The FILMFROG Podcast

It's day four of Cinema Week 2023 and hosts Kara and Scott reconvene to review some new exciting offers from Paramount and Brandon Jones has in-depth conversation with Wim Buyens from Cinionic, a generous sponsor of Cinema Week, and they discuss how the Cinionic team assesses the needs of each individual exhibitor to deliver to best moviegoing experience possible.

Cinema Week is upon us again and hosts Kara and Scott review all the cool, upcoming things planned for this year's celebration of cinema culture and Brandon Jones has in-depth conversation with Michael Archer from Dolby Technologies, a generous sponsor of Cinema Week, about how Dolby makes the moviegoing experience better for audiences.

Hosts Kara and Scott welcome the team from Christie Digital, a generous sponsor of Cinema Week, to the show to talk about the history of the company and the innovative influence it has had on the cinema experience for both exhibitors and moviegoers. 

Hosts Brandon, Melissa, Kara and Scott assemble to, once again, talk Cinema Week on its opening day to theaters across the country. They discuss the challenges, the successes and all the people that made it possible.

Hosts Brandon, Kara and Scott welcome Michael Archer, VP of Worldwide Cinema Sales at Dolby Laboratories, to the show to discuss their goals of continuing to improve and innovate the technology that delivers an incredible moviegoing experience; how they curate titles to remaster and bring back to the big screen like the recent anniversary of Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World; what movies we'd choose to have Dolby remaster for theaters; and a brief story about waterbeds.

Hosts Brandon, Melissa and Scott welcome to show Carl Rijsbrack, CMO & Head of Innovation; and Adam Cassels, VP of Global Marketing from Cinionic, a cinema technology & solutions provider and official sponsor of Cinema Week. Carl and Adam share their wisdom on the industry, the importance of the cinematic experience and the challenges the past year has brought.  

Host Melissa and new guest to the show Andrew dive into Cinema Week marketing ideas and how to plan an easy & low cost event. We chat about current events, watching movies on a plane and how important theaters are to the community! Enjoy the show!  Grab all the marketing materials here: www.cinema-week.com  Thank you for listening. 

Hosts Brandon, Melissa and Kara present a deeper dive into Cinema Week, answering all the questions they've gathered after the official industry announcement. Find out how to participate as an exhibitor, the things you can do to make it memorable, the assets we'll provide and where to get them, and so much more. Stay tuned for more details as they continue to develop. https://www.cinema-week.com

Hosts Brandon, Melissa and Scott announce the launch of Cinema Week, a nationwide campaign to eventize the moviegoing experience and to put butts back in seats — an initiative created and lead by the FilmFrog team and the year-long journey of building it; Cinema Week will take place on June 22-27, 2021; Scott shares his story of becoming vaccinated; Melissa has a great hair day; we share our love for the Letterboxd app; plus, a surprise last-minute guest appearance by Luke Parker Bowles. Official Cinema Week website Cinema-week.com FilmFrog Letterboxd HQ https://boxd.it/2wmsz Cinema Week Letterboxd HQ https://boxd.it/2zqGr Cinema Week Sponsors: Atom Tickets The Boxoffice Company CES+ Cinioic Coca-Cola Dolby International Showtimes Letterboxd NCM Network Advisors Savantis Screenvision Spotlight GDC Variety Influx Paper Airplane

Co-hosts Brandon, James and Scott welcome Beth Barrett, Artistic Director of the Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) to the show. She speaks about her role within the organization and how it uses film to advance its mission; they discuss the cinemas it operates and how they’re teaching an entire city to appreciate independent, foreign, documentary and arthouse titles. Now in it’s 47th year, SIFF presents its first virtual festival on April 8 - 18.