The awards ceremony of the 61st Krakow Film Festival provided Tomasz Wysokiński’s Walk With Angels with its the highest award – the Golden Hobby-Horse. The films Far Eastern Golgotha and The Hangman at Home were also golden winners of the 31 May – 6 June 2021 festival.
Below, find the complete winners list from the 61st Krakow Film Festival.
DRAGON OF DRAGONS AWARD
PIOTR DUMAŁA (Poland)
KFF RECOMMENDATION
WALK WITH ANGELS, dir. Tomasz Wysokiński (Poland)
INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
THE GOLDEN HORN for the director of the best film – Julia Sergina for Far Eastern Golgotha (Russia)
THE SILVER HORN for the director of the film with high artistic values – Oan Kim and Brigitte Bouillot for The Man Who Paints Water Drops (France, South Korea)
THE SILVER HORN for the director of the film on social issues – Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh for Writing with Fire (India)
SPECIAL MENTION for Inside the Red Brick Wall directed by Hong Kong Documentary Filmmaker (Hong Kong)
SPECIAL MENTION for North by Current directed by Angelo Madsen Minax (USA)
FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics) to Gorki Glaser-Müller for Children of the Enemy (Sweden, Denmark)
INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM COMPETITION
GOLDEN DRAGON for the director of the best film – Michelle Kranot and Uri Kranot for The Hangman at Home (Denmark, France, Canada)
SILVER DRAGON for the director of the best documentary film – Raluca Lupascu for God Was Here! (The Netherlands)
SILVER DRAGON for the director of the best animated film – Loris Giuseppe Nese for Bad Mood (Italy)
SILVER DRAGON for the director of the best short fiction film – Declan Lawn and Adam Patterson for Rough (Ireland)
SPECIAL MENTION for Come Here directed by Marieke Elzerman (Belgium)
JURY AWARD for the Best European Film (Krakow Candidate to the European Film Award 2021 in the short film category) – Daniel Grey for Hide (Hungary, France, Canada)
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NATIONAL COMPETITION
GOLDEN HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best film funded by the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association – Tomasz Wysokiński for Walk With Angels (Poland)
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best documentary film over 30 minutes – Tomasz Wolski for 1970 (Poland)
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best documentary film under 30 minutes – Andrzej Cichocki for A Little Bit of Paradise (Poland)
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best animated film – Michalina Musialik for Dog’s Field (Poland)
SILVER HOBBY-HORSE for the director of the best short fiction film – Nastazja Gonera for First Last Summer (Poland)
SPECIAL MENTION – Karolina Kajetanowicz for Green (Poland)
SPECIAL MENTION – Monika Proba for Light Years (Poland)
SPECIAL MENTION – Michał Kawecki for No Hero at All (Poland)
SPECIAL MENTION – Mateusz Kudła, Anna Kokoszka-Romer for film Polański, Horowitz. Hometown (Poland, France, USA)
SPECIAL MENTION – Paweł Mykietyn for film score to Walk With Angels (Poland)
The Award of the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association for the best film editing – Zbigniew Czapla for On Time (Poland)
Maciej Szumowski Award for remarkable social awareness funded by Medicine – Marek Gajczak for Nature Is My Homeland (Poland)
The Award for the best short and documentary films producer in Poland funded by the Polish Producers Alliance (KIPA) – Piotr Kobus and Agnieszka Drewno (Mañana) for the film Walk With Angels (Poland)
Best Cinematography Award under the patronage of The Polish Society of Cinematographers – Andrzej Cichocki for the film A Little Bit of Paradise (Poland)
THE AUDIENCE AWARD
POLAŃSKI, HOROWITZ. HOMETOWN directed by Mateusz Kudła i Anna Kokoszka-Romer (Poland, France, USA)
THE AWARD OF THE STUDENT JURY
Inside the Red Brick Wall (Hong Kong) directed by Hong Kong Documentary Filmmaker
ANIMATED IN POLAND AWARDS
SOUND MIND STUDIO AWARD – a coupon for 10 days of sound postproduction in Sound Mind studio run by Michał Fojcik for the project All My Effing Superheros, dir. Piotr Kabat, prod. Letko
FIXAFILM AWARD – a coupon for image post-production services worth PLN 10 000 founded by Fixafilm for the project Once There Was a Sea…, dir. Joanna Kożuch, prod. B-Film, Animapol
CREW UNITED SPECIAL MENTION – a 5-years’ Premium membership to Crew United platform for the director and producer of the project Eyeshroom, dir. Małgorzata Wowczak, prod. Animated Film Studio – Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow
DOC LAB POLAND AWARDS
HBO Award – 10 000 PLN in cash for the project Papa Was King of Kongo, dir. Joanna Ratajczak, prod. Maciej Kubicki, Joanna Ratajczak (Telemark)
SMAKJAM Award – image postproduction services worth of 25 000 PLN for the project Step by Step, dir. Eliza Kubarska, Michał Woroch, prod. Monika Braid (Braidmade Films)
MX35 Award – film equipment rental services worth of 10 000 PLN for the project Child of Dust, dir. and prod. Weronika Mliczewska (Ya-Man Studio)
DOK Leipzig Special Mention – invitation to DOK Co‐pro Meetings for the project Girl’s Stories, dir. Aga Borzym, prod. Marta Dużbabel, Agnieszka Rostropowicz-Rutkowska (Pinot Films)
AWARDS FOR THE BEST PROJECTS PRESENTED AT DOCS TO GO
Lunapark Award – image postproduction services worth of 15 000 PLN for the project Old Hippies Die Young, dir. Zofia Pręgowska, prod. Zofia Pręgowska (Prego media)
Institute of Documentary Film Special Mention – invitation to East Doc Platform for the project Leon, dir. Wojciech Gostomczyk, prod. Wojciech Gostomczyk, Anna Stylińska – Metrage Studio
AWARD FOR THE BEST PROJECT PRESENTED AT DOCS TO START AND DOCS TO GO
Polish Docs Pro Special Mention – support of international promotion and invitation to one of the key world documentary industry event for the project Base 13, dir. Paweł Hejbudzki, prod. Wojciech Karubin (Movie Mates)
