Krakow Film Festival turns 50
Officially opened on Monday evening, the 50th Krakow Film Festival, one of the oldest European events dedicated to documentary, animated and short films, will be in full swing until June 6. It has a rich line-up of over 250 films, including 89 in competition.
The international documentary competition will be judged by a jury presided by Marian Marzyński. The programme is dominated by European productions, including Renate Costa’s Spanish title 108 [+see also:
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On the short films side, the international competition includes a large variety of genres, from film noir (Sanne Kortooms’s The Blue Bus) to animation (Tim Travers Hawkins’s 1000 Voices), absurd tales (Marie Arie-Eve Signeyrole’s Alice in Modernland) and documentary (Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Cicada). All these titles will be judged by a jury presided by Krzysztof Zanussi.
The national competition, whose jury is headed by Maciej Drygas, comprises 33 titles, including films by Tomasz Wolski (H2O and Slowly), Marcin Koszałka (The Declaration of Immortality and Let's Run Away From Her) and Paweł Łoziński (Inventory).
Traditionally awarded to a director for Lifetime Achievement, the Dragon of Dragons Special Prize will this year go to American filmmaker Jonas Mekas (born in 1922 in Lithuania).
The festival line-up also includes a Focus on Israeli production and 14 special sections devoted to unreleased documentaries, films about music and artists, a "Top Ten Krakow" presenting the best films of the last 50 years, and a panorama of Polish production.
(Translated from French)
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