[Frameworks] advice on Europen film labs

[Marco Poloni]

Dear frameworkers,

I'm back from a shooting with 25 rolls of 16mm film and many more S8mm
film. Three years of painstaking work that will go into a movie.

All this material has to go to a lab for development and I'm really
nervous about the possibility of making the wrong choice.

I addressed this question about one month ago and received some goof
tips from some of you. So right now I am thinking of DeJonghe in
Brussels or TaunusFilm/Cinenova in Wiesbaden for 16mm and AndecFilm in
Berlin for S8mm.

Is there any other lab you can think of that comes to mind? What I am
looking for is reliability and constancy throughout the whole
development chain: strict control of temperatures, of times, etc.

Also, I was thinking of delivering the film rolls in batches of 4 or 5
to minimize the risk of damage (that is, to avoid that all the rolls
be lost because of some serious issue with the development machine)
but on the other hand this means more variability throughout the
process. What would you advise?

Finally, AndecFilm with whom I have a good experience with S8mm have
had some residual jet rem as of lately. What should I say to Mr Draser
(the owner, a great guy) about this?

Many thanks in advance!

Very best,
Marco



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