Warsaw International Film Festival has unveiled the full list of award winners for 2022 festival, which took place in the Polish city of Warsaw from October 14-23.
Warsaw Film Festival (Polish: Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival has been held every year since 1985.
In 2008, it was recognized by FIAPF (International Federation of Film Producers Associations) as a competitive film festival specialized in first and second features and films from Central and Eastern Europe.
Warsaw Film Festival (WFF) is an Academy Award® qualifying festival for the short film categories. Winners of Grand Prix for Best Short Film, Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film will be eligible for consideration in the short film categories of the Academy Awards® without the standard theatrical run, provided the film otherwise complies with the Academy Rules.
Scroll down for the complete list of the 2022 Warsaw International Film Festival award Winners.
Warsaw International Film Festival award winners
International Competition
Warsaw Grand Prix
MAY LABOR DAY (PRAZNIK RADA), Pjer Žalica
Award for the Best Director
Viesturs Kairiss for JANUARY (JANVARIS)
Special Jury Award
Beata Dzianowicz for script of SHREDS (STRZĘPY) directed by Beata Dzianowicz
Odesa-Warsaw: Ukrainian Competition
Best Ukrainian Feature Film
BUTTERFLY VISION (BACHENNYA METELYKA), Maxim Nakonechny
Best Ukrainian Short Film
TERYKONY (BONEY PILES), Taras Tomenko
Competition 1-2
SISTERS (MĀSAS), Linda Olte
Crème de la Crème Competition
THE KINGS OF THE WORLD (LOS REYES DEL MUNDO), Laura Mora
Free Spirit Competition
TIMEMAN, Samppa Batal
Documentary Competition
Best Documentary Feature
THOSE WHO DANCE IN THE DARK, Jana Ševčíková
Special Mention
ONE DAY IN UKRAINE, Volodymyr Tykhyy
Short Films Competition
Short Grand Prix (Academy Award® qualifying category)
PONTO FINAL, Miguel López Beraza
Best Live Action Short (Academy Award® qualifying category)
PIĘKNA ŁĄKA KWIETNA (A BEAUTIFUL WILDFLOWER MEADOW), Emi Buchwald
Best Animated Short (Academy Award® qualifying category)
REPRISE, Saskia Bulletti, Carine Chrast, Livia Neuenschwander, Leance Volschenk
Best Documentary Short (Academy Award® qualifying category)
WSZYSTKO W PORZĄDKU, ZIEMNIAKI W ŻOŁĄDKU (EVERYTHING’S FINE, POTATOES IN LINE), Piotr Jasiński
Special Mention (Documentary Short)
THE TRIP (REISAS), Rimantas Oičenka
FIPRESCI (International Federation of Film Critics)
The FIPRESCI jury (Malik Berkati (Germany), Ariel Schweitzer (France) and Alik Shpilyuk (Ukraine)) presented the award for Best Debut from Eastern Europe to the film SISTERS (MĀSAS) directed by Linda Olte from Latvia, Italy.
Members of the Young FIPRESCI Jury (Jovana Gjorgjiovska (North Macedonia), Eliska Soukupova (Czech Republic), Nino Schvelidze (Georgia), Oskar Ban Brejsc (Slovenia) Amar Komic (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and Haji Safarov (Azerbaijan)) were participants of FIPRESCI Warsaw Critics Project 2022.
The Jury gave the Young FIPRESCI Award for Best Debut from Eastern Europe to the film FACTORIAL JUGGLING directed by Klaudia Folga from Poland.
Ecumenical Jury Award
TATA / DAD, Anna Maliszewska
NETPAC Award
ADEMOKA, Adilkhan Yerzhanov
Audience Awards
Here are the films, which were liked the most by the audience of the 38th Warsaw International Film Festival:
Fiction Features
- Dangerous Men / Niebezpieczni dżentelmeni, dir. Maciej Kawalski, Poland
- Trio, dir. Battumur Dorj, Mongolia
- Pamfir, dir. Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk, Ukraine / Francje / Poland / Chile / Luxembourg / Germany
- Shreds / Strzępy, dir. Beata Dzianowicz, Poland
- Blaze, dir. Del Kathryn Barton, Australia
Documentary Features
- The UnRedacted, dir. Meg Smaker, USA / Saudi Arabia
- Jonas Deichmann – Breaking The Limit, dir. Markus Weinberg, Germany
- Chernobyl: Men of Steel / Czarnobyl: Ludzie ze stali, dir. Amadeusz Kocan, Poland
- Still Working 9 to 5, dir. Camille Hardman; Gary Lane, USA / UK
- The North Drift, dir. Steffen Krones, Germany
Shorts
- Everything’s Fine, Potatoes In Line / Wszystko w porządku, ziemniaku w żołądku, dir. Piotr Jasiński, Poland / Czechia
- Kayak, dir. Collective: Solène Bosseboeuf, Flore Dechorgnat, Tiphaine Klein, Auguste Lefort, Antoine Rossi, France
- Teatralna Station, dir. Alina Panasenko, Ukraine
- Canary, dir. Pierre-Hugues Dallaire, Benoit Therriault, Canada
- Victoria, dir. Karolina Porcari, Poland
38th Warsaw International Film Festival, organised by the Warsaw Film Foundation, is supported by: The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish Film Institute, Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, and Marshal’s Office of the Mazowieckie Voivodeship.
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