Video Age International May 2016

44 Event Planner & Travel News May 2016 V I D E O A G E Airplane Seats Dangerous to Passengers’ Health Air travel deregulation, combined with willing U.S. regulatory agencies, have allowed airlines to shrink passengers’ seats from 45.72 cm to the current 41.91 cm, while the seat pitch was reduced from 88.9 cm to 78.74 cm. And this during a period (1978-2016) when many people got larger and heavier. All this so that airlines could make more money by stuffingmoreseatsontoeachaircraft andreducingthenumberofflights. Now,theU.S.Congressisplanning to do what regulators didn’t want to: Mandate a minimum seat size for health and safety reasons. In 1960 the average man weighed 75 Kg, versus today’s 89 Kg. Women’s average increasedby12Kg. Under these conditions, many passengers will not be able to evacuate rapidly. In addition, seating in cramped seats increases passengers’ risk of developing deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolisms. Cannes Film Festival May 11-22 Cannes, France Tel: (33 1) 5359 6100 Fax: (33 1) 5359 6110 www.festival-cannes.fr L.A. Screenings May 16-27 Los Angeles, U.S. Tel: (212) 288-3933 Fax: (212) 288-3424 www.lascreenings.org VideoAge bonus distribution World Content Market May 31 – June 1 Moscow, Russia Tel: (44 207) 6124 350 www.worldcontentmarket.com VideoAge bonus distribution Discop Africa May 31-June 2 Abidjan, Ivory Coast Tel: (323) 782-1300 www.discopafrica.com Banff World Media Festival June 12-15 Banff, Canada Tel: (416) 921-3171 Fax: (416) 921-9878 www.banffmediafestival.com Monte-Carlo TV Festival June 12-16 Monte-Carlo, Monaco Tel: (377) 9310 4060 Fax: (377) 9350 7014 www.tvfestival.com VideoAge bonus distribution Sunny Side of the DOC June 20-23 La Rochelle, France Tel: (33 5) 46 55 79 79 www.sunnysideofthedoc.com Licensing Expo June 21-23 Las Vegas, U.S. Tel: (310) 857-7560 Fax: (310) 857-7510 www.licensingexpo.com NATPE Europe June 27-30 Budapest, Hungary Tel: (310) 453-4440 Fax: (310) 453-5258 www.natpe.com/europe VideoAge bonus distribution Montreal World Film Festival August 27-Sept. 7 Montreal, Canada Tel: (514) 848 3883 Fax: (514) 848 3886 www.ffm-montreal.org Venice Film Festival August 31-Sept. 10 Venice Lido, Italy Tel: (39 041) 521 8711 Fax: (39 041) 521 8854 www.labiennale.org 27 June 2016 / Content Summit 28-30 June 2016 / Market & Content Summit InterContinental Budapest, Hungary Register Today at www.NATPE.com/budapest 390+ qualified buyers already registered Showcasing fresh local CEE content and producers Hollywood studios PLUS local content screening opportunities Introduction of new and exclusive formats NATPE CEE REGION IN THE aaaMay_Issue1_2016_R10.indd 44 5/6/16 12:58 PM