The festival is one of Europe's top showcases for new documentary, short and animated films. A staggering 2475 films were submitted this year which festival programmers whittled down ton a programme of 220 films. One of the highlights of the programme included the screening of the short films nominated for the European Film Awards.
The Polish Panorama presented 22 of this year's best documentaries, shorts and animated films out of competition. One of the highlights of this section was undoubtedly Tomasz Wolski's The Palace about Warsaw hated Palace of Culture a gift from Stalin that dominated the Warsaw skyline.
Krakow also hosts one of Europe's largest doc and short film markets including a digital library for film buyers and festival programmers and an online digital market. The Annual Dragon Forum presenting new projects was also a highlight for this year/s edition.
Full list of winners;
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Having seen all the competition films, the International Documentary
Competition Jury of the 52nd Krakow Film Festival consisting of:
Jacek Bławut - the chairman (Poland), Luciano Barisone (Switzerland), Hedva
Goldschmidt (Israel), Truls Lie (Norway), Peter Torbiörnsson (Sweden) have
decided to award:
GOLDEN HORN for the Director
of the Best Film -Peter
Gerdehag,the director of WOMEN WITH COWS(Sweden), which depicts the
spirit of love and will of the protagonist, who celebrates life and lives in
harmony with nature. The visual poetic treatment of director and
cinematographer Peter Gerdehag is exquisite in his love for and loyalty to a
vision.
SILVER HORN for the
Director of the Best Medium-Length Documentary - Ida Grøn, the director
of THE KID AND THE CLOWN (Denmark), depicting children's fight
for life and how the clown consumed their fear, which in itself is stronger
than cinema.
SILVER HORN for the Director of the Best Feature-Length Documentary
- David Fisher, the director of SIX MILLION AND ONE
(Israel/Germany/Austria), which is an exemplary portrayal of what happens to
the children of a Holocaust victim who visits the places from his past. The
story of denial.
SPECIAL MENTION:
THIS MAN IS A MULTI-LAYERED CAKE directed by Patricia Mortagne (France).
THE AWARD OF THE POLISH SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (PSC) for the
best cinematography in the documentary film, founded by Studio
Produkcyjne ORKA - Wojciech Staroń (Poland) for cinematography to ENTANGLED
- because it depicts of what it is like for the two protagonists to be
stuck in their obsessions while wandering through the labyrinth of human
passions.
The FIPRESCI (International
Federation of Film Critics) Jury at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival, consisting of: Katia
Bayer (Belgium), Giovanni Ottone (Italy), Mirosław Przylipiak (Poland), have
decided unanimously to award the film THE FLAT directed by Arnon
Goldfinger (Israel, Germany).
The Student Jury for
Documentary Competition
consisting of: Paulina Haratyk, Karolina Stankiewicz and Krzysztof Siwoń have decided to
award the film MOTHERLAND OR DEATH directed by Vitaly Mansky (Russia)- for depicting the reality and
temperament of Cuba
and its residents in accordance with Russian spirit.
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Having seen all the competition
films, the International Short Film Competition Jury of
the 52nd Krakow Film Festival consisting of: Marcel Łoziński- the chairman
(Poland), Oxana Cherkasova (Russia), Alessandro Marcionni (Switzerland),
Torene Svitil (USA), Kaveh Tehrani (Norway) have decided to award the following
prizes:
GOLDEN DRAGON for
the Director of the Best Film - Alex Lora, the director of ODYSSEUS'
GAMBIT (USA/Spain) - for showing the problem of the Third World in all its
complexity.
SILVER DRAGON for
the Director of the Best Documentary Film - Marius Iacob, the director of 24 BUCKETS,
7 MICE, 18 YEARS (Romania) - for not agreeing with the violations of
intimacy of the people living on the margins of ordinary life.
SILVER DRAGON for the Director of the Best
Animated Film - Ülo Pikkov, the director of BODY MEMORY
(Estonia) - for exceptionally original and yet metaphorical portrayal of
Holocaust.
SILVER DRAGON for the Director of the Best Short Fiction Film
- Attila Till, the director of BEAST (Hungary) - for the ability to
portray a brutal situation with the courage that is rarely seen in cinema.
SPECIAL MENTION:
FREESTYLE LIFE, directed by Adam Palenta (Poland) - for
his sensitivity and respect for the protagonists and in dealing with such a
delicate subject.
PRIX EFA for the Best European Film (nomination
to the European Film Award 2012 in the short film category) for VILLA
ANTROPOFF, directed by Vladimir Leschiov and Kaspar Jancis (Latvia/Estonia)
The FICC (International Federation of Film Societies) Jury at the 52nd Krakow Film Festival, consisting of: Veit Geldner (Germany), Sankar Kumar Pal
(India), Szymon Stemplewski (Poland) has decided to give the Don Quichote
Award for the film TUBA ATLANTIC,directed by Hallvar Witzø (Norway), which is not a black comedy, but a magical surrealistic
trip around what's really essential for us: are we able to keep fighting, able
to trust, to forgive, to listen to each other?
The Student Jury for Short Film Competition consisting of: Lucyna Adamska,
Mateusz Góra and Artur Zaborski has decided to award the film THE CHRONICLE OF OLDRICH S.
directed by Rudolf Šmid (Czech Republic) for his incredible view of history,
filled with humour and irony, and for the vividness of the image that proves
his limitless imagination.
NATIONAL COMPETITION
Having watched all the
competition films, the National Competition Jury of the
52nd Krakow Film Festival, consisting of: Michał Kwieciński- the chairman,
Marcin Giżycki, Magnus von Horn, Tomek Sikora and Tomasz Wolskihas decided to
award:
GOLDEN HOBBY-HORSE for the Director
of the Best Film - Lidia Duda, the director of ENTANGLED,
for taking up a difficult subject and finding the appropriate form for it.
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the Director of the Best Documentary Film-
Jacek Piotr Bławut, the director of LONELINESS OF SOUND.
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the Director of the Best Animated Film-
Paweł Dębski, the director of LUMBERJACK.
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE
for the Director of the Best Fiction Film- Tato Kotetishvili, the director of
WATERMELON.
SPECIAL MENTION:
HARBOUR OF HOPE, directed by Magnus Gertten
(Poland/Sweden).
The Student Jury for National
Competition, consisting of: Ewelina Leszczyńska, Barbara
Rusinek, Roman Husarski have decided to award WALK directed by Filip
Jacobson (Poland), for the ability to convey universal human truths in a
subtle and non-pushy way, that at the same time are able to intensely enter the
viewer's mind.
The President of TVP S.A.
(Polish Television) Award for
the Best Directing -Piotr Szczepanowicz, the director of THE RAILWAY
WATCHMAN.
The President of TVP S.A
(Polish Television) Award for
the Best Cinematography - Wojciech Staroń, for cinematography to ENTANGLED.
The President of the Association of Polish Filmmakers Award -Adam
Palenta the director of FREESTYLE LIFE, The President of the Association of Polish
Filmmakers Award for the
Best Film Editing - Stefan Paruch, the editor of the film MY HOUSE
WITHOUT ME.
Maciej Szumowski Award for remarkable social
awarenessfounded by the National Broadcasting Council - Jacek Petrycki,
the director of MY NOTES FROM THE UNDERGROUND.
The Award for the Best Short
and Documentary Films Producer
in Poland founded by the Polish Audiovisual Producers Chamber of Commerce
(KIPA) - Piotr Furmankiewicz from FUMI Studio for the film LUMBERJACK