1,200 theatres worldwide. Each large venue projector is designed to deliver outstanding image performance in cinematic environments for feature film presentations and alternative High Definition content. These advanced projectors provide the impact of a Hollywood blockbuster and leverage cinema applications of the future at a cost that is affordable today. The Panasonic full line of projectors offer high resolution and light output that suit venues large and small, including cinema screens up to 50 feet. Digital cinema projector market success has been achieved through intense customer focus, and development of multi-use products that just keep getting better. Recognizing purchase decisions are heavily influenced by cost and rapidly changing industry standards, Panasonic puts extraordinary digital experience within reach for customers that demand brilliant performance at a reasonable price. The Panasonic market point of view takes into consideration both the business value delivered to customers, and commitment to creating memorable, high quality experiences for audiences. Panasonic projector customers are no longer limited to snacks and refreshments as a means of generating revenue. Digital distribution has created the ability to not only create new advertising opportunities, but also extend the type of content presented beyond traditional film. Virtually any digital content is now at the customers' disposal-from live sporting events, to concerts and interactive games. Customers that choose Panasonic as a partner for their cinema upgrade require minimal investment and installation and operation is easy. Panasonic projectors are designed to meet the needs of today’s market and the service department is the ideal resource to support the technical use and maintenance needs. Great customer service combined with Panasonic's leading Vivid Color Control and a product design built to last for consistent reliability over long periods of operation. Panasonic Projectors Now Playing at a Theatre Near You HERE ARE THE NEW PANASONIC BIG SCREEN STARS: 1.888.411.1996 panasonic.com/projectors PT-DW5000U/UL PT-D5600U/UL PT-D7700U-KPT-DW7000U-K ■ Wide aspect ratio ■ 4500 lumens ■ 2000:1 contrast ratio ■ Wide aspect ratio ■ 6000 lumens ■ WXGA+ resolution ■ 7000 lumens ■ SXGA+ resolution ■ World’s lightest 3-chip DLP® projector ■ 5000 lumens ■ 2000:1 contrast ratio ■ Low noise design ®2006 Panasonic Projector Systems Company. All rights reserved. DLP® and the DLP® logo are trademarks of Texas Instruments. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Page 5Summer 2006
NewandUpcomingReleases Disproving the old adage that documentaries only play to the art film crowd, Emerging’s release of the action-packed film, Bullrider, has started its march across the middle of the country.The film is the story of a full season of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders)—competing in what is arguably the most dangerous sport on earth. Di- rected by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Aronson, Bullrider takes you deep into this remarkable world as it tells the story of three top bull riders vying for the 2004 World Champion- ship and a million-dollar prize. The film has been booked into theaters to coincide with various ap- pearances of the PBR in cities throughout the country, starting in Denver and Alberquerque and coming to Chicago and other cities in August. EmergingLaunches On-lineDVDStore TheatricalVenuesCan EarnCommissions In a move to maxi- mize revenues for filmmakers and ex- hibitors, Emerging Pictures launched its new on-line DVD store in May. The site is designed to take advantage of the growing data- base that Emerg- ing has assembled of fans of indepen- dent and international films from all over the country, and to reach out directly to the same constituencies that attended the films in their theatrical runs. One unique aspect of the site is an affiliate engine that creates a special link code to participating organiza- tions, enabling them to earn commissions on all the sales they generate. The first film to be launched on the site was Music From the Inside Out, a film that became a sleeper hit when it was released in theaters last year. Among the affiliates who have signed up to help market the DVD are the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Henry Mancini Institute, Detroit Public Television and the Ambler County and Bryn Mawr theaters, which were among many theaters around the country that played the film in its theatri- cal release. After playing in such prestigious film festivals as Berlin, Toronto and Los Angeles in the last year, Emerging Pic- tures plans to release Shonali Bose’s critically acclaimed film Amu in the first quarter of 2007. Filmed entirely in India, Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old In- dian-American woman who returns to India to visit her family. Like an approaching thunderstorm, the film gath- ers a potent political charge as Kaju begins to question her past and realizes how her own privileged life in America was born out