The documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin will be screened at the IBC Conference in Amsterdam, and editor Thelma Schoonmaker will receive the International Honour for Excellence.
The documentary Becoming Led Zeppelin will be screened at the IBC Conference in Amsterdam, and editor Thelma Schoonmaker will receive the International Honour for Excellence.
Becoming Led Zeppelin will be screened as a special event as part of the IBC Conference in Amsterdam (September 12-14). The film was distributed across Europe earlier this year by Sony Pictures Classics in partnership with Piece of Magic Entertainment.
An IBC Conference session, titled 'How Becoming Led Zeppelin was Created', will be held on Saturday, 13 September at 11.30 am CEST in the Auditorium Complex of the RAI Amsterdam. Becoming Led Zeppelin director Bernard MacMahon and sound supervisor Nicholas Bergh will fly in from Los Angeles for an in depth talk for the first time on the mechanics of creating the hit film and will reveal how a vast archive of 35mm, 16mm, 8mm, 2" video, tape, disc and stills were transferred and sculpted into a cohesive whole for the record-breaking IMAX release.
Later, Saturday, 13 September at 7 pm CEST, the IBC special event screening of Becoming Led Zeppelin and exclusive Q&A with MacMahon and Bergh will take place at the newly completed Cinema The Pulse, scheduled to officially open in October 2025.
Editor Thelma Schoonmaker Awarded
IBC’s most prestigious honour, the International Honour for Excellence (IHFE), will be presented to world-renowned editor Thelma Schoonmaker. The award recognises her extraordinary achievements and lifetime contribution to the art and craft of filmmaking, spanning more than five decades and helping shape modern cinema through her close collaboration with Martin Scorsese. The award will be presented in person on Sunday, 14 September at 18.00 CEST on the main stage of the IBC Conference in the RAI Amsterdam.
Earlier in the day at 16.15 CEST at the IBC Conference, Thelma Schoonmaker will also participate in a Fireside Chat about her life in film, hosted by journalist and author Carolyn Giardina, Consulting Editor of American Cinema Editors’ ‘Cinema Editor’ Magazine. The session will be free to attend for all IBC2025 attendees. Please visit show.ibc.org/conference-experience
