TWO AWARDS FOR "THE MOTHER"

Yesterday evening, at the closing ceremony of the Portuguese festival Fest, "The Mother" by Łukasz Ostalski won two awards. The 10th edition of the festival was held from 24th to 30th June.

In this year's competition, three Polish films were shown: "Flora and Fauna" by Piotr Litwin, "Lesson" by Damian Kocur as well as "The Mother" by Łukasz Ostalski. The last one was given as many as two awards. Łukasz Ostalski's graduation film was announced the Best Short Film of the festival.  The film was also given the Audience Award for the Best Short Film. “The Mother” is produced by Gdynia Film School, and Krakow Film Foundation deals with its promotion abroad.
Every year in Espinho, the best films by young filmmakers are presented, which compete for awards in two main competition sections - Silver Lynx Competition for short films made by directors under 30 years of age and Golden Lynx Competition for the first and second films in the feature film category. Within the frames of the festival, there are annual training sessions within the frames of FEST- Training Ground - workshops, masterclasses and meetings in which the most famous filmmakers participate.

It is worth mentioning that within the frames of the annual section "Flavours of the World," a screening of Polish short films was shown this year. In the programme, organised by the Ad Arte Foundation (the organiser of the Short Waves festival), the following films were screened - among others, "Ziegenort" by Tomek Popakul, "Killing Auntie" by Mateusz Głowacki, "Edward" by Emilia Śniegoska and "Luke and Lotta" by Renata Gąsiorowska.

In the feature-length competition, a special mention went to the Polish film "Little Crushes" by Aleksandra Gowin and Ireneusz Grzyb. Gowin and Grzyb worked on many short films as editors, among others, on "Miruna" by Piotr Sułkowski and "Rogalik" by Paweł Ziemilski. Currently, the film "Creature ", made together by Aleksandra Gowin and Ireneusz Grzyb within the frames of the "30 minutes" programme in the Munk Studio, is in post-production. 

The full list of award-winning films can be found here