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A tracking vehicle with a crane arm in front of an LED wall at the Pinewood Futures Festival.

Futures in Film CIC · Pinewood Studios

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Free, from people who do it. Films, lessons and places on real film units at Pinewood Studios, for people starting out, changing career and moving up a grade.

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A-cam on a tracking vehicle and crane · Pinewood Futures Festival 2026

Who are you?

A mentor points out framing while a trainee holds a camera.Starting outFree places on working units. Two women build a camera on a vehicle rig on a stage, one smiling to camera.Working crewThe next grade, new kit, mentoring. An ARRI camera with a matte box on a tripod in a white corridor.Heads of departmentReview lessons, test kit, mentor. A speaker presents beside a screen in a library hall.Teachers and parentsFree lessons for class, and what is safe. A technician works the wheels of a remote head at a control desk under coloured stage light.Productions and kit testingCrewed kit, test days, commissions.

Now

Crew build camera carts and monitors in front of an LED wall on a Pinewood stage before the festival opens.Pinewood Futures FestivalWe build and run the production unit. A panelled library hall set out with chairs and a flip chart for a development session.Story to Screen LabIn partnership with Screen Sisters CIC. Opening. A technician handles a 35mm film camera at a bench lined with film cameras in the test room.Shot on FilmOur 35mm project, with Kodak, Panavision and Digital Orchard.
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