Polish documentaries will compete for the Golden Frog
This year, for the first time, at the Documentary Film Contest „the Picture of the world” organised in the frames of Documentary Section of the International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography PLUS CAMERAIMAGE, under the patronage of Discovery Networks Central Europe, it was possible to submit applications for two temporal categories: short – and full-length one.
The jury, composed separately for each of the categories, will decide on who will receive Grand Prix - the Golden Frog award. Additionally, independently from the jury's decision, the Documentary Film Section's patron will for the first time in history give the statuettes of Discovery Networks Central Europe.
12 full-length documentaries have been qualified for the Documentary Film Contest, including „Yodok Stories” by Andrzej Fidyk. Fidyk's documentary will compete with films which have received awards at festivals such as Hot Docs, Dok Leipzig, Krakow Film Festival or Silverdocs. These films include, among others, „Unmistaken Child", „Blind Loves”, “Burma VJ”,“Rene”.
The prize will be awarded by the jury, composed of:
Lech Majewski( The Jury's President), director, scriptwriter
Barbara Bilińska, Discovery Network Central Europe, Channel Director Poland
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, photographer
Lawrence Grobel, writer — the author of biographies of Marlon Brando, Truman Capote, Al Pacino, UCLA, Los Angeles, lecturer
Louis – Philippe Capelle, photographer
There are 22 documentaries in the Short-Length Documentary Film, including 9 Polish productions:
“Glasstrap” — dir. Paweł Ferdek, photography: Wojciech Staroń
“Incantatio” — dir. Tomek Wysokiński, photography: Michał Popiel-Machnicki
“Mother” - dir. Jakub Piątek, photography: Michał Stajniak
“Poste restante” — dir. Marcel Łoziński, photography: Jacek Petrycki
“Flightless Birds” — dir. Michał Dawidowicz, photography: Jan Prosiński
“Rabbit a la Berlin” - dir. Bartosz Konopka, photography: Piotr Rosołowski
“Side-track” — dir. Anna Kazejak, photography: Jakub Giza
“Six Weeks” — dir. Marcin Janos-Krawczyk, photography: Wojciech Staroń
“Bajki z krainy pieców…” — dir. Andrzej B. Czulda, photography: Jacek Siwecki
People judging the short-length documentary films include:
Erik Daarstad, film photographer
Jerzy Zieliński, film photographer
Johannes Kirchlechner, film photographer
John Dyson, journalist, writer
Magda Szczawińska, Discovery Network Central Europe, Channel Manager Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia
Festival Plus Camerimage starts on 28th November and lasts to 5th December. More information on the website: www.pluscamerimage.pl