The European Film Academy revealed the winners of the European Film Awards, honouring the best of European cinema. 1.000 international guests, nominees and presenters celebrated the winners in 22 categories during a festive ceremony at the KKL Luzern on the shores of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. Benjamin Kračun BSC took home the European cinematography award for … Read more
The European Film Academy announced the winners of this year’s Excellence Awards. These awards honour the different arts and crafts of film making in eight categories. The winners will receive their awards at the award ceremony of the 37th European Film Awards on 7 December in Lucerne. A special eight-member jury decided on the winners … Read more
DON’T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK Long shadows to cast, surreal hallucinations to simulate, blood-curdling scares to stage… For DPs fluent in darkness and light, horror is the ultimate catalyst for creativity. “Two of the hardest genres to get right, photographically, are comedy and horror, because they both rely on punchlines,” says Sam McCurdy ASC … Read more
BODY SHOCK Benjamin Kračun BSC reveals the approach he adopted when shooting The Substance, working with prosthetics and practical effects to realise director Coralie Fargeat’s vision for the body horror. The script for The Substance is 150 pages and 20 pages of that is dialogue. So when I read it, I thought it was amazing … Read more
Discover the latest projects from LUX Artists‘ talented cinematographers. Ari Wegner ACS has wrapped Road with director Ethan Coen. Kasper Tuxen DFF has wrapped on a Penny commercial directed by Seb Edwards. Rob Hardy ASC BSC is shooting The Book of Clarence with director Jeymes Samuel. Darius Khondji ASC AFC continues to shoot Bong Joon-ho’s … Read more