From the eighth edition of the course “DigiTraining Plus: European Cinemas Experiencing New Technologies” Helsinki and Tallinn, 29 June – 3 July 2011   Facts and figures: this is the menu on the morning of 30 June for the participants at DigiTraining Plus, now in progress in Helsinki.  “In 2004, when MEDIA Salles began offering these training courses, there were 30 digital screens in the whole of Europe. At the beginning of 2011 they had increased to 10,346. The new projec...

THE second Wirral International Film Festival (WIFF) finished with a bang on Friday, with awards handed out in front of a packed auditorium.Almost 100 films were shown over the six-day run of the festival, which featured work by talented up and coming Wirral film-makers, experienced producers, continental auteurs and school children making their first cuts.17-year-old Terry Cheung emerged from WIFF, not only highly rated by organisers, but with the Best Short Film and the Alan Clarke Award, for ...