Definition 2006 - Banff New Media Institute at The Banff Centre

Definition 2006: HDTV Summit
April 20 to 22, 2006

"As a director who has only worked with film for the first 20 years of my career, I was rather apprehensive and perhaps stubbornly resistant to working with any form of video - but for the last two years I have gone almost exclusively to high definition formats. I admit that this experience with HD has spoiled me and though I love film, in a number of ways it will be difficult to look back.""

- Larry Weinstein, Director, Burnt Toast (Feature Winner - Digital Media Festival)

Come to Banff to define your competitive advantage.

The BNMI Accelerator program is bringing together world class leaders in High Definition television and technology to look at opportunities, markets, and capacity building. This summit will feature seminars and working sessions by international industry leaders to increase the level of knowledge of trends in technology, production, and post-production techniques. We will place a special focus on standards for broadcast, consumer products and communications policy. We will also facilitate collaboration and opportunity brokering between local and international film groups. Are you ready to pay the price for HD? Don’t miss the trend. Come to the summit and be surrounded by the majestic Rocky Mountains and cutting edge work in HD.

Panel discussions include:

Re-Thinking Television Production in HD
Paying the Price for HD
Communications Policy
Distribution
The Evolution of Broadcasting

In conjunction with the summit, a special screening of High Definition works will be shown at our first annual Definition 2006: Digital Media Festival. With an overwhelming number of submissions from Hong Kong, Finland, Australia, United States, Canada, and New Zealand, we are proud to present an evening of new works in HD. Adjudicated by an international jury of experts; Definition 2006 will showcase some of the best High Definition works from around the world.

For more information contact:

Becky Green, Banff New Media Institute Accelerator Program
Phone: 1.403.762.7500
Email: definition@banffcentre.ca

Digital Media Festival call for submissions (deadline was March 15, 2006)