FESTIVAL MILESTONES

•IFCT 2002, took place in Toronto at the Ontario Science Centre's Compaq Theatre

•At the 2002 Toronto event, The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology was reportedly the first film festival to be completely FILMLESS and TAPELESS relying exclusively on a HDD or Hard Disk Drive System.

•Another technological demonstration employed Hybrid VBR technology. All festival content was displayed in the progressive format. Festival projects, which have originated in both film and digital video, were screened using DLP technology- the cutting edge of digital projection.

•The tour took place in London and Paris in December 2002. The Paris Event took place in The CNIT (Centre National des Industries et Techniques) a showcase of some of the world's most significant architectural achievements.

• The IFCT London and IFCT Paris events broke new ground as IFCT became the first film festival to take advantage of recent breakthroughs in miniaturization. Employing a newly developed ultra-lightweight DLP projector and mini-DVD playback system, the IFCT London and Paris systems weighed less than 5 lbs, yet yielded vivid and stunning image quality.

•IFCT 2003 showcased new technologies used to create films including independent 3D cinema, super-duper 8, and an animated film created in over 50 countries and by over 40 artists via a revolutionary internet project.

•This year's festival technology featured a United States Premiere of a 3D film from Germany "Cyberheidi in 3D" (New York Premiere) filmed on location in the Bavarian Alps in stereoscopic 3D.

•The festival incorporated discussion of new 3D technologies which came into the making of the 3D film "Cyber Heidi" and others.

•The festival also screened the feature film "Sleep Always" (a US premiere) shot in innovative newly developed "Super-duper-8" which adapts Super 8mm cameras.

•The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology also screened the animation "Grand-Ma" which is also notable for its technology and was a first of its kind. More than 40 digital artists and animators from various countries (USA, Japan, France, Canada, and Germany) joined this project during the 2 year project, and were able to transfer scene files and images to a main server and keep in contact with the entire production from home.

•IFCT took advantage of D-ILA technology in the festival projection at the Tribeca Theatre. This D-ILA technology (short for Direct-Drive Image Light Amplifier) is an extension of the Image Light Amplifier (ILAþ)2 that was developed by JVC through its Hughes-JVC subsidiary specifically for large screen theatrical projectors.

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