“Over the course of the year, the IndieWire Craft team asks directors of photography to tell us about the cameras, lenses, and looks of their films. We start around Sundance and just can’t stop asking the questions, really, because different crews can use the same camera packages (the ALEXA 35 is crushing it) for wildly different reasons, because the specific requirements of shoots can lead to innovative problem-solving, and because we love to read cinematographers talking about all the things that make shooting film special (whether or not their budget can afford to swing shooting on actual film stock).

Now that we are rocketing toward the winter, we’ve collected some of the festival stalwarts and new fall films and asked their cinematographers, as we always do, why the tools they chose were the right ones for the job.”

Read the article on Ruairí O’Brien BSC ISC here: https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/2025-fall-camera-survey-alexa-35-sony-venice/eternity-ruairi-obrien-dp-cr-leah-gallo/

Read the article on Carolina Costa AMC here: https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/2025-fall-camera-survey-alexa-35-sony-venice/olmo-carolina-costa-cinematographer-cr-matt-infante-copy/