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Les directrices et directeurs de la photographies primés Mandy Walker, ACS, ASC, Robert Richardson, ASC, ACK, et Erik Messerschmidt, ASC, parmi un jury international talentueux.

In this second part of the long dialogue between Yves Cape, AFC, and Caroline Champetier, AFC, about Michel Franco’s Sundown, we discuss color grading, skins, neutrality, prison, the accuracy of sets, light direction... all the questions that are not just a matter of technical or aesthetic choices.

Here’s a full list of On Film winners at Cannes 2024 ! It was a great showing for film. Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor and Best First Film (Camera d’or) along with four winners in Critics’ Week and the winner of the inaugural Audience Award in Directors’ Fortnight.

Voici la liste complète des gagnants "En Pellicule" à Cannes 2024 ! C’est une superbe exposition pour le cinéma argentique : Meilleur film, Meilleur réalisateur, Meilleur acteur et Meilleur premier film (Caméra d’or), ainsi que quatre lauréats de la Semaine de la Critique et le Prix du public de la Quinzaine des Cinéastes.

Dans cette seconde partie du long dialogue entre Yves Cape, AFC, et Caroline Champetier, AFC, à propos de Sundown, de Michel Franco, il est question d’étalonnage, de peaux, de neutralité, de prison, de justesse des décors, d’arrivées de lumière... de tous les questionnements qui ne relèvent pas seulement de choix techniques ou esthétiques.

At the first edition of the AFC Awards for excellence in cinematography, held on Wednesday February 7, 2024, as part of the 24th Micro Salon, Yves Cape, AFC, took the prize for Best Cinematography in a feature film, with Michel Franco’s Sundown. In this lengthy interview, published in two parts, Caroline Champetier, AFC, asks Yves Cape about his loyal (six films to date) and original collaboration with Mexican director Michel Franco.

Fred Grivois’ "Machine", co-written with Thomas Bidegain and Valentine Monteil, is a bit of a baroque concept. An intimate mixture of the kung-fu movie (with its codes and combat scenes) and a pure social drama, this series shows us a fugitive ex-solider who returns to her ancestors’ small town to escape the GIGN police forces that are hunting her down… When she gets a job as a temporary factory worker, she meets a charismatic Marxist foreman — and former heroin addict — who is facing a takeover by a large Korean firm. Played by Margot Brancilhon and Joey Starr, the project takes on an unexpected plot and visual journey under the guidance of Martin Roux, AFC. He shares with us his experience on this 6 48-minute episode series (soon to be broadcast on Arte) whose two first episodes were presented in the official competition at Series Mania*. (FR)

Lors de la première édition des Prix AFC, récompensant l’excellence du travail de direction de la photographie et dont la cérémonie de remise des trophées a eu lieu le mercredi 7 février 2024, dans le cadre du 24^e Micro Salon, c’est Yves Cape, AFC, qui a remporté le prix de la Meilleure photographie pour un long métrage de fiction, avec Sundown, de Michel Franco. Dans ce long entretien publié en deux parties, Caroline Champetier, AFC, questionne Yves Cape sur cette collaboration fidèle (six films à ce jour) et originale avec le réalisateur mexicain Michel Franco.

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