The aim of the Main Competition<\/strong> is to present films with unique visual appeal which will then be evaluated by International Jury who will choose and award the authors of the best cinematography.<\/p>\n Also this year we will present the most interesting phenomena of world’s cinematography, distinctive in terms of creative use of the image in film narration.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ALL OF US STRANGERS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\n One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbour Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life. As a relationship develops between them, Adam is preoccupied with memories of the past and finds himself drawn back to the suburban town where he grew up, and the childhood home where his parents, appear to be living, just as they were on the day they died, 30 years before.<\/p>\n Tytu\u0142 polski: <\/strong>Dobrzy nieznajomi \nBLACK FLIES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n An upstart paramedic Ollie Cross courses through adrenaline-fueled nights in an ambulance for the New York City Fire Department in Brownsville, Brooklyn while spending days studying for med-school exams in a Chinatown hovel. Working alongside seasoned first responder Gene Rutkovsky, Cross discovers firsthand the chaos and awe of a job that careens from harrowing to heartfelt, and occasionally stretches into ethical ambiguity. Furthering his examination of violence inside institutions and among close-knit groups, French filmmaker Jean-St\u00e9phane Sauvaire turns his unflinching and inquisitive eye on his adopted hometown of New York City in all its ragged glory. Sauvaire concocts a visceral and immersive thriller out of the complex and grueling lives of emergency medical technicians and the everyday people they live to save.<\/p>\n Polish title: <\/strong>Granica mroku \nEL CONDE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n El Conde<\/em> is a dark comedy\/horror that imagines a parallel universe inspired by the recent history of Chile. The film portrays Augusto Pinochet, a symbol of world fascism, as a vampire who lives hidden in a ruined mansion in the cold southern tip of the continent. Feeding his appetite for evil to sustain his existence. After two hundred and fifty years of life, Pinochet has decided to stop drinking blood and abandon the privilege of eternal life. He can no longer bear that the world remembers him as a thief. Despite the disappointing and opportunistic nature of his family, he finds new inspiration to continue living a life of vital and counterrevolutionary passion through an unexpected relationship.<\/p>\n Polish title: <\/strong>Hrabia \nFERRARI<\/span> It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory he and his wife Laura built from nothing ten years earlier. Their volatile marriage has been battered by the loss of their son, Dino, a year earlier. Ferrari struggles to acknowledge his son Piero with Lina Lardi. Meanwhile, his drivers\u2019 passion to win pushes them to the edge as they launch into the treacherous 1,000-mile race across Italy, the Mille Miglia.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Michael Mann \nFILIP<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Filip, an attractive twenty-something man, juggles working as a waiter in a luxury hotel with trying to enjoy life at a time when enjoyment is hard to find. But pleasure can also be derived from vengeance, especially when every day brings uncertainty in terms of survival. This very current study of identity and wartime trauma dressed in period garb poses unsettling questions about the limits of human resilience and the price of survival.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON<\/span> Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em> is an epic western crime saga, where real love crosses paths with unspeakable betrayal. Based on a true story and told through the improbable romance of Ernest Burkhart (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Mollie Kyle (Lily Gladstone), Killers of the Flower Moon tracks the suspicious murders of members of the Osage Nation, who became some of the richest people in the world overnight after oil was discovered on their land. Killers of the Flower Moon<\/em> also stars Robert De Niro and Jesse Plemons and is directed by Academy Award\u00ae winner Martin Scorsese from a screenplay by Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, based on David Grann\u2019s bestselling book.<\/p>\n Polish title: <\/strong>Czas krwawego ksi\u0119\u017cyca LEE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The story begins in the South of France 1938, where Lee is vacationing with her dearest and closest friends who are artists, poets, and confidants. A former model and subject of the avant-garde photographer Man Ray, Lee, now tired of being viewed through a lens and by men, is focused exclusively on her own work as a photographer. The threat of war looms and almost overnight everything about their daily lives changes completely. In the midst of the blitz Lee Miller follows the love of her life, the art dealer Roland Penrose, to his hometown of London, where she seeks out work as a photographer for British \u201cVogue\u201d. Frustrated by the restrictions placed on female photographers at the time, who are limited to documenting life on the home front, and tired of hearing that women are expected to \u201cdo their duty\u201d whilst the \u201cmen get to decide what that is!\u201d, Miller urges her female boss at British Vogue, Audrey Withers, to request permission from the Ministry of Information for Lee to go to the front line.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Ellen Kuras MAESTRO<\/span> Maestro<\/em> is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein. A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Bradley Cooper \nNAPOLEON<\/span> Napoleon<\/em> is a spectacle-filled action epic that details the checkered rise of the iconic Napoleon Bonaparte, played by Oscar\u00ae<\/sup>-winner Joaquin Phoenix. Against a stunning backdrop of large-scale filmmaking orchestrated by legendary director Ridley Scott, the film captures Bonaparte’s relentless journey to power through the prism of his addictive, volatile relationship with his one true love, Josephine, showcasing his visionary military and political tactics against some of the most dynamic practical battle sequences ever filmed.