Camerimage Fest Sets Nov. 7 Opening With 15 Films, Including Spielberg And Zvyagintsev

The 34th Camerimage Film Festival has released its official slate, selecting 15 films for the main competition that will screen in Toruń, Poland, from Nov. 7 to 14.

The lineup features several high-profile Hollywood and international titles. The competition includes Project Hail Mary, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with cinematography by Greig Fraser. Steven Spielberg’s Disclosure Day, shot by Janusz Kamiński, is also in the mix, alongside Martin McDonagh’s Wild Horse Nine, which features work by Ben Davis.

Other major entries include Tony Gilroy’s Behemoth!, photographed by Damián García, and Minotaur, the new film from Russian director Andrey Zvyagintsev, shot by Mikhail Krichman. The selection further includes May el-Toukhy’s Woman Unknown, a Venice Film Festival winner, with cinematography by Jasper J. Spanning.

The program balances studio productions with works by established auteurs. Paweł Pawlikowski’s Fatherland, shot by Łukasz Żal, joins the lineup, as does Hans Petter Moland’s Growth of the Soil, photographed by Oskar Dahlsbakken. Volker Schlöndorff directs Visitation, with cinematography by Axel Schneppat.

Beyond the main competition, the festival will host special screenings and documentary features. Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, is part of the special screenings, as is Netflix’s Possible Love, directed by Lee Chang-dong and shot by Kim Ji-yong. The documentary segment includes NAZA, directed by Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, which received a Special Jury prize in Venice.

The festival awards the Golden Frog for outstanding cinematography, a prize that recognizes the visual storytelling contributions of the directors of photography.