On the 21st of June, a new edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival started. This year's special guest of the festival is Polish cinema - in the section "Focus on Poland," Polish feature, documentary and animated films will be shown.
At the recently finished 14th Vienna Shorts Festival, the jury award went to Marta Pajek.
At Animafest Zagreb, which ended on the 10th of June, the best student animated film award went to Renata Gąsiorowska.
Tonight, on the 3rd of June, we learned the names of the award-winners of the 57th edition of Krakow Film Festival. Zbigniew Czapla received two awards for his latest animated film,
In April, the festival Go Short - International Short Film Festival Nijmegen was held, during which the special mention went to the film "Three Conversations on Life" by Julia Staniszewska.
On the 25th of May, there was the award ceremony La Semaine de la Critique in Cannes. As many as two awards went to the short feature film "The Best Fireworks Ever" by Aleksandra Terpińska.
At the recently finished festival Anifilm, the best student animated film award went to "Pussy," directed by Renata Gąsiorowska!
On May 5, ended the 24th edition of the Animated Film Festival in Stuttgart. The Grand Prix of the festival went to the film by Marta Pajek, "Impossible Figures and Other Stories II"
On May 5, the award-winners of the festival Hot Docs were announced. Among the award-winners, there is the film "Volte" by Monika Kotecka and Karolina Poryzała.
On April 29, the award ceremony at the Brazilian festival It’s All True - 22nd International Documentary Film Festival was held. "Communion" by Anna Zamecka turned out to be the best film of the festival and "Polonaise" by Agnieszka Elbanowska won the Honorable Mention.
On April 23 ended Ismailia International Film Festival for Documentaries and Shorts. "Springs have gone, winters are coming" by Karol Pałka returned from Turkey with an award.
The short feature film "The best fireworks ever," directed by Aleksandra Terpińska, qualified for the short film competition at the 56th Semaine de la Ciritique during the Cannes Film Festival! It will be the international première of the film, the producer of which is Munk Studio, operating by the Polish Filmmakers Association.
Among the documentary, short and animated films from all over the world, there will be a strong representation of Polish titles, which will participate in all four festival competitions, but will also be included in the programmes of the non-competing sections.