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21.12.2011

DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR THE SUBMISSION FOR DRAGON FORUM 2012

					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 1st 2012 (Sunday 23:59). (...)
				

13.12.2011

DOCUMENTARY „THE COVERSATION” AWARDED IN TIRANA

					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.  (...)
				

12.12.2011

„GLASGOW” AND „THE LAST DAY OF SUMMER” AWARDED AT TOUS COURTS

					On 10th Decem­ber the 29th 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.  (...)
				

06.12.2011

“ARGENTINIAN LESSON” BEST PICTURE IN CHINA!

					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. (...)
				

06.12.2011

CZEKAJ AND ZŁOTOROWICZ AWARDED AT NEXT FRAME

					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.  (...)
				

05.12.2011

GOLDEN FROG FOR “DOCTORS” AND “PAPARAZZI”

					The 19th 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.  (...)
				

02.12.2011

ANDRZEJ WAJDA — KNOWN AND UNKNOWN

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

24.11.2011

JAKUB STOŻEK’S FILM SUCCEED IN CANADA

					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. (...)
				

23.11.2011

„DECLARATION OF IMMORTALITY” AWARDED AGAIN

					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. (...)
				

23.11.2011

FILM BY ELIZA KUBARSKA AWARDED IN SPAIN

					”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. (...)
				

22.11.2011

10 YEARS OF DOCUMENTARY FILMS OF THE WAJDA SCHOOL!

					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. (...)
				

21.11.2011

SUCCESS OF POLISH DOCUMENTARIES IN FLORENCE

					This time Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ar­ies have cap­tiv­ated the Italian audi­ence. At the 52nd Fest­ival dei Popoli – Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival in Florence that took place from 12th to the 19th of Novem­ber 2011 two pro­duc­tions stood on the podium – “Argen­tinian Les­son” by Woj­ciech Staroń and “Vakha and Magomed” by Marta Prus. (...)
				

19.11.2011

OPEN CALL FOR THE PROJECTS FOR DRAGON FORUM 2012

					Inter­na­tional Academy of Doc­u­ment Dragon Forum is the inter­na­tional train­ing pro­gram for devel­op­ment and mar­ket­ing of the doc­u­ment­ary films. Dead­line for apply­ing is Decem­ber 18th, 2011. (...)
				

14.11.2011

DOUBLE SUCCESS OF “DECLARATION OF IMMORTALITY”

					Last week­end has ended with two prizes for Mar­cin Kosza­lka and his doc­u­ment­ary “Declar­a­tion of immor­tal­ity”. The film was awar­ded at two inter­na­tional fest­ivals: in Aus­trian Graz and Italian Bolzano. (...)
				

13.11.2011

GRAND PRIX FOR WOJCIECH STAROŃ IN MINSK

					The 18th edi­tion of the Inter­na­tional Film Fest­ival ”Listapad” in Minsk has ended extremly suc­cess­fully for the Pol­ish films, espe­cially for ”Argen­tinian Les­son” dir­ec­ted by Woj­ciech Staroń. (...)
				

13.11.2011

JAKUB CUMAN AWARDED IN TORONTO

					At the recently fin­ished 3rd edi­tion of Ekran Toronto Pol­ish Film Fest­ival, Jakub Cuman was awar­ded with Michał Maryni­ar­czyk Award for his film “The Con­test”. The film was pro­duced in “Stu­dio Munka”, which works within the struc­tures of Pol­ish Film­makers Association.  (...)
				

10.11.2011

MICHAŁ MARCZAK’S FILM NOMINATED FOR CINEMA EYE HONORS!

					“At the Edge of Rus­sia” by Michał Mar­czak has been nom­in­ated for the 2012 Cinema Eye Hon­ors for Out­stand­ing Achieve­ment in a Debut Fea­ture Film.  (...)
				

09.11.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARIES IN BRUSSELS

					A selec­tion of Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary films will be screened in Brus­sels at the end of Novem­ber as a part of the “PolishDocs@Bozar” — an event organ­ised by the Filmer A Tout Prix Festival. (...)
				

09.11.2011

POLISH AND ROMANIAN CO-PRODUCTION ONCE AGAIN AMONG THE BEST

					Six Pol­ish films were awar­ded at the 21st Film Fest­ival in Cottbus, which fin­ished on 6th Novem­ber, a fest­ival that is con­sidered the most import­ant event which screens East­ern European films. Two of the awards went to a Pol­ish and Romanian doc­u­ment­ary co-​production, “Crulic — The Path to Bey­ond”, dir­ec­ted by Anca Damian.  (...)
				

