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Profession16 November 2025

CAMERIMAGE 2025 — 33rd Edition

UCO has arrived in Toruń! As every year, the United Cinematographers Organization is at Camerimage. Beyond the competition, we’ll be…

By L'Union des Chef·fes Op

Aesthetics15 October 2025

Manaki 2025 : The MANAKI festival, a space for discovery but also for experimentation with the “Adriatic Network Workshop: Manaki NEXT GENERATION”

The MANAKI Festival: A Space for Discovery and Experimentation with the “Adriatic Network Workshop: Manaki NEXT GENERATION”…

By Clémence Thurninger

Partnership26 January 2025

ALEXA 35 and AMIRA cameras in sports documentaries, with DP Dave Parfitt

Join us for an interview with director of photography Dave Parfitt, who specializes in sports documentaries using the ARRI…

By ARRI

Technical14 February 2024

Genesis of an exceptional lens: the Fujinon 25-1000mm

For the past twelve years, I have worked on numerous music recording shoots. And more specifically on Super 35…

By Thomas Lallier

Aesthetics8 October 2025

Manaki 2025: “When The Phone Rang”interview with Martin DiCicco

An intimate reconstruction of a telescoping of memory, When The Phone Rang plunges us into the daily life of a teenage girl, at the moment when her personal history and the history…

By Thomas Lallier

Profession5 October 2025

Manaki 2025: The end!

For the first time this year, UCO was represented by several of its members at the Braka Manaki Festival (Manaki Brothers) in Bitola, North Macedonia. A week of screenings, masterclasses, various events,…

By Elie Elfassi , Maxime Sabin , Clémence Thurninger , Thomas Lallier and Jordi Fernández Orozco

Aesthetics4 October 2025

Manaki 2025: Quiet Life, impassive and disturbing

The film Quiet Life is based on true events, recounting the story of a Russian family fleeing repression. Settled in Sweden, their asylum application is rejected and they are threatened with having…

By Elie Elfassi

Partnership30 November 2024

DP Benjamin Kračun BSC on his work on ‘The Substance’

Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance” caused a sensation on the Croisette during the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. The story centers on female characters experimenting with a mysterious substance, a “beauty elixir.”…

By ARRI

Partnership27 May 2024

New ECS firmware for cforce mini RF and LCUBE CUB-1

We are pleased to announce two important updates for the ECS system: cforce mini RF SUP 2.1 LCUBE CUB-1 SUP 3.0…

By ARRI

Partnership8 March 2024

ALEXA 35: Look Files & Textures

ARRI Tech Talk: Understanding the new ARRI Look Files and custom color management for the ALEXA 35 The…

By ARRI

Partnership8 March 2024

ARRI presents its new optic: the Orbiter Beam

Brightest LED color projector on the market Perfect for long throw distances and cinema applications First beam product in ARRI’s LED lighting portfolio ARRI announces…

By ARRI

Partnership7 March 2024

New gear at Acc&LED

Acc&LED is pleased to present the brand new interface of its website. Completely redesigned, it allows you to…

By Acc&LED

Partnership7 March 2024

Gaffer Guillaume Lemerle and his passion for light with ARRI

Guillaume Lemerle is part of the new generation of lighting directors equally at home on big-budget productions like “John Wick 4” or “OSS 117” as on independent films such as “L’envol”…

By ARRI

Partnership6 March 2024

Three projects filmed with ARRI: behind the scenes with DP Martin Laugery

Awarded Best French Series at the La Rochelle Festival, “Follow” is a gripping thriller that blends social media with a police investigation. It tells the story of Léna, a young community manager…

By ARRI

Partnership4 February 2024

New ECS firmware for Hi-5, RIA-1 and ZMU-4

We are pleased to announce an update for the Hi-5 ecosystem, including SUP 2.1 for the Hi-5, SUP 2.1 for the RIA-1, and SUP 1.1 for the ZMU-4. This is…

By ARRI

Partnership3 February 2024

Philippe Le Sourd ASC, AFC on his work on “Priscilla” shot on ALEXA 35

“Priscilla” by director Sofia Coppola was shot by cinematographer Philippe Le Sourd ASC, AFC on ALEXA 35. Based on the memoir “Elvis and Me”, this film tells the story of Priscilla…

By ARRI

Technical29 January 2024

Optical Metadata #2: LDS, /i and eXtended

Following on first programmatic article in this miniseries dedicated to optical metadata, we’d like to take you on a detailed dive into those few days dedicated to harvesting…

By Thomas Lallier and Grégoire Ausina

Aesthetics29 January 2024

ARRI Showreel in France 2023

Dive into a selection of French productions filmed in 2023 with ARRI equipment: from feature films and short films to tv shows, music videos, and commercials. Thank you to all the…

By ARRI

Partnership24 January 2024

SkyPanel X: Experience

Introducing the SkyPanel X: the new all- weather LED luminaire…

By ARRI

Partnership23 January 2024

Loca Images joins the AFC under the patronage of Caroline Champetier and Pascale Marin

It is with “pride and enthusiasm” that Loca Images, a Parisian audiovisual rental company founded in 1976, announces its admission to the French Society of Cinematographers (AFC). For Cécile Tassemka Lonis,…

By Loca Images

Aesthetics31 December 2023

Camerimage 2023 Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos: deviant body, auteur spirit

Poor Things directed by Yórgos Lánthimos, opened the main competition at this 31st edition of the Camerimage festival, where it won two prizes. This is an opportunity to offer a critical and…

By Mathis D'Angelo

Partnership10 October 2023

Towards a More Comfortable and Inclusive Work Environment

The world of filmmaking, whether for cinema, commercials, music videos, or any other audiovisual project, is a fascinating universe, constantly evolving and full of challenges. Having grown up within Loca Images, the…

By Loca Images

Profession24 August 2023

How do you learn this craft ?

