At the prestigious 62nd annual Cannes Film Festival and its Marche du Film is well under way the film industry professionals will be watching the festival’s finest on Screen Research’s acoustically transparent Supreme 2 fixed frame projection screens.
Screen Research joins the stars of the film industry in Cannes as the official screen provider for the March du Film and the Short Film screen rooms, that lure directors, producers, and buyers throughout the two week festival.
In 2005 Screen Research began its partnership with the Marché du Film, the largest international film market for movie producers, buyers and broadcast companies held in conjunction to the prestigious Cannes Film festival. This year, the Marché’s digital cinema screening rooms will be located in the luxurious Gray D’Albion hotel and will feature five of Screen Research Supreme 2 fixed frame with ClearPix2™ projection screens, ranging in size from 100 to 225 inches and formats (1.78 and 2.35:1).
In addition, all three of the Short Film Corner screening rooms will be equipped with Screen Research’s 80-inch supreme 2 ClearPix2 projection screens, located in the Palais des Festival. The Short Film Corner lures a myriad of directors, producers, buyers and festival programmers in search of rare projects as the event is designed for, and committed to, assisting fledgling filmmakers develop these films. More than 4,000 films will be presented at the 2009 film festival. Screen Research new Supreme 2 Fixed Frame screens were selected to provide festival attendees with a true cinematic viewing experience.
Screen Research’s Supreme 2 portfolio features a significantly reengineered design, and feature and installation enhancements, to provide the most efficiently installed, high-performance screen option yet available. The screens are available in a wide range of formats (standard 1.78:1 and widescreen 2.35:1), to properly display films in their native formats, and are compatible with both ClearPix2 acoustically transparent and SolidPix screen fabrics.