The Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800) has announced the nominees for its 29th Annual Excellence in Production Design Awards. The ceremony, hosted by acclaimed actress and comedian Rachael Harris, will take place on Feb. 15, 2025, at the InterContinental Los Angeles Downtown. The ADG Awards celebrate excellence in production design across theatrical motion … Read more
MPTS (Media Production & Technology Show) announced that registration is now live for the 2025 show, which returns to Olympia London from 14-15 May bigger and better than ever. Now taking place across two levels within the Grand Hall, the UK’s premier event for the broadcast media, production and technology industry introduces an exciting new … Read more
The UK’s largest festival for young, emerging filmmakers, the BFI Future Film Festival 2025 returns from 20 February – 6 March with a hybrid format that maintains a tradition of live and in-person screenings and events at BFI Southbank (20 – 23 February) alongside a globally accessible online programme, kindly supported by Main Sponsors Netflix … Read more
The world’s leading podcast about women in film, Girls On Film, announces the nominees for the Girls On Film Awards 2025. Emilia Pérez leads with seven nominations, closely followed by Wicked with six. The Substance and Hard Truths each have four nominations. Also in the running for multiple Girls On Film Awards are Payal Kapadia’s … Read more
ROE Visual announce the relocation of its manufacturing and head offices to a new home in Pingshan, one of Shenzhen’s premier manufacturing hubs. This move brings the entire team, including sales, production and R&D processes under one roof, contributing to smooth operation efficiency. More than just a relocation, it represents ROE Visual’s remarkable growth and … Read more
The HPA Tech Retreat Supersession committee has announced that the highly anticipated 2025 HPA Tech Retreat Supersession—guided by working industry leaders and visionaries—will focus on the evolving role of humans in AI-driven production and post. The multifaceted topic represents both significant opportunities and complex challenges vital to the industry’s future. The 30th anniversary of the … Read more
Cooke announce the appointment of David Hancock as CEO, effective 6 January 2025. After four successful years as CEO, including expanding the business in new sectors that o er an exciting future for Cooke, Tim Pugh informed the board earlier in 2024 that he wished to retire. Since then, he has continued to lead the … Read more
Light Iron, the post production creative services division of the Panavision group, has selected Nara for its New York and Los Angeles facilities – streamlining its workflow solution and accessibility across sites from dailies through to finishing. The new solution has saved time for producers, increased accuracy, reduced errors and will provide huge workflow advantages for Light Iron’s increasing … Read more
The European Film Awards will be held in the Greek capital of Athens in January 2027. This was announced today by the European Film Academy and the Hellenic Film and Audiovisual Centre (HFAC) – Creative Greece, acting as the coordinator of the Greek consortium comprised of the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Tourism, Ministry of … Read more
Nanlite launch a softbox with a new Rapid series that can be set up in seconds and folds flat when collapsed. The Rapid 90 (SB-RP90) and Rapid 120 (SBRP120) parabolic softboxes feature an integrated design with a rapid-latch speed ring and excellent structural rigidity. With a single pull-and-press movement, it opens and locks the dome’s … Read more
The Cinema Audio Society announced its nominees in seven categories for the 61st Annual CAS Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing 2024. The 61st CAS Awards will be held on Saturday, February 22, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton. Tickets are now available at cinemaaudiosociety.org. As previously announced, multi-award-winning sound mixer Tod A. Maitland CAS … Read more
Sundance Institute announced the addition of two feature films to the current 2025 Sundance Film Festival program, bringing the total feature films at this year’s Festival to 88 projects. The festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with all of the competition films and … Read more
FLYING COLOURS Colour plays a starring role in cinematic storytelling. Erik Messerschmidt ASC shares insight into how it can create emotion and inform the audience, the vital collaboration cinematographers enjoy with colourists, and his experience on the jury of this year’s FilmLight Colour Awards.  Every filmmaker’s relationship with colour is different and extremely personal. Cinematographer … Read more
ROE Visual announce the addition of two seasoned LED professionals to its global team. Christian Czimny joins as Global Product Director Fixed Install, and Steven Embregts takes on the role of Product Director Europe. With their extensive experience in LED display technology in several market segments, these key hires perfectly position ROE Visual to kick-start … Read more
Discover how Series Director Stewart Kyasimire used Blackmagic RAW to shape the powerful visual storytelling of Four Kings, an Amazon Prime documentary exploring Britain’s boxing icons and their untold stories. Four Kings is an enticing new four part documentary series which provides unprecedented access into the lives of four of Britain’s best boxers in the golden … Read more
Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), the premier organisation of entertainment sound editing professionals since 1953, announced the nominations for the 72nd Annual MPSE Golden Reel Awards, honouring outstanding achievement in sound editing, sound design, music editing and foley artistry in film, television and gaming. Winners will be announced at the annual gala on February 23, … Read more
To kick off the new year, CUBE Studio has partnered with Perspective Pictures, London’s leading digital-first video production agency, to unveil a new virtual production studio in East London. This collaboration reimagines content creation, offering creators the freedom to explore the limitless possibilities of virtual production across industries. CUBE Studio’s production-first ethos meets Perspective Pictures’ … Read more
From February 4-7, 2025, Canon Europe will be returning to Barcelona, Spain, for the Integrated Systems Europe (ISE) show – the world’s largest AV systems integration expo – to demonstrate how its video and imaging products can be seamlessly integrated to provide creative solutions for the corporate and education sectors, plus system integrators. With a theme … Read more
Film Independent, currently celebrating its 40th anniversary, announced the winners of its three Emerging Filmmaker Awards at its annual Spirit Awards Nominee Brunch held at Hotel Casa del Mar. Karen Pittman (The Morning Show, The Americans) served as host for the event and handed out the honors. Winners for the remaining categories will be revealed at … Read more
Emilia Pérez was the big winner at The Golden Globe Awards 2025 as it took home four awards. The Brutalist won three prizes while highly nominated films such as Conclave and Anora went home empty handed. The Golden Globes do not currently have a cinematography or other craft categories. – Here are the winners list … Read more