of communal violence in India. As she uncovers more and more of the secrets and lies that her family has kept from her, everything about her life is called into question. Amu is Bose’s first feature. Check with your Emerging Pictures reps for availability in your area. The world premiere of Michael Skolnik and Rebecca Chai- klin’s provocative and emotional documentary, Lockdown, USA, was one of the hits of this year’s Tribeca Film Fes- tival. After several sold-out screenings, additional show times had to be added to accommodate the demand.The film’s high profile was partially due to the newsworthiness of its central figure—the hip hop impresario, Russell Sim- mons. The film tells the story of Simmons’ mobilization of the hip hop community to fight New York State’s draco- nian drug laws, the harshest drug control measures ever passed in a democratic nation. With amazing access, Simmons forces high level politicians to face the facts on camera, with surprising results. The theatrical release of the film will be coming up later this year. LockdownbecomesTribecahit Bullriderwowstheminregionalrelease Amutohittheatersearlynextyear aftersuccessfulfestivalrun William Cheeseman, producer of Bullrider, Michael Gaffney, 1997 PBR World Champion, and RAIN’s Glen DaSilva at the Albuquerque premiere Other Emerging Pictures releases that are available on the site: • This Old Cub • Yellow Brick Road • A Tale of Two Pizzas Page 6 Summer 2006
Page 7Summer 2006 2006DigitalCinemaPresentations 2005 Undiscovered Gems Festival Awful Normal Dear Pillow Hotel House of the Tiger King Liberia: An Uncivil War No Rest for the Brave Speedo 2005 Full Frame Festival Beauty Academy of Kabul Color of Love Education of Shelby Knox Gray Matter How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) Last Cowboy Life and Times of Frida Kahlo Mana – Beyond Belief Mary Pickford Self-Made Man Yellow Brick Road 2005 Latin Beat Festival Bombón, the Dog The Heart of Jesus Moon of Avellaneda My Best Enemy Odd People Out What Sebastian Dreamt The Immortal 49 Up 12 and Holding American Gun Ballets Russes Beauty Remains Bridesmaid Bubble Caché (Hidden) Clean Coastlines Cowboy Del Amor C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America Devil’s Miner Down to the Bone Electric Shadows Go For Zucker! Guys and Balls I Am a Sex Addict Iron Island Isn’t This a Time La Moustache Land of Plenty Ballad of Jack and Rose Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress The Baxter The Beat that My Heart Skipped Born Into Brothels Brothers Caterina in the Big City Darwin’s Nightmare Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Emmanuel’s Gift Forty Shades of Blue Funny Ha Ha Going Shopping Head-On Home of the Brave Ladies in Lavender Lipstick & Dynamite Le Grand Role La Petite Jerusalem L’Enfant Look Both Ways Manderlay Marjoe Mongolian Ping Pong Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Our Brand is Crisis Russian Dolls Sketches of Frank Gehry Sorry, Haters Stolen The Devil & Daniel Johnston The Passenger The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till Three Times Touch the Sound The War Tapes Who Killed the Electric Car? Why We Fight 2006 Undiscovered Gems Festival Chain Four Eyed Monsters Mutual Appreciation Puffy Chair Red Doors Room Romantico 2006 Full Frame Festival Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary) Beyond Beats and Rhymes Boy in the Bubble China Blue The Immigrant Filthy Gorgeous Rain in a Dry Land Refugee All-Stars SAZ Sacco and Vanzetti Songbirds Sweet Dreams 2005DigitalCinemaPresentations A League of Ordinary Gentlemen Mad Hot Ballroom Me & You & Everyone We Know Mondovino Music From the Inside Out Nine Lives No Direction Home: Bob Dylan The Perfect Crime Saraband A State of Mind The Search For Wrong-Eyed Jesus A Tale of Two Pizzas Torremolinos 73 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise & Fall of Jack Johnson Up for Grabs The War Within Watermarks Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill The 12 Dogs of Christmas ¡VivaPedro! Emerging Pictures has arranged to exhibit Sony Pictures Classics’festival of films by the Spanish master Pedro Almodovar in its digital cinemas. The festival, entitled“¡Viva Pedro!,”will kick off in September with Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and also includes Law of Desire, Flower of My Secret, Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education and the rarely seen Matador. The high cost of 35mm prints with English subtitles would normally mean that only a handful of major cities would be able to participate in such a festival. But the collaboration between Sony Classics and Emerging means that smaller cities will have the chance to participate. Sony Pictures Classics has been a regular supplier to Emerging Cinemas since its inception. As one of the most prolific distributors of acclaimed cinema from around the world, Sony is always looking out for new ways to reach audiences in a cost effective way. Other Sony films that will be playing at Emerging Cinemas include Quinceanera and House of Sand.

