On January 19, starts the independent film festival - Sundance. In the competition section Midnight Shorts, there is the animated film "Pussy" by Renata Gąsiorowska. We talk to the director about her animated film just before her departure for the USA.
Good news come to us from Australia. "Close Ties," directed by Zofia Kowalewska, won the Best Short Documentary award at the festival Flickerfest, which ended on January 15.
For festivals, January is the month of hibernation. In spite of this, there are some places abroad, where you can see Polish documentary films - check out, which ones.
On Sunday, December 11, the award ceremony at Pakistan International Mountain Film Festival was held. "Jurek" by Paweł Wysoczański turned out to be the best film of the festival.
"Close Ties" by Zofia Kowalewska, "Pussy" by Renata Gąsiorowska and "Heat" by Agata Trzebuchowska and Mateusz Pacewicz will be shown at one of the most important international film events - the famous Sundance Film Festival, founded by Robert Redford.
Before the festivals go for a holiday break in December, Polish short films will manage to appear at several international screenings. Check out where you can watch Polish productions for the last time this year.
On December 3, ended the festival Tous Courts in Aix-en-Provence. At the festival, the short feature film "Moloch" by Szymon Kapeniak was awarded.
On December 2, ended the Italian festival Dei Popoli. One of the awards went to the documentary film by Paweł Łoziński "You Have No Idea How Much I Love You."
A run of luck for "America" by Aleksandra Terpińska is not over yet. The film has just been awarded at Rome Independent Film Festival in Italy.
Before the festivals go for a holiday break in December, Polish documentary films will manage to appear at several international screenings. Check out where you can watch Polish productions for the last time this year.
With a slight delay, further good news about the short feature film "America" by Aleksandra Terpińska are coming. This time, the film was awarded at Winchester Short Film Festival.
"Education" by Emi Buchwald won the Golden Dinosaur award during the 23rd International Film Festival Etiuda & Anima. The following Polish films were also awarded: "Tenants" by Klara Kochańska–Bajon, "Lockjaw" by Kordian Kądziela, "Foreign Body" by Marta Magnuska and "Impossible Figures and Other Stories II" by Marta Pajek.
The project "Klingert's Diving Suit" by Artur Wyrzykowski qualified for the programme Euro Connection. It is a co-production forum for short films, which is held during the film market in Clermont-Ferrand. The forum is addressed to the producers of short feature films, creative documentary films and animated films.