Our work · Pinewood Studios
At Pinewood.
Our base is the lot where the big ones get made. New kit, working crew and new entrants, a short walk from the stages.
Arriving on the lot · Pinewood Studios
Productions, rental houses, manufacturers and workshops share the lot. A test goes from bench to stage in a morning, and the crews who'll use the kit are already here.
What's here
ProductionsSocial Impact Rental HouseCrewed kit, with a trainee on the unit.
Tech R&D Lab and test room
MR Helix Ltd's R&D, in the Ken Adam Building. The Helix gimbal and exoskeleton get built, broken and fixed here, and we teach on them.
- Bench and rigging space, with power and monitoring.
- Light-tight space for loading and handling film.
- Prep and secure storage for kit going out on a job.
- Test days for manufacturers: your prototype in the hands of HoDs and new entrants, with a written report. Test kit with us
Stages, workshops, offices and preview theatres are booked through Pinewood when a test or simulation needs them.
Inside the rooms
An ARRI camera with a matte box on a tripod in a white corridor
A technician inspects a large cine lens by a window
A cinema camera on the Helix, a technician behind
A unit bay with a roller shutter and racking
The film loop
Shoot, process, scan and view, all on one lot.
- Kodak Film Lab London is on the ground floor of the Ken Adam Building. It processes S8, 16mm, 35mm and 65mm colour and black-and-white negative. Kodak Film Lab London
- Orchard Film, part of the Digital Orchard Group, scans in-house at the lab.
Kodak, Panavision and Digital Orchard are the partners on our 35mm project. Shot on Film
Lab services from Kodak's Film Lab London page. Checked 13 Nov 2026.
Social Impact Rental House
Specialist camera support for film and HETV, crewed, with a trainee in the department. MR Helix backs the tech. Every hire funds a training place. The rental house
Pinewood Futures Festival
Pinewood's own careers festival. We build and run the production unit on a stage.
On the lot
Neighbours, not partners. They're why the lot suits this work.
Pinewood Indie Film Hub
Pinewood's own space for independent productions, on Pinewood West. It officially opened in September 2025. We don't run or book it: book through Pinewood.
What Pinewood lists:
| What | Pinewood's figures |
|---|---|
| Stages | Two: Indie One and Indie Two, each 8,960 sq ft, 30 ft high |
| Production offices | Ready to use, fully equipped |
| Workshops | 1,000 to 12,000 sq ft, near the stages |
| Also | Meeting rooms, wardrobe, hair and make-up rooms (one to six positions), a lounge with a monitoring screen |
| Who for | Projects in the independent production sector. Pinewood doesn't accept scripts |
| Booking | Through Pinewood's sales team. Plans on request |
From Pinewood's Indie Film Hub page; opening from IBC, 17 September 2025. Checked 13 Nov 2026.
CoSTAR National Lab
The UK's first national R&D lab for the creative industries, led by the StoryFutures team at Royal Holloway, University of London. Its CoSTAR Stage at Pinewood adds virtual production, labs for spatial audio, volumetric capture and multisensory kit, and a private 5G/6G network.
Opening: Pinewood's January 2025 announcement said January 2026; Royal Holloway's page now says late 2026. Latest on Royal Holloway's CoSTAR page. We're independent of CoSTAR.
From Royal Holloway's CoSTAR National Lab page and Pinewood's news page. Checked 13 Nov 2026.
Also on the lot
6A few of the 150-plus businesses in Pinewood's on-the-lot directory, as they list themselves. None is a partner. Checked 13 Nov 2026.
- CinecoBuilds sets and makes props for film, TV, commercials and fashion.
- Final PixelProduces film and TV in LED virtual production.
- iMAGDry hire of LED volumes, projection and in-camera VFX kit.
- Diving Services UKUnderwater and marine support for film and TV.
- Sara Putt AssociatesRepresents producers, directors, HoDs and crew behind the camera.
- UK Film Education TrustFunding and training to get into, or move up in, film and TV.
Full list: Pinewood's on-the-lot directory.
Last reviewed 13 November 2026