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I-Cinema Bits Newsletter issue 2 summer 2006

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    W elcome to theSummer 2006 edition of i-Cinema Bits, Emerging Pictures’ quarterly newsletter. Emerging Pictures has dramatically increased its size and scope in just the first six months of 2006. Sixteen cinemas are now online, establishing Emerging Cinemas as the largest strictly digital art house network in the United States. More venues and broader support by distribution companies has solidified Emerging’s leadership role.Our overall mission remains consistent: to use new digital technologies to bring a wide range of quality specialty cinema to communities all across America − innovative American independents, festival- winning international films and thought provoking documentary features. To date, we’ve screened over 120 films digitally (see page 7 for complete list). Emerging’s network now delivers film files directly to member venues via dedicated digital tie lines. We no longer send physical media (digital film “prints” housed on hard drives), thereby eliminating shipping costs while expanding our offerings. This networked approach has increased programming flexibility while also improving technical support. From our control room in New York we can assist the venue’s staff through a shared web-based interface. Film festivals and special events remain a highlight of the Emerging schedule. The 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival was, once again, a tremendous success. EmergingExpandsIndieDigitalOpportunities The Market Ar- cade Film & Arts Center in Buffalo, NY, is the nation’s only publicly-owned eight-screen theater, as well as Emerg- ing Cinemas’ new- est full-time venue. Beginning February 1st, MAFAC dedi- cated one screen to Emerging’s digital cinema calendar while continuing with first-run com- mercial features on the others. Open seven days a week, MAFAC takes full advantage of the digital network’s flex- ibility to program multiple films on the Emerging screen, in effect “multiplex- ing” on a single screen. Emerging’s diverse content, high quality and ease of operation were key selling points for MAFAC to join the digital network. EmergingCinemasVenueSpotlight:MAFAC Full Frame Documentary Film Festival ● ● ● 2 indieWIRE: Undiscovered Gems ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 3 Emerging Cinemas Network ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 4 Panasonic Spotlight ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 5 New Releases ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 6 Feature Presentations ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 7 Table Of Contents the city... “MAFAC is very pleased to be the ex- clusive western NY venue for Emerging Cinemas. Its offering is technologically advanced, culturally rich and unique.” - Anthony J. Colucci III, Chairman of MAFAC the theater management company... “This new digital projection system will allow more documentaries, indepen- dents, and other art house films to be shown in Buffalo at the same time as they’re being seen in the top five mar- kets.” - Michael Clement, President, Dipson Theaters the Manager of Buffalo Place... “Having Emerging Cinemas’ titles as part of the mix at MAFAC has added a new dimension to our programming, en- abling us to serve an audience of film enthusiasts who would otherwise have had to read about these films in nation- al publications without ever having the chance to see them on the big screen.” - W. Morgan Smith, Manager, Buffalo Place ...and the local media “As Emerging Cinemas spreads across the country, theaters everywhere will have the opportunity to avoid the high costs of transportation and have un- precedented access to international and independent films.” -The Spectrum, Buffalo Issue #2 Summer 2006 Our new “Affiliate Venue” program has added to our rapid expansion. By link- ing independent art houses, commer- cial multiplexes and cultural centers to the Emerging Cinemas network, a wid- er range of venues gains access to the specialty films they want to bring to their communities in a timely and cost effective way (see page 4 for our updated venue partner list). If you know of a venue that might be interested in joining the net- work, contact us at our New York office. The Film Society of Lincoln Center’s 2006 LatinBeat celebration of new Latin American cinema returns in September. We’re midway through the monthly In- dieWIRE: Undiscovered Gems series, sponsored by the New York Times and the Sundance Channel. New PBS events for the fall will once again team Emerg- ing with leading public broadcasters and prestigious cultural centers to present previews of upcoming broadcasts in high definition on the big screen.
