Sayombhu Mukdeeprom shot Call Me by Your Name almost entirely with natural light, letting the Northern Italian summer do the work. The palette is built on golden hour warmth that seems to last all day — sun-drenched ochres, soft greens from the garden foliage, and the warm terracotta of villa walls. Mukdeeprom used a single 35mm lens for almost every shot, giving the film a consistent intimacy and a shallow depth of field that turns backgrounds into soft impressionist washes. The few interior scenes maintain the warmth through window light and practicals, never breaking the spell of endless summer. For Fujifilm, the challenge is capturing that specific quality of Mediterranean light: warm but not orange, golden but not heavy, with greens that stay lush rather than turning muddy.
These recipes run on Fujifilm's film-simulation engine — any current X-series body will do. A pairing to start from: