Plus Camerimage Forum was organized in cooperation with



The idea behind the Festival is also to raise the important issues and problems regarding the film industry, development of filmmaking and the filmmakers themselves. At Camerimage 2005 and 2006 we organized a forum devoted to the working conditions of the cinematographers and to the copyrights. The representatives of cinematographers’ associations from all over the world took part in the event. Establishing of the forum was a natural result of many meetings and discussions between the festival guests throughout the years of Camerimage. Plus Camerimage Forum was held also this year. It was a panel devoted to the issues of both, the field of copyrights of a film image and terms and conditions of cinematographers’ work. Much attention was given to the copyrights in the context of modern digital technologies and portable media devices.

The first session, organized together with IMAGO - "The Model Contract / Guidelines for Authorship & Working Conditions" included the participation of Prof. Dr. Cristina Busch from Barcelona, Nigel Walters (BSC) and IMAGO Board: Andreas Fischer-Hansen (DFF), Tony Costa (AIP) and Paul René Roestad (FNF).

The next part of the forum was organized in cooperation with bvk, and its subject was Problematic Aspects in Working Conditions and Systematic Development of Control. Michael Schallon (bvk) presented "Working Conditions in the German Film Industry" and Dr. Michael Neubauer (bvk) made a presentation on "Planning and Installing Effective Control on Working Conditions".

The last part with the title The 10th Muse through the Eyes of Themis comprised of the presentations by: The Law Office of Adamczyk i Wspólnicy, Councellors at Law: counsellor Maciej Adamczyk - introduction to the lectures; advocate apprentice Łukasz Niedziela - "Copyright and the art of photography in film"; counsellor apprentice Michał Trowski - "Film and the public domain". Very important issues were also presented by: Jost Vacano (bvk) - "The DoP as an Visual Author in Cinematography"; attorney Wojciech Dziomdziora from The Law Office of Cottyn-Lecoutre Councellors at Law - "Audiovisual Work on mobile TV (DVB-H)"; attorney Lucyna Sas-Swadźba from The Law Office of Bukowski i Wspólnicy, Councellors at Law - "Legal aspects of copying audiovisual work onto portable media devices" and Mateusz Woźniak from Jagiellonian University, European Studies Institute - "Protection of personal image in audiovisual works".


You can find texts of selected speakers below:

Łukasz Niedziela
Copyright and the art of photography in film

Michał Trowski
Audiovisual works and the public domain

Mateusz Woźniak
Protection of personal image in audiovisual works

Lucyna Sas-Swadźba
Legal aspects of copying audiovisual works onto portable media devices
Click here to see the pp presentation on the subject.