On 22nd June the 26th International Documentary Film Market Sunny Side of the Doc starts in French town of La Rochelle. It is one of the largest industry events dedicated to documentary film, which is annually visited by the representatives of the most important television channels, distributors and film producers from the entire world. Poles present their works there already for the ninth time.
Each year in mid-June, animation professionals from all around the world gather in a small town in France called Annecy. Annecy is the location of the oldest film festival dedicated to animated film, as well as the accompanying Mifa exhibition. Each year, Polish films are featured both at the festival and at the animation industry-related part of the event.
This year's edition of Brooklyn Film Festival was held from May 29 to June 7. One of its winners is Bartek Konopka and his short fiction film "From Bed Thou Arose."
"Killing Auntie" by Mateusz Głowacki won the Best Live-Action Film award of the Zlin Dog competition. Zlin Film Festival was held from May 29 to 4 June.
At the 55th Krakow Film Festival, we had the opportunity to talk to Robert Sowa, who has now led the Animated Film Studio at the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow for almost three years.
"Starting Point" by Michał Szcześniak won in the short documentary film competition at the festival Sheffield Doc/Fest 2015!
On 6 June 2015, at the closing gala, the awards of the 55th Krakow Film Festival were given.
Anna Taszycka reviews four animated films included in the Polish Competition of th 55th Krakow Film Festival: "A documentary film" by Marcin Podolec, "Signum" by Witold Gierszm "A Blue Room" by Tomasz Siwiński and "Domestication" by Sylwia Gaweł.
Today starts the 55th edition of the Krakow Film Festival. In the festival programme, there are fifteen Polish animated films. Twelve of them will take part in the competitive section.
This year's, 55th Krakow Film Festival begins with the film "The Dybbuk. A Tale Of Wandering Souls" directed by Krzysztof Kopczyński. The documentary by Krzysztof Kopczyński will also participate in Polish competition and international documentary film competition.We would like to invite you to read the review of the film and the interview with the director.
Agnieszka Młynarczyk: "The Dybbuk. A Tale of Wandering Souls" begins with the excerpt from the feature film "The Dybbuk" from 1930s. In which moment of your work on the film the idea of starting the film in such a way appeared? Krzysztof Kopczyński: "The Dybbuk" by Michał Waszyński – classic…
The documentary film "Abu Haraz" by Maciej Drygas won two awards at The Archeology Channel International Film and Video Festival.
This month, Polish animated films will be shown at eleven film festivals. You can watch Polish films, among others, at the festivals in Mexico, Bulgaria and in Chile.