06.11.2011

ONLINE EDN SESSION WITH ‘PAPARAZZI’s DIRECTOR – PIOTR BERNAŚ

					Piotr Bernaś – the dir­ector of doc­u­ment­ary ‘Paparazzi’ nom­in­ated for European Film Awards will be avail­able at online ses­sion organ­ized by European Doc­u­ment­ary Net­work on 8th of November.  (...)
				

06.11.2011

JULIA POPŁAWSKA’S FILM AWARDED IN TENERIFE

					The Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival in Guía de Isora, Mira­dasDoc came to an end. Pol­ish film “Oh My God, Dear God” dir­ec­ted by Julia Popławska was announced as the Best Short Documentary. (...)
				

03.11.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARISTES IN SOLIDARITY WITH ARRESTED IRANIAN FILMMAKERS

					In ref­er­ence to the alarm­ing inform­a­tion com­ing from Iran about uncer­tain situ­ation of arres­ted Ira­nian film­makers, inter­na­tional doc­u­ment­ary film­mak­ing milieu decided to unite and star­ted boy­cot­ting “Cinema Ver­ité” Iran Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival in Tehran.  (...)
				

02.11.2011

INTERVIEW WITH PIOTR BERNAŚ, THE DIRECTOR OF ‘PAPARAZZI’

					“Nowadays not even a real story is import­ant, as it is often manip­u­lated in order to achieve a more sen­sa­tional or news-​like effect” — says Piotr Bernaś, dir­ector of doc­u­ment­ary film “Paparazzi,” which is going to be shown at the upcom­ing fest­ival in Amsterdam. (...)
				

01.11.2011

“DECLARATION OF IMMORTALITY” SUCCESSED IN SPAIN

					At the 18. Inter­na­tional Young Film­makers Fest­ival Of Granada “Declar­a­tion of Immor­tal­ity” by Mar­cin Kosz­a­łka was given the Best Exper­i­mental Film Award. This is the another prize for the film, already hon­oured in Chicago, Trento, Tampere and Kar­love Vary. (...)
				

01.11.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARY AWARDED IN CHILE

					After the last suc­cess at the Abu Dhabi Film Fest­ival (award for the best short doc­u­ment­ary), Mar­tin Rath’s film stood at the podium once more — this time in Chile! (...)
				

26.10.2011

FROM POLAND WITH SHORTS: CALLING AT MOSCOW

					The Lon­don unveil­ing of FROM POLAND WITH SHORTS, a mini-​festival of Pol­ish shorts com­piled by the Munk Stu­dio under the aus­pices of Poland’s pres­id­ency of the Coun­cil of the European Union, is behind us. And now it’s time to hit the road again. From 28th Octo­ber this cine­matic feast of works by Poland’s young­est gen­er­a­tion of film­makers will be mak­ing its appear­ance in Moscow. (...)
				

24.10.2011

WEEKEND FULL OF AWARDS

					The last week­end has ended with great suc­cess for Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary films. Our com­pat­ri­ots have won awards not only in Leipzig, Ger­many, but also in Bel­gium and France.  (...)
				

24.10.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARIES AWARDED AT DOK LEIPZIG!

					Last Sat­urday even­ing the win­ners of 54. edi­tion of DOK Leipzig were announced. Just like in the pre­vi­ous years also this time Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ar­ies cel­eb­rated the great success. (...)
				

18.10.2011

ALLY DERKS ON POLISH DOCUMENTARIES AND DUTCH, FACT DRIVEN PASSION

					„Jerzy Bos­sak, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Mar­cel and Paweł Łoz­iński. Without them Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary would not be the same” – said Ally Derks, the dir­ector of Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival Ams­ter­dam (IDFA), dur­ing this year’s 51. Krakow Film Festival. (...)
				

17.10.2011

IDFA ANNOUNCES OFFICIAL SELECTION 2011 – POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS AGAIN QUALIFIED!

					The selec­tion of doc­u­ment­ar­ies for the 24th Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival IDFA has been announced. This year’s edi­tion of IDFA attrac­ted more than 3600 entries. 319 were selec­ted for the festival’s pro­gramme, 8 of which are Polish. (...)
				

17.10.2011

“RETURNS” WINS THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL DOCUMENTARY AWARD 2011

					Couch Fest Films is a unique fest­ival. Unique are also the prizes that it awards. One of them — the Best Exper­i­mental Doc­u­ment­ary Award – was given to Krzysztof Kadłubow­ski for his short film “Returns”. (...)
				

17.10.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARY YET AGAIN WINS IN PERM

					11th edi­tion of the Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival “Fla­her­tiana” in Perm, Rus­sia, came to an end. The win­ners have already been announced, and Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary films are yet again among the best!  (...)
				

17.10.2011

ABOUT “ARGENTINIAN LESSON” BY WOJCIECH STAROŃ

					At the DOK Leipzig fest­ival “Argen­tinian Les­son” by Woj­ciech Staroń has its world premiere. Daniel Stopa com­ments on the subtle nar­ra­tion, aston­ish­ing pic­tures and unique atmo­sphere of the film.  (...)
				

