The Short Film Competition and the Young Cinema Competition: Selection Results

The 40th Gdynia Film Festival announces the selection results for the Short Film Competition and the Young Cinema Competition.

THE SHORT FILM COMPETITION (14 films)

“The Swimming Pool” by Krzysztof Pawłowski, prod. Munk Studio SFP
“Circus Maximus” by Bartek Kulas, prod. Munk Studio SFP
“Daughter” by Tomasz Wolski, prod. Munk Studio SFP
“Decay” by Michał Sterzyński, prod. Stern Pictures Production
“The Pit” by Leszek Molski, prod. Munk Studio SFP
“If you’re reading this” by Tomasz Suski, prod. Tomasz Suski
“Liar” by Maciej Wiktor, prod. Maciej Wiktor / Zespół Filmowy Peryskop
“The food chain complexity in afforested grounds” by Maciej Gajewski, prod. Filmg85
“Moloch” by Szymon Kapeniak, prod. Munk Studio SFP
“Parisian Girl” by Stefan Łazarski, prod. Munk Studio SFP
“Creature” by Aleksandra Gowin and Ireneusz Grzyb, prod. Munk Studio SFP
“The Test” by Teresa Czepiec, prod. Mental Disorder 4
“Umbra” by Urszula Nawrot, prod. Copalfilm
“Exhale” by Maciej Wiktor, prod. Maciej Wiktor / Zespół Filmowy Peryskop

THE YOUNG CINEMA COMPETITION (20 films)

“The Bus” by Jan Grobliński, PWSFTviT
“Charon” by Paweł Hejbudzki, WSF
“The Moment” by Piotr Domalewski, WRiTV UŚ
“Tenderness” by Emilia Zielonka, GSF
“Drygawica” by Emil Kalus, PWSFTviT
“Grandma’s Day” by Miłosz Sakowski, GSF
“Giant” by Tomasz Jeziorski, PWSFTviT
“Hangover” by Maciej Buchwald, PWSFTviT
“Travelling” by Karolina Zaleszczuk, GSF
“Luna” by Filip Gieldon, PWSFTviT
“Rap Brothers” by Adrian Apanel, GSF
“Equation” by Mary Tamkovich, WSF
“Hurly-Burly” by Kuba Czekaj, WRiTV UŚ
“Laughter in the Dark” by Marta Trela, PWSFTviT
“Supernova” by Andrzej Cichocki, WRiTV UŚ
“The Kid” by Karol Starnawski, PWSFTviT
“Our little game” by Katarzyna Lesisz, PWSFTviT
“What I want” by Damian Kocur, WRiTV UŚ
“Tropical Island” by Filip Hillesland, WSF
“In the corner” by Maciej Bartosz Kruk, GSF

Let us remind that since 2015, the Young Cinema Competition is a section which presents solely short feature films and graduation short films by film school students. As in the previous years, there are two awards given in the Competition: the Lucjan Bokiniec (the Festival’s founder) Main Prize in the amount of PLN 10,000 and the Special Prize in the amount of PLN 5,000. The films presented in the Short Film Competition will fight for two awards as well: the Ewa Kamirska Main Prize in the amount of PLN 15,000 and the Special Prize for the creative boldness, funded by Multimedia Polska, in the amount of PLN 5,000.

This year, the Organizing Committee decided to resign from the Polish Independent Cinema Review. Instead, since 2015, the Short Film Competition is an integral part of the Festival. It presents Polish short feature films except for short films and graduation films of film school students.

“In my opinion, this year’s change consisting in the creation of two clearly defined competitions worked perfectly well as soon as on the selection stage. Since this edition of the Festival, it will be clear that the Young Cinema Competition presents school films and the Short Film Competition gathers the productions of various entities, including the Munk Studio,” says the Artistic Director of the Festival, Michał Oleszczyk. “In this way, students do not have to compete with professionals and independent filmmakers, and the prizes in both competitions will be more well-defined in character.”

The 40th Gdynia Film Festival will be held from 14th to 19th September 2015.