PRODUCTION & POST NEWS
RICHARD BLANSHARD TO SHOOT/ DIRECT CANNES UNCUT
CANNES 2021 LINE-UP FEATURES 19 NEW FILMS SHOT ON KODAK
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inematographer and stills photographer, Richard Blanshard, who is well-known amongst the British and international cinematography community, is the DP and director of Cannes Uncut, a feature documentary that will delve behindthe-scenes of the glamorous Cannes Film Festival. The film, the first major documentary covering the history of the festival, was shot at Cannes this year and will be ready for 75th diamond anniversary in 2022. The creative and production team behind Cannes Uncut also includes Colin Burrows, Mark
Adams and Chris Pickard, who teamed-up to shoot interviews at the festival, which will sit alongside archive material in the final film. The Cannes Film Festival is famous as an event brimming with stories and characters as outlandish and dramatic as the films that have premiered there. Cannes Uncut will celebrate the great films as well as the wild parties, deals, spectacular promotional stunts and iconic talents. It will offer a highadrenaline, roller-coaster experience of events that have played-out over the decades since it began in 1946 as a modest French event.
odak Motion Picture and Entertainment is celebrating 19 films shot-on-film at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, including eight titles competing for the Palme d’Or. Directors Wes Anderson, Sean Penn, Mia Hansen-Love, Juho Kuosmanen, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Ildikó Enyedi, Joachim Trier and Sean Baker all shot on Kodak film stock and compete for the Palme d’Or at 74th edition of the festival. Shot-on-film titles also feature in the Official Selection – Un Certain Regard, Semaine De La Critique and Directors’ Fortnight. Super16mm is enjoying particular resurgence with ten titles choosing its distinct look as their preferred capture medium, including the partnerships of director Sean Penn and cinematographer Daniel Moder on Flag Day, and director Sean Baker and cinematographer Drew Daniels on Red Rocket – both in the main competition. Recent years have seen a steady rise in nominations and recognition for productions shoton-film at the festival, moving from nine films in 2016 and ten films in 2017, to 13 in 2018 and the highest previous total of 17 in 2019. “It’s no coincidence that films shot-on-film get a disproportionate amount of recognition,” said Steve Bellamy, president of Kodak Motion Picture and Entertainment. “Film has an aesthetic and unparalleled quality and the significant number of productions shot-on-film at Cannes is an indication of the continued momentum for the medium. We thank the artists recognised at Cannes this year for understanding the unique value of real film. Create with film and stand out from the rest!” Kodak-originated films In-Competition are: The Story Of My Wife – dir. Ildikó Enyedi, DP Marcell Rév HSC – 35mm
Bergman Island – dir. Mia Hansen-Løve, DP Denis Lenoir AFC ASC – 35mm Flag Day – dir. Sean Penn, DP Daniel Moder – 16mm
SIR ROGER DEAKINS CBE BSC ASC TO PUBLISH BOOK OF STILL PHOTOS
10 JULY 2021 CINEMATOGRAPHY WORLD
The Worst Person In The World, Bergman Island and The French Dispatch
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evered cinematographer Sir Roger Deakins CBE BSC ASC has announced, via Instagram, that he will release Byways, his first book of personal photographs, available in the UK and United States later this year. “It’s something he’s always wanted to do,” said the Team Deakins social media account, “and we finally got around to setting it up!” The book will feature images that Deakins has rarely shared with others, spanning 50 years. They include early stills from his time documenting rural life in North Devon, England. Others are from trips taken with his wife, former script supervisor and current collaborator James Deakins, to New Zealand and Australia, plus images from filming locations such as Berlin, Budapest and New Mexico. The double-Oscar winning DP (Blade Runner 2049 and 1917), now 72, is working with director Sam Mendes, on Empire Of Light, set in a British coastal town in the 1980s starring Olivia Coleman.
