Highlights of the event included a Master Class by director Sergei Loznitsa and the annual meeting of SPF, the Polish Filmmakers Association, as well as a special focus on Estonian Cinema as a guest country this year.
Krakow Film Festival Award Winners
Dragon of Dragons Award for Contribution of the Development of Documentary Film
Sergei Loznitsa
Recommendation to European Film Awards
White Mama (Russia)
Directed by Zosyia Rodkevich and Evgeniya Ostanina
International Documentary Film Competition
Best Documentary
Of Fathers and Sons (Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic)
Directed by Talal Derki
Best Medium-Length Documentary
The Dread (Argentina)
Directed by Pablo Aparo i Martin Benchimol
Best Feature Length Documentary
Over the Limit (Finland, Germany, Poland)
Directed by Marta Prus
Produced by Anna Kępińska and Maciej Kubicki (Telemark)
Special Mention
Debut (Belarus)
Directed by Anastasiya Miroshnichenko
FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Prize
Of Fathers and Sons (Germany, Lebanon, Qatar, Syrian Arab Republic)
Directed by Talal Derki
International Short Film Competition
Best Film
Keep Your Hair On (France)
Directd by Armelle Mercat
Best Documentary Film
The Sisters (Poland)
Directed by Michał Hytroś
Best Animated Film
Obon (Germany)
Directed by André Hörmann, Samo (Anna Bergman)
Special Mention
Fundamental (Taiwan)
Directed by ShihChieh Chiu
Best Short Fiction Film
Release the Dogs (France, Belgium)
Directed by Emmanuelle Fleytoux
Special Mention
Users (Poland)
Directed by Jakub Piątek
Prix EFA Krakow 201i For Best European Film
(Winner is nominated for European Film Awards in Short Film Category)
Release the Dogs (France, Belgium)
Directed by Emmanuelle Fleytoux
The International Federation of Film Societies (FICC) Don Quixote Award
Detainment (Ireland)
Directed by Vincent Lambre
Special Mention
Joe Boots (Germany, USA)
Directed Florian Baron
International DocFilmMusic Competition
Best Film
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (USA, Japan)
Directed by Stephen Nomura Schible
Special Mention
Punk Voyage (Finland)
Directed by Jukka Kärkkäinen and J-P Passi
National Competition
Best Film
Unconditional Love (Poland)
Directed by Rafał Łysak
Best Documentary Film
Over the Limit (Finland, Germany, Poland)
Directed by Marta Prus
Best Animated Film
III (Poland)
Directed by Marta Pajek
Best Director Fiction Film
Atlas (Poland)
Directed by Maciej Kawalski
Special Mention
The Sisters (Poland)
Directed by Michał Hytroś
Special Mention Feature Film Category
1410 (Poland)
Directed by Damian Kocur
Polish Filmmakers Association Award for Best Film Editing
Grażyna Gradoń for the film Notes on Life. A Movie about Edward Żebrowski (Poland)
Directed by Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz
Maciej Szumowski Award for remarkable social awareness
Funded by the National Broadcasting Council
Tomasz Knittel for the film Universam Grochów (Poland)
Award for the best short and documentary films producer in Poland
Funded by the Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce (KIPA)
Anna Kępińska and Maciej Kubicki (Telemark) for the film Over the Limit (Poland, Germany, Finland)
Best Cinematography Award under the patronage of The Polish Society of Cinematographers
Adam Suzin for the film Over the Limit
Student Jury Award
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda (USA, Japan)
Directed Stephen Nomura Schible
Audience Award
Over the Limit (Finland, Germany, Poland)
Directed by Marta Prus
KFF Industry and Doc Lab Poland Awards For Doc in Development and Post Production
Animated in Poland
Sound Mind Award
Project: The land of Whim (Poland) directed by Betina Bożek
Producer Animation Film Studio, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Audiovisual Technology Centre Special Mention
Project: Red Light Train (Poland)
Director Alicja Kot
Producer Animation Film Studio, Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
Docs to Start
HBO Award
Project: Scandal! (Poland)
Director Bartosz Paduch
Producer Maciek Ostatek, Kacper Jaroszyński / W To Mi Graj Foundation
Krakow Film Klaster Award
Project: Walk with Angels (Poland)
Director: Tomasz Wysokiński
Producer: Tomasz Wysokiński /Ayahuasca Project
Lightcraft Award
Project: The Last Expedition (Poland)
Director: Eliza Kubarska
Producer: Monika Braid /Braidmade Films
European Documentary Network (EDN)
Special Mention
Project: Lessons in Democracy (Poland)
Director: Michał Helwak
Producer: Marcin Wierzchosławski / Metro Films
Dok Leipzig
Special Mention
Project: Ambulance Poland – Syria (Poland)
Director: Aleksander Zalewski
Producer: Anna Kubik Sobala / Aksamit
Docs to Go!
Coloroffon Award
Project: Lessons of Love (Poland)
Director: Małgorzata Goliszewska, Katarzyna Mateja
Producer: Anna Stylińska / Fundacja Widok
Institute of Documentary Film
Special Mention
Project: An ordinary Country (Poland)
Director: Tomasz Wolski
Producer: Anna Gawlita / Kijora Film
