POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS NOMINATED FOR SILVER EYE

Since the last year’s edition of East Silver Market, taking place during International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava, the SILVER EYE awards have been given for the best feature, mid and short length documentary. At this edition of East Silver Polish films will compete for the laurel as well.

SILVER EYE is an award for the best feature, mid and short length documentary of the East Silver Market. There are 11 nominated films in each category. Documentaries have been selected from East Silver Market submissions 2010. East Silver Market is held within the frames of International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava.

The films will be judged by an inter­na­tional jury, includ­ing:

Category: Short

 — Jan Naszew­ski (New Europe Film Sales)
 — Outi Saarikoski (YLE Teema)
 — Bruni Bur­res (Sun­dance Documen­tary Film Program)

Category: Mid­lenght

 — Mar­gje de Koning (Ikon)
 — Gitte Han­sen (First Hand Films)
 — Anna Hof­f­mann (Ber­linale — Forum)

Category: Feature

 — Marzena Moskal (Quin­zaine des Realisateurs Can­nes)
 — Andrea Hock (Autlook Film­sales)
 — Kath­rin Brink­mann (ARTE/​ZDF)

Silver Eye Award nominees:

Category: Short

* “Little Bride”, dir. Lesław Dobrucki
* “Plain Landscape with a Crandle”, dir. Arkadiusz Biedrzycki
* “That’s life…”, dir. Daniel Zieliń­ski
* “Slowly”, dir. Tomasz Wol­ski
* “The Work of the Machines”, dir. Michał Mądracki, Giles Lepore, Maciej Mądracki

Category: Mid­lenght

* “Kir­san Planete”, dir. Mag­dalena Pięta
* “Let’s run away from her”, dir. Mar­cin Koszałka
* “La Machina”, dir. Thierry Paladino

Category: Feature

* “At the Edge of Russia”, dir. Michał Mar­czak
* “War Games and the Man who stoppped them”, dir. Dariusz Jabłoń­ski

EAST SILVER EYE winners will be announced at the 7th East Silver Market during the Opening ceremony of the XIV. Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival in October 26, 2010.

Last year’s SILVER EYE winner in the short category was the documentary film „Six Weeks” by Marcin Janos Krawczyk. What is more, “Rabbit a la Berlin” by Bartek Konopka won in the category of mid­length films and the special mention in the same category was given to Anna Kazejak, director of “Side­Track”.

In addition to this, as every year, there are several dozen the newest Polish films available in video­library to international professionals such as TV buyers, festival programmers, sales agents and distributors.

More information on the website: www.eastsilver.net