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Exceptional jury of international filmmakers, cinematographers and colourists revealed for the fifth edition of the awards IMAGE CREDIT: Park Chan-wook photo by Winnie Yeung @ Visual Voices, Image Courtesy of M+, Hong Kong FilmLight has announced the first set of creatives lined up to judge the 2025 FilmLight Colour Awards, including South Korean film director, screenwriter and producer, Park Chan-wook, who has been named the 2025 Guest of Honour; Company 3 founder and CEO, Stefan Sonnenfeld; Apple+’s, The Studio cinematographer, Adam Newport; and many more. Now in its fifth year, the FilmLight Colour Awards have quickly become an international platform for recognising excellence and artistry in colour grading. The 2025 edition will once again culminate in a ceremony held at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in November, celebrating the work of colourists across six categories: Theatrical Feature, Television Series/Episodic, Commercial, Music Video, Emerging Talent, and Spotlight. Submissions close on 31 July. 2025’s Guest of Honour and highly acclaimed film director, Park Chan-wook, is known for his bold visual storytelling and genre-defying narratives. He has captivated global audiences with landmark works such as Oldboy, The Handmaiden, and Decision to Leave. "It’s a privilege to be Guest of Honour at this year’s awards,” says Park Chan-wook. “Colour is not just a visual element. It carries stories, characteristics, ideas, and even musical elements like harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, and tone. It can also create the illusion of touch or smell. That’s why I never want to leave the colourist’s room. How wonderful would it be if I could keep working on the colour of a single project for years." Also joining this year’s panel is Stefan Sonnenfeld, founder and CEO of Company 3, widely regarded as one of the most influential colourists working today. Known for his collaborations with major directors across film and advertising, Sonnenfeld brings deep expertise and industry perspective. His portfolio includes iconic franchises such as Star Wars, Star Trek, Jurassic Park, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Transformers plus more recently Superman and F1. “I am very excited to join this distinguished panel of judges,” comments Sonnenfeld. “I have been following the FilmLight Colour Awards since their inception and have been consistently impressed with the talented cinematographers and colourists chosen to evaluate the work. The Awards have done an excellent job of highlighting the artistry of colour grading, and I am thrilled to be part of that process this year." FilmLight has also named the following international talent in its first wave of confirmed jurors: Bojana Andrić, SAS – leading cinematographer and Vice President of the Serbian Society of Cinematographers. Andrić has worked on feature films such as Follow Me, Love Cuts and Sweet Sorrow (awarded for cinematography) and her TV credits include Trail of the Beast (also awarded for cinematography), Pupin, Clinch and Andrija & Andjelka. Douglas Dutton – Paris-based freelance colourist, Dutton works across commercials, music videos, series, and video games. In 2024, he won the FilmLight Colour Award in the Emerging Talent category for his work on the Baltic Harmonical Diffraction commercial. Sylvester Fonseca, ISC – award-winning Indian cinematographer with over a decade of experience across advertising, cinema and OTT. His acclaimed work includes Amar Singh Chamkila, Kennedy (Cannes 2023), and standout projects like Lust Stories, Sacred Games, and Island City (Venice 2015). A sought-after talent in advertising, he’s behind campaigns for Fevicol, Dream11, and Ariel’s viral #ShareTheLoad. In 2024, he won his second Filmfare Award and was inducted into the Indian Society of Cinematographers (ISC), cementing his status as one of India's leading cinematographers. Callan Green, ACS, NZCS – New Zealand–born, award-winning cinematographer with over 27 years of experience. Green’s recent credits include Nobody 2 (Universal), The Beekeeper 2, and several episodes of Netflix’s The Gentlemen. He was named New Zealand Cinematographer of the Year in 2024. Philip Hambi – leading commercial colourist at Absolute in London. Hambi has worked with some of the industry’s most celebrated directors and cinematographers for global brands including; Nike, Glenmorangie, Martini, Samsung, BMW, Lexus, Meta and Google. He collected his third Silver Arrow and third D&AD awards in 2025 for his contribution to Rich Hall’s stunning Riyadh Season film, Crawford Vs Madrimov: Everything Or Nothing. Kim Ji-yong – highly acclaimed South Korean cinematographer and director known for his striking visual style and collaborations with top directors like Park Chan-wook and Hwang Dong-hyuk. He is best known for his recent work on Netflix’s popular TV Series, Squid Game, as well as films like Decision to Leave, A Bittersweet Life, and The Fortress. Nadia Khairat Gomez – freelance colourist based between Berlin and Madrid working internationally across narrative, commercial, and