The 2022 Cine Gear Expo team of judges recognized and honor a diverse group of recipients with this year's Cine Gear Expo Technical Awards.
Cine Gear's team of expert judges, representing multiple industry disciplines, examined each product submitted at the June Cine Gear Expo in Los Angeles. After weeks of extensive deliberation they have selected worthy new motion picture gear in 12 product categories.
Camera Technology: Cameras
Winner: Sony
Sony VENICE
Camera Technology: Accessories
Winner: Moonlighting Industries
Moon Smart Focus
Camera Technology: Optics
Winner: Angenieux
Angenieux Optimo Primes – Integrated Optical Palette (IOP)
Honorable Mention: Zeiss
ZEISS Supreme Prime Radiance Lenses
Support Technology
Winner: Tilta
Hydra-Arm Mini
Honorable Mention:
Motorized Precision
MP-AR
Lighting Technology
Winner: VELVET USA
The VELVET CYC 6
Winner: RuPixels, Inc.
RuFlex System
Post-Production Technology
Winner: Blackmagic Design
DaVinci Resolve 18
Sound / Monitor Technology
Winner: Deity Microphones
TC-SL1 Wireless Timecode Slate
Winner: SmallHD
SmallHD Vision 24 and
Vision 17 4K HDR Production Monitors
Winner: Filmmaking Research Lab, LLC
ARRI presents ALEXA 35 to the world. This keynote presentation, broadcast on the day of the camera’s launch, gives an overview of the extraordinary advances it brings to the industry.
Christoph Stahl, grandson of ARRI co-founder Robert Richter, positions ALEXA 35 within ARRI’s proud and rich history; Managing Director Stephan Schenk reflects on 12 years of the ALEXA journey; Senior Product Manager Marc Shipman-Mueller introduces the ALEXA 35 in detail; and Product Marketing Manager Sean Dooley runs through power options, electronic accessories, and the new mechanical support system.
Learn more about ALEXA 35 on ARRI website: arri.link/ALEXA35
75th FESTIVAL DE CANNES WINNERS' LIST
Feature Films
Palme d'or
TRIANGLE OF SADNESS directed by Ruben ÖSTLUND
Grand Prix (jointly awarded)
CLOSE directed by Lukas DHONT STARS AT NOON directed by Claire DENIS
Award for Best Director
PARK Chan-Wook for HEOJIL KYOLSHIM (DECISION TO LEAVE)
Award for Best Screenplay
Tarik SALEH for WALAD MIN AL JANNA (BOY FROM HEAVEN)
Jury Prize (jointly awarded)
EO directed by Jerzy SKOLIMOWSKI LE OTTO MONTAGNE (THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS) directed by Charlotte VANDERMEERSCH & Felix VAN GROENINGEN
75th anniversary Prize
TORI ET LOKITA (TORI AND LOKITA) directed by Jean-Pierre & Luc DARDENNE
Award for Best Actress
Zar AMIR EBRAHIMI in HOLY SPIDER directed by Ali ABBASI
Award for Best Actor
SONG Kang-ho in BROKER directed by KORE-EDA Hirokazu
Short Films
Palme d'or
HAI BIAN SHENG QI YI ZUO XUAN YA (THE WATER MURMURS) directed by JIANYING CHEN
Special Mention
LORI (MELANCHOLY OF MY MOTHER'S LULLABIES) directed by Abinash Bikram SHAH
Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard Prize
LES PIRES (THE WORST ONES) directed by Lise AKOKA & Romane GUERET
Jury Prize
JOYLAND directed by Saim SADIQ
Best Director Prize
Alexandru BELC for METRONOM
Best Performance Prize (jointly awarded)
Vicky KRIEPS in CORSAGE directed by Marie KREUTZER
Adam BESSA in HARKA directed by Lotfy NATHAN
Best Screenplay Prize
MEDITERRANEAN FEVER directed by Maha HAJ
« Coup de cœur » Prize
RODEO directed by Lola QUIVORON
Caméra d'or
WAR PONY directed by Riley KEOUGH and Gina GAMMELL, presented as part of the UN CERTAIN REGARD Official Selection
Special Mention
PLAN 75 directed by HAYAKAWA Chie
La Cinef
First Prize
IL BARBIERE COMPLOTTISTA (A Conspiracy Man) directed by Valerio FERRARA Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italie.
