Overwhelming response to FilmLight Colour Awards
Judging has begun, with a shortlist to be announced at the end of October and the winners revealed at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in November LONDON — 12 October 2021: The first-ever FilmLight Colour Awards has received an enthusiastic welcome from professionals across the imaging industry. While the awards programme has been initiated by FilmLight, the […]
FilmLight launches global Colour Awards
Company aims to celebrate the art of the colourist in new awards programme launching this summer LONDON — 03 June 2021: FilmLight, the leader in colour management technology, has announced a new programme of awards which will honour colourists and the art of colour worldwide. The awards are being organised in association with professional […]
Berlin Film Festival winners finished with Baselight
There is No Evil and Delete History prize winners completed at Optical Art in Germany and Color in Paris LONDON — 15 April 2020: At the 70th Berlinale, the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, the Golden Bear was won by There is No Evil, directed by Mohammed Rasoulof; the Silver Bear special prize went […]
FilmLight teams up with ARRI in Paris creative community
First 2020 Colour Day hosted in Paris on 28 January LONDON — 23 January 2020: Following the appointment of Matthieu Straub as the company’s technical and operational consultant to France and the Benelux countries in the summer of 2019, FilmLight is delighted to announce that it has now established a permanent presence in […]
Baselight helps to polish Uncut Gems
LONDON — 14 January 2020: Uncut Gems is the latest movie from directing duo, the Safdie Brothers. The movie tells the story of a charismatic New York City jeweller and gambler (Adam Sandler), and is set in the diamond industry of New York. So it is appropriate that the colour palette was created at […]
Directors Cut upgrades to Baselight for HDR and 4K
Directors Cut grading suite LONDON — 31 October 2019: Independent London post house Directors Cut Films – owned and operated by its creative staff – has invested in a Baselight TWO colour grading workstation with a Blackboard 2 control panel. Directors Cut works primarily in premium long-form television, as well as drama series, documentaries […]
Power of Baselight X on display at the heart of Inter BEE
Yoko Kimura joins to spearhead sales and marketing in region LONDON — 29 October 2019: FilmLight is to demonstrate the state of the art in creative colour and efficient workflows for production and post on its booth at Inter BEE 2019 (13–15 November, Makuhari Messe, stand 6111). At Inter BEE, the FilmLight presence […]
Fifty Fifty adds second Baselight grading suite
Experienced long-form colourist, Joe Stabb, to push boundaries of 4K and HDR deliveries LONDON — 21 October 2019: Leading London boutique post house Fifty Fifty has added a second Baselight grading suite as part of its expansion programme. With the growing interest in top end content for broadcast and streaming, both suites are […]
Artjail raises the bar with Baselight colour grading
Senior colourist, Clinton Homuth LONDON — 3 October 2019: Independent VFX boutique Artjail has added a Baselight grading suite in each of its locations: one in its New York studio, and one in Toronto their newest studio that opened in January. Bringing grading and VFX together will strengthen the studio’s workflow for complex VFX […]
FilmLight presents Colour On Stage at IBC2019
Free programme expanded to two days to provide greater opportunities to see industry leaders in finishing demonstrate their craft LONDON — 13 August 2019: At this year’s IBC, FilmLight (stand #7.A45) is hosting the free two-day seminar series, Colour On Stage, on 14-15 September 2019. The event provides an opportunity for visitors to […]
Legendary colourist Yvan Lucas reunites with Quentin Tarantino for ‘Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood’
LONDON — 5 August 2019: The latest movie written and directed by Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, took the 2019 Cannes Film Festival by storm. The film visits late 60’s Los Angeles with colour and vitality realised by cinematographer Robert Richardson. To create the distinctive vintage look of the period, Yvan […]
FilmLight brings in Matthieu Straub to strengthen its international colour workflow team
LONDON — 15 July 2019: Well-known French DIT and film workflow specialist, Matthieu Straub, has joined FilmLight. Based in Paris, he will provide technical advice and practical assistance to FilmLight clients in France and Benelux, as well as acting as the company’s voice in local key trade groups and with training partners in the […]
BBC Street unlocks creative and technical opportunities with new Baselight TWO
LONDON — 9 July, 2019: BBC Street, the in-house post-production facility at BBC Scotland in Glasgow, has installed a new Baselight system to upgrade their grading and finishing suite with Baselight’s latest powerful 4K/HDR toolset and to improve their client experience. BBC Street works for external clients as well as internal productions, which are […]
FilmLight finishing gives distinction to Cannes winners
LONDON — 3 July, 2019: Two of the top prizes at this year’s Cannes Film Festival have gone to ground-breaking movies which rely on FilmLight colour science for their distinctive looks. Parasite, from Korean director Bong Joon Ho, took the Palme d’Or, while director Mati Diop won the Grand Prix for Atlantique (Atlantics), the […]
At NAB 2019, FilmLight adds more to modern colour finishing and delivery
LONDON — 28 March, 2019: With the colour grading suite now the hub for finishing on movies, premium television and commercials, FilmLight is focusing on putting all the right colour tools into the hands of the creatives who need them, and on simplifying the pipeline for collaborative workflows. The question is this: how best to […]
