Summary 2012

Awards

MAIN COMPETITION

JURY:

• Joel Schumacher - Jury President
• Christine Rothe
• Arthur Reinhart
• Michael Seresin
• Stephen Goldblatt
• Michael Glawogger
• Piers Handling

AWARDS:

• GOLDEN FROG - Nicolas Bolduc - War Witch
• SILVER FROG - Caroline Champetier - Holy Motors
• BRONZE FROG - Touraj Aslani - Rhino Season

POLISH FILMS COMPETITION
Under the patronage of Plus network operator

JURY:

• Alan Heim - Jury President
• Dick Pope
• Robbie Greenberg
• Albert Hughes
• Yuri Neyman
• Paul Cameron
• Wolfgang Treu

AWARD:

• Best Polish Film - To Kill A Beaver - cin. Michał Pakulski, dir. Jan Jakub Kolski

STUDENT ETUDES COMPETITION

JURY:

• Alan Parker - Jury President
• Mikhail Krichman
• John De Borman
• Eduard Grau
• Sławomir Idziak
• Dennis Dembia

AWARDS:

• LASZLO KOVACS STUDENT AWARD - THE GOLDEN TADPOLE - Robert Oberrainer - Blackstory
• SILVER TADPOLE - Mikko Kamunen - The Zone
• BRONZE TADPOLE - Magnus Borge - Without Snow
• Special Prize of Polish Film Institute and Mastershot - Bartosz Bieniek - All Souls' Day
  
  The Golden Tadpole winner has also received the Special Award for the Best Cinematographer in the Student Etudes Competition granted by the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association, Jacek Bromski.

FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION
under patronage of Discovery Networks CEEMEA

JURY:

• Paweł Łoziński - Jury President
• Truls Lie
• Rolf Coulanges
• Elena Fortes
• Stephen Lighthill

AWARDS:

• GOLDEN FROG - GRAND PRIX - Seung-Jun Yi - Planet of Snails
• THE SPECIAL MENTION - Ester Martin Bergsmark, Minka Jakerson - She Male Snails

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS COMPETITION
under patronage of Discovery Networks CEEMEA

JURY:

• Steven Okazaki - Jury President
• Wolfgang Thaler
• Tomasz Wolski
• Lawrence Grobel
• Johannes Kirchlechner

AWARDS:

• GOLDEN FROG - GRAND PRIX - Lorenzo Castore i Adam Cohen - No Peace Without War
• THE SPECIAL MENTION - Jacek Bławut i Paweł Chorzępa - Loneliness of Sound

MUSIC VIDEOS COMPETITION

JURY:

• Michael Lindsay-Hogg - Jury President
• Tomasz Augustynek
• Piotr Magdi “Glaca" Mohamed
• Piotr Metz
• David Knight
• Edward Lachman
• Chris Doyle
• Christopher Soos

AWARDS:

• The Best Music Video - Die Antwoord "I Fink U Freeky" - dir. Roger Ballen, Ninja; cin. Melle Van Essen
• The Best Cinematography in a Music Video - Matthew J. Lloyd - Flying Lotus "Until The Quiet Comes"

DIRECTORS' DEBUTS COMPETITION

JURY:

• Roger Spottiswoode - Jury President
• Iain Smith
• Dawid Kwok
• Jay Rosenblatt
• Giora Bejach

AWARD:

• The Best Director's Debut - Miguel Angel Jimenez - Chaika

CINEMATOGRAPHERS' DEBUTS COMPETITION

JURY:

• Karl Walter Lindenlaub - Jury President
• Robert Fraisse
• Rodney Taylor
• Roberto Schaefer
• Daniel Pearl
• Stuart Dryburgh

AWARD:

• The Best Cinematographer's Debut - Gorka Gómez Andreu - Chaika

SPECIAL AWARDS

• The Lifetime Achievement Award - Vadim Yusov
• Lifetime Achievement Award For Directing - David Lynch
• Award For Outstanding Achievements In Documentary Filmmaking - Steven Okazaki
• Acting Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Art of Film - Daniel Olbrychski
• Music Video Pioneer Award - Michael Lindsay-Hogg
• Award To Editor With Unique Visual Sensitivity - Alan Heim
• Cinematographer - Director Duo Award - Gus Van Sant and (posthumously) Harris Savides