Second Prize
DI ER (Somewhere) directed by LI Jiahe. Hebei University of Science and Technology School of Film and Television, Chine.
Joint Third Prize
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION directed by Masha NOVIKOVA London Film School, Royaume Uni.
LES HUMAINS SONT CONS QUAND ILS S’EMPILENT (Humans Are Dumber When Crammed up Together) directed by Laurène FERNANDEZ. La CinéFabrique, France.
Higher Technical Commission (CST)
The CST jury has awarded the CST ARTIST-TECHNICIAN AWARD 2022 to the entire sound crew headed up by Andréas Franck, Bent Holm, Jacob Ilgner and Jonas Rudels for the film TRIANGLE OF SADNESS by Ruben Östlund and the CST Young Film Technician Award to Marion Burger, head set designer for the film UN PETIT FRÈRE (MOTHER AND SON) by Léonor Serraille.
The book features photographs and biographies of all members, past and present, plus a selection of their major credits and awards since the BSC inauguration in January 1949.
The book will be on sale at the EXPO and can also be ordered direct from the BSC office by contacting helen@bscine.com. BSC Member Price: £90.00 Non-Member Price: £100.00 (with all profits going to the Film + TV Charity).
For more information on the creation of the book, read the Visionary profile piece on Phil Méheux BSC from the March issue of British Cinematographer here.
Camera Technology: Optics Winner: Atlas for The Orion Series 25mm anamorphic prime lens./ Camera Technology: Accessories Winner Mo-Sys Engineering for the Cinematic XR Focus. Designer/Inventor: James Uren./ Support Technology Winner: Filmotechnic for the Technoscope F17 and F27. Designer/Inventor: Anatoly Kokush./ Honorable Mention: Cinema Devices for the ZeeGee. Inventor: Charles Papert. Designer: Adam Teichman./ Lighting Technology Winner: Fiilex for the Q10 Color./ Post Production Technology Winner: OWC for the Jellyfish./ Other Winners: Wave Central for the CineVue./ Luminys System Corp for the Luminayre
November 18, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
ACADEMY LAUNCHES GLOBAL DIGITAL PRESERVATION FORUM
LOS ANGELES, CA – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announces the launch of the Academy Digital Preservation Forum (ADPF), a global online gathering place dedicated to exploring the latest issues surrounding digital preservation of motion pictures. An initiative of the Academy’s Science and Technology Council, the forum hosts original content and resources and will serve as an ongoing discussion place for stakeholders and practitioners within the field and those interested in learning more. Visit the forum at academydigitalpreservationforum.org.
“Preserving motion pictures – whether film or digital – is an imperative from both cultural and commercial perspectives,” said Andy Maltz, Senior Vice President, Science and Technology Council. “As long as digital motion picture technologies evolve, there will be a need for collaboration between archivists, technologists and filmmakers. The ADPF provides a foundation for productive communication and problem-solving to ensure future generations can access the movies we enjoy today and those yet to come.”
The ADPF’s mission is to confront challenges facing the digital preservation field, encourage information exchange, and catalyze work towards sustainable solutions. By inspiring active participation from online community members, including Academy members, filmmakers, studio executives, archivists, operations professionals, technologists and other practitioners, the forum aims to reinforce the importance of digital preservation to modern filmmaking and help shape the future of this work.
Resources include workflows, practices, technical standards, educational materials and critical research on digital preservation.
The forum will bring industry experts together to examine the state of digital motion picture preservation. This is the next phase of the Council’s work in this area beginning with the publications of The Digital Dilemma in 2007 and The Digital Dilemma 2 in 2012, the Council’s two groundbreaking reports on the long-term preservation of digital motion picture materials.
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SmallHD introduces its first reference grade monitor, the 1703-P3. The monitor features true 10-bit color processing to deliver over a billion colors. It covers 100 percent of the DCI-P3 color space, features a 1500:1 contrast ratio and 179° viewing angle, along with SmallHD’s Pagebuilder OS and large toolset.
“It's really all about P3 and color confidence. This monitor offers true reference grade cinema color, covering 100% of the DCI-P3 color space, which makes it the perfect monitor for DIT’s on-set and for mastering in post,” says SmallHD co-founder Wes Philips.
