BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Visual Effects Society - ECPv6.15.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Visual Effects Society X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://vesglobal.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Visual Effects Society REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181220T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181220T213000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181213T075723Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T075723Z UID:10007950-1545332400-1545341400@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Screening - BUMBLEBEE (Vancouver) DESCRIPTION:Vancouver VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Night Screening of Paramount Pictures’ BUMBLEBEE\n Please RSVP below\n Thursday\, December 20\, 2018 at 7:00PM \nSony Pictures Imageworks\n 725 Granville Street\, Vancouver\, BC\, V7Y 1K4\n Click here for a map. \nScreenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come\, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating. URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/screening-bumblebee-vancouver/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lg-bumblebee_1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181220T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181220T223000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181213T074617Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T074617Z UID:10007940-1545336000-1545345000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Screening - BUMBLEBEE in 3D (Los Angeles) DESCRIPTION:VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Night 3D Screening of Paramount Pictures’ BUMBLEBEE \nPlease RSVP below\n Thursday\, December 20\, 2018 at 8:00PM\n The Sherry Lansing Theater on the Paramount studio lot\n 5555 Melrose Ave.\, Los Angeles\, CA 90038 \n(Please enter through the Melrose gate and park as directed.)\n Click here for a map \nScreenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come\, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating. URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/screening-bumblebee-in-3d-los-angeles/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lg-bumblebee.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181220T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181220T223000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181213T080104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T080104Z UID:10009465-1545336000-1545345000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Screening - BUMBLEBEE in 3D (Montreal) DESCRIPTION:Montreal VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to an Opening Night 3D Screening of Paramount Pictures’ BUMBLEBEE \nPlease RSVP below\n Thursday\, December 20\, 2018 at 8:00PM\n Technicolor Montreal\n 2101 Ste Catherine O\, Montréal\, QC H3H 1M6\, Canada\n Click here for a map \nScreenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come\, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating. URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/screening-bumblebee-in-3d-montreal-2/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lg-bumblebee_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181221T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181206T094036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T094036Z UID:10009329-1545418800-1545426000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Screening - SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (Mumbai) DESCRIPTION:VES India Members in Mumbai and Up to 4 Guests are Invited to an Opening Night 3D Screening of Sony Pictures Animation’s SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE \nPlease RSVP below\n Friday\, December 21\, 2018 at 7:00PM\n (Please arrive at 6:30PM for a 7:00PM start)\n Whistling Woods International\n Filmcity Complex\, Goregaon East\, Mumbai\, 400065\n Click here for a map \n \n \n\nScreenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come\, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating. URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/screening-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-mumbai/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lg-spider-verse_0.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181221T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181221T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181206T094655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181206T094655Z UID:10009335-1545418800-1545426000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Screening - SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE in 3D (London) DESCRIPTION:VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Sony Pictures Animation’s SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE \nPlease RSVP below (VES members must login to sign up.)\n Friday\, December 21\, 2018 at 7:00PM \nThe Basement Screening Room at MPC\n 127 Wardour Street\, Soho\, London W1F 0NL\n (Closest tube station\, Tottenham Court Road)\n Click here for a map \nScreenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come\, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating. URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/screening-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-in-3d-london/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lg-spider-verse_2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181222T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181222T150000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181215T033200Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T033200Z UID:10009364-1545490800-1545490800@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Second Screening-Mary Poppins-Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Disney we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to a special advance screening of Rob Marshall’s \n\n \n\n  \n\n When: Saturday 22 December  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 3pm start \n Location: Roxy Cinema\, 5 Park Road\, Miramar\, Wellington – Cinema 1 \n\n  \n\n\n RSVP is essential:RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n \n\n\n  \n \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3jsfXDZLIY\n\n  \n \n \n\n\n Synopsis: In Disney’s MARY POPPINS RETURNS an all new original musical and sequel\, Mary Poppins is back to help the next generation of the Banks family find the joy and wonder missing in their lives following a personal loss. Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place\, The Girl on the Train) stars as the practically-perfect nanny with unique magical skills who can turn any ordinary task into an unforgettable\, fantastic adventure and Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton\, Moana) plays her friend Jack\, an optimistic street lamplighter who helps bring light—and life—to the streets of London. The film also stars Ben Whishaw (Spectre) as Michael Banks; Emily Mortimer (Hugo) as Jane Banks; Julie Walters (Harry Potter films) as the Banks’ housekeeper Ellen; Pixie Davies\, Nathanael Saleh and introducing Joel Dawson as the Banks’ children\, with Colin Firth (The King’s Speech) as Fidelity Fiduciary Bank’s William Weatherall Wilkins; and Meryl Streep (Florence Foster Jenkins) as Mary’s eccentric cousin\, Topsy. Angela Lansbury appears as the Balloon Lady\, a treasured character from the PL Travers books and Dick Van Dyke is Mr. Dawes\, Jr.\, the retired chairman of the bank now run by Firth’s character.\n\n  \n\n MARY POPPINS RETURNS is directed by Rob Marshall (Into the Woods\, Chicago) from a screenplay by David Magee (Life of Pi) and the screen story is by Magee\, Rob Marshall & John DeLuca (Into the Woods) based upon the Mary Poppins Stories by PL Travers. The music score is by Marc Shaiman (Hairspray) and the film features all new original songs with music by Shaiman and lyrics by Scott Wittman (Smash) and Shaiman. Cinematography is by Dion Beebe.\n\n  \n \n\n Duration: 130 minutes  \n\n  \n\n\n Disney is releasing the film nationally on 1 January 2019.\n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-second-screening-mary-poppins-wellington/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181223T101500 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181223T101500 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181215T033544Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181215T033544Z UID:10009365-1545560100-1545560100@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening-Black Panther-Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Disney we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to a special industry screening of the critically acclaimed international box office hit \n\n \n\n When: Sunday 23 December  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 10.15am start \n Location: Roxy Cinema\, 5 Park Road\, Miramar\, Wellington\n\n\n\n\n  \n \n \n \n\n RSVP is essential:RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n\n  \n\n ** Please note: the film must start at 10.15am **\n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=NIxfafNheDg\n\n  \n\n To view the Film Society of Lincoln Centre Q&A with Ryan Coogler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbEKRHR2JMQ\n \n\n  \n \n\n Synopsis: BLACK PANTHER is director Ryan Coogler’s take on a modern African hero and a utopian vision of what an uncolonized Africa might look like. The film explores the conflict between two powerful men\, one African and one African-American\, who are mirror images of each other\, each grappling with his own history\, home and very identity.  When Prince T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) becomes king of the hidden\, technologically advanced kingdom Wakanda\, he is forced to defend his throne against rogue mercenary Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan).  Wakanda is also alive with strong\, intelligent women—from Wakanda’s elite all-female security force\, led by Okoye (Danai Gurira)\, to the international spy Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o)\, to T’Challa’s tech-savvy sister (Letitia Wright) and mother (Angela Bassett)—who are portrayed as equals to the men they protect and advise.\n\n  \n\n Duration: 134 minutes \n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-black-panther-wellington/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181228T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181228T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181226T132449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181226T132449Z UID:10009372-1545993000-1545993000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening-Shirkers-Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Netflix we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry screening of the documentary feature\n\n \n\n When: Friday 28 December\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 10.30am start \n Location: Reading Courtenay Cinemas (cinema 8)\, Level 1\, 100 Courtenay Place\, Wellington\n\n  \n\n RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wPWCj2L6I\n\n  \n \n \n\n Synopsis: An inspired labor of love for zine-making teens Sandi Tan\, Jasmine Ng and Sophie Siddique\, SHIRKERS was a Singapore-made 1992 cult classic—or it would have been\, had the 16mm footage not been stolen by their enigmatic American collaborator Georges Cardona\, who disappeared. More than two decades later\, Tan\, now a novelist in L.A.\, returns to the country of her youth and to the memories of a man who both enabled and thwarted her dreams. Magically\, too\, she returns to the film itself\, revived in a way she never could have imagined. \n Directed by Sandi Tan\, SHIRKERS won the 2018 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Directing Award. \n\n  \n\n Duration: 96 minutes \n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-shirkers-wellington/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181228T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181228T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181226T132449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181226T132449Z UID:10008014-1545993000-1545993000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening-Shirkers-Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Netflix we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry screening of the documentary feature\n\n \n\n When: Friday 28 December\n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 10.30am start \n Location: Reading Courtenay Cinemas (cinema 8)\, Level 1\, 100 Courtenay Place\, Wellington\n\n  \n\n RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3wPWCj2L6I\n\n  \n \n \n\n Synopsis: An inspired labor of love for zine-making teens Sandi Tan\, Jasmine Ng and Sophie Siddique\, SHIRKERS was a Singapore-made 1992 cult classic—or it would have been\, had the 16mm footage not been stolen by their enigmatic American collaborator Georges Cardona\, who disappeared. More than two decades later\, Tan\, now a novelist in L.A.