July 2004

 Louis Schwartzberg's America's Heart and Soul is a cinematic portrait of Americans expressing a passion for their work.

 Non Plus Ultras is a visually dynamic Czech comedy film that pokes a satirical finger at five football hooligans.

 Viva Zapata. Vittorio Storaro, ASC, AIC has just finished filming the life of the Mexican revolutionary.

 For Camping Sauvage DP Serge Desrosiers, CSC had to make a camp site look gorgeous, motorcycle gangsters look funny and rainy days look sunny. A tall order.

 Japanese cinematographer Tetsuo Nagata is currently visualising Jan Kounen's eagerly awaited feature film, Blueberry.

 A tale of love, loss, lust and larceny, that's Artworks.

 Japanese film Amenasu no kawa is about finding your first love.

 "Because it's there," is the mountaineers reply when asked why they climb. After watching Touching the Void, you still wonder why.

 Chinese film, The Story of Ermei, fuses drama and documentary with a German DP.

 Cinematographer Peng-Jung Liao provides a 'humane realism' to The Missing, an intense story about alienation and loneliness.

 Italian film Non ti muovere has an intensely strong emotional content.

 A true European joint venture, La femme de Gilles, unites production countries in no fewer then five countries.

 The Knight whose name is Death is a Russian film about politically motivated terrorists and their campaign of terror.

 Described as "a sweeping dreamlike historical fresco", Felix Leclerc covers the life of the Quebecois singer.

 Larva is a reality-based fantasy that blends sci-fi and horror.

 Documentary Patriots Day celebrates the militiamen who fought at the Battle of Lexington.

 Slave to the rhythm. Spartacus is a re-make of the epic tale.

 There's an eye-catching Ektachrome look for the high end music video, Tootsie.

 Long versions of articles about commercials by Dana Christiaansen, Daron Keet and Bart Durkin.

 In their place? Coldplay was caught in concert in Sydney. Australia.

 EMI Dubai's latest music clip combines contrasting still shots of Moroccan singer, Hasna, with dynamic scenes of a young boy running around a souk.

 Croatian DP Mario Delic filmed a series of commercials for Al Jazeera Mobile.

 New Imagenews section has information about Kodak Imagecare Program members.

 Kodak meets and sets voluntary environmental goals.

FEATURES

Almost is a short comedy film that examines popular attitudes towards life in the big city.

L'odore del sangue has been described as an intense Italian drama with a touch of theatre.

Indian film 99.9FM follows the trials and tribulations of a live radio show host.

Joachim Jung attempts to restore the allure of airports in Tor zum Himmel.

A French couple who travel to Cambodia to adopt a child is the basic plot of DP Alain Choquart's Holy Lola.

Ambrose Bierce's Civil War stories are being captured on film. The first part is The Story of a Conscience.

TV PRODUCTIONS / DOCUMENTARIES

Smallville re-visits the classic Superman comic book theme.

Riding Giants is a documentary about big wave surfing.