On Saturday, 6th December 2003 the Closing Ceremony of the 11th edition of Camerimage took place - for the fourth time in the Grand Theatre of Łódź. Once more the idea of the Festival has proved to be a just one and the edition turned out to be a great success.
The event was held under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture, City Council of Łódź and Marshall of Łódź Voivodeship. Their involvement was a necessary condition for successful organization.
Furthermore, we are very grateful to everyone who supported the Festival in terms of finance and organization.
Our great thanks go to:

We would like to thank also all the distributors, producers, societies, film schools, volunteers, friends and individual supporters, without whom the festival would be deprived of its essential value.

THANK YOU !!!

There were 13 films from all over the world in this year's feature films competition. The JURY consisted of:

James Ivory - JURY President

Adam Holender

Rogier Stoffers

Franciszek Starowiejski

Tony Pierce - Roberts

Krzysztof Malkiewicz

Pierre Lhomme

Films in competition: (marked names of Camerimage 2003 guests):

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Cinematographer: Russell Boyd
Director: Peter Weir
Country: USA

Girl with a Pearl Earring
Cinematographer: Eduardo Serra
Director: Peter Webber
Country: UK / Luxembourg

Return, The
Cinematographer: Mikhail Krichman
Director: Andrei Zvyaginstev
Country: Russia

City of God
Cinematographer: Cesar Charlone
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Country: Brazil / France / USA

In the Cut
Cinematographer: Dion Beebe
Director: Jane Campion
Country: USA / Australia

Pornography
Cinematographer: Krzysztof Ptak
Director: Jan Jakub Kolski
Country: Poland

I am Dina
Cinematographer: Dan Laustsen
Director: Ole Bornedal
Country: Norway / Denmark / Sweden / Germany / France

Mystic River
Cinematographer: Tom Stern
Director: Clint Eastwood
Country: USA

Squint Your Eyes
Cinematographer: Adam Bajerski, Paweł Śmietanka
Director: Andrzej Jakimowski
Country: Poland

Hero
Cinematographer: Chris Doyle
Director: Yimou Shang
Country: China

Women of Rosenstrasse, The
Cinematographer: Franz Rath
Director: Margarethe Von Trotta
Country: Germany / Netherlands

Twin Sisters
Cinematographer: Piotr Kukla
Director: Ben Sombogaard
Country: Netherlands / Luxembourg

Kitchen Stories
Cinematographer: Philip Ogaard
Director: Bent Hamer
Country: Norway / Sweden

Competition included 25 films from 9 countries and 16 schools, chosen from among entered 110 films from 32 film schools from 22 countries. The etudes was judged by the international JURY:

William A. Fraker - the Jury President

Phil Meheux

Laszlo Kovacs

Remi Adefarasin

John De Borman

Jost Vacano

In the competition for Golden, Silver and Bronze Tadpole:

Adéle (France),
Anabiosis (Poland),
Anaesthesia (Poland),
Ash Wednesday (Bulgaria),
Blindfold (Poland),
The Bride of the Wind (Germany),
Coma (Poland),
Divine Sight (India),
Empty (USA),
The Fighter (Denmark),
Giacomo e Pepe (Germany),
The Guest (UK),
I Love U (Spain),
In the Box (Poland),
It's O.K. (Poland),
The Last of the Men (Poland),
Lisa (Poland),
Machine (UK),
The Memory (Poland),
Nuts and Bolts (Germany),
One Way Ticket (Germany),
Pandora (Germany),
Parings (Poland),
The Tell-Tale Heart (Germany),
T-Rex (Poland),

Furthermore we presented following etudes out of Competition:

Absences (Spain),
Berenika (Poland),
Brother Jacob (Germany),
Business as Usual (Germany),
The Clearing (USA),
The End of War (Poland),
The Fall (Finland),
Flower for My Love (Germany),
I Have Something to Tell You (Bulgaria),
Nuker (Hungary),
Out of Reach (Poland),
Pipio (South Korea),
The Shipment (Poland),
Sicilian (Poland),
A Simple Song (Australia),
Vera (France),
What Else (Poland),
Wolves Ravine (Germany),






Crimson Gold
Cinematographer: Hossein Jafarian
Director: Jafar Panahi
Country: Iran

Distant
Cinematographer: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Director: Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Country: Turkey

Divorce, The
Cinematographer: Pierre Lhomme
Director: James Ivory
Country: USA / France

Dolls
Cinematographer: Katsumi Yanagishima
Director: Takheshi Kitano
Country: Japan

Marsh, The
Cinematographer: Daniel Vincelette
Director: Kim Nguyen
Country: Canada

Masked and Anonymous
Cinematographer: Rogier Stoffers
Director: Larry Charles
Country: USA / UK

Red Siren
Cinematographer: Denis Rouden
Director: Olivier Megaton
Country: France

Retrospective presentation of film etudes of cinematographers from Lodz Film School from the years 1955 - 1994.