\, returns to the country of her youth and to the memories of a man who both enabled and thwarted her dreams. Magically\, too\, she returns to the film itself\, revived in a way she never could have imagined. \n Directed by Sandi Tan\, SHIRKERS won the 2018 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Directing Award. \n\n  \n\n Duration: 96 minutes \n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-shirkers-wellington-2/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181230T100000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181230T100000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181226T132803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181226T132803Z UID:10009380-1546164000-1546164000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening-Black Klansman- Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of the ANZ distributor Universal Pictures International and Focus Features we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry screening of Spike Lee’s \n\n \n\n When: Sunday 30th December \n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 10am\n Location:   \n\n\n Roxy Cinema\, 5 Park Road\, Miramar\, Wellington – Cinema 2\n \n \n \n \n \n\n  \n \n\n RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n\n  \n\n BlacKkKlansman has received the following Golden Globe nominations: \n\n\n\n Best Motion Picture – Drama\n\n Best Director – Spike Lee \n\n Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama – John David Washington\n\n Supporting Actor in any Motion Picture – Adam Driver \n\n\n And Screen Actors Guild nominations: \n\n\n\n Cast in a Motion Picture\n\n Male Actor in a Leading Role – John David Washington\n\n Male Actor in a Supporting Role – Adam Driver\n\n\n\n Synopsis: From filmmaker Spike Lee comes the true story of an American hero. It’s the early 1970s\, and Ron Stallworth (John David Washington) is the first African-American detective to serve in the Colorado Springs Police Department. Determined to make a name for himself\, Stallworth bravely sets out on a dangerous mission: infiltrate and expose the Ku Klux Klan. The young detective soon recruits a more seasoned colleague\, Flip Zimmerman (Adam Driver)\, into the undercover investigation of a lifetime. Together\, they team up to take down the extremist hate group as the organization aims to sanitize its violent rhetoric to appeal to the mainstream. The film also stars Laura Harrier and Topher Grace as David Duke.\n\n  \n\n Duration: 135 mins.\n\n  \n\n Universal Pictures International released the film nationally on 16th August.\n\n   URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-black-klansman-wellington/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190104T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190104T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190103T045525Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T045525Z UID:10009389-1546597800-1546597800@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening - First Man - Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Universal Pictures International\, we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry screening of Damien Chazelle’s First Man.  \n \nWhen: Friday 4 January\, 2019 \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 10.30am \n Location: Reading Courtenay Cinemas (cinema 8)\, Level 1\, 100 Courtenay Place\, Wellington\n\n  \n \n\n RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable)  \n\n  \n\n\n First Man has received the following Golden Globe nominations: \n\n\n\n Best Supporting Actress – Claire Foy \n\n Best Original Score – Justin Hurwitz\n\n \n \n \n \n \n\n Synopsis:  On the heels of their six-time Academy Award®-winning smash\, La La Land\, Oscar®-winning director Damien Chazelle and star Ryan Gosling reteam for Universal Pictures’ First Man\, the riveting story behind the first manned mission to the moon\, focusing on Neil Armstrong and the decade leading to the historic Apollo 11 flight.  A visceral and intimate account told from Armstrong’s perspective\, based on the book by James R. Hansen\, the film explores the triumphs and the cost—on Armstrong\, his family\, his colleagues and the nation itself—of one of the most dangerous missions in history.\n \nThe cast includes Gosling\, Claire Foy\, Jason Clarke and Kyle Chandler. \nWritten by Academy Award® winner Josh Singer (Spotlight\, The Post)\, the epic drama of leading under the pressure of grace and tragedy is produced by Wyck Godfrey & Marty Bowen (The Twilight Saga\, The Fault in Our Stars) through their Temple Hill Entertainment banner\, alongside Isaac Klausner (Love\, Simon) and Chazelle.  Steven Spielberg\, Adam Merims and Singer executive produce. \n\n Running time: 141 minutes\n\n\n  \n\n Universal Pictures International released the film nationally on 11th October 2018.\n\n   URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-first-man-wellington/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190105T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190105T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181101T234149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181101T234149Z UID:10009207-1546705800-1546714800@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:VES Bake-Off After-Party (Los Angeles) DESCRIPTION:Join us at the VES Bake-Off After-Party!