Javier Valderrama and Toni Hernández, Second of Chomón 2024

The Segundo de Chomón 2024 award, recognition that the Film Academy grants to companies or people whose technical contributions contribute to the development of the film industry, has recognized the career of Javier Valderrama and Toni Hernández, directors of photography and founders of the lighting company Velvet.

Valderrama and Hernandez, with the intention of facilitating the work of cinematographers and technicians on sets, designed, developed, manufactured and marketed in 2015 a range of luminaires with which they have been working in television studios and rental houses in more than 50 countries, and in shoots of all sizes and conditions. The snow society, They know that, As bestas, Superlópez, The bride, The girls are fine, Elisa and Marcela, Who kills with iron, Toro, The top, Scorpion in love, A monster comes to see me, The body y My dear brotherhood; and the series Berlin, Fariña, The cable girls, The Unit, The cathedral of the sea, Live without permission, Alpha males, Elite and the Americans Dexter y Homeland (the company has a branch in Los Angeles), are just a small sample of the national and international films and television fictions that have used the different Velvet lines.

For the winners, it is a “huge surprise and immense satisfaction that they have remembered us for this award that we share with the Velvet team.” "If we had been born in the United States, the story would begin in a garage; being in Spain, it begins in an industrial estate on the outskirts of Barcelona. At this moment, we remember all those who believed in us at the beginning, without their trust we would not be here today," said Valderrama and Hernández, who see this recognition as "a great encouragement to continue investigating and try to continue contributing to this industry that has changed so much in recent years.”

The desire of Toni Hernandez and Javier Valderrama, who will collect the prize next April 9 at the Academy headquarters, is to continue directing “a company proud to manufacture in Spain and to contribute wealth and knowledge to our environment, while we try to reduce our carbon footprint and minimize the impact on the environment.” “A team that lasts is a sustainable team,” they say.