BEHIND THE SCENES

The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage is a festival that celebrates and awards cinematography and cinematographers. The festival is held in Toruń, Poland at the end of November every year. It spans the course of one week, with multiple events at one time. The first seven events (1993–1999) were held in Toruń, and the next ten events (2000–2009) were held in Łódź. From 2010 until 2018, the festival took place in Bydgoszcz, before returning to Toruń in 2019, where it currently remains.

The festival has hosted many prominent filmmakers including Darren Aronofsky, Alfonso Cuarón, Peter Greenaway, Agnieszka Holland, David Lynch, Paweł Pawlikowski, Roman Polański, Robert Richardson, Gus Van Sant, Volker Schlöndorff, Oliver Stone, István Szabó, Quentin Tarantino, Tom Tykwer, Denis Villeneuve, Andrzej Wajda, Peter Weir, and Wim Wenders. I have been taking backstage photos of the festival since 2010, trying to capture my memories and impressions of every edition I have been a part of.