\n The Academy has moved the start time of the VFX Bake-Off to 1:00PM at the Goldwyn Theater. Immediately afterward\, please join us for the VES Bake-Off After-Party for fun\, friends\, food and libations at Via Alloro restaurant in Beverly Hills.  \nSaturday\, January 5\, 2019\n VES Bake-Off After-Party 4:30PM to 7:00PM\n **Academy VFX Bake-Off Presentation begins at 1:00PM (see below) \nVia Alloro (less than a mile from the Academy’s Goldwyn Theater).\n 301 N Canon Dr\, Beverly Hills\, CA 90210 \n \nComplimentary Valet Parking is available at the restaurant. \n\n  \nTickets are non-refundable / non-transferable. All tickets are sold individually. Space is limited and this event will sell out\, please get your tickets NOW! \n  \nMember Ticket Price = $65.00\n Non-Member Ticket Price = $125.00 \n \nWe look forward to celebrating with our members and colleagues from around the globe and making this a festive international gathering! \n  \nFor Sponsorship opportunities\, please click here and contact Nancy Ward at (818) 981-7861 by Friday\, December 14. \n  \n**The Academy’s VFX Bake-Off is a separate event and handled through AMPAS. \n  \nSPONSORS INCLUDE \n           \n                                  \n  \n                                         \n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-bake-off-after-party-los-angeles-2/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190105T163000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190105T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181101T234149Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181101T234149Z UID:10009094-1546705800-1546714800@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:VES Bake-Off After-Party (Los Angeles) DESCRIPTION:Join us at the VES Bake-Off After-Party!\n The Academy has moved the start time of the VFX Bake-Off to 1:00PM at the Goldwyn Theater. Immediately afterward\, please join us for the VES Bake-Off After-Party for fun\, friends\, food and libations at Via Alloro restaurant in Beverly Hills.  \nSaturday\, January 5\, 2019\n VES Bake-Off After-Party 4:30PM to 7:00PM\n **Academy VFX Bake-Off Presentation begins at 1:00PM (see below) \nVia Alloro (less than a mile from the Academy’s Goldwyn Theater).\n 301 N Canon Dr\, Beverly Hills\, CA 90210 \n \nComplimentary Valet Parking is available at the restaurant. \n\n  \nTickets are non-refundable / non-transferable. All tickets are sold individually. Space is limited and this event will sell out\, please get your tickets NOW! \n  \nMember Ticket Price = $65.00\n Non-Member Ticket Price = $125.00 \n \nWe look forward to celebrating with our members and colleagues from around the globe and making this a festive international gathering! \n  \nFor Sponsorship opportunities\, please click here and contact Nancy Ward at (818) 981-7861 by Friday\, December 14. \n  \n**The Academy’s VFX Bake-Off is a separate event and handled through AMPAS. \n  \nSPONSORS INCLUDE \n           \n                                  \n  \n                                         \n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-bake-off-after-party-los-angeles/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190106T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190106T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190103T050216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T050216Z UID:10008021-1546770600-1546770600@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening - Roma - CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:DUE TO THE URGENT CLOSURE OF THE READING CINEMA DUE TO EARTHQUAKE RISKS THIS SCREENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.\n\n  \n\n On behalf of Netflix\, we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry screening of ROMA. \n\n  \n\n The most personal project to date from Academy Award®-winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men\, Y Tu Mama Tambien)\, ROMA follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio)\, a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him\, Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the 1970s. \n\n \n\n When: Sunday 6 January\, 2019 \n\n\n\n Time: 10.30am start \n Location: Reading Courtenay Cinemas (cinema 8)\, Level 1\, 100 Courtenay Place\, Wellington\n\n  \n \n\n RSVP is essential:RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_i7cnOgbQ\n \n\n  \n\n Duration: 135 minutes \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-roma-cancelled-2/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190106T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190106T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190103T050216Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190103T050216Z UID:10009395-1546770600-1546770600@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening - Roma - CANCELLED DESCRIPTION:DUE TO THE URGENT CLOSURE OF THE READING CINEMA DUE TO EARTHQUAKE RISKS THIS SCREENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.\n\n  \n\n On behalf of Netflix\, we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry screening of ROMA. \n\n  \n\n The most personal project to date from Academy Award®-winning director and writer Alfonso Cuarón (Children of Men\, Y Tu Mama Tambien)\, ROMA follows Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio)\, a young domestic worker for a family in the middle-class neighborhood of Roma in Mexico City. Delivering an artful love letter to the women who raised him\, Cuarón draws on his own childhood to create a vivid and emotional portrait of domestic strife and social hierarchy amidst political turmoil of the 1970s. \n\n \n\n When: Sunday 6 January\, 2019 \n\n\n\n Time: 10.30am start \n Location: Reading Courtenay Cinemas (cinema 8)\, Level 1\, 100 Courtenay Place\, Wellington\n\n  \n \n\n RSVP is essential:RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fp_i7cnOgbQ\n \n\n  \n\n Duration: 135 minutes \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-roma-cancelled/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190107T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190107T183000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190106T102744Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190106T102744Z