Krakow's national competition expands to include documentaries

For the first year, feature documentaries will be included in the competition and the awards, the Golden Hobby Horse.

Three of the documentaries will also participate in the international competition: The Doctors by Tomasz Wolski; Phnom Penh Lullaby by Paweł Kloc; and Argentinian Lesson by Wojciech Staroń.

Polish documentarian Marcl Lozinski will present his new film Tonia and Her Children. KFF director Krzysztof Gierat said: “This year we will have the opportunity not only to thank him for his regular presence at the Festival, but also to congratulate him on his birthday, a round anniversary coming up. It was after a nomination at our Festival that his Poste Restante was awarded with the European Film Award.”

This year’s festival will have a special focus on Dutch cinema, a selection of music films, and a retrospective devoted to Wojciech Wiszniewski. The Dragon of Dragons award will go to animation expert Piotr Kamler.

Jurors will include Tue Steen Muller, Marcin Koszalka, Kaleo La Belle, Anna Kazejak-Dawid, and Tadeusz Słobodzianek

The awards pool totals more than $70,000.

National fiction competition
Without Snow, dir. Magnus von Horn
I Won’t Be Here Tomorrow, dir. Julia Kolberger
Twist & Blood, dir. Kuba Czekaj
The Room, dir. Maciej Bochniak, Sławek Shuty
Glasgow, dir. Piotr Subbotko
Normal People, dir. Piotr Złotorowicz
Heroic Parrot with The Dog [pictured], dir. Marcin Sławek

National documentary competition
Phnom Penh Lullaby, dir. Paweł Kloc
The Doctors, dir. Tomasz Wolski
Pomeranian Illusions, dir. Jacob Dammas, Helge Renner
Tonia and Her Children, dir. Marcel Łoziński
Downtown, dir. Piotr Śliwowski, Marta Dzido
Argentinian Lesson, dir. Wojciech Staroń
Agnieszka Is Not Here, dir. Paweł Jóźwiak-Rodan
Planet Kirsan, dir. Magdalena Pięta
Scrap Odyssey, dir. Łukasz Gutt, Paweł Ferdek
Kwiekulik, dir. Joanna Turowicz, Anna Zakrzewska
Far From the City, dir. Maciej Cuske
Jewish Moon, dir. Michał Tkaczyński
Paparazzi, dir. Piotr Bernaś
Bon Apetit, dir. Kuba Maciejko
My Father Lazaro, dir. Marcin Filipowicz
Hakawati, dir. Marcin Sauter
Hermits, dir. Kacper Czubak
Decrescendo, dir. Marta Minorowicz
Rescued, dir. Wojciech Szumowski
Returns, dir. Krzysztof Kadłubowski

Animation national competition
The Lost City of Świteź, dir. Kamil Polak
Maska, dir. Bracia Quay
Paths of Hate, dir. Damian Nenow
Dr Character presents, dir. Piotr Dumała
Talk to Him, dir. Agata Prętka
Two Steps Behind…, dir. Paulina Majda
The Gallery, dir. Robert Proch
Shivering Trunks, dir. Natalia Drożyńska