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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

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