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June 2010
24.06.2010
“War Games and The Man Who Stopped Them” in the prestigious Frontline Club in London
“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. (...)
23.06.2010
POLISH FILMS AT THE FESTIVAL IN KARLOVY VARY
With the feature films by Borys Lankosz (“Reverse”) and by Paweł Sala (“Mother Teresa of Cats”) at this year’s 45th 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. (...)
18.06.2010
POLISH FILMS AT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN MOSCOW
The one of the largest in Russia and one of the most important on the world film event, namely the 32nd 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. (...)
11.06.2010
THE CALL FOR SUBMISSION TO MEETMARKET
MeetMarket is the pitching initiative at Sheffield Doc/Fest, that will take place from 3th to 7th November, and is designed to match documentary makers’ most innovative project ideas with UK and international buyers. (...)
11.06.2010
50th Krakow Film Festival. Polish films awarded!
On the 6th June the oldest film feast in Poland– 50th Krakow Film Festival — came to an end. During the jubilee gala lots of young polish filmmakers received the awards, among them: Karolina Bielawska, Julia Ruszkiewicz, Bartek Kulas and Igor Chojna. For the first time in many years the highest distincion in the international competition – The Golden Dragon – went to the polish film „Out of reach” directed by Jakub Stożek. (...)
09.06.2010
THE BRAND NEW POLISH DOCUMENTARIES ON DVD
Promoting the latest Polish cinematography in the form of the collection of films on DVD is more and more visible. The perfect example is the recently released DVD edition “Polish Docs 2010″, which appeared thanks to Krakow Film Foundation. (...)
May 2010
28.05.2010
“CHEMO” AND “52 PERCENT” AGAIN ON THE LIST OF THE WINNERS
Jury of the Canadian Documentary Film Festival DOXA in Vancouver has given the main prizes to Paweł Łoziński — in the feature film competition, and to Rafał Skalski — in the short film competition. (...)
20.05.2010
“Goldfish” awarded at the Cronograf Festival
On the 16th May, the eighth edition of the International Documentary Film Festival CRONOGRAF in Moldova ended. From 27 films coming from 26 countries, the international jury selected the winners – among them, Tomasz Wolski, the director of the documentary “Goldfish”. (...)
18.05.2010
Polish films in Portugal
The organizers of the Portuguese festival Curtas Vila do Conde, in co-operation with Krakow Film Foundation, prepared a presentation of five Polish short and documentary films. (...)
12.05.2010
POLISH DOCUMENTARIES THE WINNERS OF ANASY DOCUMENTARY AWARDS
Anasy Documentary Awards are given out. From among several dozen documentary films from around the world, two Polish ones received the highest distinctions. (...)
06.05.2010
“WARSAW AVAILABLE” IN MONTE CARLO
The documentary film directed by Karolina Bielawska and Julia Ruszkiewicz will compete for International Grand Prix for Author’s Documentary, that is the prestigious award of Monte-Carlo Television Festival. (...)
April 2010
24.04.2010
WORLD FILM FEST HOUSTON – THE AWARDS GIVEN
World Fest-Houston Independent International Film Festival took place from 9 – 18 April. Two Polish documentaries and one feature film were honoured with awards during the closing ceremony of the American film event. (...)
20.04.2010
THE LIST OF POLISH FILMS SELECTED FOR THE 50TH KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCED!
The selectors of the 50th Krakow Film Festival, one of the oldest European film events, have ended their work and now we know the list of films qualified for the competitions of the anniversary 50th edition of the Festival, which will take place from 31st May to 6th June. (...)
17.04.2010
WORLD PREMIERE OF “THE DOG HILL” AT VISION DU REEL
“The Dog Hill”, a film by Grzegorz Zariczny, produced by Andrzej Wajda Film School, had its world premiere during this year’s festival Vision du Reel in Nyon, Switzerland. (...)
