“COMMUNION” WINS THE SILVER EYE AWARD
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.
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TUE STEEN MULLER ABOUT “21 x NEW YORK”
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!
“CLOSE TIES” ON THE SHORTLIST FOR THE ACADEMY AWARDS
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
“I WAS STRIVING FOR A SIMPLE, NATURALISTIC FILM, IN WHICH EMOTIONS ARE THE MOST IMPORTANT THING…”
'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.
“MY TRIBE” – WOJCIECH KASPERSKI ABOUT HIS NEW FILM “ICON”
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.
“JUREK” AWARDED IN MACEDONIA
On October 21, the awards of Echo Mountain Film Festival were given. The festival's Grand Prix went to the film "Jurek" by Paweł Wysoczański.
TWO POLISH FILMS WIN THE AUDIENCE AWARD AT CINEAST
This weekend, the festival CinEast in Luxembourg ended. The Audience Award in the short film category went to the documentary film "Education" by Emi Buchwald and the feature film "Romantik" by Mateusz Rakowicz.
AWARDS FOR THE FILMS FROM GDYNIA FILM SCHOOL
Last week brought two awards for the films from Gdynia Film School. "Tenderness" directed by Emilia Zielonka was honoured in Brno, and "Grandma's Day" by Miłosz Sakowski won acclaim in Los Angeles.
POLISH STUDENT FILM ETUDES AT CAMERIMAGE
Today, the selection of the films to the Student Etudes Competition at the 24th edition of CAMERIMAGE, the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography was announced. Among the qualified films, there are Polish productions.
POLISH REPRESENTATION IN VILNIUS
On October 13, started the 10th edition of the festival Inconvenient Films in Vilnius. In the programme, there are Polish documentary films.
“CASA BLANCA” WINS MARGARET MEAD FF
Last weekend ended Margaret Mead Film Festival in New York City. The main award went to Aleksandra Maciuszek for her film "Casa Blanca."
“COMMUNION” AND “FIRST POLE ON MARS” WIN AT WFF!
Warsaw Film Festival ended last Sunday. The main award, both in short film competition and documentary film competition, went to Polish productions.
7 SILVER EYE NOMINATIONS FOR POLISH FILMS
As every year, the East Silver Market gives an opportunity to watch almost 50 latest documentaries produced or co-produced in Poland. Seven of them have been nominated to the Silver Eye awards for the best documentaries shown during the Market.