Deluxe, the last significant processor of motion picture film stock in Australia, has announced that it will close its Australian film laboratory on April 19th, 2013. Customers have been told they can access services at Technicolor in Thailand, or send stock direct to Deluxe in Hollywood. Local cinematographers are aghast.
This is truly a historic moment, which comes a mere fortnight after the announcement of the closure of the processing facility at Park Road Post in New Zealand. Park Road’s Lab is expected to close in June, making it the last operating Australasian lab.