15.04.2010
POLISH FILMS AGAIN IN CANADA
A strong representation of Polish cinematography will appear not only at the forthcoming documentary film festival Hot Docs in Toronto, Canada, but also at the Worldwide Short Film Festival – international short film festival – taking place in the same city. (...)
15.04.2010
DRAGON FORUM AND DOCUMENTARY CAMPUS INVITE TO WORKSHOPS AND CONFERENCES
Krakow Film Festival is not only a programme abounding in shows of Polish and foreign cinematography, diverse as far as topics, content and form of presented films are concerned. For several years, the Krakow event has been accompanied by film market, conferences and pitching forum. (...)
10.04.2010
POLISH DOCUMENTARIES, SHORTS AND ANIMATIONS IN NICE
At the forthcoming short film festival “Un Festival c’est trop court!” in Nice, Poland will be the guest of honour. Documentary films, animations, as well as short feature-films will be shown. Additionally, the film “Mother” by Jakub Piątek will fight for the main prize in the international competition. (...)
08.04.2010
AWARD FOR MICHAŁ JÓŹWIAK
During the closing ceremony of the DOCUDAYS UA International Documentary Film about Human Rights Festival in Kiev MichałJóźwiak received an award for the film “Football Father”. (...)
08.04.2010
ANASY DOCUMENTARY AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
Anasy Documentary Awards, that is, an event promoting and honouring only documentary films, will take place from 25 April till 9 May in Abu Dahbi. Three Polish documentaries have been qualified to the competition. (...)
06.04.2010
POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS AT DOXA FESTIVAL IN CANADA
In the first half of May, in Vancouver, the Documentary Film Festival DOXA will start. At this festival, there will also appear a representation of Polish documentary cinema. Four films by Polish directors have been qualified to the international competition. (...)
02.04.2010
FILMPOLSKA – GERMAN FESTIVAL OF POLISH FILMS
In the second half of April, two German cities – Berlin and Potsdam – will turn into the main centres promoting Polish cinema for a couple of days. Among the shown films there will also be documentaries. What is more, the festival will be accompanied by workshops conducted by Marcin Koszałka. (...)
March 2010
27.03.2010
POLISH DOCUMENTARIES AT THE HOT DOCS FESTIVAL IN CANADA
At one of the biggest festivals on the world, Hot Docs in Toronto, Canada, there will be a strong representation of Polish documentary cinema. Two Polish films will take part in the competition, while as much as 22 films will be shown during the film market Doc Shop 2010. (...)
27.03.2010
“FLIGHTLESS BIRDS” AWARDED IN SLOVAKIA
The third edition of International Student Film Festival Early Melons 2010 ended in Bratislava. The Best Documentary Film Award went to the director of “Flightless Birds.” (...)
19.03.2010
“CHEMO” AWARDED IN PRAGUE
The International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival One World in Prague ended on 18th March. Paweł Łoziński, the director of “Chemo” was honoured with the best director award. (...)
10.03.2010
POLISH DOCS IN THESSALOLNIKI INT.DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
A real feast of Polish documentary awaits the audience of the 12th Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival. There are as much a 27 Polish films scheduled to be shown at the festival. (...)
07.03.2010
WOJCIECH KASPERSKI AWARDED IN ZAGREB
Yesterday, the winners of the International Documentary Film Festival ZAGREBDOX were announced. “Chasm” by Wojciech Kasperski was honoured with the “Little Stamp” award for the best film by a young documentary film-maker. (...)
February 2010
24.02.2010
„BEHIND THE FENCE” — ONE OF TEN
Marcin Sauter’s film “Behind the Fence” is on the list of ten best recent short-length films promoted by L’Agence du Court Metrage in France. (...)
15.02.2010
POLISH DOCUMENTARIES IN CROATIA
The International Documentary Film Festival ZAGREBDOX starts on 28th March in Zagreb. During the festival, Polish documentaries will be shown. Four of them will take part in the contest. (...)
12.02.2010
JONAS MEKAS — LAUREATE OF THE DRAGON OF DRAGONS AWARD!
