The biggest European festival dedicated to short cinema – International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand – came to an end with a spectacular success of the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing graduate, Marta Minorowicz. Her documentary “A Piece of Summer” – as the sole Polish film taking part in the competition – was awarded the main prize.
Nine Polish documentaries will compete for the „Big Stamp” at this year’s International Documentary Film Festival ZagrebDox. The Croatian festival starts 27 February.
Awards for short films at Sundance Film Festival had been handed out. Our sole reprezentant in the competition - „Out of reach” directed by Jakub Stożek – was given a special mention.
Tomasz Wolski’s „The Lucky Ones” starts the new year by collecting next awards. The film has been acclaimed as the best documentary at the recently finished 2011 Flickerfest Short Film Festival in Sydney.
More than 450 screenings, including 250 competition screenings, of which 45 turned out to be successful by bringing filmmakers numerous awards gives a proper illustration for Polish Short Films’ (fiction films, documentaries and animations) presence at international film festivals.
The biggest feast for all short film lovers will start at the beggining of February in French Clermont-Ferrand. Polish short films are going to mark their presence in France by several various ways.
In the past twelve months “Echo” directed by Magnus von Horn was invited to more than 30 international film festivals becoming one of the most often screened Polish short films abroad. Apart from many awards “Echo” has been receiving appreciation by gaining numerous special mentions as well. Recently the film has been honoured with Grand Prix of the 5th International Film Festival “In the Family Circle” in Russia.
Another edition of festival Tous Courts in French Aix-en-Provence has come to an end. Short fiction „Real” directed by Rafał Samusik was one of the awarded films along with „Big Bang Big Boom” made by Italian artist Blu and French „On Ne mourra pas” by Amal Kateb.
One of the most often screened Polish animation „Millhaven” was awarded at International Film Festival in Anchorage in Alaska.
At recently finished Kyoto International Student Film and Video Festival 2010 short film directed by Kuba Czekaj and produced by Munk Studio was awarded the Grand Prix of the festival.
Lesław Dobrucki’s documentary „Little Bride”, produced by Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing, was given the prize in Mexico. This is the next laurel honoured at the international festival after Vilnius Film Shorts 2010, where “Little Bride” were awarded as well.
As the sole Polish documentary and Polish short film „Out of Reach” by Jakub Stożek has been selected for the Sundance Film Festival – one of the biggest and one of the most important film event on the world.
European Film Awards were handed out on Saturday in Tallin. Polish Hanoi-Warsaw directed by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz won in the cathegory of the short film.