Warsaw Film Festival
 Warsaw International Film Festival logo | |
| Location | Warsaw, Poland |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1985 |
| Language | Polish English |
| Website | wff.pl |
Warsaw Film Festival (Polish: Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy, abbreviated as WFF) is an annual film festival held every October in Warsaw, Poland which previews new films of all genres, including documentaries from all around the world. The festival has been held every year since 1985[1]. In 2008, it was recognized by FIAPF as a competitive film festival specialised in first and second features and films from Central and Eastern Europe.[2]
The festival is host to the International Federation of Film Critics awards for enterprising filmmaking in Central Europe and beyond (i.e. Denmark and Israel). The 35th edition will take place between 11 October to 20 October 2019.
Festival
Programmes
The programme consists of the following sections:
- The International Competition – premiering competition for international features
- 1–2 Competition – for 1st and 2nd feature films
- Free Spirit Competition – competition for independent, innovative, rebellious feature length fiction and documentary films from all over the world.
- Documentary Competition
- Shorts Competition – For narrative, documentary and animated shorts (up to 40 minutes) from all over the world. Winners are Academy Awards eligible.
- Special Screenings – non competitive section dedicated to acclaimed filmmakers from all over the world
- Discoveries
- Family Cinema Weekend
All the films presented, regardless of the section (competitive or non-competitive), are eligible for the Audience Award.
Juries
- International Competition Jury
- The Competition 1–2 Jury
- Free Spirit Competition Jury
- Documentary Competition Jury
- Shorts Competition Jury
- Jury FIPRESCI
- Jury NETPAC
- Ecumenical jury - by SIGNIS
History
- 1985 – Film Discussion Club "Hybrydy" founds the festival, originally named Warsaw Film Week. Festival's creator Roman Gutek becomes its first director.
- 1991 – Stefan Laudyn becomes new director of the festival and name Warsaw Film Week changes to Warsaw Film Festival.
- 1995 – festival is being organised by Warsaw Film Found for the first time
- 2000 – festival gets accreditation from FIAPF and changes its name again into Warsaw International Film Festival
- 2005 – for the first time FIAPF juror gives special awards during Warsaw International Film Festival
- 2008 – FIAPF adds Warsaw International Film Festival to a group of international contest festival (which other members are Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, San Sebastian, Mar del Plata, Karlovy Vary, Montreal, Cairo, Moscow, Tokyo and Shanghai) [2]
Award winners
International Competition winners
| Year | Prize | Film | Original Title | Director | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Grand Prix | Edi | Edi | Piotr Trzaskalski |  Poland
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| 2003 | Grand Prix | With Love, Lilly | Russian: С любовью, Лиля (S luboviu, Lilia) | Larisa Sadilova |  Russia
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| 2004 | Grand Prix | The Beautiful City | Persian: شهر زیبا (Shahr-e Ziba) | Asghar Farhadi |  Iran
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| 2005 | Grand Prix | Sorry for Kung Fu[3] | Oprosti za kung fu | Ognjen Sviličić |  Croatia
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| 2006 | Grand Prix | Euphoria[4] | Russian: Эйфория (Eyforia) | Ivan Vyrypaev | Russia
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| 2007 | Grand Prix | Night Train | Chinese: 夜行列车; Chinese: 夜行列车; pinyin: Yè háng lièchē | Yi Nan Diao |  China /  Hong Kong /  France
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| 2008 | Grand Prix | Yuri's Day | Russian: Юрьев день (Yurev Den) | Kirill Serebrennikov | Russia /  Germany
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| 2009 | Grand Prix | Lourdes[5] | Lourdes | Jessica Hausner |  Austria / France / Germany
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| 2010 | Grand Prix | Incendies[6] | Incendies | Denis Villeneuve |  Canada
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| 2011 | Grand Prix | Rose[7] | Róża | Wojciech Smarzowski | Poland
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| 2012 | Grand Prix | Tango Libre[8] | Tango Libre | Frédéric Fonteyne |  Belgium / France /  Luxembourg
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| 2013 | Grand Prix | Ida[9] | Ida | Paweł Pawlikowski | Poland
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| 2014 | Grand Prix | The Coffin In the Mountain[10] | Chinese: 心迷宫; pinyin: Xīn mígōng | Xin Yukun | China
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| 2015 | Grand Prix | Neon Bull[11] | Boi Neon | Gabriel Mascaro |  Brazil
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| 2016 | Grand Prix | Malaria[12] | Persian: مالاریا (Malaria) | Parviz Shahbazi | Iran
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| 2017 | Grand Prix | To Kill a Watermelon[13] | Chinese: 杀瓜; pinyin: Shā guā | Zehao Gao | China
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| 2018 | Grand Prix | The Delegation[14] | Delegacioni | Bujar Alimani |  Albania
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Audience award
- Fiction Feature Films category
References
- ^ "History". WFF Official Website.
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- ^ "22nd Warsaw International Film Festival - 2006". WFF Official Website.
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