On Sun­day, 18^th July, the organizers of the Inter­national Film Festival in Pärnu, Estonia, have announ­ced the list of the win­ners in the festival com­petitions. The award for the best short documen­tary went to Piotr Złotorowicz, the direc­tor of “Char­coal Burners”.  (...)

On 11TH July, the 24^th edition of the Inter­national Film Festival in Pärnu, Estonia, began. In the com­petition program there are seven Polish documen­taries, among them “Chemo” by Paweł Łoziń­ski, nominated for the Grand Prix, that is, the main prize of the festival given by the inter­national jury.  (...)

At the Documen­tary Film Festival FID­Mar­seille in Mar­seil­les, which finished on 12^th of July, the Polish documen­tary “The work of the machines” by three direc­tors, Michał Mądracki, Maciej Mądracki and Gil­les Lepore, won the main prize in the inter­national competition.  (...)

The organizers of the Inter­national Documen­tary Film Festival in Mexico, which will take place from 21^st to 31^st October, have announ­ced the list of films qualified for the com­petition program. Among them, there are six Polish films. (...)

From among 1500 films sent in for the com­petition at the Inter­national Film Festival in Odense, which will take place from 23^rd to 18^th August, three Polish short films have been selected. (...)

Lately, the documen­tary “The Lucky Ones” by Tomasz Wol­ski, frequen­tly awar­ded at festivals in Poland and abroad, won new laurels – this time at the most impor­tant film events in North America.  (...)

“War Games and the Man Who Stop­ped Them” was shown in May at one of the big­gest documen­tary film festivals Hot Docs, Toronto. In June the prestigious Fron­tline Club in Lon­don shows selec­ted produc­tions from the festival at special screenings with the presence of direc­tors who are invited to meet with the audience. (...)

With the feature films by Borys Lan­kosz (“Reverse”) and by Paweł Sala (“Mother Teresa of Cats”) at this year’s 45^th Inter­national Film Festival in Kar­lovy Vary, two Polish documen­taries will be shown: “Beats of Freedom” by Woj­ciech Słota and Leszek Gnoiń­ski and “The Promised One” by Lesław Dobrucki, who will com­pete for the main prize in the Documen­tary Film Competition.  (...)

The one of the lar­gest in Rus­sia and one of the most impor­tant on the world film event, namely the 32^nd Inter­national Film Festival in Moscow has just begun. Several Polish films are in the programme, rich and diver­sified as far as sub­jects and gen­res are con­cer­ned. The festival audience will have an oppor­tunity to get acquain­ted with the frequen­tly awar­ded documen­taries, as well as with feature films – short and long ones. (...)