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We're Listening!
The media and entertainment landscape is changing rapidly. Emerging technologies like AI and cloud workflows are transforming post production, while economic sh...
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Don't Sell Out the Power of Sound
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30/04/2025
Why Now is the Perfect Time to Join HPA
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27/03/2025
Help Grow the California Production Coalition
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HPA Award Winner: Damian McDonnell finishing colourist on Time Bandits
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28/02/2025
HPA Tech Retreat 2025: The Indispensable Gathering Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary with a Thought-Provoking Conference
The 30th anniversary of the HPA Tech Retreat may have just concluded, but the co...
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HPA Unveils the 2025 Class of Young Entertainment Professionals (YEP)
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HPA Tech Retreat Announces: Behind the Scenes of MrBeast, A Conversation
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28/01/2025
HPA Tech Retreat Turns 30: What to Expect at This Year's Event
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28/01/2025
All Hands Lifting Together
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HPA Tech Retreat Supersession: The Evolving Human Role in AI-Driven Production and Post-Production
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HPA Award Delivered To New Zealand!
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2025 HPA Tech Retreat Reveals Additional Unmissable Programming and Activities
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Seth Hallen Looks Back Over Nine Years As HPA President And Toward The Organization's Bright Future
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HPA Tech Retreat 2025 Unveils Additional Program And Activities Schedule
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05/12/2024
HPA Tech Retreat 2025 Releases First Program Details for the 30th Anniversary of the Influential Event
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21/11/2024
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20/11/2024
Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Elevates Joyce Cataldo to Head of Development and Strategy
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HPA Awards Unveil 2024 Creative Category Winners
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The Everlasting Allure of Horror
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American Cinema Editors (ACE) To Honor Filmmaker Jon M. Chu With The ACE Golden Eddie Filmmaker Of The Year Award
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HPA Announces Kari Grubin as Incoming President, Marking a Historic Milestone
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HPA Goes to IBC 2024
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Hollywood Professional Association (HPA) Names Kari Grubin President-Elect, Seth Hallen to Pass the Torch of Leadership in January 2025
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FotoKem Set to Receive the Charles S. Swartz Award at HPA Awards
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Film Pioneer Alice Guy-Blach Championed at the Olympics
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Perifery Unveils Fully Integrated AI-Enabled Solution at IBC2024
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HPA Announces 2024 Engineering Excellence Award Recipients
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HPA AWARDS COMMITTEE HONORS FOTOKEM WITH THE CHARLES S. SWARTZ AWARD
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Blair Wallace Grades Award-Winning Chimp Empire for James Reed and Netflix
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AI: A Call to Arms to Elevate Ourselves
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Volunteers are Everything: Sarah McGrail on the Importance of Community in Visual Effects
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HPA Awards Open Call for Submissions in Creative Categories
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Time to Get Your Submissions Ready: HPA Awards Creative Categories Open June 3!
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QTAKE Pioneers Live 3D Stream to Apple Vision Pro
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Calling All Visionaries: Enter the 2024 HPA Engineering Excellence Awards
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QTAKE Introduces Cutting-Edge Innovations for Filmmakers.
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Talking Generative AI with Corridor Digital's Niko Pueringer
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The HPA Awards Engineering Excellence Awards: Grab the Brass Ring
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