The Awards of 60th Krakow Film Festival
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Having watched all the competitive films the International Documentary Jury of the 60th Krakow Film Festival consisting of: Łukasz Żal – chairman (Poland), Renata Santoro (Italy), Tod Lending (USA), Eva Mulvad (Denmark), Martin Horyna (Czech Republic)has decided to award the following prizes:
THE GOLDEN HORN for the director of the best film – Radu Ciorniciuc for Acasa, My Home (Romania, Finland, Germany)
THE SILVER HORN for the director of the film with high artistic value – Maciej Cuske for The Whale from Lorino (Poland)
THE SILVER HORN for the director of the film on social issues – Mehrdad Oskouei for Sunless Shadows (Iran, Norway)
SPECIAL MENTION for Hey! Teachers! directed by Yulia Vishnevets (Russia)
The FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) Jury consisting of: Jan Storø (Norway), Jihane Bougrine (Maroko), Nachum Mochiach (Israel) has decided to award the International Film Critics Prize to Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset, Espen Wallin for The Self Portrait (Norway)
The Krakow Film Festival recommendation to the European Film Award in a documentary category:
The Self Portrait, dir. Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset, Espen Wallin (Norway)
Punta Sacra, dir. Francesca Mazzoleni (Italy)
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Having watched all the competition films, the International Short Film Jury consisting of: Jan Komasa – chairman (Poland), Marko Škop (Slovakia), Dekel Berenson (Great Britain), Paola Orlić (Croatia), Csilla Kato (Romania) has decided to award the following prizes:
GOLDEN DRAGON for the director of the best film – Shoko Hara for Just a Guy (Germany)
SILVER DRAGON for the director of the best documentary film – Alex Evstigneev for Golden Buttons (Russia)
SILVER DRAGON for the director of the best animated film – Konstantin Bronzit for He Can’t Live Without Cosmos (Russia)
SILVER DRAGON for the director of the best short fiction film – Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli for Chubby (Canada)
SPECIAL MENTION – for Dad You’ve Never Had directed by Dominika Łapka (Poland)
SPECIAL MENTION – for Nina directed by Hristo Simeonov (Bulgaria)
Jury Award for the Best European Film (Krakow Candidate to the European Film Award 2020 in the short film category) – Golden Buttons directed by Alex Evstigneev (Russia)
The International Federation of Film Societies (FICC) Jury consisting of: Mira Bernardes-Rusin (Poland), Terry Cloke (Great Britain), Chris Hormann (New Zealand) has decided to grant the Don Quixote Award to the film Innocence directed by Ben Reid (Great Britain).
And the Special Mention to the film: I Need the Handshakes directed by Andriej Kuciła (Poland).
INTERNATIONAL DocFilmMusic COMPETITION
Having watched all the competition films, the International DocFilmMusic Jury, consisting of: Stephen Nomura Schible – chairman (USA), Rachel Leah Jones (USA / Israel), Leszek Możdżer (Poland) has decided to award the following prize:
GOLDEN HEYNAL for the director of the best film – Pushpendra Singh for Pearl of the Desert (India, South Korea)
SPECIAL MENTION – Rubika Shah for White Riot (Great Britain)
NATIONAL COMPETITION
Having watched all the competition films, the National Competition Jury consisting of: Magdalena Łazarkiewicz – chairwoman, Joanna Szymańska, Elwira Niewiera, Izabela Plucińska, Paweł Dyllus has decided to award the following prizes:
GOLDEN HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best film funded by the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association – Tomasz Wolski for An Ordinary Country (Poland)
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best documentary film – Paweł Chorzępa for Sonny (Poland)
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best animated film – Daria Kopiec for Your Own Bullshit (Poland)
