• POLISH DOCUMENTARIES IN THE PROGRAMME OF THE THESSALONIKI FESTIVAL

    Polish titles are shaping up to make a serious mark at the Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (5–15 March) – one of Europe’s foremost documentary festivals as well as an Academy Award-qualifying event. Two films have been selected for the main competition: "Candidates of Death" by Maciej Cuske, which will enjoy its world premiere in Thessaloniki, and "Closure" by Michał Marczak. Meanwhile, "The Queen and the Smokehouse" by Iga Lis, "Hidden" by Monika Kotecka and two co-productions - "Traces" and "The Ground Beneath Our Feet" will screen in the Open Horizon section.

  • NATALIA KONIARZ'S “SILVER” TRIUMPHS AT SLAMDANCE FESTIVAL

    Natalia Koniarz's "Silver" has been awarded the Documentary Feature Grand Jury Prize at this year's Slamdance festival, where it received its American premiere. It's yet another significant triumph for a film that, following a string of accolades garnered in Kraków and Ji.hlava, both confirms and anticipates its formidable standing on the global map of documentary cinema.

  • “LETTERS FROM WOLF STREET” WINS AN AWARD AT A FESTIVAL IN THE USA

    The documentary film “Letters From Wolf Street”, directed by Arjun Talwar and selected among the eight titles in the Main Competition of the 23rd edition of the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in the USA, won one of the event’s most important awards – Best Artistic Vision Feature.

  • POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS IN THE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL CIRCUIT – A 2025 REVIEW

    The year 2025 proved an exceptionally rich one for Polish documentary cinema, marked by a wealth of events, premieres, and international successes. It was a period of pronounced visibility on the global festival stage, accompanied by an intensity of creative work that yielded films bold in form and deeply rooted in pressing social matters. The most widely screened Polish feature-length documentary was "Child of Dust" by Weronika Mliczewska, whilst the most frequently exhibited short was Bloodline by Wojciech Węglarz. The most accolades abroad – ten awards – went to "Letters from Wolf Street" by Arjun Talwar. Right behind it is "Child of Dust" and "Unspoken" by Maciej Adamek with nine awards each to their names.

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