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    America’s fascination withtheatrically pre- sented documentary film continues unabated. The diversity of stories, characters, and loca- tions is limitless. Such acclaimed nonfiction features as Why We Fight, Sketches of Frank Gehry and Who Killed the Electric Car? were all made available, digitally, by Emerging Cin- emas to communities that otherwise would have missed the opportunity to see them on a big screen. To best access the next wave of hot docu- mentary films, Emerging partnered for the third consecutive year with the internation- ally renowned Full Frame Documentary Film Festival. During the same time frame that the flagship festival took place in Durham, NC, 11 U.S. cities, each with an Emerging Cinemas venue, presented their own schedule of films drawn from the competitive feature section of the festival. And when it was all over, The Refugee All- Stars, a highly acclaimed, music driven film about the plight of African refugees dream- ing of a pop music career while living in re- settlement camps, was awarded The Full Frame-Emerging Pictures Special Audience Award. California-based filmmakers Zach Niles and Banker White received a new JVC GY-HD100U HDV camcorder, graciously pro- vided by JVC America. We look forward to seeing their next film in the coming year. Documentaries provide more than just onscreen entertainment. Emerging encourages and supports its venues to use such screenings to engage local community interest in the films’ subject matter and its effects upon their lives. By way of example, during this year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Emerging worked with media activist consultants Active Voice to arrange and host post-screening conversations about Anne Makepeace’s award-winning Rain in a Dry Land, a moving portrait of Somali refugees who have been resettled across America. Venues in Buffalo, NY, Lincoln, NE, and Tucson, AZ, each with large Somalirefugeecommunities,hostedpost- screening conversations that included members of the refugee community and local support groups. WINNER of the Full Frame/Emerging Pictures Audience Award, Refugee All-Stars, a film by Zach Niles & Banker White CommunityOutreach Refugee All-Stars filmmakers, Zach Niles, Banker White and Chris Velan with Liberian refugees in Guinea Rain In a Dry Land director, Anne Makepeace, with Somali refugees after a post-screening discussion at the 2006 Full Frame Documentary Film Festival PhotobyBradKimbrough DocsAcrossAmerica China Blue, a film by Micha Peled El Inmigrante (The Immigrant), a film by John Sheedy, David Eckenrode and John Eckenrode Page 2 Summer 2006
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    “indieWIRE:Undiscovered Gems” isan eight-month series of films based on indieWIRE’s annual list of the top 15 films from major festivals around the world that have yet to find a theatrical distributor. Emerging Pictures and The New York Times are presenting the series across the country in association with the California Film Institute, where the idea for such a program originated. The series kicked off in late April with Jem Cohen’s acclaimed feature Chain, followed in May by The Puffy Chair, a film directed by brothers Jay and Mark Duplass that was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards. The June film was Four Eyed Monsters, recipient of the Special Audience Award at 2005’s SXSW Film Festival, written, directed, produced and acted in by Arin Crumley and Susan Buice. Upcoming titles include Georgia Lee’s Tribeca Film Festival award winner, Red Doors, and Andrew Bujalski’s Mutual Appreciation. The series will conclude in December, with the presentation of the Sundance Channel Audience Award, which will have been voted on by audiences in all the participating venues across the country. The prize is $50,000 toward a theatrical release in 2007 through Emerging, and an additional $50,000 license fee for broadcast on the Sundance Channel. The award will be announced at ceremonies taking place simultaneously in New York City and at the California Film Institute’s Christopher B. Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, California. Four Eyed Monsters filmmakers Arin Crumley and Susan Buice at their sold out New York premiere. TheSearchforUndiscoveredGemscontinues... EmergingTeamsUpwithindieWIRE, TheNewYorkTimesandSundanceChannel Four Eyed Monsters, a film by Arin Crumley & Susan Buice The Puffy Chair, a film by Jay & Mark Duplass Red Doors, a film by Georgia Lee Chain, a film by Jem Cohen Prospective venues are being considered for the 2007 edition of Full Frame and indieWIRE: Undiscovered Gems. If you would like to participate in this upcoming festival, contact us at exhibition@emergingpictures.com “Having national exposure to our film through the indieWIRE showcase was awesome...it’s a sneak peak into the future at how films will be curated and presented to audiences using digital delivery and simultaneously being in multiple cities. And our percentage of the box office was the most money we’ve made to date.” -Arin Crumley & Susan Buice Monsters intheVillage Page 3Summer 2006
