The 33rd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage, also named EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2025 for its sponsorship from Polish power company Energa, is took place from 15 to 22 November 2025 in Toruń, Poland, to recognize and reward the best in cinematography in film, television and music videos.
Ronan Day-Lewis directorial debut Anemone served as the festival's opening film.[1] The Golden Frog went to Judith Kaufmann for her work in Petra Volpe's drama Late Shift. Fabian Gamper for Mascha Schilinski's Sound of Falling and Michał Sobociński for Michał Kwieciński's Chopin, a Sonata in Paris, received the Silver and Bronze Frog respectively.[2]
Background
Throughout October 2025, the films and projects included for each section were announced, with the full official lineup for the main competition being revealed on 29 October.[3]
[4] Later, on 31 October, the psychological drama Anemone, directed by Ronan Day-Lewis with cinematography work done by Ben Fordesman, was announced as the opening film for the festival.[1]
The festival's official poster was revealed on 25 August and features a magician taking a frog out of a hat, making reference to the festival's main award, the Golden Frog, which represents "a spark of a new idea, the seed of a story which, in the right hands, takes on form, colour, and true magic". Its concept was created by Marek Żydowicz with its visual framework developed by Nadia Kasprowicz.
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Australian actress Cate Blanchett, who served as the jury president for the festival's previous edition, received the Icon Award, while American documentary filmmaker Liz Garbus was honored with the Award for Outstanding Achievements in Documentary Filmmaking.[6][7] Australian actor Joel Edgerton received the Actor's Award.[8]
The FilmLight Colour Awards, organized by FilmLight in association with Colorist Society International, recognized the best in colour grading across six juried categories whose winners were revealed on 16 November during the festival. The nominees were announced on 22 October.[9] American cinematographer Bradford Young will serve as the jury president while South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook was announced as the jury guest of honor.[10][11]
Official selection
The films and projects selected for each announced section are as follows:[3][12]
- Highlighted title indicates section's Golden Frog winner.
- Highlighted title indicates section's Silver Frog winner.
- Highlighted title indicates section's Bronze Frog winner.
Main Competition
| English Title
|
Original Title
|
Cinematographer(s)
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| 12 Paintings of Enslavement |
12 obrazów zniewolenia |
Lech Majewski, Paweł Tybora |
Lech Majewski |
Poland
|
| Anemone (opening film) |
Ben Fordesman |
Ronan Day-Lewis |
Switzerland, United Kingdom
|
| Chopin, a Sonata in Paris |
Chopin, Chopin! |
Michał Sobociński |
Michał Kwieciński |
Poland, France, Spain
|
| A Complete Unknown |
Phedon Papamichael |
James Mangold |
United States
|
| F1 |
Claudio Miranda |
Joseph Kosinski |
United States
|
| Franz |
Tomasz Naumiuk |
Agnieszka Holland |
Czech Republic, Poland, Germany
|
| Hamnet |
Łukasz Żal |
Chloé Zhao |
United Kingdom
|
| A House of Dynamite |
Barry Ackroyd |
Kathryn Bigelow |
United States
|
| Late Shift |
Heldin |
Judith Kaufmann |
Petra Volpe |
Switzerland, Germany
|
| Mother |
Мајка |
Virginie Saint-Martin |
Teona Strugar Mitevska |