UID:10009400-1546885800-1546885800@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening - If Beale Street Could Talk- Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Annapurna Pictures and ANZ distributor eOne we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an advance industry screening of \n\n \n\n  \n\n When: Monday 7th January   \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 6.30pm start \n Location:  Roxy Cinema\, 5 Park Road\, Miramar\, Wellington (cinema 2) \n\n  \n\n RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n \n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4m3t3G3Zqc\n\n  \n \n\n Synopsis: Based on the acclaimed novel by James Baldwin\, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK is the story of Tish\, a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to prove her lover’s innocence while carrying their first-born child. It is a celebration of love told through the story of a young couple\, their families and their lives\, trying to bring about justice through love\, for love and the promise of the American dream.  \n\n  \n\n Adapted for the screen and directed by Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)\, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK stars KiKi Layne as “Tish” and Stephan James as “Fonny”. \n\n  \n\n Duration: 117 minutes \n\n  \n\n eOne is releasing the film nationally on 7 March 2019\n\n  \n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-if-beale-street-could-talk-wellington-2/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190107T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190107T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181221T025151Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181221T025151Z UID:10009370-1546887600-1546894800@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Screening - SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE in 3D (Toronto) DESCRIPTION:Toronto VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Sony Pictures Animation’s SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE \nPlease RSVP below\n Monday\, January 7\, 2019 at 7:00PM\n The Royal Cinema\n 608 College Street\, Toronto\, ON\, MG6 1B4\, Canada\n Click here for a map. \nScreenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come\, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating. URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/screening-spider-man-into-the-spider-verse-in-3d-toronto/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/lg-spider-verse_7.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190108T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190108T213000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181213T052443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T052443Z UID:10007937-1546972200-1546983000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Steve Wright: The Art & Science of Compositing VFX (Los Angeles) DESCRIPTION:LA ACM SIGGRAPH & VES Los Angeles Section Present:  \nSTEVE WRIGHT: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COMPOSITING VISUAL EFFECTS \nSteve Wright gives an in-person overview of VFX compositing techniques to those artists who RSVP to deepen their understanding of its critical role in visual effects. \n  \nTuesday\, January 8th\, 2019 \n6:30 – 7:30 PM   Social Hour \n7:30 – 9:15 PM   Program Presentation \n  \nDescription \nJoin the members of the VES Los Angeles Section & LA ACM SIGGRAPH as we engage in a tour of the tools\, techniques\, and artistic requirements for compositing visual effects. \nDemonstrations of how compositing is used for camera tracking\, set extension\, camera projection\, blue/green screen keying\, color correcting\, tracking\, clean plate construction\, and multi-pass CGI compositing. Advance your knowledge of what compositors do and how they do it. \nA rare look into the math and science behind the incredible technology used in Nuke\, the de facto industry standard visual effects compositing software by the Foundry\, coupled with demonstrations of its applications to movie magic in today’s blockbuster films. We peer behind the black curtain at how hi-tech visual effects shots are executed and what it takes to set one up with advanced concepts like Deep Compositing\, Alembic Geometry\, Camera Projection and CGI AOV’s. \nCompositing now holds a high position in the artistic expression of visual effects as compositors are now required to not only make shots compiled from multiple disparate sources merge together photo realistically\, but to also make them look “cool”. Compositors are now providing the final “look” to the shot with their blending of multiple cgi lighting passes and artistically driven color correction. \n  \nPresenter: Steve Wright URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/steve-wright-the-art-science-of-compositing-vfx-los-angeles/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/siggraph-comp.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190108T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190108T213000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181213T052443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181213T052443Z UID:10009446-1546972200-1546983000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Steve Wright: The Art & Science of Compositing VFX (Los Angeles) DESCRIPTION:LA ACM SIGGRAPH & VES Los Angeles Section Present:  \nSTEVE WRIGHT: THE ART AND SCIENCE OF COMPOSITING VISUAL EFFECTS \nSteve Wright gives an in-person overview of VFX compositing techniques to those artists who RSVP to deepen their understanding of its critical role in visual effects. \n  \nTuesday\, January 8th\, 2019 \n6:30 – 7:30 PM   Social Hour \n7:30 – 9:15 PM   Program Presentation \n  \nDescription \nJoin the members of the VES Los Angeles Section & LA ACM SIGGRAPH as we engage in a tour of the tools\, techniques\, and artistic requirements for compositing visual effects. \nDemonstrations of how compositing is used for camera tracking\, set extension\, camera projection\, blue/green screen keying\, color correcting\, tracking\, clean plate construction\, and multi-pass CGI compositing. Advance your knowledge of what compositors do and how they do it. \nA rare