{mosimage}Overall 15 titles have been nominated in 15 categories for the prestigious Polish Film Awards, the Eagles 2011 (www.pnf.pl). The Eagles have been awarded annually by the Polish Film Academy since 1999. The Polish Film Academy (www.pnf.pl), headed by Agnieszka Holland, has over 500 members and is a part of FAN (Film Academies Network of Europe).
This year the members of the Academy chose their nominees from 32 titles, which had to be in Polish distribution for at least one week in 2010. The Polish Film Academy also nominated the best European films screened in Poland in 2010. A special retrospective of all the candidates took place between 10 and 31 January 2011 at the Kino Luna Artistic Center in Warsaw . All of the nominated Polish films received funding from the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl).
The 13th celebratory gala of the Polish Eagles is planned for 7 of March 2011 in Warsaw. The winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award will be announced on 2 March 2011.
The Polish Eagles 2011 nominees:
Best Film:
- Essential Killing, director: Jerzy Skolimowski, producer: Skopia Film (www.skopiafilm.com), Hungary's Mythberg Films (www.mythbergfilms.hu) Element Pictures, Cylinger Productions
- Little Rose, director: Jan Kidawa-Błoński, Documentary and Feature Film Production Company (www.wfdif.com.pl ), co-production: Telekomunikacja Polska S.A. ( www.tvp.pl ); Monolith Films (www.monolith.pl)
- All That I Love, director: Jacek Borcuch, Prasa i Film, co-production: Telewizja Polska (www.tvp.pl), Canal+ (www.canalplus.pl)
Best Director:
Jerzy Skolimowski, Essential Killing
Feliks Falk, Joanna
Jacek Borcuch, All That I Love
Best Actor:
Vincent Gallo, Essential Killing
Robert Więckiewicz, Little Rose
Mateusz Kościukiewicz, All That I Love
Best Actress:
- Urszula Grabowska, Joanna
- Magdalena Boczarska, Little Rose
- Olga Frycz, All That I Love
Best Supporting Actor:
Adam Woronowicz, The Christening
Jan Frycz, Little Rose
Andrzej Chyra, All That I Love
Best Supporting Actress:
Stanisława Celińska, Joanna
Kinga Preis, Joanna
Magdalena Cielecka, Venice
Best Script:
- Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski, Essential Killing
- Feliks Falk, Joanna
- Jacek Borcuch, All That I Love
Best Pictures:
- Jacek Borcuch, All That I Love
- Adam Sikora, The Forest, director: Piotr Dumała
- Arthur Reinhart, Venice
Best European Film:
- The Ghost Writer, director : Roman Polański
- Un prophete, director: Jacques Audiard
- Morte a Venezia, director: Luchino Visconti
Discovery Of The Year:
Piotr Dumała, direction of The Forest
Arkadiusz Jakubik, direction of A Simple Story About Love
Mateusz Kościukiewicz, acting in All That I Love
Best Sound:
Nikodem Wołk-Łaniewski, Grzegorz Lindemann, Fenomen,
Wiesław Znyk, Joanna Napieralska, Little Rose
Jacek Hamela, Venice
Best Editing:
Piotr Kmiecik, The Christening
Reka Lemhenyi, Maciej Pawliński, Essential Killing
Beata Liszewska, Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk, The Forest
Cezary Grzesiuk, Little Rose
Witold Chomiński, Venice
Best Costumes:
Magdalena Biedrzycka, Joanna
Małgorzata Braszka, Maiden Vows, director: Filip Bajon
Małgorzata Zacharska, Venice
Best Set Design:
Joanna Białousz, Little Rose
Anna Wunderlich, Maiden Vows
Joanna Macha, Venice
Best Musical Score:
Paweł Mykietyn, Essential Killing
Zygmunt Konieczny, Holy Business, director: Maciej Wojtyszko
Daniel Bloom, All That I Love