The jury of the Polish Competition of the Radom festival was composed of: Paweł Maślona (chairman), Łukasz Gutt, Anna Mucha and Anna Waśniewska-Gill. The best of the twenty-six films in the Competition was a documentary directed by a student of our School, produced by Studio Munk – SISTER OF MINE. In the justification for awarding THE GOLDEN ARCHER - Grand Prix of the National Short Film Competition, we read: "For a moving, personal story about a family crisis and the healing power of love, realized with great courage and tenderness."

Special Award named after Krystian Dulewicz for the Best Cinematography went to our graduate, Ignacy Ciszewski for the film THE WHALE SONG directed by Klaudia Folga. The cinematographer was honoured for his great imagination, precision and skill in creating an original film story.

The Short Film Competition jury, composed of: Olaf Lubaszenko, Aneta Hickinbotham, Izabela Kiszka-Hoflik and Anna Próchniak, decided to award the Honorary Mention of the International Short Film Competition to the film AN ORANGE FROM JAFFA directed by our graduate, Mohammed Almughanni. The justification reads: "the honorary mention for the French-Palestinian-Polish production, which proves that cinema speaks a universal language beyond divisions and borders and can be an important voice for world peace." Film production: production Marcin Malatyński (INDEKS Film Studio), David Frenkel (Synecdoche), Patryk Sielecki.

FREEDOM Film Festival is one of the film festivals that annually awards nominations for the prestigious Jan Machulski Awards. This year, the Polish Competition Jury granted nominations for, among others:
* in the Best Documentary Film category - Mariusz Rusiński for the film SISTER OF MINE
* in the Best Animated Film category - Natalia Durszewicz (our animation graduate) for the film WAIT FOR ME IN THE DREAM (production: Fumi Studio)

Congratulations to the creators of all the awarded films!

photos: organizer’s materials