The 32nd International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Camerimage, also named EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2024 for its sponsorship from Polish power company Energa, took place from 16 to 23 November 2024 in

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, to recognize and reward the best in

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in film, television and music videos.

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'' Blitz'' will serve as the festival's opening film, while the first half of Jon M. Chu's two-part

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'' will close the festival. Both films will be honoured with special awards for their director and production designer, respectively.

Background

On 6 June 2024, Australian actress

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was announced as the jury president for the main competition. Later, on 19 September, '' Blitz'' was revealed as the opening film, while the following month, on 10 October, ''

'' was announced as the closing film. The films competing in the main competition were revealed in groups of three, finally announcing the complete lineup on 30 October. The festival's poster was designer by Polish illustrator and graphic artist Marcin Wolski and was inspired by

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and

's gothic architecture. A special screening of

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'' Maria'', shot by Edward Lachman, will take place during the festival. Additionally, to celebrate the thirty year anniversary of American film studio

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, six films from the studio will be screened. British filmmaker

is set to be awarded with the Outstanding Director Award. English production designer

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will receive the Special Award for Production Designer. Japanese actor

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will receive the inaugural Best TV Series Performance award for his work in FX'

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series ''

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'', while Italian-American documentary filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi will be honoured with the Outstanding Achievements in Documentary Filmmaking award. American film editor and director

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will receive the Film Editor award and will screen his directorial debut ''

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'' as a part of the special screenings.

Controversies

Among the special screenings, the festival announced the world premiere of

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''. The decision to include the film within the festival was met with controversy, due to the shooting incident that took place during the movie's filming, where cinematographer

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was fatally shot. Multiple cinematographers expressed their discontent with the film's premiere in the festival, with some deeming it "distasteful" and considering it not an appropriate way to honour Hutchins work. In November 2024, the festival's director Marek Żydowicz wrote an op-ed for ''Cinematography World'', where he expressed his thoughts on the changes in the industry, including the growing numer of female directors and cinematographers. Some of Żydowicz comments were met with backlash from various cinematographers as well as the

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, who released an article where they expressed their dissaproval, writing "we are disheartened and angered by your profoundly misogynistic comments and aggressive tone, which we view as symptomatic of a deep-rooted prejudice". Żydowicz issued an apology, describing the situation as a "misunderstanding", also writing "I assure you that we will prevent this kind of ambiguity from occurring in our communications in the future". Director

, who was a guest of honor for this year's festival and was set to receive a special award, announced he was no longer attending the festival. Similarly, director Coralie Fargeat and cinematographer Benjamin Kračun announced they were pulling their film ''

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'' out of the competition and were also not attending the festival.

Juries

The jury members were as follows:

Main Competition

, actress, producer, artistic director (jury president) *

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, cinematographer * Jolanta Dylewska, cinematographer, documentary filmmaker * Anna Higgs, producer, columnist * Sandy Powell, costume designer *

Rodrigo Prieto Rodrigo Prieto Stambaugh, American Society of Cinematographers, ASC, AMC (born November 23, 1965), is a Mexican cinematographer and film director. He has collaborated with Martin Scorsese and Alejandro González Iñárritu, among other promine ...

, cinematographer *

Łukasz Żal Łukasz Żal (; born 24 June 1981) is a Polish cinematographer, best known for his work on the films '' Ida'' (2014), ''Loving Vincent'' (2017), ''Cold War'' (2018) and ''The Zone of Interest'' (2023). Life and career Żal has said that he "fell ...

, cinematographer

FIPRESCI Prize

* Victor López González, film critic * Diana Martirosyan, film critic * Paweł Mossakowski, film critic

Polish Films Competition

* Julie Huntsinger, manage, producer (jury president) * César Charlone, cinematographer * Florian Hoffmeister, cinematographer, director

Cinematographers' Debuts Competition

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, cinematographer (jury president) * Lawrence Grobel, writer, journalist, lecturer * Michael Neubauer, cinematographer, manager

Directors' Debuts Competition

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, production designer (jury president) * Amjad Al Rasheed, director, writer * Johannes Kirklechner, cinematographer

TV Series Competition

* Salvatore Totino, cinematographer (jury president) * Catherine Goldschmidt, cinematographer *

Larkin Seiple Larkin Seiple (born 1985) is an American cinematographer. He worked with Jon Watts on '' Cop Car'' (2015) and '' Wolfs'' (2024) and with the director duo Daniels on '' Swiss Army Man'' (2016) and ''Everything Everywhere All at Once'' (2022). Bio ...

, cinematographer

Documentary Features Competition

* Lara Vilanova, cinematographer, colorist (jury president) * Consuelo Althouse, cinematographer, artist, documentary filmmaker * Jeff Gibbs, producer, director, writer, documentary filmmaker

Documentary Shorts Competition

* Maiti Gámez, director, cinematographer, documentary filmmaker (jury president) * Kirstine Barfod, producer * Stephen Lightbill, cinematographer

Music Videos Competition

* Alice Brooks, cinematographer (jury president) *

Greig Fraser Greig Fraser is an Australian cinematographer. He received the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for ''Dune'' (2021) and two other nominations for ''Lion'' (2016) and '' Dune: Part Two'' (2024). He is also known for ''Zero Dark Thirty'' (20 ...

, cinematographer *

Dawid Podsiadło Dawid Henryk Podsiadło (; born 23 May 1993) is a Polish singer-songwriter who won the second series of ''X Factor'' in 2012. He received PLN 100,000 and a recording contract with Sony Music. On the show, he was mentored by Tatiana Okupnik. ...

, singer-songwriter, composer

Film and Art School Etudes Competition

* Shelly Johnson, cinematographer (jury president) * Martin Gschlacht, cinematographer, producer * Adam Habib, cinematographer, animation layout artist and camera lead

Official selection

The films and projects selected for each announced section are as follows, though the TV Series lineup are yet to be revealed: :Highlighted title indicates section's Golden Frog winner. :Highlighted title indicates section's Silver Frog winner. :Highlighted title indicates section's Bronze Frog winner.

Main Competition

Special Screenings

Documentary Features Competition

Director's Debuts Competition

Cinematographer's Debuts Competition

Music Videos Competition

TV Series Competition

Polish Films Competition

Film and Art School Etudes Competition

Film and Art School Etudes Panorama

Documentary Shorts Competition

Documentary Special Screenings

World Cinema

Awards

Special awards

* Outstanding Director Award:

* Special Award for Production Designer:

* Best TV Series Performance:

for ''

'' * Outstanding Achievements in Documentary Filmmaking: Gianfranco Rosi * Film Editor Award:

Notes

References

External links

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