music video formats. Gomez won the 2024 FilmLight Colour Award in the Music Video category for Brodka x Igo – Myślę sobie Ż, praised for its bold, emotional palette. Petra Korner, AAC – award-winning cinematographer based in Europe and the US, Korner’s credits span high-end TV dramas such as A Discovery of Witches (Sky), His Dark Materials(HBO), and Shadow and Bone (Netflix), as well as feature films including The Wackness, The Informers starring Winona Ryder, Kim Basinger, Billy-Bob Thornton and Mickey Rourke; and Wes Craven’s My Soul To Take. Andrea Leigh – Canadian-born senior colourist at Harbor, Leigh’s credits span major studio films such as Neil Blomkamp’s Elysium and Chappie; Immaculate (for which she received an HPA nomination); Nightbitch; as well as award-winning indies, Mandy, directed by Panos Cosmatos. Recent credits include Sirens by Molly Smith Metzler and Piece by Piece by Morgan Neville. Fady Melek – senior colourist based in LATAM with over 20 years’ experience, best known for his work the official FIFA World Cup music video clips, such as Dreamers, performed by Jung Kook of BTS, and with over 30 feature films graded worldwide. In 2024, he received a Global Recognition Award™ and three Gold Telly Awards for Best Use of Colour. Frida Marzouk, AFC – cinematographer whose international trajectory—from France to the US and across North Africa and the Middle East—combines technical rigor with a deeply emotional visual approach. Her work spans compelling narrative and documentary cinema, earning acclaim on the world festival circuit. Adam Newport-Berra – cinematographer and director best known for his work on The Studio(Apple+), The Bear (pilot episode), Euphoria (final episodes, Season 1) and his breakthrough feature The Last Black Man in San Francisco. He has received multiple Cannes Lions and VMA nominations for Best Cinematography across commercials and music videos. The remaining jury will be announced in the coming months with this year’s call for entries closing on 31 July. A shortlist will be announced in autumn and the winners unveiled at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in November. For more, visit: www.filmlightcolourawards.com ###

Entries open from 1 May - 31 July to colourists on any grading platform The FilmLight Colour Awards are returning for their fifth year, with colourists, production companies and facilities invited to put forward their submissions from 1 May – 31 July 2025. The awards are open to colourists working on any grading system and are independently evaluated by a panel of distinguished cinematographers, fellow colourists, media experts and industry figures. Once again this year, colourists can submit their favourite projects across six categories:Theatrical Feature; Television Series/Episodic (including documentary/non-fiction); Commercial; Music Video; Emerging Talent (open to colourists age 18-35, for commercial or music video projects); and Spotlight, which recognises colourists who have contributed to the creative impact of a film with a total budget of less than $3 million USD. Since starting in 2021, the FilmLight Colour Awards have gone from strength to strength, with more than 500 entries in 2024, from over 48 countries. “I was inspired enormously by the quality of work,” said George Miller, Jury Guest of Honor, from the 2024 ceremony. “There are many things that allow enthusiasm for the moving image, and two of them are key: the evolution of the tools we have to work with, and the artists whose brilliance we acknowledge here.” Last year FilmLight added the Emerging Talent category, to promote the work of a new generation of colourists. It was won by freelance colourist Douglas Dutton for his work on the ‘Baltic, Harmonical Diffraction’ commercial. “It’s an immense honour to be selected as a winner in the Emerging Talent category,” said Dutton. “Getting recognition from people I look up to in the industry feels phenomenal. Thank you FilmLight for organising this incredible event.” The 2025 winners will be announced at a dedicated ceremony at EnergaCAMERIMAGE on Sunday 16 November 2025, where their projects will be showcased to the global community of cinematographers, colourists and creatives attending the festival. In recognition of their achievement, all 2025 winners will also receive a one year licence for Baselight M, the new macOS version of FilmLight’s Baselight grading system. You can watch highlights from the 2024 ceremony in the new teaser video, here, and see the full list of 2024 nominees and winners here. The awards are led and organised by FilmLight, in conjunction with EnergaCAMERIMAGE. It’s also supported by the AFC (French Society of Cinematographers), AMC (Mexican Society of Cinematographers), ASC (American Society of Cinematographers), BSC (British Society of Cinematographers), BVK (German Society of Cinematographers), CNSC (Chinese Society of Cinematographers), CSI (Colorist Society International), ISC (Indian Society of Cinematographers), ShotDeck (fully-searchable cinematic image library), and more. For more information on the awards, including key dates and category guidelines, please visit: www.filmlightcolourawards.com

