IBC 2022 success!

IBC 2022 was a huge focus for DFT – we were keen to make the most of it, as it was the first big international event for most people after a couple of years of travel restrictions due to the pandemic. It did not disappoint and was very well attended in addition to being hugely enjoyable.

Our large stand meant that we were able to show off DFT POLAR HQ, our brand-new, future-proof, film scanner and demonstrate some impressive high-resolution scanning. We gave multiple live 8K demonstrations so that our guests could see the commercial benefits of 8K over 4K deliverables.

Alongside DFT POLAR HQ, we also demonstrated our high-speed flagship scanner, Scanity HDR, OXSCAN 65mm and Sondor Versa. The big stand also meant that more of our DFT people were able to experience the IBC atmosphere. Overall, it was a great experience, and we’re very much looking forward to the next big international event!

NAB New York

Hot on the heels of IBC success, we were eager to showcase our new DFT POLAR HQ over the pond. At New York’s NAB in October we introduced the new DFT Polar HQ to the US market and it lived up to expectations, as we received some great feedback from the customers, post houses and archive facilities that came to see us.

AMIA – Annual Conference

AMIA’s annual conference was held in Pittsburg during December 2022. AMIA is the world’s largest international association of professional media archivists, and the event included presentations, screenings and workshops from a range of global manufacturers and vendors.

This year, DFT exhibited remotely, that took the AMIA members from our stand in Pittsburgh straight to the demo suite at the DFT headquarters in Germany - virtually! Attendees were able to join live product demonstrations of our latest scanner, DFT POLAR HQ, from our purpose-built demo suite at the factory, as well as take part in a lively Question and Answer session. We had many interesting conversations and technical discussions - despite the almost 7,000 km distance and 6 hours time difference between us!

Digital Orchard use Scanity for ‘The Eternal Daughter’

Making its debut at the London Film Festival in October 2022 and nominated for the Best Film at Venice Film Festival, this film features Tilda Swinton in the lead role in a story of a middle-aged daughter and her elderly mother as they confront long buried secrets as they return to their former family home. Directed by Joanna Hogg and shot on 16mm, the film was scanned by Digital Orchard at 4K using Scanity.

Digital Orchard use Scanity for ‘She Always Wins’

Directed by Hazel McKibbin and premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September 2022, this film captures the story of a young woman, Stella who brings her new boyfriend, Luke to his first family visit. In a complicated dance of dominance, deference and self-diminishment, the couple's dynamic is revealed in an innocuous game of backgammon. Shot on 35mm and scanned by Digital Orchard at 4K using Scanity.

Digital Orchard use Scanity for ‘Gods Creatures’

God's Creatures is a psychological drama set in an Irish windswept fishing village where a mother tells a lie to protect her beloved son that rips apart their family and close-knit community. Directed by Saela Davis and Anna Rose Holmer, this film was premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022, and now available for streaming on Prime Video and Apple TV. Shot on 35mm and scanned by Digital Orchard at 4K using Scanity.

The Net (1916) – Rediscovered and updated using Scanity

The Net is a rediscovered 5-reel feature melodrama 1916 film from Thanhouser Film Company and Preservation. In ‘The Net’, a muscular young fisherman rescues two girls from drowning and soon finds himself engaged to both girls, one of whom is a big-city thief. The "bad" girl really goes to town when the fisherman inherits a fortune, but it is the "good" girl -- who happens to be his childhood sweetheart -- who wins out in the end.

This film was largely forgotten until a pristine nitrate print, complete with all five reels that included original colour tints, was unearthed in the National Library of Norway archives. The nitrate print was scanned using Scanity at 4K resolution and 25% overscan.

Sound of Metal (2019) released in 4K

Criterion has recently remastered and issued Sound of Metal as a 4K Blu-ray release. In this film, a heavy-metal drummer's life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing. This new digital transfer was created in 4K resolution on Scanity film scanner from the 35mm original camera negatives.