The Florian Hoffmeister BSC shot Tár (director Todd Field) won the Camerimage main competition. The film collected the coveted Golden Frog during the closing ceremony of the festival.
The film has received a great deal of praise, and was a huge talking point during the festival. The film follows the fictional orchestra conductor Lydia Tár (Cate Blanchette), considered one of the greatest at her craft and the first female chief conductor of a major German orchestra, as her life starts to unravel after she is embroiled in a swirl of #MeToo scandals.
The Golden Frog win will give cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister a boost in the 2023 Oscars race, with three out of the last five Golden Frog winners going on to earn Oscar nominations in cinematography. Those titles include Lion (2016), Joker (2019), and Nomadland (2020).
In other main competition awards, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, shot by Darius Khondji ASC AFC, took home the Silver Frog and Living from DP Jamie D. Ramsay SASC and director Oliver Hermanus took the Bronze Frog.
Bardo also picked up The International Federation of Film Critics Award for Best Film, while Baz Luhrmann’s increasingly popular Elvis, shot by Mandy Walker AM ASC ACS, picked up Camerimage’s heralded audience award.
The main competition jury was led by director and visual artist Lech Majewski. He was joined by producer Fred Berger, cinematographers Markus Förderer and Arthur Reinhart, and production designer Jan Roelfs.
This year Camerimage celebrated its 30th anniversary. The festival opened with a screening of Sam Mendes’ latest Empire of Light.
Mendes was also handed the festival’s Krzysztof Kieslowski achievement award for directing.
View the full list of winners below.
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MAIN COMPETITION
Golden Frog: Tár
cin. Florian Hoffmeister BSC
dir. Todd Field
Silver Frog: Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
cin. Darius Khondji ASC AFC
dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Bronze Frog: Living
cin. Jamie D. Ramsay SASC
dir. Oliver Hermanus
FIPRESCI AWARD
The International Federation of Film Critics Award for Best Film: Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths
cin. Darius Khondji ASC AFC
dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu
TV SERIES COMPETITION
Best Episode: Landscapers
cin. Erik Wilson BSC
dir. Will Sharpe
POLISH FILMS COMPETITION
Best Polish Film: Woman on the Roof
cin. Ita Zbroniec-Zajt
dir. Anna Jadowska
FILM AND ART SCHOOL ETUDES COMPETITION
Laszlo Kovacs Student Award – Golden Tadpole – Magdalena
cin. Enrico Silva
dir. Michael Lazovsky
school: American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI)
Silver Tadpole: The Creature
cin. Ignacy Ciszewski
dir. Damian Kosowski
school: Łódź Film School
Bronze Tadpole: Entreterrestres
cin. Dani Benejam
dir. Lucas Parra
school: Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION
Golden Frog — best feature documentary: Kash Kash
cin. Jonas Schneider
dir. Lea Najjar
DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION
Golden Frog — best short documentary: A Mouthful of Petrol
cin. Adric Watson
dir. Jess Kohl
DIRECTORS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
Best Director’s Debut: Love According to Dalva
cin. Caroline Guimbal
dir. Emmanuelle Nicot
CINEMATOGRAPHERS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
Best Cinematographer’s Debut: Love According to Dalva
cin. Caroline Guimbal
dir. Emmanuelle Nicot
MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION
Best Music Video: Emmit Fenn “Light That Shines Through”
cin. David Okolo
dir. Conner Bell
AUDIENCE AWARD
Elvis
cin. Mandy Walker AM ASC ACS
dir. Baz Luhrmann