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best fiction film – Damian Kocur for Beyond Is the Day (Poland)
The Award of the Polish Filmmakers Association for the best film editing – Katarzyna Orzechowska for The Whale from Lorino
Maciej Szumowski Award for remarkable social awareness – Aleksandra Potoczek for xABo: Father Boniecki (Poland)
The Award for the best short and documentary film producer in Poland funded by the Polish Producers Alliance – KIPA – Mikołaj Pokromski i Aldona Pokromska from Pokromski Studio for The Whale from Lorino (Poland)
Best Cinematography Award under the patronage of the Polish Society of Cinematographers funded by Coloroffon Film and Naima Film – Kamil Małecki for Last Days of Summer (Poland)
SPECIAL MENTION for documentary film – Pollywood directed by Paweł Ferdek
SPECIAL MENTION for animated film – I’m Here directed by Julia Orlik
SPECIAL MENTION for feature film – Noamia directed by Antonio Galdamez
SPECIAL MENTION for acting – Julia Kuzka for Last Days of Summer and Alice and the Frog
THE AWARD OF THE STUDENT JURY
Having watched all the competitive films, the Student Jury consisting of Karolina Hołub, Paweł Kędziora, Jędrzej Kościński, Dominika Laszczyk-Hołyńska, Mateusz Leśniak, Małgorzata Mączko, Marta Pęcak, Monika Pietras, Krzysztof Strumiński, Bartek Tesarz, Wojciech Tutaj, Dorota Żak decided to award film Sunless Shadows directed by Mehrdad Oskouei (Iran, Norway)
AUDIENCE AWARD
The Self Portrait, dir. Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset, Espen Wallin (Norway)
KFF INDUSTRY AND DOC LAB POLAND AWARDS
ANIMATED IN POLAND
Animated in Poland Best Pitch Award – a coupon for 10 days of sound post production in Sound Mind studio run by Michał Fojcik – „Gonâve”, dir. Róża Duda and Michał Soja, prod. Krakow Film Klaster
Animated In Poland Special Mention – founded by CeTA, which is 30 000 PLN non-cash contribution to the winner director/producer’s project – „Slow Light”, dir. Kijek/Adamski, prod. Animoon
DOC LAB POLAND AWARDS 2020 FOR THE PROJECTS PRESENTED AT DOCS TO START
HBO Award – 10 000 PLN in cash – „Debut”, dir. Aleksandra Maciejczyk, prod. Marta Gmosińska, Lava Films
ColorOffOn Award – image post-production services worth of 25 000 PLN – „Don’t Mess with Gienek”, dir. Grzegorz Szczepaniak, prod. Joanna Popowicz WF Anagram
DOK Leipzig Special Mention – invitation to Co-pro Meetings in Leipzig – „Gypsy Gadji”, dir. Dasa Raimanova, prod. Rafał Sakowski, Story Vehicle
FIPADOC Special Mention – invitation to pitch the project at FIPADOC Industry Days – „Easy Rider Behind the Iron Curtain”, reż. Andrzej Miękus, prod. Olga Bieniek, FilmIcon
Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation Special Mention – invitation to key European documentary industry event – „Nina Gets Married”, dir. Andrzej Szypulski, prod. Anna Reichel, Fine Day Promotion
Polish Docs Pro Special Mention – support of international promotion and invitation to one of the key world documentary industry event – „When Harmattan Blows”, dir. Edyta Wróblewska, prod. Marta Dużbabel, With Passion Production
DOC LAB POLAND AWARDS 2020 FOR THE PROJECTS PRESENTED AT DOCS TO GO!
ColorOffOn Award – image post production services worth of 25 000 PLN – „Until the Wedding”, dir. Daniel Stopa, prod. Małgorzata Staroń, Joanna Tatko, Staron-Film
Institute of Documentary Film Special Mention – invitation to East Doc Platform – „Workcenter”, dir. Aniela Gabryel, prod. Agnieszka Dziedzic (Koi Studio)
Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation Special Mentions – invitations to key European documentary industry events – „I am one of them”, dir. Nadim Suleiman, prod. Jacek Bławut, Luiza Pietrzak, Palmyra Films „Lesson of Freedom”, dir. Tadeusz Chudy, Bartosz Łuniewski, prod. Rafał Sakowski, Story Vehicle.
See you next year!
Krakow Film Festival Team
