{"id":8291,"date":"2015-11-15T11:52:20","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T10:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/camernew.klienci.052b.com\/marta-balaga-kotwice-w-gore\/"},"modified":"2015-11-15T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2015-11-15T10:52:20","slug":"marta-balaga-kotwice-w-gore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/marta-balaga-kotwice-w-gore\/","title":{"rendered":"MARTA BA\u0141AGA: ANCHORS AWEIGH!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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So James Bond converses with rodents while drunk. After such earth-shattering discovery, how can November get any better? Apparently it can, for the 23rd edition of Camerimage is finally upon us \u2013 and what better way to kick it off than to watch Tom Hanks defend a captured Commie spy and Eddie Redmayne learning how to apply lipstick? Which, as everyone knows, is JUST AS HARD. <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe whole world is changing, Europe is changing, but there are still places that don\u2019t change at all. Just like Camerimage<\/em>\u201d \u2013 said Gra\u017cyna Torbicka<\/strong>, the host of the opening gala. Nice statement, but not an accurate one: the festival keeps expanding and expanding like the universe in that Monty Python<\/strong> song and just added a new competitive section dedicated specifically to television pilots. However, some things do remain the same. Where else would you see world\u2019s best cinematographers running around frantically asking bewildered passersby about pierogi? And for the last time \u2013 no, we don\u2019t know where to find them.\u00a0<\/div>\n

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Camerimage 2015 Opening Gala,<\/em><\/div>\n
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While the occasion was joyous, the recent events in Paris were on everybody\u2019s lips and in everybody\u2019s mind \u2013 festival director Marek \u017bydowicz<\/strong> being no exception. While battling an injury of his own, he expressed solidarity with residents of Paris: \u201cI would like to start this evening by honouring the victims of these terrorist attacks with a moment of silence. Today, I am a Parisian too<\/em>.\u201d Rafa\u0142 Bruski<\/strong>, the president of Bydgoszcz, added: \u201cIt is very difficult to stand here on stage in the wake of what happened in Paris, but such is life and, come to think of it, such are films\u00a0 \u2013 they show the best and the worst facets of our lives. But they always have to show the truth.<\/em>\u201d <\/p>\n

And yesterday, they did. Well, kind of. Steven Spielberg\u2019s<\/strong>Bridge of Spies<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, this edition\u2019s opening film, recounted the real-life story of James B. Donovan, an American lawyer who negotiated the exchange of the Soviet spy Rudolph Abel for Francis Gary Powers, the U-2 pilot shot down over the USSR in 1960. Scripted by the Coen brothers<\/strong> and shot, no surprises there, by our very own Janusz Kami\u0144ski<\/strong>, it proved that you don\u2019t need a Russian-accented Armie Hammer<\/strong> to make a respectable Cold War thriller. With Hanks<\/strong> going full-on Jimmy Stewart<\/strong>, one should expect to have their belief in humanity restored by the end credits. At least a little.<\/div>\n

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Still from “Bridge of Spies”<\/em><\/div>\n
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Still from “The Danish Girl”<\/em><\/div>\n
The Danish Girl<\/strong><\/em><\/span>, while also based on true events, was a different beast altogether; featuring Eddie Redmayne<\/strong> transitioning into Lili Elbe<\/strong>, the first person to undergo a successful gender reassignment surgery in the 1920s, it marked the third collaboration between director Tom Hooper<\/strong> and this year\u2019s recipient of Camerimage Award to Production Designer with Unique Visual Sensitivity<\/strong>, Eve Stewart<\/strong>. Stewart<\/strong> was the evening\u2019s second honoree after Marcel \u0141ozi\u0144ski<\/strong>, who was given an Award for Outstanding Achievements in Documentary Filmmaking<\/strong>. \u201cI am not used to being in a room with so many cinematographers<\/em>\u201d \u2013 she joked bashfully. \u201cThese ladies and gentlemen help to bring my sets to life.<\/em>\u201d We believe in anything she says \u2013 this woman has worked with Mike Leigh<\/strong> and Kermit the Frog<\/strong> for God\u2019s sake!<\/p>\n

With 300 screenings, workshops and parties hosted by ARRI<\/strong>, Panasonic<\/strong>, Panavision<\/strong> and many other famous companies, one thing is sure \u2013 it will be one busy week. Although apparently some people find that\u2026 relaxing? \u201cLast night I overheard a conversation between two festival guests. One of them must have been coming to Camerimage for years and he said something that truly moved me<\/em>\u201d \u2013 confessed Marek \u017bydowicz<\/strong> on a lighter note. \u201cHe said: I come here because every once in a while I need to recharge my batteries. I leave all my worries behind and after a week I feel as if I came back from a spa. I said to myself: \u017bydowicz \u2013 you are a director of a spiritual spa called Camerimage!<\/em>\u201d One would assume that after a week in a spa people should look, how to put it, a little bit less worn-out, but hey \u2013 who are we to judge? You only live once, although how come the ELO students manage to come back to Helsinki every year and leave no soldier behind is surely one of the world\u2019s greatest mysteries.<\/div>\n

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Eve Stewart with Camerimage Award<\/em>,<\/div>\n
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Jacek Petrycki and Marcel \u0141ozi\u0144ski, Camerimage Opening Gala,<\/em><\/div>\n
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Rafal Bruski, the Mayor of Bydgoszcz, Marek \u017bydowicz, Camerimage Director <\/em><\/div>\n
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With the opening gala and hectic backstage shenanigans already behind us, let\u2019s think about what we should do next: something good, something bad? Bit of both? And yes, it is a quote from Guardians of the Galaxy<\/strong><\/em><\/span> \u2013 we are just that refined. As the U.S. Navy Band used to sing: \u201cAnchors Aweigh, my boys, Anchors Aweigh!<\/em>\u201d <\/div>\n
Marta Ba\u0142aga<\/em><\/div>\n
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