08-05-2015

Red Planet Wins Wajda Script Pro 2015 Prize

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    KRAKOW: Jaroslaw Marszewski won the 2015 SCRIPT PRO competition organized by the Wajda School and awarded in Krakow on 6 May for his script Red Planet White Flag.

    Eight scripts by Polish writers competed for the prize which included a cash award of 20,000 PLN.

    Red Planet White Flag is the story of a post-war emigrant coping with the trauma of war in a British hospital.

    A special prize and 15,000 PLN went to Michał Szalonek and Paweł Podlejski for their script Marek which takes place in a single night.

    The Polish Film Institute sponsored two prizes: an award of 12,000 PLN to Mariko Saga for House of Exile about the struggles of a Vietnamese father and his daughter trying to live in contemporary Warsaw; and 8,000 PLN to Piotr Paligaza for Blood on Their Hands about the difficult choices facing a surgeon during the Third Reich.

    All SCRIPT PRO 2015 finalists are awarded with financial scholarships funded by the Polish Film Institute and special script consultations with tutors from Wajda School & Studio.