BITTER HERB by Maria Ornaf with Zuzanna Zachara’s photography and MARIAM and NATAN directed and shot by David Bajerski, are in the Student Film Competition of the energaCAMERIMAGE Festival, 2019.

Student Film Competition was established in 1997. Its purpose is to support the development of young film-makers and to confront the achievements of students from around the world. Every year, dozens of film schools submit the best films to the competition at EnergaCAMERIMAGE. This year, there are 22 films in the competition. The winners will be selected by an international jury of recognized filmmakers and other representatives of the world of art and culture.
The best student film cinematographer will be awarded the Golden Tadpole - Student Award named after Laszlo Kovacs. Other prizes include a Silver and Bronze Tadpole. In addition, the Polish Filmmakers Association will award the winner of the Student Films Competition with a check of PLN 10,000.

This year, the 27th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography EnergaCAMERIMAGE will take place from November 9-16.

BITTER HERB

"In the old days, a mother who wanted to wean the child from breast feeding would rub her breast with an infusion of wormwood so that the child, having tasted a bitter taste, would never again want to have breast milk."

Screenplay and direction: Maria Ornaf
Cinematography: Zuzanna Zachara
Art direction: Maciej Biegański, Back To Front
Costumes: Marta Maciejewska
Music: Rafał Nowak, Pimon Lekler
Editing: Tomasz Kajetan Naruszewicz, Urszula Bucka
Make-up: Anna Kieszczyńska
Production management: Gabriela Piskor, Martyna Siwińska
Artistic supervision: Mariusz Grzegorzek

Film’s profile: http://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=1247837

MARIAM AND NATAN

"The story of the love of a mother and son in the context of a city unfriendly to them."

Screenplay, direction and cinematography: David Bajerski
Art direction: Klaudia Bździkot
Music: Marcin Bogusz
Production management: Zuzanna Gorczycka
Artistic supervision: Piotr Wojtowicz and Stanisław Szymański

Film’s profile: http://filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=1249174

MAN IN A BOX dir. by Shailesh Singh, dop by Giovanni Cimarosti and Joaquin Gaspar Sosa is in the Documentary Shorts Competition of the energaCAMERIMAGE Festival, 2019.

MAN IN A BOX
Is author’s angst to bring his deep seated thoughts on to a paper. An artwork of the same name "Man In A Box" is an auto portrait in movement that explores the analogy of the artwork in a closed room with the living world outside.

Directed by Shailesh Singh
Cinematography: Giovanni Cimarosti
Cooperation: Karen Manukian
Cinematography cooperation: Joaquin Sosa
Editing: Anna Adamowicz i Michał Klimczak
Music and sound: Maciej Tobera
Production management: Martyna Nitkowska
Artistic supervision: Sławomir Kalwinek

More information:
camerimage.pl/sklad-konkursu-etiud-studenckich-energacamerimage-2019/
camerimage.pl/en/sklad-konkursu-krotkometrazowych-filmow-dokumentalnych-2019/

photo 1 - MARIAM AND NATAN
photo 2 - BITTER HERB
photo 3 - MAN IN A BOX

Congratulations and fingers crossed!