This year, for the first time, entries to the Documentary Films Competition, were accepted for two separate time categories: short and feature. During the festival an international jury, separate for each category, will decide on the winners of Grand Prix - the Golden Frog. What is more, independently from the juries' choice, the patron of the Documentary Films Section will for the first time in history grant the statuettes of Discovery Networks Central Europe for the first time in history. Below, you will find the list of this years' feature documentaries jurors:
Jury Chairman: Lech Majewski, director, screenwriter The Garden of Earthly Delights, Angelus, Basquiat
Barbara Bilinska, Discovery Network Central Europe, Channel Director Poland
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, cinematographer Independence Day, Rob Roy, Jackal
Lawrence Grobel, writer, author of biographies of Marlon Brando, Truman Capote and others, lecturer at UCLA in Los Angeles
Louis-Philippe Capelle, cinematographer Nuit noire, Innocents Abroad sekretarz IMAGO
From November 28th to December 5th in Polonia Cinema in Lodz the fans of documentaries will have a chance to see, among other things, the movies awarded at Hot Docs, Dok Liepzig and Silverdocs festivals. 22 feature documentary films were qualified for the Documentary Films Competition finale. Below you will find the list of the nominees in this category.
ANOTHER PLANET (Másik bolygó)
director: Ferenc Moldoványi
cinematographer: Tibor Máthé
year: 2008
BLIND LOVES (Slepé Lásky)
director: Juraj Lehotský
cinematographer: Juraj Chlpík
year: 2008
BLOODY MONDAYS & STRAWBERRY PIES
director: Coco Schrijber
cinematographer: Martijn van Broekhuizen
year: 2008
BURMA VJ
director: Anders Østergaard
cinematographer: Simon Plum
year: 2008
DANCING WITH THE DEVIL
director: Jon Blair
cinematographer: Lance Gewer
year: 2009
HUNTING DOWN MEMORY (Jakten på hukommelsen)
director: Thomas Lien
cinematographer: Patric Säfström
year: 2009
IN A DREAM
director: Jeremiah Zagar
cinematographer: Erik Messerschmidt, Mark Stetz
year: 2008
LIVING, THE (Zhyvi)
director: Sergey Bukovsky
cinematographer: Pavel Kazantsev, Volodymyr Kukorenchuk, Roman Yelenskyi
year: 2008
RENÉ
director: Helena Trestikova
cinematographer: Helena Trestikova
year: 2008
TWO HORSES OF GENGHIS KHAN, THE
director: Thomas Lien
cinematographer: Patric Säfström
year: 2009
UNMISTAKEN CHILD (Hagilgul)
director: Nati Baratz
cinematographer: Yaron Orbach
year: 2008
YODOK STORIES
director: Andrzej Fidyk
cinematographer: Torstein Grude, Tore Vollan,
year: 2008
