The twelve edition of the Festival was held under the patronage and thanks to significant financial support of the Ministry of Culture, City Council of Łódz, Marshall of Łódz Voivodeship and with the financial support of European Community program - MEDIA DESK. Their involvement was a necessary condition for a successful organisation of our event. Furthermore, we are very grateful to everyone who supported the Festival in terms of finance and organisation.

Our great thanks go to: THE GENERAL SPONSOR: ATLAS MAIN INDUSTRY SPONSOR: KODAK ENTERTAINMENT IMAGING MAIN OFFICIAL SPOSNORS: POCZTA POLAND, ARRI, TVP2, TRIAS INDUSTRY SPONSORS: PANAVISION, PANTHER, SACHTLER, COLOR BY DELUXE, AVID, OPUS FILM, TECHNICOLOR, DIGITAL LAB, SYNCHRO LAB, MOVIE TECH, APPLE, ZEISS, KINOFLO, SYNCHRO LAB SPOSNORS AND PARTNERS: AMERICAN AIRLINES, ACT COMPUTERS, AGENCJA NOWA, ATOS, BRITISH COUNCIL, CARDCO, CITYGOLD, EURO AWK, FIRMA PETECKI, FLEXI, HEXELINE, HOTEL CENTRUM, INDESIT, LUX- MAT, ŁÓDZKI ZAKŁAD ENERGETYCZNY, MANUFAKTURA, MEDIA MARKT, MPK ŁÓDZ, RESTAURACJA BRACI ZIELIŃSKICH, SAMSUNG, SPEDIMEX, TAXI 6400400, TOYOTA AMX-ŁÓDZ, TV5, UNIQA, WIMAL INTERNATIONAL, WINOTEKA, VARITEX, ZESPÓŁ ELEKROCIEPŁOWNI IN ŁÓDZ as well as to all media patrons whose involvement helped us to organise the best edition of the festival of all. Thanks to them information concerning our guests and events were provided to you immediately: RZECZPOSPOLITA, TVP2, RADIO ESKA, RADIO GOLD FM, KINO, STOPKLATKA, FILM & TV KAMERA, FILM & TV KAMERAMANN, THE WARSAW VOICE, GAZETA STUDENCKA, SEMESTR, PRZEKRÓJ. We would like to thank also all the distributors, producers, societies, film schools, volunteers, friends and individual supporters, without whom the festival would be deprived of its essential value. THANK YOU!!! With great pleasure we announce the events that took place during this edition of Camerimage (guests marked by bold font were present at this year festival). This year, in the Competition we presented 12 films. They were judged by the international JURY consisting of: Vilmos Zsigmond, Jury President, and Renato Berta, Laszlo Kovacs, Svein Krøvel, Oliver Stapleton, prof. Jerzy Wozniak. The following films were presented in the Competition: Alexander Director: Oliver Stone Cinematographer: Rodrigo Prieto Country: UK, Germany, Netherlands Chorists Director: Christopher Barratier Cinematographers: Dominique Gentil, Carlo Varini Country: France, Switzerland, Germany Edukators Director: Hans Weingartner Cinematographer: Daniela Knapp, Matthias Schellenberg Country: Germany, Austria Great Water, The Director: Ivo Trajkov Cinematographer: Suki Medenčević Country: Macedonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia Hazan Director: Sho Igarashi Cinematographer: Akiko Ashizawa Country: Japan Ninth Day Director: Volker Schlöndorff Cinematographer: Tomas Erhart Country: Germany, Luxembourg Sea Inside, The Director: Alejandro Amenábar Cinematographer: Javier Aguirresarobe Country: Spain Reconstruction Director: Christoffer Boe Cinematographer: Manuel Alberto Claro Country: Denmark Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring Director: Kim Ki-Duk Cinematographer: Baek Dong-Hyeon Country: South Korea, Germany Turtles Can Fly Director: Bahman Ghobadi Cinematographer: Amir Assadi Country: Iran, Irak Vera Drake Director: Mike Leigh Cinematographer: Dick Pope Country: UK, France, New Zealand Zatoichi Director: Takeshi Kitano Cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagijima Country: Japan During the Festival our great and unique audience had a chance to see other examples of cinematographers' work. The Festival Centre as well as Polonia Cinema where the places where many Special Presentations were screened: Anxiety Director: Manoel De Oliveira Cinematographer: Renato Berta Country: Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland Carandiru Director: Hector Babenco Cinematographer: Walter Carvalho Country: Brazil, Argentina Birch Wood, The Director: Andrzej Wajda Cinematographer: Zygmunt Samosiuk Country: Poland Cider House Rules Director: Lasse Hallström Cinematographer: Oliver Stapleton Country: USA Downfall, The Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel Cinematographer: Rainer Klausmann Country: Germany Dreaming Of Julia Director: Juan Gerard Cinematographer: Kramer Morgenthau Country: USA, Germany Enduring Love Director: Roger Michell Cinematographer: Haris Zambarloukos Country: UK Generation C.K.O.D. Director and Cinematographer: Piotr Szczepaniak Country: Poland