THE ABYSS, the deep-sea epic renowned for its pioneering digital water effects and sophisticated underwater photography and sound recording, will be screened at a special 20th anniversary event by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Tuesday, June 23, at 7:30 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater in Hollywood. This screening will premiere a newly struck 35mm print from the Academy Film Archive. Presented by the Academy's Science and Technology Council, the event will be hosted by film historian and author Eric Lichtenfeld and will feature an onstage panel discussion on the role motion picture science and technology played in shaping the film. Guests will include members of the film's Oscar-winning visual effects team, John Bruno, Dennis Skotak and Hoyt Yeatman, and nominees Mikael Salomon (Cinematography) and Lee Orloff (Sound) as well as John Knoll, the movie's computer graphics designer who specialized in the development of the Pseudopod creature elements. THE ABYSS stars Ed Harris and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and tells the story of crew members on an underwater oil rig during the Cold War who are enlisted to help rescue an American submarine, and the bizarre, mysterious force they discover living in the deep. Established in 2003 by the Academy's Board of Governors, the Science and Technology Council provides a forum for the exchange of information, promotes cooperation among diverse technological interests within the industry, sponsors publications, fosters educational activities and preserves the history of science and technology of motion pictures. Tickets to THE ABYSS are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office (Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), or online at www.oscars.org. Doors open one hour prior to the event. All seating is unreserved. The Linwood Dunn Theater is located at 1313 Vine Street in Hollywood. For more information call (310) 247-3600 or visit www.oscars.org.

GONE WITH THE WIND, the 1939 Best Picture winner, will kick off the New York presentation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' latest screening series, "Hollywood's Greatest Year: The Best Picture Nominees of 1939," on Saturday, June 20, at 12:30 p.m. at the Academy's Theater in New York City. Robert Osborne, television host, columnist and Academy biographer, will host the event. "For a number of years, the Academy nominated 10 films, not 5, for Best Picture," said Osborne. "While there are many great years in terms of filmmaking, what is really astounding about 1939 is that so many of the movies made that year have become genuine classics." The series will continue through mid-October and showcase all 10 Best Picture nominees from 1939. Screenings will be on Monday at 7:30 p.m., Saturday at 12:30 p.m., or Saturday at 3:30 p.m. with Osborne as host. The complete schedule for "Hollywood's Greatest Year" is as follows: Saturday, June 20 GONE WITH THE WIND Saturday, June 27 DARK VICTORY and WUTHERING HEIGHTS Monday, July 20 NINOTCHKA Saturday, July 25 LOVE AFFAIR and GOODBYE, MR. CHIPS Monday, August 10 MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON Saturday, August 15 STAGECOACH and OF MICE AND MEN Monday, October 12 THE WIZARD OF OZ Each screening includes a preshow consisting of one of the year's animated shorts and a chapter of the 1939 serial "Buck Rogers," starring Buster Crabbe and Constance Moore. The preshow will start one-half hour before the feature. Tickets for each screening are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased online at www.oscars.org or by mail (a printable order form is available in the Events & Exhibitions section of the Web site). Tickets may also be purchased at the box office prior to the event (subject to availability). All seating is unreserved. The Academy Theater is located at 111 East 59th Street in New York City. Doors open one hour prior to the feature. All seating is unreserved. For more information and show times, visit www.oscars.org or call (212) 821-9251.

The Los Angeles Film Festival, held annually for ten days in June, showcases the best of American and international cinema. Drawing on an expected attendance of 85,000, the festival provides films with the opportunity to be embraced by the public and discovered by the industry. More than 100 feature films -- narrative and documentary-are featured in the festival, alongside gala premieres, panels and seminars, short film programs, music video showcases, free outdoor screenings, live musical performances, and unique signature events. Now in its fifteenth year, the Festival has grown into a world-class event, uniting new filmmakers with critics, scholars, film masters, and the movie-loving public.

Festival passes for the 2009 Los Angeles Film Festival go on sale Tuesday, May 5. Tickets to individual screenings will be available for purchase beginning on May 29. Passes and tickets can be purchased on this web site or over the phone at 866.FILMFEST (345-6337). Walk up sales of passes and tickets will begin at Festival Ticket Office on Sunday, June 14.

Approximately 110 features, 40 shorts, and 60 music videos make up the main body of the Festival. This year, Festival programmers considered more than 4,500 films.

