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Also during the closing ceremony, Oscar-nominated DP Stephen H. Burum received the festival's Lifetime Achievement Award.

Florian Hoffmeister’s lensing of Tár, the Todd Field drama starring Cate Blanchett as an EGOT-winning German conductor in a downward spiral, topped the EnergaCamerimage main competition by winning its Golden Frog.

Also Saturday in Toruń, Poland, during the closing ceremony of the 30th edition of the international cinematography film festival, runners-up were DP Darius Khondji, who won the Silver Frog for Alejandro González Iñárritu’s personal Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths; and DP Jamie Ramsay, who collected the Bronze Frog for Oliver Hermanus-helmed drama Living, which premiered in January during Sundance. Related Stories Movie News Suzanne Guèvremont Named National Film Board of Canada Chair Movie Features Will Streamers Whiff at the Oscars?

Hoffmeister was filming in Iceland and accepted the award via video. He saluted director Field for his “passion about cinematography.”

During the ceremony, Bardo claimed the FIPRESCI critics prize, and the Audience Award went to Mandy Walker’s bold lensing of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis.

Festival director Marek Żydowicz presented the Festival Director’s Award for the impact of a film’s images. These were awarded to Luhrmann and Walker for their collaboration on Elvis, and director Joe Kosinski and DP Claudio Miranda for Top Gun: Maverick.

Camerimage’s main competition has become a bellwether for what’s to come in the cinematography Oscar race. In two of the past three years, the winner of Camerimage’s Golden Frog has gone on to earn an Oscar nomination in cinematography: 2019’s Joker and 2020’s Nomadland. A year ago, the winners of Camerimage’s Silver and Bronze Frogs, The Tragedy of Macbeth and Dune, respectively, were Oscar-nominated, with Dune claiming the Academy Award.

During the closing ceremony, cinematographer Stephen H. Burum accepted the festival’s Lifetime Achievement Award. “Thanks to him, I’m a famous director,” said Burum’s Hoffa and War of the Roses director Danny DeVito with a smile, while offering heartfelt congratulations to the DP via video.

Accepting, Burum said he appreciated “the honoring of the past [with the award]. By honoring the past it ensures the future.”

Additional award recipients included Andrzej Seweryn (Schindler’s List), who was honored for special achievement in the art of acting; Sarah Greenwood (Darkest Hour), for special achievement for a production designer; Joseph Kahn, for special achievement in music videos for a director; and cinematographer Vance Burberry, for achievement in music videos.

“We need to stand by our fellow human beings in Ukraine,” said Burberry, who was among the honorees who supported Ukraine in their remarks during the ceremony and the week. Żydowicz also restated support in his closing remarks.

Before closing the Festival, Żydowicz also urged attendees to show support for Camerimage, which is scheduled to begin construction in 2023 on a cultural center that will be built in Toruń, through an agreement with the Polish state and Toruń government. “There are people that are saying this festival should no longer be happening and that the European film center that we are building should not be constructed,” he said.

The closing film was Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans, lensed by Janusz Kaminski.

A list of award winners follows.

Golden Frog: Tár cin. Florian Hoffmeister dir. Todd Field

Silver Frog: Bardo: False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths cin. Darius Khondji dir. Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Bronze Frog: Living cin. Jamie D. Ramsay dir. Oliver Hermanus

The International Federation of Film Critics Award for Best Film: Bardo Cin.Darius Khondji dir.Alexander G. Iñarritu

Elvis cin. Mandy Walker dir. Baz Luhrmann

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: Underworld cin.Dani Benejam sayLucas Parra school: Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia (ESCAC)

Golden Frog — best feature documentary: Kash Kash cin. Jonas Schneider dir. Lea Najjar

Golden Frog — best short documentary: A Mouthful of Petrol cin. Adric Watson dir. Jess Kohl

DIRECTORS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)

Best Director’s Debut: Love According to Dalva cin. Caroline Guimbal  dir. Emmanuelle Nicot 

CINEMATOGRAPHERS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)

Best Cinematographer’s Debut: Love According to Dalva cin. Caroline Guimbal  dir. Emmanuelle Nicot 

Best Music Video:  Emmit Fenn “Light That Shines Through” cin. David Okolo dir. Conner Bell

Best Episode: Landscapers cin. Erik Wilson dir. Will Sharpe

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