A legend known to cinephiles the world over, a major work of the silent era, one of the most monumental restorations in the history of filmmaking will be unveiled on May 14 as a world premiere: Napoléon by Abel Gance (1st period), DP Jules Kruger, in a version resulting from a colossal, passionate effort by the Cinémathèque française, with the support of the CNC. It has taken more than sixteen years to bring Abel Gance’s masterwork back to life. The film-opera extravaganza has gone through an epic saga to regain its integrity and glory. Various sources were used to rediscover the original ..read more

The BAFTA UK scholarship programme is open to British citizens in need of financial assistance to study eligible undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the UK. BAFTA Scholars undertaking postgraduate study receive up to £12,000 towards their annual course fees (up to a maximum of £20,000 across 2 years). BAFTA will make a contribution towards living expenses for undergraduate courses, but if the course is three or four years long, only those going into their 2nd, 3rd or 4th year of study are eligible to apply. As well as financial assistance, BAF ..read more

BAFTA today confirms the 2025 BAFTA Film Awards will be held on Sunday 16th February 2025. The BAFTA Film Awards brings together British and international talent to celebrate the very best of film over the past year, and the filmmakers, cast and crews who bring them to life on both sides of the camera. First held in 1949, the BAFTA Film Awards have grown to become one of the biggest events in the global film calendar. The 2024 BAFTA Film Awards were watched by 3.8 million people on BBC One (3.8m peak/3m average), the highest overnight viewing figures since 2020. On the night, there were also 2 ..read more

A celebration of cinema optics Koerner Camera is thrilled to announce the return of The 2024 Pacific Northwest Lens Summit to Portland, Oregon. Following the success of our partnership with CVP for the European Lens Summit in 2023, we are excited to bring this celebration of cinema optics back to the Pacific Northwest. Lens Summit Dates and Location: Mark your calendars for May 3rd and 4th, 2024, as we gather at Koerner Camera in Portland, Oregon. The summit will run from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on both days, offering attendees ample opportunity to explore the latest advancements in cinema, enj ..read more

The Cannes Film Festival announced that the Saudi film Norah, framed by DP Shaun Harley Lee, supported by the Saudi Film Commission through its ‘Daou’ initiative, has been selected as part of the festival’s Official Selection in the ‘Un Certain Regard’ section. The festival will take place in Cannes, France, from May 14 to 25. Written and directed by Tawfiq Al-Zaidi, the feature film Norah clinched the top prize of a funding award from the Saudi Film Commission’s Daou Film Competition, an initiative launched by the Kingdom’s Ministry of Culture in September 2019 to bolster Saudi film productio ..read more

Lightbridge has created a new Cine Reflect Lighting System kit, dedicated to enabling artistic lighting with consideration of today’s productivity practicalities. Selected with input from top DoPs and lighting designers, new C-Move Core features 100% authentic CRLS components, hand-crafted in Vienna Austria. Standard on respected film sets, CRLS offers uncanny ability to produce targeted, spill-free, diffused light capable of subtle nuances. Only Precision Reflectors feature superior quality, proprietary coated surfaces that reflect 97% of light hitting them, with 100% color rendering. Provid ..read more

The Festival de Cannes is honouring a cinema legend, awarding its Honorary Palme d’or for the first time to a group: Studio Ghibli. Alongside the Hollywood greats, the Japanese studio embodied by two superb storytellers, Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata, and a host of cult characters, has unleashed a fresh wind on animated film over the past four decades. “I am truly honoured and delighted that the studio is awarded the Honorary Palme d’or,” declares Toshio Suzuki, co-founder of the Studio Ghibli. “I would like to thank the Festival de Cannes from the bottom of my heart. Forty years ago, Hayao ..read more

Unveiled for the first time at NAB in 2023, Brompton Technology’s game-changing innovation, TrueLight, made return to this year’s NAB show in Las Vegas, NV. Leading panel manufacturers such as Roe Visual, INFiLED, Absen, and AOTO have recognised the transformative potential of the technology for broadcast and film creatives and will be presenting their next-gen RGBW LED panels powered by TrueLight at the show. “At NAB2023, Brompton first introduced its innovative TrueLight technology, a means to display video on LED panels using extra emitters, for example RGBW, while maintaining full per-pixe ..read more

The Royal African Society is delighted to announce that Film Africa, one of the most anticipated and celebrated showcases of African cinema in Europe, will return for its 2024 edition from 25 October to 3 November. This year’s festival promises an exhilarating array of films, virtual events, director Q&As, panel discussions, professional workshops, master classes, school screenings, and family activities.  Dahomey The grand Opening Night of the festival will feature the award-winning documentary Dahomey, directed by award-winning Senegalese filmmaker Mati Diop, who won the Golden Be ..read more

Atomos is pleased to announce Sun Dragon, the world’s first 99% sun spectrum-accurate (CRI:99, TCLI:98), 5-colour HDR LED production lights in LED strip form. Maintaining a super bright 2000 lumens end to end, the 16ft (5m) high density lighting system comes with wired DMX and ethernet and wireless RF, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth connectivity for control and configuration. With Sun Dragon, filmmakers can adapt their lighting to any set or live event, indoors or outdoors, precisely bending the flexible lighting for both HDR and SDR shooting. Instead of a conventional fixed, heavy, and cumbersome form ..read more