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.
This year, the 17th edition of the festival goEast – the festival of films from Eastern and Central Europe - is held in Wiesbaden, Germany. A large representation of Polish films will participate in the event.
The rapidly increasing pool of awards for the film by Renata Gąsiorowska was joined by three special mentions at the festival in Dresden.
On April 6, the awards at the International Film Festival "Kino Pavasaris" in Vilnius were given. In the short film competition, the title "The Best Film" went to "Close Ties," directed by Zofia Kowalewska.
"Pussy" triumphs at new festivals. This time, it was awarded in Spain and Canada.
On April 27, the International Documentary Film Festival "Hot Docs" in Canada starts. In the programme of this year's edition, there are six Polish documentary films: "Close Ties" by Zofia Kowalewska, "Communion" by Anna Zamecka, "Goran the camel man" by Marcin Lesisz, "Photon" by Norman Leto, "Volte" by Monika Kotecka and Karolina Poryzała and "Urban Cowboys" by Paweł Ziemilski.
On Monday evening, March 20, there was the awards ceremony of Polish Film Academy. The statuette of the Eagle for the best documentary film went to "Communion" by Anna Zamecka. The best music award, however, went to Mikołaj Trzaska, the protagonist of the documentary film "The Internal Ear."
The results of the festival Tricky Women, which finished yesterday, were announced. As many as three awards went to Polish women directors whose films were presented during this year's competition
The documentary film "Jurek" by Paweł Wysoczański was awarded again. This time, the film was given the second prize at Sheffield Adventure Film Festival.
Yet another festival was enchanted by "Pussy," directed by Renata Gąsiorowska. This time, the film was given the jury special mention at the American SXSW.
One of the awards at the festival in the United Arab Emirates, which ended at the beginning of March, went to Tomasz Popakul for his animated film "Black."
The festival journey of "Pussy" by Renata Gąsiorowska continues and the film collects new awards along the way. This time, the Macedonian festival FEELMOTION rewarded the animated film with the funniest film award
On March 11, ended the Egyptian festival Sharm El-Sheikh Arab & European Film Festival. Among the award-winners, there is the film "Close Ties" by Zofia Kowalewska.