A camera found during 17th Plus Camerimage Festival was turned in to the Festival Reception in the Grand Theatre.

They are this year’s recipients of the Award for the Duo Cinematographer-Director. They are a part of the group of world’s most prominent filmmakers. And they are in Lodz already.

Rutger Hauer, Dutch actor, known, among others, from his performances in The Blade Runner or The Hitcher visits Plus Camerimage.

Wow… There is so much going on, that it is getting more and more difficult to keep you updated! After each of the competition screenings the conference room is full. Some of the meetings are organized also in the Documentary Film Center - POLONIA Cinema.

After the screening of a main competition movie Departures a press conference with the creators: the cinematographer – Takeshi Hamada and the director – Yôjirô Takita took place.

During the opening gala several special awards were given (Richard Zanuck, Thelma Schoonmaker, Dariusz Wolski, Terry Gilliam, Volker Schlöndorff) and trailers of festival program were presented - telling the audience what to expect during the next week.

Terry Gilliam, this year's laureate of the SPECIAL AWARD TO THE DIRECTOR WITH UNIQUE VISUAL SENSITIVITY, will meet with students on Sunday, 29th of November at 5.45 PM, in the Grand Theatre's Conference Room. Also cinematographer Nicola Pecorini will participate in the meeting. Both filmmakers present their latest movie, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus in this year's main competition.

American actor and comedian, known from Saturday Night Life or movies such as Tootsie, Ghost Busters or Lost in Translation is already in Poland. During the opening gala Get Low will be presented - the latest film with Murray, playing a role of a funeral enterpreneur.