08-02-2018

Silent Night Tops Polish Eagles Nominations

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    WARSAW: Piotr Domalewski’s debut feature Silent Night received the most nominations for the Polish Film Awards - The Eagles, which are celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2018.

    Silent Night, which was awarded best film at the 42nd Gdynia Film Festival in 2017, has 11 nominations including Best Film, Best Director and Best Screenplay. It is followed by Andrzej Wajda's last film Afterimage with eight nominations.

    The nominations, announced on 7 February 2018, were chosen from out of over 61 feature films released in Polish cinemas in 2017 and 48 documentaries. The members of the Polish Film Academy voted from 12 January 2018 to 3 February 2018.


    The Polish Film Awards - The Eagles have been organised by the Independent Film Foundation since 1999. They are considered to be the Polish equivalent of American Oscars, French Cesars and British BAFTA awards. The films are chosen by over 600 members of the Polish Film Academy in a two-step vote.

    The  Polish Eagles Ceremony will take place in Warsaw on 26 March 2018 and will be broadcast by CANAL+.


    FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS:

    Best Film:

    Silent Night / Cicha noc (Poland)
    Directed by Piotr Domalewski
    Produced by Munk Studio- Polish Filmmakers Association
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Warmia and Mazury Film Fund

    Spoor / Pokot (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Germany, Sweden)
    Directed by Agnieszka Holland
    Produced by TOR Film Production
    Coproduced by Heimatfilm GmbH (Germany), Chimney Group (Sweden) and Nutprodukce (Czech Republic), nutprodukcia (Slovak Republic)
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Czech State Cinematography Fund, Eurimages, the Slovak Audiovisual Fund, the Swedish Film Institute, MEDIA Programme, Polish-German Co-Development Fund

    Loving Vincent / Twój Vincent (Poland)
    Directed by Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman
    Produced by Breakthru Films, Trademark Films
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, CETA, Odra Film, Silver Reel, Cinema and Management Group, European Capital Of Culture Wrocław 2016, MEDIA

    Best Director:

    Piotr Domalewski for Silent Night

    Anna Jadowska for Wild Roses / Dzikie Róże (Poland)
    Produced by Alter Ego Pictures
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Agnieszka Holland and Kasia Adamik for Spoor / Pokot

    Best Script:

    Piotr Domalewski for Silent Night
    Olga Tokarczuk, Agnieszka Holland for Spoor
    Krzysztof Rak for Art of Love

    Best Actress:

    Karolina Gruszka for Marie Curie
    Agnieszka Mandat for Spoor
    Magdalena Boczarska for Art of Love
     
    Best Actor:

    Dawid Ogrodnik for Silent Night
    Jakub Gierszał for The Fastest
    Bogusław Linda for Afterimage

    Best Supporting Actress:

    Karolina Gruszka for Lullaby Killer / Ach śpij kochanie (Poland)
    Directed by Krzysztof Lang
    Produced by Studio Produkcyjne Orka, Monolith Films
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Agnieszka Suchora for Silent Night
    Bronisława Zamachowska for Afterimage

    Best Supporting Actor:

    Akadiusz Jakubik for Silent Night
    Tomasz Ziętek for Silent Night
    Arkadiusz Jakubik for The Fastest

    Best Cinematography:

    Piotr Stasik for 21 x New York
    Piotr Sobociński Jr. for Silent Night
    Michał Englert for Marie Curie
    Jolanta Dylewska, Rafał Paradowski for Spoor
    Paweł Edelman for Afterimage

    Best Editing:

    Piotr Stasik, Dorota Wardęszkiewicz, Tomasz Wolski for 21 x New York (Poland)
    Directed by Piotr Stasik
    Produced by Lava Films
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Leszek Starzyński for Silent Night