look into the math and science behind the incredible technology used in Nuke\, the de facto industry standard visual effects compositing software by the Foundry\, coupled with demonstrations of its applications to movie magic in today’s blockbuster films. We peer behind the black curtain at how hi-tech visual effects shots are executed and what it takes to set one up with advanced concepts like Deep Compositing\, Alembic Geometry\, Camera Projection and CGI AOV’s. \nCompositing now holds a high position in the artistic expression of visual effects as compositors are now required to not only make shots compiled from multiple disparate sources merge together photo realistically\, but to also make them look “cool”. Compositors are now providing the final “look” to the shot with their blending of multiple cgi lighting passes and artistically driven color correction. \n  \nPresenter: Steve Wright URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/steve-wright-the-art-science-of-compositing-vfx-los-angeles-2/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/siggraph-comp.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190109T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190109T183000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190106T103211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190106T103211Z UID:10009402-1547058600-1547058600@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening - Destroyer- Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Annapurna Pictures and ANZ distributor Madman Entertainment we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an advance industry screening of \n\n  \n\n \n\n  \n\n When: Wednesday 9 January  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 6.30pm start \n Location: Roxy Cinema\, 5 Park Road\, Miramar\, Wellington (cinema 2) \n\n  \n \n \n \n\n RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n\n  \n\n\n Destroyer has received the following Golden Globe nomination: \n\n\n\n Best Actress – Nicole Kidman  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqHaLUoiWZU\n\n  \n \n\n Synopsis: DESTROYER follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) who\, as a young cop\, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later\, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.  \n\n  \n\n Directed by Karyn Kusama from a screenplay by Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi\, DESTROYER stars Nicole Kidman\, Bradley Whitford\, Tatiana Maslany and Sebastian Stan.\n\n  \n\n Duration: 120 minutes \n\n  \n\n Madman Entertainment is releasing the film nationally on 7th March 2019. \n\n  \n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-destroyer-wellington-2/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190109T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190109T183000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190106T103211Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190106T103211Z UID:10009471-1547058600-1547058600@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening - Destroyer- Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Annapurna Pictures and ANZ distributor Madman Entertainment we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an advance industry screening of \n\n  \n\n \n\n  \n\n When: Wednesday 9 January  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Time: 6.30pm start \n Location: Roxy Cinema\, 5 Park Road\, Miramar\, Wellington (cinema 2) \n\n  \n \n \n \n\n RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n\n  \n\n\n Destroyer has received the following Golden Globe nomination: \n\n\n\n Best Actress – Nicole Kidman  \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqHaLUoiWZU\n\n  \n \n\n Synopsis: DESTROYER follows the moral and existential odyssey of LAPD detective Erin Bell (Nicole Kidman) who\, as a young cop\, was placed undercover with a gang in the California desert with tragic results. When the leader of that gang re-emerges many years later\, she must work her way back through the remaining members and into her own history with them to finally reckon with the demons that destroyed her past.  \n\n  \n\n Directed by Karyn Kusama from a screenplay by Phil Hay & Matt Manfredi\, DESTROYER stars Nicole Kidman\, Bradley Whitford\, Tatiana Maslany and Sebastian Stan.\n\n  \n\n Duration: 120 minutes \n\n  \n\n Madman Entertainment is releasing the film nationally on 7th March 2019. \n\n  \n\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-destroyer-wellington-4/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190110T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190110T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190109T091950Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190109T091950Z UID:10009474-1547116200-1547116200@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:BLACK PANTHER - Sydney Screening DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Disney we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry screening of the critically acclaimed international box office hit BLACK PANTHER.\n\n  \n\n When: Thursday 10 January 2019\n\n Time: 10.30am start \n\n Location: The QT Screening Room (The QT Hotel Sydney)\, 49 Market Street\, Sydney \n\n  \n\n RSVP is essential to celia@bluecatpictures.com.au (invitation is strictly non-transferable) \n\n  \n\n Black Panther has received the following Golden Globe nominations: \n\n Best Motion Picture Drama \n\n Best Original Score (Motion Picture) – Ludwig Goransson\n\n Best Original Song (Motion Picture) – All The Stars\n\n And the following Screen Actors Guild nominations:\n\n Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture \n\n Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture\n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=5&v=NIxfafNheDg\n\n  \n\n To view the Film Society of Lincoln Centre Q&A with Ryan Coogler: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbEKRHR2JMQ\n\n  \n\n Synopsis: BLACK PANTHER is director Ryan Coogler’s take on a modern African hero and a utopian vision of what an uncolonized Africa might look like. The film explores the conflict between two powerful men\, one African and one African-American\, who are mirror images of each other\, each grappling with his own history\, home and very identity.  