Steve McQueen is no longer attending the opening night screening of his new film “Blitz” at Camerimage Film Festival over comments the festival director made about women cinematographers. He was also set to receive the outstanding director award at the event.

British filmmaker Steve McQueen will no longer attend a screening of his latest feature Blitz at Poland's Camerimage Film Festival following the fallout of a controversial op-ed written by the festival's founder and head Marek Żydowicz.

"Can we sacrifice works and artists with outstanding artistic achievements solely to make room for mediocre film production?" film festival CEO Marek Zydowicz questioned The post ‘Blitz’ Director Steve McQueen Drops Out of Camerimage Due to Founder’s Take on Women in Cinematography appeared first on TheWrap.

As Camerimage, a leading cinematography festival, gets ready to open on Friday, Women in Cinematography, a body that presses for better representation for women DPs, has called for significant changes to the festival which will this year host the word premiere of “Rust.

Women in Cinematography - the popular and influential union that represents women cinematographers across the globe - has become the latest industry organization to publicly criticize Camerimage Film Festival head Marek Żydowicz for comments he made last week in a magazine op-ed.

In response to a petition calling for better representation of women cinematographers, Marek Żydowicz’s column stirs controversy days before Opening Night.

The 'Blitz' director was supposed to be in attendance for his opening night film, and he was being honored with the outstanding director award.