Camerimage Poland
The 22nd edition of Camerimage in Poland, a festival that has its focus on cinemetography ended on the 22nd of November. The festival includes documentaries in its award-giving and distributes life-achievement awards as well. One was given to a well-known, world famous documentarian:
“It gives us great pleasure to announce that the recipient of this year’s Camerimage Award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary Filmmaking will be Kim Longinotto (photo), one of the most acclaimed cinéma vérité filmmakers in the world, a true activist whose life’s mission is to shed light on the problems of women in different parts of the globe, and to inspire people to seek the change within themselves first.”
In the documentary category of this year’s competition two films were awarded, to the cameraman/men, two from Russia and one from Colombia:
Golden Frog — Grand Prix: Blood
cin. Yura Gautsel, Sergei Maksimov
dir. Alina Rudnitskaya
Special Mention: Monte Adentro
cin. Mauricio Vidal
dir. Nicolás Macario Alonso
