Two screenings of recent Polish animated films were included in the programme of this year's edition of the Argentinean CARTÓN International Animation Film Festival. The fifth edition of the festival is held between 1st and 7th September.
"Milky Brother," short fiction film by Vahram Mkhitaryan, was awarded the Lessinia d'Argento statuette for the best directing at the Festival della Lessinia. The director collected the award in person.
Five short documentary films made by Lodz Film School will be available on-line on the website DAFilms.com The films are available for free only until Sunday.
On August 16 ended the Columbia Gorge International Film Festival. "My 89 Generation" by Paweł Jóźwiak-Rodan was chosen the best feature-length documentary film.
On Tuesday, September 1, in Tribeca Film Center in New York, there will be a special screening of the films by Teresa Czepiec, at which two short documentary films made by the director will be shown: "Super Unit", "Rezonans" and the feature film "Test".
This month, intensive festival traffic quietens down a bit, however, Polish animated films will be included in the catalogues of film festivals in Kosovo, Austria and Italy.
The film by Adam Palenta was chosen the best short documentary at the Faito Doc Festival.
The animated film "under_construction" by Marcin Wojciechowski won the Golden Unicorn award at the Alpinale Short Film Festival in Austria. The closing ceremony and the awards ceremony was held on August 15.
The film "Fragments" by Aga Woszczyńska won two awards at the Italian film festival La Guarimba. The film was chosen the Best Fiction of the festival, and won the Best Cinematography Award for the camera work by Bartosz Świniarski.
KODAK Scholarship Program are awards dedicated to film school students from around the world. This year, Paulina Skibińska with her film "Object" was among the awarded film-makers.
On August 15, ended the 68th Locarno International Film Festival. As many as two Polish documentary films, which appeared in the competition La Semaine de la Critique, return from Switzerland with awards.
On Saturday, August 1, we learnt the names of the winners of the 15th International Film Festival T-Mobile New Horizons. Among the winners, there are seven Polish films.
On July 19, ended the 14th Euganea Film Festival. "A Diary of A Journey" by Piotr Stasik was chosen the best international documentary film.