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camerimage 2011

festivals & awards / news


December 10, 2011


Even if SBC was well represented in Camerimage this year in Bigdsoszcz with 3  feature films:  photographed by Anton Mertens  and directed by Bavo Defurne « North Sea Texas », the
 

Do we need shooting “raw” to achieve the best quality?

news / technical


July 1, 2011


New technologies and updates are common on a daily basis in the digital camera field. After the Red boom, the tsunami of the Alexa and the hype related to the
 

creating different looks for limitless

news / productions


June 27, 2011


Bradley Cooper and Robert De Niro star in Limitless, a paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unpublished writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret smart drug that allows him to
 

filming a Moroccan fairy tale for La Source Des Femmes

news / productions


May 31, 2011


After having worked up his way as a lighting technician, Glynn Speeckaert divided his career as a DOP on feature films and numerous international commercials. Based for some time now
 

A man, a girl and nature in Hors Satan

news / productions


May 31, 2011


Yves Cape studied at the INSAS film school in Brussels. After having started out as an assistant he made his debut as DOP on short films in the 90's. His
 

The Boy, a bike and the Dardenne brothers

news / productions


May 31, 2011


Alain Marcoen studied at the IAD Brussels, But not being very attracted to the pressures a camera assistant has to face, he preferred to start out as a lighting technician.
 

25 fps (and other new frame rates) in digital cinemas

news / technical


March 4, 2011


I have been asked by the Technical Committee of SBC to provide some explanations about the availability of the 25 fps projection speed in digital cinemas.
 

LPH Capelle on mixing digital formats for Un Soupçon D’innocence

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June 22, 2010


Olivier Peray is a director with whom I had shot two other tv movies a couple of years ago using super 16mm. This film was originally written as a feature
 

Oceans, an epic adventure for Luc Drion

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May 1, 2010


Five years in the making, Oceans is a film that mixes documentary and fiction to bring the wonders of maritime life to the big screen. Luc Drion talks about his
 

Phillipe Guilbert goes out to sea for Harragas

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April 20, 2010


Harragas tells the story of a group of men and women who desperately want to leave Algeria by crossing the mediterranean sea in a barge. Directed by Merzak Allouache and
 

Virginie Saint Martin shoots An Angel by the sea

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February 17, 2010


Twelve year old Louis is living in a remote village in southern Morocco with his parents and brother. One day, his manic-depressive father confides a terrible secret to him: «Tonight
 

J-F Hensgens explores shooting scope on a budget

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February 4, 2010


TETE DE TURC « SCAPEGOAT » a film by Pascal Elbé shot by Jean-Francois Hensgens. At the end of 2008, I was contacted by actor/screenwriter Pascal Elbé, who was in
 

A new light for cinematographers

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January 26, 2010


Today, thanks to a new system that was developed in Austria and that was baptized «Reflect Lighting System (RLS)», shooting with exclusive (or almost exclusive) reflected light has considerably been
 

A round trip for Frank Van Den Eeden

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January 20, 2010


Nanouk Leopold's 'Brownian Movement' focusses on Sandra Hüller (Silver Bear 2006 for Requiem) and Dutch-Serbian Dragan Bakema as a couple facing crisis. Swiss Sabine Timoteo also has an important part,
 

Glynn Speeckaert on 22 May

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January 10, 2010


22 may is a day in the life of Sam, a colorless, dull man who gets involved in a terrorist attack. It marks the second feature film collaboration for
 

Virginie Saint Martin at the Oslo workshop

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January 10, 2010


Lanterna Magica (Paul René), the Scandinavian Association of Cinematographers, invited me to Oslo during the weekend of November 14 for a workshop on female cinematographers – the notorious issue... They
 

Yves Cape lenses Persécution and White Material

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January 10, 2010


Interview with Yves Cape, AFC, SBC Shooting Patrice Chéreau’s Persécution and Claire Denis’ White Material
 

Kommer Kleijn receives BSC award

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January 10, 2010


News from IMAGO Kommer Kleijn SBC was the recipient of the prestigious BSC Bert Easey Technical Achievement Award at the Annual Operators night of the Society in Pinewood. The American director
 

24 hours of anger in Malasyia

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January 10, 2010


Lucas Jodogne is shooting in Malaysia and Singapore for the flm “Twenty-four hours of Anger” directed by T T Dhavamanni . A Tamil spoken story about a Singaporean family who
 

Surviving camerimage 2009

festivals & awards / news


January 10, 2010


The 17th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography - Camerimage is history. It will take me a week at least to settle down again … The days were
 

Philippe Guilbert shoots Catherine Deneuve in Mères et Filles

news / productions


January 10, 2010


Just a quick word to announce the release of Mères et Filles, a film by Julie Lopez-Curval for which I was the DOP. Mères et Filles is a ‘woman’s film’
 

Ruben Impens wins at Hamptons

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January 10, 2010


Ruben Impens received the Kodak award for best cinematography at this year’s 17th Hamptons International Filmfestival for “The Misfortunates” ( de helaasheid der dingen). The film by Felix Groeningen also picked
 

Northern light according to Glynn Speeckaert

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January 10, 2010


A l’Origine by Xavier Giannoli, shot by Glynn Speeckaert.Glynn Speeckaert is a graduate of the HRITS film school in Belgium. After having done military service as an electrician, he divides
 

Can cinematography influence audiences ?

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January 10, 2010


A study on the perception of cinematic technique and its influence on film language by Marijke Vankets
 

Philippe Guilbert shoots a choreography in Kazakhstan

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January 10, 2010


Five weeks ago, I returned from Kazakhstan, where I shot a film with Thierry Demey on a choreography by Anne-Theresa de Keersmaker.
 

A passionate love for god in Hadwijch

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January 9, 2010


A film by Bruno Dumont and shot by Yves Cape. Shocked by novice sister Hadewych’s ecstatic and blind faith, the Mother Superior shows her the convent door. Hadewych becomes Céline
 

Animoko presented at ibc2009

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January 9, 2010


animoko motion control rig was presented at ibc 2009 by Kommer Kleijn