Belgium, Macedonia, Sweden, Denmark, India
|
| Nuremberg |
Dariusz Wolski |
James Vanderbilt |
United States
|
| Sinners |
Autumn Durald Arkapaw |
Ryan Coogler |
United States, Australia, Canada
|
| Sound of Falling |
In die Sonne schauen |
Fabian Gamper |
Mascha Schilinski |
Germany
|
| Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere |
Masanobu Takayanagi |
Scott Cooper |
United States
|
Documentary Features Competition
| English Title
|
Original Title
|
Cinematographer(s)
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| All the Mountains Give |
Arash Rakhsha |
Arash Rakhsha |
Iran, United States
|
| Dear Tomorrow |
Kaspar Astrup Schröder |
Kaspar Astrup Schröder |
Denmark, Japan, Sweden
|
| Iron Winter |
Benjamin Bryan |
Kasimir Burgess |
Australia
|
| Messengers |
Adam Crosby |
Jeffrey Zablotny |
Canada
|
| The Queen and the Smokehouse |
Bałtyk |
Kacper Gawron |
Iga Lis |
Poland
|
| Silver |
Stanisław Cuske |
Natalia Koniarz |
Poland
|
Director's Debuts Competition
Cinematographer's Debuts Competition
| English Title
|
Original Title
|
Cinematographer(s)
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| Censurada |
Nicolás Aguado, Ianire Beriain |
Mario Garza |
United States, Spain, Mexico
|
| East of Wall |
Austin Shelton |
Kate Beecroft |
United States
|
| Father |
Otec |
Adam Suzin |
Tereza Nvotová |
Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland
|
| In the Shadow |
La sebarda |
Amir Aliveisi |
Salem Salavati |
Kurdistan, Iran, Sweden
|
| Raptures |
Rörelser |
Mimmo Hildén |
Jon Blåhed |
Sweden, Finland
|
| Reedland |
Rietland |
Sam du Pon |
Sven Bresser |
Netherlands, Belgium
|
| Solitary |
David Christopher Lynch |
Eamonn Murphy |
Ireland
|
Music Videos Competition
| Music video
|
Performing artist(s)
|
Cinematographer(s)
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| "Kiss Kiss Goodbye" |
Adonxs |
Marián Ontko |
Jiří Horenský |
Czech Republic, Slovakia
|
| "Salve Mater" |
Amenra |
Thomas Vercauteren |
Sam Debaecke |
Belgium
|
| "Supernatural" |
Ariana Grande |
Jeff Cronenweth |
Christian Breslauer, Ariana Grande |
United States
|
| "Chains & Whips" |
Clipse & Kendrick Lamar |
Jake Gabbay |
Gabriel Moses |
United States
|
| "It's Amazing to Be Young" |
Fontaines D.C. |
Jaime Ackroyd |
Luna Carmoon |
Ireland
|
| "Luther" |
Kendrick Lamar & SZA |
Adam Newport-Berra |
Karena Evans |
United States
|
| "Afterglow" |
Klangkarussell & Givven |
Rupert Höller |
Matthias Helldoppler |
Austria
|
| "Giuseppe" |
Labasco |
Mattia Bernabè, Ludovica Dri |
Valentina Branella |
Italy
|
| "The Dead Dance" |
Lady Gaga |
Andrés Arochi |
Tim Burton |
United States
|
| "Cruel Love" |
Leon Vynehall featuring Beau Nox |
Dustin Lane |
Alex Takács |
United Kingdom
|
| "Flood" |
Little Simz |
Rina Yang |
Salomon Ligthelm |
United States
|
| "Consider Me Venus" |
Sei Selina |
Andreas Johannessen |
Niels Windfeldt |
Norway
|
| "Altamaha-ha" |
Stacy Subaro |
Juliette Lossky |
Adrian Villagomez |
Canada
|
| "Flames" |
Will Swinton |
Guido Raimondo |
Brandon Chen |
United States
|
| "Zombie" |
Yungblud |
Courtney Bennett |
Charlie Sarsfield |
United Kingdom
|
TV Series Competition
Polish Films Competition
Film and Art School Etudes Competition
Special Screenings
| English Title
|
Original Title
|
Cinematographer(s)
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| Frankenstein |
Dan Laustsen |
Guillermo del Toro |
United States
|
| Mulan |
Mandy Walker |
Niki Caro |
United States
|
| The Testament of Ann Lee |
William Rexer |
Mona Fastvold |
United Kingdom, United States
|
