Cinematographer Pat Aldinger has shot a expansive new campaign for Henry Scholfield and Spy Films. Launching the Precision Child Health campaign on behalf of The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids), 'Heal the Future' is insight into how modern science is shaping how we diagnose sickness in children. Pat's smart and technical lens follows our protagonist from baby to young adult as they battle a debilitating heart condition and ends with the optimistic note of "What if we could predict illness before it starts?, with Precision Child Health we can."
Director of Photography Jonathan Ricquebourg, AFC has captured Director Jean-Bernard Marlin's newest feature film, "SALEM," which is making its debut in French cinemas today. The plot revolves around a former gang member who is persuaded that his daughter is the sole hope for saving his community from a curse, which a dying rival gang member cast.
Production designer Ethan Tobman has designed "Fortnight" for regular collaborator Taylor Swift. As the lead single for her new album "The Tortured Poets Department", the video is based in a Mental Facility where she is subjected to Victorian Era experiments. Ethan's mind bending, gothic set design creates the perfect backdrop for the stark black and white imagery, as Swift sings of a forbidden love affair.
Director of Photography Sebastian Wintero has lensed Director Milad Alami's newest mini-series, BULLSHIT, which makes its debut on Prime Video today. The narrative explores the tumultuous beginnings of the first significant biker war in Denmark during the 1980s, with origins stretching back to the 1970s in the enclaves of Christiania and Amager. It's a story of adrift young individuals seeking belonging, attempting to carve out a space outside mainstream society.
We would like to congratulate Editor Matthieu Laclau whose projects have been added to this year's Cannes Film Festival line-up: Selected for Un Certain Regard section BLACK DOG directed by Hu Guan. Also the latest film of Rithy Panh, APPOINTMENT WITH POL POT will premier at the festival.
Congratulations to the following projects which have been announced as part of the Cannes Film Festival’s parallel Critics’ Week. Selected for the Critics' Week in the competition section: LA PAMPA directed by Antoine Chevrollier with cinematography by Benjamin Roux; and selected as closing film is ANIMALE directed by Emma Benestan with feature cinematography by Ruben Impens, SBC.
Director of Photography Michael McDonough, BSC, ASC is currently working on the third season of MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN for Paramount+. The series was created by Hugh Dillon and Taylor Sheridan and follows the McLusky family, who are power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan. In the town where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry, the series tackles themes of systemic racism, corruption, and inequality. It provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither. Jeremy Renner will be reprising his role as Mike McLusky.
Director of Photography Sebastian Winterø and Editor Olivia Neergaard-Holm have teamed up with Director Milad Alami for OPPONENT, debuting today in select US theatres. Following a harrowing experience, a couple attempts to escape their past by relocating to a new country, only to find that their history refuses to release its grip on them.
LUX is proud to celebrate the official selection of our clients' projects at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Featured in the Competition category are the films: CAUGHT BY THE TIDES, directed by Jia Zhangke and edited by Matthieu Laclau; BIRD directed by Andrea Arnold with Hair and Make Up design by Lisa Mustafa; KINDS OF KINDNESS, directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and edited by Yorgos Mavropsaridis, ACE; L’AMOUR OUF, directed by Gilles Lellouche with editing by Simon Jacquet; THE APPRENTICE, directed by Ali Abbasi, with cinematography by Kasper Tuxen and editing by Olivia Neergaard-Holm and Olivier Bugge Coutté; and finally THE SUBSTANCE, directed by Coralie Fargeat and filmed by Director of Photography Benjamin Kracun,BSC.
The festival will take place from May 14-25, 2024.
Costume Designer PC Williams has teamed up with Director Sam Taylor-Johnson on the Amy Winehouse biopic BACK TO BLACK, a StudioCanal production that hits UK theatres today. The film charts the course of Winehouse's life from her youth to adulthood, culminating in the creation of one of the era's most iconic albums.