Preparations for the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival 2025 are in full swing. We are delighted to announce the call for submissions and the start of the official selection process - we warmly invite everyone to Toruń and the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Region for the 33rd Edition of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival to celebrate the magic of cinema together.
The 33rd edition of the EnergaCAMERIMAGE Festival will take place from November 15 to 22, 2025, in Toruń. We invite filmmakers, producers, film schools, distributors, and music companies to submit feature films, documentaries, student etudes, music videos, and TV series episodes for the festival selection! More information below.
In addition to numerous non-competitive sections, this year's official festival program will include the following competitions:
- Main Competition (feature films)
- Documentary Shorts Competition – duration up to 40 minutes
- Documentary Features Competition
- Polish Feature Films Competition
- Cinematographers’ Debuts Competition
- Directors' Debuts Competition
- Music Videos Competition
- Film and Art School Etudes Competition
- TV Series Competition
Before submitting an entry, please read the conditions, especially the accepted preview formats (we only accept online previews) and projection copy carriers.
To submit a film to the competition, please fill out one of the online submission forms available here.
Deadlines for submissions:
Main Competition
First submission deadline: May 31, 2025 (fee: 80 PLN, approx. 20 EUR/25 USD)
Late submissions: June 30, 2025 (fee: 500 PLN, approx. 150 EUR/170 USD)
Polish Feature Films Competition
Cinematographers’ Debuts Competition
Directors' Debuts Competition
First submission deadline: May 31, 2025 (fee: 80 PLN, approx. 20 EUR/25 USD)
Late submissions: June 30, 2025 (fee: 500 PLN, approx. 150 EUR/170 USD)
Documentary Shorts Competition
Documentary Features Competition
Submission deadline: June 30, 2025 (no fee)
Music Videos Competition
Film and Art School Etudes Competition
TV Series Competition
Submission deadline: July 31, 2025 (no fee)
We also remind you that EnergaCAMERIMAGE has the status of a festival qualifying films for the OSCAR® in the category of Documentary Shorts Competition, which means that productions awarded the Golden Frog in the Documentary Shorts Competition will be eligible for the annual Academy Awards in the Documentary Shorts Competition category without the standard theatrical distribution requirement, provided they meet the Academy's other criteria.
EnergaCAMERIMAGE is also a qualifying festival for the STUDENT ACADEMY AWARDS®, which means that all films nominated in the Film and Art School Etudes Competition at EnergaCAMERIMAGE are eligible for the Student Academy Awards® selection, provided that the creators of the etude meet the Academy's other requirements, including being a full-time student at a film school and confirming that the competition film was made as part of school activities.
Join the selection and present your film at EnergaCAMERIMAGE 2025!