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A.C. ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGIES

A.C. Entertainment Technologies is one of the largest providers of professional equipment to the entertainment, film, TV and broadcast industries, with a sales portfolio of over 200 leading brands including exclusive UK distribution for some of the most popular marques. With our dedicated lighting, audio, rigging and video divisions, customers enjoy the benefits of purchasing their equipment from one supplier, whilst receiving the added expertise and support of specialist product teams. In pursuing the highest standards of customer care, we have extensive demonstration and training facilities, a fully-equipped service and repair centre, plus specialist cable and filter manufacturing facilities. www.ac-et.com

Arri

“Inspiring images. Since 1917.” ARRI is a global player within the motion picture industry, employing around 1,400 staff worldwide. Named after its founders August Arnold and Robert Richter, ARRI was established in Munich, Germany, where the headquarters is still located today.

ARRI consists of the business units Camera Systems, Lighting, Rental, and Solutions, as well as the subsidiary Claypaky, all dedicated to connecting creativity and future technologies for moving images and live entertainment. ARRI is a leading designer and manufacturer of camera and lighting systems for film, broadcast, media, and entertainment, with a worldwide distribution and service network. The portfolio includes digital cameras, lenses, lamp heads and lighting accessories.

Aputure

Aputure was founded in 2005 by a team of inspired filmmakers and videographers who wanted to create high-quality content, but struggled with the steep cost of equipment needed to do so. Determined to create professional-grade equipment at an affordable price, they started Aputure: the first company to provide trulyaffordable and professional cinema equipment with the quality and functions needed to fully-realise any creative vision.

Today, Aputure sells globally with offices in Europe, North America, South America and Asia. It is one of the fastest growing cinema technology companies, designing and specialising in high-end cinematic LED lighting solutions. As a part of the creative community, Aputure continues to develop for the ever-expanding needs of budding artists and professionals alike. Each member of the Aputure family has felt the burning desire to bring a creative vision to life at all costs. We’re here to keep that dream alive. www.aputure.com

Along with offering exclusive technologies, ARRI Rental’s first-class services and equipment provide camera, lighting, and grip packages to professional productions around the world. ARRI Solutions offers high-quality virtual and traditional production infrastructure solutions and efficient, integrated workflows to a broad range of studio operators, producers, and enterprises. Claypaky fascinates audiences worldwide with cutting-edge live entertainment and stage lighting. www.arri.com

Avenger

Avenger, a Videndum PLC brand, provides grip teams, production companies, filmmakers and photographers, with the essential tools and equipment required to build world-class lighting set-ups for their shoots. We offer innovative, reliable and durable products that enable users to accurately, safely and securely support their lighting equipment exactly where needed.

There has been a huge focus around safety on production sets in recent years and we’re fully onboard with this! Avenger’s operator safety has always been our biggest priority, which is why we offer one of the industry’s largest ranges of TÜV, CE and UKCA-certified grip and support equipment on the market.

Astera

Astera is a manufacturer of battery-powered, remote-controlled LED lights for the film, studio, stage and event industries. All its lights are designed to be flexible so that they can be used for a wide range of applications. The company’s breakthrough product was the iconic Titan Tube, an LED Tube with built-in battery and an industry-leading LED Engine with RGB, Mint and Amber LED chips, which can display a wide range of white tones (1,750K to 20,000K) as well as precise and highly-saturated colours. All lights can be controlled with the AsteraApp as well as LumenRadio’s CRMX protocol and are designed to be used indoors as well as outdoors. www.astera-led.com

Our products are also built, to withstand extreme use, whether in the studio or on location in demanding atmospheric conditions. Avenger’s established and highly-regarded product range has become the industry standard. Products such as Strato Safe and Long John Silver are used worldwide and have been designed and built to meet the specific needs of the industry in our world-class leading manufacturing facility in Italy. www.videndum.com

Creamsource

Australia-based Creamsource has been an industry pioneer since 2005 (est. as Outsight), designing and building innovative lighting solutions that power productions worldwide. By partnering with some of the best cinematographers, gaffers and rental companies in the industry, Creamsource leverages expert feedback to provide purposebuilt lighting products that address complicated production challenges head-on. Composed of seasoned industry veterans armed with firsthand knowledge of production environments, Creamsource blends an informed approach to design with a performance-oriented ethos to make its lighting solutions visible on film sets large and small.

Creamsource product range includes the Vortex8, Vortex4, SpaceX, Micro Colour and Bender, as well as the new LNX Mounting System for the Vortex Series enabling rigging gaffers to safely and quickly mount multiple fixtures together.

