07-06-2021

FNE at Krakow FF 2021: Prize Winners Announced

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    Walk With Angels by Tomasz Wysokiński Walk With Angels by Tomasz Wysokiński photo: Manana

    KRAKOW: Walk with Angels by Tomasz Wysokiński received the Golden Hobby-Horse and a recommendation for the European Film Award at the 61st Krakow Film Festival, which took place in a hybrid format from 30 May to 6 June 2021.

    The awards ceremony was held physically on 5 June 2021.

    The Industry programme took place online this year. Click HERE or a full list of the Industry prize winners.

    WINNERS:

    International Competition:

    Golden Hobby-Horse:
    Walk with Angels / Spacer z aniołami (Poland)
    Directed by Tomasz Wysokiński
    Produced by Manana
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Polish Producers Alliance Award:
    Piotr Kobus and Agnieszka Drewno (Mañana) for Walk with Angels
    Directed by Tomasz Wysokiński

    Best Music:
    Paweł Mykietyn for Walk with Angels
    Directed by Tomasz Wysokiński

    Polish Society of Cinematographers award for Best Cinematography:
    1970 (Poland)
    Directed by Tomasz Wolski

    Award of the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association for Best Film Editing:
    Zbigniew Czapla for On Time (Poland)

    Krakow Film Festival’s Recommendation for the European Film Award:
    Walk with Angels
    Directed by Tomasz Wysokiński

    National Competition:

    Silver Hobby-Horses:

    1970  Documentary
    Directed by Tomasz Wolski

    Dog’s Field  Animated film
    Directed by Michalina Musialik

    First Last Summer  Short Film
    Directed by Nastazja Gonera

    International Documentary Competition:

    Best Film:
    Far Eastern Golgotha (Russia)
    Directed by Yulia Sergina

    Audience Award:
    Polański, Horowitz. Hometown (Poland)
    Directed by Anna Kokoszka-Romer, Mateusz Kudła

    The Silver Horn for the Director of the Best Film on Social Issues:
    Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh for Writing with Fire (India)
     
    The Silver Horn for the Director of the Film with High Artistic Values:
    Oan Kim and Brigitte Bouillot for The Man Who Paints Water Drops (France, South Korea)

    International Short Film Competition:

    Best Film:
    The Hangman at Home (Denmark, France, Canada)
    Directed by Michelle and Uri Kranot

    Silver Dragon for Best Short Documentary:
    God Was Here! (Romania)
    Directed by Raluca Lupascu

    Silver Dragon for Best Animated Film:
    Bad Mood (Italy)
    Directed by Loris Giuseppe Nese

    Silver Dragon for Best Short Live Action Film:
    Rough (Ireland)
    Directed by Declan Lawn, Adam Patterson

    Krakow’s Candidate for the European Film Award in the Short Film Category:
    Hide (Hungary, France, Canada)
    Directed by Daniel Gray

    The Maciej Szumowski Award for Remarkable Social Awareness: funded by Medicine Marek Gajczak for Nature is My Homeland

    The Award of the Student Jury:
    Inside the Red Brick Wall (Hong Kong)
    Directed by Hong Kong Documentary Filmmaker

    FIPRESCI Award:
    Children of the Enemy (Sweden, Denmark)
    Directed by Gorki Glaser-Müller