Jasper J. Spanning

Présenté dans le cadre de la Compétition Premier film, The Guilty, de Gustav Möller, est un thriller en huis clos dans un centre téléphonique de la police danoise. Le film est un échange en temps réel entre le personnage principal qui reçoit l’appel (interprété par Jakob Cedergren) et une jeune femme en détresse de l’autre côté de la ligne. Le réalisateur danois et son chef opérateur, Jasper Spanning, récemment sortis de l’école de cinéma de Copenhague nous expliquent les enjeux de ce premier film pas comme les autres.

Entirely filmed on the small island of Mandø, located on the southwest coast of Denmark, Basque filmmaker Juan Palacios’ documentary is both a tender portrait of its inhabitants and a testimony to life continuing against all odds in the face of rising sea levels and climate change. Shot in a 2.35:1 aspect ratio by the director himself, the film resolutely oscillates between a documentary approach in its content and a highly cinematic stylization in its form. We revisit with him this exploit, which took several years, spanning from the pandemic to the initial interactions with the locals, the filming, and the finalization of the film. This documentary is in competition for the Golden Frog award for Best Cinematography in Toruń.

Adapted from the latest novel by writer Pierric Bailly, Le Roman de Jim (published by POL in 2021) explores fatherhood outside of blood ties. The film was shot entirely in the Haut Jura, in the settings described in the book. The Larrieu brothers, Arnaud and Jean-Marie, - the directing duo who shoot all their films in the mountains, such as Peindre ou faire l’amour and Tralala – directed this melodrama. They called on cinematographer Irina Lubtchansky, AFC, to craft the visuals of this saga spanning 25 years. She reflects on this first collaboration with two directors who set the tone for French auteur cinema. With Le Roman de Jim, the Larrieu brothers return to the Cannes Film Festival in 2024, in the Cannes Première official selection. (BB)

In a career spanning over five decades, gaffer Jim Plannette has participated in crafting the lighting of such iconic films as Young Frankenstein (1974), E.T. (1982), The Fisher King (1991), and Magnolia (1999). Apart from collaborating multiple times with influential cinematographers like John A. Alonzo, Sven Nykvist, László Kovács, and John Toll, Plannette has been a key creative partner to Steven Soderbergh ever since the director began serving as his own DP, from 2000’s Traffic up to his latest movie, KIMI. Fresh from wrapping Lisa Azuelos’s I Love America, shot by Léo Hinstin, AFC, the 81-year-old gaffer reflects here on his cinematic journey and the technological advances that have accompanied it. (YT)

Présenté dans le cadre de la Compétition Premier film, The Guilty, de Gustav Möller, est un thriller en huis clos dans un centre téléphonique de la police danoise. Le film est un échange en temps réel entre le personnage principal qui reçoit l’appel (interprété par Jakob Cedergren) et une jeune femme en détresse de l’autre côté de la ligne. Le réalisateur danois et son chef opérateur, Jasper Spanning, récemment sortis de l’école de cinéma de Copenhague nous expliquent les enjeux de ce premier film pas comme les autres.

A l’image des juillettistes, les aoûtiens en mal de grand air et de paysages grandioses pourront, grâce à une exposition photographique tombant à pic, apaiser leur souffrance... "Colorama : la vie en Kodak", proposée par le musée Nicéphore Niépce jusqu’au 17 septembre 2017, leur permettra de découvrir, en partie et en reproduction, un ensemble unique de transparents grand format qui, quarante ans durant, ont orné picturalement le grand hall de la gare centrale de New York.

In June, we announced the death of British director of photography Christopher (Chris) Challis, BSC, on May 31, 2012. He was 93 years old. Marc Salomon, a consulting member of the AFC and “doctor of biofilmography”, decided to explore this DoP’s career and the work of this cinematographer who was respected by his peers, this good-humoured and charming character, who accomplished over sixty films over his career spanning more than four decades. (Photo BSC)