07-02-2018

"Loving Vincent" event of the year at the "Empik Bestselling" gala

    Loving Vincent by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman Loving Vincent by Dorota Kobiela and Hugh Welchman

    The film "Loving Vincent" by Dorota Kobieli and Hugh Welchman received the "Cultural Event of the Year 2017" award at the 19th "Empik Bestselling" awards gala. This is another award for this unique animation, which fights for an Oscar in the Best Animated Film category. The film is also nominated for the Eagles in five categories, including the best film and as the Event of the Year in the RMF Classic radio program - MocArty.

    Empik bestsellers is Poland's largest cultural plebiscite. "Loving Vincent" was nominated, among others next to the 25th anniversary of the Hey band or the "Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. Polish context. " The distinction is even more pleasing because the film was chosen the Event of the Year 2017 in the Internet users vote.

    So far in Poland, the story of the mystery of Vincent van Gogh has been seen in cinemas by almost 400,000. viewers. The Polish-British co-production also records turnout successes abroad, including in China ($ 10 million in revenues), the United States ($ 6.6 million in revenues), Italy ($ 1.5 million), the United Kingdom ($ 1.4 million), South Korea (2, USD 9 million). Due to unflagging interest, the film can still be seen in Polish cinemas.
    In the Polish Film category among the nominees for the Empik Bestseller awards, there was a film "Sztuka Kochania". The title is distributed on DVD by Agora SA. In the Literature of Fact category, the book "Ania. Biography of Anna Przybylska "Grzegorz Kubicki and Maciej Drzewicki, which was published by the Agora Publishing House.