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The Substance director Coralie Fargeat has pulled her film from the Camerimage Film Festival – find out more below.Last week (November 12), the Camerimage Film Festival found itself in controversy after its director Marek Żydowicz penned a column for Cinematography World magazine that led to claims of misogyny.Per Variety, Żydowicz appeared to suggest that more female cinematographers and directors being showcased in film festival programming could lead to the inclusion of “mediocre film productions” at the expense of “works and artists with outstanding artistic achievements.”He wrote: “Should we reject what is esteemed and valuable just to ‘make space’ for the necessity of social change? Whilst festivals like Cannes, Berlin or Venice are criticized for their selections due to succumbing to or promoting [political or ideological trends], Camerimage remains committed to artistic values as the foremost criterion for qualifying and promoting film art.”Żydowicz has since claimed that his column was misunderstood: “We have always strived to showcase only the best of contemporary cinema, regardless of who creates it. And that is how my statement should be understood, there is nothing more to it, it has nothing to do with lack of respect for women.”On Saturday (November 16), Fargeat announced that she has decided to pull The Substance from the film festival following Żydowicz’s comments: “After discovering teh highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull THE SUBSTANCE from the festival (and [director of photography] Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend.”She continued: “The Substance is about the impact of exactly these types of behaviours on our world.

French filmmaker Coralie Fargeat has pulled her latest feature The Substance from Poland’s Camerimage Film Festival following the fallout of a controversial op-ed written by the festival’s founder and head Marek Żydowicz.

Katcy Stephan Coralie Fargeat has pulled her film “The Substance” from Camerimage Film Festival following comments the festival director made about female cinematographers. “After discovering the highly misogynistic and offensive words of the director of the Camerimage Film Festival, I have decided to pull ‘The Substance’ from the festival (and [director of photography] Benjamin Kračun has decided not to attend),” Fargeat wrote in a statement posted to her X account.

Coralie Fargeat’s The Substance and Jacques Audiard’s Emilia Pérez are among the winners of the European Film Academy’s 2024 Excellence Awards, celebrating arts and crafts achievements in eight categories.

Mubi has acquired worldwide rights for French director Coralie Fargeat’s English-language body horror movie The Substance ahead of its world premiere in Competition at the Cannes Film Festival this month.

Alex Ritman Mubi has kicked off its 2024 Cannes Film Festival early and in style, acquiring worldwide rights to one of the buzziest films set to premiere in competition. The arthouse distributor, production banner and streamer has landed Coralie Fargeat’s body horror “The Substance,” starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Denis Quaid, picking up all rights for North America, U.K., Ireland, Germany, Austria, Latin America and Benelux, where it will release theatrically this year. Mubi has also acquired the rights for Turkey and India.