Retrospective presentation of film etudes of directors from Lodz Film School from the years 1959 - 1989.

Skolimowski, Painter, Poet, Filmmaker
Cinematographer: Damian Bertrand
Director: Damian Bertrand
Country: France

Symmetry
Cinematographer: Arkadiusz Tomiak
Director: Konrad Niewolski
Country: Poland

Torn
Cinematographer: Bogumił Godfrejow
Director: Jacek Filipiak
Country: Poland

U43
Cinematographer: Marcus Ziegler
Director: Anna Kuczyński
Country: Germany

Woodstock
Cinematographer: Igor Tratkowski, Rafał Łukaszewicz, Witold Szczepan, Yach Paszkiewicz, Dariusz Goczał
Director: Yach Paszkiewicz, Jurek Owsiak Country: Poland





American Hot Wax
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
Director: Floyd Mutrux
Country: USA

Chances Are
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
Director: Emile Ardolino
Country: USA

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
Director: Joshua Logan
Country: USA

Paint Your Wagon
Cinematographer: William A. Fraker
Director: Joshua Logan
Country: USA

Reflection of Fear
Cinematographer: Laszlo Kovacs
Director: William A. Fraker
Country: USA





Cold Creek Manor
Cinematographer: Declan Quinn
Director: Mike Figgis
Country: USA

Hotel
Cinematographer: Mike Figgis, Patrick Alexander Steward
Director: Mike Figgis
Country: UK / Italy

Timecode
(live mix performance by the director)
Cinematographer: Mike Figgis, Tony Cucchiari, James Wharton O'Keefe, Patrick Alexander Steward
Director: Mike Figgis
Country: USA

• Chris Doyle's seminar, Festival Center.
• ARRI Workshops for students, led by Remi Adefarasin, Opus Film Studio, 400 participants.
• Russell Boyd's seminar, Festival Center.
• PANAVISION Workshops for students, led by William A. Fraker and Laszlo Kovacs, Opus Film Studio, about 350 participants at each part.
• SACHTLER seminar for students and cinematographers conducted by company representative.
• Digital Intermediate Seminar for professionals, cooperation of Kodak, ARRI, Panavision and Technicolor - Digital Intermediate, Polonia Theatre at Piotrkowska St.
• ARRI workshop for students, led by Sławomir Idziak, Opus Film Studio, 350 participants.
• CHIMNEY POT seminar, main screening room.
• AVID editing workshop, technical presentation by company represen- tative and creative presentation by Michael Tronick.
• Music and Image Seminar with Reni Jusis and Bartosz Prokopowicz - interaction between music and cinematography during the production of a musical video-clip.
• Mike Figgis Seminar.
• Michael Tronick seminar: interaction between cinematographer and editor during the production of action movies.
• Margarethe Von Trotta and Franz Rath seminar: co-operation of director and cinematographer.
• Experimental films presentation by Polart Foundation.

• Opening of the exhibition of painting and photography by David Lynch in Atlas Sztuki Gallery at Piotrkowska St. with author and festival guests present,
• Closed screening of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with the creators present and with a press conference. Capitol Theater.
• Opening of the exhibition of photography by Chris Doyle at Opus Film Studio, with the author and festival guests present.
• Opening of painting exhibition of Jerzy Skolimowski in Tower Building at Łąkowa St. with the author and festival guests present.
• KODAK STUDENTS PARTY in the FANABERYA Club. The Party organized by KODAK in cooperation with Camerimage especially for students accredited at the Festival. Reni Jusis, one of Polish top singers, maintained great atmosphere of the party.
• ANNUAL KODAK DINNER PARTY for cinematographers and Festival guests in Opus Film Studio

We would like also to thank to all other companies who helped us a lot during this edition of the Festival: UNIQA, LOTTO, FIRMA PETECKI, RESERVED, BVKAMERA, SPEDIMEX, ALLMENDINGER, MPK ŁÓDŹ, ATOS, LUXMAT, WINOTEKA, CARDCO, TELE TAXI 6400400, WIMAL INTERNATIONAL, as well as to all our media patronage partners whose deep involvement in the Festival helped to create the best edition of Camerimage: TVP2, RZECZPOSPOLITA, STOPKLATKA.PL, RADIO ESKA, ONET.PL, FILM, KINO, FILM&TV KAMERAMANN, FILM&TV KAMERA, RAZEM, THE WARASAW VOICE, MTV CLASSIC, TV5.