17.10.2011

AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTA PRUS, THE AUTHOR OF “VAKHA AND MAGOMED”

					“Vakha and Magomed”, dir­ec­ted by Marta Prus, will be screened at the most import­ant doc­u­ment­ary fest­ival in Ams­ter­dam (IDFA). In an inter­view with Bolesław Racięski, the dir­ector talks about the prot­ag­on­ists and the dif­fi­cult situ­ation they are in.  (...)
				

14.10.2011

“OUT OF REACH” ON ITS WAY FOR CINEMA EYE HONORS!

					Eleven films from six coun­tries have been named as final­ists for the 2012 Cinema Eye Hon­ors for Out­stand­ing Achieve­ment in Non­fic­tion Short Film­mak­ing. Among nom­in­ees there is one Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary film – “Out of Reach” by Jakub Stożek. (...)
				

10.10.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARIES ARE GOING ON A JOURNEY THROUGH EUROPE!

					In the upcom­ing few weeks Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary films will be vis­it­ing sev­eral European film events of great pop­ular­ity on the inter­na­tional scene of doc­u­ment­ary cinema. Lithuania, Ger­many, France, Sweden, Spain – these are the des­tin­a­tion cit­ies on the jour­ney of Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary films. (...)
				

10.10.2011

CARTE BLANCHE CRACOVIE – POLISH SCREENING AT NICE SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

					On 18th Octo­ber the 11th edi­tion of Short Film Fest­ival “Un fest­ival c’est trop court” will be offi­cially opened in French Nice. On organizer’s request Krakow Film Found­a­tion pre­pared the pro­gramme “Carte Blanche Cra­covie. The Best of Pol­ish Shorts”, present­ing eight short films most fre­quently screened and awar­ded abroad.  (...)
				

08.10.2011

THE SUCCESS OF “VIOLATED LETTERS” IN BATUMI

					Dur­ing the recent Batumi Inter­na­tional Art-​house Film Fest­ival (BIAFF), a film by Maciej Dry­gas took prom­in­ence over pic­tures such as “The Erotic Man” by Jer­gen Leth, “The Exit Through The Gift Shop” by Banksy and “Khodorkovsky” by Cyril Truschi. (...)
				

06.10.2011

BIG POLISH REPRESENTATION AT VILNIUS FILM SHORTS

					Fif­teen Pol­ish short films made their way to the com­pet­i­tion at VINIUS FILM SHORTS, that will take place in Lithuania between 13th and 16th Octo­ber. Pre­cisely in one week the com­pet­i­tion will take off set­ting five fic­tion films, four anim­a­tions and six doc­u­ment­ar­ies pro­duced in Poland in the last year, into com­pet­i­tion for the main prize.  (...)
				

04.10.2011

52. KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL — SUBMIT THE FILM!

					The call for entries for 52. edi­tion of Krakow Film Fest­ival is open now. The evnt will be held between 28th May and 3rd June 2012. (...)
				

03.10.2011

“THAT’S LIFE” NOMINATED FOR THE GOLDEN KEY AWARD

					From 290 sub­mit­ted films only 14 were nom­in­ated for The Golden Key foun­ded by the city of Kas­sel in Ger­many. Daniel Zieliński’s doc­u­ment­ary film will also be com­pet­ing for the award that is given dur­ing the Dok­fest festival. (...)
				

28.09.2011

POLISH-ROMANIAN CO-PRODUCTION AT THE BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

					“Crulic – The Path to Bey­ond” dir­ec­ted by Anca Damian – the laur­eate of this year’s edi­tion of the Loc­arno Film Fest­ival — will appear in the pro­gramme of one of the old­est and biggest film events in Europe, the 55th BFI Lon­don Film Festival. (...)
				

26.09.2011

‘PAPARAZZI’ ON DVD IN ‘DOX’ MAGAZINE

					A DVD with the European Film Award nom­inee ‘Paparazzi’ by Piotr Bernaś has been attached to the autumn issue of the Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Magazine ‘DOX’. (...)
				

25.09.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS NOMINATED FOR SILVER EYE AWARD

					Dur­ing the East Sil­ver film mar­ket that takes place along with the Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival in Jih­lava, Sil­ver Eye awards are given for the best doc­u­ment­ar­ies from Cent­ral and East­ern Europe. Pol­ish pro­duc­tions will also take part in this year’s competition. (...)
				

22.09.2011

EURO CONNECTION 2012– EUROPEAN SHORT FILM CO-PRODUCTION FORUM

					Applic­a­tions for Euro Con­nec­tion 2011, that will take place on Tues­day 31st Janu­ary 2012 dur­ing the Clermont-​Ferrand Short Film Mar­ket, are open. Applic­a­tions have to be sent by 28th October.  (...)
				

