Polish Minister of Culture and National Heritage Małgorzata Omilanowska officially thanked Agnieszka Odorowicz for her 10 years as Director of Polish Film Institute and gave the nomination to her successor Magdalena Sroka. "I hope that during my time as Director I will be able to continue the great work Agnieszka did here during the past 10 years. I also hope that all the new solutions I'd like to introduce will be helpful to the film industry and that I will not let our filmmakers and film professionals down", Magdalena Sroka said in her speech.
Polish Film Institute Awards were presented for the eighth time in several categories, all connected to film promotion.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
Cinema: Rialto Cinema in Poznań
National Film Event: Ińskie Lato Filmowe Film Festival
Promotion Abroad: Opus Film and ACME PR for the promotion of Ida by Paweł Pawlikowski (Opus Film)
Distribution of Polish film: Next Film for the distribution of Gods by Łukasz Palkowski (Watchout Productions) and Warsaw Uprising by Jan Komasa (Muzeum Powstania Warszawskiego)
Distribution Of A Non-Commercial Foreign Film: Against Gravity for the distribution of Leviathan by Andrey Zvyagintsev (Russia)
Film Critique: Michał Walkiewicz
Film Programme: Tomasz Raczek and Kaja Klimek for Weekendowy Magazyn Filmowy programme in TVP 1
Web Portal/ Film Blog: LegalnaKultura.pl
Film Book: Jerzy Armata, Anna Wróblewska for Polski film dla dzieci imłodzieży, published at Fundacja Kino
Young Viewers Education: Leaders of Filmoteka Szkolna
Discussion Film Club (DKF): DKF Kinochłon in Augustów
Polish Cinema Classics Digital Restauration: Orka Studio for the digital restauration and coloring of Warsaw Uprising video chronicles
Professional Education Programme: Film Spring Foundation for Film Spring Open