When Prince T’Challa (Chadwick Boseman) becomes king of the hidden\, technologically advanced kingdom Wakanda\, he is forced to defend his throne against rogue mercenary Erik Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan).  Wakanda is also alive with strong\, intelligent women—from Wakanda’s elite all-female security force\, led by Okoye (Danai Gurira)\, to the international spy Nakia (Lupita Nyong’o)\, to T’Challa’s tech-savvy sister (Letitia Wright) and mother (Angela Bassett)—who are portrayed as equals to the men they protect and advise.\n\n  \n\n Duration: 134 minutes URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/black-panther-sydney-screening-5/ CATEGORIES:Conference,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/bp_lo_res_gold_title.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190112T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181231T235932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181231T235932Z UID:10008016-1547283600-1547308800@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:VES Nomination Event - New York DESCRIPTION:The VES awards nominations judging event is taking place on January 12th\, 2019 at The Mill NY. \nAll judges who have registered to take part\, please check your emails for further details. \nThis is a strictly INVITATION ONLY event for registered judges. \nNo other VES members are eligible to attend. \nPlease no children\, partners\, and strictly no photography/recording of any kind. \n  \nRegistered judges: Log in for more information. \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-nomination-event-new-york-2/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190112T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190112T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20181231T235932Z LAST-MODIFIED:20181231T235932Z UID:10009386-1547283600-1547308800@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:VES Nomination Event - New York DESCRIPTION:The VES awards nominations judging event is taking place on January 12th\, 2019 at The Mill NY. \nAll judges who have registered to take part\, please check your emails for further details. \nThis is a strictly INVITATION ONLY event for registered judges. \nNo other VES members are eligible to attend. \nPlease no children\, partners\, and strictly no photography/recording of any kind. \n  \nRegistered judges: Log in for more information. \n \n \n\n  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-nomination-event-new-york/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190108T134754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T134754Z UID:10009473-1547375400-1547375400@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:THE SISTERS BROTHERS - Sydney Screening DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Annapurna Pictures and ANZ distributor Universal Pictures International we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry preview screening of Jacques Audiard’s\, The Sisters Brothers – winner of the Silver Lion Best Director at Venice. \n\n  \n\n When: Sunday 13 January 2019\n\n Time: 10.30am\n\n Location: Palace Central Cinemas (cinema 11)\, Level 3\, Central Park Mall\, 28 Broadway\, Chippendale\n\n  \n\n RSVP is essential to celia@bluecatpictures.com.au \n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShK7n9fY_Q&feature=youtu.be\n\n  \n\n Synopsis: From director Jacques Audiard\, and based on the novel by Patrick deWitt\, The Sisters Brothers is a reimagining of the cinematic Western.\n\n It is 1851\, and Charlie and Eli Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) are both brothers and assassins\, boys grown to men in a savage and hostile world as guns for hire. Eli rides hard with his younger sibling Charlie\, yet dares to dream of a normal life. But the hard-drinking Charlie has taken charge with gusto as lead man on the duo’s assignments. Each increasingly questions\, and quibbles with\, the other’s methods as they embark on a journey that will test the deadly family ties that bind.\n\n  \n\n Also starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed\, The Sisters Brothers features an adapted screenplay by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain based on the novel of the same name.\n\n  \n\n Duration: 121 minutes\n\n  \n\n Universal Pictures International is releasing the film nationally on 6 March 2019.  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/the-sisters-brothers-sydney-screening-4/ CATEGORIES:Conference,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/title_treatment_1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190108T134754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190108T134754Z UID:10009419-1547375400-1547375400@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:THE SISTERS BROTHERS - Sydney Screening DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Annapurna Pictures and ANZ distributor Universal Pictures International we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry preview screening of Jacques Audiard’s\, The Sisters Brothers – winner of the Silver Lion Best Director at Venice. \n\n  \n\n When: Sunday 13 January 2019\n\n Time: 10.30am\n\n Location: Palace Central Cinemas (cinema 11)\, Level 3\, Central Park Mall\, 28 Broadway\, Chippendale\n\n  \n\n RSVP is essential to celia@bluecatpictures.com.au \n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShK7n9fY_Q&feature=youtu.be\n\n  \n\n Synopsis: From director Jacques Audiard\, and based on the novel by Patrick deWitt\, The Sisters Brothers is a reimagining of the cinematic Western.\n\n It is 1851\, and Charlie and Eli Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) are both brothers and assassins\, boys grown to men in a savage and hostile world as guns for hire. Eli rides hard with his younger sibling Charlie\, yet dares to dream of a normal life. But the hard-drinking Charlie has taken charge with gusto as lead man on the duo’s assignments. Each increasingly questions\, and quibbles with\, the other’s methods as they embark on a journey that will test the deadly family ties that bind.