Kimberly Snyder
President and General Manager
Entertainment and Commercial Films Group
Vice President of Eastman Kodak Company

For our loyal filmmaking community, I wanted to take a moment to address the latest news from Kodak.

Firstly, everyone at Kodak, and particularly those within our Entertainment Imaging team, greatly appreciates the support we have received from our partners in the industry since the announcement that Kodak filed for Chapter 11 reorganization.

Here's a sneak peek of the award winning films to be screened in the Kodak Showcase on February 2 at the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (4:00 - 6:00 pm at the Salle Georges COCHON Theatre). The Showcase features the winning student films from the Worldwide Kodak Film School Cinematography Competition and the winning film from the Golden Tadpole, Plus Camerimage, The International Festival of the Art of Cinematography. The Kodak Film School Cinematography Competition is open to students and recent graduates from around the world. The contest is designed to recognize the creativity and talent of student cinematographers in the collaborative process of visual storytelling. For the third consecutive year, the John Bailey, ASC (The Big Miracle, Ordinary People) judged the entries.

The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival in France is one of the premier events for discovering emerging talent in the filmmaking community. Over 3,000 industry professionals will gather to experience the best in short form storytelling. And at the center of the festival, the Short Film Market operates as a hub of activity, where films can be viewed, companies can share news and technologies, and networking opportunities are abundant. It’s an electrifying experience to be part of such a popular festival, where attendance is robust and the passion for the art and craft of filmmaking fills the air.

Here, from January 27 – February 4, Kodak will be hosting several activities for student filmmakers, highlighted by the annual Kodak Showcase on Thursday, February 2, at the Salle Georges CONCHON from 4-6 p.m. (rue Léo Lagrange 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, located near the Kyriad Hotel).

Each January, we look forward to seeing whose talent will be discovered, and what amazing stories will be unearthed at the Sundance and Slamdance film festivals. Here's a quick look at a few of the amazing stories captured on Kodak film.

Holger Schwaerzel, Kodak European Product Manager

The 19th annual edition of Plus Camerimage is behind us. The International Festival of the Art of Cinematography, as it is officially known, is a wonderful and warm gathering of filmmakers, supporters and aficionados of the art and craft of visual storytelling. This year’s confab was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, the second year this charming city has hosted the event. Hundreds of screenings, seminars, press conferences and parties were on the agenda, but perhaps the most important aspect of the fest is the human interactions that happen naturally along the way. Kodak has been a proud sponsor of the festival since its inception.

The highlight of the week was Kodak Day, which featured our presentation in the main theater at the Opera Nova. We used this important platform to announce our new KODAK VISION3 50D Color Negative Film 5203. This new stock brings the latest breakthroughs in emulsion science – along with extended latitude – to a low speed, fine-grained and sharpest daylight stock. We are committed to providing filmmakers with the widest possible array of options. With approximately 75% of the movies in the main competition originated on film, it’s clear that filmmakers still demand the highest-resolution image capture medium as a creative tool. And film’s archival superiority means that their creations will live on.