The film won the top prizes in both the international music documentary competition and the national competition of Polish films.
Also performing well was Jan P. Matuszyński’s film Deep Love which won best documentary film in the national competition and a student jury award. Both films were produced by Otter Films.
The Dragon Forum pitching award went to Wojciech Kasperski for Ikona and the special mention went to Eliza Kubarska for Droga na K2.
The complete list of winners follows:
INTERNATIONAL MUSIC DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION DocFilmMusic
Director of the Best Film: Amanda Sans and Miquel Galofré, SONGS OF REDEMPTION (Jamaica/Spain).
SPECIAL MENTION: Chelsea McMullan, MY PRAIRIE HOME (Canada)
The Student Jury Prize: RAP IS WAR directed by Jesse Acevedo (Cuba/USA)
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Director of the Best Film: Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski, DOMINO EFFECT, Otter Films (Poland, Germany).
Director of the Best Medium-Length Documentary: Dan Wasserman, DO YOU BELIEVE IN LOVE? (Israel).
Director of the Best Feature-Length Documentary: Talal Derki,, RETURN TO HOMS (Syria, Germany).
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
Jaap van Hoewijk, KILLING TIME (The Netherlands)
Alina Rudnitskaya, BLOOD (Russia)
THE AWARD OF THE POLISH SOCIETY OF CINEMATOGRAPHERS (PSC): Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski for the film DOMINO EFFECT (Poland, Germany).
FIPRESCI Prize: BORDERS directed by Jacqueline van Vugt (The Netherlands)
The Student Jury Prize: RETURN TO HOMS directed by Talal Derki (Syria, Germany).
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Director of the Best Film: Jerzy Kucia, FUGUE FOR CELLO, TRUMPET AND LANDSCAPE (Poland).
Director of the Best Documentary Film: Juliette Touin, the director of THE BIG HOUSE (Cuba).
Directors of the Best Animated Film: Stephen Irwin, THE OBVIOUS CHILD (UK).
Director of the Best Short Fiction Film: Mat Kirkby, THE PHONE CALL(UK).
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
Raúl de la Fuente, MINERITA (Spain/Bolivia)
Lidia Sheinin, MOM (Russia)
PRIX EFA 2014 for the Best European Film: SUMMER 2014, directed by Wojciech Sobczyk (Poland).
The FICC Don Quichote Award: LUX AETERNA, directed by Carlos Tribiño Mamby (Columbia)
The Student Jury Prize: THROUGH THE HAWTHORN directed by Anna Benner, Pia Borg, and Gemma Burditt (UK)
NATIONAL COMPETITION
Director of the Best Film: Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski, DOMINO EFFECT (Poland, Germany)
Director of the Best Documentary Film: Jan P. Matuszyński, the director of DEEP LOVE, Otter Films (Poland).
Director of the Best Animated Film: Piotr Dumała, HIPPOS (Poland).
Director of the Best Fiction Film: Kacper Lisowski, FATHER’S DAY, Munk Studio (www.munkstudio.eu) (Poland).
SPECIAL MENTIONS:
Vahram Mkhitaryan, MILKY BROTHER (Poland)
Tomek Ducki, BATHS (Poland)
The Award of the Polish Filmmakers Association for the best film editing: Agnieszka Glińska, Wojciech Zamecznik, Adam Palenta for HOUSE ON ITS HEAD (dir. Adam Palenta)
Maciej Szumowski Award: Paweł Łoziński, WERKA.
Best Short and Documentary Films Producer in Poland: Joanna Szymańska and Wajda Studio (www.wajdastudio.pl) for MILKY BROTHER
Student Jury Award: DEEP LOVE directed by Jan P. Matuszyński
Audience Award: ONCE MY MOTHER, Sophia Turkiewicz
DRAGON FORUM
HBO DRAGON FORUM AWARD for the film project IKONA directed by Wojciech Kasperski.
Special Mention DOK.INCUBATOR: DROGA NA K2 directed by Eliza Kubarska
