Described as a” breathtaking visual and auditory poem” Margreth Olin’s nature documentary Songs of Earth will open Krakow Film Festival.
Krakow Film Festival
NAME OF FESTIVAL: Krakow Film Festival
SINCE: 1961
WHERE: Kraków, Poland
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Krakow Film Festival is one of the oldest film events dedicated to documentary, animated and short fiction films in Europe. During 8 festival days viewers have an opportunity to watch about 250 films from Poland and abroad. Films are presented in competitions and in special sections like retrospectives, thematic cycles, archive screenings. Festival is accompanied by exhibitions, concerts, open air screenings and meetings with the filmmakers. Every year Krakow Film Festival hosts about 600 Polish and international guests: directors, producers, film festival programmers and numerous audience from Krakow.
RIP. Finnish Documentary Filmmaker Jarmo Jääskeläinen Dead at 84
Finnish documentary filmmaker Jarmo Jääskeläinen died on January 2, 2022. He was 84 years old.
61st Krakow Film Festival Winners – ‘Polański, Horowitz. Hometown’ Wins Audience Award
At the 61st Krakow Film Festival, the audience award went to Anna Kokoszka-Romer and Mateusz Kudła’s film “Polański, Horowitz. Hometown”.
‘Polański, Horowitz. Hometown’ with Roman Polański will Open 61st Krakow Film Festival
“Polański, Horowitz. Hometown” featuring director Roman Polański and his friend, Ryszard Horowitz will open the 61st Krakow Film Festival.
Polish Film Animator Piotr Dumała to Receive Dragon of Dragons 2021 at Krakow Film Festival
At the 61st Krakow Film Festival, Polish film director and animator Piotr Dumała will be given the Dragon of Dragon award.
Krakow Film Festival Announces 2020 Winners. THE SELF PORTRAIT Wins Audience Award
The 2020 Krakow Film Festival, held online due to COVID19 pandemic ended with the awards. The Norwegian documentary “The Self Portrait” wins audience award.
12 Documentary Films to Compete in International Competition at Krakow Film Festival 2020
Twelve films will compete in the international documentary competition at the 60th Krakow Film Festival, now entirely online due to coronavirus pandemic.
Coronavirus Forces Film Festivals Cancellations and Postponements (LIST)
The coronavirus is having a devastating impact on film festivals. San Francisco and RiverRun International Film Festivals have canceled.
Hungarian Documentary Filmmaker Péter Forgács to Receive Dragon of Dragons Award at Krakow Film Festival
Hungarian documentary filmmaker and multimedia artist Péter Forgács will receive the 2020 Dragon of Dragons award at the Krakow Film Festival.
Krakow Film Festival to Spotlight 7 Documentary Films from Denmark
The special section of the 2020 Krakow Film Festival is dedicated to Denmark and will showcase 7 Danish documentary feature films including “Q’s Barbershop”
Krakow Film Festival Selects First Films for 2020 Fest
Krakow Film Festival, announced the first titles of 2020 festival, including “Sunless Shadows” by Mehrdad Oskouei, and “My Father and Me” by British film-maker, Nick Broomfield.
59th Krakow Film Festival Awards – ADVOCATE Wins Top Prize
The 2019 Krakow Film Festival awarded prizes to the best documentary, short and animated films with Advocate, Portrait of Suzanne, My Country So Beautiful and Once Aurora winning the top awards.