In its 30^th edition, the Warsaw Screenings section of the Warsaw Film Festival's CentEast market, intended to showcase the latest Polish productions and co-productions to international professionals, is introducing a financial award for for the best Polish film presented. Worth €4,600 (PLN 20,000) and funded by the Polish Film Institute, the award will be decided on by international professionals taking part in the screenings and given out during the closing gala of the Warsaw Film Festival, on Sunday, 16 October.

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The list consists of 12 films, some of which are already making festival rounds and winning awards, including the Polish Oscar submission Afterimage [+lire aussi :
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In addition to this new award, the festival is introducing a new section, the Warsaw Meetings. Besides being, rather obviously, meetings between Polish film professionals and their international counterparts, the section will present the advantages of co-producing with Poland in a panel called "How to make films with Poland."

Here is the full list of films presented in the Warsaw Screenings:

Afterimage [+lire aussi :
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Production company: Akson Studio
International sales: Films Boutique

Zacma: Blindness [+lire aussi :
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Production company: RB Film
International Sales: Kino Świat

Clair Obscur [+lire aussi :
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Production Companies: Ustaoglu Production (Turkey), Slot Machine (France), unafilm (Germany), Aeroplan Film (Poland)
International Sales: Beta Cinema

Honey Hunters – Krystian Matysek
Production Company: Arkana Studio

I'm a Killer [+lire aussi :
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interview : Maciej Pieprzyca
interview : Renata Czarnkowska-Listos …
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Production Company: RE Studio

The Last Family [+lire aussi :
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interview : Dawid Ogrodnik
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Production Company: Aurum Film
International Sales: New Europe Film Sales

Memories of Summer [+lire aussi :
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interview : Adam Guziński
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Production Company: Opus Film

Park [+lire aussi :
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interview : Sofia Exarchou
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Production Companies: Neda Film (Greece), Madants (Poland)
International Sales: Stray Dogs

Playground [+lire aussi :
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interview : Bartosz M. Kowalski
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Production Company: Film It
International Sales: Latido Films

The Saint [+lire aussi :
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interview : Andrius Blazevicius
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Production Companies: Ciobrelai (Lithuania), No Sugar Films (Poland)

The Sun, the Sun Blinded Me [+lire aussi :
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interview : Anka et Wilhelm Sasnal
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Production Companies: Balapolis (Poland), Hauser & Wirth (Switzerland)

Tales of Mexico [+lire aussi :
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Production Companies: Machete Producciones (Mexico), No Sugar Films (Poland)