The European Digital Cinema Forum
recently held its bi-annual elections for Board membership for the coming two
year period. There are several new Board members, and the overall Board covers
a very wide range of the cinema business and across European countries.
This breadth is a unique strength of the
EDCF and is important for a membership-based group so that we can continue to
take into account all of our members’ interests and provide real value to the
industry as a whole.
In a very competitive election, members
voted the following people onto the Board: - Angelo d’Alessio – Venice film Festival,
Italy
- Oleg Berezin – Neva Film, Russia
- Tom Bert – Barco, Belgium
- Tammo Buhren – ZweiB, Germany
- David Hancock – IHS Markit, UK
- Dave Hodgkinson – Universal Studios, UK
- Cathy Huis in t’veld Esser – Gofilex,
Netherlands
- Matt Jahans – Harkness Screens, UK
- Julian Pinn – Julian Pinn Ltd., UK
- Jan Runge – ICTA, Germany
- Patrick von Sychowski – Celluloid Junkie,
UK
- Jack Watts – Deluxe Technicolor Digital
Cinema
The Board’s first action was to renew
the mandate of current President David Hancock, which was unopposed.
David Hancock comments “I would like to
thank everyone who stood as a Board member in these elections, the most
competitive I can remember. I was impressed by the range and industry stature
of the candidates and am heartened by that. It is a very good sign for the EDCF’s
future that our membership is so active.
I would like to thank the last Board for
their hard work over the past two years, which has seen the EDCF
re-energised and imbued with a new sense
of purpose. I also wish to thank those that have stood down from the Board for
their longstanding commitment and service to the EDCF and wish them good luck
in their continuing ventures”.
The EDCF is currently working on a range of
projects, amongst which are the continued European rollout of the SMPTE-DCP, a
buyer’s guide to Laser Projection, and a Best Practice Guide to Image and Audio
in Cinemas.
The 3
rd Annual EDCF Convention
will take place in Sweden on November 21
st & 22nd. If you are
interested in joining us at the EDCF or for further information on our activities,
please contact John Graham at
[email protected] 