10-05-2012

Kino Swiat, New Horizons Win PISF Awards

By FNE Staff

    {mosimage}GDYNIA: Distributors Kino Swiat (www.kinoswiat.pl) and New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) were among the winners of the Polish Film Institute's (www.pisf.pl) fifth annual awards for promotion of Polish Cinema during a ceremony at the 37th Gdynia Film Festival (www.fpff.pl), recognizing members of the industry that have significantly influenced the promotion of Polish cinema, both locally and abroad.

    The awards are given in fourteen categories. This year, the Polish company Kino Świat (www.kinoswiat.pl) was awarded with the prize for Polish cinema distribution for their work with Black Thursday (www.nordfilm.pl) and Man, Chicks Are Just Different (www.sfkard.com) directed by Marek Koterski. The New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl) won the award for distribution of foreign film in Poland for Pina directed by Wim Wenders. Lech Majewski's The Mill And Cross (www.themillandthecross.com) was the best promoted Polish coproduction abroad and awarded the Angelus Silesius Association (www.lechmajewski.art.pl). PISF also recognized the best work for digital reconstruction of the Polish cinema and awarded SoundPlace for their work in developing better quality copies of classic Polish films.

    The jury for the fifth edition of the PIF Awards included Jakub Duszyński, Maciej Gil, Andrzej Goleniewski, Anna Grygiel, Barbara Hollender, Tomasz Jagiełło, Kinga Jakubowska, Michał Kwieciński, Grzegorz Molewski, Jerzy Moszkowicz, Barbara Słomczewska, Jacek Wasilewski, Anna Wróblewska and Krystyna Zamysłowska,


    Full list of winners:
    Best cinema:

    Krakowskie Centrum Kinowe Ars
    International film event:
    29. Międzynarodowy Festiwal Filmów Młodego Widza Ale Kino!
    Local film event:
    Polska Światłoczuła
    Promotion abroad:

    Stowarzyszenie Twórców i Mecenasów Kultury i Nauki "Angelus Silesius" for promotion of "The Mill and the Cross"
    Polish film distribution:
    Kino Świat for "Black Thursday" and "Man, Chicks Are Just Different"
    Foreign film distribution in Poland:

    Stowarzyszenie Nowe Horyzonty for "Pina"
    Film critique:
    Michał Oleszczyk
    Rafał Marszałek
    Radio or television broadcast:

    "W iluzjonie" w Telewizji Kino Polska, Stanisław Janicki
    Internet website:
    Fototeka.fn.org.pl
    Book on the subject of film:
    "Z Armatą na Wilka. Animowany blues Mariusza Wilczyńskiego", Jerzy Armata
    Young viewer education:
    11th New horizons Of Film Education
    Discussion film club:
    DKF "dkfbok" in Bolesławiec
    Digital reconstruction of Polish cinema:
    Soundplace Sp. z o.o.
    Cinema poster:
    Mother Teresa Of Cats
    Tomasz Olbiński, Szymon Zaremba