30-05-2011

FNE at Cracow FF 2011: Prize Winners

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    CRACOW: Tonia and Her Children directed by Marcel Lozinski won the main prize in the National Competition at the 51 Krakow Film Festival (www.kff.com.pl) (23-29 May 2011) for best Polish documentary. The prize for Best Documentary went to The Argentinian Lesson directed by Wojciech and the prize for Best Short Documentary went to 1994 directed by Haveh Tehrani. The festival has three competitions, National, Documentary and Short Film Competitions. Phnom Penh Lullaby directed by Pawel Kloc was awarded the second prize in the Documentary competition.

    Altogether 87 films, selected from 2700 entries, entered the three competitions.

    From these the following additionally received awards:

    Silver Horn for the Director of the Best Medium-length Documentary went to Marcus Lindeen for his film Regretters. Jury appreciated the author for finding a perfect solution to self-analysis performed by two human beings who have undergone sex changes in search of their identity.

    In the feature-film category, Silver Horn was awarded to Paweł Kloc for Phnom Penh Lullaby whose strong cinematic language was used to depict a very unconventional struggle for love and acceptance in a devastating family environment. Special mentions were awarded to Alejandra Sanchez for Agnus Dei and to Tomasz Wolski for Doctors.

    Golden Dragon for the best short film was given to Haveh Tehrani, the director of 1994. The film received also the award of the FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury.

    Silver Dragon for the best documentary went to José Miguel Ribeiro for A Journey to Cape Verde, which perfectly captured the hot and primitive island environment of the coast of Africa. The best short animation is 1989 (When I Was 5 Years Old). In awarding Silver Dragon for the director of the best feature film was awarded to Daniel Mulloy for Baby.

    Special Mentions in Short Film Competition were given to Photographer's Wife, directed by Karsten Krause and Philip Widmann, and to Decrescendo by Marta Minorowicz. The nomination to the European Film Award 2011 in the short film category went to Paparazzi, directed by Piotr Bernaś.

    In the National Competition, Silver Hobby-Horse for the director of the best documentary went to Paweł Kloc for Phnom Penh Lullaby. The Lost Town of Świteź by Kamil Polak was chosen the best animation. The award for the best short film went to Magnus von Horn for Without Snow. Special Mentions were given to Natalia Brożyńska for Shivering Trunks as well as to Joanna Turowicz and Anna Zakrzewska for Kwiekulik.

    The Dragon of Dragons Award at the 51st Krakow Film Festival went to Piotr Kamler, one of the greatest animation makers.

    The organizer of the Krakow Film Festival is Krakow Film Foundation in cooperation with Polish Filmmakers Association (www.sfp.pl ) and Apollo-Film with the support of the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl ).