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BRITISH DUO TOP GLOBAL GONGS Two Brits have beaten 7500 rivals to take top honours in a global contest to find next-generation talent. Juliet Klottrup and Hayder Hoozeer were both victorious in the Sony Future Filmmaker Awards, the results of which have been announced in a ceremony in Hollywood. Klottrup won the non-fiction texture enhances the film’s exploration of time, tradition and belonging. The student category was won by a duo – Hoozeer and German Franz Böhm – who collaborated on their film during their time studying at the National Film and Television School. Their work, Rock Paper Scissors ,
category for Travelling Home , where an English Romany traveller reflects on his heritage and the annual pilgrimage to the Appleby Horse Fair. It was shot on 16mm film; judges said the analogue
is based on the true story of a father and son in a war zone hospital facing life-or-death choices as their hideout becomes increasingly compromised. sonyfuturefilmmakerawards.com
PROFOTO PRIORITISES POWER AND COLOUR Hot on the heels of the L1600D daylight COB LED light, legendary lighting brand Profoto continues to expand in the cinema market with three new powerful fixtures. These are the LP2000C soft light panel and two point-source units, the L600C and L600D. Each one is designed to deliver high power-to-weight performance and feature Profoto’s compact HydroCTech cooling system to prevent overheating. Profoto says its new LP2000C is the world’s brightest full-colour soft light panel, outputting 2000W from its compact 27kg/59.5lb body. Its Profoto Core LED engine ensures very high colour fidelity and soft, even illumination across the whole panel. It’s built to be light enough to allow for single-operator rigging. The L600C is a 600W, full-colour point-source LED. Weighing a mere 6.1kg/13.5lb, it offers compatibility with more than 55 Profoto modifiers such as beauty dishes, softboxes and barn doors. The all-in-one design also eliminates the need for external ballasts or cabling. Completing the trio, the L600D is a daylight-balanced point-source LED offering 600W of output and high electrical efficiency, converting 95% of energy into usable light. With a compact 5.9kg/13lb build, it’s an ideal partner for the more powerful, daylight-only L1600D. Get the L600C for £3600/$3995, the L600D for £2700/$2995 and the LP2000C for £11,400/$12,995. profoto.com
Easy wider Laowa’s new 8-15mm T2.9 FF Zoom Fisheye Cine lens for full-frame cameras gives an ultra-wide 180° field of view and distinctive curvature, with a look that changes significantly depending on the focal length. At 8mm, it produces a circular fisheye effect with a
180° angle of view; ideal for VR content, 360° panoramas and surreal narrative sequences. At 15mm, it transitions to a full-frame rectangular fisheye, filling the sensor with a wide, curved perspective that has very obvious, bold distortion. It costs $1399 in the US, and Laowa has also released an f/2.8 stills version which costs $699. No UK prices have yet been set. laowacine.com
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