It is with great sadness and disbelief that we announce the death of Ed Ratcliffe.
He trained as a loader but had an incredible engineering mind. Ed invested in some machines, founded a small company called Ratworks and soon his gloriously useful bits of metal were being shipped all around the world.
For all those who knew him, he was a happy, unique, helpful and very talented chap.
Our thoughts go out to his family during this tough time.
It is with great sadness that we have learned today of the passing of
Brian Rose, former chairman of the GTC (Guild of Television Camera Professionals) and known to many for his work through OpTex and before then, his career as a loader and focus puller.
Details of Brian’s next adventure are given here by his sister.
His funeral, which he helped to plan with zest and humour will be on:
THURSDAY 30 MAY
Breakspear Crematorium
Breakspear Rd
Ruislip HA4 7SJ
1.15 -2.15pm
Reception at nearby ARENS BAR
No flowers....but donations to St Luke's Hospice or one of Brian's projects at Taplow, SGI-UK.
People are welcome to bring flowers from their garden to place on his coffin.
Do let me know if you would like to attend the funeral....and also perhaps, if you know of anyone in the Film sector of his life, who would like to come.
I have been asked to let the funeral director know in order to inform the caterers.
With warmest good wishes
Susan
Kodak Motion Picture and Entertainment is celebrating twenty-nine productions shot on film at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival. Five on-film titles Anora, Bird, Grand Tour, Kinds of Kindness and Motel Destino, will compete for the Palme d’Or, with an additional four titles featured in Un Certain Regard and sixteen titles across Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week captured on film. 16mm film continues to prove its popularity and relevance with 23 of the on-film titles at the festival choosing it as their capture medium.
"It’s wonderful to see continued recognition of artists who prioritize film capture at Cannes,” said Vanessa Bendetti, Head of Kodak Motion Picture and Entertainment. “The shot-on-film productions at the festival this year are testimony to the medium’s cinematic value and that you can successfully shoot film all around the world at varied budget levels. Congratulations to each of the exceptional analog filmmakers selected for Cannes 2024. Kodak is proud to support your creative visions.”
Shot-on-film productions competing or screening as part of the Official Selection at the Cannes Film Festival 2024 between 14 – 25 May include:
Official Competition
Motel Destino - Karim Aïnouz, DP Hélène Louvart (16mm)
Bird - Andrea Arnold, DP Robbie Ryan (16mm)
Anora - Sean Baker, DP Drew Daniels (35mm)
Grand Tour - Miguel Gomes, DP Gui Liang | Sayombhu Mukdeeprom | Rui Poças
(16mm)
Kinds of Kindness - Yorgos Lanthimos, DP Robbie Ryan (35mm) Un Certain Regard
Un Certain Regard
September Says - Ariane Labed, DP Balthazar Lab (35mm)
Viet and Nam - Truong Minh Quy, DP Son Doan (16mm)
Armand - Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, DP Pål Ulvik Rokseth (16mm)
When the Light Breaks Through - Rúnar Rúnarsson, DP Sophia Olsson (16mm
Directors’ Fortnight - Long Features Competition
East of Noon (Sharq 12) Hala Elkoussy, DP Abdelsalam Moussa (35mm/16mm)
Gazer - Ryan J. Sloan, DP Matheus Bastos (16mm) first feature film
Savanna and the Mountain (A savana e a montanha) - Paulo Carneiro, DP Duarte
Domingos (16mm)
Sister Midnight - Karan Kandhari, DP Sverre Sørdal (35mm)
To a Land Unknown - Mahdi Fleifel, DP Thodoros Mihopoulos (16mm)
Christmas Eve at Miller’s Point - Tyler Taormina, DP Carson Lund (Digital/16mm)
Directors’ Fortnight - Short Films
Immaculata - Kim Lêa Sakkal, DP Paul Faltz (16mm)
Our Own Shadow (Nuestra sombra) - Agustina Sánchez Gavier, DP Constanza
Sandoval (16mm)
The Moving Garden (O jardim em movimento) - Inês Lima, DP Victor Neves Ferreira
(16mm) When the Land Runs Away (Quando a terra foge / Quand la terre se dérobe) -
Frederico Lobo (16mm)
Critics’ Week - Long Features Competition •
Blue Sun Palace - Constance Tsang, DP Norm Li (16mm)
Julie Keeps Quiet (Julie Zwijgt) - Leonardo Van Dijl, DP Nikolas Karakatsanis (35mm)
Critics’ Week - Short Films
My Senses Are All I Have to Offer (As minhas sensações são tudo o que tenho para
oferecer) - Isadora Neves Marques, DP Marta Simões (16mm)
What we Ask of a Statue is That it Doesn’t Move (Ce qu'on demande à une statue
c'est qu'elle ne bouge pas) - Daphné Hérétakis, DP Daphné Hérétakis | Robin Fresson
(16mm)
She Stays (Ella se Queda) - Marinthia Gutiérrez Velazco, DP Mayela Ponce (16mm)
Montsouris Park (Montsouris) - Guil Sela, DP Tara-Jay Bangalter (16mm)
ACID Selection – Long Features
It Doesn't Matter - Josh Mond (Digital/35mm) Official Selection Court Métrage/Short
Films Competition
Ootidė - Razumaitė Eglė, DP Nojus Drasutis (16mm Reversal) Short Film Corner
Zasady - Amanda Renee Knox (16mm) • Dog Days - Carlotta Beck Peccoz (16mm)