In competition for the first time at Camerimage, Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona (The Impossible, Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom and the Amazon series "Lord of the Rings") and his Uruguayan cinematographer Pedro Luque answered the audience’s questions after the screening of his new film, The Society of the Snow. (FR)

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)

Pierre Maïllis-Laval and Nicolas Silhol met at La Fémis Paris cinema school and worked together since on different projects. After the shooting of the feature length Anti-Squat, the cinematographer speaks with Panavision France about his work on the film.

Project "Omega x Orbis" is a 26 minutes long advertising documentary film, directed by Gianluca Matarrese, and lensed by Kevin Brunet with the Panavision Ultra Speed and Super Speed "Vintage" lenses. The DoP explains his aesthetic choices.

Victor Seguin, AFC, lensed Spirit of Ecstasy (La Vénus d’argent), by Héléna Klotz, with two different Panavision lenses series, on purpose. He speaks about the project and explains his choices.

Angénieux is pleased to announce the introduction of the new EZ 3 multi-format zoom lens in collaboration with its long-time partners Band Pro Film & Digital, Inc and Jebsen Consumer Products Co Ltd.

Just after the 39-45 war, Mathieu Plainfossé’s architect great-grandfather, inspired by the faith of the pioneers, set about rebuilding the town of Saint Malo, which had been almost destroyed by American bombing raids. It was a mammoth task that lasted more than 15 years, and which he oversaw with talent and perseverance. As for his grandfather, a renowned equestrian veterinarian, he had operated on nothing less than the Queen of England’s racehorses and those of the Aga Khan in his famous Grosbois clinic, using a technique invented by him. Remarkable men of whom he could later be proud.

The DMG Dash Octa Kit includes eight DMG Dash W/ CRMX fixtures, eight sets of beam shaping & mounting accessories, and two LINK4 adaptors in a rolling, durable, charging case. The DMG Dash Octa Kit enables filmmakers to deploy their DMG Dash lights in a variety of setups, and then efficiently charge up to eight fixtures once their project has wrapped.

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.

Summer day 2022, hardly anyone on Parc aux Lièvres Square in Evry. These projects were supposed to be pulled down 5 years ago already, and the residents are leaving progressively. Some satellite dishes and bicycles on the balconies are signs that some indomitable locals persist, though they will soon be dispelled by bulldozers.