Feature film · Pilea Pictures · 2026
Two siblings have lived alone on a remote Scottish island for thirty years, until Domhnall Gleeson’s nervous land recovery coordinator turns up to move them to the mainland. Louis Paxton’s debut feature, with Gayle Rankin, Grant O’Rourke, Emun Elliott, Michelle Gomez and John Hannah, was shot in Caithness and the Highlands in summer 2025. It won the NEXT Innovator Award at Sundance, was chosen to open the Edinburgh International Film Festival, and arrived in UK cinemas in September 2026.
The camera and lenses
The Incomer was shot on the Sony Venice 2, with the Rialto extension system on a backpack rig for getting the camera into tight spots, and a Venice body as a spare. The lenses were a mix of Zeiss Super Speeds and standard speeds, IronGlass Amber primes for a touch of vintage character, and a 9.8mm Kinoptic with an ultra-wide attachment for the widest shots.
The power: NXTGENbps Goat and Billy Goat
Out on location in the Scottish Highlands, a Goat green generator and a Billy Goat expansion gave the production 14.4kWh of battery power. That’s mains power with zero emissions, no fumes and next to no noise.
→ NXTGENbps Goat · Billy Goat expansion
The kit around the camera
The camera package was built out from our hire fleet: lens control, monitoring, wireless video, filtration and power for the camera team, plus the full grip package.
- Lens control: ARRI LCS with Hi-5 hand unit and cforce motors, the ERM-2400 range extender, a Preston Digital Micro Force 3 and an ARRI FF4
- Matte boxes and filters: ARRI MB-19 and LMB 4×5, with GlimmerGlass, Hollywood Black Magic, ND and grad sets, and full and split 138mm diopters
- Monitoring and wireless video: a Sony A170 Trimaster OLED, SmallHD 703 Ultrabrights, and Vaxis Storm 3000 and Storm 058 wireless video
- Power: Bebob Cube 1200 blocks, Bebob B155 Cine B-mounts, and Hawkwoods and IDX V-locks
- Underwater: our Scubacam underwater housing for the water work. It’s built for the Alexa, but the Venice fits too.
- Grip: a Pee Wee dolly on Ronford Baker Moy track, O’Connor 2575D and Ronford Fluid 7 heads, O’Connor 1040 Flowtech legs, a Prosup jib, sliders, a bazooka with risers, and Magliners to move it all
Director: Louis Paxton · Director of Photography: Pat Golan