Oscars 2024 Recap & Sundance Film Festival Director Eugene Hernandez
Episode 220 – March 14, 2024
In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle give a snippet of the recently concluded Academy Awards. In the feature segment, Daniel interviews Sundance Director Eugene Hernandez on the success of this year’s festival and how the organization has remained a bridge between artists and the audience.
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In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle discuss the box office success of Dune: Part Two, and the unique marketing strategies employed, particularly the creation of a distinctive popcorn bucket that went viral. Daniel and Rebeccas also interview key figures in the film’s distribution and marketing, exploring the challenges and strategies behind the film’s adaptation and its reception.
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In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle talk about the latest quarterly earnings reports in the world of theatrical exhibitions. For the feature segment, Rachel speaks with Vue International’s Tim Richards to talk about the use of AI in film programming and marketing.
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In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle go over recent cinema industry news and box office results–including the varied performances of Bob Marley: One love and Madame Webb—before Loria speaks with Wouter D’Oosterlinck, Goran Stojmenovik, and Peter Janssens of Barco in advance of their receipt of a technical Oscar this month for their work developing RGB laser projection technology.
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- Finding Purpose: Kingdom Story Company Producer Kevin Downes on ORDINARY ANGELS
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In this week’s episode of The Boxoffice Podcast, co-hosts Daniel Loria and Rebecca Pahle give a snippet of the recently concluded Academy Awards. In the feature segment, Daniel interviews Sundance Director Eugene Hernandez on the success of this year’s festival and how the organization has remained a bridge between artists and the audience.
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What to Listen For
- 00:00 Intro
- 01:24 The Oscars
- 05:18 Oscars’ Best Picture nominees
- 13:11 How’s Park City?
- 14:34 First Sundance Festival
- 17:54 What does Sundance mean to the film industry?
- 23:04 17,000 film submissions this year
- 27:55 From festival discovery, acquisition, and distribution to audience
- 33:31 Nurtured and supported by Sundance institute
- 37:10 Independent editorial voice
- 42:48 What worked and didn’t work post pandemic?
- 45:56 Recovery of art house and nonprofit cinemas update