Poland’s EnergaCamerimage Intl. Film Festival, Europe’s leading event celebrating cinematography, came full circle Saturday, opening in Torun, the Gothic town where the founders first launched it 27 years ago. The fest was based in Bydgoszcz from 2010 until this year, operating previously in Lodz.
Kicking off with a video call to David Lynch, a longtime friend of the fest, Camerimage director Marek Zydowicz accepted the cult filmmaker’s congratulations on a deal to found the European Film Center, a $155 million project expected to open in five years as the new fest headquarters. “Big thumbs up,” Lynch said, addressing the festival audience via remote camera in New York.
Danny DeVito added to the star wattage when he took to the stage at the gala fest opening, in Torun’s impressive Ckk Jordanki performance hall, filled with angular brick surfaces, to accept a lifetime achievement award
Before the septuagenarian actor/director recounted...
Kicking off with a video call to David Lynch, a longtime friend of the fest, Camerimage director Marek Zydowicz accepted the cult filmmaker’s congratulations on a deal to found the European Film Center, a $155 million project expected to open in five years as the new fest headquarters. “Big thumbs up,” Lynch said, addressing the festival audience via remote camera in New York.
Danny DeVito added to the star wattage when he took to the stage at the gala fest opening, in Torun’s impressive Ckk Jordanki performance hall, filled with angular brick surfaces, to accept a lifetime achievement award
Before the septuagenarian actor/director recounted...
- 11/9/2019
- by Will Tizard
- Variety Film + TV
Helena Třeštíková and Jakub Hejna explain the challenge of working with archive materials.
The career of two-time Oscar-winner Miloš Forman is told by Helena Třeštíková (herself a storied Czech filmmaker) and Jakub Hejna (her long-time editor) in their new documentary Forman Vs. Forman. They eschew talking heads and utilize archive footage to allow the Czech-born Forman to tell the story of his career in his own words.
It was a career that ranged from Czech New Wave masterpiece The Fireman’s Ball in 1967 to Oscar-winners One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus, and later The People Vs. Larry Flynt...
The career of two-time Oscar-winner Miloš Forman is told by Helena Třeštíková (herself a storied Czech filmmaker) and Jakub Hejna (her long-time editor) in their new documentary Forman Vs. Forman. They eschew talking heads and utilize archive footage to allow the Czech-born Forman to tell the story of his career in his own words.
It was a career that ranged from Czech New Wave masterpiece The Fireman’s Ball in 1967 to Oscar-winners One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus, and later The People Vs. Larry Flynt...
- 7/3/2019
- by Laurence Boyce
- ScreenDaily
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