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Malaysia Government Sponsors Outdoor Movies in Rural Villages
Malaysia's Information Ministry announced in 2008 that it would re-introduce the wayang pacak -- free outdoor film shows that were popular in the...
Bridal Veil Outdoor Film Festival Benefits the Rwanda Cinema Center
For several years, organizations such as FilmAid and the Rwanda Cinema Center have used inflatable screens and mobile outdoor cinema equipment fr...
Moviemakers Give Back Through 'Filmanthropy'
Filmanthropy: helping kids from the Bronx, Los Angeles, and the Dominican Republic land jobs in the film industry. Preserving and restoring films...
Hollywood Gives the Gift of Film
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association gave $759,865 in financial grants to film schools and nonprofits in 2008 despite losing roughly $6 millio...
Rock Hill, South Carolina: Outdoor Movies a Hit in Rock Hill
Rock Hill, South Carolina's free outdoor classic movie series drew 300 people to screenings of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) and S...
Arkansas City, Arkansas: Outdoor Movie Street Party
Arkansas City's National Night Out block party in 2008 drew about 200 people downtown, capping the evening with an outdoor movie on a large scree...
Vancouver, Canada: Vancouver Enjoys Opening Ceremony of Beijing Olympics on Inflatable Movie Screen
More than a thousand people gathered at Richmond's Aberdeen Mall on August 8, 2008 to watch the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics on a gia...
War Dance Screening in Northern Uganda
This is the first installment in a series by Open Air Cinema Technician Jay Johnson. Jay is in Northern Uganda, where he joined the makers of the...
Couple Wants to Give Back to River Bend with Portable Outdoor Movies
Jay and Stephanie Sinclair of Alton, Illinois recently bought a portable outdoor cinema system to rent to River Bend businesses and neighborhoods...
Outdoor Movies to Benefit Colorado Tornado Victims
Downtown Castle Rock's Outdoor Movie Series kicks off with a Starlight Summer Movie to benefit the victims of the recent tornadoes in Weld County...
Open Air Screen Make Outdoor Film Screenings Possible on Pangea Day
Pangea Day — May 10, 2008 — linked venues in Cairo, Dharamsala, Jerusalem, Kigali, London, New York City, Ramallah, and Rio de Janeiro in a sing...
A Different Kind of Movie Star
Some of my earliest memories involve being dropped off at a movie theater with my little sister on a Saturday afternoon—back when this was consi...
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