Opening with Steve McQueen’s Blitz [+lire aussi :
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Blending acclaimed arthouse works and popular cinema, the festival’s Main Competition features, in addition to Blitz, The Girl with the Needle [+lire aussi :
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interview : Magnus von Horn
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interview : Veronika Franz, Severin Fi…
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interview : Maura Delpero
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The Polish Films Competition includes White Courage [+lire aussi :
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interview : Marcin Koszałka
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interview : Mara Tamkovich
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My Place is Here [+lire aussi :
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interview : Meryam Joobeur
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interview : Mohammad Rasoulof
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The Polish festival also features several other competition sections, including for directorial debuts, documentary features, documentary shorts, film and art school works, television series and music videos. Rounding out the selection is a retrospective on US cinematographer Edward (Ed) Lachman, a frequent collaborator of Todd Haynes and Ulrich Seidl, and a retrospective of Italian-US director and cinematographer Gianfranco Rosi.

The full Camerimage programme can be explored in full on the festival’s website.