21.09.2011

POLISH DOCUMETARY TRIUMPHS IN CROATIA

					„A screen­ing at the Tatry cinema” dir­ec­ted by Igor Cho­jna, the laur­eate of the Sil­ver Hobby Horse for the dir­ector of the Best Doc­u­ment­ary Film at last year’s 50th Krakow Film Fest­ival, turned to be suc­cess­ful at the Croa­tian festival.  (...)
				

13.09.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS ARE GOING TO LEIPZIG!

					The major­ity of them not only premiered on the big screen dur­ing Krakow Film Fest­ival, but they also left Kraków awar­ded. Most of the films which cap­tiv­ated inter­na­tional audi­ences are full-​length doc­u­ment­ar­ies. One of them is up for an Oscar, another has already attained suc­cess in Loc­arno. This year, they will be together tak­ing Leipzig over dur­ing one of the most import­ant fest­ivals in the world — DOK Leipzig.  (...)
				

13.09.2011

FROM POLAND WITH SHORTS: CALLING AT LONDON

					This week­end, Lon­don will be play­ing host to FROM POLAND WITH SHORTS, a mini-​festival of Pol­ish shorts, com­piled by the Munk Stu­dio under the aus­pices of Poland’s pres­id­ency of the Coun­cil of the European Union.  (...)
				

12.09.2011

21ST AWARD FOR “CHARCOAL BURNERS”!

					The doc­u­ment­ary etude “Char­coal Burn­ers” dir­ec­ted by Piotr Zło­torow­icz is once again among the best — again in Canada and Italy. (...)
				

28.08.2011

SUCCESS OF POLISH DOCUMENTARIES IN ITALY

					“Char­coal Burn­ers” by Piotr Zło­torow­icz and “The Dog Hill” by Grzegorz Zar­iczny were awar­ded at Italian Lessinia Film Fest­ival, which focuses on the topic of mountains.  (...)
				

25.08.2011

OPEN CALL FOR THE POLISH ACADEMY OF DOCUMENT IN MINSK

					Doc­u­ment­ary pro­jects can now be sub­mit­ted for the Dragon Forum Ses­sion in Minsk. The ses­sion is pre­pared with Belarus­sian film­makers in mind, but Dragon Forum wel­come pro­jects from other coun­tries too. The work­shops will be lead by world renowned experts, who will help par­ti­cipants in devel­op­ing their pro­jects for the inter­na­tional doc­u­ment­ary market. (...)
				

23.08.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARY ON ITS WAY TO… OSCAR AWARD®!

					Among 24 doc­u­ment­ar­ies, that are presen­ted in the Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Association’s 15th Annual Doc­uWeeks™ The­at­rical Doc­u­ment­ary Show­case in New York and Los Angeles and designed to qual­ify for con­sid­er­a­tion for Oscar® Awards, there is a Pol­ish film “Phnom Penh Lul­laby” dir­ec­ted by Paweł Kloc. (...)
				

23.08.2011

„CHARCOAL BURNERS” WON AGAIN!

					Doc­u­ment­ary etude „Char­coal Burn­ers”, dir­ec­ted by Piotr Zło­torow­icz, hits new record gain­ing the 17th award at the inter­na­tional film festivals. (...)
				

19.08.2011

FIRST SUCCESSES OF POLISH-ROMANIAN ANIMATED DOCUMENTARY

					“Beau­ti­ful art­work and a power­ful story are the key ele­ments of anim­ated docu ‘Crulic — The Path to Bey­ond’” — reads an art­icle from Variety’s online edi­tion about a new Polish-​Romanian co-​production that recently received a spe­cial men­tion from the Inter­na­tional Fed­er­a­tion of Film Soci­et­ies at the 64th Loc­arno Film Festival.  (...)
				

17.08.2011

“THEMERSON AND THEMERSON” ON ARTE TV CHANNEL

					„Themer­son and Themer­son”, Wikt­oria Szymanska’s debut doc­u­ment­ary, was presen­ted in Wro­claw as a part of last year’s Era New Hori­zons Film Fest­ival. This time it is going to be shown on the French-​German ARTE Channel. (...)
				

02.08.2011

PLUS CAMERIMAGE 2011 – SUBMIT THE FILM

					The call for entries for the 19th edi­tion of PLUS CAMER­IM­AGE is now open. The fest­ival will be held from the 26th of Novem­ber to the 3rd of Decem­ber. Doc­u­ment­ary films will be qual­i­fied to one of two cat­egor­ies: short and fea­ture length. (...)
				