Jonas Mekas, a forerunner and representative of the American avant-garde film receives the Dragon of Dragons Award in recognition of his contribution to the world cinema . The artist has accepted our invitation and he will visit Krakow in May to receive the award during the jubilee 50th edition of the Festival. This will be his first visit in Poland! (...)
12.02.2010
POLISH DOCUMENTARIES AT THE FESTIVAL IN SYRIA
At the forthcoming 3rd International Documentary Film Festival DOX BOX in Syria six Polish documentaries will be shown. Three of them will compete for the audience’s award – the only award given in accordance with the viewers’ votes. (...)
02.02.2010
“Rabbit a la Berlin” nominated for the Oscars
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has just announced the Oscar nominations. Among the films competing for the statuette, there is “Rabbit a la Berlin” by Bartek Konopka. (...)
01.02.2010
„POLISH SHORTS“ STAND AT THE CLERMONT-FERRAND SHORT FILM MARKET
At the Short Film Market beginning today in Clermont-Ferrand, during the biggest and the most important International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand, France, Poland will again promote its films. The POLISH SHORTS stand, prepared as every year by Krakow Film Foundation, will be one of several dozens national stands, presenting cinematography from around the world. (...)
January 2010
27.01.2010
POLISH DOCUMENTARY-FILMMAKERS IN HELSINKI
At the recently-launched documentary film festival Docpoint in Helsinki there are Polish accents. Every day of the festival, you can watch Polish films and discuss the Polish cinema with its creators. (...)
05.01.2010
PAWEŁ ŁOZIŃSKI’S DOCUMENTARIES ON DVD
National Audiovisual Institute has released a set of documentary films by Paweł Łoziński on DVD, as a part of the series “Polish School of the Documentary”. Among the films, there are “Chemo”, the winner of Prix Europe, and “Structure”, not well-known school etude by the director. (...)
December 2009
14.12.2009
Rafał Skalski about the love of the handicapped
The documentary “Lovers”(“Kochankowie”) is another production made for HBO Central Europe this year. The film is about love, friendship and sexuality of the handicapped. (...)
13.12.2009
The European Film Award goes to Marcel Łoziński
The European Film Awards were given last Saturday in German city Bochum. “Poste Restante” by Marcel Łoziński was awarded the best short-length film. (...)
05.12.2009
Jacek Petrycki the prize-winner at Camerimage
17th International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography Plus Camerimage ended in Lodz. Among the prize-winners, there is the latest documentary by Marcel Łoziński. (...)
05.12.2009
Polish documentaries in Finland
DocPoint Helsinki Documentary Film Festival starts on 26th January. Within the frames of the festival, the organizers prepared presentations of nine Polish documentaries and a Marcel Łoziński retrospective. (...)
November 2009
26.11.2009
„Six Weeks“ the prize-winner in Amsterdam!
IDFA has announced the prize-winners. „Six Weeks“ by Marcin Janos Krawczyk won in the short-length documentary films section. (...)
23.11.2009
Free documentary feast on DocAlliance
From 23rd to 29th November, on the website of Doc Alliance, you can watch for free five documentaries chosen by the greatest European documentary film festivals. These include, among others, “The Existence” by Marcin Koszałka and additionally seven films from Wajda School. (...)
23.11.2009
“Rabbit a la Berlin” received the Golden Teeth award
21st Polish Film Festival in America ended in Chicago. This is one of the greatest film events abroad, promoting Polish cinematography. In seven cinemas of the Chicago metropolis there were screenings of 70 animations, documentaries and feature-films. (...)
19.11.2009
Seven screenings for the seventh anniversary of Wajda Film School
Wajda Film School turned 7 years old this year. Because of this, in Warsaw Kino Lab, there will be seven unique film screenings, presenting the most interesting, the most frequently awarded films produced by the School. (...)
19.11.2009
Rafał Skalski’s documentary is the best again
“52 percent”, a film that has been awarded many times, received another prize. The film was given MEO Award for the best short-length film at the Estoril Film Festival in Portugal. (...)