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    Page 4 Digital cinemasystems have three main components- projectors, digital cinema servers, and a specifically designed Theater Management Software (TMS) program. Screens and audio are basically the same as in traditional cinemas. Emerging prefers 3-chip DLP-based projectors. They provide, hands down, the best price/performance value of any projector we’ve tested, combining a beautiful theatrical quality picture with tremendous dependability. Emerging’s servers and its TMS, called KinoCast, are supplied by Emerging’s joint venture with Brazil’s RAIN Networks, one of the world’s leading builders and operators of digital cinema networks. The joint venture, RAINU.S.,ledbyGlenDaSilvaandJoshBanton, is based at Emerging’s New York offices. Digital tie lines connect each venue to the network, allowing for file delivery and technical support via a simple web-based interface. Glen DaSilva manages operations and marketing efforts for Rain U.S. in New York. He coordinates theatre installations and connectivity to the digital cinema network. A Drexel Uni- versity graduate, Glen spent 10 years in various roles at major technology companies and internet start-ups. He joined Rain in January 2006. Josh Banton is the Technical Coor- dinator for Rain U.S., handling the encoding of the films and playback integrity. With a film and video post- production background, he joined Rain in September 2005. Glen and Josh also are available to evaluate the existing equipment in venues in order to assess how appro- priate it is for the Emerging Cinemas network. When a venue joins the net- work, they arrange for the connectiv- ity to our HQ, handle all installation is- sues, train the staff in its use and are available to maximize the value and usage of the system. RAINU.S.CombinesTechnologywithExpertise MeettheRAINmakers Current locations: Avalon Theatre, Washington DC Cinema Village, New York NY Cinema Paradiso, Fort Lauderdale FL Circle Cinema, Tulsa OK Endless Mountains Theatre, Scranton PA Galaxy Cinema, Cary NC Imperial Theatre, Augusta GA Island Theatre, Martha’s Vineyard MA Loft Cinema, Tucson AZ Market Arcade Film & Arts Centre, Buffalo NY Mary Riepma Ross Media Center, Lincoln NE Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis TN Noble Theatre, Oklahoma City OK San Rafael Film Center, San Rafael CA Stage West at the Duncan Theatre, Lake Worth FL Theatre N at Nemours, Wilmington DE NationwideEmergingCinemasNetwork Above: Full projector and digital cinema server set-up Below: KinoCast interface Summer 2006
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    NewandUpcomingReleases Disproving the oldadage that documentaries only play to the art film crowd, Emerging’s release of the action-packed film, Bullrider, has started its march across the middle of the country.The film is the story of a full season of the PBR (Professional Bull Riders)—competing in what is arguably the most dangerous sport on earth. Di- rected by Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Josh Aronson, Bullrider takes you deep into this remarkable world as it tells the story of three top bull riders vying for the 2004 World Champion- ship and a million-dollar prize. The film has been booked into theaters to coincide with various ap- pearances of the PBR in cities throughout the country, starting in Denver and Alberquerque and coming to Chicago and other cities in August. EmergingLaunches On-lineDVDStore TheatricalVenuesCan EarnCommissions In a move to maxi- mize revenues for filmmakers and ex- hibitors, Emerging Pictures launched its new on-line DVD store in May. The site is designed to take advantage of the growing data- base that Emerg- ing has assembled of fans of indepen- dent and international films from all over the country, and to reach out directly to the same constituencies that attended the films in their theatrical runs. One unique aspect of the site is an affiliate engine that creates a special link code to participating organiza- tions, enabling them to earn commissions on all the sales they generate. The first film to be launched on the site was Music From the Inside Out, a film that became a sleeper hit when it was released in theaters last year. Among the affiliates who have signed up to help market the DVD are the Philadelphia Orchestra, The Henry Mancini Institute, Detroit Public Television and the Ambler County and Bryn Mawr theaters, which were among many theaters around the country that played the film in its theatri- cal release. After playing in such prestigious film festivals as Berlin, Toronto and Los Angeles in the last year, Emerging Pic- tures plans to release Shonali Bose’s critically acclaimed film Amu in the first quarter of 2007. Filmed entirely in India, Amu is the story of Kaju, a twenty-one-year-old In- dian-American woman who returns to India to visit her family. Like an approaching thunderstorm, the film gath- ers a potent political charge as Kaju begins to question her past and realizes how her own privileged life in America was born out of communal