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Camerimage

The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage
Camerimage 2019, Jordanki Cultural Centre, Toruń
LocationPoland
Founded1993
Most recent32nd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage
Artistic directorMarek Żydowicz
Websitecamerimage.pl/en/

The International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage (Polish: Międzynarodowy Festiwal Sztuki Autorów Zdjęć Filmowych Camerimage) is a festival that celebrates and awards cinematography and cinematographers. The festival is held in Toruń, Poland, at the end of November every year. It spans the course of one week, with multiple events at one time.[1]

The first seven events (1993–1999) were held in Toruń, and the next ten events (2000–2009) were held in Łódź. From 2010 until 2018, the festival took place in Bydgoszcz, before returning to Toruń in 2019, where it currently remains. In 2007, the name of the festival was changed from Camerimage to Plus Camerimage, but it was changed back in 2013 after the sponsorship deal with Plus ended.

The festival has hosted many prominent filmmakers including Darren Aronofsky, Jon M. Chu, Alfonso Cuarón, Peter Greenaway, Agnieszka Holland, James Ivory, Jim Jarmusch, Aki Kaurismäki, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Andrei Konchalovsky, Emir Kusturica, Ang Lee, Ken Loach, David Lynch, Paweł Pawlikowski, Roman Polański, Robert Richardson, Gus Van Sant, Ridley Scott, Volker Schlöndorff, Oliver Stone, István Szabó, Quentin Tarantino, Tom Tykwer, Denis Villeneuve, Andrzej Wajda, Peter Weir, and Wim Wenders.[2][3][4][5]

A controversy erupted shortly before the festival’s 32nd edition, which took place from November 16 to 23, 2024, and stemmed from an editorial Żydowicz published in Cinematography World magazine.

In the editorial, Żydowicz appeared to argue that increasing the representation of female cinematographers and directors in the festival’s programming could compromise artistic quality, potentially leading to the inclusion of “mediocre film productions” at the expense of “works and artists with outstanding artistic achievements.” He questioned whether festivals should “sacrifice” high-quality works to accommodate social changes, suggesting that Camerimage’s commitment to artistic merit set it apart from other festivals like Cannes or Berlin, which he implied had bowed to ideological pressures.

These comments triggered a swift and widespread backlash from the film industry. Many interpreted them as misogynistic, arguing that they dismissed the talent and contributions of women in cinematography and perpetuated gender biases in an already male-dominated field. The British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) issued an open letter condemning Żydowicz’s “profoundly misogynistic comments and aggressive tone,” calling them indicative of deep-rooted prejudice. The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and the International Cinematographers Guild (IATSE Local 600) echoed this sentiment, expressing disappointment and support for the BSC’s stance. Women in Cinematography, an advocacy group, highlighted the festival’s historical underrepresentation of women—noting that only 3.1% of films in the main competition over 30 years were shot by female cinematographers—and criticized Camerimage for sidelining acclaimed works by women, such as Mudbound and The Power of the Dog, from its top competitions. [6]

Awards

27th Edition of Camerimage Festival, Toruń, 2019
  • Main Competition[7][8]
    • Golden Frog (Polish: Złota Żaba)
    • Silver Frog (Srebrna Żaba)
    • Bronze Frog (Brązowa Żaba)
  • Student Études Competition (Konkurs etiud studenckich)
    • Golden Tadpole (Złota Kijanka)
    • Silver Tadpole (Srebrna Kijanka)
    • Bronze Tadpole (Brązowa Kijanka)
  • Documentary Films Competition
    • Documentary Shorts Competition
    • Documentary Features Competition
  • Feature Debuts Competition
    • Directors' Debuts Competition
    • Cinematographers' Debuts Competition
  • Music Videos Competition
    • Best Music Video
    • Best Cinematography in Music Video
  • 3D Films Competition[9]
  • Polish Films Competition
  • Camerimage Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Cinematographer - Director Duo Award
  • Special Krzysztof Kieślowski Award for Director[10]
  • Production Designer Award[11]

