Luca Guadagnino’s Artificial to Open the 34th Edition of ToruńCAMERIMAGE

Luca Guadagnino’s latest film, „Artificial”, will open the 34th ToruńCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival. The screening will take place on 7 November 2026, following the Festival’s Opening Ceremony. Director Luca Guadagnino and the film’s cinematographer, Malik Hassan Sayeed, will be in Toruń to introduce the film and take part in a Q&A session after the screening.

Artificial is the latest project from one of contemporary cinema’s most distinctive directors, known for films such as Call Me by Your Name, Suspiria, Bones and All and Challengers. This time, Guadagnino turns his attention to artificial intelligence, the technological ambitions of industry giants and the responsibility that comes with developing technologies capable of changing the future of humanity.

The film tells the story of computer scientist Ilya Sutskever and AI pioneer Professor Geoffrey Hinton who make a breakthrough in their opinion will alter humanity forever, the most prominent figures in Silicon Valley race to become part of their vision. Years later, after a chance meeting with Sam Altman, Ilya and a group of idealistic entrepreneurs create OpenAI. As generative AI transforms from theory into reality, the company becomes more powerful and more valuable than anyone imagined, and Ilya must determine whom he can trust with this immensely important technology, waging a battle over the fate of humanity.

The film stars Andrew Garfield, Yura Borisov, Monica Barbaro, Cooper Hoffman, Jason Schwartzmn, Chris O'Dowd, with Ike Barinholtz, and Mark Rylance. The screenplay was written by Simon Rich, and the cinematography is by Malik Hassan Sayeed.

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The 34th ToruńCAMERIMAGE International Film Festival will take place from 7 to 14 November 2026.