Fred Grivois’ "Machine", co-written with Thomas Bidegain and Valentine Monteil, is a bit of a baroque concept. An intimate mixture of the kung-fu movie (with its codes and combat scenes) and a pure social drama, this series shows us a fugitive ex-solider who returns to her ancestors’ small town to escape the GIGN police forces that are hunting her down… When she gets a job as a temporary factory worker, she meets a charismatic Marxist foreman — and former heroin addict — who is facing a takeover by a large Korean firm. Played by Margot Brancilhon and Joey Starr, the project takes on an unexpected plot and visual journey under the guidance of Martin Roux, AFC. He shares with us his experience on this 6 48-minute episode series (soon to be broadcast on Arte) whose two first episodes were presented in the official competition at Series Mania*. (FR)

DoP Marco Graziaplena was recently admitted to the association as an active member. Renato Berta, AFC, and Laurent Tangy, AFC, share below their introduction as written in support of his application for membership.

Cinematographer Martin Roux has just joined the AFC as an active member. His sponsors, cinematographers Céline Bozon, AFC and Caroline Champetier, AFC, introduce the newcomer to our association in the following paragraphs.

With the newly developed P+S Technik SPM-Camera Mount, you can mount the Cooke SP3 Lenses on Arri Alexa Mini, Amira, Mini LF and Alexa 35 cameras.

Shooting on Kodak film, French DP Hélène Louvart AFC blended 35mm and 16mm camera formats and aspect ratios to fuse reality with fantasy for Alice Rohrwacher’s acclaimed La Chimera.

Visitors to this year’s NAB should not miss a visit to the Bebob stand (Central Hall, Bavarian Pavilion, C6732). The Munich-based battery manufacturer is bringing various new products to Las Vegas and will also be providing an insight into many product launches in the near future. The overriding themes will be performance, flexibility, quality and sustainability – both in terms of powering the latest cameras and ultra-modern lights.

FilmLight, best known for its grading system Baselight, today announced the introduction of Nara. Nara, which will be exhibited at various partner booths at NAB 2024, provides media professionals, including post-production facilities and VFX houses, instant access to media from anywhere in the world – streaming and indexing to streamline workflows, enhance collaboration, and review processes.

In the world of filmmaking, every frame is a canvas, and every lens is a brushstroke. Just as a painter selects their tools with meticulous care, filmmakers rely on precision-crafted lenses to bring their vision to life on the screen. As one of the premium manufacturers in the world of optics, Ernst Leitz Wetzlar is proud to bring their legacy of optical innovation and engineering excellence to the world of cine zoom lenses.

Director Cédric Nicolas-Troyan and cinematographer Renaud Chassaing, AFC, share with us their artistic vision and their work on the filming of episodes 1, 2, 3 & 4 of the series "Furies".

We learnt of the death of John Bailey, ASC, just as the 31^st annual Toruń Camerimage festival was about to begin. The most European of American cinematographers died on 10^th November, in Los Angeles, at the age of 81. Two weeks later, on 27^th November, Victor J. Kemper, ASC, one of the architects of the revival of American cinema in the 1970s, passed away at the age of 96. Let’s take a look back at two parallel careers that embody two different sensibilities in American cinema.

This article to download below is a report on the "Visual Media Lab Conference" and on the activities of the Imago Technical Committee (ITC) on this occasion. You will find links to the speakers’ recordings. The article which features a selection of the most important presentations is dedicated to all those who work or will work in the field of virtual production and/or who teach.

Bill Butler, who passed away two days before his 102^nd birthday, was of the same generation as his colleagues William Fraker or Haskell Wexler and was hardly older than Conrad Hall. He was born Wilmer C. Butler on 7 April 1921 in Colorado. He began cinematography later in life (he was already 47 years old when he shot The Rain People, by Francis Ford Coppola in 1968), but Bill Butler left his mark on several films that remain hallmarks of a certain American cinema of the 1970s: The Conversation, Jaws, Grease, Rocky II (and III and IV). But he was careful not to allow himself to get locked into a specific genre or style, and he veered into commercial productions, which were better able to anonymize his talent.