THREE POLISH DOCUMENTARIES ON THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS SHORTLIST
Michał Marczak’s “Closure”, Alisa Kovalenko and Marysia Nikitiuk’s “Traces”, and Andrei Kutsila’s “Letters from the Silenced Country” have been selected for the documentary shortlist of the 39th European Film Awards. The three Polish productions and co-productions are among just 15 documentaries still in the running for a nomination for one of Europe’s most prestigious film honours. The nominations will be announced on 14 November, while the 39th European Film Awards ceremony will take place in Athens on 16 January 2027.
FULL IDFA PROGRAMME ANNOUNCED: EIGHT POLISH PRODUCTIONS IN AMSTERDAM
The full programme of this year’s International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam has now been unveiled. No fewer than eight Polish productions and co-productions are featured across the International Competition, Frontlight, Luminous, Signed, Best of Fests, Dead Angle and IDFA DocLab. This year’s edition of one of the world’s leading documentary film festivals will take place from 12 to 22 November.
FOUR POLISH FILMS AT THE 30TH JI.HLAVA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL
Three contemporary Polish documentaries and the classic “Workers ’80” have been selected for the anniversary 30th edition of the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival. Łukasz Konopa’s “Kashpirovsky: Under His Spell” and Michał Krawczyk’s “Under the Canopy” will compete in the festival’s competition sections, Michał Marczak’s “Closure” will screen in Constellations, while Andrzej Chodakowski and Andrzej Zajączkowski’s “Workers ’80” will be presented as part of the “Films That Changed the World” retrospective. The festival will take place from 23 October to 1 November.
EWA PYTKA’S “JULIA PIROTTE – BEAUTY AND STRENGTH” WINS AN AWARD AT THE MONTREAL WOMEN FILM FESTIVAL
Ewa Pytka’s documentary “Julia Pirotte – Beauty and Strength” has received an award at the Montreal Women Film Festival. Bringing back into the spotlight an extraordinary Polish-Jewish photojournalist and member of the French Resistance, the film once again draws international attention to the story of a woman whose life became intertwined with some of the defining events of the 20th century.
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