02.08.2011

POLISH FILMMAKER ON HER WAY TO GRIERSON AWARD

					“Dylan” dir­ec­ted by Ania Wini­arska has been nom­in­ated for one of the most pres­ti­gi­ous awards for doc­u­ment­ary films – the Gri­er­son Awards. (...)
				

01.08.2011

WEEKEND FULL OF AWARDS!

					The last week­end of July has proved extremely favour­able for Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary films. Our com­pat­ri­ots have won awards in Mex­ico, Kosovo, and… Wroclaw. (...)
				

22.07.2011

FILM BY PAWEŁ KLOC AT DOX’S LIST

					Every three months, DOX Magazine pre­pares a list of doc­u­ment­ar­ies par­tic­u­larly worth see­ing. In the sum­mer issue of the quarterly, among 34 most inter­est­ing doc­u­ment­ar­ies was „Phnom Penh Lul­laby”, dir­ec­ted by Paweł Kloc. (...)
				

21.07.2011

ACADEMY OF DOCUMENT DRAGON FORUM DURING THE POLISH PRESIDENCY IN EU

					On the 1st of July 2011 Poland took over the pres­id­ency of the Coun­cil of the European Union. In the frame­work of the Presidency’s cul­tural pro­gramme, Dragon Forum organ­izes the Pol­ish Academy of Doc­u­ment in Kiev, Minsk and Moscow. (...)
				

20.07.2011

PAPARAZZI” AWARDED IN RIGA

					Doc­u­ment­ary „Paparazzi” by Piotr Bernaś, pro­duced by Wajda School won at the recently fin­ished Inter­na­tional Music&Film Fest­ival in Riga, Latvia. (...)
				

20.07.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARY ON AMERICAN TV

					Amer­ican tele­vi­sion will show Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary “Six Weeks” by Mar­cin Janos Kraw­czyk. What is more, the film will be avail­able online for Amer­ican audience. (...)
				

18.07.2011

„ROLLS OF IDENTITY” SUCCESSFUL ONCE AGAIN

					„Rolls of Iden­tity”, a one-​minute doc­u­ment­ary by Jakub Pączek, tri­umphed once again, this time in the USA. (...)
				

10.07.2011

MARCIN KOSZAŁKA AWARDED IN KARLOVY VARY!

					46. Kar­lovy Vary Inter­na­tional Film Fest­ival came to an end along with great suc­cess of Pol­ish dir­ector Mar­cin Kosz­a­łka whose “Declar­a­tion of immor­tal­ity” won the Best Doc­u­ment­ary Film Award.  (...)
				

05.07.2011

INTERVIEW WITH MICHAŁ MARCZAK

					The Kar­lovy Vary Inter­na­tional Film Fest­ival presents sev­eral doc­u­ment­ary films from East­ern Europe, many of them in com­pet­i­tion. Among them there is the Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary film “At the Edge of Rus­sia” by Michał Marczak. (...)
				

02.07.2011

RAFAŁ SKALSKI: “MY METHOD IS SIMPLE — TRY TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH YOUR HEROES”

					The 9th IN THE PALACE Inter­na­tional Short Film Fest­ival in Bul­garia suc­cess­fully came to an end in the early morn­ing of June 26th. Dur­ing the Fest­ival Valentina Bozhich­kova had a chance to talk with Pol­ish film­maker, Rafał Skal­ski, the author of fre­quently awar­ded “52 per­cent” and recent film “Lov­ers” which was screened in Bul­garian Balchik. (...)
				

27.06.2011

“MOTHER” — THE BEST IN BULGARIA!

					Last Sat­urday, the 25 of June, the 9th IN THE PALACE Inter­na­tional Short Film Fest­ival in Bal­chik came to an end. Pol­ish film “Mother” by Jakub Piątek was announced as the best documentary. (...)
				

24.06.2011

„CHARCOAL BURNERS” SUCCEEDED IN BERLIN AND LONDON!

					Last fort­night the achieve­ments of Piotr Złotorowicz’s “Char­coal Burn­ers” have grown thanks to another two prizes. So far there are 13 awards at this short documentary’s account!  (...)
				

24.06.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARIES IN KARLOVY VARY

					The 46th Kar­lovy Vary Inter­na­tional Film Fest­ival will screen 179 fea­ture films, 54 debuts, 21 world premi­eres and 25 inter­na­tional ones. In the pro­gramme of this one of the most import­ant film fest­ivals in Europe there are also three Pol­ish documentaries. (...)
				

20.06.2011

SECOND PRIZE FOR MARTA MINOROWICZ

					Pro­duced by Munk Stu­dio as a part of “First Doc­u­ment­ary” pro­gramme, „A Piece Of Sum­mer” by Marta Minorow­icz suc­ceeded once again – this time at Curt. Doc Short Doc­u­ment­ary Fest­ival in Spain. (...)
				

