We are proud to publish the list of winners of this year’s competitions!
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Jury members: Sigrid Hadenius, Ilya Marcus, Paweł Wieszczeciński decided to award following films:
I Award – 10 000 PLN
Déploiements (Deployments), dir. Stéphanie Lagarde, France/Netherlands 2018
The award was presented for: unique cinematic work which strikes with captivating imagery, creating a foreboding feeling and a sense of deconstructed masculinity.
II Award – 5 000 PLN
Câm Lặng (The Mute), dir. An Pham Thien, USA/Vietnam 2018
For the rich use of cinematic techniques that voice a condition of hopelessness.
III Award – 2 500 PLN
Gardhi (Fence) – dir. Lendita Zeqiraj, Kosovo/Croatia/France 2018
For an innocent view into the contrast between childhood and adulthood.
Audience Award – 2 500 PLN
Tungrus, dir. Rushi Chandna, India 2017
POLISH COMPETITON
Jury members: Sigrid Hadenius, Ilya Marcus i Paweł Wieszczeciński presented following awards:
I Award – 10 000 PLN
Gość (The Guest), reż. Sebastian Weber, Polska 2018
The film is an intimate and honest portrait of a world we rarely get exposed to. In a respectful, eloquent and direct way, the director gives us an insight into the protagonist’s universe.
II Award – 5 000 PLN
Jestem synem górnika (I am a Miner’s Son), dir. Michał Soja i Róża Duda, Poland 2018
By taking the audience on an immersive journey in a first-person point of view, the director leads us through a dialogue between man and space.
III Award – 2 500 PLN
O Jezu! (Oh, God!), reż. Betina Bożek, Polska 2017
For its combination of joyfulness and grotesqueness within the small time frame, we award
Audience Award – Siostry (The Sisters), dir. Michał Hytroś, Polska 2017
DANCES WITH CAMERA
Jury members: Sarah Möller, Francesca Poglie i Jeannette Ginslov pronounced the following verdict:
I Award – 5 000 PLN
Sisters, dir. Daphne Lucker, Holandia 2018
The subject matter with an elegant sensitivity. Use of camera, editing and choreography are well integrated and sophisticated. Outstanding performance quality.
II Award- 3 000 PLN
Competing for Sunlight: Ash, dir.Dagmar Dachauer, Austria 2017
The director treats the subject of loss with care and a refined sensibility in both medium of delivery and gesture.
III Award – 1 000 PLN
Altera, dir.Baptiste Rouveure, Francja 2018
The film inverts the dialogue between bodies, emotions and architectural spans. Camera and edit are well thought out, shifting the emotions of finding otherness.
Audience Award – 1 000 PLN
Sisters, dir.Daphne Lucker, Holandia 2018
URBAN VIEW
Audience Award – 2 000 PLN
Operation Jane Walk, dir. Robin Klengel i Leonhard Müllner, Austria 2018
Congratulations to all winners!
