Novart Media Films will be in charge of production for austrian brothers EXIT/INPUT new music video OBJECT. Executive produced by Bianca Smanio and directed by Sebastian Mantilla, the music video will be released in November 2009 following a live performance by the electronic group in Barcelona. EXIT/INPUT have an endless array of genre’s under there belt. They are out to change the way music is thought of, heard, and seen.

The Eastman Kodak Company announced yesterday that the camera film, immortalised by Simon’s 1973 hit Kodachrome, was being taken off the market after a run of 74 years.

Kodachrome was born in 1935 after a process invented by two musicians, Leopold Godowsky Jr and Leopold Mannes, a violinist and a pianist known as “God and Man” who were passionately interested in photography as a hobby.

The vivid colours of Kodachrome have captured some of the most famous wildlife imagery as well as many of the world’s best-known news photographs.

Abraham Zapruder’s 8mm reel of President John Kennedy’s 1963 assassination was shot on Kodachrome.

Kodachrome had a natural way of recording colour. It was incredibly fine-grained and for many years was the best way of getting maximum quality — the resolution was fantastic.

The top digital cameras would now probably supersede and give better quality when measured mathematically, but aesthetically Kodachrome had something you just can’t reproduce digitally.

Source: Timesonline

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Over the weekend of 13th-15th March, The European Independent Film Festival 2009 screened 113 films from 27 countries at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Site François-Mitterrand. Alongside the screenings, ÉCU 2009 also offered “Meet the Directors” sessions, an exciting array of workshops with internationally renowned industry experts and the newly launched Perfect Pitch programme. Sebastian Mantilla received Best Director award for his independent film Next to Babilonia.

For the first time in 2009, EAVE and Buenos Aires Lab will organize a joint workshop for 5 Latin American and 5 European producers with the support of MEDIA International:

The PUENTES Europe-Latin America Producers Workshop taking place in Buenos Aires from March 26-30, 2009 within the framework of the BAFICI (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) taking place from March 25 – April 5, 2009.

We are so happy to announce that Novart Media Films producer Bianca Smanio has been selected to take part in the prestigious EAVE 2009 as a participant with the production project: Canal.  Written by Sebastian Mantilla, the project will be developed and monitored by Lise Lense-Møller (Magic Hour Film, Denmark), Peter Rommel (Rommel Film, Germany), Danijel Hocevar (Emotionfilm, Slovenia), Diana Elbaum (Entre Chien et Loup, Belgium).

European Audiovisual Entrepreneurs is a network and project development programme for European and international audiovisual producers.  The annual EAVE Producers Workshop is our flagship programme working with over 50 producers from 28 European countries.  EAVE Plus features the well established Film Finance Forum and the Film Marketing Workshop as well as a range of international programmes.

Past graduates include:

Oscars 2006: The Last King of Scotland by Kevin Macdonald, produced by EAVE 1991 graduate Andrea Calderwood (Slate Films, UK) in the category Best Actor and The Danish Poet by Torill Kove, produced by EAVE 2003 graduate Lise Fearnley (Mikrofilm AS, NO) in the category Best Animated Short Fil.

Venice 2006: Special Jury Prize for Daratt by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, co-produced by EAVE 1994 graduate & group leader Diana Elbaum (Entre Chien et Loup, B)

Cannes 2006: The Wind that Shakes the Barley by Ken Loach, co-produced by EAVE 1991 graduate Ed Guiney (Element Films, IRL)

The headquarters’ team is composed of Alan Fountain (Head of Studies/CEO), Kristina Trapp (Deputy Chief Executive), Patricia Senova (Workshop Manager) and Cécile Devroye (Workshop Co-ordinator).