DocsDF festival, at which Poland was the special guest this year, has just ended. In the international short documentary competition the special mention went to the film "Heaven" by Jan Paweł Matuszyński.
Wojciech Staroń continues to be on the winning streak - last Sunday, 18 November, "Argentinian lesson" was chosen the best medium-length film on the festival taking place in Montreal, RIDM – Recontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal.
This year's seventh edition of the International Film Festival in Kenya took place from 24 October to 3 November. More than a fortnight after the end of the festival, the news reached us about the award for "Normal people" by Piotr Złotorowicz.
Yesterday evening the 27th edition of Brest Short Film Festival reached the end. This year the festival’s jury awarded the only Polish film of the competition – “Noise” by Przemysław Adamski.
The festival in German Cottbus has been inviting Polish films to the competitions for several years now. For two years, Poles have been also receiving awards in Cottbus – both for full- and short-length films!
The documentary favourite of the last months, "Written in ink" by Martin Rath does not slow down even for a moment. Last weekend, the film won its sixth award!
Last weekend brought yet another award to the graduation film by Grzegorz Jaroszuk. The story of two supermarket employees conquered the hearts of the Czech jury! The film returns to Poland with another Grand Prix!
On 9 November, in Minsk, the 19th International Film Festival Listapad ended. Among the award-winning films, there are two Polish documentaries: "Paparazzi" by Piotr Bernaś and "The Conversation" by Piotr Sułkowski
On 10th November the closing ceremony of 11th International Student Film and Video Festival (ISFVF) was held. That night the jury announced the best films of nine competitive categories. “Glasgow” by Piotr Subbotko was listed as one of them.
In January 2013, in New York the award ceremony of the Cinema Eye Honors, given to the best documentary productions, will take place. In the Spotlight Award category, "Argentinian lesson" by Wojciech Staroń is among the nominees.
From 8 to 18 November Mexico City will turn into the capital of Polish documentary film. As the special guest at the seventh edition of the DocsDF festival, Poland will send to Mexico a large representation of film makers, who will meet the Mexican audience, and Polish films will be shown in the competition sections as well as in the non-competing special screenings.
Last Saturday, on 3 November, the seventh edition of the MiradasDoc festival ended. The documentary "Argentinian lesson" by Wojciech Staroń got the special mention in the international competition.
Even though the weather outside does not make us positively disposed, the intensive festival bustle continues. November festivals will surely bring Polish short films new chances of getting awards .