One of these days I’ll make it to the Gdynia Film Festival, the largest annual round-up of the Polish film industry’s output – but in the meantime, these were the competition winners.
- Grand Prize (Golden Lion): Little Moscow (Mała Moskwa, d. Waldemar Krzystek – IMDB)
- Silver Lion: Before Twilight (Jeszcze nie wieczór, d. Jacek Bławut – IMDB)
- Polish Filmmakers Association Award: 0_1_0 (d. Piotr Łazarkiewicz – IMDB)
- Best Direction: Małgorzata Szumowska for 33 Scenes from Life (33 sceny z życia – IMDB)
- Best Screenplay: Michał Rosa for The Scratch (Rysa, d. Rosa – IMDB)
- Best Directing Debut: Maciej Pieprzyca for Splinters (Drzazgi, IMDB)
- Best Actor: Jan Nowicki for Before Twilight
- Best Actress: Svetlana Khodchenkova for Little Moscow
- Best Supporting Actor: Eryk Lubos for The Offsiders (Boisko bezdomnych, d. Kasia Adamik – IMDB)
- Best Supporting Actress: Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik for 33 Scenes from Life
- Best Acting Debut: Karolina Piechota for Splinters
- Best Cinematography: Michał Englert for 33 Scenes from Life
- Best Music: Paweł Mykietyn for 33 Scenes from Life
- Best Art Direction: Marek Zawierucha for Four Nights with Anna (Cztery noce z Anną, d. Jerzy Skolimowski – IMDB)
- Best Sound: Federic de Ravignan, Philippe Lauliac, Gerard Rousseau for Four Nights with Anna
- Best Editing: Leszek Starzyński for Splinters
- Best Costume Design: Katarzyna Lewińska and Magdalena Rutkiewicz for The Offsiders
- Special Mention: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak and Krzysztof Stroiński for The Scratch, and Jerzy Skolimowski for Four Nights with Anna
(Full list here)
As ever, whether any of these get any play in the West outside film festivals remains to be seen…
(UPDATE: I’ve since seen a number of these films, and have linked to the relevant reviews)