Executives from major motion picture studios and other buyers of post production services will offer advice on how to win their business in a lunch-time panel discussion hosted by the Hollywood Post Alliance's Sales Career Resource Group (SCRG), Wednesday, June 17th, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. Scheduled participants in the event, dubbed "How Do You Get, Keep and Not Lose My Business?", include Charlie Davis, Executive Vice President of Post Production at CBS Films, Bruce Sandzimier, Vice President of Post Production at ABC Studios, and independent post production consultant Joe Fineman (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, MONSTER). SCRG Co-chair Herb Dow will serve as moderator. Members of the SCRG committee include Ben Benedetti, Denice Angelo-Cummins, Herb Dow (Co-Chair), Joel Epps, Mark Genin, Lisa Griffin, Chris Gregory, Seth Hallen (Chair) and Pat Howley. The Hollywood Post Alliance's Sales Career Resource Group was formed last year to provide networking opportunities, training and employment resources to sales and marketing professionals in the post production industry. Through hosted events and website resources, SCRG allows its members to engage with industry colleagues in a relaxed and mutually supportive environment, and to gain insights from industry leaders. Past SCRG events have included expert presentations-from a sales perspective-on emerging technologies such as digital workflows and the Red Camera. For more information on the HPA's Sales Career Resource Group, visit http://www.scrgonline.com. For more information on the Hollywood Post Alliance, visit www.hpaonline.com. Sheraton Universal Hotel, 333 Universal Hollywood Dr., Universal, CA 91608 11:30 a.m. - Networking and Cash Bar 11:45 a.m. - Buffet Lunch 12:15 - 1:45 p.m. - Panel Discussion Reservations: www.scrgonline.com/Events

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will present "A Tribute to Dick Smith: The Godfather of Special Makeup Effects," on Wednesday, June 17, at 7:30 p.m. in the Samuel Goldwyn Theater. Six-time Oscar-winning makeup artist Rick Baker will host the evening, which will be attended by Smith himself and will feature a panel discussion including writer-director Guillermo del Toro, actor Hal Holbrook and makeup artists Greg Cannom, Kazuhiro Tsuji and Andrew Clement, among others. The evening will highlight Smith's innovative career, which began in 1945 when he became NBC's first makeup man. Smith is known for his makeup artistry on such films as THE GODFATHER, THE EXORCIST and TAXI DRIVER, but it was his work with Paul LeBlanc on AMADEUS (1984), that finally earned him an Oscar. Tickets for "A Tribute to Dick Smith" are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. They may be purchased beginning May 26 online at www.oscars.org, in person at the Academy box office or by mail. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The Academy is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For more information, call (310) 247-3600. For the latest updates on panelists and program details, visit www.oscars.org.

Edinburgh International Film Festival is delighted to welcome American animator Don Hertzfeldt. He will introduce a retrospective of his work at the Cameo Cinema on the 21st of June at 6pm, featuring the UK premier of his latest film I AM SO PROUD OF YOU, the eagerly anticipated continuation of EVERYTHING WILL BE OK. Following the screening, Hertzfeldt will speak about his films. In all they have won over a hundred awards, including Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Award. Included in the programme are BILLY'S BALLOON, INTERMISSION IN THE THIRD DIMENSION, THE MEANING OF LIFE and REJECTED. Other animations playing at this year's EIFF are Adam Elliott's feature MARY AND MAX and Tomm Moore's THE SECRET OF KELLS. Two jam-packed international programmes of short animated films are also on offer, as well as the McLaren Programmes for British Animation. The prestigious McLaren Award of GBP 1000 will be awarded to the film with the most popular audience vote.

Our world is changing dramatically. How does a production professional survive and make a living today? The Visual Effects Society and Gnomon School of Visual Effects have put together a day of panels and workshops geared to give you concrete advice, up-to-date information and valuable tools to help you not only survive, but thrive in the future.

Saturday, June 13

8:30 Registration/Coffee
9:00 Panel: Reinventing Yourself/Crossing Over
10:30 Panel: What Are Companies Looking For?
12:00 Lunch will be provided for a nominal fee
1:00 Workshop: Reinventing/Rebranding Yourself
2:30 Workshop: Today’s Resumes
4:00 Workshop: Creating Your Reel

Location
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
1015 N. Cahuenga Bl. Hollywood, CA

Admission
$10 for VES members and Gnomon students
$25 for everyone else

Reservations Required
To make reservations, call the VES office at 818-981-7861 and speak to Colleen.

