Polish animated films won two main awards and four special mentions at the Animated Film Forum in Cairo, which ended today, February 25. The award-winning films are "Lost Senses" by Marcin Wasilewski, "Darling" by Izabela Plucińska and "Baths" by Tomek Ducki.
The documentary "Jurek" by Paweł Wysoczański won the main award at the 18th Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival.
2014 was particularly successful for Polish short film. Numbers speak for themselves - Polish shorts were present at over 1200 festival screenings around the world and received 165 awards. Even more, special screenings featuring Polish short film were organized at many important festivals, including Guanajuato International Film Festival in Mexico and International Short Film Festival in Drama, Greece. Polish Shorts team is proud to present the summary of 2014.
This month, new festivals and chances to win awards await Polish animated films. Though there are relatively few festival screenings in February, just like in January, Polish animated films continue to be popular.
In the ranking according to film genres, the most frequently shown short films in 2014 were animated films. On the basis of aggregated data, Polish animated films were shown abroad almost 340 times. It is even more joyous that Polish animated films were awarded 64 times.
'The Domino Effect' is invited to screen as a part of the Documentary Fortnight: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media. The film directed by Piotr Rosołowski and Elwira Niewiera will be screened in Museum of Modern Art in New York on 19th and 20th February.
This year's edition of Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, the largest European short film festival, begins on January 30. Four Polish films are included in its programme. From February 2, the latest Polish short films will be also represented at the accompanying film market, where the POLISH SHORTS stand will be organized for the eighth time.
'Object', the documentary film by Paulina Skibińska, was given a Short Film Special Jury Award for Visual Poetry at the Sundance Film Festival. The competition screening was at the same time the film's world première.
In 2014, Polish documentary films were shown at international film festivals almost 380 times, winning a total of almost 70 awards. Polish documentary film was the special guest at the following festivals: Doc Aviv in Israel, Guanajuato in Mexico, Cinema Verite in Iran and Documentarist in Turkey. We would like to invite you to read the summary of 2014.
Short fiction by Vahram Mkhitaryan - "Milky Brother" was chosen the best short film of the Premiers Plans film festival, held in Angers, France. The festival ended on Saturday, January 25.
'Our Curse', nominated for the Academy Award, has been appreciated once again. This time, the film was chosen the Best School/University Documentary Film at the Irvine International Film Festival.
The beginning of the year brings new screenings and chances of awards for Polish animated films. Though there are not many festival screenings this months, Polish animated films will be shown at prestigious film festivals, among others, at the French Clermont-Ferrand, American Slamdance and Swedish Goteborg.
Joanna by Aneta Kopacz and Our Curse by Tomasz Śliwiński received the nominations for the Academy Awards in the short documentary film category. It is an enormous success of Polish cinema.