Cameraperson wins in Sheffield
Sheffield Doc Fest is over with a huge Industry section and a festival, with former ITV person Claire Aguilar as responsible. Kirsten Johnson’s personal “Cameraperson” got the first prize, here is a clip from Realscreen:
Ido Haar’s “Presenting Princess Shaw”, Kirsten Johnson’s “Cameraperson” and Jon Betz and Taggart Siegel’s “Seed: The Untold Story went home with top prizes from Sheffield Doc/Fest.
The six-day UK festival, which wraps today (June 15), handed out awards at a Tuesday evening (June 14) ceremony in Crucible Theatre, hosted by KG Tha Comedian.
Johnson’s “Cameraperson”, which had its world premiere at Sundance in January, took home the Grand Jury Award, with a special mention going to Shimon Dotan’s “The Settlers”.
“Cameraperson” finds the cinematographer turning the lens on herself and her work over the years for such directors as Laura Poitras and Michael Moore.
A jury statement read, “A film unlike any other, intuitively constructed to reflect ideas and choices and emotions, rather than a standard narrative thread, it invites the viewer to contemplate and feel these experiences along with her.”
