52^nd DOK LEIPZIG — Inter­na­tional Fest­ival for Doc­u­ment­ary and Anim­ated Film has just fin­ished. There are two Pol­ish films among the prize-​winners.

“Chemo” by Paweł Łoziński was given the MDR Film Prize, worth € 3000. The Jury acknow­ledged this film for being “a visual mas­ter­piece, pos­sess­ing mas­ter­ful mater­ial.” Aleksander Gutman’s film “17^th August” was given an award in the short-​length films. This doc­u­ment­ary is an inter­na­tional co-​production, with Eureka Media from Poland.

Paweł Łoziński is a gradu­ate of the Dir­ect­ing Fac­ulty at Pol­ish National Film School in Łódź. He is the author of many doc­u­ment­ary films, among oth­ers: “Birth Place”(1992), “The Way It Is” (1999), “Sis­ters” (1999), “Between the Doors”(2004), “Exiles” (2005), “Kitty, Kitty”(2005), “Chemo”(2009). Also the prize-​winner of pres­ti­gi­ous film awards, among oth­ers in Bornholm, Paris, Leipzig and Krakow.

You can find inform­a­tion about other awards in Leipzig here

(01.11.2009)