It was over last weekend the 12th Camerimage Film Festival held in Lödz Poland. In competition were 13 films from different nations.

Dick Pope has been awarded for the second time at this festival. The first time was with the film "Secrets & Lies" directed by Mike Leigh in 1996. Now, 8 years later the Irish cinematographer collects the highest prize in Poland for the film "Vera Drake" by the same director.

The complete list of 2004 awards was as it follows:

Competition:

Golden Frog:
Dick Pope, "Vera Drake", dir. Mike Leigh

Silver Frog:
Rodrigo Prieto, "Alexander", dir. Oliver Stone

Bronze Frog:
Manuel Alberto Claro, "Reconstruction", dir. Christoffer Boe

Special ARRI-Award for very promising young cinematographer:
Piotr Sobocinski "The Winter" (Zima), Poland

Lifetime Achievement Award:
David Watkin, BSC

Duo Award for Director – Cinematographer:
Aki Kaurismaki and Timo Salminen

The Special Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Art of Cinematography:
Slawomir Idziak

Special Lifetime Achievement Award to an Actress:
Danuta Szaflarska

Lifetime Achievement Award to the Director with Special Visual Sensitivity:
Manoel De Oliveira

Award to the Director with Unique Visual Sensitivity:
Oliver Stone

Special Duo Award: Director - Cinematographer:
Istvan Szabo and Lajos Koltai

The Krzysztof Kieslowski Award:
Charlize Theron

Students Competition:
Golden Tadpole: Piotr Sobocinski "The Winter" (Zima), Poland

Silver Tadpole:
Isaac Vill "The Next" (El Siguiente), Spain

Bronze Tadpole:
Jacek Podgorski "The Body of Mine" (Cialo moje), Poland

The Jury for the 2 sections was composed by

Competition - Jury:
Laszlo Kovacs, Renato Berta, Janusz Głowacki, Oliver Stapleton, Jerzy Woźniak.

Students Competition, Jury:
Michael Chapman, Billy Williams, Javier Aquirresarobe, Alain Choquart, Pierre Lhomme, Seamus McGarvey, Michael Neubauer.