Ymagis Group Announces Aquarius as First Feature-Length Release Using EclairColor Digital Color Solution and Completion of First Cinema Install in Paris

The Group also announced that Paris’ Etoile Saint Germain des Prés recently became the first commercial cinema to be equipped with EclairColor projection technology by Ymagis Group’s exhibitor services business unit, CinemaNext France.

"Audiences will now have the opportunity to discover for the very first time all the benefits of EclairColor technology, which is set to revolutionize the filmgoing experience with significantly enhanced image quality through better color fidelity and greater contrast, not to mention more brightness and sharper details. EclairColor is like a stereoscopic film without 3D glasses," said Ymagis Group CEO & Chairman Jean Mizrahi. “This is a significant milestone in our strategic deployment of EclairColor. From their earliest days, cinemas have been on the cutting edge of image and sound innovation, and they must remain an experience unlike any other. The significant advantages that EclairColor provides are clearly visible to all, which should greatly ease the adoption of this new technology by cinemas.” "With its undeniably superior picture quality, Aquarius in EclairColor at the Etoile Saint Germain is striking," said Etoile Cinémas CEO David Henochsberg. "We are truly offering our audiences a premium experience. Aquarius takes on an entirely new dimension thanks to EclairColor. We are thrilled with this new partnership with CinemaNext and Eclair." The announcement of the first feature-length film remastered using the EclairColor digital color solution was made on the opening day of the annual French cinema exhibitors’ convention (FNCF) in Deauville (France). A specially built 24-seat EclairColor demo screening room equipped with a Sony Digital Cinema 4K SRX-R515 projection system and 7.1 surround sound has been set up by CinemaNext technicians in the Centre International de Deauville (CID – Level -2, Hall 4) for the duration of the FNCF convention. Developed by Eclair Cinema (Ymagis Group), EclairColor is a new digital color solution that combines postproduction processes and the optimization of select projection system technologies sold by CinemaNext. Perfected over the course of two years, it is the culmination of extensive testing by Ymagis Group engineers. CinemaNext states that it is able to equip all types of cinemas, regardless of screen size, to project films mastered using EclairColor technology. The equipment can be used to screen EclairColor mastered content as well as standard content. EclairColor™ is a registered trademark of Ymagis.Group.