Elsinore, the award season drama directed by Simon Stone and led by Andrew Scott, has been tapped to close the 34th edition of Camerimage, the world's largest festival devoted to the art of cinematography.
The real-life drama was shot by Mike Eley and features Scott as Ian Charleson, the Scottish actor best remembered for Chariots of Fire. In the final days of his life, before succumbing to AIDS, Charleson devoted himself to one last stage performance of Hamlet, and the film recounts that story. Olivia Colman, Joe Locke and Johnny Flynn round out the principal cast.
Written by Stephen Beresford, the film premiered at Telluride and went on to open the BFI London Film Festival in October, making it one of the more prominent titles of the current awards conversation.
Its closing-night berth caps a Camerimage lineup that gathers many of the year's leading awards contenders. The festival's signature prize, the Golden Frog trophy, will be decided among a competition slate drawn from major international productions.
Among the films vying for the Golden Frog are Project Hail Mary, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and shot by Greig Fraser, and Steven Spielberg's Disclosure Day, with cinematography by Janusz Kamiński. Martin McDonagh's Wild Horse Nine, shot by Ben Davis, is also in the running.
The competition continues with Tony Gilroy's Behemoth!, photographed by Damián García. Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev brings Minotaur, shot by his longtime collaborator Mikhail Krichman, while May el-Toukhy's Woman Unknown, a Venice Film Festival winner shot by Jasper J. Spanning, is another title on the slate.
Paweł Pawlikowski's Fatherland, shot by Lukasz Zal, adds further awards pedigree to the field. Hans Petter Moland's Growth of the Soil, photographed by Oskar Dahlsbakken, is also competing.
Rounding out the selection is Visitation, directed by Volker Schlöndorff and shot by Axel Schneppat.
Camerimage, which bills itself as the largest festival dedicated to cinematography, runs from Nov. 7 through Nov. 14, with Elsinore bringing the eight-day event to a close.