| Ballad of a Small Player |
James Friend |
Edward Berger |
United Kingdom
|
| Amrum |
Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
Fatih Akin |
Germany
|
| Sorry, Baby |
Mia Cioffi Henry |
Eva Victor |
United States
|
| Sentimental Value |
Affeksjonsverdi |
Kasper Tuxen |
Joachim Trier |
Norway, France, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, United Kingdom
|
| Father Mother Sister Brother |
Frederick Elmes, Yorick Le Saux |
Jim Jarmusch |
United States, Ireland, France, Italy, Japan
|
| Train Dreams |
Adolpho Veloso |
Clint Bentley |
United States
|
| Legend of the Happy Worker |
Reed Smoot |
Duwayne Dunham |
United States
|
| The Lost Bus |
Pål Ulvik Rokseth |
Paul Greengrass |
United States
|
| Bagger Drama |
Pascal Reinmann |
Piet Baumgartner |
Switzerland
|
| Artistic Experiments, Non Finito
|
| Bugonia |
Robbie Ryan |
Yorgos Lanthimos |
Ireland, South Korea, United States
|
| 28 Years Later |
Anthony Dod Mantle |
Danny Boyle |
United Kingdom, United States
|
| Motor City |
John Matysiak |
Potsy Ponciroli |
United States
|
| The Lake |
Le Lac |
Joseph Areddy, Fabrice Aragno |
Fabrice Aragno |
Switzerland
|
| The Delights of the Garden |
Las delicias del jardín |
José Luis Alcaine |
Fernando Colomo |
Spain
|
| Documentary Special Screenings
|
| Bedrock |
Hanna Linkowska |
Kinga Michalska |
Canada
|
| The Eyes of Ghana |
David Feeney-Mosier, Brandon Somerhalder |
Ben Proudfoot |
United States
|
| The Golden Spurtle |
Dimitri Zaunders |
Constantine Costi |
United Kingdom, Australia
|
| Last Take: Rust and the Story of Halyna |
Craig Boydston, Halyna Hutchins, Oliver Lukacs, Michael Pessah, Olesia Saveleva, Serge Svetnoy, Corey Weintraub, Dennis Zanatta, Daniel Zollinger |
Rachel Mason |
United States
|
| Letters from Wolf Street |
Listy z Wilczej |
Arjun Talwar |
Arjun Talwar |
Poland, Germany
|
| Megadoc |
Mike Figgis |
Mike Figgis |
United States
|
| Mensch |
Bartosz Bieniek |
Paweł Wysoczański |
Poland
|
| A Teddy Bear for Michael |
Miś dla Michaela |
Grzegorz Hartfiel |
Grzegorz Zasępa |
Poland
|
| Underland |
Ruben Woodin Dechamps |
Rob Petit |
United States, United Kingdom
|
Film and Art School Etudes Panorama
Documentary Shorts Competition
| English Title
|
Original Title
|
Cinematographer(s)
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| The Believers |
Bill Kirstein |
Evan Newman |
Thailand, United States
|
| Lanawaru |
Angello Faccini |
Angello Faccini |
Colombia, Mexico, United States
|
| No Mean City |
Ronnie McQuillan |
Ross McClean |
United Kingdom
|
| Plongeurs |
Jaime Ackroyd |
Hector Aponysus |
France
|
| A Quiet Storm |
Alexandre Nour |
Benjamin Nicolas |
Canada, Japan
|
| Voices from the Abyss |
Las voces del despeñadero |
Eliott Reguera Vega |
Víctor Rejón, Irving Serrano |
Mexico
|
| Welcome Home Freckles |
Benjamin Kodboel |
Huiju Park |
United Kingdom
|
Retrospectives
| English Title
|
Original Title
|
Cinematographer(s)
|
Director(s)
|
Production countrie(s)
|
| David Lynch's World of Imagination
|
| Blue Velvet (1986) |
Frederick Elmes |
David Lynch |
United States
|
| Duran Duran: Unstaged (3011) |
Peter Deming |
United States
|
| DumbLand (2002) |
David Lynch |
United States
|
| Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) |
Ron García |
France, United States
|
| Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces (2014) |
Ron García |
United States
|
| David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) |
Jason Scheunemann |
Olivia Neergaard-Holm, Rick Barnes, Jon Nguyen |
United States, Denmark
|
| Lucky (2017) |
