Camerimage
Camerimage is a Polish film festival . It took place in Toruń from 1993 to 1999 and was relocated to Łódź in 2000 . From 2010 until 2018 the venue was Bydgoszcz . In November 2019 the festival will take place again in Toruń for the first time. From 2007 to 2012 the festival name was expanded to “Plus Camerimage”. The festival was established to celebrate and honor the art of camera work . Along with the Manaki Brothers Film Festival in Bitola, North Macedonia, it is one of the few film festivals in the world that has camera work as its theme. In addition to cameramen, directors and film editors are also recognized for their work. The main prize of the festival is the Golden Frog.
Previous festivals
1993-1999
Camerimage 1993
- Jury President: Vittorio Storaro
- Golden Frog: Stuart Dryburgh for Das Piano
- Silver Frog: Gu Changwei for goodbye, my concubine
- Golden frog for his life's work: Sven Nykvist
Camerimage 1994
- Jury President: Vilmos Zsigmond
- Golden Frog: Tibor Mathe for Woyzeck and Arthur Reinhart for Wrony
- Silver frog: Piotr Sobociński for three colors: red
- Bronze frog: Conrad L. Hall for Das Königsspiel - A master is born
- Golden frog for their life's work: Vittorio Storaro and Witold Sobociński
Camerimage 1995
- Jury President: Conrad L. Hall
- Golden Frog: Piotr Sobociński for The Seventh Room
- Silver Frog: Goert Giltay for The Flying Dutchman
- Bronze Frog: Roger Deakins for The Condemned
- Golden frog for his life's work: Conrad L. Hall
Camerimage 1996
- Jury President: Andrzej Żuławski
- Golden Frog: Dick Pope for Lies and Secrets
- Silver frog: Eduardo Serra for L'amour conjugal
- Bronze Frog: Geoffrey Simpson for Shine - The Path into Light
- Golden frog for his life's work: Haskell Wexler
Camerimage 1997
- Jury President: Agnieszka Holland
- Golden frog: Rogier Stoffens for character
- Silver frog: Ron Fortunato for Nil by Mouth
- Bronze frog: Paweł Edelman for Kroniki Domowe
- Golden frog for his life's work: Vilmos Zsigmond
Camerimage 1998
- Jury President: Jerzy Skolimowski
- Golden Frog: Walter Carvalho for Central Station
- Silver frog: Hideo Yamamoto for Hana-Bi
- Bronze frog: Jens Fischer for Under ytan
- Golden frog for his life's work: László Kovács
Camerimage 1999
- Jury President: Mike Leigh
- Golden Frog: Remi Adefarasin for Elizabeth
- Silver frog: Junichi Fujisawa for Hakuchi
- Bronze frog: Timo Salminen for Juha
- Golden frog for his life's work: Giuseppe Rotunno
2000-2009
Camerimage 2000
- Jury President: Michael Cimino
- Golden Frog: Rodrigo Prieto for Amores Perros
- Silver frog: Robert Fraisse for Vatel
- Bronze frog: Philip Øgaard for Aberdeen
- Golden frog for his life's work: Billy Williams
Camerimage 2001
- Jury President: Roger Deakins
- Golden Frog: Gerard Simon for The King Dances
- Silver Frog: Adam Sikora for Angelus
- Bronze frog: Piotr Sobociński for Hearts in Atlantis
- Golden frog for his life's work: Owen Roizman
Camerimage 2002
- Jury President: Chris Menges
- Golden Frog: Krzysztof Ptak for Edi and Conrad L. Hall for Road to Perdition
- Silver Frog: Edward Lachman for Far From Heaven
- Bronze frog: Denis Lenoir for Demonlover
- Golden frog for his life's work: Freddie Francis
Camerimage 2003
- Jury President: James Ivory
- Golden Frog: César Charlone for City of God
- Silver frog: Piotr Kukla for Bliźniaczki
- Bronze frog: Eduardo Serra for The Girl with the Pearl Earring
- Golden frog for his life's work: William A. Fraker
Camerimage 2004
- Jury President: Vilmos Zsigmond
- Golden Frog: Dick Pope for Vera Drake
- Silver frog: Rodrigo Prieto for Alexander
- Bronze frog: Manuel Alberto Claro for Reconstruction