Creamsource LED luminaires have been applied on major Hollywood feature films including, The Batman, Lucy In The Sky, Legion S3, Captain Marvel, The Mandalorian, Black Panther, Dune, Dumbo, Mulan, Jungle Book, Aquaman, Mortal Engines, American Assassin, Alien Covenant, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Dr Strange, Thor: Ragnarok, and TV dramas including Stranger Things, MacGuyver, Homeland, Zapped and Magnum PI. www.creamsource.com renowned service department offering 24-hour phone support, ETC has over 300 authorised service centres throughout the world, staffed by hundreds of certified technicians. ETC counts thousands of customers worldwide including theatres, restaurants, schools, performing arts centres, television studios, houses of worship, casinos, museums, theme parks, sporting arenas and opera houses. www.etcconnect.com

Dopchoice

Headquartered in Munich, Germany, DoPchoice has provided a fresh take on light-refining accessories for the world’s top light fixtures since its founding in 2008 by Stefan Karle. The DoPchoice line includes an array of lightweight snap-up SNAPBAGS, SNAPGRIDS, and SNAPBOXES for softer, smoother, more directional, more controllable illumination from most professional LED lights.

With mounting solutions from the Rabbit Ears for midsize Snapbags to Fat-Rabbit mount which combines with the 8-ft Double-Hex Snapbag and 40-degree Snapgrid for big, soft control, to multiple arrays of ARRI 360s, 2X/3X Maxi Mix, Prolight XL, Gemini 2x1, etc. Plus lots of creative solutions for Astera tubes.

DoPchoice has become an industry staple, because these lightdirecting tools are uniquely compact, extremely versatile, easier to use and faster to set-up, store compactly, and offer reflective interiors, Magic Cloth diffusers, and more. They are the light-directing choice of gaffers, cinematographers and rental houses worldwide. www.dopchoice.com

Fiilex

Fiilex is leading the way in the transition of LED Fresnels in the motion picture industry. In 2014, using our patented Dense Matrix LED technology, Fiilex released an award-winning 180W CCT tunable LED fresnel that comes with an advanced colour science, allowing our high-output light to maintain very high CRI and TLCI in the full CCT tuning range.

In 2019, Fiilex completed a major update to its product line and released its first Q-Series COLOR fresnel, which includes RGB colours. Since then, Fiilex expanded the COLOR capability to the full product line: from Q5, Q8, Q10 to P3 and Matrix. All Fiilex COLOR products now share the same colour index profile and work seamlessly together as a group. Over the years, Fiilex has been recognised as a leader manufacturing the best LED light source for the television and film industry.

www.fiilex.com

Etc

ETC is a global leader in the manufacture of lighting fixtures, controls and rigging systems for entertainment, architectural and commercial spaces. Founded in Madison, Wisconsin, in 1975, ETC began with the passionate belief that there was a better way to make a lighting control console. A small group of university students challenged themselves by creating a microprocessor-based console that out-performed other boards on the market at the time. That entrepreneurial spirit grew into an award-winning business that employs over 1200 people in 14 corporate offices around the world.

Since its beginning, ETC has earned an industry reputation for unmatched technical and customer service. In addition to our own

LCA – LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION

LCA is a leading supplier to the film, broadcast and video industries, providing a wide range of products including LED lights, grip, power, distribution, cables, textiles and consumables.

Always introducing new and innovative products, LCA represents a wide range of manufacturers including Creamsource, LiteGear, DoPchoice, DMG Lighting, Rosco, Gaffers Control and much more. With a focus on being greener on-set, LCA are proud to be representing betteries who provide power on-set via emission free, upcycled electric car batteries.

Established for over 30 years, LCA now has representation across the UK and Europe with offices in Berlin, Paris and London with a team offering unrivalled customer service and industry experience. If you’re looking at a large-scale production or shooting a small commercial, LCA is a one-stop-shop whether you’re a major film studio, rental facility or end-user.

www.lcaeurope.com

Litegear

Founded and managed by the industry’s lighting leaders, LiteGear provides high-performance lighting products that give the lighting professional the control needed to create their highest-quality work. LiteGear is an LED lighting company providing equipment and services for professionals in cinema, TV, and HD video industries. What started as a designer and manufacturer of flexible LED lighting in cinema and television has developed into a leading supplier of advanced motion picture LED lighting solutions to suit every on-set need. The innovation and development of LiteRibbon, LiteDimmer, LiteMat, LiteTile, and Auroris continue to have an impact on professional cinematic lighting across the globe.

www.litegear.com