Next Shot

The Rotterdam International Film Festival, in association with the NSC (Netherlands Society of Cinematographers) celebrates the memory of great cinematographer Robby Müller every year by awarding the prize that bears his name to an up-and-coming filmmaker. In past years, recipients of the award have included Diego Garcia (a Mexican cinematographer who worked with Darius Khondji, AFC, ASC, on the series “Too Old to Die Young” in 2020, and Hélène Louvart, AFC, in 2023. This year, it is the turn of Belgian cinematographer Grimm Vandekerckhove to be recognized. We discuss this award with him, and particularly his work with Belgian director Bas Devos for whom he has shot two films (Ghost Tropic in 2019 and Here in 2023). (FR)

En décembre 2023, un long métrage et une série en tournage pour Next Shot Group, et, sur les écrans, sept longs métrages, fictions télévision et de plateforme, photographiés par cinq membres de l’AFC.

Le département Caméra a déjà pris ses quartiers dans nos nouveaux locaux situés 1, route de la Révolte, à Saint-Denis, non loin de la Cité du Cinéma. Les départements Machinerie et Lumière suivront dans les prochaines semaines. Nous serons de nouveau tous réunis sous le même toit.

For his second film as a director, actor Viggo Mortensen tells a love story hindered by the Civil War. He stars alongside Vicky Krieps, in an atmosphere that blends classic and modern Western elements. Enhanced by intertwining editing of different time lines, and stunning cinematography by Marcel Zyskind, DFF, the film was shot on locations across Mexico & Canada. It’s presented out of competition during a special screening at Camerimage. (FR)

Christophe Honoré and Rémy Chevrin, AFC, are one of the most emblematic director/cinematographer couples in French "cinéma d’auteur". They have already shot nine films together and their faithful collaboration has been going strong since Seventeen Times Cécile Cassard, 24 years ago. Their next feature has already been wrapped and scheduled for release in spring 2024. Last year, they released Winter Boy, a film for which young actor Paul Kircher won the award for Best Actor at the San Sebastian Festival. A look back on the photographic challenges of this adolescent drama with the cinematographer who was selected out-of-competition at Camerimage 2023 in the Contemporary World Cinema section. (FR)

Kristoffer Engholm Aabo est un directeur de la photographie, basé à Copenhague, qui partage son temps entre le Danemark et la Norvège, où il a notamment fait des études de prise de vues. Ayant signé l’image de plus de 80 vidéos clips, il a aussi à son actif plusieurs films publicitaires (Porsche, Redbull, Carlsberg...) ainsi que des courts métrages de fiction. Sélectionné pour la première fois en compétition à Camerimage pour le clip "Crooks - Heart of Vengeance" du groupe Farveblind, il vient nous parler de cette étrange fausse bande-annonce d’un film de vengeance qui pourrait presque exister... (FR)

Kristoffer Engholm Aabo is a cinematographer based in Copenhagen. He divides his time between Denmark and Norway, where he studied cinematography. He has worked on the visuals of over 80 music videos and has also worked on a number of advertising films (Porsche, Redbull, Carlsberg, etc.) as well as short fiction films. Selected for the first time in competition at Camerimage for the music video "Crooks - Heart of Vengeance" by the band Farveblind, we meet to talk about this strange fake trailer, created for a revenge film that could almost be real... (FR)

With the death of cinematographer Romain Winding on Thursday 20th July 2023, the AFC has lost one of its most lovable members. He passed away at the age of 71 at his house in Chambonas (Ardèche, France). Over the course of nearly 30 years, Romain shot, with elegance, sensitivity and simplicity, around sixty feature films and made-for-television movies. Here, we retrace his steps.

Avec la disparition du directeur de la photographie Romain Winding, jeudi 20 juillet 2023, l’AFC perd une de ses figures les plus attachantes. Âgé de 71 ans, il s’est éteint dans la maison qu’il occupait à Chambonas (Ardèche). Pendant presque 30 ans, Romain aura photographié avec élégance, sensibilité et simplicité, une soixantaine de longs métrages et téléfilms. Nous retraçons ici son parcours.

Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire and David Ungaro, AFC (French Society of Cinematographers), team up once again on Black Flies. A very realistic and desperate dive into the world of American paramedics. Shot mainly at night, in Brooklyn, this film brings together for the first time on screen the acting duo Sean Penn and Tye Sheridan. David talks to us about the city as its own character in the film, shooting in an emergency truck and his approach to scaling lighting on a set. (FR)

Bill Butler, who passed away two days before his 102nd 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.

Au programme de ce printemps 2023 pour Next Shot Group, trois longs métrages photographiés par des membres de l’AFC et trois fictions TV sur les écrans, dont deux photographiées par des membres de l’association, et cinq longs métrages et six fictions TV en tournage, dont cinq photographiés par des membres de l’AFC.

Arri présente le ZMU-4, une version moderne de la commande de zoom classique et très répandue. Robuste, résistant aux intempéries et ergonomique, le ZMU-4 permet une configuration câblée ou sans fil. Sa connectivité sans précédent permet de rendre les caméras polyvalentes avec un minimum d’encombrement, et d’accélérer le workflow sur le plateau.

Writing about Jimmy Glasberg could take the form of a book given the extent to which he experimented and searched. More modestly, I limited myself to films that seemed to mark two distinct steps in his career : the short films on Sam & Dave and Otis Redding, and the feature film Le Lien de parenté which I shot alongside him as a cameraman.

I began in this profession as a spark, and then as an assistant cameraman for television reporting - which we didn’t yet call documentaries. Because these films were shot in 16 mm film, an assistant, who often was also a spark, had to load the film magazines. That was how, through my friend Jean-Yves Escoffier, I began to work for Jimmy Glasberg.

Au programme de ce début d’année pour Next Shot Group, des nouveautés au catalogue : la série DZO Vespid Retro, le kit Rialto Sony Venice 2, et de nouveaux accessoires pour l’Orbiter d’Arri.

En janvier et février, cinq longs métrages en salles tournés avec les moyens techniques de Next Shot, dont quatre photographiés par des membres de l’AFC, et deux séries TV dont l’une photographiée par un membre de l’association.

War films without soldiers are few and far between. Yet, this is what Norwegian Gunnar Vikene opted to do on his impressive film Kriegsseileren, which was screened in official competition for the Golden Frog for Best Cinematography 2022. Its narrative arc is evocative of Michael Cimino’s Deer Hunter (although it would have been entirely fitting for it to have adopted Cimino’s film’s French title : Journey to the End of Hell), this film whose title means “war sailor” is a film full of nuances in which destiny, friendship and survival combine to provide powerful dramatic fuel. Danish cinematographer Sturla Brandth Grøvlen, (Rams, 2015, winner of the Silver Frog) shot this epic yet very intimate story... (FR)