Digital Film Technology, a privately owned company headquartered in Germany, was founded in 2012 and employs approximately 50 individuals. The company reported $15.7M in revenue as of 2024. It specializes in production and post-production solutions, serving film studios, broadcast operations, and post-production facilities. The company develops 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 to provide high-quality digitization for archival films, including those that are damaged or fragile. Previously, on July 23, 2025, DFT announced it would bring its Polar HQ 8K film scanner to Amsterdam, following its installation at the National Image Archive of China News in Beijing. The Polar HQ 8K, which features a native 8K image sensor, was part of the National Valuable Image Archive Project, a 2022 national initiative focused on 4K digital restoration and preservation of high-profile film works. Earlier, on February 12, 2025, Norbert Hinckers became the new owner and CEO of DFT Darmstadt, marking his return to the company. He outlined his vision for DFT in an interview published in the company's newsletter. This appointment followed the January 27, 2025 announcement that China News Film in Beijing took delivery of the first DFT POLAR HQ film scanner in China in December 2024 for digitizing its archive stock.
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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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