Tag Archives: Camerimage

Camerimage Docs: Essay by Axelle Coquelet

Bydgoszcz, Poland. Axelle Coquellet writes: Camerimage is the marvelous international festival dedicated to the art of cinematography. It is all about cinematographers, and even more so when you look at the documentary program where most of them are also directors. I think it is one of the main interests of documentaries: how these directors see the world and how they manage to communicate it through the cinema screen. read more…

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Camerimage 2015

Article by Jan Grobliński. EXT. BYDGOSZCZ – EVENING Chilly. Dark figures in the background of the illuminated entrance to the Opera Nova. Evening fog and steam. Lively conversations in different languages, accidental meetings of old acquaintances, world-famous cinematographers passing by, a group of students hurrying to watch a film in the Main Competition… That could be a scene from a… read more…

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ARRI Full Factory Tour (PDF)

Special for Camerimage 2014. Free Reprint and Update from FDTimes issues since September 2013: AMIRA Factory Tour from issue 62-63, ALEXA 65 Special Report, ALEXA SUP Updates, ARRI Accessories.

80 pages. Best viewed in Adobe Acrobat with View-Page Display set to Two Page View, and Show Cover Page in Two Page View. read more…

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le Flux de Travail (Workflow)

Article by Florian Berthellot. Seminar: “Digital Cameras, Creative Workflows. Amidst all the screenings and seminars at Camerimage there was a drôle d’oiseau (funny bird, strange beast), a hybrid conference with an overview of flux de travail, (workflow) which in reality is not so obvious or easy to understand. read more…

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Sean Bobbitt Interview

Eva Sehet and Noé Bach, French film students, write: “We met Sean Bobbitt at the Holiday Inn hotel where he stayed for the Camerimage festival. As cinematography students we were very lucky to have the chance to interview him because he was very busy during this festival: he conducted an incredible handheld workshop, had a conference about film stock with Bruno Delbonnel, was part of the Polish competition jury and managed a very in-depth discussion after the screening of Steve McQueen’s latest movie, 12 Years a Slave…” read more…

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In the Name of…Simplicity

By Lucile Mercier. In The Name Of / W imię (Polish competition) directed by Małgośka Szumowska and cinematography by Michał Englert, enlightened the screen in the Camerimage festival, the wonderful place where by definition light “is”… But what to think of when leaving the theatre, be it here or anywhere else? … read more…

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Idziak Guide for Cinematographers

Jacques Delacoux (president of Transvideo) and Marc Galerne (president of K5600) invited students to Camerimage 2013 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. They sponsored 6 students from the French National Film School Louis Lumière, 6 from La Fémis in Paris, and 5 from the Lodz Film School. Part of their assignment was to write articles about their experience for Film and Digital Times. The reports follow. We begin with Georges Harnack’s review of Slawomir Idziak ‘s essay “Visual Identity: The Idziak Look”  read more…

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Plus Camerimage 2012

Madelyn Most attended and reviewed this year’s International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Bydgoszcz, Poland  November 24 – December 1, 2012. Some years are better than others, but in its 20th anniversary, Camerimage was tremendous. Dedicated exclusively to the art of cinematography and the image makers, Camerimage showcased Russian and Eastern Europe works, Hollywood blockbusters, Western European movies,… read more…

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