First held in 1997, Student Etudes Competition<\/strong> supports the development of novice filmmakers and provides unique opportunity to confront cinematic achievements of students from various parts of the world. Each year, a growing number of film schools submit their best etudes for consideration of the Camerimage<\/strong> selection committee. The winners are chosen by an international jury of prominent filmmakers and industry professionals.<\/p>\n The author of the best cinematography wins the coveted Laszlo Kovacs Student Award – The Golden Tadpole<\/strong>. Silver<\/strong> and Bronze Tadpoles<\/strong> are awarded for the second and third place respectively. Additionally, Polish Filmmakers Association<\/strong> will award the winner of the Student Etudes Competition<\/strong> a cheque for PLN 10 000<\/span>.<\/p>\n \n <\/p>\n \n Almost Everything<\/span><\/p>\n \n At only 47 years of age, Paul suffers from early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s disease. His wife, Leandra, is supposed to take him to a nursing home, but Paul would rather go on holiday with her. So they drive to the sea, just like a regular couple.<\/p>\n Original title:<\/strong> Fast Alles \n Cake for Lizzie, A<\/span><\/p>\n \n Sofia, a single mother and dedicated police officer, lives in a dystopian future of Los Angeles where food is a luxury and not a right. Sofia\u2019s daughter, Lizzie, is ill, and with Lizzie\u2019s tenth and possibly last birthday coming up, Sofia yearns to bake her a simple little cake \u2013 something few people remember and many have never seen. In a world where food only comes in pre-cooked STRICTLY controlled rations distributed by a totalitarian government, getting fresh ingredients just to bake a cake can mean breaking the law, and risking your life.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Michel Kreisel Vaisberg \n Darkness Is A Color<\/span><\/p>\n \n A visual journey inside the psyche of an old hunter who is fighting the aging process and has to confront himself within his natural environment: the forest.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Mujtaba Al Madlooh \n Dead Birds<\/span><\/p>\n \n A teenager at a Catholic girls\u2019 school goes to extreme lengths to overcome her failure at badminton in order to win the inter-school cup. Dead Birds is a wild, supernatural black comedy about competitive mother\u2013daughter relationships, competitive badminton, and how far you\u2019d go to get what your heart most desires.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Johnny Kenton \n Ikar<\/span><\/p>\n \n In an attempt to impress a girl, young Ikar chases a ball into an auto repair shop. Inside, his imagination changes reality into a nightmare.<\/p>\n Directors:<\/strong> \u0141ukasz Dziedzic, Oran Zegman \n In His Place<\/span><\/p>\n \n Omar is visiting his parents\u2019 house with the baby girl of his departed lover, Ma\u2019ayan, a Jewish woman. The presence of the baby in his childhood home brings up old tensions between him and his parents and opens up Omar\u2019s wounds.<\/p>\n Original title:<\/strong> Bimkomo \n Last Call<\/span><\/p>\n \n Anik\u00f3 K\u00e1rp\u00e1ti is 61, and this is her last day in Budapest. She hopes for a better life with her daughter\u2019s family abroad, but first she must sever all her links with Hungary. Anik\u00f3 begins a mad dash through the city, but at the end of this frantic day, she must face what is ahead of her and the things that she leaves behind.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Hajni Kis \n Petit<\/span><\/p>\n \n Mateo is all alone. The world around him seems to be spinning too fast and everyone seems so insensitive; no one realises what is happening to him. Mateo will find out something, and there will be only one option: TO RUN AWAY.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Asier Ramos \n Rien ne va plus<\/span><\/p>\n \n Bodo is standing on a roof and is ready to jump when, out of the blue, his phone rings. It’s Evi, telling Bodo he\u2019s won a prize in a competition he never took part in. While Bodo tries to get rid of Evi, all of a sudden, robbers attack the casino from where Evi is calling…<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Sophie Linnenbaum \n Simon<\/span><\/p>\n \n A young Venezuelan freedom fighter seeks political asylum in the US after being persecuted by his government, but his heart remains with the fight back home.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Diego Vicentini \n Sirene<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 15-year-old Kay lives a boy\u2019s life and enjoys roaring around on motocross bikes. He likes to hang out with his friends and sneak up on girls. But deep inside, something has been nagging him for a long time. Something about his life doesn\u2019t feel like it fits: like a jacket that\u2019s the wrong size. When the enchanting Melody sails into his life on a big boat, their flourishing friendship lures him towards this dormant feeling.