- Golden frog for his life's work: David Watkin
Camerimage 2005
- Jury President: Affonso Beato
- Golden Frog: Gyula Pados for Fateless
- Silver frog: Jens Fischer for The Queen of Sheba's Pearls
- Bronze frog: Louis-Philippe Capelle for Black Night
- Golden frog for his life's work: Tonino Delli Colli
Camerimage 2006
- Jury President: Michael Chapman
- Golden Frog: Guillermo Navarro for Pan's Labyrinth
- Silver Frog: Dick Pope for The Illusionist
- Bronze frog: Ricardo Della Rosa for Casa de Areia
- Golden frog for his life's work: Robby Müller
Plus Camerimage 2007
- Jury President: Brett Ratner
- Golden frog: Janusz Kamiński for butterfly and diving bell
- Silver Frog: Bruno Delbonnel for Across the Universe
- Bronze Frog: Edward Lachman for I'm Not There
- Golden frog for his life's work for Stephen Goldblatt
Plus Camerimage 2008
- Jury President: Pierre Lhomme
- Golden Frog: Anthony Dod Mantle for Slumdog Millionaire
- Silver Frog: César Charlone for The City of the Blind
- Bronze frog: Rainer Klausmann for Der Baader Meinhof Complex
- Golden frog for his life's work for Pierre Lhomme
Plus Camerimage 2009
- Jury President: Allan Starski
- Golden frog: Giora Bejach for Lebanon
- Silver frog: Krzysztof Ptak for Dom zły
- Bronze frog: Marcin Koszałka for Rewers
- Golden frog for his life's work for Dante Spinotti
From 2010
Plus Camerimage 2010
- Golden Frog: Arthur Reinhart for Wenecja
- Silver Frog: Michail Kritschman for Silent Souls (Овсянки)
- Bronze frog: Eduard Grau for Buried - Buried alive (Buried)
- Golden frog for his life's work for Michael Ballhaus
Plus Camerimage 2011
- Jury President: Roger Donaldson
- Golden Frog: Jolanta Dylewska for In Darkness
- Silver Frog: Mahmoud Kalari for Nader and Simin - A Separation (Dschodai-ye Nader az Simin)
- Bronze Frog: Robbie Ryan for Wuthering Heights
- Lifetime Achievement Golden Frog for John Seale
Plus Camerimage 2012
- Jury President: Joel Schumacher
- Golden Frog: Nicolas Bolduc for Rebelle
- Silver Frog: Caroline Champetier for Holy Motors
- Bronze Frog: Touraj Aslani for Rhinoceros Season (Fasle kargadan)
- Golden frog for his life's work for Wadim Jussow
Camerimage 2013
- Jury President: no president named
- Golden frog: Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski for Ida
- Silver frog: Lorenzo Hagerman for Heli
- Bronze Frog: Bruno Delbonnel for Inside Llewyn Davis
- Golden frog for his life's work for Sławomir Idziak
Camerimage 2014
- Jury President: Roland Joffé
- Golden Frog: Mikhail Kritschman for Leviathan
- Silver frog: Ehab Assal for Omar
- Bronze frog: André Turpin for Mommy
- Golden frog for his life's work for Caleb Deschanel
Camerimage 2015
- Jury President: Michael Hoffman
- Golden Frog: Ed Lachman for Carol
- Silver Frog: Sturla Brandth Grøvlen for Sture Bucks (Hrútar)
- Bronze frog: Mátyás Erdély for Saul fia
- Golden frog for his life's work for Chris Menges
Camerimage 2016
- Golden Frog: Greig Fraser for Lion - The Long Way Home
- Silver Frog: Bradford Young for Arrival
- Bronze Frog: Anthony Dod Mantle for Snowden
- Lifetime Achievement Golden Frog for Michael Chapman
Camerimage 2017
- Golden frog: Máté Herbai for body and soul
- Silver Frog: Mikhail Krichman for Loveless
- Bronze Frog: Anthony Dod Mantle for The Long Way of Hope
Camerimage 2018
- Golden Frog: Kim Ji-yong for The Fortress ( Namhansanseong )
- Silver frog: Łukasz Żal for Cold War - The latitude of love
- Bronze frog: Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
Camerimage 2019
- Golden Frog: Lawrence Sher for Joker
- Silver Frog: César Charlone for The Two Popes ( The Two Popes )
- Bronze frog: Vladimír Smutný for The Painted Bird