AFC-related activities

Cinematographer Evgenia Alexandrova has just been admitted as a member of our association. Here, she is introduced by her two AFC sponsors, Denis Lenoir, ASC, ASK, and Gordon Spooner, in the words they used to expressed their support of her candidacy to the Board Members of the AFC.

Cinematographer Élodie Tahtane has just joined the AFC as a member. Her AFC sponsors are Axel Cosnefroy and Pascale Marin, who present this newcomer whom they advocated for in front of the association’s Board when they proposed her candidacy to the existing members.

During an AFC Board Meeting in late 2022, Cinematographer Kanamé Onoyama was admitted to active membership of the association. Introduced here by Matias Boucard, AFC, and Pascale Marin, AFC, his sponsors, we wish a warm welcome to this new arrival!

Luciano Tovoli, AIC, spearheaded the creation of Imago, the European Federation of Cinematographers Societies, in 1992. Its original constituent societies were four European cinematographers’ societies: AIC (Italy), AFC (France), BSC (Great Britain), BVK (Germany). In 2023, it was renamed the International Federation and now has 54 member societies. The thirtieth anniversary celebration took place simultaneously with Imago’s Annual General Assembly (IAGA) in Rome, Imago’s birthplace. I was invited to represent the AFC at this event.

Following the Ordinary General Assembly of the AFC, which took place in the Salle Demy of La Fémis, Saturday the 19^th of March 2023, during which its Board was renewed, the Bureau was also renewed on the 3^rd of April. Claire Mathon has been re-elected as Co-President of the AFC, that she shares this year with Jean-Marie Dreujou.

Over the years, the exercise of directing and cinematography in film has evolved considerably. New tools and new media for image capture and delivery, have spurred us to redefine our profession, in order to clarify our responsibilities and commitments with respect to directors, producers, broadcasters, as well as the crews we work with.

The AFC Micro Salon will be held for the 23^rd time in the Hall de la Pinède du Parc Floral de Paris, on Thursday, 9^th February (10:00-21:00) and Friday, 10 February (10:00-18:00). Once again, this year’s Micro Salon will be combined with the AFC Postproduction Days. Registration is now open and we request that attendees if possible print their named admission badges before the event.

The ASC was finally once again able to host a session of its ISC (International Cinematography Summit). This event was created in 2011 on the initiative of then-President Michael Goi.

Recently admitted to the AFC, cinematographer Aurélien Marra is introduced here by his sponsors Laurent Chalet, AFC, and Denis Lenoir, AFC, ASC, ASK, who nominated him for AFC membership.

Directors of Photography and members of the AFC, we wish to express our support for our Ukrainian friends and colleagues, and their families.

As part of the 2022 Paris Images AFC Events, a case study of Jean-Jacques Annaud’s film Notre Dame On Fire, shot by Jean-Marie Dreujou, AFC, is available to watch with English subtitles on Paris Images Online’s YouTube channel.

On 20 January, the Femmes à la Caméra collective opened AFC Events at Paris Images 2022 with a round-table discussion involving several female European cinematographers. The collective was also present for the entire duration of the event at their stand, which offered visitors the possibility of testing out several systems for optimizing the ergonomics of shoulder-carried cameras.

Following our “micro edition” in 2021, held online, and two years of waiting for its visitors and expositor associate members, the AFC is pleased to announce that its Micro Salon will once again be held at the Parc Floral de Paris from Thursday 20 January to Friday 21 January 2022. Two days for friendly meetings and technical discussions around the tools used to create film images.

Because of the current situation and at the request of our exhibitor partners, the AFC Micro Salon will not be held as initially planned next January at the Parc Floral. The AFC and its associate members hope to announce a new date for the 2021 Micro Salon this spring, depending on the public health situation, the intentions of the various parties involved, and the availability of the location.

Recently admitted to the active membership of the AFC, cinematographer Aymerick Pilarksi is introduced in the following article by his two sponsors, Thierry Arbogast, AFC, and Gilles Porte, AFC, who both supported his application for admission to membership.

Letter to the AFC’s active and associate members.
As you know, the AFC has joined Imago, effective on March 12 of this year. I am very proud of having successfully fulfilled the mission that the AFC President, Gilles Porte, and Board of Directors, had assigned to me. In order to complete this mission, last September I put together a group composed of Marie Spencer, Jean-Marie Dreujou and Gilles Porte. This group later grew to include about ten members [1]. Their advice was extremely valuable.

COVID-19 has created a huge crisis in our community with terrible consequences for many of us. IMAGO is deeply concerned by the situation which strikes each country with different levels of casualties.

The AFC is pleased to announce its return to IMAGO – the ex-European and now International Federation of Cinematographers. The AFC’s return was unanimously acclaimed (except for one abstention) at Imago’s Annual General Assembly (IAGA), held on Wednesday, 12 March 2020 at Brussels. The AFC was represented by Gilles Porte, its President, and Eric Gautier, who is in charge of international affairs.