The winners in seven categories were decided by an international jury chaired by Steve Gainer.
The competition comprised 133 audiovisual works, consisting of 18 feature films, 21 documentaries, 5 short films, 12 TV series, 39 commercials, 15 music videos and 23 student films.
The competition was associated with a two days programme, which took place at the Lumiere cinema in Bratislava on 27 and 28 November 2019.
CAMERA 2019 has been organised by the Association of Slovak Cinematographers every two years since 2003 and it is supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund and the Slovak Literary Fund.
Winners:
Main Prize – Feature Film:
Denisa Buranová for By a Sharp Knife (Slovakia, Czech Republic)
Directed by Teodor Kuhn
Produced by nutprodukcia
Coproduced by Madness Productions, RTVS and nutprodukce in cooperation with Home Media Production
Supported by the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Slovak Literary Fund and the Czech Cinematography Fund
TV Series:
Tomáš Juríček for Maria Theresia (Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary)
Directed by Robert Dornhelm
Produced by Beta Film, MR Film, Maya Production
Coproduced by the Slovak RTVS, the Czech TV, ORF, Hungarian MTVA
Documentary:
Juraj Mravec for Lost Home (Slovakia)
Directed by Juraj Mravec
Produced by All4Films
Coproduced by RTVS and Punkchart films
Short Film:
Michal Babinec for Flora
Directed by Javier Kuhn
Audiovisual Commercial:
Michal Babinec for Heroes of Today
Music Video:
Dušan Husár for Son Lux -Yesterday's Wake
Student Film:
Oliver Záhlava for Pura Vida
Directed by Martin Gonda
Lifetime Achievement Award:
Richard Krivda
Technological Contribution Award:
Vlado Struhár