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Zara Dwinger \n Sister<\/span><\/p>\n \n Maya fears that when her little sister is born, everything will change too much…<\/p>\n Polish title:<\/strong> Siostra \n Skinny<\/span><\/p>\n \n This is a poetic and nostalgic portrait of childhood seen through the eyes of siblings. It\u2019s a beautiful, sunny afternoon. A bunch of kids are playing football in the yard. Meanwhile in a nearby flat, a boy is looking after his younger sister. Behind a closed door, the boy and girl start a game of their own. What\u2019s hidden behind children’s games?<\/p>\n Polish title:<\/strong> Chudy \n Techno<\/span><\/p>\n \n Ryszard, a sixty-year-old farmer living in a small Polish village in complete seclusion takes care of his wife, who struggles with Alzheimer\u2019s. A young girl from a big city whom he stumbles upon by accident introduces him to a world of techno music, which, for at least a brief moment, helps him forget about the grave responsibility he has to carry on his shoulders.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Tadeusz \u0141ysiak \n Them<\/span><\/p>\n \n Marie, her father and her little brother live in an underground bunker hidden deep in the woods. The world as we knew it no longer exists. When the father accidentally shoots a stranger while on a hunt, he finds himself faced with only two options and decides to take the stranger home. While the father distrusts the stranger, Marie is drawn to him. But when three marauders invade the bunker, she is not sure what or who her new friend really is.<\/p>\n Original title:<\/strong> Fremde \n Thicker Than Water<\/span><\/p>\n \n To Kim, a 23-year-old kick-boxer, everything revolves around her projecting a strong exterior. She spends her days at a boxing gym with her trainer, Tarik. She then meets an attractive security guard, Mo, who sees her as a lady and confronts her about her inability to be vulnerable.<\/p>\n Original title:<\/strong> Bloed Kruipt \n Touch Me<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0 Alice has a fight on her hands: a fight against breast cancer, which makes her feel so helpless as she sees her body changing; a fight against her fears about what still lies ahead; and a fight against Moritz, who loves her deeply but struggles as much as she with the new situation. In a quiet, atmospheric way, the movie tells the day-to-day story of a relationship that will never be the same again.<\/p>\n Original title:<\/strong> Was bleibt \n Word, The<\/span><\/p>\n \n Kharkiv, Soviet Ukraine, 1933. The elite of Ukrainian culture live in Kharkiv\u2019s House of Writers, also known as \u201cthe Word\u201d. After a decade of flourishing activity by Ukrainian writers, everything changed. In the middle of the night, the NKVD takes away one of the writers, who is then declared an enemy of the people. Now, two of his friends, famous writers, must choose how to protect themselves and their families from the terrible fate that hangs over the entire house, a house that will later be called \u201cthe Crematorium\u201d, and the artists who lived in it \u201cthe murdered Ukrainian renaissance.\u201d<\/p>\n Original title:<\/strong> Slovo <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" We announce the line-up of the Student Etudes Competition of the 26th edition of the International Film Festival of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[402],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wiadomosci-camerimage-2018"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15870"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15870"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16083,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15870\/revisions\/16083"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SFP_100_LAT_NIEPODLEGLEJ_ENG.jpg\")
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\n Director:<\/strong> Lisa Gertsch
\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Simon Bitterli
\n School:<\/strong> Z\u00fcrcher Hochschule der K\u00fcnste – Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Switzerland, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/A-Cake-for-Lizzie-2018.02.095-Still-4.jpg\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Brian Sergott
\n School:<\/strong> University of Southern California (USC) School of Cinematic Arts
\n Country and year:<\/strong> USA, 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/DARKNESS-IS-A-COLOR_1-_1_-1024x429.jpg\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Adrian Langenbach
\n School:<\/strong> Filmakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg GmbH
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Germany, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/201802225-Dead-Birds-Still-1.jpg\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Jonathan Flint
