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Hey Mori crew,

Hope you’re all good! The last few weeks have been great. We’ve made good progress on lots of fronts and really feel like we’re moving forward. On top of that we’ve had a bit of snow here in Belgium which gave us all a great opportunity to go out and shoot a bit. ☃️

Events-wise we’ve had the best exhibition opening night in a while. The lab was completely packed. François and I really enjoyed seeing and chatting with so many of you. If you haven’t seen it yet, it’s part of the @photobrusselsfestival and will be up until the end of the month!

We’ve also installed new Dropboxes in Jette and at la Belladone in Saint Gilles. And finally last week we had something crazy happen, we picked up the biggest lot of cameras we’ve ever seen. We blindly bought 3 cars full of cameras and accessories and had to bring everything back to my parents’ house as the lab didn’t have enough space to store it all. Wish us luck because we’ll be spending the next few weeks sorting through it all. 😁

Take care,

Raph

Every month we pick one of your pictures and share it here and on our social media.

And this months’ #morifilmlab award goes to... @michael.achard

“Le Pays Basque... Outre son climat, sa culture et ses délices culinaires, ce sont ses paysages qui m'inspirent le plus. Biarritz est un véritable coup de cœur et c'est avec mon Nikon FM2 et une bobine de Portra 400 que j'ai parcouru, l'hiver dernier, ses ruelles et son littoral pour capturer ce qui me faisait vibrer. Cette photo a été prise lors d'un coucher de soleil où Biarritz se transforme par beau temps en un tableau surréel offrant des instants de pure beauté et de sérénité. Et c'est justement l'émotion qui me guide en photographie généralement. C'est un élément essentiel pour donner du sens à mes photos, que ce soit en street photography ou dans d'autres environnements.”

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Tag us on Instagram ! Every month we select one of our favourite pictures taken by our costumers. To be part of this competition all you have to do is to tag us in your pictures on Instragram @morifilmlab. 

During 2023 our fleet of Mori-Dropboxes - our super easy remote film drop-off system - has grown in popularity and also evolved dramatically. 
We’re happy to count 9 Drop off points including one if Ghent that are all picked up twice a week.

Find your nearest dropbox right here

It’s super easy! 

All you have to do is go to one of our dropbox locations, scan the QR code on the Dropbox and fill out the online form. Then you just have to put your film inside an envelope with your name & phone number and drop it in the box.

The Dropbox is emptied and brought back straight to lab twice a week. Usually on Wednesdays and Saturdays in a 100% eco-friendly way 🚴‍♂️

Once your film gets back to the lab, you’ll receive a payment link and once we receive your payment we’ll start processing your order! 👨‍🔬

Check out our partners’ amazing stores:

⚡️ Bison 4 - Brussels city centre

🍸 La Belladone - Saint Gilles

💿 Tropicall Records - Marolles 

🥐 Café Colignon - Schaerbeek 

📖 Jaune Librairie - Jette

🧦 Cartier Libre - Fernandcocq

📚 Presse Universitaire de Bruxelles - Campus Solbosch ULB 

👕 Shelter - Ghent

If you’re reading this newsletter you most likely know that film photography has made a huge comeback in recent years.

More and more photographers are picking up film cameras and after years of products being discontinued we are seeing more and more new products being announced and to us, it seems like 2024 is the biggest year so far in terms on new product releases and announcements. So we’ve made a little selection of our favourite products (and ideas) coming to the marked in 2024.

New products, new film and film in pop culture.

On top of new film cameras we have more and more film coming out like the brand new Harman Phoenix, the Lomo 92 and countless respooled cine-films made by smaller brands. This is great but is only the start of it as other brands like Ferrania have hinted at new film stocks being in development and Supersense attempting to bring back peel-apart film.

We’ve also seen more and more film appearances in pop culture with more movies being shot on film and film cameras being put on the front row, like in the latest Wes Anderson movie, Asteroid City (for anyone wondering, the camera used by Augie is a Kiev 4 😉).

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We're open from Tuesday to Saturday from 12pm to 6pm. Visit us anytime to get your films developed and discover our latest cameras.

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