violence in India. As she uncovers more and more of the secrets and lies that her family has kept from her, everything about her life is called into question. Amu is Bose’s first feature. Check with your Emerging Pictures reps for availability in your area. The world premiere of Michael Skolnik and Rebecca Chai- klin’s provocative and emotional documentary, Lockdown, USA, was one of the hits of this year’s Tribeca Film Fes- tival. After several sold-out screenings, additional show times had to be added to accommodate the demand.The film’s high profile was partially due to the newsworthiness of its central figure—the hip hop impresario, Russell Sim- mons. The film tells the story of Simmons’ mobilization of the hip hop community to fight New York State’s draco- nian drug laws, the harshest drug control measures ever passed in a democratic nation. With amazing access, Simmons forces high level politicians to face the facts on camera, with surprising results. The theatrical release of the film will be coming up later this year. LockdownbecomesTribecahit Bullriderwowstheminregionalrelease Amutohittheatersearlynextyear aftersuccessfulfestivalrun William Cheeseman, producer of Bullrider, Michael Gaffney, 1997 PBR World Champion, and RAIN’s Glen DaSilva at the Albuquerque premiere Other Emerging Pictures releases that are available on the site: • This Old Cub • Yellow Brick Road • A Tale of Two Pizzas Page 6 Summer 2006
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    Page 7Summer 2006 2006DigitalCinemaPresentations 2005Undiscovered Gems Festival Awful Normal Dear Pillow Hotel House of the Tiger King Liberia: An Uncivil War No Rest for the Brave Speedo 2005 Full Frame Festival Beauty Academy of Kabul Color of Love Education of Shelby Knox Gray Matter How to Eat Your Watermelon in White Company (And Enjoy It) Last Cowboy Life and Times of Frida Kahlo Mana – Beyond Belief Mary Pickford Self-Made Man Yellow Brick Road 2005 Latin Beat Festival Bombón, the Dog The Heart of Jesus Moon of Avellaneda My Best Enemy Odd People Out What Sebastian Dreamt The Immortal 49 Up 12 and Holding American Gun Ballets Russes Beauty Remains Bridesmaid Bubble Caché (Hidden) Clean Coastlines Cowboy Del Amor C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America Devil’s Miner Down to the Bone Electric Shadows Go For Zucker! Guys and Balls I Am a Sex Addict Iron Island Isn’t This a Time La Moustache Land of Plenty Ballad of Jack and Rose Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress The Baxter The Beat that My Heart Skipped Born Into Brothels Brothers Caterina in the Big City Darwin’s Nightmare Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room Emmanuel’s Gift Forty Shades of Blue Funny Ha Ha Going Shopping Head-On Home of the Brave Ladies in Lavender Lipstick & Dynamite Le Grand Role La Petite Jerusalem L’Enfant Look Both Ways Manderlay Marjoe Mongolian Ping Pong Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont Our Brand is Crisis Russian Dolls Sketches of Frank Gehry Sorry, Haters Stolen The Devil & Daniel Johnston The Passenger The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till Three Times Touch the Sound The War Tapes Who Killed the Electric Car? Why We Fight 2006 Undiscovered Gems Festival Chain Four Eyed Monsters Mutual Appreciation Puffy Chair Red Doors Room Romantico 2006 Full Frame Festival Asparagus! (A Stalk-umentary) Beyond Beats and Rhymes Boy in the Bubble China Blue The Immigrant Filthy Gorgeous Rain in a Dry Land Refugee All-Stars SAZ Sacco and Vanzetti Songbirds Sweet Dreams 2005DigitalCinemaPresentations A League of Ordinary Gentlemen Mad Hot Ballroom Me & You & Everyone We Know Mondovino Music From the Inside Out Nine Lives No Direction Home: Bob Dylan The Perfect Crime Saraband A State of Mind The Search For Wrong-Eyed Jesus A Tale of Two Pizzas Torremolinos 73 Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise & Fall of Jack Johnson Up for Grabs The War Within Watermarks Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill The 12 Dogs of Christmas ¡VivaPedro! Emerging Pictures has arranged to exhibit Sony Pictures Classics’festival of films by the Spanish master Pedro Almodovar in its digital cinemas. The festival, entitled“¡Viva Pedro!,”will kick off in September with Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown and also includes Law of Desire, Flower of My Secret, Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Talk to Her, Bad Education and the rarely seen Matador. The high cost of 35mm prints with English subtitles would normally mean that only a handful of major cities would be able to participate in such a festival. But the collaboration between Sony Classics and Emerging means that smaller cities will have the chance to participate. Sony Pictures Classics has been a regular supplier to Emerging Cinemas since its inception. As one of the most prolific distributors of acclaimed cinema from around the world, Sony is always looking out for new ways to reach audiences in a cost effective way. Other Sony films that will be playing at Emerging Cinemas include Quinceanera and House of Sand.