Congratulations to both Director of Photography, Jakob Ihre, and Editor, Olivier Bugge Coutté on winning AMANDA awards for Best Cinematography and Best Editing respectively at this year’s Norwegian International Film Festival for their work on Joachim Trier’s THELMA.

Director of Photography, Matyas Erdely, HSC, has begun shooting Director Sean Durkin’s much-anticipated return to film, THE NEST. Jude Law and Carrie Coon are starring in this family psychodrama produced by FilmNation, Element Films and BBC Films.

We are pleased to announce that Make Up Designer THI THANH TU NGUYEN has joined LUX.  Tu comes to us with a wealth of experience. Her credits include Olivier Assayas’ recent feature PERSONAL SHOPPER; VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS with Director, Luc Besson; Woody Allen’s MAGIC IN THE MOONLIGHT and MIDNIGHT IN PARIS; MY KING directed by Maïwenn; THE INTOUCHABLES, directed by Eric Toledano & Olivier Nakache, and Director Anne Fontaine’s COCO BEFORE CHANEL, for which Tu was nominated for a BAFTA award for Best Make Up and Hair.

We are delighted to announce that additional films have just been announced to screen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. There are Special Presentation Premieres for: GLORIA BELL, directed by Sebastian Lelio, shot by Director of Photography, Natasha Braier ASC, ADF; Joel Edgerton’s BOY ERASED, with production design by Chad Keith; HOLD THE DARK, directed by Jeremy Saulnier and shot by Director of Photography, Magnus Joenck; Guy Nattiv’s SKIN, lensed by Director of Photography, Arnaud Potier, AFC, and TEEN SPIRIT, directed by Max Minghella and shot by Director of Photography, Autumn Durald Arkapaw. In the Contemporary World Cinema category there are screenings for: ANGEL (UN ANGE), directed by Koen Mortier, edited by Nico Leunen, and BORDER (GRANS), directed by Ali Abassi and edited by our latest signing at LUX, Olivia Neergaard-Holm. Screening in the Midnight Madness category is THE STANDOFF AT SPARROW CREEK, directed by Henry Dunham and shot by Director of Photography, Jackson Hunt. Making its North American debut in the Masters category is ASH IS PUREST WHITE, directed by Jia Zhang-ke and cut by Matthieu Laclau. The festival runs from 6-16 September.

Editor, Valerio Bonelli, collaborates once again with Director, Joe Wright, to cut his latest feature, THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW. Amy Adams stars in the adaptation of this best selling novel, as an agoraphobic woman living alone in New York, only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

Romain Gavras’ gangster comedy with a Scarface-quoting film title, LE MONDE EST À TOI, shot by Director of Photography André Chemetoff, with production design by François-Renaud Labarthe, sees its release today across France today.

Director of Photography, Bradford Young, ASC, has begun filming this week in New York City on Ava DuVernay’s latest project, CENTRAL PARK FIVE. The four-part Netflix TV drama is based on the true story of five teenagers who were convicted of a rape they did not commit.

Editor, Sebastián Sepúlveda, reunites with his longtime collaborator, Director, Pablo Larraín, on his latest feature, EMA. The film stars Gael García Bernal as a choreographer and Mariana Di Girolamo as his schoolteacher wife who uses the expression of dance as a meditation on family life.

We are proud to welcome Editor, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, to our roster. Olivia recently cut Ali Abassi’s BORDER, which won the Un Certain Regard Award at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Her credits also include: HOLIDAY, directed by Isabella Ekløf, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival; THE CHARMER, directed by Milad Alami, and Sebastian Schipper’s VICTORIA.