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  Aesthetics15 June 2026

  Diachromie and diaphanie

  Diachromie and Diaphanie officially broke out of development in mid-November 2025. These two color grading plugins, developed by a French…

  By Grégoire Ausina

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  Profession12 June 2026

  Festival Chefs Op’ en Lumière 2026: Frida Marzouk’s masterclass

  Spotlight on the career of Frida Marzouk, to whom the Chefs Op’ en Lumière festival dedicates a time of exchange,…

  By Mathilde Gaillard

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  Technical27 March 2026

  Reflected light workshop using the Lightbridge system

  To keep pace with the evolving trend of reflected light, we partnered with Maluna in April 2024 to host…

  By Grégoire Ausina

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  Partnership27 February 2026

  BSC 2026: London, between nostalgia and excess

  The BSC Expo 2026 took place from Thursday, February 12th to Saturday, February 14th in London. Three of us from…

  By Jimmy Bourcier

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  Profession10 May 2021

  Employment contracts of intermittent workers: publication of the survey launched in summer 2020

  Paris, April 30, 2021. In July 2020, twenty-one professional film and audiovisual associations noted in an open letter to producers’ unions that “a large number of freelance workers (…) are working…

  By L'Union des Chef·fes Op

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  Profession20 April 2021

  En Aparté #14: a portrait of Yann Gadaud

  Through a collection of Q&A portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Yann Gadaud. When and how did you become interested in cinematography? When I was a kid,…

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  Partnership10 April 2021

  French TV series shot with ARRI

  Paris Police 1900 (Canal+), En Thérapie (Arte), Ici Tout Commence (TF1): these three recent French TV series all chose to shoot with ARRI ALEXA MINI or ARRI AMIRA. A way for producers…

  By ARRI

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  Profession15 March 2021

  En Aparté #13: a portrait of Marion Boutin

  Through a collection of Q&A portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Marion Boutin. When and how did you become interested in cinematography? My very first contact…

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  Profession16 February 2021

  En Aparté #12: a portrait of Julien Bossé

  Through a collection of Q&A portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Julien Bossé. When and how did you become interested in cinematography? My story is fairly…

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  Aesthetics1 February 2021

  Clermont-Ferrand 2021: “Ourse”, teen movie and found footage

  About the film “Ourse” (Bear), by Nicolas Birkenstock, selected in national competition at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2021. Ourse had been a carefree teenager until recently, but she has become…

  By Pascale Marin

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  Profession5 January 2021

  En Aparté #11: a portrait of Kevin Avedissian

  Through a collection of Q&A portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Kevin Avedissian. When and how did you become interested in camera work? At 18. I…

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  Profession17 December 2020

  En Aparté #10: a portrait of Clémence Thurninger

  Through a collection of Q&A portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Clémence Thurninger. When and how did you become interested in camera work? I fell…

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  Aesthetics9 December 2020

  Nils Frahm live and on screen: sophisticated and radical

  Directed by Benoit Toulemonde, shot in the iconic FunkHaus in Berlin, co-produced by Plan B (Brad Pitt), Tripping With Nils Frahm is the culmination of a story in several chapters that began…

  By Thomas Lallier

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  Aesthetics25 November 2020

  Camerimage 2020: 499, a poetic balance between reality and fiction

    499, a poetic balance between reality and fiction Latin American cinema often uses magical and metaphorical ways to talk about its complex reality. This is the case of the Mexican documentary…

  By Pamela Albarrán

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  Aesthetics22 November 2020

  Camerimage 2020: La Llorona — when magical realism comes to the rescue of a reality too dark

  Camerimage 2020 : La Llorona, when reality is dark, the search for beauty through magic Shown during Camerimage  2020, La Llorona, a feature by Jayro Bustamante, is photographed by Nicolas…

  By Valérie Potonniée and Pamela Albarrán

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  Aesthetics21 November 2020

  Camerimage 2020: Supernova — the destruction and/or rebirth of Polish cinema

  Polish cinema of today is a cinema of reality, as reflected by the selection at Camerimage in the Polish films category. Wether it is observation of a drama, study of a situation,…

  By Clémence Thurninger

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  Aesthetics20 November 2020

  Camerimage 2020: A conversation with Philippe Rousselot, AFC, ASC

  On the occasion of the ceremony of Camerimage Lifetime Achivement Award given to Philippe Rousselot, three AFC cinematographers, Caroline Champetier, Jean-Marie Dreujou and Denis Lenoir had prepared film extracts and questions. It…

  By Pascale Marin

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  Aesthetics19 November 2020

  Camerimage 2020: Blood Rider – Red is life!

