In 2021, after a five-year-long absence, Talent Demo Showcase will return to EnergaCAMERIMAGE. It is a section devoted to films, which owe its final form to our expert program dedicated to young filmmakers, which helps in shaping their ideas and making their projects come into being.

Maeve in the Dark (dir. Kasia Kaczmarek),
courtesy of Kasia Kaczmarek

Talent Demo Showcase is a review of projects that were finished with a contribution of Talent Demo consultations. Each year, young filmmakers submit their projects to the program in order to seek advice from professionals and we make their meeting possible. Through Talent Demo Showcase, we want to give these projects a chance to be appreciated by the audience of EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2021.

Talent Demo Showcase has been held a few times before, with most recent edition in 2016. However, it has never been held on such a large scale. This year, the audience of EnergaCAMERIMAGE Film Festival will have a chance to watch as many as nine projects, produced between 2016 and 2020, which were created with our experts’ contribution.

Wei Hai (reż. Huan Liang),
photo from A Maxtimes (Tianjin) Entertainment and Media Company Ltd.

The review will include: When She Comes Around (dir. Alexander Tsoy, cin. Nikita Karmen), Maeve in the Dark (dir. Kasia Kaczmarek, cin. Hsien Yu Niu), Dirty Vegas - Days Go By Camelphat Remix (dir. Grent Taylor, cin. Tom McCagherty), No Ill Will (dir. Andrias Høgenni, cin. Jan Bastian Munoz Marthinsen), Altered States (dir. Toufique Ali, cin. Joe Douglas), Wei Hai (dir. Huan Liang, cin. Cecile Zhang), Simón (dir. Diego Vicentini, cin. Romas Usakovas), Animus Animalis (A Story about People, Animals and Things) (dir. Aiste Zegulyte, cin. Vytautas Katkus) oraz Valeria (dir. Erin Vassilopoulos, cin. Mia Cioffi Henry).

Talent Demo Showcase screenings will be part of the online festival and the films will be screened on our online platform: online.camerimage.pl. The review will include a meeting with the creators, who will share their experience of Talent Demo.