41st Gdynia Film Festival. Jury Verdicts

Main Competition

Jury of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival composed of:

Chairman of the Jury:

FILIP BAJON

Members of the Jury:

LENNY ABRAHAMSON
MAGDALENA GÓRKA
BARTOSZ KARCZYŃSKI
ALEKSANDRA MAŚLIK
ŁUKASZ ORBITOWSKI
KINGA PREIS
GARY YERSHON

have granted the following awards:

1. THE GRAND PRIX of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival “GOLDEN LIONS” for the best film THE LAST FAMILY goes to the director JAN P. MATUSZYŃSKI

and

THE GRAND PRIX of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival “GOLDEN LIONS” for the best film THE LAST FAMILY goes to the producers: LESZEK BODZAK and ANETA HICKINBOTHAM

2. THE “SILVER LIONS” AWARD of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival for the film I’M A KILLER goes to the director MACIEJ PIEPRZYCA

and

THE “SILVER LIONS” AWARD of the 41st Gdynia Film Festival for the film I’M A KILLER goes to the producers RENATA CZARNKOWSKA-LISTOŚ and MARIA GOŁOŚ

3. THE SPECIAL AWARD OF THE JURY for the courage in going beyond the genre limits in the film THE RED SPIDER goes to the director MARCIN KOSZAŁKA

4. INDIVIDUAL AWARDS:

to TOMASZ WASILEWSKI for the directing of the film UNITED STATES OF LOVE
to MACIEJ PIEPRZYCA for the screenplay of the film I’M A KILLER
to BARTOSZ M. KOWALSKI for the directing debut in the film PLAYGROUND
to PIOTR SOBOCIŃSKI jr for the cinematography of the film HATRED
to MOTION TRIO compose of: JANUSZ WOJTAROWICZ, PAWEŁ BARANEK, MARCIN GAŁAŻYN for the music of the film THE HAPPINESS OF THE WORLD
to TOMASZ BARTCZAK, ANDRZEJ KOWALCZYK for set direction of the film THE HAPPINESS OF THE WORLD
to MATEUSZ ADAMCZYK, MARCIN KASIŃSKI, KACPER HABISIAK for the sound in the film THE HIGH FRONTIER
to BEATA WALENTOWSKA for the editing of the film UNITED STATES OF LOVE
to EWA DROBIEC for the make up in the film HATRED
to MONIKA KALETA for the costumes in the film UNITED STATES OF LOVE
to MICHALINA ŁABACZ for the professional acting debut in the film HATRED
to DOROTA KOLAK as an actress in a supporting role in the film UNITED STATES OF LOVE
to ŁUKASZ SIMLAT as an actor in a supporting role in the film UNITED STATES OF LOVE
to ALEKSANDRA KONIECZNA as an actress in a leading role in the film THE LAST FAMILY
to ANDRZEJ SEWERYN as an actor in a leading role in the film THE LAST FAMILY

Special Out-of-Competition Jury Award: Andrzej Wajda, AFTERIMAGE

Visions Apart Competition

The Jury of the Visions Apart Competition composed of

Chairwoman of the Jury

Monika Strzępka

Members of the Jury

Elżbieta Benkowska
Marcin Bortkiewicz

Distinction: ZUD, dir. Marta Minorowicz

Golden Claw

ex aequo

OFFICE FOR MONUMENT CONSTRUCTION, dir. Karolina Breguła

EDERLY, dir. Piotr Dumała

and

Audience Award – THE LAST FAMILY, dir. Jan. P. Matuszyński

Platinum Lions – Janusz Majewski

The 41st Gdynia Film Festival was held from 19 to 24 September 2016. The Organizers of the 41st GFF are: the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, the Polish Film Institute, the Polish Filmmakers Association, the Marshal of the Pomorskie Voivodeship and the President of the City of Gdynia, the co-organizers are: TVP S.A. and HBO. The producer of the Festival is the Pomeranian Film Foundation. The Director of the Festival is Leszek Kopeć, the Artistic Director is Michał Oleszczyk. The Festival is supported by numerous partners and sponsors. The Main Sponsors of the 41st GFF are the partners of the event: PKN ORLEN and PKO Bank Polski.

The Sponsor of the Audience Award is Telewizja Kino Polska.