It's grey, windy, and raining, but there's still a lot going on at festivals in autumn. In November many Polish films from KFF Sales&Promotion catalogue will have the opportunity to find new, international audiences and win the hearts of the jurors. Check out which films will be competing for awards this month.
The film by Damian Kocur won another award. This time, the short film was appreciated by the jury of the Tehran International Short Film Festival.
It was an exceptionally successful edition of DOK Leipzig. Paweł Łoziński, Karol Pałka and Marta Pajek all came back from the German festival having each won a prize.
The recently concluded International Short Film Festival of Cyprus brought Nastazja Gonera an award for best director.
The documentary by Maciej Cuske received the Golden Raven award during the Golden Raven festival held in the Chukotka Autonomous Region.
Marcin Mikulski was named best director for Marcel at The Pigeon International Film Festival in Iceland.
The list of 20 titles whose producers have a shot at receiving a Silver Eye award has been announced. There are three Polish films among the selected productions. The winners of the 13th edition will traditionally be announced during this year's festival in Jihlava.
The documentary by Maciej Cuske received the Grand Prix at the International Festival of Ethnological Films in Serbia.
The film by Michał Edelman has just received the Golden Lynx Award for the best feature-length documentary at this year's FEST - New Directors/ New Films Festival in Portugal.
A total of three Polish films are coming back with awards from this year's edition of the Stoptrik festival. These include the animated films I'm Here by Julia Orlik, Your Own Bullshit by Daria Kopiec and the collective "#polish_women_resistance".
We've finally got to know the entire festival program at DOK Leipzig. Other Polish productions have joined Paweł Łoziński's The Balcony Movie and Izabela Plucińska's 98 kg. The documentaries Light Years by Monika Proba and Bucolic by Karol Pałka along with the animated Crumbs of Life by Katarzyna Miechowicz and Impossible Figures and Other Stories I by Marta Pajek are going to compete in their respective categories.
If you thought that the end of summer holidays also meant the end of the festival season, you were wrong. The real festival fiesta begins in autumn. Films from KFF Sales&Promotion agency will be presented at numerous international events. Our productions will visit Serbia, Portugal, Latvia, South Korea, the United States, Russia, and more. Be sure to check out where exactly our animated films will get a chance to steal the hearts of audiences.
After the IDFA Specials show, it's time to participate in the festival itself. The latest documentary by Paweł Łoziński has been invited to its Masters section. Tomasz Wolski's film, in turn, will be shown in the Best of Fests section.