Genesis Directors: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou Cinematographers: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou, Patrice Aubertel, William Lubtchansky, Cyril Tricot Country: France Holy Lola Director: Bernard Tavernier Cinematographer: Alain Choquart Country: France Honey Baby Director: Mika Kaurismäki Cinematographer: Timo Salminen Country: Finland House of Flying Daggers Director: Yimou Zhang Cinematographer: Ziaoding Zhao Country: China, Hong Kong Mickybo and Me Director: Terry Loane Cinematographer: Roman Osin Country: North Ireland Miracle of Bern, The Director: Sönke Wortmann Cinematographer: Tom Fährmann Country: Germany My Step Brother Frankenstein Director: Valeri Todorovsky Cinematographer: Sergey Mikhalchuk Country: Russia Paradigma Director: Krzysztof Zanussi Cinematographer: Sławomir Idziak Country: France, Germany, Italy Producing Adults Director: Aleksi Salmenperä Cinematographer: Tuomo Hutri Country: Finland, Sweden Shall We Dance? Director: Peter Chelsom Cinematographer: John De Borman Country: USA Sideways Director: Alexander Payne Cinematographer: Phedon Papamichael Country: USA Cabinet of Dr. Ramirez Director: Peter Sellars Cinematographer: David Watkin Country: USA Devils, The Director: Ken Russell Cinematographer: David Watkin Country: UK Knack, The Director: Richard Lester Cinematographer: David Watkin Country: UK Six Sided Triangle Director: Chris Miles Cinematographer: David Watkin Country: UK Charge of the Light Brigade, The Director: Tony Richardson Cinematographer: David Watkin Country: UK Drifting Clouds Country: Finland I Hired a Contract Killer Country: Finland, UK, Germany Juha Country: Finland Man Without The Past, The Country: Finland Tatjana Country: Finland Aberdeen Director: Hans Petter Moland Cinematographer: Philip Øgaard Country: Norway, UK, Sweden Dragonflies Director: Marius Holst Cinematographer: John Christian Rosenlund Country: Norway Elling Director: Petter Noss Cinematographer: Svein Krøvel Country: Norway Music for Weddings and Funerals Director: Unni Straume Cinematographer: Harald Gunnar Paalgard Country: Norway Only Clouds Move the Stars Director: Torun Lian Cinematographer: Svein Krøvel Country: Norway Passing Darkness Director: Knut Erik Jensen Cinematographer: Svein Krøvel Country: Norway, Germany, France Prozak Nation Director: Erik Skjoldberjaerg Cinematographer: Erling Thurmann-Andersen Country: USA, Germany You Really Got Me Cinematographer: Pĺl Sletaune Director: Kjell Vassdal Country: Norway Flamenco Women Director: Mike Figgis Cinematographers: Mike Figgis, Adam Suschitsky Country: UK Red, White and Blues Director: Mike Figgis Country: USA During the 12 edition of Camerimage Festival the audience had a chance to see over 50 feature films. One of the integral parts of the Festival is also a Student Films Festival. This year we presented 46 etudes chose from over 150 entries. 24 films were presented in the Competition and 22 in World Panorama. The Competition was judged by: Michael Chapman, Jury President Javier Aguirresarobe, Alain Choquart, Pierre Lhomme, Michael Neubauer, Billy Williams. In the Competition we presented: Airstream (Germany), At the Railroad Crossing (Poland), The Body of Mine (Poland), The Brother (Australia), Day Like Other Days (Poland), An Eye for an Eye (Germany), The Happiness Thief (UK), His Girlfriend (Poland), I Don't Know (Poland), The Invisible Woman (Germany), Lilith (Poland), Loose Contact (Switzerland), Manege (Poland), Marty (USA), The Natural Route (Spain), The Next (Spain), Pre Mortem (India), Sugar Lumps (Spain), Tin Man (Mexico), Trail of Shadow (Poland), Visions (Poland), Winter (Poland), Woman From the Dark (Poland), You Are There (Poland). In the World Panorama we presented: Abimes (France), Affection (Poland), Annaottoanna (Germany), Between Us (UK), Black Berries (Australia), At the Lake (Poland), Escape! (Germany), Eva (Poland), The Fifth Season (Poland), The First Vampire (USA), Forever Hold Your Peace (Spain), Hi Maya (Switzerland), Night in a Hotel (Slovakia), Pilou (France), Rain is Falling (Germany), Dancer (Poland), Seventy-Seven Below (USA), Small People (Poland), Tuesday (Germany), The Virus (Hungary), Wednesday Afternoon (USA). The Festival is not consisting of the film presentations only. During the Festival the guests are able to take part in many meetings with the films creators. There are press conferences, workshops, seminars and other accompanying events. On Sunday, November 28th Moritz Laube and Christel