Digital Short Film Selected for Screening at 2006 Cannes Film Festival

San Diego, CA, May 17, 2006 --(PR.com)-- Durrenberger Engineering, Inc. used its proprietary Digital Video To Film transfer process to create the 35mm print of the short film entitled "Atenea y Afrodita" that will be shown at the "Tous Les Cinemas du Monde" program of the world-famous festival, on May 24 at 1pm.

The 2006 "Tous Les Cinema du Monde" program features the work of over 80 international producers.  This is the first year that an entry from Venezuela was selected to be shown.

The short film "Atenea y Afrodita", that was produced by Harold Lopez Garroz in Venezuela, was filmed using digital video camera technology and editted using non-linear computer editting technology.  The producer and team mastered a digital video (DV) tape, then sent the master to Durrenberger Engineering, Inc. who performed the transfer of the DV tape from the video domain to a 35mm motion picture print.  This print, known as the Release Print, is capable of being projected in virtually any motion picture theater worldwide.

Durrenberger Engineering, Inc has been producing DV To Film Transfers for over five years.  The firm has transferred several feature films which been distributed in Europe, USA and Mexica, as well as many short films that have been screened in festivals such as The Ottawa Internationa Animation Festival, etc.  In addition, the firm has produced movie trailers for films such as "Word Wars" (Seventh Arts Releasing), "Stuey" (Starring Michael Imperioli), and "Unspeakable" (Starring Dennis Hopper).

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