EnergaCamerimage said its directing debuts competition will showcase 10 films: Piet Baumgartner’s “Bagger Drama,” Kristen Stewart’s “The Chronology of Water,” Kate Beecroft’s “East of Wall,” Scarlett Johansson’s “Eleanor the Great,” Shu Qi’s “Girl,” Mary Bronstein’s “If I Had Legs I'd Kick You,” Sven Bresser’s “Reedland,” Mahde Hasan’s “Sand City,” Eamonn Murphy’s “Solitary” and Matt Whitaker’s “Truth & Treason.”
Launched in 2010, the section reflects the festival’s broadened focus on emerging filmmakers and new cinematic phenomena, organizers said, citing a long-running commitment to projects that combine intellectual freedom, a sharp view of the world and a drive to inspire other screen artists.
The Polish Filmmakers Association will patron the directing debuts section and the cinematography debuts contest. The latter’s field includes: “Censurada” by Mario Garza (cinematography by Nicolas Aguado and Ianire Beriain); “East of Wall” by Beecroft (Austin Shelton); “In The Shadow” by Salem Salavati (Amir Aliveisi); “Father” by Tereza Nvotová (Adam Suzin); “Raptures” by Jon Blahed (Mimmo Hilden); “Reedland” by Bresser (Sam du Pon); and “Solitary” by Murphy (David Christopher Lynch).
Cate Blanchett, last year’s main-competition jury president, will return to receive the festival’s Icon Award.
Director-producer Liz Garbus will receive the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Documentary, accompanied by a retrospective. Her recent nonfiction projects include the series “Gone Girls: The Long Island Serial Killer,” “One Night in Idaho” and “Harry & Meghan.”
Garbus has Oscar nominations for “The Farm: Angola, USA” and “What Happened, Miss Simone?” — the latter also earning an Emmy — and previously won an Emmy in 2007 as producer of “Ghosts of Abu Ghraib.” She has additional Emmy nominations for “Bobby Fischer Against the World,” “The Fourth Estate” and the season-four finale of “The Handmaid’s Tale.”
The 33rd EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival runs Nov. 15–22 in Toruń.
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Source: PAP