Submissions for Camerimage Talent Demo 2024 are now open

Can a single meeting change the course of a novice filmmaker’s career? It surely can! As a beginner filmmaker with a head full of ideas sometimes you need that one piece of advice that can push you in the right direction. Talent Demo aims to get you there.

What is it?

Talent Demo is an educational event tailored especially for students and aspiring filmmakers. Each year a chosen group of participants have a chance to meet with acknowledged experts – cinematographers, directors, editors, talent agents and producers.

How does it work?

This initiative aims to enable young filmmakers to discuss their ongoing projects with world class film professionals. The program is addressed primarily to students of film and art schools as well as independent filmmakers who will have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to present their projects to film industry experts: cinematographers, directors, producers, distributors, talent agents, among others.

Talent Demo participants will be selected based on their applications. Those invited to the program will have an opportunity to present their projects to industry professionals and discuss the further direction of their projects as well as their career path with experts who match their needs the most.

How can you participate in a meeting?

The meetings will be held in the traditional, in-person form of consultation. We would like the participants of the program to get the most out of the face-to-face meeting with experts from around the world, on site in Toruń.

How to apply?

It is really simple! All you have to do is to log in at portal.camerimage.pl and fill out the application form where you will be asked to answer just a few simple questions regarding your experience and the project. The selection of participants is based on the application forms. Application fee is 150 PLN (approx. 32 EUR).

When can you apply?

Applications start on: October 7th, 2024. The deadline: October 16th, 2024.

Who are our experts?

A typical panel of experts consists of representatives of the following professions: a recognised cinematographer, talent agent, producer, director, distributor, representative of an international film festival. What is important is that the experts are selected after an extensive review of all the submitted applications. Therefore, we are sure that the meetings will be fruitful.

Last year, our Talent Demo board of experts was composed of the following acclaimed professionals: Tatiana Huezo (Director, Cinematographer, Editor), Ernesto Pardo (Cinematographer, Editor, Director), Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire (Director, Writer), Eleanor Bowman (Cinematographer), Jamie D. Ramsay (Cinematographer), Ravi K. Chandran (Cinematographer), Kristen Tolle Billings (Talent Agent), Tea Lindeburg (Director, Writer).

The panel of experts for this year’s edition of Talent Demo will be selected after an extensive review of all the submitted applications and announced on a later date.