"21 x New York," directed by Piotr Stasik, received the nomination for the in the European Film Award! The winner will be announced during the official ceremony in Wroclaw. The film was recommended by Krakow Film Festival.
In November, there are a lot of screenings in store for Polish documentary films, including premières. It is the month when such events like the festival DOK Leipzig and IDFA are held, as well as other international festivals, at which you can watch Polish productions.
Although Kaohsiung Film Festival is still going on, we already know the winners of the "Best Selection" award. In this category, the film "Lila" by Dominika Łapka was appreciated.
Once again, the documentary film "Brothers" by Wojciech Staroń was appreciated by an international jury. It returned with two awards from the festival CinéDoc in Tbilisi.
Today, the 59th DOK Leipzig starts with the international premiere of three polish documentary films: “Close ties” by Zofia Kowalewska, “Daniel” by Anastazja Dąbrowska and “Three conversations on life” by Julia Staniszewska. We would like to invite you to read the reviews of these films.
The protagonist of the short documentary film by Anastazja Dąbrowska is twenty-something Daniel with Down's syndrome. We accompany him and his friends during summer camp. A society of people with Down's syndrome on summer camp – hearing about such a subject matter, we immediately think about people trying, at all…
Zofia Kowalewska made a private and personal portrait depicting her close ones, who, however, during their long lives once stood on different sides of the barricade. The film's protagonists are the documentary film-maker's grandparents. After 45 years of living together, the elderly people decide to organise a festive anniversary. At…
Julia Staniszewska makes a very interesting and personal attempt to look closely on two sides of the ideological barricade in her documentary film début. The protagonists of "Three Conversations on Life" are mother and daughter – the author of the film. On one side of the barricade stands the mother,…
Once again, Polish documentary film can boast a success at the East Silver Market, accompanying the International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava. "Communion" by Anna Zamecka won the Silver Eye award there.
It starts in the New York subway and it ends in the New York subway. ‘Time’s up’ a man screams at the end station at the end of the film. A moment before the young Chinese man with the hat, the most high‑profile of the 21 male and female characters in the film, has announced what he thinks will happen to the world: Big Bang 2 will come, we will all come to live in a virtual world with our brains attached/directed through computers!
On October 26, American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a shortlist of ten documentary films, which have a chance for an Academy Award nomination in the Documentary Short Subject category. Among the films, which will compete for the nomination for the Academy Award, there is "Close Ties' by Zofia Kowalewska
'Close ties' by Zofia Kowalewska is on Oscar's shortlist! Documentary film will have its international premiere at upcoming DOK Leipzig festival and shortly after it will be presented at IDFA festival. Read the interview with the director.
Wojciech Kasperskis's latest mid-length documentary "Icon", has been premiered in May 2016 at 56th Krakow Film Festival where it has been awarded with 5 Awards, Golden Hobby Horse for the Best Polish Filmincluded. Soon the film will be screen to international audience at IDFA. Read Krzysztof Gierat's interview with the director.