On the 18th of May, in the Studio Theatre in Warsaw, the Award Ceremony of the 15th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival was held. Among the award-winners, there are a couple of Polish documentary films.
The TRT Documentary Awards have just been given. Marcin Sauter returned from Turkey with the statuette for his film "Zhalanash - Empty Shore."
On the 10th of May ended the Student Film Festival Opavski Pav in the Czech Republic. As many as three Polish films were awarded there.
"POLA" - the diploma film directed by Edyta Rembała qualified for the FEST New Directors New Films Festival in Portugal and "One Shot" 16th International Documentary Film Festival in Armenia, whereas the film "Between Us," directed by Maciej Miller, won the best short film award at the Ethnocineca - the International Documentary Film Festival in Vienna.
This year the selection committee of the AFI DOCS Festival invited to the competition two Polish documentaries. In the shorts section we will see ”One Two Zero” by Anna Pawluczuk, and in the feature films section ”Over the Limit” by Marta Prus.
May is a busy month for documentaries – a big number of festivals means that every day Polish films can be seen in various places around the world. Where exactly? Take a look at our list of Polish documentaries at film festivals in May.
The end of April turned out to be lucky for the short documentary film "Dust" by Jakub Radej. The film won the award at the doker festival in Russia, as well as the special mention at the Sehsüchte International Student Film Festival in Germany.
Among documentary, short and animated films from all over the world, Poland has its strong representation at the Festival. Polish films will take part in all four festival competitions and will be also presented in the sections outside the competition.
”Arabic Secret”, a documentary by Julia Groszek, was noticed by the jury at the Egyptian festival Ismailia, where it received an award in the short documentary competition.
On the 10th of April in Las Vegas, during the gala summing up the New York Festivals World's Best TV – the competition which honours the best television and film productions from 50 countries all over the world – as many as four documentary films by TVP (Polish Television) were awarded golden and silver prizes.
The 17th edition of the festival Muestra Joven ICAIC 2018, which has just finished in Havana, turned out to be particularly lucky for Adriana F. Castellanos and her debut film "Dos Islas." This film, developed at Wajda School, within the frames of the documentary film course, won as many as four awards.
On April 11 the Short Films Selections of the 71st Festival de Cannes were announced. Marta Pajek's animation "III" will take part in the Short Films Competition, and "The Other" by Marta Magnuska in the Cinéfondation Selection.
We know the names of the winners at Mecal Pro. Among the award-winners, there is the film "Volte" by Monika Kotecka i Karolina Poryzała.