2016 POLISH FILM AWARDS: "BODY/CIAŁO" WINS BEST FILM

The 18th Polish Film Awards ceremony was held on March 7 at Warsaw’s Teatr Polski. Małgorzata Szumowska’s Body/Ciało (Body) received four awards, including Best Film. Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicny (The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street) also received a total of four awards.

Winners of the 2016 Polish Film Awards

Best Film

  • Body/Ciało (Body), directed by Małgorzata Szumowska;

Best Director

  • Małgorzata Szumowska – Body/Ciało (Body);

Best Screenplay

  • Kinga Dębska – Moje córki krowy (These Daughters of Mine)

Best Cinematography

  • Arkadiusz Tomiak – Karbala;

Best Production Design

  • Jagna Janicka – Hiszpanka (InfluenZ);

Best Music

  • Wojciech Karolak – Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy (The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street);

Best Editing

  • Agnieszka Glińska – 11 minut (11 Minutes);

Best Costume Design

  • Dorota Roqueplo, Andrzej Szenajch – Hiszpanka (InfluenZ);

Best Sound

  • Krzysztof Jastrząb, Mateusz Irisik – Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy (The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street);

Best Actress

  • Maja Ostaszewska – Body/Ciało (Body);

Best Actor

  • Janusz Gajos – Body/Ciało (Body);

Best Supporting Actress

  • Anna Dymna – Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy (The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street);

Best Supporting Actor

  • Wojciech Pszoniak – Excentrycy, czyli po słonecznej stronie ulicy (The Eccentrics. The Sunny Side of the Street);

Best Documentary

  • Aktorka (The Actress), directed by Kinga Dębska, Maria Konwicka;

Best Feature TV Series

  • Prokurator, directed by Jacek Filipiak, Maciej Pieprzyca;

Discovery of the Year

  • Agnieszka Smoczyńska, director of Córki Dancingu (The Lure);

Best European Film

  • Youth, directed by Paolo Sorrentino;

Audience Award

  • Moje córki krowy (These Daughters of Mine), directed by Kinga Dębska;

Lifetime Achievement Award for Janusz Gajos

The Lifetime Achievement Award was presented to actor Janusz Gajos by Piotr Gliński, Minister of Culture and National Heritage.

Dariusz Jabłoński Elected President of the Polish Film Academy

The Polish Film Academy voted to elect Dariusz Jabłoński to the position of head of the Academy. Jabłoński has held this post since March 2012. During the awards ceremony, filmmakers expressed solidarity with Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and called for his release.

Translated by Karolina Kołtun

08.03.2016