Molinare, the Soho-based post-production facility, has selected Nara as its collaborative media workflow tool. It is the start of a drive that will eventually see Nara aiding efficiencies across the entire Molinare Creative Group. Molinare Creative Group is a unified ecosystem of specialist brands, delivering end-to-end post production across film, television, and games. From DIT … Read more
Notorious DIT, part of Molinare Creative Group and the UK’s leading DIT and Digital LAB provider, announces that it is has appointed Ram Tripathi to Production Technology and DI Consultant. Alongside Tripathi’s appointment, the company have launched a roster of new services in answer to the growing demand from productions. The investment in both technology … Read more
Leading UK post-production facility, Molinare, announces the appointment of Carlotta Rio to Senior Colourist. Rio brings a wealth of experience across feature documentaries, episodic factual and drama projects, further strengthening the team’s offering to its clients. Rio joins following a two-year stint at London post house, Splice, as Senior Colourist. Here, Rio worked on groundbreaking … Read more
Netflix has launched five short documentaries created by recipients of the Documentary Talent Fund. The filmmakers from across the UK & Ireland, received £30,000 to create a documentary short film on the theme of “connection”. The films were showcased at a premiere event at London’s Ham Yard Hotel and are now available to watch via … Read more
The 2023 WFTV (Women in Film & Television) Awards toasted the work, success and achievements of women in front of and behind the camera at a glittering ceremony held at London Hilton Park Lane on Friday 1 December. The event, hosted by Katherine Ryan, saw Meera Syal CBE honoured with the Lifetime Achievement Award and … Read more
Molinare, the UK’s leading post-production facility has formally become Molinare Creative Group. In line with Molinare’s expansion and recent diversification into games and advertising, Molinare Creative Group has been formed to streamline Molinare’s business lines and bolster its services to provide an end-to-end solution to the post production industry. As part of the new structure, … Read more
Molinare announces the opening of its Dolby Atmos 4K HDR theatre, The Jack Cardiff Theatre. The largest room of its kind in London, The Jack Cardiff offers premium sound mixing and grading in in the heart of Soho. The latest expansion of the facility is a continued demonstration of the company’s commitment to delivering the … Read more
Molinare has announced that Brian Krijgsman is the newest addition to the company’s highly reputable team of colourists. Krijgsman brings his wealth of experience to Molinare; his impeccable craftmanship is particularly notable in Warchild Batman, for which he won the Cannes Golden Lion award. Discovering his passion for filmmaking in war-torn Yugoslavia, Krijgsman has well-established himself … Read more
13 new apprentices start training as post-production technical operators as part of a UK Screen Alliance apprentices programme made possible with the support of Amazon Prime Video UK. Over the next 12 months they will receive 9 weeks of off-the-job training at London South Bank University (LSBU), as well as on-the-job experience with post production … Read more
Helmed by new head creative Darren Rae, Molinare’s production services will kick off with a digital dailies division, ‘Moli Dailies’, and a suite of secure solutions for remote working, media streaming and media storage. The Molinare Production Services department will be based at their Soho HQ but will also have global reach. Rae’s new department, supported … Read more
FilmLight’s Colour Online is a series of live webinars, designed to support and share information about their systems and applications with you. From the latest creative tools in Baselight, to better systems for storage, rendering and automation; to learning how to manage complex timelines in Baselight and more – Colour Online has got it covered. … Read more
Molinare have announced the appointment of Darren Rae as head creative of production services. Rae, one of the Industries most respected dailies colourists working on major features and episodic drama, arrives at Molinare with over 25 years of experience and expertise to lead the creative strategy for Molinare’s new production services department. In this newly … Read more
The coalition unites Molinare, post-production supplier for drama, film and documentaries, with Atomic, one of London’s dominant visual effects and animation houses for film, television and live events. Set up by Justin Cornish and Brooke Lyndon-Stanford in the early days of computer-generated imagery (CGI), and joined four years ago by Clwyd Edwards, then Head of … Read more
Many TV viewers may be forgiven for not associating a historical drama with large-scale visual effects. There are no hordes of CG creatures amidst genteel Victorian society; nor are there other-worldly oddities in the sprawling stately homes that serve as the set pieces on these same dramas. Yet The Crown, produced by Left Bank Studios … Read more
Ross Baker is joining Molinare as a senior colourist, from Halo where he was head of grading. His credits include Roughcut TV’s Inside Number 9, Merman’s Motherland series and and two, David Attenborough’s Great Barrier Reef, ITV’s Flesh and Blood and BBC1/Starz’ The Missing. He has been nominated for five RTS Programme Awards and made … Read more
Colour Palette Finishing Post / Molinare Colour Palette Finishing Post / Molinare BY: Michael Burns Founded more than 45 years ago, Molinare is widely-recognised as a leading supplier in the UK post production scene, completing high-end projects across feature films, high-end TV drama, feature documentaries and broadcast factual programming. Its dedicated creative teams – across … Read more
Double bill Ben Smithard BSC / Blinded By The Light & Downton Abbey Double bill Ben Smithard BSC / Blinded By The Light & Downton Abbey WANT TO READ IT ALL? Below is only a teaser, and the full interview can be found in the September 2019 issue (95) of British Cinematographer magazine. If you purchase a … Read more
Feast your eyes on the new edition of British Cinematographer magazine – digitally* via our website, or in print**, from 13th September 2019 onwards. On the Cover Ben Smithard BSC on Downton Abbey and Blinded By The Light In our latest cover feature, Ben Smithard BSC speaks to us about his ‘double whammy’ of shooting … Read more
Molinare have this week announced the promotion of Nigel Bennett to the new role of Managing Director and as part of this restructure, Julie Parmenter has left the company. Julie was integral to maintaining the successful Molinare brand, subsequent acquisition of Hackenbacker and expansion into Hoxton. The Board expresses their appreciation to Julie for her … Read more
Dance Lesson Mike Eley BSC / The White Crow Dance Lesson Mike Eley BSC / The White Crow BY: Trevor Hogg After adapting William Shakespeare for his directorial debut Coriolanus (2011), Ralph Fiennes explored the mistress of author Charles Dickens in The Invisible Woman (2013), and for his third effort delves into the defection of … Read more