The 1703-P3 is designed to serve the color display demands of both on-set and post production color grading professionals. Each 1703-P3 monitor comes pre-calibrated for DCI-P3 mastering, covering 100% DCI-P3 with a Delta E average of 0.5. Users can easily install their own 3D LUT calibration with advanced color management solutions like Light Illusion's, LightSpace CMS, or SpectraCal's CalMAN.
The monitor provides for one HDMI and two SDI inputs, as well as one HDMI and two SDI outputs. The fast and intuitive operating system allows ganging of on-screen tools like HD waveform, vectorscope, false color, focus peaking and 2x zebra bars simultaneously, at the user’s preference. A Dual View function allows the user to monitor two input sources at the same time with a side-by-side view.
The 1703-P3 has a bright 450-nit display that supports any LUT workflow through SmallHD’s ColorFlow 3D LUT Engine. This enables 3D LUT support, allowing previously created colorizing look-up tables to be used on-set. LUTS can be applied via the monitor’s full-size SD slot. This information can also be pushed downstream to other monitors. A LUT altered on-set with 3rd party software, such as LiveGrade, can be viewed on the monitor and/or downstream monitors, and uploaded to an SD card for reference in post.
Ruggedly constructed of milled aluminum, this monitor is built to withstand the demands of production sets. And it conveniently features numerous ¼-inch and 3/8-inch threaded mounting points, as well as a VESA mount and RapidRail accessory mounting system. The 1703-P3 can easily power wireless accessories like Teradek with built-in 2-pin LEMO auxiliary power. For truly wireless operation, it can be powered by optional V-mount and Gold-mount battery packs.
List price for the1703-P3 is $3999, and it is slated to begin shipping late February 2017.
For more information please visit: http://store.smallhd.com/
Panasonic VariCam LT 4K Super35MM Cine Camera
Courtesy of Adam Wilt- ProVideo Coalition
Film Production Declined in 2016
Courtesy of SMPTE Newswatch
Underwater VR Coutesy of SMPTE Newswatch
Courtesy of SMPTE Newswatch
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Moonlight Director of Photography James Laxton
Laxton is the Spirit Award winner 2017 and Academy Awards and ASC Awards Nominee for the feature film Moonlight, To Teach During April/May 2017 Session at Global Cinematography Institute in Los Angeles.
James Laxton is an American cinematographer working in feature films, television, documentaries, and commercials. He began his career on writer/director Barry Jenkin's first film Medicine for Melancholy (IFC), which he was nominated for a Spirit Award.
SmallHD Premieres Brightest HDR Monitors with LEMO Power
The 503 displays a bright 2200-nits while the 703 displays 2500-nits. These on-camera monitors feature a 10-bit, 1920x1080 IPS LCD optically bonded Gorilla Glass screen with LEMO power.
Plus, both 503 and 703 UltraBrights offer HDR Preview. For more accurate onset exposure adjustment, users may select Camera Input Gamma in the settings menu and individually tweak footage white point and black point via data values in the form of a histogram.
The UltraBright monitors have SDI and HDMI inputs and outputs featuring built-in cross conversion. A Dual View function allows either two SDI or an SDI and an HDMI input to be displayed side-by-side—an advantage for A/B camera set-ups or viewing LOG and DeLOG footage onset.
Like SmallHD’s other monitors, a useful suite of tools is included in the UltraBrights, offering functions including 3D LUT support, HD Waveform and scopes, Focus and Exposure Assists, and PageBuilder OS that allows customizing menus to each camera operator’s individual preference.
Engineered for professional power solutions, the 503 and 703 feature integrated 2-pin 12V LEMO input for powering the monitor and Native mounting solutions for both Anton Bauer Gold/V-mount and Sony L-Series dual battery plates.
SmallHD UltraBrights are now available for pre-ordering in cost-saving Early Adopter Bundles, available until March 31, 2017, with up to $520 savings. For more information visit a dealer or www.smallhd.com.
COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES ITS FRENCH CLASSICS PROGRAM
In advance of the 2017 Official Competition lineup, to be unveiled on April 4 the COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL “9 Days of Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood” and its producer, the Franco-American Cultural Fund, are pleased to announced the Focus on a Filmmaker program as well as an exclusive line up of French Classics of predominantly digitally restored films.