16.06.2011

“PAPARAZZI” WINS NOMINATION FOR EFA!

					At the recently fin­ished 51. Krakow Film Fest­ival the Short Film Nom­inee for the European Film Awards 2011 has been announced. The nom­in­a­tion went to Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary – “Paparazzi” by Piotr Bernaś. This is the great begin­ning of inter­na­tional film career. (...)
				

08.06.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARIES ARE GOING TO MOSCOW!

					Three Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ar­ies – the one dir­ec­ted by Marta Minorow­icz, the second – by Mar­cin Kosz­a­łka, and the third — by Paweł Kloc, will be screened dur­ing one of the biggest film event in Rus­sia — 33 . Moscow Inter­na­tional Film Festival.  (...)
				

06.06.2011

MARCIN KOSZAŁKA’S DOCUMENTARY IN KARLOVY VARY

					In the begin­ning of July the 46th Kar­lovy Vary Inter­na­tional Film Fest­ival starts. Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary – “Declar­a­tion of immor­tal­ity” by Mar­cin Kosz­a­łka – will com­pete for the main prize. (...)
				

03.06.2011

„CHARCOAL BURNERS” AND ITS SUCCESS IN SICILY

					It is the eighth time this year that “Char­coal Burn­ers” – short doc­u­ment­ary film dir­ec­ted by Piotr Zło­torow­icz – won the prize. How­ever, it is the first time it tri­umphed at Italian festival! (...)
				

29.05.2011

51^st KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL — POLISH DOCUMENTARY WINNERS

					51st edi­tion of Krakow Film Fest­ival have come to an end. Dur­ing the clos­ing cere­mony Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary film­makers have been awar­ded 16 times! (...)
				

27.05.2011

INTERVIEW WITH MAGDALENA PIĘTA, AUTHOR OF “PLANET KIRSAN”

					On the steppes of the far-​away Repub­lic of Kalmykia rises vast Chess City. This is the cre­ation of Kirsan Ily­umzhinov. He is the country’s pres­id­ent, a mil­lion­aire, and, above all, an acclaimed chess player who wishes to fill all of the Republic’s cit­izens with his pas­sion. Mag­dalena Pięta has set off to “Planet Kirsan” so as to tell the story of both its leader, and its young­est inhab­it­ants for whom chess may be the only way to the bet­ter world.  (...)
				

17.05.2011

INDUSTRY ZONE AT KRAKOW FILM FESTIVAL

					As every year, the Krakow Film Fest­ival is accom­pan­ied by many branch events addressed to the film pro­fes­sion­als present at the fest­ival. Industry Zone is the space ded­ic­ated espe­cially to the film professionals.  (...)
				

10.05.2011

BEYOND BORDERS AWARDS FOR POLISH FILMS

					The 8th of May, the 7th edi­tion of New York Pol­ish Film Fest­ival (NYPFF) came to an end. Among the win­ners of this year’s Bey­ond Bor­ders Awards there are three Pol­ish documentaries. (...)
				

08.05.2011

SILVER GENTIAN FOR MARCIN KOSZAŁKA

					Mar­cin Koszałka’s doc­u­ment­ary „Declar­a­tion of immor­tal­ity” has been appre­ci­ated abroad once again – this time at the Trento­FilmFest­ival in Italy, the event with over fifty year’s tra­di­tion present­ing diverse aspects of moun­tain cinema. (...)
				

07.05.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARY’S TRIUMPH AT HOT DOCS!

					“At the Edge of Rus­sia” by Michał Mar­czak was lis­ted among the win­ners of Hot Docs in Toronto – one of the global lead­ing event devoted to doc­u­ment­ary films. (...)
				

27.04.2011

EAST SILVER MARKET 2011 – CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

					The 8th edi­tion of East Sil­ver, a doc­u­ment­ary mar­ket spe­cial­ized in East­ern and Cent­ral European doc­u­ment­ary is now open for sub­mis­sions! Sub­mit your film to the biggest inter­na­tion­ally recog­nized data­base of cre­at­ive fea­ture and tele­vi­sion doc­u­ment­ary films from Cent­ral and East­ern Europe. East Sil­ver is organ­ized by the Insti­tute of Doc­u­ment­ary Film in Jih­lava, Czech Repub­lic in Octo­ber, 25 – 30, 2011.  (...)
				

18.04.2011

10^th AWARD AMONG “CHARCOAL BURNERS” ACHIEVEMENTS!

					Piotr Złotorowicz’s “Char­coal Burn­ers”, short doc­u­ment­ary pro­duced by Pol­ish National Film School in Łódź, was awar­ded once again – this time at the Kan­sas City FilmFest. (...)
				