Jaekel led editing workshops in Lodz Film School. Working with Wim Wenders (Land of Planty) was led by Moritz Laube and Christel Jaekel presented DNA Technology and Avid Adrenaline. Thanks to PANAVISION, Michael Chapman led the workshops in Opus Film Studio. Using PANAVISION equipment and some lighting equipment he presented his amazing cinematography background. On Thursday, December 1st, Rodrigo Prieto led workshops for students using the lighting and camera equipment from ARRI. Furthermore, thanks to ARRI and AVID and with the help and support of Sławomir Idziak, the students had a chance to take part in a totally new workshops. During the firsts days of the Festival students were shooting small scenes and during the second part of the Festival they were editing. All of these activities took place in the Festival Centre and the Festival audience had a chance not only to see it but also take part in it. The results were shown during the Closing Ceremony. During this year Festival students had also a chance to take part in many seminars led by famous cinematographers and directors. The seminars were led by: Manoel De Oliveira, David Watkin, Dick Pope, Krzysztof Zanussi, Sławomir Idziak, Oliver Stapleton, Mike Figgis, Pierre Lhomme, Andrzej Żuławski, Chris Doyle, Rodrigo Prietro, Oliver Stone czy Phedon Papamichael. The New State of the Art for Cine Lenses - ARRI and ZEISS ARRICAM system - ARRI presentation SACHTLER presentation LICHT TECHNIK presentation KODAK Look Management System and Invite Daylight In - KODAK presentation Some of presentations took place in the conference room and some of them on the stands. At this year Festival the new Award was introduced - Technical Award in the field of production and postproduction. The Jury consisting of Jost Vacano, Andrzej Jaroszewicz and Suki Medenčević was judging the inventory and necessity of particular solution to the production and postproduction aims. Media Desk Poland organised a presentation called: How to start getting Media Plus funds? Development, production, distribution - the opportunities of European Union Programme. During this Festival the lowest level of the Festival Centre belonged entirely to Mike Figgis. MIKE FIGGIS LEVEL included the exhibition 150 photos specially arranged in this area. Furthermore, the audience saw a special installation where 2 projectors and 9 plasma screens were used. It was one of the most attractives events during Camerimage. Another exhibition in the Festival Centre was called Witold Gombrowicz Vence - Chiavarai 1965 - 1968. There were photos taken by Bohdan Paczowski and presenting Witold Gombrowicza. The exhibition was accompanied by screenings of two films I Gombrowicz directed by Andrzej Wolski and shot by Piotr Jaxa as well as Rozdarcie, czyli Gombro w Berlinie directed by Wiesław Saniewski and shot by Romuald Liszka. Camerimage was also accompanied this year by the exhibition organised by Goethe Institute and called Fritz Lang, Film Images that took place in the Museum of Film. In the ATLAS SZTUKI Gallery Tadeusz Piechura presented his last works called Plakat+. This year the programme of the Festival was very attractive. Nevertheless, the descriptions given above are not presenting all the events that took place during our event. There are a few more that are worth to be mentioned: On Sunday, November 28th there was a placing of the commemorative Star for Zygmunt Samosiuk at Piotrkowska Street followed by the screening of one of his movies called The Birch Wood directed by Andrzej Wajda. On Wednesday, December 1st, ARRI GB and British Society of Cinematographers organised an informal meeting of all cinematographers visited the Festival to discuss the future of their role in the film business. On Thursday, December 2nd KODAK organised an annual KODAK STUDENTS PARTY and on Friday, December 3rd, following Camerimage tradition KODAK invited over 150 guests to take part in their Special Dinner for Cinematographers. Everyday our guests, students and volunteers had a chance to meet, dance and sing in the Festival Pub called EVERGREEN. Coma, Mikrowafle, Hedone, Sistars, Adam Nowak Band and I Stadt were playing there. The twelve edition of Camerimage Festival was closed during the Closing Ceremony on Saturday, December 4th. It was the biggest Festival so far and we had enormous pleasure to host real starts of cinematography, acting and directing. We also hosted much more guests than during the previous editions. During CAMERIMAGE the following Award were granted: