- Camerimage
The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography CAMERIMAGE is the greatest and most recognized festival dedicated to the art of
cinematography and its creators -cinematographer s [ [http://www.pluscamerimage.pl/index.php?lang=en Official website] ] .The first seven events (
1993 -1999 ) were held inToruń ,Poland . Since2000 , the festival has taken place inŁódź .At the end of November every year, CAMERIMAGE brings together professional cinematographers, students and other people associated with the film industry.
The main awards are:
* "Golden", "Silver" and "Bronze Frog" for best cinematography
* "Golden", "Silver" and "Bronze Tadpole" for best student work (Student Etudes Competition)
* "CAMERIMAGE Lifetime Achievement Award"The festival is also comprised of:
* Polish Films Competition
* Student Panorama - screenings of student films which did not make it into the main competition
* Camerimage Forum - a seminar devoted to authorship rights and working conditions of cinematographers
* special screenings and premieres, reviews, retrospectives, meetings, seminars and workshops led by well known filmakers
* equipment showcases
* various exhibitions and live music performancesThe CAMERIMAGE festival spans over a course of one week, with multiple events at one time.
Opinions
"They're the greatest bunch, these guys who run the festival, the hardest workers. They've been putting on this festival for 14 or 15 years now, on their own against all odds and it gets bigger and bigger every year. Really beautiful" (
David Lynch ) [ [http://film.guardian.co.uk/interview/interviewpages/0,,2011369,00.html David Lynch in The Guardian interview, February 8, 2007] ] .Notes
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