"3 DAYS OF FREEDOM" AND "PAPERBOX" APPRECIATED IN ST. PETERSBURG
This year's 22nd edition of the Russian festival "Message to Man" ended last weekend in St. Petersburg. This year also, the festival brought awards to Poles!
During the Saturday award ceremony, two Polish films won the prizes. As the first one, the documentary by Łukasz Borowski - "3 days of freedom" received a Special Diploma awarded by the students' jury. The film tells the story of Piotr, who leaves prison after a longtime term and tries to find his place in the world again during three-day-long pass. It is already the third festival, apart from Visions du reel and Huesca, at which "3 days of freedom" received a special mention. Wajda School is the producer of the film by Łukasz Borkowski.Animated "Paperbox" by Zbigniew Czapla is the second Polish film awarded. The film is a poignant witness of the passing of time and memory mixing animation with documentary sensitivity. The jury of the Russian festival gave the Mobile TeleSystems award to the film, appreciating its innovative approach to filmmaking.
Apart from two awarded films, also the documentary "We will be happy one day" was shown during the competition. 40 animated, feature and documentary films were included in the competition section of the festival.
It is yet another good year for Poles at Message to Man festival. At the last year edition of the festival in St. Petersburg, two films were awarded: the animated "The lost town of Świteź" by Kamil Polak and short fiction "Glasgow" by Piotr Subbotko.
The full list of the prize winners can be found on the official website of the festival