03/03/2005

On Sunday night in Warsaw, the 7th ceremony of the yearly Polish cinema awards will reveal this year’s Orly winners. Three favourites are predominant in this year’s list of nominees in the 14 categories : Mój Nikifor by Krzysztof Krauze and Wesele by Wojciech Smarzowski got 10 nominations each, just before Magdalena Piekorz’s first feature, Pregi, which was nominated in 9 categories and already granted a prize from the Polish press. There are other movies which should not be overlooked : Ubu Król by Piotr Szulkin (4 nominations), Vinci by Juliusz Machulski running in three categories, notably for Best Film and Best Director, and Symetria by Konrad Niewolski (3 nominations). This year’s Orlys will allow other countries to discover a cinema which is quite weak, productionwise —only 13 features met the conditions required to apply for an Orly (ie. having been on the national screens for at least a week in 2004) as opposed to 18 last year.
It is also worth mentioning that, for the first time, the Polish Cinema Academy will give an Orly to the Best European Film of the year. Amongst the nominees, we find Girl with a Pearl Earring [+see also:
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Full list of nominees

Best Film :
Mój Nikifor by Krzysztof Krauze
Vinci by Juliusz Machulski
Wesele by Wojciech Smarzowski

Best Director :
Krzysztof Krauze (Mój Nikifor)
Juliusz Machulski (Winci)
Wojciech Smarzowski (Wesele)

Best Actor :
Michal Zebrowski (Pregi)
Jan Peszek (Ubu Król)
Marian Dziedziel (Wesele)

Best Actress :
Krystyna Feldman (Mój Nikifor)
Agnieszka Grochowska (Pregi)
Katarzyna Figura (Ubu Król)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role :
Jan Frycz (Pregi)
Borys Szyc (Symetria)
Arkadiusz Jakubik (Wesele)
Krzysztof Globisz (Zerwany)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role :
Dorota Kaminska (Pregi)
Kinga Preis (Symetria)
Iwona Bielska (Wesele)

Best European Film:
Girl with a Pearl Earring
The Return
The Bad Education

Best Picture:
Krzysztof Ptak (Mój Nikifor)
Marcin Koszalka (Pregi)
Arkadiusz Tomiak (Symetria)

Best Script :
Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos (Mój Nikifor)
Wojciech Kuczok (Pregi)
Juliusz Machulski (Vinci)
Wojciech Smarzowski (Wesele)

Best Music :
Bartlomiej Gliniak (Mój Nikifor)
Pawel Mykietyn (Ono)
Adrian Konarski (Pregi)
Ryszart Tymon Tymanski (Wesele)

Best Scenery:
Magdalena Dipont (Mój Nikifor)
Joanna Doroszkiewicz et Ewa Skoczkowska (Pregi)
Barbara Ostapowicz (Wesele)

Best Costumes :
Dorota Raqueplo (Mój Nikifor)
Magdalena Biedrzycka (Ubu Król)
Magdalena Maciejewska (Wesele)

Best Editing :
Krzysztof Szpetmanski (Mój Nikifor)
Elzbieta Kurkowska (Ubu Król)
Pawel Laskowski (Wesele)

Best Sound :
Nikodem Wolk-Laniewski (Mój Nikifor)
Marek Wronko (Nigdy w zyciu)
Michal Zarnecki (Pregi)

(Translated from French)