Student Panorama is a non-competitive section at ToruńCAMERIMAGE featuring student fiction shorts that, although not included in the Competition, stand out for their visual and artistic quality and are a must-see at a festival devoted to the art of cinematography.
This year, the Panorama will present twelve short films from around the world, arranged into two blocks. Following each one, the filmmakers will have an opportunity to discuss their work with industry professionals during RoundTable sessions. This forum for the exchange of views and ideas will undoubtedly be a valuable experience for participants, enabling them to meet fellow creators and discover their perspectives on cinema. After each block of films presented within the Film and Art School Etudes Panorama, filmmakers present at the Festival will be invited to take part in a discussion of up to 90 minutes.
List of films:
AS LONG AS IT SNOWS
ORIGINAL TITLE: El que duri la neu
DIRECTOR: Clara Casado
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Javi Guixà
SCHOOL: Cinema and Audiovisual School of Catalonia
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Spain, 2026
As a child, Margo witnesses her best friend vanish into a snowstorm, marking her for life. Twenty years later, Margo is now a teacher, and one of her students vanishes under similar circumstances. During the search, she meets a man who bears an unsettling resemblance to her childhood friend.
CONVENT
ORIGINAL TITLE: Kloster
DIRECTOR: Salomé Käsemodel
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Aline Bavier
SCHOOL: Zurich University of the Arts
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Switzerland, 2026
With the anniversary of the Catholic convent in Tobel approaching, the local TV station follows the lives of its few residents. Only two nuns remain behind its old walls, while Toni, doing his civil service there, struggles to keep things running on his own, secretly hiding Lee, a wanted hacktivist, on the premises. Her presence is about to shake things up behind the convent’s peaceful walls.
DO NOT BE AFRAID
DIRECTOR: Logan James Watts
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Aidan Wood
SCHOOL: LMU School of Film and Television
COUNTRY AND YEAR: USA, 2025
A transgender woman miraculously becomes pregnant with the second coming of Christ.
THE FENCING TOURNAMENT
ORIGINAL TITLE: Unter weissen Westen
DIRECTOR: Florentin Dotzauer
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Maximilian Nierade
SCHOOL: Film University Babelsberg KONRAD WOLF
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Germany, 2026
At the final match of a fencing tournament, Anja watches her son lose to one of his friends. When his rivalry turns into racism and violence, she becomes the only witness to what truly happened. Torn between shame, ambition and the fear of admitting the truth, Anja finds herself caught in a profound moral conflict. Remaining silent seems like the easiest path, until she realises that looking away comes at a cost of its own.
FREESTYLE
ORIGINAL TITLE: Styl dowolny
DIRECTOR: Kacper Nowak-Gocławski
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Aleksandra Kamińska
SCHOOL: Gdynia Film School
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Poland, 2026
During the Polish Swimming Championships, a teenage swimmer accidentally records his father, who is also his coach, in a compromising situation with Sandra, a teammate he secretly admires. Believing what he has seen to be an act of violence and grooming, he impulsively sets out to save her. During their final confrontation, a devastating truth comes to light.
RABBIT HEART
ORIGINAL TITLE: Hasenfuß
DIRECTOR: Stella Fachinger
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Felix Janssen
SCHOOL: Hamburg Media School
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Germany, 2026
An abandoned factory site. Twelve-year-old Hannes pushes his little brother Oliver into increasingly dangerous tests of courage with a bow and arrow. When he puts them both in a life-threatening situation, his power begins to crumble.
THERE IS SOMETHING I WANT TO TELL YOU
ORIGINAL TITLE: Chcem ti niečo povedať
DIRECTOR: Dávid Kovalíček
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Lenka Špániková
SCHOOL: Film and Television Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Slovakia, 2025
Following a recent act of terrorism, growing homophobia among those around Jaro leaves him feeling increasingly cornered. The situation threatens the identity he has kept hidden.
TO THE LAST DROP
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ORIGINAL TITLE: Veren maku suussa
DIRECTOR: Ella Laine
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Valo Rinne
SCHOOL: ELO Film School
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Finland, 2026
Plagued by nightmares, Joel is handed an impossible assignment. The Boss wants a new fix, but in the ruined world there is nothing left to collect. Wandering across the apocalyptic wasteland, Joel stumbles upon sunburnt Maarit, who decides to tag along. Back at HQ, The Boss, wracked by withdrawal, gives Joel an earful, while Maarit unexpectedly takes matters into her own hands.
TRANCE
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DIRECTOR: Jona Schloßer
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jona Riese
SCHOOL: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Germany, 2026
Exhausted, Yasmin struggles through her shift as a paramedic. She fights her way through the day, juggling critical emergency calls and the pressure of supporting her family alone. When she's forced to secretly take her little sister along in the ambulance, she's on the verge of losing control.
WE'LL BE GHOSTS
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ORIGINAL TITLE: Proshai
DIRECTOR: Max Bommas
CINEMATOGRAPHERS: Oscar Pinaud
SCHOOL: Warsaw Film School
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Poland, Germany, 2026
Haunted by the recent loss of his daughter, Ukrainian soldier Yuri refuses to take leave and return home from the front line. Hiding his thirst for vengeance behind silence and his grief behind duty, he volunteers for a dangerous operation. But when duty, vengeance and survival collide and the mission spirals out of control, Yuri has to face the cost of what he’s become.
WHEN THE GEESE FLEW
DIRECTOR: Arthur Gay
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Michael Cong
SCHOOL: Columbia University School of the Arts
COUNTRY AND YEAR: USA, New Zealand, 2025
In a desperate bid to prevent his older sister from leaving home, Cyrus attempts to recover her stolen dirt bike.
A YEAR OF MARRIAGE
ORIGINAL TITLE: Año de casados
DIRECTOR: Pablo Camargo López
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Aarón Galán
SCHOOL: Center for Cinematographic Training
COUNTRY AND YEAR: Mexico, 2025
A young couple receives a creature as a wedding gift. Will they be able to take care of it for a year to safeguard their marriage?