Challengers

Sayombhu Mukdeeprom / Challengers

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COURTING RIVALS   Thai cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom serves up a winning shot with 35mm Kodak film, precise aspect ratios, and innovative techniques in Challengers.  In their electrifyingly propulsive Challengers, director Luca Guadagnino and cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom set out not to make a conventional “tennis film” but rather an erotically charged drama, set in the world of … Read more

Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers to open Venice Film Festival

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Challengers, directed by Luca Guadagnino, starring Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist is the Opening Film, Out of Competition, of the 80th Venice International Film Festival within La Biennale di Venezia, directed by Alberto Barbera (30 August > 9 September 2023). Challengers will have its world premiere on Wednesday August 30th, in the Sala Grande at the Palazzo del Cinema (Lido di Venezia), on the opening night of the 80th Venice … Read more