The Best Director award went to Joan Chemla for If You Saw His Heart (France), Special Jury Award – for Allen Dizon and Angelie Sanoy, actors in The Bomb (Philippines) by Ralston Gonzales Jover. The Special Mention was given to The Miner (Slovenia, Croatia) by Hanna Slak.
Other Winners:
NETPAC Jury: Qazi Abdur Rahim - India (chairperson), Olga Khlasheva - Kazakhstan, Sławomir Wasiński - Poland gave the award for the best Asian film to: OUT OF FRAME by Wai Lun Kwok, China
ECUMENICAL Jury: Pastor Heinz-Martin Krauss - Germany (president), Charlotte Timmermans - Belgium, Prof. Witold Kawecki - Poland: Ecumenical Jury Award: BEYOND WORDS by Urszula Antoniak, Poland / Netherlands; Special Mention: THE MINER by Hanna Slak, Slovenia / Croatia
Young FIPRESCI Award; Romanita Alexeev - Moldova, Monika Gimbutaitė - Lithuania, Mina Stanikic - Serbia, Arman Fatić - Bosnia, Alexander Gabelia - Georgia, Mikhail Morkin - Russia, Jakub Wanat - Poland, gave the award for best debut from Eastern Europe to the film: HUGO by Wojciech Klimala, Poland
FIPRESCI: Petra Meterc - Slovenia, Kuba Armata - Poland, Pierre-Yves Roger - France, gave the award for best debut from Eastern Europe to the film: NINA by Juraj Lehotský, Slovakia / Czechia
SHORT FILMS COMPETITION Jury: Agnieszka Elbanowska - Poland, Niki Lindroth von Bahr - Sweden, Rich Warren - UK gave the following awards: Short Grand Prix: MAY DAY by Olivier Magis & Fedrik De Beul, Belgium; Best Live Action Short: OFFSTAGE by Andrei Huțuleac, Romania; Best Animated Short: WEEKENDS by Trevor Jimenez, USA; Best Documentary Short: HOW TO BECOME A POPE by Justyna Mytnik, Poland; Special Mention: I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU by Amanda Kernell, Sweden
DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION Jury: Volia Chajkouskaya - Belarus, Anna Zamecka - Poland, Jude Ratnam - Sri Lanka awarded: WONDERFUL LOSERS: A DIFFERENT WORLD by Arūnas Matelis, Lithuania, Latvia, Italy, Belgium
FREE SPIRIT COMPETITION Jury: Hana Jusic - Croatia, Tomasz Gąssowski - Poland, Lukas Rinner - Austria, gave the Free Spirit Award to: THE RULES FOR EVERYTHING by Kim Hiorthøy, Norway; Special Mention: HIGHWAY 318 by Yunxing Nie, China
COMPETITION 1-2 Jury: Agnieszka Dziedzic - Poland, Julia Solomonoff - USA, Laurent Teyssier - France, gave the following awards: Competition 1-2 Winner: THE CHARMER by Milad Alami, Denmark; Special Mention: FIND THIS LITTLE BITCH AND THROW HER INTO THE RIVER by Ben Brand, Netherlands
The 34th Warsaw International Film Festival will take place from 12-21 October, 2018, accompanied by the second edition of Warsaw Industry Days (18-20 October, 2018)
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Warsaw Film Foundation /33nd Warsaw Film Festival, October 13-22, 2017