The COLCOA Classics Series will be presented as part of COLCOA’s 21 anniversary program, which will take place at the Directors Guild of America from April 24 to May 2, 2017.
CARTE BLANCHE TO DIRECTOR: DAMIEN CHAZELLE
Academy Award® nominee Damien Chazelle has been given Carte Blanche by the festival to present a French film that has influenced his cinematic work. As a mirror to his tribute to the City of Angels in LA LA LAND, the filmmaker has chosen the City of Light homage, Leos Carax’s THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE (1991), starring Academy Award® winner Juliette Binoche and Denis Lavant. This Carte Blanche will be presented in association with Rialto Pictures, with the support of the French Embassy in the U.S. and l’Institut Francais.
FOCUS ON A FILMMAKER: STÉPHANE BRIZÉ
COLCOA will honor writer-director Stéphane Brizé on Thursday, April 27, with a special presentation of NOT HERE TO BE LOVED (2005), starring Patrick Chesnais, Anne Consigny, and George Wilson. The Festival will also host the West Coast Premiere of Brizé’s new film A WOMAN’S LIFE (UNE VIE), based on the Guy de Maupassant novel and starring Judith Chemla; this winner ofthe International Federation of Film Critics’ Award at the Venice Festival will be released in the U.S. later this year by Kino Lorber. Stéphane Brizé joins the exclusive list of those honored at COLCOA, including filmmakers Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Michel Hazanavicius, Cédric Klapisch, Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, and Alain Resnais.
Stéphane Brizé will also meet the audience for a Happy Hour Talk dedicated to his work. This Focus is presented with the support of TS Productions, Doc & Film International, Unifrance and Kino Lorber Films.
JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE’S 100 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
The Festival is proud to present the world premiere of the newly digitally restored ONE DAY IN A CLOWN’S LIFE, the very first film written and directed by iconic filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville. This 18-minute documentary/fiction movie made in 1946 will premiere during COLCOA’s opening night, and later in the Festival before a special presentation of LE CERCLE ROUGE, starring Alain Delon, Bourvil, and Yves Montand.
Jean-Pierre Melville’s 100 anniversary is presented in association with the Jean-Pierre Melville Foundation, Rialto Pictures, the French Embassy in the United States, l’Institut Français, and Les Films du Jeudi.
INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE OF THE DIGITALLY RESTORED FAREWELL BONAPARTE
COLCOA is pleased to present, in association with the Franco-American Cultural Fund and TF1 Studio, an International Premiere of FAREWELL BONAPARTE (1985), the beautifully restored historical fresco from Egypt’s most celebrated filmmaker, Youssef Chahine. The film stars Michel Piccoli and Patrice Chereau in the role of Bonaparte, and takes place during the French Occupation of Egypt (1797-1803), depicting the conflict between tradition and modernization in the context of fighting the French invaders. The stunning film paints a prophetic picture of Egypt’s strained relationship with the west.
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JACQUES TATI’S PLAYTIME
This restored version of Jacques Tati’s most inventive and ambitious film, PLAYTIME (1967), will have a special presentation at the festival to celebrate its 50 anniversary. A satire of urbanization and probably his most ambitious production, PLAYTIME confirms Tati as one of the greatest comic talents, as well as a true visionary. The film will be presented in association with Janus Films, Criterion, and Les Films de Mon Oncle.
From April 24 to May 2, 2017, filmgoers will celebrate the 21 edition of COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL “9 Days of Film and Series Premieres in Hollywood” at the Directors Guild of America. The complete line-up of films in competition for the COLCOA Cinema, Television, Shorts and new Webseries Awards, will be announced on April 4th, 2017.
COLCOA FRENCH FILM FESTIVAL is presented by the Franco-American Cultural Fund, a unique collaboration between the Directors Guild of America, the Motion Picture Association, the Writers Guild of America West, and France’s Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM). COLCOA is also supported by France’s Society of Authors, Directors and Producers (L’ARP), the Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers (SACD) and the Film and TV Office of the French Embassy in Los Angeles, the CNC, TV France International, and Unifrance.
For additional information visit: www.colcoa.org
Band Pro One World Open House 2017 featuring vendors and services under a Venetian Carnival setting.
Oscar winner DoP Claudio Miranda ASC was the guest of honor for his ongoing contributions to the art of cinematography.
