Patrick Meller

Natural Born… Meet The New Wave / Patrick Meller Natural Born… Meet The New Wave / Patrick Meller Head Image Credit: Jan Cermelj Filmography (so far): Features: Boyz In The Wood (2017, Sigma Films, dir. Ninian Doff) Shorts: Boat (2017, Film4, dir. Louise Stern), Beast (2017, BFI & Creative England, dir. Leonora Lonsdale), The Bohicas: … Read more

James Oldham

Musically-Minded Meet The New Wave / James Oldham Musically-Minded Meet The New Wave / James Oldham Feature Image: James Oldham on a night shoot in Rochdale for Tobi Sunmola | Music Video | Credit – Howard Wilkinson Photography Filmography (so far): The Flying Lesson (short) (2013) and CTRL Z (short) (2017) When did you discover … Read more

Worldwide Collaboration

IMAGO now counts 53 national cinematographic societies, and more than 4,500 professional cinematographers, from the four corners of the world among its members. Professional cinematographers often have, more or less, the same challenges over the world. Working together will greatly enhance the opportunity to solve our most important challenges, faster. That has always been one … Read more

2017 Camerimage Diary

Silver Jubilee Special Report / 2017 Camerimage Diary / Ron Prince Silver Jubilee Special Report / 2017 Camerimage Diary / Ron Prince One man’s journey through the mirth and merriment of the 25th Camerimage Festival of Cinematography. Monday 13th November: It’s stupid o’clock. 4.30am to be precise. Therefore way-too-early to discover oneself in an airport … Read more

Anthony Dod Mantle DFF BSC ASC / First They Killed My Father

War child Anthony Dod Mantle DFF BSC ASC / First They Killed My Father War child Anthony Dod Mantle DFF BSC ASC / First They Killed My Father BY: Ron Prince First They Killed My Father depicts the true story of Loung Ung, who was forcibly trained as a child soldier, whilst her parents ‘disappeared’ … Read more

8th Camerimage Winners Show In Los Angeles

Camerimage are pleased to continue the tradition of bringing selected films recognized by Camerimage juries to Los Angeles. During three days of special screenings, they will present five fiction features, three documentaries, three student shorts, and one TV pilot awarded at the 25th Camerimage Film Festival. From February 9-11 2018 an American audience will get … Read more

Congratulations to the Camerimage 2017 Winners!

Congratulations to Cinematographer Máté Herbai HSC, who has won the Golden frog at this year’s 25th Anniversary Camerimage film festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland, for On Body And Soul (above). The Hungarian drama, which also won the Golden Bear at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival earlier this year, is about a man and woman who … Read more

Exclusive new 65mm format Prime DNA Lenses announced at Camerimage

At the Camerimage Festival of Cinematography, ARRI Rental has announced new lenses for its exclusive Prime DNA series, developed in-house for the ALEXA 65 camera system. Like the rest of the Prime DNA series, the new lenses are the result of collaborations with major cinematographers and have already been put to use on high-end productions. … Read more

Gender and Diversity Celebrated Behind the Camera at Camerimage Film Festival

After the success of last year’s events at the Camerimage Film Festival, this year IMAGO, the European Federation of Cinematographers, and illuminatrix, a collective of female cinematographers based in the UK, are collaborating again with the festival to present a series of events entitled “Focus on Diversity.” Aimed at highlighting the contributions of women and … Read more

Panavision brings Millennium DXL Camera and large format lenses to Camerimage

Continuing 25 years of support, Panavision once again celebrates the art and craft of moving pictures with filmmakers at the Camerimage International Film Festival of Cinematography, which runs November 11 – 18 in Bydgoszcz, Poland. This year, Panavision hosts a masterclass with Oscar-winner John Toll, ASC, and a workshop on large-format filmmaking. On Nov. 14 … Read more

RED Digital Cinema to feature the New Monstro 8k VV Sensor at 2017 Camerimage

RED Digital Cinema will be showcasing its new cinematic Full Frame sensor for Weapon cameras, Monstro™ 8K VV, at the 25th Camerimage International Film Festival in Bydgoszcz, Poland, from November 11-18. The Monstro 8K VV sensor is an evolutionary step beyond the Dragon 8K VV sensor with improvements in image quality including dynamic range and … Read more

Panasonic to host Camerimage workshops

Panasonic, a proud sponsor of the 25th Anniversary Camerimage Festival, will host two workshops during the week, one of which will premiere The Forgiven, which was shot on the VariCam LT and will be presented by cinematographer William Wages, ASC and director Roland Joffe. Varicam Experience | Netflix Bobby Shore, CSC – Cinematographer for “Anne … Read more

Cooke presents collection of lenses at Camerimage 2017

Cooke Optics, the multi-award winning manufacturer of precision lenses for film and television, will bring a coveted collection of its latest lenses to this year’s Camerimage Festival, where the company will exhibit alongside Digital Sputnik. On show will be the new S7/i Full Frame Plus lenses on a RED Digital 8k Vista Vision Camera. The … Read more

Into the Autumn

IMAGO Awards 2017 Almost 100 feature films, TV dramas and documentaries from all corners of the world have so far been nominated by IMAGO´s member societies for consideration by the IMAGO Award juries. The IMAGO juries will start their work in September, and will have their final nominations for the IMAGO International Award For Cinematography … Read more

Irish Cinema Review at Camerimage 2017

Camerimage invites you to the Irish Cinema Review which will take place during the 25th edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Camerimage (11-18 November 2017). This will be another edition of the long-lasting Camerimage initiative of bringing to the festival’s participants interesting films from all over Europe that demonstrate the … Read more

John Toll to receive Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award

Camerimage are very proud to announce that John Toll, ASC, will be the recipient of Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award during the upcoming 25th anniversary edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, which will be held in Bydgoszcz between 11th and 18th November 2017. Toll is an American cinematographer and two-time Academy … Read more

Official Poster of Camerimage 2017 Revealed

The official poster of the 25th edition of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Camerimage, which will be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland from November 11th through 18th 2017. has been revealed. This year’s poster has been designed by a concept artist and illustrator Piotr Jabłoński / nicponim. He graduated from the Architecture … Read more

The Bigger Picture

The IMAGO International Awards for Cinematography 2017 IMAGO’s member societies are working to nominate and submit films to the IMAGO Awards that will take place in Helsinki on October 28th 2017 – a grand, black tie event with more than 250 cinematographers, related film colleagues, partners and media present. The IMAGO Awards in 2017 is … Read more

Camerimage 2017 last calls for entries

Camerimage, the biggest international film festival devoted to the art and craft of cinematography has launched the selection process for its 25th anniversary edition. All filmmakers, producers and distributors are invited to submit feature films, documentaries, music videos, TV pilots and student etudes for consideration at the festival’s competition programmes and numerous out-of-competition sections. The deadline … Read more