23-06-2021

Kill It and Leave This Town Wins Polish Eagles for Best Film

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    Mariusz Wilczyński - winner of the Eagles for Best Film and Best Screenplay, together with Agnieszka Ścibor, producer of the film "Kill It and Leave This Town" Mariusz Wilczyński - winner of the Eagles for Best Film and Best Screenplay, together with Agnieszka Ścibor, producer of the film "Kill It and Leave This Town" photo: Polish Film Academy, Przemysław Paczkowski

    WARSAW: Kill It and Leave This Town by Mariusz Wilczyński has won the Eagles for best film, best sound and best music at the Polish Film Awards. However, the biopic drama 25 Years of Innocence by Jan Holoubek won the biggest number of prizes, receiving seven trophies for script, actor, actress, supporting actor, discovery of the year, editing and make-up, as well as the Discovery of the Year.

    The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to Jerzy „Duduś” Matuszkiewicz, a celebrated jazz saxophonist and an accomplished music composer for films and TV series.

    The nominations were announced on 22 April 2021, chosen from out of over 31 feature films released in Polish cinemas in 2020, as well as 83 documentaries and 19 TV series.

    The Polish Film Awards - The Eagles have been organised by the Independent Film Foundation since 1999. They are considered to be the Polish equivalent of American Oscars, French Césars and British BAFTA awards. The films are chosen by over 600 members of the Polish Film Academy in a two-step vote.

    The Polish Eagles Ceremony was broadcast by CANAL+ on 21 June 2021.

    FULL LIST OF WINNERS:

    Best Film:
    Mariusz Wilczyński, Ewa Puszczyńska, Agnieszka Ścibior for Kill It and Leave This Town  / Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (Poland)
    Directed by Mariusz Wilczyński
    Produced by Bombonierka
    Coproduced by FINA, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, EC1-Miasto Kultury, Letko, NOLABEL, Di Factory, Gigant Films
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best Director:
    Jan Holoubek for 25 Years of Innocence / 25 lat niewinności (Poland)
    Directed by Jan Holoubek
    Produced by TVN
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best Script:
    Mariusz Wilczyński for Kill It and Leave This Town  / Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (Poland)

    Best Actress:
    Agata Kulesza for 25 Years of Innocence  / 25 lat niewinności (Poland)
     
    Best Actor:
    Piotr Trojan for 25 Years of Innocence / 25 lat niewinności (Poland)  

    Best Supporting Actress:
    Kinga Preiss for I Never Cry / Jak najdalej stąd (Poland, Ireland)
    Directed by Piotr Domalewski
    Produced by Akson Studio
    Coproduced by MK1, TVP, the Warmia-Masuria Film Fund, the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, S481 (Rialtas na hEireann Government of Ireland), Eurimages, Screen Ireland
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Best Supporting Actor:
    Jan Frycz for 25 Years of Innocence / 25 lat niewinności (Poland)  

    Best Cinematography:

    Piotr Sobociński Jr. for I Never Cry / Jak najdalej stąd (Poland, Ireland)  

    Michał Englert for Never Gonna Snow Again / Śniegu już nigdy nie będzie (Poland, Germany)
    Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska
    Produced by Lava Films
    Coproduced by Kino Świat, the Mazovia Warsaw Film Commission, DI Factory, Bayerischer Rundfunk
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Film und Medien Stiftung NRW, Deutscher Filmförderfonds, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, Polish-German Film Fund, Cinecopro Award, Amsterdam Post Lab

    Best Editing:
    Rafał Listopad for I Never Cry / Jak najdalej stąd (Poland, Ireland) 

    Best Costumes:
    Katarina Štrbová-Bieliková for Charlatan / Šarlatán (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ireland)
    Directed by Agnieszka Holland
    Produced by Marlene Film Production 
    Coproduced by Film and Music Entertainment (Ireland), Madants (Poland), Furia Film (Slovakia), the Czech Television, Barrandov Studio, RTVS.

    Best Sound:
    Franciszek Kozłowski for Kill It and Leave This Town / Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (Poland)  

    Best Music:
    Tadeusz Nalepa for Kill It and Leave This Town / Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta (Poland)    

    Best Art Direction:
    Christopher Demuri, Lech Majewski for Valley of the Gods / Dolina bogów (Poland, Luxembourg)
    Directed by Lech Majewski
    Produced by Angelus Silesius (Poland)
    Coproduced by Royal Road Entertainment
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute, Silesia Film, Odra Film

    Discovery of the Year:
    Jan Holoubek for 25 Years of Innocence / 25 lat niewinności (Poland)

    Best Documentary:
    The Whale from Lorino / Wieloryb z Lorino (Poland)
    Directed by Maciej Cuske
    Produced by Pokromski Studio

    Audience Award:
    Hater / Sala samobójców. Hejter (Poland)
    Directed by Jan Komasa
    Produced by Naima Film
    Coproduced by dFlights, TVN, CANAL+, Coloroffon
    Supported by the Polish Film Institute

    Lifetime Achievement Award:
    Jerzy “Duduś” Matuszkiewicz

    Best European Film:
    Les Misérables (France)  
    Directed by Ladj Ly  

    Best Scripted TV Series:
    King / Król (Poland)
    Directed by Jan P. Matuszyński
    Produced by Aurum Film for CANAL+