Tomorrow in French Cabrieres d’Avignon the 21st edition of the Court c’est Court Short Film Festival will open. This year the organizers invited Krakow Film Foundation to share a Polish short film programme with the festival’s audience and guests.
It was on Sunday evening when the 30th, anniversary edition of Berlin based Interfilm short film festival reached the end. The Best Animation award went to “Baths” by Tomek Ducki.
„15 corners of the World”, the newest documentary by Zuzanna Solakiewicz received Special Mention at 16th International Film Festival Bratislava. The festival ended on Saturday, November 14th.
Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad” ended last Saturday, November 14th. One of the award winners of the festival is “Deep love” by Jan P. Matuszyński. The film was awarded with a Diploma in the Documentary Films Competition.
Last weekend, Polish filmmakers won three awards, given by the jury of Spanish festivals. Award-winning films are "The Mother" by Łukasz Ostalski and "Games" by Maciej Marczewski.
The documentary film "Abu Haraz,” directed and produced by Maciej J. Drygas, was appreciated by the jury of the Jean Rouch International Ethnographic Film Festival. The film won the Monde en Regards award
Polish documentary film "Joanna" directed by Aneta Kopacz has been nominated for the most prestigious awards in the field of documentary film - Cinema Eye Honors.
Last weekend was lucky for Polish film school students, who won three awards at the festivals in North America. Polish films were awarded at the Lonestar Film Festival and Berkeley Video Film Fest in US as well as at Canadian Hamilton Film Festival.
In autumn, as usual, we observe the increase in festival activities. This month, Polish short films - documentary, fiction and animation - will be shown 135 times at 50 festivals abroad.
November is the peak of the autumn festival season. This month, over 40 Polish documentary films will be shown in over 70 screenings at nearly 30 film festivals around the world.
Last weekend brought yet another award for the film “Ziegenort” by Tomasz Popakul. The film won the Grand Prix at the Japanese festival New Chitose Airport IAFF.
On Saturday, this year’s edition of the Hungarian animated film festival Primanima, dedicated exclusively to animated film debuts, ended. Among the award-winners, there are two Polish films - “Baths” by Tomek Ducki and “Ziegenort” by Tomasz Popakul.
The film "Domino Effect" directed by Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski was awarded at the DOK.Leipzig Festival, which ended last weekend. The film won the Golden Dove award for the best documentary film in the Doc German Competition.