The 65th Festival de Cannes is set to begin May16. This small, seaside town has hosted the worldwide premieres of many of the most-celebrated feature films in history, including this year’s Oscar®-winning Best Picture, The Artist .

Kodak is proud to have a long history and presence at the Cannes International Film Festival, which is evident once again when you look at the titles in this year’s main competition. Over half the movies selected for competition this year were shot on Kodak film.

Dehanza Rogers

Impressions from a UCLA Student

Dehanza Rogers is a 2nd year, Dual Track student at UCLA’s School of Theater, Film and Television (TFT) in Los Angeles, California. A Dual Tracker is what the school affectionately calls a student who is enrolled as both a Production/Directing MFA and a Cinematography MFA student. Dehanza recently attended the special screening of The Last of the Mohicans: with a Oscar®-nominee Dante Spinotti, AIC, ASC as part of the 2012 Kodak Cinematographer-in-Residence Program for the spring quarter at UCLA/TFT.   

Dehanza Tweeted from the event and you can follow her recap of the Q&A session on Twitter at #KodakUCLA. Here she shares her expanded impressions from the event and the program:

Scene from I'm Yours in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada

The 35mm 2-perf format is gaining popularity with low budget features due to the inherent cost savings of using 50% less stock. The format gives you the many benefits of film and is a natural fit for widescreen projection.

I'm Yours is a romantic comedy about two lost souls on an illuminating road trip from Manhattan to the wilds of Northern Canada starring Rossif Sutherland and Karine Vanasse and was shot on Kodak VISION3 5212, 5217 and 5219 in 2-Perf. In their own words, Director Leonard Farlinger and Cinematopgraher Jonathon Cliff share why it was the right format for their story.

 

The benefits of film are well known, and with today's complex world of digital formats and fast-paced camera obsolescence, film remains a superior medium for capture, display and archiving. Just a few months ago, we introduced the newest member of our VISION3 family and this year we'll launch a new platform of preservation films. These are just a couple of the many examples of Kodak's innovation in advancing film technology. ARRI is also "actively developing new technology that will help get the best out of film and preserve as much of our cinematic history as possible."

In the current issue of ARRI News, ARRI reaffirms that the company is committed to supporting and advancing film-based systems "for the next ten years at the very least." And we are proud to stand with them.

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

It’s no secret that the entertainment industry is engaged in a technology transition that puts high stakes on the line when it comes to the preservation of motion picture assets. “The Digital Dilemma 2,” recently published by the Science and Technology Council of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, takes a thorough and analytical look at the impact of the digital revolution on filmmakers’ assets, and in particular, the assets and processes of independent filmmakers.

The report follows 2007’s “The Digital Dilemma,” which focused on studio content, and like its predecessor, this second in-depth study covers critical topics for the overall industry in terms of securing entertainment assets for the long term.