Digital Film Technology is a privately owned company headquartered in Germany. Founded in 2012, it employs approximately 50 individuals and reported $15.7M in revenue as of 2024. The company provides production and post-production solutions, specifically high-end post-production offerings serving film studios, broadcast operations, and post-production facilities. It specializes in the development of film scanners, shadow telecine, scream grain reducer, color calibration tools, and the Bones Digital Intermediate (DI) workflow solution, enabling users to scan, save, and restore films.
On March 31, 2026, The Federal Archives of Germany integrated three Digital Film Technology (DFT) Polar HQ scanners into its digitization workflow, utilizing them for its flagship project Metropolis and other archival films requiring high-quality digitization, including damaged or fragile materials. Previously, on July 23, 2025, DFT announced it would showcase its Polar HQ 8K film scanner in Amsterdam, following its installation at the National Image Archive of China News in Beijing. This scanner, which features a native 8K image sensor, was integrated as part of China’s National Valuable Image Archive Project, a national initiative launched in 2022 to focus on 4K digital restoration and preservation of high-profile film works. Earlier, on February 12, 2025, Norbert Hinckers returned to DFT as its new owner and CEO, outlining his vision for the company in the film digitization market. China News Film in Beijing initially took delivery of its first DFT POLAR HQ film scanner in China in December 2024, as announced on January 27, 2025, to digitize its archive stock.
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Digital Film Technology offers products in the media tech industry. Digital Film Technology's product portfolio comprises of production and post production.
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Digital Film Technology's revenues were less than $25M in 2024. All the revenue comes from film scanners and archive conversion.
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