Published Friday 24 March 2023 by Stu Gaunt in DCP & Disc Production

Le Lyceen BDCMF Conversion for French Blu-Ray

We have been working with a French movie distributor to encode a feature film for Blu-ray replication. This time, we have converted the 2022 French Drama feature film 'Le lycéen' (Winter Boy) into the BDCMF format. The film was written & directed by Christophe Honoré and stars Paul Kircher.

BCDMF is an industry format used for the mass replication of Blu-ray discs. The standard BDMF format which is created by authoring software cannot be used in the replication process and needs to be converted to BDCMF first.

A brief synopsis of 'Le Lycéen' - The film follows Lucas, a gay teenager, coping with the sudden and unexpected death of his father in an accident that may or may not have been suicide. We join him on his journey as he tries to get to grips with the new challenges posed by death, life, the city and "the temptation of renouncement".

We were sent a digital copy of the BDMV Blu-ray master, which Mark ran through our dedicated BDCMF encoding software before returning to the distributor, again via the web for speed of turnaround. We normally can generate BDCMF files the same day for delivery or overnight, depending on your timezone.

If you have a film project and need help getting it onto DVD or Blu-ray then please get in touch with us at Maniac Films or check out our DVD & Blu-ray services for more information. Can offer BDCMF conversion services or Blu-ray replication, as well as high quality DCP encoding for Film Festivals and Digital Cinema Release.