Video Age International January 2016

32 Event Planner & Travel News January 2016 V I D E O A G E Misery at 33,000 ft., Courtesy of Your Friendly Airline Late last year The New York Times travel section ran an article about how to survive long flights. The author, Justin Sablich, first declared that “airlines are not completely evil,” then advises “not to eat the free food the flight attendant serves...Your body will respond differently to different foods when at altitude.” There is more: “Long-distance travel increases the risk of venous thromboembolism [blood clot], and height is an additional risk factor,” he wrote. Finally, he suggested “a little yoga to make you feel less miserable.” Well,thoseofusintheinternational TVindustryarewellawareofairtravel pitfalls and how the airlines seem to monetizepassengers’misery. NATPE Miami January 19-21 Miami, U.S. Tel: (310) 453-4440 Fax: (310) 453-5258 www.natpe.com VideoAge bonus distribution Sundance Film Festival January 21-31 Park City, U.S. Tel: (310) 360-1981 Fax: (310) 360-1969 www.sundance.org Berlin Film Festival February 11-21 Berlin, Germany Tel: (49 30) 25920-0 Fax: (49 30) 25920-299 www.berlinale.de Discop West Asia (Istanbul) March 1-3 Istanbul, Turkey Tel: (323) 782-1300 www.discopistanbul.com VideoAge bonus distribution SportelAsia March 15-17 Singapore,RepublicofSingapore Tel: +377 93 30 20 32 Fax: +377 93 30 20 33 www.sportelasia.com MIP-TV April 4-7 Cannes, France Tel: (212) 370-7470 Fax: (212) 370-7471 www.miptv.com VideoAge bonus distribution Tribeca Film Festival April 13-24 New York, U.S. Tel: (212) 941-2400 Fax: (212) 941-3939 www.tribecafilm.com NABShow Las Vegas April 16-21 Las Vegas, U.S. Tel: (202) 595-2052 www.nabshow.com Hot DOCS April 28-May 8 Toronto, Canada Tel: (416) 203-2155 Fax: (416) 203-0446 www.hotdocs.ca Cannes Film Festival May 11-22 Cannes, France Tel: (33 1) 5359 6100 Fax: (33 1) 5359 6110 www.festival-cannes.fr