16.11.2009
Polish documentaries will compete for the Golden Frog
This year, for the first time, at the Documentary Film Contest „the Picture of the world” organised in the frames of Documentary Section of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography PLUS CAMERAIMAGE, under the patronage of Discovery Networks Central Europe, it was possible to submit applications for two temporal categories: short – and full-length one. (...)
15.11.2009
Polish Day in China
Ten Polish documentaries will be shown to the Chinese audience at the Guangzhou International Documentary Film Festival, which starts on 7th December. (...)
11.11.2009
The film from Wajda School is the prize-winner in Munich
The jury of this year’s International Short Film Festival “The Way We Live!” in Munich awarded the third prize to the film ”The Football Father” by Michał Jóźwiak. (...)
01.11.2009
„Chemo” the prize-winner in Leipzig
52nd DOK LEIPZIG — International Festival for Documentary and Animated Film has just finished. There are two Polish films among the prize-winners. (...)
01.11.2009
The Silver Eye Awards: Polish knock-out!
During the closing ceremony of the International Documentary Film Festival in Jihlava, the Silver Eye Awards for the best films qualified for the East Silver Documentary Market was given for the first time. Three Polish documentaries were awarded. (...)
October 2009
29.10.2009
The jubilee cycle of Krakow Film Festival — part 2 — THE PRIZE HUNTERS
50th anniversary of KFF nearer and nearer, therefore jubilee cycle continues. Every month the most interesting in the history of the Festival films are presented. In November — Prize Hunters. (...)
25.10.2009
Paweł Łoziński – the prize-winner at Prix Europe
On Saturday evening in Berlin, “Chemo” by Paweł Łoziński was given the Prix Europe award in the TV Documentary category. Thus, the film was chosen the best European documentary TV production in 2009. (...)
25.10.2009
“Goldfish” wins the Camera Obscura Festival
The Jury of the 6th edition of Camera Obscura The Art of Reportage Festival, including: Lidia Duda, Ilze Bukowska Jacobsen, Grzegorz Klatka and Antoine Leonard Maestrami announced the results of the contest. (...)
20.10.2009
„Take a Look” – the best film in Petersburg
At this year’s International Youth Film Festival in Sankt Petersburg the film “Take a Look” by Adam Palenta was given the best documentary film award. (...)
17.10.2009
Polish documentaries at the IDFA
One of the largest documentary film festivals – IDFA — starts in a month in the Netherlands. Among the qualified films there are several Polish ones. (...)
13.10.2009
Initiating jubilee cycle — part I — KRAKOW SCANDALS
For the celebration of 50th birthday Krakow Film Festival has prepared special monthly cycle of the most interesting films in Festival history. First part of the cycle “Krakow scandals” tomorrow at Kino Pod Baranami. (...)
10.10.2009
„Rabbit a la Berlin” close to the Oscar nomination
American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the Short List of 8 films which can apply for the Oscar nomination in the category Short-length Documentary Film. „Rabbit a la Berlin” by Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosłowski is on this list. (...)
06.10.2009
Polish documentaries nominated for the Silver Eye Award
On 30th October, the Silver Eye awards for the best films at the East Silver Documentary Market during the Jihlava International Documentary Film Festival will be given for the first time. The selection committee has chosen 11 films in each of the 3 categories: full-length documentary, middle-length one and short film. Poland is represented by 7 films. (...)
05.10.2009
Polish documentary awarded in Kazan
Beata Dzianowicz was given an award for the film “Kites” at the International Festival Muslim Cinema ”Golden Minbar” in Russia. (...)
04.10.2009
New Regulations of Krakow Film Festival
The recruitment for the 50th edition of Krakow Film Festival has just started. The regulations regarding submitting new films to the festival have changed, and consequently the formula of the Festival will be modified. (...)
