Cannes Film Festival 2012

Veterans of Cannes

In 2012, Dolby celebrates 38 years of supporting the technical needs of the festival, the market, and the myriad of movie producers and distributors in and around Cannes. As technical partners, Dolby's content Services Group helps ensure audiences have the best sound experience. Contact the Dolby Team at Cannes Film Festival.

2012 Festival - List of Service Levels

Dolby engineer for complete sound and picture check-up and standby.

 

Dolby engineer plus multichannel audio interface rental (Dolby E/DMA8).

 

Dolby engineer plus DMA8 and Dolby Digital Cinema server rental.

 

Dolby engineer plus DMA8, Dolby Digital Cinema server and projector rental.

 

Previous Highlights

2011 Previous Highlights

Number of Dolby engineers on-site supporting the Festival: 8.

Number of screenings supported by Dolby engineers: 136

Number of film titles supported by Dolby engineers: 56

The longest shift worked by a Dolby engineer: 20 hours, 14th may 2011; 02:00-22:00

The number of Dolby equipment products on site: 23

Dolby Surround 7.1 screenings: Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2010—Secret Preview

In 2010, we worked with a director—well in advance of the Festival—to produce the presentaiton for a new 3D movie. Our engineers looked at a mix of sources (HD-cam, digital cinema, Blu-ray) and made sure that all spec ratios and source changes worked properly. The screening went well and the movie looked great!

2009—Disney's A Christmas Carol

In 2009, we supported Disney's A Christmas Carol screening. We helped to build a new, temporary cinema, supplied and calibrated the 3d system (Dolby 3D), and aligned the sound system. A fantastic project!

Cannes 2008—Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Cinema Olympia

This was a great job. We equipped the Olympia cinema in the heart of cannes with 3D digital cinema technology. We installed a 3D-capable digital projector, a Dolby cinema server and backup, and then aligned the picture and sound for QC purposes. In addition, we supplied 3D glasses. From set-up to rehearsal and screening, we achieved this in 12 hours with several breaks when other films were shown from the 35 mm projector.

Cannes 2007—Year of the HD-Cam SR Deck

We worked with a wide variety of production companies—and budgets—and many different formats, including a 4:4:4 RGB, 4:2:2 TCbCr, 23.98 to 50i, and good old digital beta.

For Cannes Information and Bookings:

Email: Kelly Parsons
Phone: +44 (0)1793 84 21 00
Mobile: +44 (0)7785 95 42 21