Camerimage

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 International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage

Camerimage 2019, Jordanki Cultural Centre, Toruń
Location	Poland 1993–1999 Toruń 2000–2009 Łódź 2010–2018 Bydgoszcz 2019–present Toruń
Founded	1993
Artistic director	Marek Żydowicz
Website	camerimage.pl/en/

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.

 

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

Golden Frog winners

"†" indicates a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

• 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

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.