To celebrate the forthcoming release of HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE, the sixth installment in the Harry Potter series, Warner Bros. Pictures have created a magical moving tour which will visit various UK destinations between the 13th and 22nd June 2009 (full list of destinations below).

Entrance to the tour will be for competition winners only. The winners will walk through the Harry Potter experience and have the chance to see a selection of the original production sets, some of the iconic costumes as worn by Harry Potter and Dumbledore and props that will include an original Firebolt broomstick.

All winners will have the opportunity to perform a spell "on-camera" and this will be entered into a competition to win the ultimate prize. One lucky winner will have an unforgettable film experience: They will win the chance to visit Leavesden Studios in England to see the Harry Potter sets and a chance to appear in one of the final Harry Potter films.

Truck Tour UK Dates:

June 13 Sat Edinburgh
June 14 Sun Travel
June 15 Mon Manchester
June 16 Tue Birmingham
June 17 Wed Travel
June 18 Thurs Leicester Square (ticketed)
June 19 Fri Leicester Square (ticketed and Warner Bros. Staff)
June 20 Sat West End Live - Leicester Square (open to public/no recording)
June 21 Sun West End Live - Leicester Square (open to public/no recording)
June 22 Mon London - Sydenham

How to Win Tickets:

MSN

Details can be found online in the Movies and Entertainment channels within http://www.MSN.co.uk. Competition winners will be selected on Wednesday, 10 June 2009

GLOBAL RADIO:

Radio promotions for Edinburgh and Manchester ran last weekend (Saturday, 6 and Sunday, 7 June) on Galaxy FM Scotland and Galaxy Manchester Breakfast shows;

Radio promotions are running on Heart FM Drivetime shows: Midlands (Monday, 8 - Friday, 12 June); London (Monday, 15 - Thursday, 18 June) and Kent (Monday, 15 - Friday, 19 June)

Continuing opportunities to win tickets for all locations are also provided online at http://www.galaxyfm.co.uk and http://www.heart.co.uk

SKY

Details can be found within the Sky Movies channel at http://www.sky.com.

The Producers Guild is working with the top producers in the entertainment industry to host the first annual Produced By 2009 conference this June 5-7 at Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City. Attendees will interact with and learn from the likes of James Cameron, Clint Eastwood, Kathleen Kennedy, Lauren Shuler Donner and producers of Emmy winning TV shows including DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES and TWO AND A HALF MEN.

Sessions include:

-- The Collaborative Process Of Visual Effects: From Previs To Post
-- World Premiere Digital Camera Assessment -- Demo the newest generation of HD digital cameras.)
-- A New Dimension: 3-D Stereoscopic Production
-- Performance/Motion Capture Production Technology

Attendees can take advantage of over 30 film, television and new media sessions with 100 producers covering everything they need to know to be a great producer.

Registration: http://www.producedbyconference.com/produceby-form-v3-validate.html

Sessions: http://www.producedbyconference.com/sessions.html

Now in its fourth year, FSC once again moves into a larger venue as the three day festival continues to grow. This year's event will take place June 5-7, 2009 at the Doubletree Miami Mart Airport Hotel and Convention Center in Miami, Florida. The three day festival will take place in the convention center's west hall and the convention centers entire second floor, making this the largest genre event to ever hit South Florida. The show will include celebrity guests, artists, writers, vendors, industry guests, Q&As, parties, costume contests, anime programming, manga, cosplay, workshops, panels, cosplay photo shoots, dance parties, console gaming, LAN gaming, tabletop gaming, collectible card gaming, tournaments and more. As always, FSC will feature dozens of celebrities, artists and industry guests. Past guests have included the stars of HARRY POTTER, CLERKS, SOUTH PARK, THE SIMPSONS, BATMAN: THE ANIMATED SERIES, AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE, THUNDERCATS, JEM, Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Image Comics, SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE, THE GRIM ADVENTURES OF BILLY AND MANDY, FINAL FANTASY, FULL METAL ALCHEMIST and more. This year's show will include more guests than ever before, including 23 guests already set. The convention hours of operation are: Friday, June 5: 3:30 p.m.-2 a.m. Saturday, June 6: 11 a.m.-2 a.m. Sunday, June 7: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. For more information and updates: visit www.floridasupercon.com.