Fatherland Takes Golden Frog at 34th Camerimage in Toruń

Lukasz Zal won the Golden Frog in the main competition at the 34th Camerimage Film Festival for his cinematography on Fatherland, directed by Pawel Pawlikowski, the festival announced at its closing ceremony on Saturday in Toruń, Poland, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The festival, now called ToruńCamerimage, handed out awards across its main competition and a series of side sections. Jasper J. Spanning took the Silver Frog for Woman Unknown, directed by May El-Toukhy, and Mikhail Krichman won the Bronze Frog for Minotaur, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev.

Wild Horse Nine, directed by Martin McDonagh and shot by Ben Davis, received the audience award.

Debuts and other sections

Eira Wyn Jones won the Cinematographers' Debuts Golden Frog for Effi O Blaenau, directed by Tereza Nvotova, and Kaifeng Zhong took the Directors' Debuts Golden Frog for Atlantic Rhapsody. In the documentary categories, Eva Kraljevic won the Documentary Features Golden Frog for To Hold a Mountain, directed by Petar Glomazic, while Maxim Arbugaev and Vladimir Egorov won the Documentary Shorts Golden Frog for Chuuraa, directed by Evgenia Arbugaeva.

Maciej Sobieraj won the TV Series Competition Golden Frog for Silent Night, directed by Jan Holoubek, and Jeff Bierman won the Music Videos Competition Golden Frog for (LA)HORDE's “What You Want.” Alan Ruczyński took the Polish national competition Golden Frog for A Free Woman.

In the festival's student competition, Francesca Avanzini won the Golden Tadpole for Revolver, directed by Paoli de Luca; Paul Ader won the Silver Tadpole for Nika's Room, directed by Konstantin Münzel; and Enrico Barbaro Jr. won the Bronze Tadpole for Until We Bury Them!, directed by Marco Araujo.

The festival changed its name to ToruńCamerimage earlier this year. Fatherland is Poland's selection for the international feature Oscar and centers on Thomas Mann and his daughter Erika on a road trip through Germany during the Cold War.