Gdynia Film Festival
The Gdynia Film Festival (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni) is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk, now held in Gdynia, Poland.[1]
| Gdynia Film Festival | |
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| Awarded for | Excellence in cinematic achievements in Poland |
| Country | Poland |
| First awarded | 1974 |
| Currently held by | Kill It and Leave This Town (2020) |
| Website | festiwalgdynia |
It has taken place every year since 1974, except in 1982 and 1983 when Poland was under martial law.
The organizers of the festival are the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish Filmmakers Association, the Pomeranian Voivodeship Local Government as well as the port city of Gdynia.
The Polish Film Festival award is the Grand Prix Golden Lions (Polish: Złote Lwy), which is different from the Eagle (Polish: Orzeł), awarded at the Polish Film Awards and the Seattle Polish Film Festival (Seattle is the sister city of Gdynia).[2] Special awards include the Platinum Lions (Platynowe Lwy) conferred for lifetime achievements in cinema as well as the Audience Award. Agnieszka Holland is so far the only film director to have been awarded the Grand Prix three times (1981, 2012, 2019). In 2020, Mariusz Wilczyński's Kill It and Leave This Town became the first ever animated film in the festival's history to be awarded the Golden Lions for Best Film.
The jury for the 2008 competition was headed by Robert Gliński, a director who had previously won at the festival.[3]
Past winners of the festival
The Golden Lions Award was not awarded on six occasions: in 1976, four films were instead awarded Main Prizes (Polish: Nagroda Główna); in 1982 and 1983, the festival was not held due to the imposition of the Martial law in Poland; in 1989, 1991 and 1996.
- 1974: Jerzy Hoffman – Potop (The Deluge)
- 1975: Andrzej Wajda – Ziemia obiecana (The Promised Land) , Jerzy Antczak – Noce i dnie (Nights and Days)
- 1976: No award (Main Awards: Jan Łomnicki – Ocalić miasto (To Save the City), Marek Piwowski – Przepraszam, czy tu biją?, Andrzej Wajda – Smuga cienia, Mieczysław Waśkowski – Hazardziści (The Gamblers))
- 1977: Krzysztof Zanussi – Barwy ochronne (Camouflage)
- 1978: Stanisław Różewicz – Pasja, Andrzej Wajda – Bez znieczulenia (Without Anesthesia)
- 1979: Krzysztof Kieślowski – Amator (Camera Buff)
- 1980: Kazimierz Kutz – Paciorki jednego różańca (The Beads of One Rosary)
- 1981: Agnieszka Holland – Gorączka (Fever)
- 1982: Not held due to martial law
- 1983: Not held due to martial law
- 1984: Jerzy Kawalerowicz – Austeria
- 1985: Stanisław Różewicz – Kobieta w kapeluszu (Woman in a Hat)
- 1986: Witold Leszczyński – Siekierezada
- 1987: Janusz Zaorski – Matka Królów (The Mother of Kings)
- 1988: Krzysztof Kieślowski – Krótki film o miłości (A Short Film About Love) as well as Krótki film o zabijaniu (A Short Film About Killing)
- 1989: No award
- 1990: Wojciech Marczewski – Ucieczka z kina "Wolność" (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema)
- 1991: No award
- 1992: Robert Gliński – Wszystko, co najważniejsze
- 1993: Radosław Piwowarski – Kolejność uczuć, Grzegorz Królikiewicz – Przypadek Pekosińskiego
- 1994: Kazimierz Kutz – Zawrócony (Reverted)
- 1995: Juliusz Machulski Girl Guide
- 1996: No award
- 1997: Jerzy Stuhr – Historie miłosne (Love Stories)
- 1998: Jan Jakub Kolski – Historia kina w Popielawach (The History of the Cinema in Popielawy)
- 1999: Krzysztof Krauze – Dług (The Debt)
- 2000: Krzysztof Zanussi – Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową (Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease)
- 2001: Robert Gliński – Cześć Tereska (Hi, Tereska)
- 2002: Marek Koterski – Dzień świra (Day of the Wacko)
- 2003: Dariusz Gajewski – Warszawa (Warsaw)
- 2004: Magdalena Piekorz – Pręgi (Welts)
- 2005: Feliks Falk – Komornik (The Collector)
- 2006: Krzysztof Krauze – Plac Zbawiciela (Saviour Square)
- 2007: Andrzej Jakimowski – Sztuczki (Tricks)
- 2008: Waldemar Krzystek – Mała Moskwa (Little Moscow)
- 2009: Borys Lankosz – Rewers (Reverse)
- 2010: Jan Kidawa-Błoński – Różyczka (Little Rose)
- 2011: Jerzy Skolimowski – Essential Killing
- 2012: Agnieszka Holland – W ciemności (In Darkness)
- 2013: Paweł Pawlikowski − Ida
- 2014: Łukasz Palkowski – Bogowie (Gods)
- 2015: Małgorzata Szumowska – Body/Ciało (Body)
- 2016: Jan P. Matuszyński – Ostatnia rodzina (The Last Family)
- 2017: Piotr Domalewski – Cicha Noc (Silent Night)
- 2018: Paweł Pawlikowski – Zimna wojna (Cold War)
- 2019: Agnieszka Holland – Obywatel Jones (Mr. Jones)
- 2020: Mariusz Wilczyński – Kill It and Leave This Town (Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta)
Gallery
Commemorative festival statue in Gdynia
Music Theatre in Gdynia, the main venue of the festival
Andrzej Seweryn at the 2016 Gdynia Film Festival
Main entrance
See also
References
- "Organizatorzy". Retrieved 2019-09-22.
- The Seattle Times John Hartl, "Polish film festival finds a new home in its 15th year April 25, 2007
- "33rd Polish Film Festival opens in Gdynia" September 15, 2008
External links
- Gdynia Film Festival – Official website (in Polish and English)
- Gdynia Film Festival at the IMDb