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Ridley Scott THE NEW BOY<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n In a remote monastery in 1940s Australia, a mission for Aboriginal children is run by a renegade nun, Sister Eileen (Cate Blanchett). A new charge (Aswan Reid) is delivered in the dead of night \u2013 a boy who appears to have special powers. When the monastery takes possession of a precious relic, a large carving of Christ on the cross, the new boy encounters Jesus for the first time and is transfixed. However, the boy\u2019s Indigenous spiritual life does not gel with the mission\u2019s Christianity and his mysterious power becomes a threat. Sister Eileen is faced with a choice between the traditions of her faith and the truth embodied in the boy, in this story of spiritual struggle and the cost of survival.<\/p>\n Director:<\/strong> Warwick Thornton \nPOOR THINGS<\/span> From filmmaker Yorgos Lanthimos and producer Emma Stone comes the incredible tale and fantastical evolution of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by the brilliant and unorthodox scientist Dr. Godwin Baxter. Under Baxter\u2019s protection, Bella is eager to learn. Hungry for the worldliness she is lacking, Bella runs off with Duncan Wedderburn, a slick and debauched lawyer, on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, Bella grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.<\/p>\n Polish title:<\/strong> Biedne istoty![\"\"](\"https:\/\/archive.camerimage.pl\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/10\/rsz_3_all_of_us_strangers1-1.jpg\")
<\/a>Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal in ALL OF US STRANGERS.
\nPhoto by Parisa Taghizadeh, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.
\n\u00a9 2023 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n
\nDirector:<\/strong> Andrew Haigh
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Jamie D. Ramsay
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Blueprint Pictures, Film4, Searchlight Pictures
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> The Walt Disney Company Polska
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> UK, USA, 2023<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nDirector:<\/strong> Jean-St\u00e9phane Sauvaire
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> David Ungaro
\nProduced by:<\/strong> AZA Films, Force Majeure Productions, Projected Picture Works, Sculptor Media, Two & Two Pictures
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> Monolith Films
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> USA, 2023<\/p>\n<\/a>Cr. Pablo Larra\u00edn \/ Netflix \u00a92023<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDirector:<\/strong> Pablo Larra\u00edn
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Ed Lachman
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Fabula
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> Netflix
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Chile, 2023<\/p>\n
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\n<\/a>photo by Lorenzo Sisti<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Erik Messerschmidt
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Bliss Media, Esme Grace Media\/COIL, Forward Pass, Grisbi Productions, Le, Iervolino & Lady Bacardi Entertainment, Moto Productions, Rocket Science, Storyteller Productions, STX Entertainment
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> Monolith Films
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> USA, UK, Italy, China, 2023<\/p>\n<\/a>
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\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Micha\u0142 Soboci\u0144ski
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Telewizja Polska S.A., Akson Studio
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> Telewizja Polska S. A. Dystrybucja Kinowa
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Poland, 2022<\/p>\n
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\nDirector:<\/strong> Martin Scorsese
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Rodrigo Prieto
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Appian Way, Apple Studios, Apple TV+, Imperative Entertainment, Sikelia Productions
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> UIP Polska
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> USA, 2023<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Pawe\u0142 Edelman
\nProduced by:<\/strong> 55 Films, Brouhaha Entertainment, Hantz Motion Pictures, Hopscotch Features, Juggle Productions, MS Partecipations S.A., Pasaca Entertainment, Sky Originals, Vogue Films, Vogue Studios
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> Monolith Films
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> USA, UK, 2023<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a><\/em>Maestro. (L to R) Bradley Cooper as Leonard Bernstein (Director\/Writer\/Producer) and Carey Mulligan as Felicia Montealegre in Maestro. Cr. Jason McDonald\/Netflix \u00a9 2023.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Matthew Libatique
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Amblin Entertainment, Fred Berner Films, Joint Effort, Netflix, Sikelia Productions
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> Netflix
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> USA, 2023<\/p>\n
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\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Dariusz Wolski
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Apple Studios, Latina Pictures, Scott Free Productions
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> UIP Polska
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> USA, UK, 2023<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Warwick Thornton
\nProduced by:<\/strong> dirty films, Scarlett Pictures
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Australia, 2023<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/a>Ramy Youssef and Emma Stone in POOR THINGS.
\nPhoto by Yorgos Lanthimos. Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.
\n\u00a9 2023 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDirector:<\/strong> Yorgos Lanthimos
\nCinematographer:<\/strong> Robbie Ryan
\nProduced by:<\/strong> Element Pictures, Film4, Searchlight Pictures
\nPolish distributor:<\/strong> The Walt Disney Company Polska
\nCountry and year:<\/strong> Ireland, UK, USA, 2023<\/p>\n