“A DIARY OF A JOURNEY” AWARDED IN LOS ANGELES
“A Diary of A Journey,” the documentary made by Piotr Stasik, was given the Hollywood Eagle Documentary Award - the award for the best documentary film of the Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles.
News 2014
OCTOBER FESTIVALS
October is the peak of the film festival season. This month, Polish documentary films will be screened in over 40 screenings at 20 film festivals around the world.
FIFTEEN POLISH FILMS IN THE PROGRAMME OF DOK. LEIPZIG!
This year, the programmers of DOK. Leipzig invited nine Polish documentary films and six animations to participate in the festival. Additional ten films will participate in DOK. Market, within the frames of the Polish Docs programme, and another six - in the DOK. Incubator, DOK. Leipzig Net Lab and DOK. Leipzig Co-Production Meeting workshops.
WE KNOW THE WINNERS OF SZCZECIN EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL
The films “Echoes Course” by Maja Wolińska and Joan Leandre and "When I am a Bird" by Monika Pawluczuk are the winners of the Polish Competition at Szczecin European Film Festival. The festival ended on 6 October.
“TOGETHER” AND “THE PROMISE OF A HAPPY CHILDHOOD” NOMINATED FOR THE PRIX EUROPA AWARD
Next week in Berlin, the festival Prix Europa starts, where the awards for the best European radio, television and internet productions are given. In the television documentary category, two Polish films are nominated: “Together” by Maciej Adamek and “The Promise of a Happy Childhood” by Piotr Morawski and Ryszard Kaczyński.
“OUR CURSE” AWARDED AT THE RAINDANCE FESTIVAL
The winning streak of the film “Our Curse” continues. This documentary, directed by Tomasz Śliwiński, won the Best Documentary Short award at the Raindance festival in London, which ended last Sunday, 5 October.
“BATHS” BY DUCKI AWARDED AGAIN
Last weekend, another award went to Tomek Ducki. This time, the film was awarded by the jury of the Brazilian Animage festival, held from 16 to 28 September in Pernambuco.
“WHEN I AM A BIRD” AWARDED AT SIGNES DE NUIT FESTIVAL
The jury of the Signes de Nuit festival, held in Paris, gave the Signs Award for Documentary to “When I am a Bird” by Monika Pawluczuk. It is the first international award for this film.
MACIEJ DRYGAS – TRIUMPHANT AT THE FLAHERTIANA FESTIVAL
The documentary “Abu Haraz,” directed and produced by Maciej J. Drygas, won two main awards at Flahertiana Film Festival: Grand Prix - the Big Golden Nanook award and the Silver Nanook award, granted by FIPRESCI. The festival was held in the Russian city of Perm from 21 to 28 September.
“DOMINO EFFECT” WINS IN BUDAPEST
Last weekend was particularly successful for Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski. Their documentary film "Domino Effect” won in the Let Me Follow the Call section at the first edition of the Budapest International Documentary Festival.
“OUR CURSE” AWARDED AT LOOK&ROLL FESTIVAL
On 27 September, the festival Look&Roll ended in Olten, Switzerland. Among the festival winners, there is the documentary by Tomasz Śliwiński, "Our Curse," which won the Foundation Denk an mich award.
POLISH FILMS NOMINATED FOR THE SILVER EYE AWARDS
This year, forty films produced or co-produced in Poland will participate in the East Silver Market. Seven of them were nominated for Silver Eye awards for the best creative documentaries of the market.
“JOANNA” AND “VEGAS” ANNOUNCED FINALISTS OF THE CINEMA EYE HONORS AWARDS
On 25 September, the list of ten finalists of the Cinema Eye Honors awards in the Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking category was announced. On the list, there is the award-winning documentary "Joanna" by Aneta Kopacz and the film "Vegas" by Łukasz Konopa, produced in Great Britain.