Nominations for the Polish Film Awards

Michał Żebrowski. Photo by Marcin Kułakowski, Polish Film Institute

The nominations for the 2012 Polish Film Awards (Eagles) were presented on February 7 in the Primate’s Palace in Warsaw by previous Eagle winners and nominees.

Polish cinematography is getting stronger

– It is the 14th edition of the Polish Film Awards and we have never had so many candidates, 41 films this year indicate that Polish cinematography is getting stronger and can attract every viewer (…). This year’s edition is crucial as for the first time members of the Polish Film Academy could watch the films not only in cinemas but also on the Internet – said Dariusz Jabłoński, the organiser and initiator of the event, before the announcement of nominations.

List of nominations for the 2012 Polish Film Awards:

Best Film:

• Róża (Rosa) by Wojciech Smarzowski
• Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room) by Jan Komasa
• W ciemności (In Darkness) by Agnieszka Holland

Best Director:

• Wojciech Smarzowski – Róża (Rosa)
• Jan Komasa – Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room)
• Agnieszka Holland – W ciemności (In Darkness)

Best Screenplay:

• Michał Szczerbic – Róża (Rosa)
• Jan Komasa – Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room)
• David F. Shamoon – W ciemności (In Darkness)
• Janusz Margański, Greg Zglinski – Wymyk (The Courage)

Discovery of the Year:

• Leszek Dawid – Ki (My Name is Ki)
• Jan Komasa – Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room)
• Adrian Panek – Daas

Best Photography:

• Jolanta Dylewska – W ciemności (In Darkness)
• Lech Majewski, Adam Sikora – Młyn i Krzyż (The Mill and the Cross)
• Piotr Sobociński Jr. – Róża (Rosa)

Best Editing:

• Marcin Kot Bastkowski – 1920. Bitwa warszawska (1920. Battle of Warsaw)
• Rafał Listopad – Czarny czwartek. Janek Wiśniewski padł (Black Thursday)
• Jarosław Kamiński – Ki (My Name is Ki)
• Bartosz Pietras – Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room)
• Anna Wagner – W imieniu diabła (In the Name of the Devil)

Best Leading Actress:

• Roma Gąsiorowska-Żurawska – Ki (My Name is Ki)
• Agata Kulesza – Róża (Rosa)
• Agnieszka Grochowska – W ciemności (In Darkness)

Best Leading Actor:

• Marcin Dorociński – Róża (Rosa)
• Jakub Gierszał – Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room)
• Robert Więckiewicz – W ciemności (In Darkness)

Best Supporting Actress:

• Kinga Preis – Róża (Rosa) and W ciemności (In Darkness)
• Roma Gąsiorowska-Żurawska – Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room)

Best Supporting Actor:

• Adam Ferency – 1920. Bitwa warszawska (1920. Battle of Warsaw)
• Wojciech Pszoniak – Kret (The Mole)
• Jacek Braciak – Róża (Rosa)

Best Original Score:

• Michał Lorenc – Czarny czwartek. Janek Wiśniewski padł (Black Thursday)
• Józef Skrzek, Lech Majewski – Młyn i Krzyż (The Mill and the Cross)
• Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz – W ciemności (In Darkness)

Best Sound:

• Katarzyna Dzida-Hamela, Jacek Hamela – Róża (Rosa)
• Krzysztof Jastrząb – Mała matura 1947 (The Rite of Passage)
• Bartosz Putkiewicz – Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room)

Best Production Design:

• Andrzej Haliński – 1920. Bitwa warszawska (1920. Battle of Warsaw)
• Erwin Prib, Katarzyna Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński – W ciemności (In Darkness)
• Katarzyna Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński – Młyn i Krzyż (The Mill and the Cross)

Best Costume Design:

• Barbara Sikorska-Bouffał – Daas
• Dorota Roqueplo – Młyn i Krzyż (The Mill and the Cross)
• Jagna Janicka, Katarzyna Lewińska – W ciemności (In Darkness)

Best European Film:

• The King’s Speech
• Melancholia
• Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The first stage of voting was finished on February 2. There are 41 films taking part in this year’s, 14th edition of the Polish Film Awards. The Polish Film Academy has got over 500 members. The Polish Film Awards vote is a mail-in, classified, and two-stage process.

Further details available at: www.pnf.pl.

Translated by Monika Miziniak