EnergaCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival has announced the nominees for its student competition, represented this year by a record number of 23 films.
First held in 1997, the Film and Art School Etudes Competition (formerly the Student Etudes Competition) “supports the development of novice filmmakers and provides a unique opportunity to celebrate the cinematic achievements of students from film schools all around the world”, the organisation said.
Each year, the winners are chosen by an international jury of acclaimed filmmakers and industry professionals.
The winner of best cinematography receives the coveted László Kovács Student Award – the Golden Tadpole.
The Polish Filmmakers Association will also present the winner with a cheque for PLN 10,000.
Among the nominees this year is National Film and Television School student Antonia Schäfer, for her film They Made You Into a Weapon and Told You to Find Peace.
Beyond the main award, the student competition also recognises the second- and third-place entries with the Silver Tadpole and the Bronze Tadpole respectively.
List of nominees:
- Andres Bernal, Are You a Friend of Dorothy?
New York Film Academy (NYFA), USA - Bruce Puyu Wang, Dandelion
American Film Institute Conservatory (AFI), USA - Felix Pochlatko, Ever After
Vienna Film Academy – Institute for Film and Television, Austria - Mikuláš Hrdlička, Fathers
Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU), Czech Republic - Witold Prokopczyk, Haiphongpol
Warsaw Film School, Poland - Halil Tanisan, The Hotel
£ódź Film School, Poland - Luca Louis Hain, Inkubus
Hamburg Media School (HMS), Germany - Annika Miettinen, The Lightning Rod
Department of Film (ELO), Aalto University, Finland - Yash Bhatnagar, A Man Fate Forgot
Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, Chapman University, USA - Francesca Avanzini, Marina
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia – National Film School (CSC), Italy - Alberts Bērziòð, Memory Merchant
Baltic Film, Media and Arts School (BFM) of Tallinn University, Estonia - Mateusz Gzel, Neverlandex
Warsaw Film School, Poland - Katarzyna Lewek, Not To Come Back
Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice, Poland - Paweł Jach, NS4
£ódź Film School, Poland - Max Losson, Photo Play XX
Florida State University (FSU) College of Motion Picture Arts, USA - Nikodem Marek, Service
£ódź Film School, Poland - Nico Schrenk, Skin on Skin
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany - Antonia Schäfer, They Made You Into a Weapon and Told You to Find Peace
National Film and Television School (NFTS), UK - Maiya Rice, Tough Love
National Film School (NFS) at IADT in Dublin, Ireland - Felix Foltas, The USB Paradox
Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria - Henri Nunn, Walud
University of Television and Film Munich (HFF), Germany - Shuli Huang, Where Time Stood Still
NYU Tisch School of the Arts, USA - Marvin Rizzo, Who We Used to Be
Hamburg Media School (HMS), Germany
More information is available on the EnergaCAMERIMAGE website.