  Blood Rider – Red is for Life Blood Rider is a short documentary directed by Jon Kasbe and DP’d by David Bolen. Their film competes at Camerimage as one of the best…

  By Pascal Montjovent

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  Aesthetics18 November 2020

  Camerimage 2020: “Hope” — living and loving without hope

  I had the chance to attend Camerimage last year in the flesh. When we go to Camerimage, we know  we’ll be able to see Nordic films. A kind of mood we can…

  By Marion Rey

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  Aesthetics17 November 2020

  Camerimage 2020: Öndög, the call of the horizon

  The Camerimage festival, at l’Union, we’ve talked about it for a long time. And, finally, for the last two days, we’re finally here! Well not really…. But a little bit, sort…

  By Valérie Potonniée

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  Aesthetics16 November 2020

  Camerimage 2020: “Falling” — a hurtful father, a wounded husband

  Viggo Mortensen « Falling » was scheduled to open the 2020 Camerimage international film festival but due to the pandemic Camerimage organized a Q&A with Viggo Mortensen and his director of photography,…

  By Pascale Marin

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  Profession6 November 2020

  En Aparté #9: a portrait of Nicholas Kent

  Through a collection of Q&A portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Nicholas Kent. When and how did you become interested in camera work? When I…

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  Profession9 October 2020

  En Aparté #8: a portrait of Pascal Caubère

  Through a collection of question-and-answer portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Pascal Caubère. When and how did you become interested in cinematography? My interest in…

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  Profession15 September 2020

  En Aparté #7: a portrait of Noémie Gillot

  Through a collection of question-and-answer portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Noémie Gillot. When and how did you become interested in cinematography? Through photography, which…

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  Profession10 August 2020

  En Aparté #6: a portrait of Raphaël O’Byrne

  Through a collection of question-and-answer portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Raphaël O’Byrne. When and how did you become interested in cinematography? As a teenager I practised…

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  Profession2 July 2020

  En Aparté #5: a portrait of Ned Burgess

  Through a collection of question-and-answer portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Ned Burgess. When and how did you become interested in cinematography? My arrival in Paris…

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  Profession8 June 2020

  En Aparté #4: a portrait of Karine Aulnette

  Through a collection of question-and-answer portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Karine Aulnette.   When and how did you become interested in cinematography? I was…

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  Profession5 May 2020

  En Aparté #3: a portrait of Renaud Personnaz

  Through a collection of question-and-answer portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Renaud Personnaz. When and how did you become interested in cinematography? I would be…

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  Profession1 April 2020

  En Aparté #2: a portrait of Pierre Baboin

  Through a collection of Q&A portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Pierre Baboin. Quand et comment t’es-tu intéressé à la prise de vue ?…

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  Profession6 March 2020

  En Aparté #1: a portrait of Pascale Marin

  Through a collection of Q&A portraits, the Union introduces the members of the association. Today, Pascale Marin.   When and how did you become interested in cinematography? I started getting interested in…

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  Profession13 November 2019

  The world through a lens

  When I learned about the existence of the Union of Cinematographers, I felt that here was the possibility of a shared space, where there were potentially people like me, who like me…

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  Aesthetics14 October 2019

  Appropriation and restitution of a pictorial reference

  Every film has its own aesthetic choices. Our directors sometimes come with their own unique ideas, sometimes with precise references, which can go as far as reproducing another work. In…

  By Olivier Weinheimer

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  Technical17 September 2019

  Color infrared photography

  The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of the color infrared photography techniques available and achievable with a digital camera. It is not intended to be a comprehensive technical…

  By Maxence Muller