Plus CamerImage honors David Lynch with lifetime achievement awardNovember 26, 2012 - 17:57 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Director David Lynch heaped praise on Poland’s Plus CamerImage festival as he picked up a lifetime achievement award, ScreenDaily said. Walking on stage at the Opera Nova in Bydgoszcz to the Twin Peaks theme, the surrealist director of Blue Velvet and Mulholland Drive was met with a standing ovation by the 1,000-strong audience. “This is so moving,” said Lynch. “The CamerImage gang have been my friends since 2000 – even though when I first came here they lost my luggage. “I would like to offer my congratulations to this great festival on its 20th anniversary. Every year this festival gets better and better.” Earlier in the opening ceremony, which showcased the juries and entries for this year’s coveted Golden Frog awards, Lynch was presented the key to the city by mayor Rafal Bruski. “In Poland, the symbol of being a good host is to give the keys to one’s own house,” said the mayor. “In the hands of David Lynch, the city will be safe… and I can spend the time watching movies.” Accepting the key, Lynch warned: “It is dangerous to give me the keys to your city – but this is beautiful.” The director, whose last feature was Inland Empire in 2006, is attending the festival for a retrospective of his films. An exhibition of his lithographs is also being shown as part of the event. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. Aram I supports Karekin II’s “patriotic position” Catholicos of the Great House of Cilicia Aram I has expressed support for the Mother See of Holy Etchmiadzin. |