    Jarosław Barzan for The Fastest / Najlepszy (Poland)
    Directed by Łukasz Palkowski
    Produced by Iron Films
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Grażyna Gradoń for Afterimage / Powidoki (Poland)
    Directed by Andrzej Wajda
    Produced by Akson Studio
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Dorota Kobiela, Justyna Wierszyńska for Loving Vincent


    Best Costumes:

    Cristobal Pidre, Florence Scholtes, Małgorzata Zacharska for Marie Curie / Maria Skłodowska - Curie (Poland, Belgium, France, Germany)
    Directed by Marie Noëlle
    Produced by P’Artisan Filmproduktion, Pokromski Studio, Sepia Production
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Katarzyna Lewińska for Afterimage

    Ewa Gronowska for Art of Love / Sztuka kochania ( Poland)
    Directed by Maria Sadowska
    Produced by  Watchout Productions
    Coproduced by TVN S.A., Orange S.A., Agora S.A.
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute
     
    Best Sound:


    Jerzy Murawski, Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński for Silent Night

    Radosław Ochnio for The Erlprince / Królewicz Olch (Poland)
    Directed by Kuba Czekaj
    Produced by Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Associations
    Coproduced by TVP, Odra Film, ORKA Production Studio
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Wroclaw Film Commission

    Tomasz Dukszta for The Fastest
    Andrzej Lewandowski, Mattias Eklund for Spoor
    Maria Chilarecka, Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński for Afterimage

    Marek Wronko for Volta (Poland)
    Directed by Juliusz Machulski
    Produced by Studio Filmowe Zebra, TVN, CANAL+
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Lublin Film Fund
     

    Best Music:


    Sandro di Stefano, The Man with the Magic Box / Człowiek z magicznym pudełkiem (Poland)
    Directed by Bodo Kox
    Produced by Alter Ego Pictures
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Ishai Adar, Scaffolding / Droga Aszera (Poland, Israel)
    Directed by Matan Yair
    Produced by Green Production, Film Produkcja, United King Films
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Łukasz Targosz, Moomins and the Winter Wonderland  / Magiczna zima muminków (Poland, Finland)
    Directed by Carpelan, Jakub Wronski
    Produced by Animoon, Filmkompanie
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, the Finnish Film Foundation

    Bruno Coulais for Marie Curie
    Radzimir Dębski for Art Of Love 
    Clint Mansell for Loving Vincent
     
    Best Art Direction:

    Wojciech Żogała for The Man with the Magic Box
    Marek Warszewski for Afterimage
    Wojciech Żogała for Art of Love
    Matthew Button, Piotr Dominiak for Loving Vincent

    Discovery of the Year:

    Piotr Domalewski for directing Silent Night
    Bronisława Zamachowska for best female role in Afterimage
    Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman for directing Loving Vincent

    Best Drama Series:

    Teacher / Belfer, season 2 (Poland)
    Directed by Krzysztof Łukaszewicz, Maciej Bochniak
    Produced by TVN
    Broadcaster Canal+

    Diagnosis / Diagnoza (Poland)
    Directed by Ksawery Żuławski, Łukasz Palkowski, Michał Otłowski
    Produced by TVN
    Broadcaster TVN

    The Pack / Wataha, season 2 (Poland)
    Directed by Kasia Adamik, Jan P. Matuszyński
    Produced by ATM Grupa
    Broadcaster HBO Polska
     
    Best Documentary:


    21 x New York
    Directed by Piotr Stasik

    Beksińscy. Video album. / Beksińscy. Album wideofoniczny (Poland)
    Directed by Marcin Borchardt
    Produced by Darek Dikti Biuro Pomysłów
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Gdynia Film Fund


    Młynarski. Final Song / Młynarski. Piosenka finałowa (Poland)
    Directed by Alicja Albrecht
    Produced by Blue Screen
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best European Film:

    Perfetti sconosciuti (Italy)
    Directed by Paolo Genovese

    The Square (Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark)
    Directed by Ruben Ostlund

    Toni Erdmann (Germany, Austria)
    Directed by Maren Ade