\n\n  \n\n Also starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed\, The Sisters Brothers features an adapted screenplay by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain based on the novel of the same name.\n\n  \n\n Duration: 121 minutes\n\n  \n\n Universal Pictures International is releasing the film nationally on 6 March 2019.  URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/the-sisters-brothers-sydney-screening-3/ CATEGORIES:Conference,Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/title_treatment_1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T103000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190113T103000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190110T131314Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190110T131314Z UID:10007982-1547375400-1547375400@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Special Screening- The Sisters Brothers- Wellington DESCRIPTION:On behalf of Annapurna Pictures and local distributor Fox Universal we’re delighted to invite you and your guest to an industry preview screening of Jacques Audiard’s\, The Sisters Brothers – winner of the Silver Lion Best Director at Venice. \n\n \n\n  \n\n When: Sunday 13 January 2019\n\n\n\n Time: 10.30am\n Location: Roxy Cinema\, 5 Park Road\, Miramar\, Wellington (cinema 2)\n\n  \n \n\n RSVP is essential: RSVP HERE\n\n  \n\n To view the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pShK7n9fY_Q&feature=youtu.be\n\n  \n\n\n Synopsis: From director Jacques Audiard\, and based on the novel by Patrick deWitt\, The Sisters Brothers is a reimagining of the cinematic Western.\n\nIt is 1851\, and Charlie and Eli Sisters (Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly) are both brothers and assassins\, boys grown to men in a savage and hostile world as guns for hire. Eli rides hard with his younger sibling Charlie\, yet dares to dream of a normal life. But the hard-drinking Charlie has taken charge with gusto as lead man on the duo’s assignments. Each increasingly questions\, and quibbles with\, the other’s methods as they embark on a journey that will test the deadly family ties that bind. \nAlso starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Riz Ahmed\, The Sisters Brothers features an adapted screenplay by Jacques Audiard and Thomas Bidegain based on the novel of the same name. \n\n\nDuration: 121 minutes \n\n  \n\n\n   URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/special-screening-the-sisters-brothers-wellington/ CATEGORIES:Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T213000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190112T110430Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190112T110430Z UID:10009428-1547751600-1547760600@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Screening - AQUAMAN in 3D (Toronto) DESCRIPTION:Toronto VES Members and Their Guests are Invited to a 3D Screening of Warner Bros. Pictures’ AQUAMAN \nPlease RSVP below\n Thursday\, January 17\, 2018 at 7:00PM\n The Royal Cinema\n 608 College Street\, Toronto\, ON\, MG6 1B4\, Canada\n Click here for a map. \nScreenings are overbooked to compensate for no-shows. Seating is limited and will be available on a first come\, first served basis. An RSVP does not guarantee seating. URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/screening-aquaman-in-3d-toronto/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/lg-aquaman.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T213000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190110T092408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190110T092408Z UID:10007977-1547753400-1547760600@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:Creative Spotlight (Washington) DESCRIPTION:VES- WA\, \nHAPPY NEW YEAR WASHINGTON! \nPlease join us for our first “Creative Spotlight” of the New Year on Thursday\, January 17th at 7:30pm. \nThis is a great opportunity to meet likeminded professionals from all aspects of creativity here in the Pacific North West. \nOur guest speakers are: \nQuba Michaliski – Creative/Art Director (QubaVR\, Google\, Autofuss /Bot & Dolly Studios) \nTharyn Valvanis – Technical Director/Developer (Valorem\, Blur Studio\, Blizzard Ent.) \nJesse Havens – Manager\, Immersive Experiences (Valorem) \nThe format will be a simple in casual setting\, with each speaker highlighting aspects of their career and taking questions for a total timeframe 15-20 mins each. Then it will be a great opportunity to speak personally to them and fellow creatives in attendance for the last hour. \nWhen: Thursday\, January 17th at 7:30pm – 9:30pm \nWhere: Bellevue College (map) – Building N\, Conference Room N201\, 3000 Landerholm Cir SE\, Bellevue\, WA 98134 \nFREE for VES Members and for Non-VES Members  \n  \nEVERYONE (EVEN VES MEMBERS) needs to RSVP for attendance to: VesWaRSVP@gmail.com \nWe need to know numbers for seating arrangements. \nPlease tell your friends and colleagues about this rad event\, come on out\, and let’s meet up with your Washington Creative Community. \nHuge thanks to Bellevue College for providing us their space to meet and mingle.  \n  \nSee you all soon! \nVES-WA-BOM URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/creative-spotlight-washington/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/creative_spotlight_flyerjan2019_norefresh-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T203000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190117T230000 DTSTAMP:20260405T064345 CREATED:20190115T033448Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190115T033448Z UID:10009431-1547757000-1547766000@vesglobal.org SUMMARY:STAR TREK: DISCOVERY Season 2 Live Premiere DESCRIPTION:CBS All Access cordially invites VES members and a guest to attend the Live Premiere Event for season two of STAR TREK: DISCOVERY on  in New York City. (VES members must login in order to RSVP) URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/star-trek-discovery-season-2-live-premiere/ CATEGORIES:Event ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://vesglobal.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/std-logo.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR