The 56th Krakow Film Festival comes to a close
- A controversial documentary about the assassination of one of Putin’s leading opponents takes the main prize
The 56th edition of the Krakow Film Festival concluded over the weekend with a bevy of award winners in both the documentary and short categories.
In the International Documentary Competition, the Golden Horn for Best Film went to Zosya Rodkevich for My Friend Boris Nemtsov [+see also:
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In the secondary Silver Horn categories, awards were won by Romeo e Giulietta [+see also:
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The festival’s Short Film Award, the Golden Dragon, went to Israeli film The Mute’s House, directed by Tamar Kay, while the Golden Heynal – for the Festival’s DocFilmMusic competiton – went to Swiss documentary Melody of Noise. Plaudits in the National Competition went to Wojciech Kasperski for Icon, in which the history of a Siberian psychiatric hospital is laid bare.
The list of feature film winners:
International Competition
Golden Horn for Best Film
My Friend Boris Nemtsov [+see also:
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Silver Horn for Best Medium-Length Documentary Film
Romeo e Giulietta [+see also:
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Silver Horn for Best Feature-Length Documentary Film
Manor - Pier-Luc Latulippe and Martin Fournier
Award for Best Cinematography
Kristina Sereikaitė – Dead Ears (directed by Linas Mikuta)
National Competition
Golden Hobby-Horse for Best Film
Wojciech Kasperski – Icon
Silver Hobby-Horse for Best Documentary Film
Paweł Łoziński – You Have No Idea How Much I Love You
Silver Hobby-Horse for Best Animated Film
Marta Pajek - Impossible Figures and Other Stories II
Silver Hobby-Horse for Best Fiction Film
Piotr Adamski – The Opening
Polish Filmmakers Association Award for Best Film Editing
Tymoteusz Wiskirski – Icon
Maciej Szumowski Award for Remarkable Social Awareness
Wojciech Kasperski – Icon
Award for Best Short and Documentary Films Producer in Poland
Agnieszka Wasiak from Lava Films Sp. z o.o. for 21 X New York [+see also:
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Polish Society of Cinematographers Award for Best Cinematography
Wojciech Kasperski – Icon
DocFilmMusic - Golden Heynal for Best Film
Gitta Gsell – Melody of Noise
FIPRESCI Prize
Icon – Wojciech Kasperski
Audience Poll Award
Who’s Gonna Love Me Now? [+see also:
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