NEW HOME FOR CAMERIMAGE

The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography, Camerimage, has found a new home. The 18th edition of the Festival is to be held in the city of Bydgoszcz in Northern Poland, situated on the Brda and Vistula rivers, boasting a population of over 460,000.
Torun, where the Festival began in 1993 and was held for the first seven years is only 45 kilometres distance. Direct flights operate from the Jan Paderewski Airport to Warsaw, London, and Dublin, Berlin, Krakow, Vienna and Copenhagen. The train journey from Warsaw is around three hours.

After months of patience looking for a new home an agreement is to be signed between the Festival Director Marek Zydowicz and the President (Mayor) of Bydgoszcz, Konstanty Dombrowicz, and a city which recently announced bold development plans with the help of EU money. The Festival will run from November 28th for a week and the organisers are intent on building on the success of this most important International event in the calendar of Cinematographers. Congratulations and thanks Marek Zydowicz and your team for your commitment and the success in making this possible.

The City itself became a stronghold for the Vistula trade routes in the thirteenth century. It became annexed by the Kingdom of Prussia in 1772 and was known as Bromberg. Following the defeat of Napoleon and the signing of the Treaty of Tilsit, Bromberg became part of the Duchy of Warsaw returning in 1815 to Prussian rule as part of the autonomous Grand Duchy of Poznan. After World War 1 Bromberg was assigned to Poland and in 1938 was made part of the Pomeranian Voivodeship where it remains as co-capital with Torun.

Thanks to its location between Vistula and Odra water system on the Bydgoszcz channel, the city is an important link in a water system connected via Notec, Warta, Odra, and Elbe with the Rhine and Rotterdam. In the heart of the city are many atmospheric places such as Wyspa Mlynska (The Mill Island) which housed the Royal mint in the 17th century. It is the water reflecting, footbridges, red brick tenement houses and the greenery that makes the atmosphere so special. The oldest building and one of the most beautiful in the city is the Church of St Martin and Nicolaus, a three-isled Gothic Church erected in the late 15th Century.
Cinematographers will be able to explore for themselves in November.