Winners at Kraków Film Festival

Unmistaken Child by Israeli director Nati Baratz was awarded the Golden Horn at the 49th Kraków Film Festival which wound up 4 June. The Golden Dragon, an award for the best film in the International Competition, was given to Moshe Zimmerman for Pizza in Auschwitz. The Golden Hobby Horse Award in the National Competition was given to Bartek Konopka for his film Rabbit à la Berlin (Królik po berlińsku).

The full list of awards:

 

FEATURE-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

 

The Golden Horn Award: Unmistaken Child by Nati Baratz (Israel);

 

The Silver Horn Award: Sergei the Healer by Petteri Saario and Juha Taskinena (Finland);

 

Jury Honorary Diplomas: Rough Aunties by Kim Longinotto (Great Britain);

 

The Student Jury of the city of Kraków: Unmistaken Child by Nati Baratz (Israel).

 

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

 

The Golden Dragon: Pizza in Auschwitz by Moshe Zimmerman (Israel);

 

The Silver Dragon for Director of the Best Animated Film: Ten (Dix) by BIF – Fabrice le Nezet, Francois Roisin, Jules Janaud (France);

 

The Silver Dragon for Director of the Best Feature Film: Leaving by Richard Penfold and Samuel Hearn (Great Britain);

 

The Silver Dragon for Director of the Best Documentary Film: Poste Restante by Marcel Łoziński (Poland);

 

EFA Nomination Krakow 2009 – nomination to European Film Award in short film competition: Poste Restante by Marcel Łoziński (Poland).

 

Honorary Diplomas: Wagah by Supriyo Sen (Germany), Hugo King and His Damsel by. Franco de Peña (Poland/ Venezuela), Six and a Half Minutes in Tel Aviv by Mirey Brantz (Israel).

 

The FIPRESCI (International Film Critics) Award: Poste Restante by Marcel Łoziński (Poland).

 

The FICC (International Federation of Film Discussion Clubs) Jury – Don Quichote Award: Goleshovo by Ilian Meteva (Bulgaria/Great Britain).

 

Honorary Diploma: Leaving by Richard Penfold and Sam Hearn (Great Britain).

 

The Student Jury of the city of Kraków: My Amulet by Leah Thorn (Great Britain), and Skhizein by Jérémy Clapin (France).

 

NATIONAL COMPETITION

 

The Golden Hobby-Horse: Rabbit à la Berlin (Królik po berlińsku) by Bartek Konopka;

 

The Silver Hobby-Horse for director of the Best Documentary Film: Chemo (Chemia) by Paweł Łoziński;

 

The Silver Hobby-Horse for director of the Best Animated Film: Chick (Laska) by Michał Socha;

 

The Silver Hobby-Horse for director of the Best Feature Film: Echo by Magnus von Horn.

 

Honorary Diplomas: Early Learning (Nauczanie początkowe) by Marcin Bortkiewicz; Uncle (Wujek) by Maciej Sznabl and Tomasz Madejski for cinematography on Sleep Walkers (Lunatycy).

 

The President of the Association of Polish Filmmakers Award: An Ordinary March (Zwyczajny marzec) by Maria Zmarz Koczanowicz, and Sometime Ago in Africa (Kiedyś w Afryce) by Piotr Jaworski, and for Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk – best documentary film editing.

 

Maciej Szumowski Award funded by Kino Polska Television: Where the Sun Doesn’t Rush (Tam gdzie słońce się nie spieszy) by Matej Bobrik.

 

Bronisław Chromy Sculpture for the best Polish short and documentary films producer: Anna Wydra for Rabbit à la Berlin (Królik po berlińsku).

 

The Student Jury of the city of Kraków: Side-Track (Bocznica) by Anna Kazejak (Poland).

 

The President of Polish State Television – award for the best documentary film director: Anna Kazejak for Side-Track (Bocznica), and award for the author of the best shoots in a documentary film: Jakub Giza for cinematography on Side-Track (Bocznica).

 

Translated by Monika Miziniak | Edited by Patricia Koza