Reports from around the world show that film is alive and well and living and thriving in Tokyo and Paris.
Masa Yasumoto of Sanwa reports 4 motion picture film labs in Tokyo, and “We still rent film cameras… and some customers can shoot cheaper on film than with digital cameras.”
Alexander Bscheidl called with exciting news from Vantage Paris about their recent workshop with Kodak and Film Factory: “We shot on film in 16mm and 35mm, spherical and anamorphic. The film was processed at Film Factory while we had lunch, and by 2:30 pm we were looking at dailies and grading shortly after that. It was wonderfully quick.”
Lots of details about the Vantage Paris-Kodak-Film Factory workshop.
See the “Analog Dreams” short: https://vimeo.com/125948809
And we supplied 12 features which are in the various categories at the Cannes Film Festival, of which 2 were shot on 35mm film.
La Quinzaine des Realisateurs:
“L’ombre des femmes” de Philippe Garrel
SBS Productions
Renato BERTA, iac, afc
ARRICAM LT
HAWKS V-LITE
and
Semaine Internationale de la critique:
“Les deux amis” de Louis Garrel
Films des Tournelles
Claire MATHON, afc
ARRICAM LT
Série LEICA SUMMILUX
28-76 Optimo
And a father / son tradition of 35MM…
Film is not dead, even if the wheelchair is at the top of the staircase…
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