Camerimage 2022 winners rely on ARRI cameras and lenses

At the 30th installment of Camerimage this year, cinephiles from around the world returned to Toru , Poland, in November 2022. Once again, Camerimage rolled out its red carpets and ARRI was thrilled to be able to support and be a part of this one-of-a-kind international film festival, dedicated to the art of cinematography. Many festival nominees and winners relied on ARRI equipment for their films that were screened over the course of the event, and the company is honored to be a part of these brilliant endeavors.

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The Jordanki Festival Center in Tor n Poland, home to the marketplace and the ARRI booth. Here ARRI Senior Product Manager Marc Shipman-Mueller explains some new camera details.

Congratulations to all the 2022 Camerimage Frog nominees and winners! In the main competition, The Golden Frog-the festival's top prize-went to Florian Hoffmeister BSC for director Todd Field's T r shot with the ALEXA Mini LF and ARRI Signature Prime lenses. Cinematographer Darius Khondji AFC, ASC, was awarded the Silver Frog for Bardo, False Chronicles of a Handful of Truths, directed by Alejandro Gonz lez I rritu and captured with ARRI Rental's ALEXA 65 camera. This film also won the FIPRESCI Award, the International Federation of Film Critics Award for Best Film, at the festival. Bronze Frog winner Jamie D. Ramsay chose to shoot Oliver Hermanus' Living with ALEXA Mini. Mandy Walker ASC, ACS, took home the Audience Award for her work on Baz Luhrmann's Elvis. Festival Director Marek ydowicz also awarded this visually stunning film, shot on ALEXA 65, ALEXA LF, and ALEXA Mini LF, with the Festival Director's Award together with Top Gun: Maverick.

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Florian Hoffmeister, who couldn't attend the ceremony, won the Golden Frog for his work on T r. In his absence, Stephan Schenk, Managing Director at ARRI, accepted the award at the closing ceremony.

Other Main Competition frog contenders included: All Quiet on the Western Front, directed by Edward Berger and captured by James Friend ASC, BSC with ALEXA 65 and ALEXA Mini LF along with Prime 65 and Prime DNA lenses from ARRI Rental. Empire of Light, directed by Sam Mendes with Roger A. Deakins ASC, BSC, CSE as cinematographer utilized the ALEXA Mini LF with ARRI Signature Prime lenses.

The Perfect Number, directed by Krzysztof Zanussi, was shot by Piotr Niemyjski PSC, JSC on the ALEXA LF with ARRI SR II and ARRI SR III cameras and Master Prime lenses, and for Gunnar Vikene's War Sailor, DP Sturla Brandth Gr vlen DDF chose the ALEXA Mini. For his work on White Noise, DP Lol Crawley chose to go analog using the ARRICAM LT, ARRIFLEX 235, and ARRIFLEX 435 cameras to capture Noah Baumbach's film.

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Festival Director Marek ydowicz presented the Festival Director's Award to Mandy Walker at the closing ceremony.

In the Documentary Features Competition, the Golden Frog went to Kash Kash, directed by Lea Najjar and lensed by cinematographer Jonas Schneider on the ARRI AMIRA. For Documentary Shorts, DP Adric Watson won the Golden Frog for Jess Kohl's piece A Mouthful of Petrol, also shot on AMIRA.

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Director Lea Najjar of the documentary film Kash Kash accepting her frog on stage at the closing ceremony.

Throughout the company s history, ARRI has attached great importance to supporting future filmmakers worldwide. Therefore, we would like to highlight the Debut winners from Camerimage 2022-this year, the prize for the Directors' Debuts Competition and the Cinematographers' Debuts Competition went to filmmakers behind the same film: Love According To Dalva. These talented newbies, director Emmanuelle Nicot and cinematographer Caroline Guimbal, chose to shoot their film with the ARRI ALEXA Mini. Our congratulations go out to all the young filmmakers who made this year's Camerimage so special.

Already on Tuesday ARRI had the chance to honor a few of the nominees at ARRI's annual Nominations Dinner. Nominees for the Golden Frog at this year's festival called on stage by Festival Director Marek ydowicz and Managing Director at ARRI Stephan Schenk. Congratulations to The Angel in the Wall cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger; Elvis cinematographer Mandy Walker; Elvis director Baz Luhrmann; Top Gun: Maverick director Joseph Kosinski; Top Gun: Maverick cinematographer Claudio Miranda; and Living cinematographer Jamie D. Ramsay and thank you for joining us!

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At the annual Nominations Dinner, Golden Frog festival nominees were presented with statues (from l. to r.) Cinematographers Peter Zeitlinger and Mandy Walker, directors Baz Luhrmann and Joseph Kosinski, cinematographers Claudio Miranda and Jamie D. Ramsay along with Managing Director at ARRI Stephan Schenk, and Festival Director Marek ydowicz.

In honor of Camerimage turning 30 this year and for our many years of successful partnership, ARRI also presented Marek ydowicz and Camerimage with an ARRI Lion. This company award is given in recognition of exceptional efforts only a few times a year. Marek ydowicz thanked ARRI, mentioning that ARRI has always been a loyal and devoted partner of the festival, even in bad times. He went on to say: I hope that for many, many years to come we will be meeting here in Tor n during the festival to celebrate all the innovations and technical novelties that our friends at ARRI are going to grace us with.

At the Jordanki Festival Center, festival attendees had the chance to visit the ARRI booth and see ARRI and ARRI Rental's latest camera, lenses, and lighting products. Highlights included the ALEXA 35, ALEXA Mini LF, ARRI Signature Prime and Zoom lenses, and TRINITY 2. For ARRI Lighting, Orbiter along with

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