Two-time Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett will chair the main competition jury of the 32nd EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival, Poland’s festival honoring excellence in cinematography.
The EnergaCamerimage 2024 festival takes place from November 16 to 23 in Torun, Poland.
The star of Warehouse, Blue Jasmine, Carole And Elizabeth is also a prolific producer, through her company Dirty Films (The new boy, Miss America) and was co-artistic director of the Sydney Theater Company.
“Cate Blanchett is an extraordinary artist who defies all definitions. She inspires many people around the world, including the greatest contemporary artists,” said Marek Żydowicz, director of EnergaCamerimage. “I am proud and happy that she accepted the invitation and agreed to become president of the main jury of the competition.”
During her career, Blanchett worked with filmmakers Remi Adefarasin (Elizabeth), Ed Lachman (Carole), and Florian Hoffmeister (Warehouse), which were celebrated at EnergaCamerimage.
“Films are lightning in a bottle, and I have had the profound creative privilege of working with some of the greatest lightning catchers – filmmakers who have forever changed the way I work and the way I see the world.” , Blanchett said. “Being en masse at EnergaCamerimage among them is a fever dream come true. »
EnergaCamerimage has a tradition of recruiting the best acting talents for the role of jury president. Blanchett follows Juliette Binoche, president of the jury in 2022, and her Warehouse his co-star Nina Hoss, who chaired the festival jury in 2021.
