Manaki 2024: A review of the 45th anniversary event

Between the 21st and 27th of September, the 45th edition of the International Cinematographer’s Film Festival Manaki Brothers was held in Bitola, North Macedonia, offering  a full week of lectures, workshops and endless film screenings. And what can be said about the Manaki festival that hasn’t already been said? It may easily be the nicest … Read more

“Work is my university” – Chris Menges book review

The life and times, through the films of one of Britain’s greatest cinematographers, will be the feature of an illustrated interview and presentation at the Regent Street Cinema, London, on March 7th, writes Nigel Walters BSC. Chris Menges BSC ASC was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2015 Camerimage Festival Of Cinematography. To celebrate … Read more

Chris Menges to receive lifetime achievement award at Camerimage

Chris Menges BSC ASC, one of the most revered cinematographers working today, will receive the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at this year’s Camerimage Festival of Cinematography taking place in Bydgoszcz, Poland. A double Oscar-winner for his cinematography on The Killing Fields (1985) and The Mission (1987), Menges started his career in the 1960s as a … Read more