Inter­national Academy of Document Dragon Forum is the inter­national training program for develop­ment and mar­keting of the documen­tary films. The deadline for Dragon Forum 2012 is exten­ded till January 1^st 2012 (Sun­day 23:59). (...)

The ninth edition of Inter­national Film Festival in Tirana brought first inter­national suc­cess to documen­tary etude by Piotr Suł­kow­ski. Last Satur­day sixteen minutes long “The Conver­sation” scored the award for the Best Short Documen­tary Film. (...)

On 10^th Decem­ber the 29^th edition of Inter­national Short Film Festival Tous Courts in Aix-​en-​Provance came to an end. At the Saturday’s closing gala two Polish films scored the awards. (...)

At one of the most impor­tant film events in China – the Inter­national Documen­tary Film Festival in Guang­zhou – “Argen­tinian Les­som” direc­ted by Woj­ciech Staroń once again stood on the top of the podium. (...)

At the begin­ning of Decem­ber the touring Next­Frame Inter­national Student Film and Video Festival organized by Tem­ple Univer­sity, announ­ced the win­ners of this year’s edition of the festival. Films by Kuba Czekaj and Piotr Złotorowicz represen­ted Poland among the awar­ded ones. (...)

The 19^th Inter­national Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography PLUS CAMERIMAGE in Byd­goszcz has ended. Once again, Polish documen­tarians tur­ned out to be unrival­led. Grand Prix was awar­ded to “Doctors” by Tomasz Wol­ski and “Paparazzi” by Piotr Bernaś. (...)

“Andrzej Wajda — Known and Unk­nown” (Andrzej Wajda — Bekannt & Unbekannt) — the retrospec­tive of the Polish Master and the celebrations of the 10^th anniver­sary of the Wajda School begin in Ber­lin on 2 December. (...)

The last week­end has ended with great suc­cess not only for Eliza Kubar­ska, Mar­cin Koszałka, Woj­ciech Staoń and Marta Prus, but also for Jakub Stożek whose documen­tary “Out of Reach” won the prize at RIDM in Montreal. (...)

After recent suc­cess in Spain, Austria and Italy, „Dec­laration of Immor­tality” by Mar­cin Koszałka has been awar­ded at Bristol Encoun­ters Inter­national Short and Animated Film Festival. (...)

”What hap­pend on Pam Island” by Eliza Kubar­ska – a film about one of the most impor­tant moun­taineering expeditions in recent years – was amongst the best at the Unnim Moun­tain Film Festival in Spanish Torello. (...)

A num­ber of special events will emphasise Wajda School’s activity in the world of documen­tary films: at the lar­gest and one of the most renow­ned documen­tary film festivals around the world — IDFA in Amster­dam, DOX Magazine as well as on the Doc Alliance Films website. (...)