06-12-2009

FESTIVALS: Plus Camerimage awards Lebanon cinematographer

By FNE Staff
    Giora Bejach won the Golden Frog for Lebanon at the 2009 Plus Camerimage (www.pluscamerimage.pl), the festival recognizing cinematographers, and Marian Prokop took the Polish competition prize for Snow White Russian Red.

    The festival was held November 28 - December 5 in Łódź, the center of Poland's film industry.

    Awards went to the following:

    MAIN COMPETITION

    Golden Frog: Lebanon - cin. Giora Bejach
    Silver Frog: The Dark House - cin. Krzysztof Ptak
    Bronze Frog: Reverse - cin. Marcin Koszałka

    POLISH FILMS COMPETITION

    Plus Camerimage Statuette for the Best Film:
    Snow White Russian Red
    - cin. Marian Prokop

    STUDENT ETUDES COMPETITION

    Laszlo Kovacs Student Award Golden Tadpole: Dirty Words - cin. Weronika Bilska
    Silver Tadpole: Through Glass - cin. Jakub Czerwiński
    Bronze Tadpole: Sunstroke - cin. Maly Róbert

    PANAVISION AWARD

    United We Stand - cin. Arsen Sarkisiants
    Special Mention: Miss Mushroom - cin. Paweł Tarasiewicz

    AWARD OF ASSOCIATION OF POLISH FILMMAKERS

    Dirty Words - cin. Weronika Bilska

    FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION

    Grand Prix of Feature Documentary Films Competition - Golden Frog: Unmistaken Child - cin. Yaron Orbach
    Discovery Networks Central Europe Award: The Two Horses of Genghis Khan - cin. Martijn van Broekhuizen
    Special Mention: Blind Loves - cin. Juraj Chlpík

    SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION

    Special Mention: Nyarma - cin. Alexandr Filippov
    Grand Prix of Short Documentary Films Competition - Golden Frog: Salt - cin. Murray Fredericks
    Discovery Networks Central Europe Award: Poste Restante - cin. Jacek Petrycki

    MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION

    Best Video
    The Hickey Underworld "Blonde Fire"

    Cinematographer: Nicolas Karakatsanis
    Director: Joe Vanhoutteghem

    Best Music Video Cinematography
    Depeche Mode "Wrong"

    Cinematographer: Shawn Kim