Winners

The Grand Prize of the 44th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia Golden Lions for the best film Mr. Jones went to director Agnieszka Holland and producers: Stanisław Dziedzic, Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Andrea Chalupa.

Silver Lions of the 44th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia for Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz went to director Maciej Pieprzyca and producers: Renata Czarnkowska-Listoś, Maria Gołoś

Special Award of the 44th Polish Film Festival for a proposal of perfectly made genre film went to Łukasz Kośmicki, the director of The Coldest Game.

Individual Awards went to:

Jan Komasa for directing, Corpus Christi
Mateusz Pacewicz for screenplay, Corpus Christi
Bartosz Kruhlik for directing debut or second film, Supernova
Witold Płóciennik for cinematography, Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz

Leszek Możdżer for music, Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz
Grzegorz Piątkowski for art direction, Mr. Jones
Marcin Jachyra, Jarosław Czernichowski, Oliwier Synkowski, Marcin Lenarczyk for sound, Interior
Robert Gryka, Wolfgang Weigl, Krzysztof Arszennik for film editing, The Coldest Game
Jolanta Dańda for make-up, Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz
Agata Culak for costumes, Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz
Eliza Rycembel, actress in a supporting role, Corpus Christi
Sebastian Stankiewicz, actor in a supporting role, Mr. T
Magdalena Boczarska, actress in a leading role, Pilsudski
Dawid Ogrodnik, actor in a leading role, Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz
Zofia Domalik, professional acting debut, All for My Mother.

The Jury members want to indicate with regret the lack of Visions Apart section which would let to appreciate films such as The Valley of the Gods, Bird Talk and Interior.

Platinum Lions for lifetime achievement went to Krzysztof Zanussi.

During the Awards Ceremony of the 44th PFF also the Lucjan Bokiniec Award for Best Film in the Short Film Competition was granted to Hubert Patynowski for the film Don’t Change the Topic.

Audience Award, granted as the result of voting by festival cinemas audience and founded by Kino Polska Television – Jan Komasa for Corpus Christi.