The Student Film Competition was established in 1997. Its goal is to develop young filmmakers and showcase films created under the supervision of international film schools. Each year, the competition jury comprises renowned filmmakers and representatives of the world of art and culture.

EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival is one of the most important and prestigious events for cinematographers in the world.
Its 33rd edition runs in Toruń from 15th to 22nd, November.

The Student Film Competition of Film and Art Schools includes two films by cinematography students and one by a student of direction.

Here they are:

THE HOTEL (film by a cinematography student)
direction and cinematography: Halil Tanisan

Film synopsis: A man arrives at a desolate hotel, its eerie silence wrapping around him like a warning. As he wanders the dimly lit corridors, he finds no sign of life, only a lone, unattended meal waiting in the dining room, which he decides to eat. By nightfall, violent illness takes hold. In a desperate search for help, he staggers through the hotel’s darkness.

NS4 (cinematography student’s film)
direction and cinematography: Paweł Jach

Film synopsis: An employee at the National Research Institute NS4 works on projects to safeguard the viability of organic life.

SERVICE (directing student’s film)
direction: Michał Edelman
cinematography: Nikodem Marek

Film synopsis: Peter is perpetually broke. By night he fronts an underground band; by day he waits tables in a hotel restaurant. At an exclusive corporate party he is under constant pressure: serving difficult clients, placating his eternally dissatisfied boss, and offloading drugs to Joan, a foreign hotel guest. All while nursing a brutal hangover.

In total, 23 films will compete for the Golden Tadpole.

Complete list of films qualified for the Student Film Competition: camerimage.pl/pl/news/konkurs-etiud-studenckich-szkol-filmowych-i-artystycznych

We are also proud of the fact that other sections include films by our lecturer and doctoral student:

* POLISH FEATURE FILM COMPETITION *

BROTHER
direction: Maciej Sobieszczański
cinematography: Jolanta Dylewska – lecturer at the Cinematography and Television Production Department

* FILM KUJAWY & POMORZE *

CROSSROADS
direction: Dominika Montean-Pańków (PhD student)
cinematography: Bartosz Świniarski

The Main Competition includes films whose cinematographers are our graduates: Dariusz Wolski, Tomasz Naumiuk, Michał Sobociński, Łukasz Żal and Lech Majewski.

Films in the Main Competition: camerimage.pl/pl/news/sklad-konkursu-glownego-energacamerimage-2025

In the Polish Feature Film Competition, all the films were shot by our graduates: Michał Englert, Tomasz Naumiuk, our lecturer mentioned above Jolanta Dylewska, Piotr Sobociński Jr and Ernest Wilczyński.

Films in the Polish Feature Films Competition: camerimage.pl/pl/news/sklad-konkursu-filmow-polskich-2025

In other sections there are also films featuring our graduates.

We keep our fingers crossed for our cinematographers!

1 – festival press materials
2 – still from the film THE HOTEL
3 – still from the film NS4
4 – still from the film SERVICE