After a high-profile firing, everything is at stake for 40-year-old Jenna: her career, her ticking biological clock, and her bank account. Her fashion career comeback hits a snag when she falls for a charming, much younger coworker — who happens to be her boss’s son. As sparks fly, Jenna must decide if she’ll risk it all on a secret romance with the one person who could destroy her comeback.
En TV-journalist og en kameramand skal lave en reportage, hvor de følger natholdet på en brandstation. På en udrykning til et lejlighedskompleks kommer de til at stå ansigt til ansigt med en ukendt og dødbringende fjende.
En ung filmfotograf med en lysende fremtid og mangel på empati lærer om vigtigheden af at balancere mellem ambitioner og medmenneskelighed.
Marks far var psykolog og filmede ham gennem hans barndom som forsøgskanin i en række eksperimenter om frygt. Nu er Mark en ung enspænder, der arbejder som kameramand for et filmstudie. Han lokker unge håbefulde skuespillerinder til en ’screen-test’ , hvor han myrder dem, mens de bliver filmet, så han siden kan iagttage deres frygt i mødet med døden. Da naboen Helen forsøger at indlede et venskab med Mark, begynder hans verden at bryde sammen.
I 1979 var ”Kina Syndromet” en film som alle snakkede om, takket været den enorme offentlige omtale, frembragt af den virkelige ”Twelve Mile Island” ulykke. Virkelighedens skæbne afspejlede ikke bare hændelserne fra filmen, men skete bare 12 dage efter premieren. På et amerikansk atomkraftværk overværer en TV-journalist og hendes fotograf et uheld, som senere viser sig at kunne have forårsaget en alvorlig katastrofe. Selv om fotografen har beviser for uheldet, dysses sagen ned, også af TV-stationen. Samtidig opdager en af kraftværkets ingeniører Jack Godell, at der er graverende fejl i værkets udstyr. Da han fortæller andre herom, forsøger nogen tilsyneladende at slå ham ihjel.
A free-wheeling chronicle of the Munich sex film industry in the 1970s.
Ellie Parker, an aspiring actress from Australia, lives a hectic Hollywood lifestyle, perpetually trying to land the role that will elevate her career. Living with her lothario musician boyfriend, Justin, Ellie is far from happy, finding support primarily from her friend Sam. But when Ellie meets Chris after a minor traffic accident, she sees new potential for both romance and her life in general.
As a visually radical memoir, CAMERAPERSON draws on the remarkable footage that filmmaker Kirsten Johnson has shot and reframes it in ways that illuminate moments and situations that have personally affected her. What emerges is an elegant meditation on the relationship between truth and the camera frame, as Johnson transforms scenes that have been presented on Festival screens as one kind of truth into another kind of story—one about personal journey, craft, and direct human connection.
Since the invention of cinema, the standard format for recording moving images has been film. Over the past two decades, a new form of digital filmmaking has emerged, creating a groundbreaking evolution in the medium. Keanu Reeves explores the development of cinema and the impact of digital filmmaking via in-depth interviews with Hollywood masters, such as James Cameron, David Fincher, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese, George Lucas, Steven Soderbergh, and many more.
Harry Hinkle er en heldig fyr! Da han uheldigvis bliver tromlet ned af en 110 kg tung halfback, slipper han med en let hjernerystelse. Men så kommer banditten Whiplash Willie på scenen! Han foreslår Harry at lade som om han har fået invaliderende kvæstelser. Så kan han få en millionerstatning, som de to så kan dele i porten.
In 1982, Wim Wenders asked 16 of his fellow directors to speak on the future of cinema, resulting in the film Room 666. Now, 40 years later, in Cannes, director Lubna Playoust asks Wim Wenders himself and a new generation of filmmakers (James Gray, Rebecca Zlotowski, Claire Denis, Olivier Assayas, Nadav Lapid, Asghar Farhadi, Alice Rohrwacher and more) the same question: “is cinema a language about to get lost, an art about to die?”
Cameramen and women discuss the craft and art of cinematography and of the "DP" (the director of photography), illustrating their points with clips from 100 films, from Birth of a Nation to Do the Right Thing. Themes: the DP tells people where to look; changes in movies (the arrival of sound, color, and wide screens) required creative responses from DPs; and, these artisans constantly invent new equipment and try new things, with wonderful results. The narration takes us through the identifiable studio styles of the 30s, the emergence of noir, the New York look, and the impact of Europeans. Citizen Kane, The Conformist, and Gordon Willis get special attention.
Oscar-winning cinematographer Philippe Rousselot offers a master class in image making, with insightful examples from his work on Diva, Hope and Glory, A River Runs Through It, Dangerous Liaisons, Interview with the Vampire and many more in this cineaste's delight.
Don McAlpine, legendary cinematographer. World renowned Australian. A documentary of his life journey from teaching physical education in Temora, NSW, Australia to Hollywood, making the visual imagery of an outstanding movies.
A very special encounter between legendary American cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond and young French director Pierre Filmon. A personal journey with the brightest shadowmaker and his friends.
Documentary following the history of America's first cinematographers.
Shell-shocked Barbara must face up to the loss of a dear companion after a tragic accident. Her best friend Klara and husband Torsten devise a plan to thaw Barbara's heart, after she reminisces about the incident, the funeral, and happier times. Will she agree to the suggestions of her nearest and dearest? Can grief turn into hope?
Filmed from 1995 to 1997 in Havana, New York, Los Angeles, Morelia and Mexico City, it tells the story of Yuliet, a Cuban teenager, and Fabiola Quiroz, a Mexican model, who, with humor and frankness, surrounded by quirky supporting characters, show us that the absence of their parents, deprivation and adversity made them stronger.
A documentary about the Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky. The film was an episode of the French documentary film series Filmmakers of our time. The title of the film is a play on the title of Solzhenitsyn's novella One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.
ADM:DOP (Anthony Dod Mantle - Director of Photography) is an impressionistic look into the creative life and vision of cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle, the genius eye behind Harmony Korine's Julien Donkey-Boy, Lars von Trier's Dogville, Danny Boyle's 28 Days Later and Thomas Vinterberg's first two features, Festen and It's All About Love.