Tipped by critics for the international festival circuit was Piotr Trzaskalski's much admired My Father's Bike produced by Frederico Film (www.fredericofilm.com) which won the Polish Film Festivals and Reviews Abroad Award. Trzaskalski's previous film Edi produced by Opusfilm (www.opusfilm.com) was a major international festival hit. In the parallel Young Cinema Competition the main prize went to director Mateusz Głowacki for When the Light of Dawn Arises.

The annual event which showcases the best of the annual Polish production was held 7-12 May 2012. Gdynia has shifted dates several times in the past few years and the pre-Cannes date was selected because an after Cannes date would have conflicted with the European Football Championship to be hosted in Poland at the beginning of June. Next year the event is expected to revert to its September slot as the musical theatre on the Baltic Sea which is its traditional home will be closed for reconstruction until autumn of 2013.

Main Competition Prize winners:

THE GRAND PRIZE: Golden Lion

Best film In Darkness directed by Agnieszka Holland

Produced by Zebra Film (www.zebrafilm.pl)

Supported by PISF (www.pisf.pl)

THE GRAND PRIZE: Golden Lion

Producer of the best film In Darkness Juliusz Machulski

SILVER LION: Manhunt directed by Marcin Krzyształowicz

Skorpion Arte (www.skorpionarte.pl) in co-production with the Krakow Festival Office ( www.film-commission.pl), Telekomunikacja Polska S.A (www.tp.pl), Studio Produkcyjne ORKA (www.orkafilm.pl) and NON STOP Film Service (www.nsfs.pl).
Supported by PISF (www.pisf.pl)

SILVER LION: Producers of Manhunt

Małgorzata Jurczak and Krzysztof Grędziński

SPECIAL PRIZE OF THE JURY for the courage in the form and the contents of the film as well as for unique artistic values for the Polish Romanian coproduction Crulic - The Path to Beyond directed by Anca Damian

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:

Agnieszka Holland for directing of the film In Darkness
Piotr Trzaskalski and Wojciech Lepianka for the screenplay of the film My Father's Bike
Leszek Dawid for directing debut or second film You Are God
Agnieszka Grochowska as the actress in a leading role in the film In Darkness
Robert Więckiewicz as the actor in a leading role in the film In Darkness
Marcin Kowalczyk for professional acting debut in the film You Are God
Jolanta Dylewska for cinematography in the film In Darkness
Piotr Dziubek for music in the film Crulic - The Path to Beyond
Erwin Prib, Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński for art direction in the film In Darkness
Joanna Kulig as the actress in a supporting role in the film Elles
Dawid Ogrodnik and Tomasz Schuchardt as the actor in a supporting role in the film You Are God
Sebastian Włodarczyk and Piotr Witkowski for the sound in the film Crulic - The Path to Beyond
Wojciech Mrówczyński for editing of the film Manhunt and Michał Czarnecki for editing of the film In Darkness
Katarzyna Lewińska for costumes in the film Elles and Katarzyna Lewińska and Jagna Janicka for costumes in the film In Darkness
Janusz Kaleja for make-up in the film In Darkness

Winners: Young Cinema Competition

YOUNG CINEMA COMPETITION - SPECIAL AWARD
Our Bad Winter, dir. Grzegorz Zariczny

YOUNG CINEMA COMPETITION - THE BEST FILM
When the Light of Dawn Arises, dir. Mateusz Głowacki

Out of Competition Awards

PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD - POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN TORONTO AWARD
Wonderful Summer dir. Ryszard Brylski

RISING STAR, THE AWARD BY ELLE
Marcin Kowalczyk for his role in the film You Are God

CRYSTAL STAR, THE AWARD BY ELLE
Joanna Kulig for her role in the film Elles

STAR OF THE STARS, THE AWARD BY ELLE
Agnieszka Grochowska

WIRTUALNA POLSKA INTERNET USERS AWARD
Leszek Dawid for the film You Are God

L'OREAL PARIS AWARD FOR THE MOST STYLISH ACTRESS
Agnieszka Grochowska

GOLDEN CLAQUEUR
Waldemar Krzystek for the film 80 million

THE AWARD OF THE POLISH FILM FESTIVALS AND REVIEWS ABROAD
Piotr Trzaskalski for the film My Father's Bike

THE VIEWERS AWARD OF THE 9TH NEW POLISH FILM FESTIVAL FILMLAND POLEN 2011
Jan Kidawa Błoński for the film Little Rose

SEATTLE SPIRIT OF POLISH CINEMA - VIEWERS CHOICE AWARD - GRANTED FOR THE YEAR 2011 BY THE VIEWERS OF THE 19TH POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN SEATTLE
Antoni Krauze for the film Black Thursday

GOLDEN KANGAROO
Piotr Trzaskalski for the film My Father's Bike

ARTHOUSE CINEMAS NETWORK AWARD
Manhunt, dir. Marcin Krzyształowicz

DON QUIXOTE AWARD OF THE POLISH FEDERATION OF FILM DISCUSSION CLUBS
Crulic - The Path to Beyond, dir. Anca Damian

JOURNALISTS AWARD
ex aequo You Are God, dir. Leszek Dawid and Aftermath, dir. Władysław Pasikowski

YOUTH CITY COUNCIL OF GDYNIA AWARD
Man, Chicks Are Just Different, dir. Marek Koterski

LEGAL CULTURE" COMPETITION - SPECIAL FOUNDATION LEGAL CULTURE MENTION
Michał Baczuń for the film Sorry filmowcy

LEGAL CULTURE COMPETITION - 2ND AWARD
Jan Wiesław Caban for the film Kultura na gape

"LEGAL CULTURE" - 1ST AWARD
Przemysław Konefał for the film "Reversal Art"

"AMBER LIONS"
"Letters to Santa", dir. Mitja Okorn

"GOLDEN FISH MULTIMEDIAOFF - POLISH INDEPENDENT CINEMA REVIEW AUDIENCE AWARD"
"The Room", dir. Maciej Bochniak