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Qube Cinema a success at the 65th Venice International Film Festival

65th Venice Film Festival

Digital Integration Partner

digital darwinOver 300 hours of content projected at the Palazzo del Cinema

London, September 12, 2008: Qube Cinema is pleased to announce that its partnership with the 65th Venice International Film Festival was an unqualified success. As the official digital cinema server and digital cinema mastering system supplier, Qube Cinema digitally equipped the five theaters at the Palazzo del Cinema during the festival. Qube engineers installed and provided a complete end-to-end solution, including 24-hour monitoring of all screens, incoming content QC and also digital cinema content mastering by Qube on-site.

Over 300 hours of digital cinema content was projected using the Qube XP-D digital cinema server including stereoscopic 3D content at the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) day at the event. Qube Cinema also mastered on-site, over 40 hours of content from a number of sources such as Digital Betacam, Betacam, HDCAM SR, DV and even DVD, using the powerful and flexible Qubemaster Pro application.

“Qube Team: Good work, good people, high quality results, 24/24!” said the extremely satisfied Technical Advisor of Venice International Film Festival, Angelo D'Alessio.

Partnering with the Venice International Film Festival was certainly a great achievement for Qube Cinema and the organizers have been very pleased with their experience. We believe this is the highest percentage of digital cinema content projection of any major film festival so far, and that is certainly a feather in the cap,” said Nigel Dennis, Head-European Business Operations at Qube Cinema.

Also showcased at the film festival was QubeMaster Pro, the leading mastering solution in the Digital Cinema industry used by world renowned companies such as Technicolor, IMAX, Arts Alliance, Deluxe and ARRI, among others, for its versatility, flexibility and reliability.


About Qube Cinema, Inc.

Today, if there are only a handful of companies across the world that are working to fulfill the exacting needs of DCI, there are fewer still who look beyond. Qube Cinema is committed to creating a seamless world of Digital Cinema with products that are innovative, powerful, reliable and cost-effective. Qube Cinema, Inc. is a company with a passion for cinema and a thorough understanding of film, video, audio and computer technology along with vast experience in the production, post-production and exhibition industries – a unique combination of expertise that has helped in the development of the company's digital cinema technology.

A subsidiary of India-based Real Image Media Technologies, Qube Cinema draws on decades of domain expertise in the media and entertainment space as well as long-standing relationships with key technology leaders. Real Image, a pioneer in media technology, has proven expertise in managing complex technology transformations. Qube Cinema is equipped with a dedicated and efficient team as well as world-class technology and software – a combination that will help realize the organization's vision of being a global leader in digital cinema technology. For further information on the Company, please visit www.qubecinema.com.

About the 65th Venice International Film Festival

Organised by the La Biennale di Venezia, the aim of the Festival is to encourage the awareness and the promotion of all the various aspects of international cinema as art, entertainment and industry, in a spirit of freedom and tolerance. La Biennale di Venezia has for over a century been one of the most prestigious cultural institutions in the world. Ever since its foundation in 1895, it has been in the avant-garde, promoting new artistic trends and organizing international events in the contemporary arts in accordance with a multi-disciplinary model, which characterizes its unique nature. For further information, please visit www.labiennale.org

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