Mexican cinematographer Ernesto Pardo was awarded today the Golden Frog for Best Feature Documentary for his work in The Echo / El eco by Tatiana Huezo at Poland’s prestigious Camerimage Cinematography Film Festival. This marks Pardo’s second win in the same category after he won the Golden Frog in 2016 for this cinematography for the documentary Tempestad, also directed by Huezo.
The documentary, set in the remote village of El Echo, which exists outside of time, follows a group of children who care for the sheep and their elders. While the frost and drought punish the land, they learn to understand death, illness and love with each act, word and silence of their parents. A story about the echo of what clings to the soul, about the certainty of shelter provided by those around us, about rebellion and vertigo in the face of life. About growing up.
Additionally, American cinematographer Ed Lachman was awarded the Silver Frog in the main competition for his work in the Chilean film El Conde by Pablo Larraín, which imagines dictator Augusto Pinochet as a vampire; and Mexican cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, whose recent work on Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon was featured at the festival, was feted with The Hollywood Reporter‘s inaugural Titan honor for a cinematographer, which was presented by tech editor Carolyn Giardina.
The 31st edition of the Camerimage Cinematography Film Festival took place November 11-18 in Toruń, Poland.
