Saturday, June 6, 2020 saw the 60th Krakow Film Festival celebrate their jubilee edition with an awards gala.
As with the entire film festival, the event was broadcast online, led by Maciej Stuhr. At home, a large audience gathered in proving that a pandemic does not prevent true love of cinema and this festival! Below are all the documentary winners from 2020
International Documentary Competition
- Golden Horn: Acasa, My Home (dir. Radu Ciorniciuc) – Romania, Finland, Germany
- Silver Horn (high artistic value): The Whale from Lorino (dir. Maciej Cuske for) – Poland
- Silver Horn (social issues: Sunless Shadows (dir. Mehrdad Oskouei) – Iran, Norway
- Special Mention: Hey! Teachers! (dir. Yulia Vishnevets) – Russia
- FIPRESCI International Film Critics Prize: The Self Portrait (dir. Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset, Espen Wallin)- Norway
- KFF recommendation European Film Award Recommendation: The Self Portrait (dir. Margreth Olin, Katja Hogset, Espen Wallin)- Norway & Punta Sacra (dir. Francesca Mazzoleni) – Italy
- Dragon of Dragons Award (contribution to the development of the world documentary film): PÉTER FORGÁCS (Hungary)
International Short Film Competition
- Golden Dragon: Just a Gay (dir. Shoko Hara) – Germany
- Silver Dragon: Golden Buttons (dir. Alex Evstigneev) – Russia
- Jury Award for the Best European Film – Golden Buttons (dir. Alex Evstigneev) – Russia
International DocFilmMusic Competition
- Golden Heyal: Pearl of the Desert (dir. Pushpendra Singh)
- Special Mention: White Riot (dir. Rubika Shah) – Great Britain
National Competition
- Golden Hobby-Horse: An Ordinary Country (dir. Tomasz Wolski) – Poland
- Silver Hobby-Horse (documentary): Sonny (dir. Paweł Chorzępa) – Poland
- Best Film Editing: Katarzyna Orzechowska for The Whale from Lorino
- Remarkable Social Awareness: xABo: Father Boniecki (dir. Aleksandra Potoczek) – Poland
- Best Short and Documentary Film Producer in Poland: Mikołaj Pokromski & Aldona Pokromska from Pokromski Studio for The Whale from Lorino
- Special Mention (documentary): Pollywood (dir. Paweł Ferdek) – Poland
Student Jury
- Sunless Shadows (dir. Mehrdad Oskouei) – Iran, Norway
KFF Industry and Doc Lab Poland Awards
- HBO Award: Debut, (dir. Aleksandra Maciejczyk, prod. Marta Gmosińska, Lava Films)
- ColorOffOn Award – Don’t Mess with Gienek (dir. Grzegorz Szczepaniak, prod. Joanna Popowicz WF Anagram)
- DOK Leipzig Special Mention: Gypsy Gadji (dir. Dasa Raimanova, prod. Rafał Sakowski, Story Vehicle)
- FIPADOC Special Mention: Easy Rider Behind the Iron Curtain (dir. Andrzej Miękus, prod. Olga Bieniek, FilmIcon)
- Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation Special Mention: Nina Gets Married (dir. Andrzej Szypulski, prod. Anna Reichel, Fine Day Promotion)
- Polish Docs Pro Special Mention: When Harmattan Blows (dir. Edyta Wróblewska, prod. Marta Dużbabel, With Passion Production)
Doc Lab Poland Awarads 2020 for projects presented at Docs to Go!
- ColorOffOn Award: Until the Wedding (dir. Daniel Stopa, prod. Małgorzata Staroń, Joanna Tatko, Staron-Film)
- Institute of Documentary Film Special Mentio: Workcenter (dir. Aniela Gabryel, prod. Agnieszka Dziedzic, Koi Studio)
- Władysław Ślesicki Film Foundation Special Mentions: I am one of them (dir. Nadim Suleiman, prod. Jacek Bławut,
- Luiza Pietrzak, Palmyra Films) & Lesson of Freedom (dir. Tadeusz Chudy, Bartosz Łuniewski, prod. Rafał Sakowski, Story Vehicle)
