And as the film world continues its rapid transition from traditional 2 D celluloid film to 3 D digital, a weekend conference at the TIFF Bell Lightbox is aimed at boosting the Toronto film community鈥檚 chances of capitalizing on the next wave in film 鈥 3-D, wrote the :
The [] conference is co-sponsored by 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Fine Arts and the 3-D Film Innovation Consortium (3D FLIC), a group of GTA-based film companies.
Ali Kazimi, professor in the University鈥檚 film department, said the three-day event will bring together an 鈥渆clectic mix鈥 of filmmakers, artists, academics and theorists. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a truly interdisciplinary event. We believe it鈥檚 not just a first in Canada, we believe it鈥檚 the first time anywhere in the world that these...fairly disparate groups of people have been brought together to discuss the future of 3-D cinema,鈥 Kazimi said.
鈥淚 think this is going to be a very special event for the city. Our project has really put Toronto on the map because with this incredible sharing of knowledge,鈥 he added.
Until the debut of Avatar in December, 2009, there was little interest in 3-D as a new frontier in film, Kazimi said. 鈥淣ow everybody is jumping on the bandwagon. As a filmmaker, I feel it鈥檚 a very exciting time because when used properly, 3-D offers a whole new language for filmmakers,鈥 Kazimi said.
The conference and 3D FLIC also involve psychology and computer science researchers within the . The centre's conference on runs June 15-18, allowing researchers to attend both events.
For more background on the Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference, see its or this .
Posted by Elizabeth Monier-Williams, research communications officer, with files courtesy of YFile鈥 91亚色鈥檚 daily e-bulletin.