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Showlight 2025 completes lineup of speakers

The lineup for Showlight 2025’s speakers is now complete. Over thirty speakers will cover lighting topics from every discipline and every corner of the globe. The last group of speakers who’ll be coming to the Parc des Expositions et Congrès de Dijon in a couple of weeks, includes Frédéric “Aldo” Fayard, Lucy Carter, Tim Lutkin & Adrien Mourey, M. David Mullen, Alba Abad Carretero & Anne Serieges, Thierry Arbogast, Peter Macdonald, John Dudley, Eric Wurtz, and Ben Díaz.

Frédéric “Aldo” Fayard - “Light & Laser for New Year’s Eve at Burj Khalifa”

Founder of Concept K, Aldo Fayard has thirty years of global experience working on live tours, large scale events, cinema and permanent installations. He will give the low-down on his installation for the New Year’s Eve show in Dubai Downtown which encompassed a combination of several permanent technologies mixed with a temporary installation of moving lights and lasers.

Lucy Carter - “Rhythm is a Dancer - So is Light!”

Light artist and multi award-winning lighting designer Lucy Carter, has worked extensively in theatre, ballet, dance, musical theatre and opera, as well as light installations in galleries, site specific venues and exhibitions. As she takes the visitors through her design processes and developments, Carter will explain how she sees light as another dancer or performer in the productions she lights.

Tim Lutkin & Adrien Mourey - “How to reimagine a night-time show at Disneyland Paris”

Creative director, Tony and double Olivier award-winning lighting designer Tim Lutkin, and Disneyland show lighting designer Adrien Mourey have recently opened “Disney Tales of Magic” at Disneyland Paris. They will demonstrate how their design breathes new life into the storytelling across the unique setting of Sleeping Beauty’s castle, without making technology omnipresent.

M. David Mullen, ASC - “1950s Period Lighting in a TV Series”

Winner of three Emmy Awards and two ASC Awards for his work on Amazon Prime’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”, David Mullen will explore when to use - and when not to use - period-correct lighting for a show set in the 1950s.

Alba Abad Carretero & Anne Serieges - “Illuminating Excellence: Lighting at the 2024 Olympic Games”

Olympic Broadcasting Services’ lighting lead, Alba Abad Carretero, and senior broadcast lighting head project manager for the Paris 2024 Organising Committee, Anne Serieges, will delve into the planning and execution of broadcast and show lighting for the Olympic Games Paris 2024 that not only met the demands of high-paced sports broadcasting but also enhanced the architectural beauty of Paris’ historic Grand Palais.

Thierry Arbogast AFC - “The Challenges of Complicated Shots”

Internationally renowned and multi award-winning French cinematographer Thierry Arbogast has worked with top film directors including Luc Besson, Brian De Palma, Jean-Paul Rappeneau and Emir Kusturica. Using examples from internationally known films such as “Leon”, “The Fifth Element” and “The Horseman on the Roof”, Arbogast will look at some of the challenges and difficulties involved in bringing images to the big screen.

Peter Macdonald BSC, DGA, DGGB - “A Life in Cinema with Peter Macdonald”

From his early days as camera operator on films directed by Sir Laurence Olivier, through his 25-year collaboration with cinematographer Geoffrey Unsworth, to his progression to second unit director, cinematographer, director and producer, Peter Macdonald has many stories to tell. He will close Showlight 2025 with memories and anecdotes from his life in cinema spanning over seventy years.

Contributions will also come from John Dudley promoting The International Day of Light, Eric Wurtz talking about the synergy between the French Union of Lighting Designers and the Union of Scenographers, and from lighting designer, cinematographer, senior product manager and author Ben Díaz.

New for Showlight 2025 is the simultaneous translation of the Papers and Q&A sessions across four languages. Delegates can choose to listen - and ask questions - in English, French, Italian and Spanish via the AI translation system Interprefy. This instantly translates to both voice and text, which can be listened to on headphones or read on smartphone or iPad (visitors need to bring their own earbuds/headsets). Q&A sessions will also be translated on demand.

Ticket holders to Showlight can request additional languages at time of purchase by contacting info@showlight.org. The last remaining tickets can be purchased from the Showlight website. Showlight will be held from May 19-22, 2025 in Dijon, France.

Pictured: Aldo Fayard, Lucy Carter, Tim Lutkin, Adrien Mourey (top row, left to right); M. David Mullen, Alba Abad Carretero, Anne Serieges, Thierry Arbogast, Peter Macdonald (bottom row, left to right). (Photo: Showlight)

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