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The documentary film 'The Tuners', directed by Paweł Chorzępa, won the Non-Fiction Best Short Award at the Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2026 in Tokyo – one of the world’s most important short film festivals. The award is particularly prestigious as it qualifies the film to be considered for an Oscar nomination in the short documentary film category. This is the third such qualifying award for the film.
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On Friday evening, 5th June, in the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow we learned the recipients of the industry awards presented during the Krakow Film Festival under the KFF Industry program.
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It is an excellent time for Paweł Chorzępa and his short documentary. Only yesterday, “The Tuners” was awarded the Silver Dragon at the 66th Krakow Film Festival, and today another piece of great news has reached us: the film has won The Best Short Film Award and The Best Short Documentary Award at the Bali International Film Festival – Balinale in Indonesia. This is a particularly important distinction, as it is an Academy Award-qualifying award.
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Yesterday marked the close of a great celebration of documentary, animated and short cinema – the 66th Krakow Film Festival officially came to an end during a ceremonial gala in a packed Kino Kijów. It was there that filmmakers from around the world awaited the announcement of the jury verdicts, and the audience discovered the films awarded in this year’s competitions. Among them were also exceptional short films – fiction, documentary and animation – which impressed the juries with their courage, form and storytelling power. Meet the Polish winners of the short film competitions at the 66th KFF!
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36th World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb, 2026, Croatia
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