HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | SHORT COMMERCIAL DOCUMENTARY | 2025
Director's Cut of a cinematic commercial documentary created for Hamamatsu Photonics (formerly NKT Photonics).
The film traces the path of light from its raw origins in sand and glass to advanced laser systems that shape modern science. Shot across company industrial sites, world-leading research laboratories, and natural landscapes where the technology is actively used, it explores how photonics transforms the way we see and understand the world.
As a director, I wanted to portray not only the company’s technological achievements but also the people behind them. By blending real industrial spaces, portraits of employees, and moments of cinematic fiction, the film creates a visual dialogue between humanity and technology.
Hamamatsu develops photonics technologies used in medicine, semiconductor manufacturing, industrial quality control, space exploration, and quantum research.
KAROL LINDHOLM
CLIENT
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS (FORMERLY NKT PHOTONICS DENMARK)
PRODUCED BY
LOST AT SEA, ESSE HOUSE OU, KEJM FILMS
DIRECTED BY
KAROL LINDHOLM
CINEMATOGRAPHY
JAN BARSZCZEWSKI
LINE PRODUCER
ALEXEY ZGONIK (ESSE HOUSE OU)
EDIT
MACIEJ SZYDŁOWSKI
MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN
DANIEL SPALENIAK & TOMASz MRENCA
ART DEPARTMENT
EMILIA JECHNA & AMBER DIE JÄGERIN
STYLE AND MAKE-UP
HANNA DEMIDOVA
VFX
OLEKSII HOLUB
PRODUCTION SERVICE IN POLAND
AGATA GRZYBOWSKA, PIOTR KRĘŻEL
PRODUCTION SERVICE IN SPAIN
Gadi Cimand, Michele Polimeno,
COLOURIST
Fryderyk Potoczek
Gaffer
Tony Bielecki
1st AC
Asgard Wong, Nikita Znak
Equipment
Zodiac @zodiac.berlin
Special Thanks to: Ms Giulia Ossato, PhD and Mr. Ulf Schwartz @leica.microsystems,
Prof. Dr. Immanuel Bloch, Prof. Dr. Johannes Zeiher, and Dr. Renaho Tao from
the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics, Garching Germany,
Anais, David, Oliver from @damae_medical, Natalia Ptak
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS | Commercial documentary | 2025
