Camerimage

Camerimage
The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage is a festival that celebrates and awards cinematography and cinematographers. The festival is held in Toruń, Poland at the end of November every year. It spans the course of one week, with multiple events at one time.
The first seven events (1993–1999) were held in Toruń, and the next ten events (2000–2009) were held in Łódź. From 2010 until 2018, the festival took place in Bydgoszcz, before returning to Toruń in 2019, where it currently remains. In 2007, the name of the festival was changed from Camerimage to Plus Camerimage but it was changed back in 2013 after the sponsorship deal with Plus ended.
The festival has hosted many prominent filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, Roman Polański, Darren Aronofsky, Alfonso Cuarón, Emir Kusturica, Gus Van Sant, Ang Lee, István Szabó, Andrzej Wajda, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Oliver Stone, Agnieszka Holland, Peter Weir, Krzysztof Kieślowski, James Ivory, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismäki, Andrei Konchalovsky, Volker Schlöndorff, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Greenaway, Tom Tykwer, Robert Richardson, and Denis Villeneuve.
Awards
Main Competition
Golden Frog (Złota Żaba)
Silver Frog (Srebrna Żaba)
Bronze Frog (Brązowa Żaba)
Student Etudes Competition (Konkurs etiud studenckich)
Golden Tadpole (Złota Kijanka)
Silver Tadpole (Srebrna Kijanka)
Bronze Tadpole (Brązowa Kijanka)
Documentary Films Competition
Documentary Shorts Competition
Documentary Features Competition
Feature Debuts Competition
Directors' Debuts Competition
Cinematographers' Debuts Competition
Music Videos Competition
Best Music Video
Best Cinematography in Music Video
3D Films Competition
Polish Films Competition
Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award
Cinematographer - Director Duo Award
Special Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for Director
Main competition
Golden Frog winners
"†" indicates a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.
Additional festival events
Camerimage Market
Equipment showcases
Various exhibitions and live music performances
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 filmmakers
Academy Awards
Since 2013, short documentary films awarded the Golden Frog during Camerimage festival are granted consideration in the Documentary Short Subject category of the Academy Awards without having to meet the standard theatrical run requirement. To meet all requirements, the running time limit of selected short documentary was decreased from 60 to 40 minutes. This way requirements for short documentary films selected at both Camerimage festival and the Academy Awards are the same.
References
Further reading
Congratulations to Camerimage winners, Arri, 2010
Plus Camerimage Gets Oscar Nod, Film New Europe, March 12, 2013
For Cinematographers, All Roads Lead to Camerimage, Variety, November 6, 2015
Camerimage: A Film Festival Where Cinematographers Are the Stars, The New York Times, November 20, 2015
Where the Cinematographer is in First Position: The 2015 Camerimage Festival, Filmmaker Magazine, December 9, 2015
CAMERIMAGE: A Unique Festival Honoring the Art and Craft of Cinematography, Cinephilia & Beyond, November 15, 2015
Poland's Camerimage Film Festival to Partner with AFI, ASC for Winner Showcase in LA, Broadway World, September 20, 2013
External links
Polish film awards
Film festivals in Poland
Toruń
Culture in Łódź
Culture of Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship
Events in Łódź
Bydgoszcz
Film festivals established in 1993