Berlin 2025: 56 Cinematographers on How They Shot Their Features
This year, IndieWire is expanding the number of festivals at which we run a survey of cinematographers about what formats, cameras, and lenses they chose and how those choices reflected the logistical and creative needs of their films.
Luckily, for the 2025 Berlin Film Festival, we got an expansive response from 56 directors of photography with films playing at the festival. They represent the full range of programming at Berlin, from the sharp sci-fi of Bong Joon-ho’s “Mickey 17” to the threatening fantasy of “The Ice Tower” to the jazzy throwback of “Köln ’75,” the grounded character portraits of “Shadowboxing,” and much more.