Two Riversides Film and Art Festival held in Kazimierz Dolny is over. The Jury of the International Short Film Competition including: director Lidia Duda, film critic Michał Walkiewicz and actress Julia Wyszyńska, decided to award the prizes and honourable mentions.

Verdict: dwabrzegi.pl/en/international-short-film-competition-results

The First Prize of 5,000 PLN: SYNTHOL, dir. Piotr Trojan (our Acting Department graduate)

Jury’s statement: "for a small cinema of great paradoxes: ironic and empathetic, unpretentious and full of cultural contexts, effective in form and intimate in mood; in a word, for a treasure chest of films in which everyone will find something for themselves."

The Second Prize of 3,000 PLN: VENUS OF WILLENDORF, dir. Zuzanna Grajcewicz

Jury’s statement: "for a laugh that gets stuck in the throat and irony that allows fear to be tamed; for a dystopia in which we do not have to take our word for it and a story about the body of which we are the protagonists."

The Third Prize of 2,000 PLN: A DEAD MARRIAGE, dir. Michał Toczek

Jury’s statement: "for an impressive scriptwriting concept, directorial precision and acting freedom in a story of fake war and serious love."

Still 1. VENUS OF WILENDORF
Still 2. A DEAD MARRIAGE
Still 3. SYNTHOL

Congratulations to all the winners!