Main competition

Golden Frog winners

"†" indicates a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Year Film Original title Cinematographer(s) Ref
1993 The Piano † Stuart Dryburgh
1994 Woyzeck (shared) Tibor Máthé
Crows (shared) Wrony Arthur Reinhart
1995 The Seventh Room A hetedik szoba Piotr Sobociński
1996 Secrets & Lies Dick Pope
1997 Character Karakter Rogier Stoffers
1998 Central Station Central do Brasil Walter Carvalho
1999 Elizabeth † Remi Adefarasin
2000 Amores perros Rodrigo Prieto
2001 The King is Dancing Le Roi danse Gérard Simon
2002 Edi (shared) Krzysztof Ptak
Road to Perdition (shared) † Conrad Hall
2003 City of God † Cidade de Deus César Charlone
2004 Vera Drake Dick Pope
2005 Fateless Sorstalanság Gyula Pados
2006 Pan's Labyrinth † El laberinto del fauno Guillermo Navarro
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly † Le scaphandre et le papillon Janusz Kamiński
2008 Slumdog Millionaire † Anthony Dod Mantle
2009 Lebanon לבנון Giora Bejach
2010 Venice Wenecja Arthur Reinhart
2011 In Darkness W ciemności Jolanta Dylewska
2012 War Witch Rebelle Nicolas Bolduc
[12]
2013 Ida † Łukasz Żal
Ryszard Lenczewski
[13]
2014 Leviathan Левиафан Mikhail Krichman
[14]
2015 Carol † Edward Lachman
[15]
2016 Lion † Greig Fraser
[16][17]
2017 On Body and Soul Testről és lélekről Máté Herbai
[18][19]
2018 The Fortress Namhansanseong Ji Yong Kim
[20]
2019 Joker † Lawrence Sher
[21]
2020 Nomadland † Joshua James Richards
[22]
2021 C'mon C'mon Robbie Ryan
[23]
2022 Tár † Florian Hoffmeister
[24]
2023 The New Boy Warwick Thornton
2024 The Girl with the Needle Michał Dymek
[25]

Additional festival events

  • Camerimage Market
  • Equipment showcases
  • Various exhibitions and live music performances
  • Student Panorama (screenings of student films which did not make it into the main competition)
  • Camerimage Forum (a seminar devoted to authorship rights and working conditions of cinematographers)
  • Special screenings and premieres, reviews, retrospectives, meetings, seminars, and workshops led by well known filmmakers

Academy Awards

Since 2013, short documentary films awarded the Golden Frog during Camerimage festival are granted consideration in the Documentary Short Subject category of the Academy Awards without having to meet the standard theatrical run requirement. To meet all requirements, the running time limit of selected short documentary was decreased from 60 to 40 minutes. This way requirements for short documentary films selected at both Camerimage festival and the Academy Awards are the same.[26]

References

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  2. ^ "Guests. Cameriamge". Archived from the original on May 3, 2021. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "QUENTIN TARANTINO W TORUNIU. PLEJADA SŁAW NA ZAKOŃCZENIE CAMERIMAGE". Archived from the original on December 6, 2020. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
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  11. ^ "Wicked to close EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2024". British Cinematographer. October 10, 2024. Retrieved February 8, 2025.
  12. ^ Harris, Brandon (December 3, 2012). "War Witch Wins Top Prize at 20th Plus Camerimage". Filmmaker Magazine. Archived from the original on March 11, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  13. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (November 23, 2013). "Camerimage: 'Ida' Wins Top Cinematography Honor". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 10, 2020. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  14. ^ Barraclough, Leo; Tizard, Will (November 22, 2014). "'Leviathan' Wins Top Prize at Camerimage, Film Festival for Cinematographers". Variety. Archived from the original on February 22, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.
  15. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (November 21, 2015). "'Carol' Wins Golden Frog at Camerimage". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 17, 2021. Retrieved November 23, 2015.
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  17. ^ Tizard, Will (November 19, 2016). "'Lion' Cinematographer Greig Fraser Wins Camerimage's Golden Frog". Variety. Archived from the original on November 20, 2016. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  18. ^ "Camerimage 2017 Winners!". Camerimage – International Film Festival. November 18, 2017. Archived from the original on December 26, 2017. Retrieved November 20, 2016.
  19. ^ Tizard, Will (November 18, 2017). "Hungary's 'On Body and Soul' Wins Top Award at Camerimage Film Festival". Variety. Archived from the original on November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  20. ^ "EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2018 WINNERS – Camerimage 2018". camerimage.pl. Archived from the original on November 17, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
  21. ^ "LAUREACI EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2019!". Archived from the original on May 11, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2019.
  22. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (November 21, 2020). "Camerimage: 'Nomadland' Wins Golden Frog". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  23. ^ Tizard, Will (November 20, 2021). "'C'mon C'mon' Wins Top Prize for Cinematography at EnergaCamerimage Film Festival". Variety. Archived from the original on November 21, 2021. Retrieved November 20, 2021.
  24. ^ Giardina, Carolyn (November 19, 2022). "'Tár' Wins Golden Frog at EnergaCamerimage". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on November 19, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  25. ^ Brzeski, Patrick (November 23, 2024). "Camerimage: Gripping Danish Drama 'The Girl With the Needle' Wins Golden Frog". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
  26. ^ "Camerimage chosen as an Oscar qualifying festival". International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography. Archived from the original on November 23, 2015. Retrieved November 23, 2015.

Further reading

Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camerimage