\n School:<\/strong> National Film and Television School (NFTS)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> UK, 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/IKAR-2.jpg\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> \u0141ukasz Dziedzic
\n School:<\/strong> American Film Institute Conservatory
\n Country and year:<\/strong> USA, 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/In-His-Place_1_res300.jpg\")
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\n Director:<\/strong> Ofir Feldman
\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Guy Sahaf
\n School:<\/strong> The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television – Tel Aviv University
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Israel, 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/LastCall_still2.png\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> \u00c1kos Nyoszoli
\n School:<\/strong> Sz\u00ednh\u00e1z- \u00e9s Filmm\u0171v\u00e9szeti Egyetem – University of Theatre and Film Arts in Budapest (SZFE)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Hungary, 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/PETIT_STILL_2.png\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Joan Mart\u00ednes
\n School:<\/strong> Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Spain, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Rien-ne-va-plus-01-1.jpg\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Fee Strothmann
\n School:<\/strong> Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Germany, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SimonScreen2_2.1.1_2.1.5.jpeg\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Romas Usakovas
\n School:<\/strong> New York Film Academy (NYFA)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> USA, 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SIRENE01-300dpi.jpg\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Douwe Hennink
\n School:<\/strong> Nederlandse Filmacademie – Netherlands Film Academy (AHK)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Netherlands, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SISTER-siostra_m_bojdo_1.1.7-_4_.jpeg\")
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\n Director:<\/strong> Magdalena Bojdo
\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Magdalena Bojdo
\n School:<\/strong> \u0141\u00f3d\u017a Film School \u2013 Szko\u0142a Filmowa w \u0141odzi
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/SKINNY-1.jpg\")
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\n Director:<\/strong> Daniel Stopa
\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Piotr Michalak
\n School:<\/strong> Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski Faculty of Radio and Television University of Silesia \u2013 Uniwersytet \u015al\u0105ski – Wydzia\u0142 Radia i Telewizji im. K. Kie\u015blowskiego (U\u015a WRiTv)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Techno-4.jpg\")
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\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Konrad Bloch
\n School:<\/strong> Warsaw Film School \u2013 Warszawska Szko\u0142a Filmowa
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/THEM_small_01.jpg\")
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\n Director:<\/strong> Tim D\u00fcnschede
\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Holger Jungnickel
\n School:<\/strong> Hochschule f\u00fcr Fernsehen und Film M\u00fcnchen – University of Television and Film Munich (HFF M\u00fcnchen), Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin – German Film and Television Academy (dffb), Filmakademie Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg GmbH
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Germany, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Thicker-Than-Water-1.jpeg\")
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\n Director:<\/strong> Laras Rienstra
\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Ruben Van Weelden
\n School:<\/strong> Nederlandse Filmacademie – Netherlands Film Academy (AHK)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Netherlands, 2017<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Touch-me-6.jpg\")
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\n Director:<\/strong> Eileen Byrne
\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Rebecca Meining
\n School:<\/strong> Hochschule f\u00fcr Fernsehen und Film M\u00fcnchen – University of Television and Film Munich (HFF M\u00fcnchen)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Germany, Luxembourg, 2018<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2018\/10\/The_WordStill_2.png\")
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\n Director:<\/strong> Igor Vysnevskyi
\n Cinematographer:<\/strong> Andrii Mironiuk
\n School:<\/strong> Kyiv National I.K. Karpenko-Kary University of Theatre, Cinema and TV (KNUKiT)
\n Country and year:<\/strong> Ukraine, 2018<\/p>\n