September 2009
28.09.2009
Polish Films at DOK Leipzig
At the forthcoming 52nd International Documentary and Animated Film Festival DOK LEIPZIG, there will be a strong representation of the Polish films. Six films will take part in the competition, and several others will be shown to the German audience during extra-competition presentations. In addition to that, 13 films, promoted by Polish Docs, will be presented during the festival’s fair. (...)
26.09.2009
Matej Bobrik’s documentary – the best in Petersburg
At the 8 Open St. Petersburg Film Festival “Begining”, which ended 23rd September in the current year, “Where the Sun doesn’t rush” received the award for the best documentary film. (...)
20.09.2009
“Goldfish” awarded in Hungary
The film „Goldfish”, directed by Tomasz Wolski, was given the award for the best documentary at the International Festival of Young Filmmakers “Cinefest” in Hungary, which ended last Saturday. Apart from “Goldfish”, Poland was represented by the following films: “Gugara’ by Jacek Nagłowski and Andrzej Dybczak and “Ponad chodnikami”(“Above the Pavements”) by Piotr Stasik. (...)
16.09.2009
„Chemo” and „“Królik po Berlińsku” (“Rabbit a la Berlin”) nomianted for Prix Europe
The main award winners of the latest Krakow Film Festival, documentaries by Paweł Łoziński and Bartek Konopka, are fighting for the Prix Europe award. (...)
16.09.2009
„War Games” at IDFA Festival
Dariusz Jabłoński’s documentary “War Games” will open the most important international documentary film festival IDFA in Amsterdam. It will be shown within the frames of The Best Full-Length Documentary Film Competition. (...)
06.09.2009
Cuske’s film at PRIX ITALIA
“III. Remember the Sabbath day and keep it holy” – the third episode of the cycle “Decalogue after Decalogue” – is among the films qualified for the competition of the oldest world television production festival “Prix Italia”, which takes place this year in Turin. (...)
August 2009
26.08.2009
Piotr Stasik’s film in Beirut
The documentary film “Ponad chodnikami” (“Above the Pavements”) has been qualified for the International Documentary Film Festival DocuDays in Beirut. (...)
06.08.2009
„ANDRZEJ WAJDA: LET”S SHOOT” in Locarno
The documentary film, made by the group Paladino, will be projected during a special show at the upcoming Film Festival in Swiss Locarno. (...)
04.08.2009
Poles at Aye Aye Film Festival
During this year’s edition of Aye Aye Film Festival in Nancy, France, Polish documentary film will be represented in the competition, outside the competition and in the special screening “The Best of Selection”. (...)
02.08.2009
Word tour of „Glass Trap”
Paweł Ferdek’s documentary „Glass Trap”, nominee for European Film Award, will be shown during several film festivals in different places around the world. (...)
02.08.2009
Screening of Polish documentaries in France
During this year’s Lussas Doc Film Festival — Etats Generaux du Film Documentaire in France a special show will take place: “Doc Route: Poland”. Christophe Postic, the festival’s managing director, has chosen films, which, according to him, are the most representative ones and whose creators have left their mark on the history of cinema, as well as documentaries by young directors. (...)
02.08.2009
Award for Fidyk in Jerusalem
Andrzej Fidyk’s film “Yodok Stories”, taking part in International Film Festival in Jerusalem, received the main prize in the most prestigious category, called “In the Spirit of Freedom”. (...)
July 2009
23.07.2009
„Atijat, the first wife” — prize-winner in Estonia
„Atijat, the first wife” , film by Anna Błaszczyk, produced by OTO Film Studio and TVP1, received Jury’s Special Distinction at this year’s International Documentary Films Festival in Parmu, Estonia. The Jury appreciated the film as “remarkable film about human rights”. (...)
22.07.2009
EUREKA MEDIA’S DOCUMENTARY ONCE AGAIN IN LOCARNOA documentary film by Aleksnader Gutman “17th of August”, produced by Eureka Media, has been qualified for the contest of the Film Critique Week during the 62nd Film Festival in Locarno. (...)
