The festival concluded on 22 November 2014. The festival honours the work of cinematographers.
Festival guests included Stephen Goldblatt, a previous Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award winner, who introduced the film Get on Up, and legendary American film editor Thelma Schoonmaker. The president of the main jury was Roland Joffe. The 2014 Excellence in Directing award went to Stephen Daldry.
The film awards follow:
MAIN COMPETITION
Golden Frog
Leviathan (Russia)
Cinematography by: Mikhail Krichman
Directed by: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Silver Frog
Omar (Palestine)
Cinematography by: Ehab Assal
Directed by: Hany Abu-Assad
Bronze Frog
Mommy (Canada, France)
Cinematography by: André Turpin
Directed by: Xavier Dolan
POLISH FILMS COMPETITION
Best Polish Film
Hardkor Disko (Poland)
Cinematograpy by: Kacper Fertacz
Directed by: Krzysztof Skonieczny
Production: GlebokiOFF
STUDENT ETUDES COMPETITION
Laszlo Kovacs Student Award – The Golden Tadpole
Berlin Troika (Germany)
Cinematography by: Julian Landweer
Directed by: Andrej Gontcharov
School: Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin - German Film and Television Academy (dffb)
The Winner of the Golden Tadpole has also received the Polish Filmmakers Association Award
Silver Tadpole
The Shadow Forest (Poland)
Cinematography by: Andrzej Cichocki
Directed by: Andrzej Cichocki
School: Kieslowski Faculty of Radio & TV University of Silesia, Katowice
Bronze Tadpole
Do You Even Know (Belgium)
Cinematography by: Clémence Warnier
Directed by: Arthur Lecouturier
School: Institut des Arts de Diffusion (IAD), Belgium
Polish Film Institute and Mastershot Special Award for Best Cinematography in the Student Etudes Competition
Room 55 (UK)
Cinematography by: James Blann
Directed by: Rose Glass
School: National Film and Television School (NFTS)
FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION
Golden Frog — Grand Prix
Blood (Russia)
Cinematography by: Yura Gautsel, Sergei Maksimov
Directed by: Alina Rudnitskaya
Special Mention
Monte Adentro (Argentina, Columbia)
Cinematography by: Mauricio Vidal
Directed by: Nicolás Macario Alonso
SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION
Golden Frog — Grand Prix
Starting Point (Poland)
Cinematography by: Przemysław Niczyporuk
Directed by: Michał Szcześniak
Produced by Studio Munka
Special Mention
Shipwreck (Netherlands)
Cinematography by: Morgan Knibbe
Directed by: Morgan Knibbe
DIRECTORS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)
Best Directorial Debut
Theeb (UAE, Qatar, UK)
Cinematography by. Wolfgang Thaler
Directed by. Naji Abu Nowar
CINEMATOGRAPHERS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)
Best Cinematography Debut
When Animals Dream (Denmark)
Cinematography by. Niels Thastum
Directed by. Jonas Alexander Arnby
3D FILMS COMPETITION
Best 3D Documentary Film
Beyond the Edge (New Zealand)
Cinematography by. Richard Bluck
Directed by. Leanne Pooley
Best 3D Feature Film
The Young and Prodigious T.S. Spivet (Canada, France, USA)
Cinematography by. Thomas Hardmeier
Directed by. Jean-Pierre Jeune