36th Warsaw Film Festival awards announcement was made on Saturday afternoon, October 17th, 2020, at Multikino Złote Tarasy in Warsaw.

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION Jury:
Liana Ruokyte-Jonsson, Lithuania
Robert Gliński, Poland
Visar Morina, Kosovo / Germany

gave the following awards:

Warsaw Grand Prix: 18 Kilohertz by Farkhat Sharipov, Kazachstan

Best Director Award: Martin Šulík for The Man with Hare Ears / Muž se zaječíma ušima, Czechia / Slovakia

Special Jury Award went to the actors Bogdan Farkas & Dragos Dumitru in the film Unidentified / Neidentificat by Bogan George Apetri, Romania

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18 Kilohertz

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COMPETITION 1-2 Jury:
Małgorzata Imielska, Poland
Dan Chişu, Romania
Tymur Yashchenko, Ukraine / Poland

gave the following awards:

Competition 1-2 Winner: Blindfold / З зав'язаними очима by Taras Dron, Ukraina

and two Special Mentions to:

Spiral by Cecilia Felméri, Hungary / Romania

Mia Misses Her Revenge by Bogdan Theodor Olteanu, Romania

FREE SPIRIT COMPETITION Jury:
Eliska Fuchsova Kaplicky, Czech Republic
Vlada Senkova, Belarus
Maria Blicharska, Poland/France

gave the following awards:

Free Spirit Award: Tragic Jungle / Selva Trágica by Yulene Olaizola, Mexico/France/Colombia

Free Spirit Special Mention: True North by Eiji Han Shimizu, Japan/Indonesia

DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION Jury:
Jan Kidawa-Błoński, Poland
Martichka Bozhilova, Bulgaria
Masha Kondakova, Ukraine / France

gave the following awards:

Best Documentary Feature Award: The Jump / Lēciens by Giedrė Žickytė, Lithuania / Latvia / France / USA

Documentary Special Mention: On The Record by Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering, USA

SHORT FILMS COMPETITION Jury:
Alexei Medvedev, Russia
Ygor Gama, Brazil - Germany
James Scott, Canada

gave the following awards: 

Short Grand Prix: Ligie / Ligeja by Aline Magrez, Belgium

Best Live Action Short: Into The Night / Chodźmy w noc by Kamila Tarabura, Poland

Best Animated Short: The White Whale / Nahang-e Sefid by Amirhossein (Amir) Mehran, Iran

Best Documentary Short: What if nothing? / A co jeśli nic? by Monika Krupa, Poland

Special Mention: Sulphur / Сера by Lana Vlady, Russia

FIPRESCI Jury:
Evrim Kaya, Turkey
Andrzej Fogler, Poland
Catalin Olaru, Romania

gave the award for best debut from Eastern Europe.

FIPRESCI Award: PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME / FELKÉSZÜLÉS MEGHATÁROZATLAN IDEIG TARTÓ EGYÜTTLÉTRE by Lili Horvát, Hungary

Young FIPRESCI Jury, who were also participants of the FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project:
Elena Diana Smeu, Romania
Georgiana Musat, Romania
Maria Dybcio, Poland
Mateusz Tarwacki, Poland
Mladen Plechevski, Bulgaria

gave the award for best debut from Eastern Europe.

Young FIPRESCI Jury Award: GHOSTS / HAYALETLER by Azra Deniz Okyay, Turkey / France / Qatar

Ecumenical Jury:
Jes Nysten, Denmark
Joanna Kazimiera Wawrzynów, Poland

gave ECUMENICAL Jury Award: The Man with Hare Ears / Muž se zaječíma ušima by Martin Šulík, Czechia / Slovakia

NETPAC Jury:
Nada Azhari Gilloan, Syria / France
Edvinas Puksta, Lithuania
Janusz Wróblewski, Poland

gave the awards for the best Asian/Pacific films.

NETPAC Award: The Asadas / Asada-ke! by Ryota Nakano, Japan

NETPAC Special Mention: Asia by Ruthy Pribar, Israel

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The Man with Hare Ears

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