On the 26th October, two events, which can be considered the most important ones in the world of documentary cinema, started. These include 14th International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava and the accompanying film market East Silver. During the opening ceremony of this unique event, the winners of the Silver Eye award were announced. Among them there were Polish films.
The ninth edition of the International Short Film Festival FIKE in Portugal has ended. For the first time in the history of this film event, Polish films appeared in the competition and for the first time two of them were honoured with laurels.
After the recent successes at the Russian festival Flahertiana in Perm (Silver Nanuk for “Chemo” by Paweł Łoziński, Honorary Awards for “At the Edge of Russia” by Michał Marczak and “North from Calabria” by Marcin Sauter)Polish film-makers have conquered Leipzig. “A Piece of Summer” and “North from Calabria” have been awarded.
At the recently finished Taipei County Film Festival - International Student Film Golden Lion Award, in Taiwan, two Polish school films that were produced by the Polish National Film School in Łódź appeared among the winners.
International Documentary Film Festiwal in Jihlava is coming soon, as well as the wide range of accompanying events, commonly called “Industry Section” for film professionals. One of the elements of the programme is the Polish co-production panel “Polish Day”, that is consisted of lectures, presentations and master class – all concerning the structure of Polish film environment, as well as the meetings with Polish producers and filmmakers.
At the recently finished International Documentary Film Festival “Flahertiana” in Perm in Russia a wide range of Polish documentaries was presented. Several of them took part in the competition as well and – what is more – several of them received the main prizes.
In the second half of November there are going to be one of the biggest events in the documentary world – International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam and accompanying film market, Docs for Sale, that belongs to the most significant international industry event of that kind. Very strong representation of Polish documentary will appear at both of them.
At the forthcoming Cortopotere Short Film Festival in Bergamo in Italy four Polish shorts – documentaries as well as fiction films – will take part in the competition programme.
Open Saint Petersburg Student Film Festival “Beginning” has just finished. Among the winners there are the student films from two Polish film schools: University of Silesia in Katowice and Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz.
ALCINE – Festival de Cine de Alcalá de Henares / Comunidad de Madrid, with the cooperation with the Krakow Film Foundation and the Polish Culture Institute in Madrid, prepare the special programme dedicated to Polish cinema. The main elements of the event „Polish Special“ will be the screenings of short films.
Three Polish short films – documentaries by Renata Gabryjelska and Tomasz Wysokiński, as well as short feature film by Leszek Korusiewicz – will take part in the competitions at the forthcoming Zagreb Film Festival.
Since the last year’s edition of East Silver Market, taking place during International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava, the SILVER EYE awards have been given for the best feature, mid and short length documentary. At this edition of East Silver Polish films will compete for the laurel as well.
At the forthcoming Ljubljana Independent Documentary Film Festival DOKUBAZAAR several Polish films – ones of the most recognizable within Polish documentary productions from last years – will appear in the programme.