16.04.2011

FIVE BEST DOCS OF MARCEL ŁOZIŃSKI ON DOCALLIANCEFILMS.COM

					DOC ALLI­ANCE FILMS is an online portal of Doc Alli­ance for Video on Demand offer­ing per­man­ent access to 400 out­stand­ing doc­u­ment­ar­ies selec­ted by the five part­ner fest­ivals. Twenty new films are added monthly and these can be acquired through stream­ing or down­load. This month DOC ALLI­ANCE FILMS presents the best doc­u­ment­ar­ies of Mar­cel Łoz­iński which will be avail­able online from 18th of April to 2nd of May. (...)
				

15.04.2011

MARCIN KOSZAŁKA’S TRIUMPH IN CHICAGO

					April 14 in Chicago the 47th Hugo TV Awards were announced. “Declar­a­tion of immor­tal­ity” by Mar­cin Kosz­a­łka was lis­ted among the winners. (...)
				

15.04.2011

MICHAŁ MARCZAK AWARDED IN NYON!

					Dur­ing the end­ing cere­mony of the 17th edi­tion of Vis­ions du Réel in Nyon, Switzer­land, 16 prizes were given in the festival’s inter­na­tional com­pet­i­tion. One of them went to Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary film­maker, Michał Mar­czak, dir­ector of “At the Edge of Russia”. (...)
				

14.04.2011

POLISH FILMS SUCCEDED IN WIESBADEN

					11. Fest­ival of Cent­ral and East­ern European Film goE­ast in Wies­baden ended with fourfold suc­cesses of Pol­ish film­makers! There were three Pol­ish names lis­ted among the win­ners — Piotr Stasik, our doc­u­ment­ary rep­res­ent­at­ive in the com­pet­i­tion, as well as Igor Cho­jna, awar­ded two prizes for his short fic­tion and anim­ated film dir­ector Paweł Kryszak. (...)
				

14.04.2011

DRAGON FORUM PITCHING 2011

					There are only two weeks to sub­mit doc­u­ment­ary film pro­jects as well as film already in pro­duc­tion to this year’s edi­tion of Dragon Forum Pitch­ing which will be held dur­ing the 51. Krakow Film Festival. (...)
				

12.04.2011

“OUT OF REACH” – THIRD SUCCESS IN THE RANGE!

					The prin­cipal event ded­ic­ated to the cul­ture of doc­u­ment­ary in Latin Amer­ica, It’s All True 2011 – Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival, came to an end. Once again this year Jakub Stożek and his short film “Out of Reach” appeared among the winners. (...)
				

02.04.2011

AMERICAN “VARIETY” ABOUT POLISH DOCUMENTARIES

					Bey­ond the bor­ders of Poland writ­ing about Pol­ish films, espe­cially about doc­u­ment­ar­ies, is not a com­mon prac­tice. There­fore, what a great hon­our is the pub­lic­a­tion of two Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary films reviews in one of the most pop­u­lar magazine in the USA, ‘Variety’. (...)
				

31.03.2011

JAKUB STOŻEK’S DOCUMENTARY WON THE PRIZE IN UKRAINE

					Doc­udays UA in Kyiv is a non-​political and non-​profit fest­ival devoted to doc­u­ment­ary films related to the mat­ter of human rights.  (...)
				

21.03.2011

POLISH DOCS AT HOT DOCS!

					Over 170 films from all around the world, the film mar­ket, pitch­ing forum, work­shops, inter­na­tional con­fer­ences – this is only the out­line of the Hot Docs pro­gramme, which will be held at the turn of April and May 2011. The big news is that there are Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ar­ies in the var­ied pro­gramme of films pro­duced in all corners of the globe! (...)
				

21.03.2011

INTERNATIONAL PREMIERES OF POLISH DOCUMENTARIES IN SWITZERLAND

					The 17th edi­tion of the fest­ival that that is one of the lead­ing European documen¬tary film events film events — Vis­ions du Réel in Nyon, Switzer­land – will be held in the first part of April. There will be three Pol­ish titles screened in the com­pet­i­tion. One of them will cel­eb­rate its world premiere, the other one – inter­na­tional premiere. (...)
				

20.03.2011

“BEATS OF FREEDOM” CONQUER FINLAND!

					Last Sat­urday in Oulu, Fin­land the 4th edi­tion of MusiX­ine Inter­na­tional Music Film Fest­ival came to an end. Among nine music doc­u­ment­ar­ies tak­ing part in the com­pet­i­tion Pol­ish “Beats of Free­dom” — a story about Pol­ish rock music – was announced the best one! (...)
				

14.03.2011

ONE DAY, TWO FILMS AND THREE AWARDS!

