“The New Boy” wins top prize at Poland’s Camerimage Festival

For the second year in a row, a film starring Cate Blanchett has won the top prize at Poland’s EnergaCamerimage Festival, honoring the work of the world’s best cinematographers. This year, Aboriginal drama The New Boy won the Golden Frog for its cinematographer Warwick Thornton, who also happens to be the film’s director.

The film is about a nine-year-old Aboriginal orphan who is taken in by a rural monastery. It kindly premiered at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. However, there is currently no US release date for the film. In 2022, Todd Field’s “Tár” won the Golden Frog for Oscar-nominated cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister and also starred Blanchett.

The Silver Frog went to Pablo Larrain’s atmospheric vampire film “El Conde,” for which his legendary cinematographer Ed Lachman was honored. Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” continued his awards streak, winning the Bronze Frog for lenser Robbie Ryan, a 2021 Golden Frog winner for Mike Mills’ “C’mon C’mon.” “Poor Things” also won the audience award in the big competition.

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest won the FIPRESCI Prize over the International Federation of Film Critics Prize for Best Film, also increasing its awards momentum, photographed by former Camerimage winner Łukasz Żal.

Below is a list of all Cameraimage 2023 winners in all categories:

MAIN COMPETITION

Golden Frog: “The New Boy”
cin. Warwick Thornton
you. Warwick Thornton

Silver Frog: “El Conde”
cin. Ed Lachman
you. Pablo Larrain

Bronze Frog: “Poor things”
cin. Robbie Ryan
you. Yorgos Lanthimos

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FIPRESCI PRIZE

The International Federation of Film Critics Award for Best Film: “The Zone of Interest”
cin. Lukasz Zal
you. Jonathan Glazer

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POLISH FILMS COMPETITION

Best Polish film: “Doppelgänger. The lookalike”
cin. Bartłomiej Kaczmarek
you. Jan Holoubek

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FILM AND ART SCHOOL ETUDE COMPETITION