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► Vista Entertainment Charity Golf Tournament

► "Australian Star of the Year"

► The Annual AIMC Industry Awards

Vista Entertainment Charity Golf Tournament

In 2008 Vista Entertainment Solutions hosted the Annual AIMC Charity Golf Tournament on Sunday 31 August at the Crowne Plaza Royal Pines Golf Resort & Spa. Congratulations to the 4 person Ambrose winning team from Goondiwindi - Leanne McCosker, Neil McCosker, Troy Burrows, Geoff Zimmerman.

Thanks to everyone who participated as your entry fees have been donated to charity and will be shared between Variety - The Children's Charity and the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Association (Queensland) Inc.

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Distributor Presentations

Reading Cinemas Harbour Town hosted all sessions where distributors showed their trailer footage and main feature film during their allocated presentation time.

Films included:
WALL.E - from Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA - from Hopscotch Films
MAN ON WIRE - from Madman Cinema
BABYLON AD - from 20th Century Fox
NICK & NORAH'S INFINITE PLAYLIST - from Sony Pictures Releasing
BURN AFTER READING - a special advance screening of the latest Coen Bros. film from Universal Pictures
GHOST TOWN - from Paramount Pictures
ROCKNROLLA - from Warner Bros/ Roadshow
ROLE MODELS - from Universal Pictures
BRIDESHEAD REVISITED - from Icon Film Distribution
SEX DRIVE - from Hoyts Distributors

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Seminars

Pursuing 3-D In A 2-D World

Since its inception (3-D technology has been around for almost 100 years!) and over the course of this time, 3-D has seen both highs and lows of consumer adoption rates. Simon Burton, Regional Director - Asia Pacific, Nielsen EDI presented an insight into what the future holds for 3-D films.

Immersive Cinema...Not Drowning, Waving!

Digital, 3D and BIG screens are bringing exciting new dimensions to movie theatres all over the world but are these initiatives going to break box office or break the bank? Sheding light into the production, finance and deployment issues behind these global cinema trends was a team of industry executives including Curt Behlmer, COO, Technicolor Digital Cinema and EVP Theatrical Services; Ross Entwistle, Managing Director, The Greater Union Organisation; Don Savant, Managing Director, IMAX Asia; George Scheckel, International Business Development Director, Christie, US; Peter Seagger, Vice President, International Sales, Cinema, Dolby Laboratories; Mike Selwyn, Managing Director, Vice President Australia/New Zealand, Paramount Pictures Pty and Michael Smith, Chairman, Sun Theatre and DCN. The session was moderated by Alaric McAusland, Group General Manager, ATLAB Image & Sound Technology.

AFACT Update & Education Campaign Launch

Adrianne Pecotic, Executive Director AFACT and Narelle Riley, Director of Communications for the IP Awareness Trust presented the achievements of the last twelve months of film and television industry supported "What are you really burning?" Consumer Campaign, and the launch of the Education Campaign.

Asia Pacific Screen Awards

Media personality Indira Naidoo presented a session on taking the films and film makers of the Asia-Pacific region to the World.

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2008 Guest Speaker

TIM WARNER
President and Chief Operating Officer,
Cinemark USA, Inc.

Tim discussed how the exhibition industry developed, where it is at, and where it is going in an informed and lively presentation

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"Australian Star of the Year"

The Sydney Morning Herald & The Age "Australian Star of the Year" Award was presented to Gemma Ward for her first film THE BLACK BALLOON, about a family with an autistic son. The warm-hearted drama also starred Toni Collette, Erik Thomson, Luke Ford and Rhys Wakefield. One of the film's producers, Tristrim Miall, accepted the award on Gemma's behalf as she was currently working in the US.

Gemma joins a list of Australian industry luminaries who have previously won the annual Award including Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana, the late Heath Ledger, Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman.

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The Annual AIMC Industry Awards

The gala final evening themed as a "Venetian Masquerade" on Thursday 4 September saw the following films awarded for the 2007-2008 year.

The Coca-Cola Gold Award for Highest Grossing Film - DARK KNIGHT, THE
The Kodak Award for Highest Grossing Australian Film - BLACK BALLOON, THE
The Highest Grossing Film in New Zealand - DARK KNIGHT, THE
The NZ Film Highest Grossing New Zealand Film - SECOND HAND WEDDING
The Highest Grossing Foreign Language Film - KITE RUNNER, THE

The Box Office Achievement Awards for 2007-2008 were awarded to:

Icon Film Distributors	DEATH AT A FUNERAL
Paramount Pictures Australia	IRON MAN BEE MOVIE KUNG FU PANDA INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
Roadshow/ Warner Bros.	I AM LEGEND SEX AND THE CITY HAIRSPRAY GOLDEN COMPASS, THE RUSH HOUR 3 GET SMART
Sony Pictures Releasing	YOU DON'T MESS WITH THE ZOHAN HANCOCK
Twentieth Century Fox	ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS 27 DRESSES DR. SEUSS' HORTON HEARS A WHO JUNO DIE HARD 4.0 WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS
Universal Pictures International	BOURNE ULTIMATUM, THE AMERICAN GANGSTER ATONEMENT MAMMA MIA!
Walt Disney Studios, Motion Pictures	RATATOUILLE NATIONAL TREASURE: BOOK OF SECRETS ENCHANTED CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: PRINCE CASPIAN, THE

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Convention Photographs

Photographs taken during the course of the AIMC08 are available for download from PJP Photography & Digital Media's website

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