Summary 2023

Awards

MAIN COMPETITION

Golden Frog: The New Boy
cin. Warwick Thornton
dir. Warwick Thornton

Silver Frog: El Conde
cin. Ed Lachman
dir. Pablo Larraín

Bronze Frog: Poor Things
cin. Robbie Ryan
dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

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FIPRESCI AWARD

The International Federation of Film Critics Award for Best Film: The Zone of Interest
cin. Łukasz Żal
dir. Jonathan Glazer

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POLISH FILMS COMPETITION

Golden Frog: Doppelgänger. The Double
cin. Bartłomiej Kaczmarek
dir. Jan Holoubek

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FILM AND ART SCHOOL ETUDES COMPETITION

Laszlo Kovacs Student Award - Golden Tadpole: Cremation, or the Quarantine Hotel
cin. Wen Lau
dir. Ning Qian
school: National Taiwan University of Arts (NTUA)

Silver Tadpole: Plastic Touch
zdj. Celia Morales
reż. Aitana Ahrens
school: The Madrid Film School (ECAM)

Bronze Tadpole: Poor Boy Long Way from Home
zdj. Tuur Oosterlinck
reż. Jonas Hollevoet
school: Sint-Lucas School of Arts, Brussel (LUCA)

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DOCUMENTARY FEATURES COMPETITION

Golden Frog: The Echo
cin. Ernesto Pardo
dir. Tatiana Huezo

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DOCUMENTARY SHORTS COMPETITION

Golden Frog: Oasis
cin. Myriam Payette
dir. Justine Martin

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DIRECTORS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)

Golden Frog: Inshallah a Boy
cin. Kanamé Onoyama
dir. Amjad Al-Rasheed

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CINEMATOGRAPHERS’ DEBUTS COMPETITION
under the patronage of the Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)

Golden Frog: A Song Sung Blue
cin. Jiayue Hao
dir. Zihan Geng

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MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION

Golden Frog: Son Lux Undertow
cin. Drew Bienemann
dir. Alex Cook

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TV SERIES COMPETITION

Golden Frog: The Offer: A Seat at the Table
cin. Salvatore Totino
dir. Dexter Fletcher

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AUDIENCE AWARD

Golden Frog: Poor Things
cin. Robbie Ryan
dir. Yorgos Lanthimos

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ADVERTISING SPOTS COMPETITION “EUROPEAN FUNDS IN FOCUS”
organised in co-operation with Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region

Best Advertising Spot (up to 45 seconds)

Main Prize: Masovian Unit for the Implementation of EU Programs: Pełna kulturka na Pradze
Honorable mention: Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region: Sygnał Kultury
Audience Award: Masovian Unit for the Implementation of EU Programs: Pełna kulturka na Pradze

Best Advertising Spot (up to 3 minutes)

Main Prize: Warmińsko-Mazurskiego Region: Fundusze Europejskie… łatwiej po nie sięgnąć
Honorable mention: Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region: Reżyser
Audience Award: Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region: Reżyser

Special mentions

Award for Best Cinematography in the Advertising Spot: Masovian Unit for the Implementation of EU Programs: W rytmie Funduszy Europejskich

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SPECIAL AWARDS OF 31st EnergaCAMERIMAGE

Lifetime Achievement Award: Peter Biziou
Lifetime Achievement Award for Director: Krzysztof Zanussi
Duo Award: Cinematographer - Director: Peter Zeitlinger - Werner Herzog
Award for Directors with Unique Visual Sensitivity: The Brothers Quay
Award for Producer with Unique Visual Sensitivity: Jon Kilik
Award for Costume Designer with Unique Visual Sensitivity: Jenny Beavan
Award for Directing Achievements in the Field of Music Videos: Floria Sigismondi
Special Award for an Actor: Adam Driver
Festival Director’s Award for an Actor: Peter Dinklage
Special Award: Bob Geldof

Exhibitions

Exhibition "Astronomer Copernicus, or conversation with God"

From 12 November 2023 in the Burghers’ Hall of the Toruń City Hall, the painting ASTRONOMER COPERNICUS, OR CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD by Jan Matejko was displayed. Thanks to Marek Żydowicz, director and initiator of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival, the masterpiece by the most outstanding representative of historicism in Polish painting was exhibited in Toruń for nearly two weeks. This was a unique event and a one-of-a-kind chance to view the painting, which has its unquestionable place in Polish history.

Matejko’s impressive work of art could be seen on a daily basis in Cracow, in the building of the Collegium Novum, which it very seldom leaves. Over the past 70 years, apart from the Małopolska capital, the painting has only been presented at the National Gallery in London and the Royal Castle in Warsaw. From 12 until 24 November 2023 visitors were able to see the masterpiece on display at the District Museum in Toruń. The event was accompanied the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival. For the duration of the festival, i.e. until November 18, the entrance to the exhibition was available free of charge.

The painting depicting Nicolaus Copernicus surrounded by astronomical instruments and gazing up into the sky with inspiration, was created in 1873 to mark the 400th anniversary of the birth of the great astronomer and Toruń’s most famous resident. The display of the work, however, was not included in the official programme of the anniversary celebrations that were then held in Cracow. Matejko then decided to show ASTRONOMER COPERNICUS... by himself, in the Cracow city council hall and then outside Galicia in Warsaw and Vienna. The painting raised tremendous excitement and interest, and it was very soon purchased with public contributions and handed over to the Jagiellonian University, which owns it to this day. ASTRONOMER COPERNICUS, OR CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD is undoubtedly the most famous painting of the eminent Toruń resident, which has been shaping our perception of Copernicus for 150 years. In his work, Matejko relied on the surviving images of Copernicus, while looking for a model to match them. The choice fell on the artist’s friend Henryk Levittoux, a physician and art lover. The nineteen-year-old nephew of the artist’s wife, Antoni Serafiński, also posed for the painting.

The Toruń exhibition was enriched with sketches by Jan Matejko that are part of the character study of Nicolaus Copernicus, as well as a unique, very amusing cartoon in which Matejko himself showed the conditions under which the painting was created. The Burghers’ Hall also featured a large-format screen with a NASA film showing the Sun - the focal point of Nicolaus Copernicus’ theory.

The exhibition was curated by Marek Żydowicz, and coordinated by Agnieszka Swoińska, Michał Prewysz-Kwinto and Dominika Krawańska. The exhibition was created thanks to the support of the staff of the District Museum in Toruń. The exhibition was organized by the Tumult Foundation. The main partner of the event was the Local Government of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region. The partners were the District Museum in Toruń, Jagiellonian University in Cracow and the National Museum in Cracow. The Festival was subsidized by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the City of Toruń.

The organizers would like to thank the Director of the District Museum in Toruń Mrs Aleksandra Mierzejewska, Professor Krzysztof Stopka – Director of the Jagiellonian University Museum, Professor Andrzej Szczerski – Director of the National Museum in Cracow, as well as the Mayor of the City of Toruń Mr Michał Zaleski and the Marshal of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region Mr Piotr Całbecki for all their help and support.