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British CinematographerCinemaPanalux Cape Town expands power offering with Cinergy’s non-fossil-fuel solutions Motion-picture lighting and power rental provider Panalux, a division of the Panavision group, now offers access to Cinergy’s full suite of modular, non-fossil-fuel power systems exclusively through…

British CinematographerCinemaElsinore to close ToruńCAMERIMAGE 2026 The film Elsinore, directed by Simon Stone, will bring the 34th edition of the ToruńCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival to a close.

British CinematographerCinemaGlasgow Film Festival reveals first titles for 2027 edition, new venue partner and international pitching opportunity Glasgow Film Festival has announced the first films for its 2027 edition, taking place from 24 February to 7 March.

British CinematographerCinemaTasha Back BSC / Animol ANIMOL INSTINCTS Working with actor-turned-director Ashley Walters, Tasha Back BSC crafted a stunning prison drama with a difference in London Film Festival pick Animol.

British CinematographerCinemaMARS Academy opens applications for Unscripted Real-Time Lab Applications are now open for the Unscripted Real-Time Lab – a free, fully funded training opportunity for mid-career unscripted professionals.

British CinematographerCinemaCinematic installation headlines University of Salford’s plans for 2026 BEYOND Conference The University of Salford will unveil the latest research from a “groundbreaking film project” and “two stunning creative installations” at the BEYOND Conference in MediaCity this month.

British CinematographerCinemaGyres, genres and history In a major week for the United States politically, Mark London Williams spotlights some of the projects that are making headlines in the world of film and television — including East of Eden, Queen…

British CinematographerCinemaEuropean Award Season 2027 “brings European cinema to audiences across Europe and beyond” The European Film Academy’s European Award Season returns, “bringing European cinema to audiences across Europe and beyond, as cinemas, festivals, cinematheques, cultural centres, film networks and…

British CinematographerCinemaBFI announces David Cronenberg: Mind, Body, Reality season The BFI has announced programme details for a “major two-month season dedicated to the maestro of body horror”, David Cronenberg, “whose exploration of the human condition reaches far beyond the…

British CinematographerCinemaAustralian International Documentary Conference reveals 2027 theme, first speakers and more Marking its 40th anniversary, the Australian International Documentary Conference has revealed its theme and first guest announcements for the milestone edition.

British CinematographerCinemaHarbor opens new flagship studios in New York, “expanding artist-first creative model” Harbor Picture Company has opened its new flagship entertainment and advertising studios in New York’s Hudson Square, marking a “major expansion” of the award-winning post-production company’s New…

British CinematographerCinemaBen Davis BSC / Wild Horse Nine IN THE SADDLE After award-winning success across several projects, DP Ben Davis BSC and director Martin McDonagh team up for more stunning visuals on dark comedy-drama Wild Horse Nine.

British CinematographerCinemaUK Music Video Awards 2026 winners announced – including for cinematography Romain Gavras’ “epic” video for Gener8ion starring Yung Lean’s “Storm” was the big winner at this year’s UK Music Video Awards on Wednesday night (4 November), claiming five awards including the…

British CinematographerCinemaEvolution Mallorca International Film Festival announces 2026 awards winners – including for cinematography Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival has brought its 15th edition to a close at Palma’s Teatre Principal, announcing this year’s competition winners alongside a screening of The End of It…

British CinematographerCinemaBFI London Film Festival announces LFF Audience Award winners The 70th BFI London Film Festival closed on Sunday 18 October, and with public audiences “at the heart” of the festival, cinemagoers were once again invited to vote in the BFI London Film Festival’s…

British CinematographerCinemaGris Jordana AEC / La Bola Negra ONE SHOT AFTER ANOTHER La Bola Negra DP Gris Jordana AEC explains how she transferred what she envisioned while reading the script to the big screen.

British CinematographerCinemaThe invisible dial: Kinetic storytelling from a dolly grip’s perspective Dolly grip Jamie Starr explains how he aims to create emotional impact through his work—translating physical grip equipment into human feeling.

British CinematographerCinemaSohonet and ERA connect to “give UK post a faster route to scalable infrastructure” Sohonet has announced that ERA, a UK specialist in IT workflow solutions for media, post-production and broadcast, is now available across Sohonet Media Fabric.

British CinematographerCinemaCanon “expands Cinema EOS capabilities” with new firmware updates for the EOS C400, EOS C80 and EOS C50 Canon has announced a new firmware update for its Cinema EOS range, introducing a series of enhancements across the EOS C400, EOS C80 and EOS C50.

British CinematographerCinemaEarly-career artists selected for Film London’s FLAMIN Fellowship 2026-27 Development Scheme Film London has announced the recipients of the 2026/27 FLAMIN Fellowship – a “unique development programme” seeking to “help the next generation of UK artist filmmakers take their work to the next…

British CinematographerCinemaBAFTA reveals 2026 BAFTA Breakthrough UK cohort BAFTA has announced the 21 ‘must-watch’ creatives working in film, games and television who make up the 2026 BAFTA Breakthrough cohort in the UK, supported by Netflix.

British CinematographerCinemaDigital Orchard unites DIT and Video Playback rosters under Orchard Crew Digital Orchard Group has brought its DIT and Video Playback agency together with the Orchard Crew diary service, uniting its rosters under the Orchard Crew brand to “create one of the industry’s…

British CinematographerCinemaTake a sneak peek inside the November/December 2026 edition of British Cinematographer While technology continues to expand what cinematographers can achieve and the stories they can tell, it is their creative decisions that give images meaning and allow audiences to connect…

British CinematographerCinemaDiane Kruger and Edward Berger honoured at 15th Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival Actress Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds, In the Fade) and director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave) have been honoured at the 15th edition of Evolution Mallorca…

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo