Camerimage
The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage is a festival dedicated to the celebration of cinematography and recognition of its creators, cinematographers. The first seven events were held in Toruń, Poland. The next ten events were held in Łódź. Since 2010, the festival has taken place in Bydgoszcz. In 2007, the name of the festival was changed from Camerimage to Plus Camerimage but was changed back in 2013 after the sponsorship deal with Plus ended. At the end of November every year, Camerimage brings together professional cinematographers, students and other people associated with the film industry. The Camerimage festival spans over a course of one week, with multiple events at one time.
The festival guested many prominent actors, actresses and filmmakers including Quentin Tarantino, Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Keanu Reeves, Roman Polański, Darren Aronofsky, Alfonso Cuarón, Emir Kusturica, Gus Van Sant, Ang Lee, István Szabó, Andrzej Wajda, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Wim Wenders, Ralph Fiennes, Ed Harris, Charlize Theron, Oliver Stone, Agnieszka Holland, Rutger Hauer, Liam Neeson, Isabelle Huppert, Jeremy Irons, Peter Weir, Krzysztof Kieślowski, James Ivory, Danny DeVito, Irène Jacob, Jim Jarmusch, Roland Joffé, Aki Kaurismäki, Val Kilmer, Nastassja Kinski, Andrei Konchalovsky, Jiří Menzel, Volker Schlöndorff, Viggo Mortensen, Bill Murray, Jessica Lange, Paweł Pawlikowski, Peter Greenaway, Tom Tykwer, Robert Richardson, Alan Rickman and John Malkovich.
Awards
;Main Competition- Golden Frog
- Silver Frog
- Bronze Frog
- Golden Tadpole
- Silver Tadpole
- Bronze Tadpole
- Documentary Shorts Competition
- Documentary Features Competition
- Directors' Debuts Competition
- Cinematographers' Debuts Competition
- Best Music Video
- Best Cinematography in Music Video
;Polish Films Competition
;Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award
;Cinematographer - Director Duo Award
Main competition
Golden Frog winners
"†" indicates an Academy Award-nominated movie for Best Cinematography.| Year | Film | Original title | Cinematographer | Ref |
| 1993 | The Piano † | Stuart Dryburgh | ||
| 1994 | Woyzeck | Tibor Máthé | ||
| 1994 | Crows | Wrony | Arthur Reinhart | |
| 1995 | The Seventh Room | A hetedik szoba | Piotr Sobociński | |
| 1996 | Secrets & Lies | Dick Pope | ||
| 1997 | Character | Karakter | Rogier Stoffers | |
| 1998 | Central Station | Central do Brasil | Walter Carvalho | |
| 1999 | Elizabeth † | Remi Adefarasin | ||
| 2000 | Amores perros | Rodrigo Prieto | ||
| 2001 | The King is Dancing | Le Roi danse | Gérard Simon | |
| 2002 | Edi | Krzysztof Ptak | ||
| 2002 | Road to Perdition † | Conrad Hall | ||
| 2003 | City of God † | Cidade de Deus | César Charlone | |
| 2004 | Vera Drake | Dick Pope | ||
| 2005 | Fateless | Sorstalanság | Gyula Pados | |
| 2006 | Pan's Labyrinth † | El laberinto del fauno | Guillermo Navarro | |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly † | Le scaphandre et le papillon | Janusz Kamiński | |
| 2008 | Slumdog Millionaire † | Anthony Dod Mantle | ||
| 2009 | Lebanon | לבנון | Giora Bejach | |
| 2010 | Venice | Wenecja | Arthur Reinhart | |
| 2011 | In Darkness | W ciemności | Jolanta Dylewska | |
| 2012 | War Witch | Rebelle | Nicolas Bolduc | |
| 2013 | Ida † | Łukasz Żal Ryszard Lenczewski | ||
| 2014 | Leviathan | Левиафан | Mikhail Krichman | |
| 2015 | Carol † | Edward Lachman | ||
| 2016 | Lion † | Greig Fraser | ||
| 2017 | On Body and Soul | Testről és lélekről | Máté Herbai | |
| 2018 | The Fortress | Namhansanseong | Ji Yong Kim | |
| 2019 | Joker † | Lawrence Sher |
Additional festival events
- Camerimage Market
- Equipment showcases
- Various exhibitions and live music performances
- Student Panorama
- Camerimage Forum
- Special screenings and premieres, reviews, retrospectives, meetings, seminars, and workshops led by well known filmmakers
Academy Awards