The 2025 FilmLight Colour Awards has announced nominations will be welcomed from 1 May.
Colourists, production companies and facilities are invited to submit entries for this year’s awards, which are returning for a fifth year. Open to colourists working on any grading system, candidates are judged by a panel of experts from across the media and entertainment industry.
More than 500 entries from over 48 countries were received for the 2024 Awards, which saw the addition of the Emerging Talent category for the first time. Once again, colourists can submit projects in six categories: Theatrical Feature. Television Series/Episodic (including documentary/non-fiction), Commercial, Music Video, Emerging Talent (open to colourists between the ages of 18-35 for commercial or music videos) and the Spotlight category, which acknowledges the work of colourists on films with a budget of less than $3 million USD.
Commenting on the 2024 Awards, George Miller, Jury Guest of Honour, said, “I was inspired enormously by the quality of work. There are many things that allow enthusiasm for the moving image, and two of them are key: the evolution of the tools we have to work with, and the artists whose brilliance we acknowledge here.”
Winners will be announced at a ceremony at the EnergaCAMERAIMAGE International Film Festival in Toruń, Poland on 16 November 2025. In recognition of their achievements, winners will receive a one year licence for Baselight M, the macOS version of FilmLight;s Baselight grading system.
Full details of the awards can be found at filmlightcolourawards.com