Tim Suhrstedt |
John Carroll Lynch |
United States
|
| More Things That Happened (2007) |
David Lynch |
David Lynch |
United States, France, Poland
|
| Liz Garbus Retrospective
|
| Bobby Fischer Against the World (2011) |
Robert Chappell |
Liz Garbus |
United States
|
| Becoming Cousteau (2021) |
Liz Garbus |
United States
|
| There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011) |
Michael Tucker |
United States
|
| The Farm: Angola, USA (1998) |
Sam Henriques, Bob Perrin |
Liz Garbus, Wilbert Rideau, Jonathan Stack |
United States
|
| What Happened, Miss Simone? (2015) |
Igor Martinovic |
Liz Garbus |
United States
|
Special awards
FilmLight Colour Awards
Nominees were announced on 22 October 2025.[9] Winners were announced on 16 November 2025.[13]
| Theatrical Feature
|
TV Series / Episodic
|
Commercial
|
|
|
|
- Bluff Bounce: "Prologue" – Franziska Heinemann
- Gucci: "We Will Always Have London" – Tim Masick at Company 3
- KFC: "Obsession" – Mark Gethin at Trafik
- Office Magazine: "Michael Shannon: A Reflection on Life, Art, Unity and the Divine" – Dylan Hageman at House Post
|
| Spotlight Award
|
Music Video
|
Emerging Talent
|
- Good Shot – Connor Bailey at House Post
- Duchoň – Ondřej Štibingr at PFX
- La Hija Cóndor – Leo Fallas at Fermento Color
- Nawi Dear Future Me – Marina Starke
|
|
- Converse x Daily Paper: "Homecoming" – Marina Starke
- Bluff Bounce: "Prologue" – Franziska Heinemann
- S Bahn: "A Century In Motion" – Imri Agmon
- Timberland: "50 Years of Hip-Hop" – Connor Bailey at House Post
|
References
- ^ a b Roxborough, Scott (31 October 2025). "Camerimage: 'Anemone' to Open 2025 Festival". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Roxborough, Scott (22 November 2025). "'Late Shift' Wins Camerimage". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
- ^ a b Mendoza, Leia (29 October 2025). "'Sinners,' 'Hamnet,' 'F1' Lead Camerimage Film Festival Lineup". Variety. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (29 October 2025). "'Sinners' & 'Hamnet' Among Camerimage Film Festival Lineup". Deadline. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "Official poster of the 33rd edition of The EnergaCAMERIMAGE FESTIVAL". Camerimage. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (23 October 2025). "Cate Blanchett To Receive Camerimage Icon Award". Deadline. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival to present Liz Garbus with Outstanding Achievements award". British Cinematographer. 29 September 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "EnergaCAMERIMAGE Award for an Actor". Camerimage. 4 November 2025. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ a b McGowan, Andrew (22 October 2025). "'Sinners,' 'Severance' and 'The Studio' Among 2025 FilmLight Colour Awards Nominees". Variety. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "Bradford Young ASC named 2025 FilmLight Colour Awards jury president". British Cinematographer. 25 September 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Giardina, Carolyn (15 July 2025). "FilmLight Reveals Colour Awards Jury Members With Park Chan-wook as Guest of Honor". American Cinematographer. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2025 - Festival program" (PDF). Camerimage. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (16 November 2025). "'The Brutalist' & Bad Bunny's 'Nuevayol' Music Video Among 2025 FilmLight Colour Award Winners — Camerimage". Deadline. Retrieved 16 November 2025.
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