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Description acceptable. A film distributor named for this style of filmmaking has gained notoriety for smuggling independent films to the international circuit. A movement of contemporary low-budget Chinese filmmakers following the Sixth Generation is nicknamed for making films with this quality. Anthony Dod Mantle was an early adopter of this technique, becoming the first cinematographer to win an Oscar for a film with this quality. (*) The Girlfriend Experience and Che are two of Steven Soderbergh’s films with this quality, both of which utilize the Red One, a product widely credited with advancing the popularity of this style. Other films with this quality may use a Panavision Genesis or a Sony CineAlta. For 10 points, give this style of filmmaking which was widely adopted in the 2010s, becoming the dominant format over competitors like 16 or 35mm film. ■END■
ANSWER: shot on digital [or reasonable equivalents; reject shot on an iPhone] (The first two clues refer to dGenerate Films and the dGeneration, respectively.)
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