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Lors de la cérémonie de clôture de l’édition 2024 de Séries Mania, vendredi 22 mars à Lille, le jury, présidé par le réalisateur américain Zal Batmanglij, a remis le Grand Prix de la Compétition internationale à la série franco-hongroise "Rematch", réalisée par Yan England et photographiée par Jérôme Sabourin, CSC. Il a par ailleurs décerné la Meilleure série de la Compétition française à "Machine", réalisée par Fred Grivois et photographiée par Martin Roux, AFC.

Le Festival "Chefs Op’ en lumière", pour sa quatrième édition qui s’est déroulée du 28 février au 6 mars 2022 à Chalon-sur-Saône, proposait une table ronde lors de laquelle les chefs opérateurs Xavier Dolléans, AFC, et José Gerel, au côté de la cheffe opératrice Marion Rey, ont pris part à une discussion, animée par Yonca Talu, sur le passé, présent et futur de la production des séries télé.

“The Terror” is a television series that lies somewhere between a historical study and a fantastic tale. It is an adaptation of Dan Simmons’ bestseller, which narrates the 1848 British expedition to the Arctic intended to locate the Northwest Passage. Both ships (the HMS Terror and Erebus) disappeared without a trace, providing the opportunity for Ridley Scott to explore a new variation on the theme he has been exploring since the first Alien movie, forty years ago. Florian Hoffmeister, BSC, was responsible for the cinematography on the series’ first episodes and therefore set the tone for the rest of the story, which is set in isolation between sea and ice. (FR)

Created by Tara Hernandez and Damon Lindelof, "Mrs. Davis" is an eight-episode series produced by Warner Bros TV released on its own streaming service Peacock in late April. Xavier Dolléans, AFC, was the cinematographer for episodes 3 and 4, directed by Alethea Jones and shot in Spain. Interviewed here by screenwriter and director Jonathan Bensimhon, he discusses the technical challenges he had to overcome and the artistic, organizational and human particularities of such a production.

IBC 2016 – Amsterdam Sept 9 /13 - Angénieux new Type EZ Series !
Angenieux, in collaboration with BandPro and Jebsen, will unveil at IBC 2016 a new lens range : two fast and light weight zoom lenses covering S35mm and larger image formats for cine and broadcast productions. Join us at IBC booth 12.E33.

For its second incursion into science-fiction after “Trepalium,” a television series it produced in the past, Arte France decided to hire Patrick Benedek and Claude Scasso to write a six-episode season on the theme of immortality and on transferring from one body to another. The series will be broadcast as of 16 November and the cinematography of the first season was directed by Pascal Lagriffoul, AFC. The first episode was selected at Camerimage in the Television Series’ Pilots competition. (FR)

In this article, we present a facet of ACS France expertise, the aerial coordination. We are working on a new series, and have finished the 2015 French Open “Roland Garros”.

Available on Amazon Prime Video, "Hunters" is one of the flagship programs of year 2020 for Jeff Bezos’ platform. Produced by Jordan Peele (Get Out), and written by David Weil, this 10-episodes series is a kind of homage to B cinema. The premise : a Nazi hunt in New York City in the 70’s, led by Al Pacino. Somewhere between extreme violence and humor. Fred Elmes, ASC, has lensed this pilot, picked up from the Fist Look - TV Pilots section at Camerimage 2020. (FR)

After Moonlight, in 2016, which won the Oscars for best film and best screenplay, director Barry Jenkins decided to adapt Colson Whitehead’s 2017 Pulitzer Prize winning "Underground Railroad" for his first series. He teamed up again with James Laxton, ASC, whom he has known since they were both students at the University of Tallahassee, Florida. Both filmmakers explored a very different universe from that of their prior films, one that mixes the authenticity of a period film (the story takes place in the slave era in the middle of the 19th Century) with fantasy. The story follows the flight of Cora, a young slave being pursued by one of her master’s employees, through several states. A series broadcast on Amazon Prime, which has been heaped with praise since its release online. (FR)