08-06-2015

FESTIVALS: Polish Documentaries Triumph at the 55th Krakow Film Festival

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    Queen of Silence by Agnieszka Zwiefka Queen of Silence by Agnieszka Zwiefka

    KRAKOW: Call Me Marianna, Casa Blanca and Queen Of Silence dominated the winners line-up at 55th Krakow Film Festival.

    The award ceremony for the 55. Krakow Film Festival took place on 6 June 2015 at the Kijów Center in Krakow. The jury, headed by Wieland Speck, presented a list of winners strongly dominated by female directors this year.

    See the full list of winners:

    INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION

    THE GOLDEN HORN
    Call Me Marianna (Poland)
    Directed by Karolina Bielawska
    Produced by Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
    Coproduced by TVP
    Supported by Polish Film Institute

    THE SILVER HORN
    Casa Blanca (Poland, Mexico)
    Directed by Aleksandra Maciuszek
    Produced by Anna Gawlita, Kijora
    Coproduced by Nomadas, Polish Filmmakers Association, Munk Studio, TVP
    Supported by Polish Film Institute

    THE SILVER HORN
    The Queen Of Silence (Poland)
    Directed by Agnieszka Zwiefka
    Produced by Ma.Ja.De Filmproduktion, Chilli Productions, ZDF, arte, Stefilm International, Odra Film, HBO Polska

    THE HBO POLSKA AWARD FOR BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Roadstead (Italy)
    Directed by Alessandro Abba Legnazzi

    The FIPRESCI International Film Critics Prize
    Shoulder Of The Lion (USA)
    Directed by Patryk Rebisz, Erinnisse Rebisz

    INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION

    GOLDEN DRAGON
    Hotel 22 (USA)
    Directed by Elizabeth Lo

    Best Documentary Film
    Tale Of Love, Madness And Death (Chile)
    Directed by Mijael Bustos Gutiérrez

    Best Animated Film
    Limbo Limbo Travel (France, Hungary)
    Directed by Zsuzsanna Kreif, Borbála Zétényi

    SILVER DRAGON
    Best Short Fiction Film
    The Free Man (Taiwan)
    Directed by Quah Boon-Lip

    PRIX EFA KRAKOW 2015 for the Best European Film
    This Place We Call Our Home (Denmark)
    Directed by Sybilla Tuxen, Thora Lorentzen

    Don Quixote Award
    Dissonance (Germany)
    Directed by Till Nowak

    INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

    GOLDEN HEYNAL
    Kurt Cobain: Montage Of Heck (USA)
    Directed by Brett Morgen

    SPECIAL JURY MENTION:
    No Land's Song (Germany, France)
    Directed by Ayat Najafi

    NATIONAL COMPETITION

    GOLDEN HOBBY-HORSE
    Casa Blanca

    SILVER HOBBY-HORSE
    The Dybbuk. A Tale Of Wandering Souls (Poland, Sweden, Ukraine)
    Directed by Krzysztof Kopczyński
    Produced by Eureka Media
    Coproduced by Momento Film, MaGiKa Film, National Cinematheque of Ukraine
    Supported by Polish Film Institute, Swedish Film Institute, Ukrainian State Film Agency, MEDIA , Studio Produkcyjne Orka, Michał Leszczyłowski ,The Society for Arts

    SILVER HOBBY-HORSE
    Best Animated Film
    A Blue Room (Poland, France)
    Directed by Tomasz Siwiński
    Produced by Sacrebleu Production
    Coproduced by Se-Ma-For

    SILVER HOBBY-HORSE
    Best Fiction Film
    History Of Nothing (Poland, France)
    Directed by Grzegorz Jaroszuk
    Produced by Adastra Films

    SPECIAL JURY MENTION:
    Piano (Poland)
    Directed by Vita Maria Drygas
    Produced by Drygas Production
    Coproduced by TVP
    Supported by Polish Film Institute

    The Award of the Polish Filmmakers Association for the Best Film Editing
    Unstoppabless (Poland)
    Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski
    Cinematographer Jerzy Zawadzki
    Produced by Izabela Łopuch (HBO Europe), Mirella Zaradkiewicz (Film It), Dariusz Pietrykowski

    Maciej Szumowski Award funded by the National Broadcasting Council
    Karolina Bielawska, Call Me Marianna

    The Award for the Best Short and Documentary Films Producer in Poland funded by the Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce (KIPA)
    Zbigniew Domagalski from Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, Call Me Marianna

    Polish Society of Cinematographers Award for the Best Cinematography funded by Chimney Poland
    Aleksander Duraj, Armand Urbaniak, The Queen Of Silence

    THE AUDIENCE AWARD

    Call Me Marianna