Christie enhances the content of the films in competition at the Cannes festival

On the occasion of the festival, Christie, with which it has been a technological partner for thirteen years, installs a total of 36 digital cinema projectors from the Solaria Series.

One more year, Christie is a technological partner of projections of the Cannes Film Festival. For the 2019 edition of the competition, which takes place between May 14 and 25, Christie has installed 36 digital cinema projectors from the Solaria series, with its corresponding accessory elements. This year Christie has supported the festival to thirteen.

The renewed partnership offer launched by the Cannes Film Festival to our brand reinforces Christie's reputation in the context of the film industry as a leading provider of digital cinema solutions, and its firm commitment to delivering the best image quality to one of the most prestigious film events on the planet.

“For Christie it is an honor to participate in a festival of importance and world renown, which this edition celebrates its seventy-second anniversary,” declares the consultant of Christie Francis Zee. "The Cannes Festival is a festival of cinema in which the directors' vision is transmitted to a professional audience. Our technical approach focuses on guaranteeing maximum reliability in the quality of the images output from our projectors, thus letting the film speak for itself."

The Higher Technical Commission for Image and Sound (CST). “The CST technicians are very experienced, and the projection room operators have been chosen one by one by the Festival,” explains Zee. “Working alongside them is a real pleasure.”

A battery of projectors CP4230, CP2230 y CP4220 by Christie has been displayed in the festival's five rooms, also called Competition Rooms. The main rooms feature projectors with 2K and 4K capabilities to seamlessly adjust to the projected content. The Film Market, which this year turns sixty years old and is the largest international market for film professionals, has a projector in this edition Christie CP2215, a popular and compact xenon, DCI and 2K model.