08-03-2016

Body Wins Best Film at Polish Eagles 2016

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    WARSAW: Silver Bear winner Body/Ciało won Best Film and Best Director at Polish Eagles 2016. Małgorzata Szumowska's drama tied with The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street with four awards each.

    Body was awarded Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress (Maja Ostaszewska) and Best Actor (Janusz Gajos, who also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Polish Film Academy.

    The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street was awarded Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Music and Best Sound. Best Script and Audience Award were given to the second most nominated (seven categories) film of the year, These Daughters of Mine by Kinga Dębska while Agnieszka Smoczyńska was awarded Discovery of The Year for her debut feature The Lure.

    Polish Film Award Eagles Gala took place at the Polish Theater in Warsaw on 7 March 2016 and was broadcast by TVP 2.


    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Best Film
    Body / Ciało
    Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska
    Produced by Nowhere Sp. z o.o.
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute and HBO Poland

    Best Director
    Małgorzata Szumowska for Body

    Best Script
    These Daughters Of Mine
    Directed by Kinga Dębska
    Produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Lifetime Achievement Award
    Janusz Gajos

    Best Actress
    Maja Ostaszewska for Body

    Best Actor
    Janusz Gajos for Body

    Best Supporting Actress
    Anna Dymna for The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street
    Directed by Janusz Majewski
    Produced by WFDiF
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best Supporting Actor
    Wojciech Pszoniak for The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street

    Best Documentary
    Actress
    Directed by Kinga Dębska, Maria Konwicka
    Produced by Kalejdoskop Film Studio
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best TV Series
    Prosecutor
    Directed by Jacek Filipak, Maciej Pieprzyca
    Produced by ATM Grupa

    Discovery of The Year
    Agnieszka Smoczyńska for Directing The Lure
    Produced by WFDiF
    Coproduced by HBO Poland, Telewizja Polska
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best European Film
    Youth (Italy)
    Directed by Paolo Sorentino

    Best Cinematography
    Arkadiusz Tomiak for Karbala
    Directed by Krzysztof Łukaszewicz
    Produced by WFDiF
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best Music
    Wojciech Karolak for The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street

    Best Set Design

    Jagna Janicka for Spanish Flu
    Directed by Łukasz Barczyk
    Produced by Studio Filmowe KADR, Film-Art
    Coproduced by Alvernia Studios, TP S.A. and ITI CinemaCinema
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best Costumes
    Dorota Roqueplo, Andrzej Szenajch for Spanish Flu

    Best Editing
    Agnieszka Glińska for 11 Minutes
    Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
    Produced by Skopia Film
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best Sound
    Krzysztof Jastrząb, Mateusz Irisik for The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street