ShowEast 2019

Companies across the industry increase collaborative efforts in confronting the (digital) challenges ahead Digital cinema has brought a growing array of audiovisual formats and technologies—features like immersive audio, laser projection, panoramic screens, and motion seating—that has led to unique moviegoing...

PRESS RELEASE MIAMI – (October 17, 2019) – Jack Kline, current advisor and former Chairman, President and CEO of Christie, today, was inducted into the annual ShowEast Hall of Fame. An honor which pays tribute to a select band of film...

By Daniel Loria and Kevin Lally The Dan Fellman Show ‘E’ Award, ShowEast’s highest honor, this year goes not to an individual but to a trio of executives with a combined 113 years’ experience at National Amusements, North America’s 10th-largest...

This year’s ShowEast sees the introduction of two new awards. The first, the Empowerment Award, goes to Elizabeth Frank of AMC. With the second, ShowEast feels the flavor, giving their first annual Legacy Award—presented by the NAC—concessions producer to Promotion...

Scott Forman’s passion for philanthropy was ignited at a very young age, when the 9-year-old son of an exhibition family first visited the Variety Boys and Girls Club in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. That was the beginning...

Since 2012, ShowEast has given the Bingham Ray Spirit Award, named after the late independent film icon, to an individual who has “shown exemplary foresight and creativity in the world of independent film.” This year’s honoree—David Linde, CEO of Participant—is...

Wednesday, October 16, will see Elizabeth Frank, executive vice president, worldwide programming and chief content officer at AMC Theatres, receive ShowEast’s first-ever Empowerment Award. Presented by The Coca-Cola Company, the Empowerment Award—per Andrew Sunshine, president of the Film Expo Group—recognizes...

Warner Bros. International makes a splash at this year’s ShowEast, with Monique Esclavissat, executive vice president international productions/acquisitions & Latin America distribution, receiving the show’s International Distributor of the Year honor at Monday’s International Awards Luncheon. After joining Warner Bros....

Joe Masher’s experience in exhibition dates back to his childhood. At age 12, he took over duties as “rewind boy” at a seasonal theater. That informal experience would be the beginning of a decades-long career in the movie theater business. ...

Celebrating its 33rd year, ShowEast is the industry convention where the movies are front and center. The annual confab takes place at the Fontainebleau Resort in Miami Beach, October 14–17, in the early weeks of award season, making it a...

Promotion In Motion will receive the first annual ShowEast “Legacy” Award presented by NAC during ShowEast’s Final Night Awards Ceremony on October 17 at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach. The award will be accepted by Michael Rosenberg, president and CEO. “Michael...