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“The White Crow”
Igor Invenko as Rudolf Nureyev with the film’s Director Ralph Fiennes

Cinelab London proudly supported “The White Crow”, a British film,
written by David Hare, directed by Ralph Fiennes, starring Oleg
Invenko as the ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev and inspired by the
book “Rudolf Nureyev: The Life” by Julie Kavanagh. The dramatic
biography tells the story of Nureyev’s defection to the West.

Cinelab London provided full film services, Super 16mm film
processing, HD graded telecine dailies with sound sync, on-line
screeners for production review and approval, delivery of edit ready
files to editorial and the final 2K select take scans using Arriscan. Mike Eley
Cinematographer and President of The British Society of Cinematographers (BSC).

“Their (Cinelab) evident love Adrian Bull, Managing Director “What is a surprise (and delight) to

of film is both inspiring and us is that we are servicing an ever-growing number of film projects,
processing more film year on year. We are near Heathrow and
reassuring.” clients shooting overseas are reliably air freighting film dailies, most
recently from Australia, Columbia, Czech Republic, South Africa and
UAE. Not all films are huge budget features, but all clients want to
trust that our dedicated team will always produce best results.”

Cinelab London also work with long form drama clients. Roger
Harlow, Cinelab London’s Sales Director “It was great to be able to
reassure Mara (Lopez; HBO VP - Succession) that shooting in the UK
Mike Eley, President of The British Society of Cinematographers wouldn’t be an issue and she could trust us to be part of the team,
(BSC) and Cinematographer. despite being 3,500 miles away”.
“It was a great experience working with all at Cinelab on “The White
Crow”. Shooting Super 16mm was a creative choice made that ‘The White Crow’ PRODUCTION: (U.K.-France) A Sony Pictures Classics
much easier by knowing Cinelab would be part of the team. Their release of a BBC Films, Hanway Films, Metalwork Pictures, Lonely Dragon
evident love of film is both inspiring and reassuring, giving me as presentation of a Magnolia Mae production. Producers: Gabrielle Tana,
DoP - as well as the director and producers - the confidence to shoot Ralph Fiennes, Carolyn Marks Blackwood, Andrew Levitas, François Ivernel.
abroad and know the best eyes were looking out for us back home. Co-producers: Mark Cooper, Meg Clark. CREW: Director: Ralph Fiennes.
The meticulous work done by all at Cinelab lends The White Crow
its look and I couldn’t be happier with the results. Here’s to film Screenplay: David Hare, based on the book “Rudolf Nureyev: The Life” by
and those who work to preserve its place in today’s fast-changing Julie Kavanagh. Camera (colour): Mike Eley. Editor: Barney Pilling. Music:
industry”. Ilan Eshkeri.
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