DEADLINE EXTENDED! Due to demand, we’ve added a week’s extension to give you more time to get your entries into this year’s FilmLight Colour Awards. The final deadline is now Wednesday 7 August 2024 at 23:59 BST. Submit your project via the website: https://loom.ly/oUW_B-w

FilmLight completes highly-esteemed jury, naming Mandy Walker as jury president and George Miller as guest of honour LONDON — 18 July 2024: FilmLight has finalised the prestigious jury for the 2024 FilmLight Colour Awards and announced Australian film director, screenwriter and producer, George Miller, as guest of honour, and award-winning Australian cinematographer, Mandy Walker, as 2024 jury president. George Miller, AO, is known for directing the dystopian action-adventure films Mad Max (1979), Mad Max 2 (1981) and Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome (1985), Mad Max: Fury Road (2015), which went on to win six Academy Awards with Miller receiving a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Director, and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). Other projects include The Witches of Eastwick (1987), Babe (1995), Happy Feet (2006) and more. “Just as slow-drying oil-based paint allowed renaissance art practice to become more iterative, so have the digital tools of the colourist expanded the plasticity of each frame of moving image,” comments Miller. Mandy Walker, AM, ASC, ACS is an Australian cinematographer known for work on Elvis (2022), Mulan (2020), Hidden Figures (2016), Tracks (2013), Australia (2008) and more. “I am honoured to be presiding over this jury in the company of such revered film makers from all around the world,” says Walker. “It’s very exciting to have the opportunity to showcase the talent and scope of artists working in the field of colour timing.” FilmLight also welcomes the following international talent to complete this year’s highly prestigious jury: Kaitlyn Battistelli – senior colourist and partner at ETHOS STUDIO in LA. Kaitlyn is known for her fun and vibrantly hued films across a diverse range of platforms and her work has earned her numerous awards and acclaim. Her work on the feature film Dìdi, won the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Greg Fisher – senior colourist at Company 3, London. Fisher is among the world’s most sought-after colourists and a pioneering technologist in the field of image development. Recent work includes Yorgos Lanthimos-directed Poor Things (2023), which has received multiple awards and The Book of Clarence (2023). Jose Francisco Neto – senior colourist and founder of DOT in São Paulo. His work spans a wide range of projects, from short films and feature films to major episodic productions like Disney's Aruna's Magic. He has also served as a post-production supervisor and VFX supervisor on various projects, which contributes to his unique perspective as a colourist. Catherine Goldschmidt – award-winning cinematographer known for her work on the 12th Season of Doctor Who, the Emmy-nominated show Dummy, the critically acclaimed BBC/Amazon series Chloe and HBO’s hit series House of the Dragon, for which she was nominated for a 2023 Emmy Award and the ASC Award for Outstanding Cinematography in a One Hour Television Drama. Birgit Gudjonsdottir – award-winning Icelandic cinematographer with an extensive career in commercials, documentaries, and feature films since the late 1980s, including Goodbye, Lenin! (2003) and The Bourne Supremacy (2004). The first feature film she shot, Jargo (2004), premiered at the Berlinale in 2004. Jax Harney – founder and senior colourist at X-LDN in London. With over two decades in advertising, Harney is known for her innovative approach and work with luxury brands in commercials, television, and film. Yong Hou – acclaimed Chinese cinematographer, director, professor at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, doctoral supervisor, and president of the Chinese Society of Cinematographers. Hou is celebrated for films such as Jasmine Women (2004) and Manifesto (2023) and for his collaboration with director Zhang Yimou. He has received multiple Golden Rooster Awards and international recognition. Tim Kuhn, BVK – award-winning German cinematographer, known for his influential work on series like Breaking Even (2020) and amazon series Luden (2023). Kuhn is a member of the German BVK and the German film academy and his projects, Dear Mr. Führer (2022) and Luden (2023) have both been winners at the FilmLight Colour Awards. Michael Liu – distinguished Chinese cinematographer, who has developed a reputation for his innovative visual storytelling and his ability to blend traditional Chinese aesthetics with modern cinematic techniques. Liu's portfolio includes a diverse array of films and his notable works include The Wandering Earth series. Tim Masick – senior colourist at Company 3, New York. Masick co-founded Company 3 New York in 2002 and is known for pushing the boundaries of what is possible in colour grading. Masick won the Commercial award at the FilmLight Colour Awards in 2023 (Zara Man SS23) and 2021 (Dior Spring Summer 2021 Collection). He has worked on a wide