We are pleased to announce that the chairmen of the jury of Plus Camerimage 2010 Feature Debuts Competition will be: Jos Stelling<\/b> (Directors’ Debuts category) and Michael Ballhaus<\/b> (Cinematographers’ Debuts category). <\/p>\n
Jos Stelling and Michael Ballhaus<\/p>\n
Jos Stelling<\/b><\/u> will chair the Jury of Directors’ Debuts category. The Dutch film director and screenwriter is a symbolic figure for the organizers of the contest. Not only is Stelling an original artist, but also an active, well known promoter of contemporary cinema. His sensitivity to new screen phenomena marks him out to become the jury chairman of the competition, which was created to show the most promising filmmakers of the youngest generation to the world. <\/p>\n
Michael Ballhaus<\/b><\/u>, the laureate of this year’s Lifetime Achievement Award, will be the President of the Jury of Cinematographers’ Debuts category. This renowned director of photography worked on almost 120 movies with such world-acclaimed directors as Rainer Werner Fassbinder<\/b>, Martin Scorsese<\/b>, Mike Nichols<\/b>, Robert Redford<\/b>, Francis Ford Coppola<\/b> and Volker Schl\u00f6ndorff<\/b> among others. His inventive accomplishments are extremely inspiring for young, emerging filmmakers. <\/p>\n
Let us also kindly remind you about the film submission deadline, which is October 10th<\/b>. The films submitted to Feature Debuts Competition will be qualified by the organizers to one of the two categories: Cinematographers’ Debuts<\/b> – first or second feature film (over 60 min) of the cinematographer and Directors’ Debuts<\/b> – first or second feature film (over 60 min) of the director. The authors, producers and distributors are invited to submit films to the selection. We kindly request submitters to read the Rules and regulations<\/a> of Feature Debuts Competition, fill in an Entry Form<\/a> and to send us the required materials. <\/p>\n