Sony is proud to be an official sponsor to the 23rd Camerimage International Film Festival, in Bydgoszcz Poland, where it will be showcasing emotion in every frame through the creative power of CineAlta.
Join Sony from 14th-21st November, where cinematographers and filmmakers will have the opportunity to explore the latest developments in digital cinematography, such as 4K and High Dynamic Range (HDR), from Sony experts on the stand and industry leading DOPs.

Watch The Perfect Guy with DOP Peter Simonite - Monday 16th November 5.45pm
Go behind the scenes of the recent Sony Pictures and Screen Gems box office topping film The Perfect Guy, with DOP Peter Simonite on Monday 16th November at 5.45pm in the Opera Nova Main Screening room. The film will be followed by a workshop where Simonite will share why he chose to shoot with the F65. Simonite has several films to his credit, including serving as 2nd unit DP on the Terrence Malick-directed The Tree Of Life, which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Cinematography in 2012.
“Most of the film was shot on the Sony F65, I chose it for its light sensitivity and really vivid colour. We went with the Hawk Vintage 74 anamorphic lenses to capture every detail, even in low light. These lenses have a softer quality; diffusing the F65 and making the whole image look a little creamier, more painterly. We also liked what it did on the actors’ faces for skin tones. It had a beautiful effect,” said Peter Simonite, DOP. “Filming in Los Angeles at night with anamorphic lenses required a little more light too, the Sony F65 helped us out with that. The camera’s light sensitivity was perfect, capturing ambient light, which lends itself to anamorphic at night. We also used the Alpha 7s for this reason; it’s very light sensitive and was helpful in a lot of night sequences.”                    
           

Explore High Dynamic Range- Thursday 19th November 3pm
Explore High Dynamic Range (HDR) with Sony’s Pablo Garcia from the DMPCE in Sony’s second workshop on Thursday 19th November at 3pm.
The Camerimage festival closes a successful year for Sony CineAlta, which has seen the F series capture incredible movies and play a vital part in bringing multiple projects to the big screen.

Woody Allen goes digital with Sony CineAlta F65 in 4K
Three-time Academy Award winning cinematographer Vittorio Storaro is currently working with Woody Allen on his recently announced first ever digital shoot. Storaro has dedicated his professional work to digital technologies, with 4K being the latest example of this. The F65 has long been the choice among filmmakers around the world, but it’s the 4K capability which attracted Storaro to the CineAlta camera.
On his decision to use the F65, critically acclaimed cinematographer Vittorio Storaro said: “I had seen that the Sony F65 was capable of recording beautiful images in 4K and 16 bit-colour depth in 1:2, which is my favourite composition. So when Woody [Allen] called me this year asking me to be the cinematographer of his new film with the working title "WASP 2015", my decision was already made. I convinced him to record the film in digital, so we can begin our journey together in the digital world. It’s time now for the Sony F65!”                    
           

Palme d’Or 2015 winner Dheepan shot on Sony CineAlta F55
This year’s Palme d’Or winner was awarded to French director Jacques Audiard at the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival, cinematography by Éponine Momenceau, who chose Sony’s PMW-F55 to bring her creative storytelling to the big screen.
This is the second year in a row that the winner of the Palme d’Or and their film has been shot on Sony CineAlta. Only last year, Nuri Bilge Ceylan won the Palme d’Or for his movie Winter Sleep, shot on F65, cinematography by Gökhan Tiryaki.
Visitors can expect to get hands on at the Sony booth with the PXW-FS7, F65, PMW-F55 connected to the BVM-X300 TRIMASTER EL™ OLED monitor on tripod, PMW-F5 and BVM-X300 PMW-F5 HDR content. Plus, the Alpha 7s and the new PXW-FS5 on tripod with shoulder kit CBK-55 will also be available.
“I’m thrilled to reveal that Sony is again supporting the 23rd Camerimage international film festival,” said Ainara Porron, Marketing Manager Cinematography. “It’s a key event in every professional cinematographer and filmmakers calendar, and we enjoy sharing the advances Sony has made in digital cinematography with this audience. This year we’re excited to host award winning DOP Peter Simonite who will be discussing his use of the F65 on popular thriller The Perfect Guy. His experience will no doubt provide invaluable advice for those just starting out in their careers, and those hoping to work on those huge box office hits.”
Sony is exhibiting at Camerimage between 14th-21st November. Follow all the latest news from the festival on the CineAlta Twitter channel @SonyCineAltaEU, through #SonyCamerimage and #ShootingCineAlta.