Summary 2009

Awards

MAIN COMPETITION

JURY:

• Allan Starski - Jury Chairman
• Dean Cundey
• Anastas Michos
• Edward Lachman
• Igor Luther
• Phil Meheux

AWARDS:

• GOLDEN FROG - Giora Bejach - Lebanon
• SILVER FROG - Krzysztof Ptak - The Dark House
• BRONZE FROG - Marcin Koszałka - Reverse

STUDENT ETUDES COMPETITION

JURY:

• Sir Alan Parker - Jury Chairman
• Don Burgess
• Don McAlpine
• Lilly Kilvert
• Lorenzo Codelli
• Allen Hughes
• Michael Seresin
• Oliver Stapleton
• Paweł Pawlikowski

AWARDS:

• THE LASZLO KOVACS STUDENT AWARD - GOLDEN TADPOLE - Weronika Bilska - Dirty Words
• SILVER TADPOLE - Jakub Czerwiński - Through Glass
• BRONZE TADPOLE - Róbert Maly - Sunstroke
  
  Additional Awards:
• Award of Association of Polish Filmmakers - Weronika Bilska - Dirty Words
• PANAVISION Award - Arsen Sarkisiants - United We Stand; Special Mention - Paweł Tarasiewicz - Miss Mushroom

POLISH FILMS COMPETITION UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF PLUS NETWORK OPERATOR

JURY:

• Amy Vincent
• Bruno Delbonnel
• Tony Pierce Roberts
• Roberto Schaefer
• Umberto Rossi
• Frederic Elmes

AWARD:

• Best Polish Film - Snow White Russian Red - cin. Marian Prokop, dir. Xawery Żuławski.

DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF DISCOVERY NETWORKS CENTRAL EUROPE

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION

JURY:

• Lech Majewski - Jury Chairman
• Barbara Bilińska
• Karl Walter Lindenlaub
• Lawrence Grobel
• Louis - Philippe Capelle

AWARDS:

• Grand Prix of Feature Documentary Films Competition - Golden Frog: Unmistaken Child - cin. Yaron Orbach
• Discovery Networks Central Europe Award: The Two Horses of Genghis Khan - cin. Martijn van Broekhuizen
• Special Mention: Blind Loves - cin. Juraj Chlpík

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION

JURY:

• Terry Sanders - Jury Chairman
• Igor Martinovic
• Erik Daarstad
• Jerzy Zieliński
• Johannes Kirchlechner
• John Dyson
• Magda Szczawińska

AWARDS:

• Grand Prix of Short Documentary Films Competition - Golden Frog: Salt - cin. Murray Fredericks
• Discovery Networks Central Europe Award: Poste Restante - cin. Jacek Petrycki
• Special Mention: Nyarma - cin. Alexandr Filippov

MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION

JURY:

• Brett Ratner - Jury Chairman
• Martin Coppen
• Andrzej Bartkowiak
• Piotr Metz
• Nicola Pecorini

AWARDS:

• Best Music Video - The Hickey Underworld 'Blonde Fire' - cin. Nicolas Karakatsanis, dir. Joe Vanhoutteghem
• Best Cinematography in a Music Video - Depeche Mode 'Wrong' - cin. Shawn Kim, dir. Patrick Daughters

SPECIAL AWARDS

• THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
  Dante Spinotti
• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO DIRECTOR
  Volker Schlöndorff
• SPECIAL AWARD TO THE DIRECTOR WITH UNIQUE VISUAL SENSITIVITY
  Terry Gilliam
• SPECIAL AWARD TO THE POLISH CINEMATOGRAPHER FOR IMMENSE CONTRIBUTION TO THE ART OF FILM
  Dariusz Wolski
• LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO THE PRODUCTION DESIGNER WITH UNIQUE VISUAL SENSITIVITY
  Allan Starski
• SPECIAL AWARD TO THE PRODUCER OF VISUALLY OUTSTANDING FILMS
  Richard Zanuck
• AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING
  Terry Sanders
• SPECIAL AWARD TO THE EDITOR WITH UNIQUE VISUAL SENSITIVITY
  Thelma Schoonmaker
• CINEMATOGRAPHER - DIRECTOR DUO AWARD
  Vittorio Storaro and Carlos Saura