A Personal, Slightly Chaotic, Entirely Honest Report from CAMERIMAGE 2025

There are two types of people in this world:

1. Those who think Camerimage is a calm, reflective cinematography festival.

2. Those who have actually BEEN to Camerimage.

For us DoPs, Camerimage is the annual ritual where we briefly emerge from whatever shoot we just wrapped… only to immediately return to total darkness and spend 10 hours a day in cinemas watching films until any sense of “morning” or “evening” simply stops existing.

ODCC 2025

The ninth edition of the Oslo Digital Cinema Conference (or simply the ODCC for short) focused on the extremely timely and highly relevant topic of Artificial Intelligence and the impact it may have on the motion picture business. Held at the Norwegian Film Institute in Oslo during the weekend between the 21st and 23rd of November, the Conference gathered about 120 participants who were treated to no fewer than a whopping 21 presentations by international experts in the field. The ODCC is a collaboration between the Norwegian Society of Cinematographers FNF, the Norwegian Film Institute, IMAGO, Nordisk Film & TV Fond as well as the Swedish (FSF) and Danish (DFF) Societies of Cinematographers.

ODCC’s own Commander-in-Chief, Paul René Roestad FNF, has arranged this event biannually since 2006, although with a regrettable but necessary four year hiatus in the early 2020s because of the pandemic.

In memory of Nigel Walters BSC

The news of Nigel’s passing was received with great sorrow among his many friends World-wide. Not many people have the same extraordinary ability which Nigel had, to connect and to so warmheartedly make close and lasting friendships with so many people, whatever nationality, language or culture, all around the World.

What was close to his heart was to prepare the ground for cinematographers to work for each other, to aid and support each other, internationally.

The 2025 ICFF Manaki Festival

For each visit to the ”Manaki Brothers” Film Festival, I find I have to dust off new superlatives to describe it. The 46th edition, which took place between the 20th and 26th of September, is no exception. With over 540 guests attending -almost three times the normal amount of participants-  it may well be the most ambitious one yet, and Bitola with its mosques, churches and ubiquitous dogs, is as impossibly charming as ever.  And there’s a new director in charge.

Jonas Rudström till Barbros 11/11 2025

Varmt välkomna tillbaka till Barbros!

Hösten är här och vad är mysigare än att vi ses på Barbros tisdag 11/11 då vi har bjudit in Jonas Rudström.

Det blir en kväll som går i den dokumentära filmens uttryck.

Jonas Rudström har en bakgrund inom kortfilm, musikvideo och reklamfilm, där han både har regisserat, fotograferat och klippt.

Motion Meets Emotion with ARRI

On Tuesday 16th of September, the intriguing headline ”Motion Meets Emotion with ARRI” attracted an expectant crowd to Camera Nordic’s headquarters on Västmannagatan in Stockholm. Visitors were treated to a unique opportunity to learn more about ARRI’s latest camera ALEXA 35 Xtreme, and invited to see for themselves how impressively it performs when supported by Arris lighting products, in particular the SkyPanel X.

FUJIFILM GFX ETERNA 55 Full Specs & Price Released – 102MP 4:3 Large Format Cinema Camera

The FUJIFILM GFX ETERNA 55 large format cinema camera offers recording modes up to DCI 8K at 30fps and 4K open gate 4:3 at 48fps. There is a built-in variable ND, enhanced connectivity, an internal battery for hot swap, and more. The shipping should start in October 2025, and the pricing in the US has been set to $16,499.95.

Nikon ZR

Nikon ZR Released – First Nikon RED Camera with Internal R3D, 6K60, 4K120, 32-bit Float Audio, and More

Filmfotografer x 2, Lisabi Fridell och Marek Septimus Wieser kommer till Barbros 30:e september

Varmt välkomna tillbaka till Barbros efter sommaren!

Nu drar vi igång hösten och fortsätter vårens succékvällar för FSF-medlemmar!

Start tisdag 30/9 kl 17.30 då öppnar vi dörrarna för middag och mysig samvaro.
Våra gäster börjar prata kl. 18.30 så kom gärna förbi och och mingla innan dess.

Filmfotografer x 2, Lisabi Fridell och Marek Septimus Wieser kommer till Barbros!

Vi experimenterar med ett annorlunda format!

Camera Nordic bjuder in till ”High-Speed shooting with ARRI” – 16:e september Stockholm

Date:
Sweden, Stockholm: 16th September | 10.00 AM -12.00 PM, 4:00 PM – 6.00 PM
Norway, Oslo: 18th September | 10.00 AM – 12.00 PM, 4:00 PM – 6.00 PM

Location:
Camera Nordic Sweden AB
Västmannagatan 17113 25 Stockholm – Sweden

Camera Nordic Norway AS
Marcus Thranes Gate 4C0473 Oslo – Norway

Join ARRI Academy experts Igor Barbosa (color science & workflow specialist) and Craig Gambell (gaffer & lighting trainer) for an in-depth session on high-speed shooting with the new ALEXA 35 Xtreme, SkyPanel X, and ARRICORE: ARRI’s next-generation RGB codec developed with high dynamic range encoding in mind.