Behind the scenes at Weta Digital, where creativity meets cutting-edge science

Back in 1996, James Cameron announced that he would be creating a film called Avatar, a science-fiction epic that would feature photo-realistic, computer-generated characters.He had a treatment for the film, which already defined many things, including the Na'vi – a primitive alien race standing ten feet tall with shining blue skin, living in harmony with their jungle-covered planet Pandora.Soon after, though, Avatar had to be shelved as the technology of the time could not satisfy the creative desires of the director.Fast-forward to October 2009: Dan Lemmon, FX supervisor and Andy Jones, animation director at Weta Digital have about two weeks left of visual effects production for Avatar. The near-900 strong crew spanned across six locations...

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Marché du Film - Film Market

In its desire to serve and promote the dual nature of film, as both a cultural and economic enterprise, the Festival de Cannes created the Film Market for the Official Selection in 1959, so as to lend some of its own energy to the international film industry.In 2009, having become the premier rendezvous for film professionals the world over, the Film Market celebrated its 50th anniversary by welcoming 10,000 participants from 101 countries representing 4,000 companies, with 400 exhibitors. Producers, sellers, distributors and financiers came to build the partnerships that will create the films of tomorrow.Each year, the Film Market encourages cinematic creation by giving the industry a place to meet, and by providing professionals with precise...

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The Cannes winners

Clinical realism: ‘Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives’It would be a fairy tale if it weren’t true. The perfect film festival picks the perfect jury and the perfect jury picks the perfect film. The 2010 Golden Palm went to Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, a masterpiece from Thailand. Much more of this – Cannes picked the right winner last year with The White Ribbon while Venice and Berlin got it right with, respectively,Lebanon and Honey – and we’ll all start thinking we live in a just world.EDITOR’S CHOICEFireworks (and some duds) - May-21Festival-goers seek women - May-17Screened on the penultimate day, Uncle Boonmee is utterly captivating. I haven’t always “got” the work of Apichatpong Weerasethakul. I loved Tropical...

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