The festival of cinematography remains political with the rise of AI and gender equality bubbling beneath the surface.
Having been overshadowed by charges of a lack of female representation and disrespect to female filmmakers last year, Camerimage 2025 looked to set the record straight. The award of the Golden Frog to a female-directed, female-photographed film about heroic female hospital workers by a female jury chief (New Zealand DP Niki Caro) was a pointed riposte to (continuing) rumbles about the lack of female representation in the industry and at this festival in particular...
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