variety of commercials for top directors and cinematographers and an impressive list of major global brands, including luxury fashion and beauty campaigns and projects. Avik Mukhopadhayay – esteemed Indian cinematographer known for his work with directors like Mrinal Sen and Aparna Sen. Mukhopadhayay has received numerous accolades, including two Filmfare Awards for Best Cinematography. Marina Starke – Berlin-based senior colourist with a notable portfolio in feature films, series, commercials, and music videos. Starke is a five-time FilmLight Colour Awards nominee and 2023 Music Video winner for her work on Horra by Mayyas. Jason Zukowski – senior colourist at Fort York VFX in Toronto. Zukowski worked as a DoP, editor, and director before finding his niche in the world of colour grading. He has contributed to award-winning commercials and collaborated with top directors and brands. These talented creatives join the previously announced jury members to complete this year’s jury: Ben Gervais – freelance technical producer; Mahak Gupta – senior colourist at Bridge PostWorks; Elodie Ichter – senior colourist at Light Iron; Natasha Leonnet – senior colourist, Picture Shop; Dirk Meier – freelance colourist, lecturer and 2023 FilmLight Colour Awards winner; Erik Messerschmidt, ASC – cinematographer; Yov Moor – senior freelance colourist; Robert Richardson, ASC, ACK – cinematographer; and Damien Vandercruyssen – senior colourist at Harbor. The FilmLight Colour Awards are open to colourists on any grading platform and close for entry on 31 July. A shortlist will be announced in autumn and the winners unveiled at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in November. For more information, please visit: www.filmlightcolourawards.com/ ###

Entries open from 1 May - 31 July to colourists on any grading platform LONDON — 23 April 2024: The FilmLight Colour Awards return for the fourth year in 2024 with an additional new category dedicated to rising talent. The awards, which will once again be presented at EnergaCAMERIMAGE in November, are independently judged by a panel of prominent creatives, cinematographers and colourists. New for 2024, the ‘Emerging Talent’ award will recognise and celebrate the work of young colourists (age 18-30) who have worked on a commercial or music video project aired between 1 September 2023 and 30 September 2024. “The next generation of colourists is critical to the future of our industry,” says Jacqui Loran, co-director at FilmLight. “We have introduced this award to help support and encourage these emerging young talents – shining a light on their work and helping them to form a path into the industry.” The new category sits alongside the existing five: theatrical feature; television series/episodic; commercial; music video; and Spotlight, which recognises colourists who have contributed to the creative impact of a low budget feature. The awards are led and organised by FilmLight, in conjunction with EnergaCAMERIMAGE. “In 2021 we welcomed the FilmLight Colour Awards into the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival programme and we have enjoyed watching the success of the awards and the partnership grow year-on-year,” says Marek Žydowicz, EnergaCAMERIMAGE Founder and Director. “We continue to receive positive feedback about our joint efforts to shine a light on the work of the colourist and their invaluable collaboration with the cinematographer. We can’t wait to do it again this year.” For 2024, FilmLight also welcomes four new supporting partners: ShotDeck (fully-searchable cinematic image library), AMC (Mexican Society of Cinematographers), BVK (German Society of Cinematographers) and ISC (Indian Society of Cinematographers). They join the growing list of long-standing supporters, including: AFC (French Society of Cinematographers), ASC (American Society of Cinematographers), BSC (British Society of Cinematographers), CNSC (Chinese Society of Cinematographers), CSI (Colorist Society International) and more. You can watch highlights from 2023 in the 2024 teaser video, here. Colourists, production companies and facilities are invited to put forward their nominations when entries open on 1 May 2024, with a final deadline for submissions on 31 July 2024. For more information on the awards, including category guidelines, please visit: www.filmlightcolourawards.com ###

FilmLight has finalised the 2023 FilmLight Colour Awards jury and appointed renowned cinematographer, Lawrence Sher, ASC, as this year’s president. “I’m very excited to be president of the FilmLight Colour Awards,” comments Sher. “Colouring and colourists are as fundamental to modern filmmaking as any lighting or camera tool. As someone who started their career colour timing movies the‘old fashioned’ way, I was an early adopter and champion of the Digital Intermediate as I could see its potential." Due to popular demand, the awards deadline has also been extended, with submissions now closing to the global colourist community on 7 August 2023. Read more, here 👇 https://www.filmlightcolourawards.com/colour-awards-2023/lawrence-sher-asc-named-as-filmlight-colour-awards-jury-president-for-2023/