					Last week­end was marked by Pol­ish documentary’s suc­cesses abroad. On Sunday Mar­cin Kosz­a­łka was awar­ded in Tampere, Fin­land, and what is more, Piotr Zło­torow­icz col­lec­ted awards once again – this time at two over­seas festivals. (...)
				

07.03.2011

… NOT ONLY IN ZAGREB – „CHARCOAL BURNERS” SUCCESSED AGAIN

					The last week­end occured to be amaz­ingly suc­cess­ful for Piotr Zło­torow­icz and his doc­u­ment­ary etude “Char­coal Burn­ers” – the film was awar­ded at two fest­ivals: in Zagreb as well as in New Mexico! (...)
				

06.03.2011

ZAGREBDOX – AWARD FOR POLISH DOCUMENTARY!

					Last year’s suc­cess of Woj­ciech Kasper­ski and his “Chasm” at the fest­ival in Zagreb has been repeated this year. The “Little Stamp” award went to Piotr Zło­torow­icz for his film “Char­coal Burners”. (...)
				

20.02.2011

POLISH REPRESENTATION IN TEXAS

					For over a dozen years in the first part of March Aus­tin has trans­formed into the biggest mul­ti­me­dia centre in the USA thanks to South by South­w­est Week (SXSW) – that is the event which com­bines sev­eral fields of con­tem­por­ary cul­ture and explores its latest objects, innov­at­ive ideas, fresh sounds and mod­ern pic­tures from all over the world. The ele­ments of Pol­ish cul­ture will be present dur­ing SXSW as well – as a “rep­res­ent­at­ive sample” of the Pol­ish cinema: two doc­u­ment­ar­ies and one animation. (...)
				

12.02.2011

GRAND PRIX FOR POLISH DOCUMENTARY IN CLERMONT-FERRAND!

					The biggest European fest­ival ded­ic­ated to short cinema – Inter­na­tional Short Film Fest­ival in Clermont-​Ferrand – came to an end with a spec­tac­u­lar suc­cess of the Andrzej Wajda Mas­ter School of Film Dir­ect­ing gradu­ate, Marta Minorow­icz. Her doc­u­ment­ary “A Piece of Sum­mer” – as the sole Pol­ish film tak­ing part in the com­pet­i­tion – was awar­ded the main prize. (...)
				

08.02.2011

THE TRIUMPH OF „CHARCOAL BURNERS” IN FRANCE

					After the last year’s suc­cess of “Char­coal Burn­ers” at the Fest­ival „Fenêtres sur courts” in Dijon, where the film received Grand Prix, Piotr Zło­torow­icz – the dir­ector of this short doc­u­ment­ary – won the prize with the same import­ance at another French festival. (...)
				

30.01.2011

POLISH REPRESENTATION IN ZAGREB

					Nine Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ar­ies will com­pete for the „Big Stamp” at this year’s Inter­na­tional Doc­u­ment­ary Film Fest­ival Zagreb­Dox. The Croa­tian fest­ival starts 27 February. (...)
				

26.01.2011

JAKUB STOŻEK’S „OUT OF REACH” AWARDED AT SUNDANCE!

					Awards for short films at Sund­ance Film Fest­ival had been handed out. Our sole reprezent­ant in the com­pet­i­tion — „Out of reach” dir­ec­ted by Jakub Stożek – was given a spe­cial mention. (...)
				

17.01.2011

POLISH DOCUMENTARY’S TRIUMPH IN SYDNEY

					Tomasz Wolski’s „The Lucky Ones” starts the new year by col­lect­ing next awards. The film has been acclaimed as the best doc­u­ment­ary at the recently fin­ished 2011 Flick­er­fest Short Film Fest­ival in Sydney. (...)
				

03.01.2011

2010 – POLISH DOCUMENTARY’S SUCCESSES ABROAD

					The bal­ance of 2010 is strik­ing – more than 300 Pol­ish documentary’s screen­ings abroad, about 160 screen­ings in the com­pet­i­tions. Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary was present at above 140 inter­na­tional fest­ivals – includ­ing the most import­ant in doc­u­ment­ary film industry: Hot Docs in Toronto, IDFA or DOK Leipzig. What is more, Pol­ish doc­u­ment­ary film­makers were given about 50 awards in total. The record-​holder is Paweł Łoz­iński and his “Chemo”, which in 2010 received 7 prizes, includ­ing Anasy Documen­tary Awards, DOXA Fea­ture Documen­tary Award and Gold World Medal at New York Festival. (...)
				

01.01.2011

THE LIST OF PROJECTS SELECTED FOR DRAGON FORUM 2011 IS ANNOUNCED

					20 doc­u­ment­ary film pro­jects will take part in this year’s work­shop and pitch­ing ses­sion of The Inter­na­tional Academy of the Doc­u­ment – Dragon Forum 2011. There are ten pro­jects from Poland. (...)
				