WFF DAY 10.
NEWS
Award Winners of the 41st Warsaw Film Festival
The International Competition Jury, composed of Lone Scherfig, Joanna Szymańska, Václav Marhoul, Anatol Schuster, and Volodymyr Yatsenko, has granted the following awards:
On Saturday 18.10, we will find out the winners of the 41st Warsaw Film Festival Awards
Seven days filled with world film premieres, inspiring meetings with filmmakers, lively discussions about the art of cinema, and accompanying events that drew crowds of movie lovers to seven festival venues are now behind us. During the week, Warsaw Industry Days also took place – a series of meetings aimed at film industry professionals and film students. The festival continues until Sunday, October 19, and tomorrow we will learn the winners of the 41st Warsaw Film Festival Awards!
Although much of the festival is already behind us, audiences still have three more days full of premieres and meetings with artists ahead – the Warsaw Film Festival continues to pulse with the energy of cinema – new discoveries, conversations, and emotions that connect viewers with creators. The current program and tickets for screenings are available at https://wff.pl/pl/programme
Short Films Competition at the 41st Warsaw Film Festival
One of the most prestigious sections of the Warsaw Film Festival is the Short Film Competition, which for years has attracted the most talented young filmmakers from around the world, offering them a chance to qualify for the race to the Oscars. This is where many renowned directors started their careers, including Saulė Bliuvaitė (Golden Leopard winner in Locarno for Toxic), Arnar Guðmundsson (internationally awarded Heartstone), Amanda Kernell (Sami Blood, awarded in Venice), Rúnar Rúnarsson (later winner of the Golden Shell for Sparrows), and Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Pamfir).
“Cinema, My Love” – a new star-studded section of the 41st Warsaw International Film Festival
A new highlight of this year’s Warsaw International Film Festival will be the star-studded section “Cinema, My Love”, in which distinguished guests from the world of cinema will present films of personal significance and then meet with audiences for a conversation after the screening.
At Warsaw’s Iluzjon cinema, four exceptional films will be shown, selected by film journalist Grażyna Torbicka and actors Andrzej Chyra, Maciej Zakościelny, and Piotr Witkowski. Each screening is not only an opportunity to watch a film chosen by a guest, but also a chance to engage in a discussion about its personal meaning.
The section “Cinema, My Love”, as well as the 41st edition of the Warsaw International Film Festival, is organized in partnership with the National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute (FINA).
Please note: SCREENINGS IN THIS SECTION ARE PRESENTED WITH POLISH SUBTITLES ONLY, AND THE POST-SCREENING DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GUESTS WILL BE CONDUCTED IN POLISH WITHOUT TRANSLATION.
FESTIVAL BLOG
Animation always meant freedom
Reinis Kalnaellis talks about Thelma’s Perfect Birthday
Only life can write scripts like this
Joanna Deja talks about What the.. hen?
Modern motherhood and a search for belonging
Janicke Askevold talks about Solomamma
I don’t like “political art” but I like art in politics
Karolis Kaupinis talks about Hunger Strike Breakfast
Meditation on closeness
Jon Einarsson Gustafsson talks about Anorgasmia
It's a film about storytelling
Sergio Oksman talks about A Scary Movie
I don’t want to be the kind of director who makes the same movie over and over again
Moonika Siimets talks The Black Hole, winner of the Free Spirit Competition
Humility and determination
Nathaniel C. T. Jackson talks about Ice Maiden
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