Though over 3 months passed since the end of the American experimental film festival Ann Arbor, it was only yesterday that the news reached us that the festival's audience gave an award to the Polish animation "Toto" by Zbigniew Czapla.
The 12th edition of the short film festival IN THE PALACE was held from 28th June to 4th July. Among the award-winning films, there is the Polish documentary "A Visit" by Matej Bobrik.
The 22nd edition of the Curtas festival began on 5th July. In the programme, as every year, there is a screening of Polish short films. The animation "Blue Room" by Tomasz Siwiński will compete for the festival's Grand Prix in the main competition.
The jury of this year's edition of the Slovenian Festival of Migrant Film appreciated the film "When I Am A Bird" by Monika Pawluczuk, and awarded it with a Special Mention. The festival was held in Ljubljana from 12th to 20th June.
Yesterday evening, at the closing ceremony of the Portuguese festival Fest, "The Mother" by Łukasz Ostalski won two awards. The 10th edition of the festival was held from 24th to 30th June.
The 12th edition of the International Short Film Festival In the Palace started on Saturday, 28th June. In the competition, there are four Polish films, whereas in the non-competing programme the viewers will see two special screenings of Polish films.
The documentary by Jan P. Matuszyński, "Deep Love" won the Documentary Competition at the 36th International Film Festival in Moscow. The closing and award ceremony was held last Saturday, on 28th June.
29th edition of the Spanish festival Cine Jove ended on Friday evening in Valencia. The award for the best short film went to Łukasz Ostalski - the author of “The Mother".
On Sunday evening ended the seventh edition of Fest Anca - the leading Slovakian festival dedicated exclusively to animated films. Among the award-winning films, there are as many as three Polish animated films.
Last weekend, there increased the number of awards won by two Polish films - "The Island" by Katarzyna Klimkiewicz and Dominga Sotomayor, as well as "The Mother" by Łukasz Ostalski. Both films were awarded at the 42nd edition of the festival in Huesca, Spain.
The documentary film by Aneta Kopacz was awarded twice at the recently finished, largest short film festival in the USA - ShortFest in Palm Springs.
On Friday, 20th June, the fifth edition of the Macedonian festival MakeDox came to an end. The festival brought new laurels for the documentary by Aneta Kopacz, "Joanna." The film won the Special Moral Approach Award.
The run of luck at the festivals for Aneta Kopacz continues - the film "Joanna," made by her, won yet another award. The documentary was appreciated by the jury of Egyptian festival Ismailia, who decided to give it the main award in the short documentary film competition.