The term can be understood in two ways: how do we acquire knowledge and know-how, but also how are they transmitted? Transmission is fundamental to the UCO. For the association’s founders,…

By Thomas Lallier

Profession11 August 2023

François-Xavier Le Reste has left us

It is with shock and sadness that we learned the passing of François-Xavier on August 11, a cinematographer and member of the UCO and the CST, at the age of…

By L'Union des Chef·fes Op

Partnership14 June 2023

Plutofresnel and Leofresnel, come and discover the new Astera Fresnels on Thursday, June 15th

Impact Évènement invites all interested parties to discover and test the new Fresnel lenses from ASTERA : PLUTOFRESNEL LEOFRESNEL See you on Thursday, June 15th, starting at 1:00…

By Impact Événement

Partnership25 May 2023

Sophie Lelou is making her mark among gaffers in France

One of the few female gaffers in France, Sophie Lelou has been working in lighting for 23 years. After becoming a gaffer in 2011, she has worked on…

By ARRI

Partnership10 May 2023

Gaffer Thorsten Kosellek on the lighting for “Bardo”

Since its premiere at the 2022 Venice Film Festival, “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” has garnered significant industry attention. Lit with ARRI products and shot on an…

By ARRI

Technical14 March 2023

Lenses Metadata #1

On Thursday, February 23, 2023, we were several association members to meet at PhotoCineRent, a partner of UCO. On the bench: an Alexa MiniLF and a Venice 2, some Zeiss Supreme Prime…

By Thomas Lallier and Grégoire Ausina

Aesthetics26 February 2023

“Maria Schneider 1983” wins a César Award; Pascale Marin sheds light on the visual choices.

Based on a filmed interview with Maria Schneider for the program “Cinéma, Cinémas,” this film won the César Award for Best Documentary Short Film. Three actresses reenact the original interview…

By Pascal Montjovent

Technical8 February 2023

DMX Today: A Filmed Workshop by the UCO

DMX is a well-known data transmission protocol designed to remotely control various equipment, typically lighting sources. Quickly gaining popularity in live entertainment, its use in film and television has also gradually become…

By Elie Elfassi and Thomas Lallier

Profession15 March 2022

Wages vs Inflation: Strike?

A few details on union news, lost in the mass of otherwise worrying news. The drop in unrevised wages while inflation soars is no less crucial. STRIKE / WAGE INCREASE Mandatory annual…

By Olivier Bertrand , Julien Pamart and Hervé Lode

Profession2 March 2022

Support for the Ukrainian people!

It is common in our occupations to work far from home, in foreign countries, with local teams. Every time it happens, we discover new people and new friendships are created over borders,…

By Julien Pamart

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

Technical17 September 2019

Color infrared photography

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

By Valentin Juhel

Last posts

CAMERIMAGE 2025 — 33rd Edition

Manaki 2025 : The MANAKI festival, a space for discovery but also for experimentation with the “Adriatic Network Workshop: Manaki NEXT GENERATION”

ALEXA 35 and AMIRA cameras in sports documentaries, with DP Dave Parfitt

Genesis of an exceptional lens: the Fujinon 25-1000mm

More posts

Manaki 2025: “When The Phone Rang”interview with Martin DiCicco

Manaki 2025: The end!

Manaki 2025: Quiet Life, impassive and disturbing

DP Benjamin Kračun BSC on his work on ‘The Substance’

New ECS firmware for cforce mini RF and LCUBE CUB-1

ALEXA 35: Look Files & Textures

ARRI presents its new optic: the Orbiter Beam

New gear at Acc&LED

Gaffer Guillaume Lemerle and his passion for light with ARRI

Three projects filmed with ARRI: behind the scenes with DP Martin Laugery

New ECS firmware for Hi-5, RIA-1 and ZMU-4

Philippe Le Sourd ASC, AFC on his work on “Priscilla” shot on ALEXA 35

Optical Metadata #2: LDS, /i and eXtended

ARRI Showreel in France 2023

SkyPanel X: Experience

Loca Images joins the AFC under the patronage of Caroline Champetier and Pascale Marin

Camerimage 2023 Poor Things by Yorgos Lanthimos: deviant body, auteur spirit

Towards a More Comfortable and Inclusive Work Environment

How do you learn this craft ?

François-Xavier Le Reste has left us

Plutofresnel and Leofresnel, come and discover the new Astera Fresnels on Thursday, June 15th

Sophie Lelou is making her mark among gaffers in France

Gaffer Thorsten Kosellek on the lighting for “Bardo”

Lenses Metadata #1

“Maria Schneider 1983” wins a César Award; Pascale Marin sheds light on the visual choices.

DMX Today: A Filmed Workshop by the UCO

Wages vs Inflation: Strike?

Support for the Ukrainian people!

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

Color infrared photography