POLISH FILMS AT OBERHAUSEN FESTIVAL
This year, in the competition sections at Oberhausen festival, 151 films produced in 39 countries will be shown. Two of them are Polish films.
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FOUR POLISH FILMS AT THE HOT DOCS FESTIVAL
On April 28, the International Documentary Film Festival "Hot Docs" in Canada starts. In the programme of this year's edition, there are four Polish documentary films: "Last Season" by Sławomir Witek, "Before the Dawn" by Łukasz Borowski, "Brothers" by Wojciech Staroń and "All these sleepless nights" Michała Marczaka. The project "Over the limit" by Marta Prus will participate in the pitching during the Hot Docs Forum.
“LAST SEASON” BY SŁAWOMIR WITEK – INTERVIEW WITH THE FILM’S AUTHOR
Daniel Stopa: "Last Season" resembles documentary films made before the era of television. It is a film in which the image plays the key role in storytelling, there are no dialogues nor verbal commentary. Did you know from the beginning that it would be such a classic short documentary film?…
“LAST SEASON” BY SŁAWOMIR WITEK
"Last Season" by Sławomir Witek resembles documentary films which were made before the era of television. This shorter than thirteen minutes miniature film is devoid of off-screen commentary, the words uttered in the film are only sounds which build a specific mood, do not form dialogues. All that is the most important in the film by Witek - emotions, mood - come to us through the image, a classic form, which was used by the masters of this genre.
“THE PLACE” TRIUMPHS IN THE NETHERLANDS
Polish documentary film can boast successes at yet another mountain film festival. On March 13 ended the Dutch Mountain Film Festival, at which "The Place" by Julia Popławska was honoured with award.
POLISH FILMS TRIUMPH IN THE NETHERLANDS
Polish documentary films can boast successes at yet another mountain film festival. On March 13 ended the Dutch Mountain Film Festival, at which the following films were honoured with awards: "K2. Touching the Sky" by Eliza Kubarska and "The Place" by Julia Popławska.
SHORT FILM FESTIVALS IN MARCH
The first rays of spring sun herald the boom in the world of festivals. In March, Polish short films will be watched in special programmes at the festivals "The Fantastic Four" in Turkey and the International Short Film Week Regensburg in Germany.
ANIMATED FILM FESTIVALS IN MARCH
March will abound in screenings of Polish animated films at the following film festivals.
A REVIEW OF POLISH SHORT FILMS IN REGENSBURG
On March 9, starts the 22nd edition of Regensburg International Short Film Week. Within the frames of the festival, there will be a review of Polish short films. In the section "Focus on Poland," the viewers will see as many as 25 films.
POLISH DOCS AT FESTIVALS IN MARCH
With the beginning of spring, Polish documentary films wake up to the festival life. In March, we will see them, among others, at the festival One World in the Czech Republic and at the Docudays in Ukraine.
AROUND THE YEAR AT SHORT FILM FESTIVALS – THE SUMMARY OF 2015
2015 brought many successes to Polish short films. Over 300 films were shown in over 1300 festival screenings around the world, winning nearly 150 awards. Polish short film was also the special guest at the festivals Curtas Vila do Conde in Portugal, Summer Film School in the Czech Republic, Cartón in Argentina, and Akbank in Turkey.
SUCCESSES OF POLISH ANIMATED FILMS – SUMMARY OF 2015
2015 was another good year for Polish animated film. During the last twelve months, Polish animated films were shown abroad almost 600 times. Many of these screenings ended successfully, and the months of festival screenings around the world brought filmmakers over 45 awards.
“K2. TOUCHING THE SKY” WINS THE GRAND PRIX IN VANCOUVER
The run of luck for Polish documentary film at mountain film festivals continues. The Grand Prix of Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival went to "K2. Touching the Sky" by Eliza Kubarska.