15.07.2009
„Belarusian Waltz” by Fidyk — Emmy-nominee
Andrzej Fidyk’s film „Belarusian Waltz” is nominated for the EMMY award in the „outstanding arts & cultural programming” category. (...)
14.07.2009
„YODOK STORIES” AND „NOTHING TO LOSE” IN JERUSALEM
“Yodok stories” by Andrzej Fidyk will be shown in the competition “In the Spirit of Freedom” at Jerusalem Film Festival, which starts 9th July 2009 in Israel. This is not the only one Polish accent at this festival – Katarzyna Klimkiewicz’ s film “Nothing to lose” which was made within the frames of documentary workshops “Israel – Poland. A New Gaze”, will be shown to Israeli viewers in the section “Documentary films”. (...)
12.07.2009
KOSZAŁKA – PRIZE-WINNER IN KARLOVE VARY
“Till it hurts”, documentary by Marcin Koszałka, received special jury award in the films to 30 minutes at the International Film Festival in Karlove Vary. (...)
11.07.2009
FIDYK WILL FIGHT FOR THE NORDIC AWARD
Among 21 documentary films qualified to the competition Nordisk Panorama — Five Cities Film Festiwal there is Andrzej Fidyk’s film „Yodok stories“. (...)
10.07.2009
RABBIT A LA BERLIN / MAUERHASE FIGHTS FOR AN …OSCAR®!RABBIT A LA BERLIN / MAUERHASE boosts its Oscar® profile at DocuWeeks Rabbit à la Berlin/ Mauerhase by Bartek Konopka and Piotr Rosolowski was selected for the IDA’s 13th Annual DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary Showcase which helps to qualify feature and short documentaries for Academy Award® consideration. (...)
08.07.2009
“THE END OF THE SUMMER ” BY STASIK AMONG THE NINE MOST PROMISING DOCUMENTARY PROJECTS IN KARLOVY VARY„The End of the Summer” by Piotr Stasik is among nine of the best documentary Project presented within the framework of „Docu Talents from the East” during this year International Film Festival in Karlove Vary. (...)
03.07.2009
PATRYK JORDANOWICZ AWARDED FOR PHOTOGRAPHY AT THE FESTIVAL IN CANADAThe jury of the First People’s Festival in Montreal decided to award Patryk Jordanowicz — Polish cameraman — for photography in “Gugara”, directed by Jacek Nagłowski and Andrzej Dybczak. (...) June 2009
20.06.2009
GRAND PRIX FOR A DOCUMENATRY ABOUT WAJDA!The Film Group Paladino’s film “Andrzej Wajda; Let’s shoot!” produced by Andrzej Wajda School, received Grand Prix during the International Film Festival of European Art “Arts& Film” in Prague. (...)
19.06.2009
POLISH DOCUMENTARIES AVAILABLE IN DOC ALLIANCEWWW.DOCALLIANCEFILMS.COM is an Internet portal with video on demand, offering constant acces to 250 extraordinary documentary films. (...) March 2009
09.03.2009
“GLASS TRAP” NOMINATED FOR THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARD!
„Glass Trap” by Paweł Ferdek is the winner of The Best European Film Award at the Tampere Short Film Festival in Finland. The award at the same time is a nomination for The European Film Award for short film. Receiving this prize, awarded by the members of The European Film Academy, let alone being nominated for it, is an extraordinary prestige, especially for a film debut. (...)
December 2008
18.12.2008
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22.09.2008
RENDEZ-VOUS BY MARCIN JANOS KRAWCZYK WON THE FIRST PRIZE AT THE FESTIVAL IN SWITZERLANDShort documentary “Rendez-vous” directed by Marcin Janos Krawczyk won yesreday the First Award at the Look and Roll Film Festval in Olten, Switzerland. (...) June 2008
24.06.2008
POLISH DOCS AT SUNNY SIDE OF THE DOC19th International Documentary Film Market “Sunny Side of the Doc” started on Tuesday, June 24th. (...) |
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