The National Film and Television School has announced that alumna Annika Summerson has won the 2021 NFTS Sue Gibson BSC Award. The award was voted upon by the alumni of the school and Summerson won for her work on the BFI-backed film Mogul Mowgli. Summerson becomes the fifth winner of the award joining fellow recipients … Read more
Screen and Film School Manchester have announced the winner of this year’s Fabian Wagner Scholarship, Muhammed Bittaye. The life changing £30,000 scholarship will cover the 3-year undergraduate degree tuition fees for Muhammed, as well as providing the opportunity to be mentored by Manchester’s dedicated Patron, Fabian Wagner. The list of applications was long and full of talented young students. Settling on a winner was … Read more
Pablo Larrain’s Spencer, Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter and Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch are among the 159 features that will play the 65th BFI London Film Festival (LFF, October 6-17), which will also screen the first two episodes of the third season of HBO’s Succession, making it the European premiere of the anticipated series. … Read more
The BBC and Netflix have formed a partnership to develop and fund new, ambitious dramas featuring disabled creatives both in front of and behind the camera. Building on the existing commitments of both the BBC and Netflix, the five year partnership has been designed to increase representation of disabled talent both on-screen and off-screen, to … Read more
Joana Vicente and Cameron Bailey, Co-Heads of TIFF, announced that cinematographer Ari Wegner will be honoured with the TIFF Variety Artisan Award at this year’s TIFF Tribute Awards. The award recognises a distinguished creative who has excelled at their craft and made an outstanding contribution to cinema and entertainment. For the second straight year, the … Read more
After making her mark on the film industry as one of its first DI producers, and with more than 23 years of post-production experience to her credit, ZARA PARK joins HARBOR as director, Picture Post, Los Angeles. Zara’s new position at HARBOR will see her oversee and execute all aspects of picture post – dailies, … Read more
As obtained by Deadline, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier creator Malcolm Spellman has partnered with Chromatic Black on the Ida B. Wells Fund. This will entail a scholarship of $100k (£72,305) to be invested in 10 Black creatives to produce independent film and documentary projects. To earn one of the 10 winning spots, Chromatic Black, Spellman, and other members … Read more
“The water’s risen up a couple storeys, it’s too hot to be out in daytime (and) people work by night.” If I told you that was a quote from a renowned DP, about shooting in New Orleans, you might wonder if it was someone just dispatched to record the aftermath of Hurricane Ida. Instead, it’s … Read more
Blackmagic Design has announced that Compartment No. 6 (Hytti nro 6) was amongst the films at this year’s Cannes Film Festival to be graded on DaVinci Resolve. Joint winner of the Grand Prix accolade alongside Asghar Farhadi’s A Hero, Compartment No.6 is an adaptation of Rosa Liksom’s 2011 novel, directed by Juho Kuosmanen and lensed by … Read more
Bal is known for: The Wife, Churchill, Under The Skin, Fast & Furious 6, Whisky Galore, World War Z and is a member of GBCT. Where are you based and how does this play into the work that you do? I am based in West London, within reach of Pinewood, Shepperton and Warner Brothers Studios. … Read more
Twickenham Film Studios continues with its expansion as MD Cara Sheppard welcomes her most recent hire with Jack Watts joining as TFS head of technology & standards. Watts’ role will strategically develop and lead the technology, innovation and standards offering for the future -focused TFS studios – following on from the appointment of Tomasz Witkowski … Read more
In his new role, Toullet will be will be responsible for growing the evolving colour offering of MPC’s London studio, with a view to continued collaboration with the world’s top brands and directors. Bringing with him over 15 years’ experience grading commercials, music videos and feature films, Toullet joined MPC in 2014 from Digital District Paris. His work spans many genres, from … Read more
The hosts of the popular YouTube channel Game Theory wanted to produce a record-setting and award-winning live-stream event to raise money for the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. To make sure it was a success YouTube Originals, Game Theory and St. Jude Children’s hospital partnered with Mobeon Studios in Burbank to bring it to life. … Read more
Don’t miss the chance to enter the inaugural FilmLight Colour Awards, celebrating colourists and the art of colour worldwide. Submit your work before the deadline: September 15, 2021. Simon Astbury, managing director at Juice in Shanghai, has joined the jury for the awards. He commented, “Colourists have long toiled in the gloom, bringing their unique brand of … Read more
Mark Roberts Motion Control (MRMC), a Nikon company, has announced Agile Remote Cameras, the Winchester-based manufacturer of the highly-regarded ARC360 PTZ and ARC360 Lite PTZ camera systems, are now part of MRMC. The ARC360 range is based around the Sony Exmor sensor. Ruggedised for operation in even the most extreme environments, the cameras have been built with upgradeable electronics, … Read more
Blackmagic Design announced that many of the 2021 summer season’s worldwide film releases used numerous Blackmagic Design products during production and post, including its digital film cameras, DaVinci Resolve Studio for editing, colour correction, visual effects production and more. This included some of the biggest blockbusters and expected blockbusters of the summer, such as The … Read more
As part of its 50th Anniversary celebrations throughout 2021, The National Film and Television School (NFTS) has collaborated with Google Arts & Culture to open the vaults of its extensive archive for the very first time, launching a new collection of over 200 digitised films and behind the scenes material. After five decades training filmmakers across disciplines … Read more
Teradek has launched the Bolt 4K Monitor Modules 1500 TX and 1500 RX, giving users a long-range option with the 1500 monitor modules and a short-range option with the original 750 monitor modules. “Scalability has always been a huge benefit of the Bolt 4K family,” explained Colin McDonald, product manager for Cine Products at Teradek. “With … Read more
The Austrian architecture studio Baumschlager Eberle Lustenau won the Competition for Development of Architectural Concept for the European Film Center CAMERIMAGE in Toruń. The results of the competition were announced during a press conference organised at the ECFC headquarters, attended by Michał Zaleski, the President of the City of Toruń, Marek Żydowicz, president of the Tumult Foundation and director … Read more
Renowned lighting rental and production management company, Limelite Lighting have further invested in Chroma-Q’s innovative lighting solutions. Established in 2007, Limelite Lighting has grown to become one of the leading rental companies in the UK, providing high quality lighting, rigging and power equipment to the TV, theatre and events industries. They have a number of high-profile clients and often work with the … Read more
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