25-11-2009

FESTIVALS: Plus Camerimage

    Plus Camerimage has announced its complete list of films and guests in advence of its opening on November 28, running through December 5 in Lodz,

    The Plus Camerimage Festival programme this year will abound in a wide variety of riveting film
    themes. The Festival's repertoire will include regular programme items such as Main
    Competition, Polish Films Competition, Student Etudes Competition, workshops, seminars,
    modern film equipment and technologies presentations as well as meetings with eminent
    cinema personalities. As every year, attendees will be treated to the honorary laureates' oeuvre
    and the European film industry achievements, including those of Poland. Within the section of
    documentary films both short and feature length documentaries will be screened and will
    compete in two categories, where the festival's as well as the patron's awards will be granted.
    Music Videos Competition will present music videos from all over the world which have been
    selected due to their visual and aesthetic values of an image.


    OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FESTIVAL
    Opening Ceremony of the Festival will take place on Saturday, November 28th, and will feature a
    premiere screening of the film GET LOW with participation of the director Aaron Schneider, the
    cinematographer David Boyd, the producer Dean Zanuck, representatives of Polish co-production
    company, TVN: Dariusz Gąsiorowski and Justyna Pawlak as well as Polish executive producer,
    Konrad Wojterkowski, who will introduce the movie to the audience. Furthermore, GET LOW will be
    the first film screened within Plus Camerimage 2009 Main Competition.


    THE FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHT
    PRESENTATION OF FRANK GEHRY'S CONCEPT DESING
    World famous American architect, an author of the design for Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao or Walt
    Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, will visit the Festival and present his Concept Design for
    Camerimage Łódź Center, a new festival and congress facility to be built in the New Łódź City Center,
    next to the David Lynch Studio. Frank Gehry will present the design and together with the Festival
    Director, Marek śydowicz, will ceremonially unveil the models of Camerimage Łódź Center - a unique
    complex giving Plus Camerimage Festival an opportunity to concentrate all the elements of the Festival
    programme in the one and only place!
    MAIN COMPETITION


    Main Competition: Over 200 films were submitted to the Competition. Eventually, seventeen films of high visual
    values, produced in 2008 and 2009, were chosen to be screened. International Jury consisting of: Allan Starski
    (production designer - Europa, Europe, Schindler's List, The Pianist, Oliver Twist), Dean Cundey
    (cinematographer - Halloween, Back to the Future, Apollo 13, Jurassic Park), Anastas Michos (cinematographer
    - Duplex, The Education of Little Tree, Man on the Moon, Mona Lisa Smile), Edward Lachman (cinematographer
    - Erin Brockovich, Far from Heaven, I'm not there, The Virgin Suicides), Igor Luther (cinematographer - The Tin
    Drum, Danton, Handmaid's Tale, Resolution 819) and Phil Meheux (cinematographer - Goldeneye, The Mask of
    Zorro, Casino Royale, Edge of Darkness) will choose the winners of Bronze, Silver and Golden Frog - Grand Prix
    of the Festival.


    ABOUT ELLY
    Cinematographer: Hossein Jafarian
    Director: Asghar Farhadi
    Country: Iran
    BRIDE FLIGHT
    Cinematographer: Piotr Kukla
    Director: Ben Sombogaart
    Country: Luxembourg, Netherlands
    CRACKS
    Cinematographer: John Mathieson
    Director: Jordan Scott
    Country: UK, Ireland
    DARK HOUSE, THE
    Cinematographer: Krzysztof Ptak
    Director: Wojtek Smarzowski
    Country: Poland
    DEPARTURES
    Cinematographer: Takeshi Hamada
    Director: Yôjirô Takita
    Country: Japan
    GET LOW
    Cinematographer: David Boyd
    Director: Aaron Schneider
    Country: USA
    I, DON GIOVANI
    Cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro
    Director: Carlos Saura
    Country: Italy, Austria, Spain
    IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, THE
    Cinematographer: Nicola Pecorini
    Director: Terry Gilliam
    Country: France, Canada, UK
    LEBANON
    Cinematographer: Giora Bejach
    Director: Samuel Maoz
    Country: Germany, France, Israel, Lebanon
    LETTERS TO FATHER JACOB
    Cinematographer: Tuomo Hutri
    Director: Klaus Härö
    Country: Finland
    LIFE IN ONE DAY
    Cinematographer: Jasper Wolf
    Director: Mark De Cloe
    Country: Netherlands
    OXYGEN
    Cinematographer: Andrey Naydenov
    Director: Ivan Vyrypaev
    Country: Russia
    POPE JOAN
    Cinematographer: Tom Fährmann
    Director: Sönke Wortmann
    Country: Germany
    PUBLIC ENEMIES
    Cinematographer: Dante Spinotti
    Director: Michael Mann
    Country: USA
    REVERSE
    Cinematographer: Marcin Koszałka
    Director: Borys Lankosz
    Country: Poland
    SAMSON AND DELILAH
    Cinematographer: Warwick Thornton
    Director: Warwick Thornton
    Country: Australia
    SINGLE MAN, A
    Cinematographer: Eduard Grau
    Director: Tom Ford
    Country: USA
    POLISH FILMS COMPETITION
    Polish Films Competition under the patronage of Plus network operator: This section of PLUS
    CAMERIMAGE will present 8 recent Polish films produced in 2009. During the Festival, selected movies will be
    judged by members of an international Jury: Amy Vincent (cinematographer: Eve's Bayou, Hustle & Flow)
    Bruno Delbonnel (cinematographer: Amelie, A Very Long Engagement), Tony Pierce-Roberts
    (cinematographer: Howard's End, The Remains of the Day), Roberto Schaefer (cinematographer: Finding
    Neverland, 007 Quantum of Solace), Umberto Rossi (film critic) and Frederick Elmes (cinematographer: Coffee
    and Cigarettes, Night on Earth, Blue Velvet). Both the cinematographer and the director of the best Polish film will
    be granted during the Closing Gala of the Festival. The aim of the competition is to confront our domestic
    productions with the opinion of foreign artists, professionals and other experts.
    DARK HOUSE, THE
    Cinematographer: Krzysztof Ptak
    Director: Wojtek Smarzowski
    Country: Poland
    GENERAL NIL
    Cinematographer: Piotr Śliskowski
    Director: Ryszard Bugajski
    Country: Poland
    I AM YOURS
    Cinematographer: Szymon Lenkowski
    Director: Mariusz Grzegorzek
    Country: Poland
    MY FLESH MY BLOOD
    Cinematographer: Paweł Flis
    Director: Marcin Wrona
    Country: Poland
    PIGGIES
    Cinematographer: Petro Aleksowski
    Director: Robert Gliński
    Country: Germany, Poland
    REVERSE
    Cinematographer: Marcin Koszałka
    Director: Borys Lankosz
    Country: Poland
    SNOW WHITE AND RUSSIAN RED
    Cinematographer: Marian Prokop
    Director: Xawery śuławski
    Country: Poland
    ZERO
    Cinematographer: Arkadiusz Tomiak
    Director: Paweł Borowski
    Country: Poland

    For more information, go to FNE press releases and festival pages.

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