14th Polskich Nagród Filmowych Orły (Eagle Awards)

Recently the Polish Academy announced the nominees for this year and no surprise the film with more nominations is W ciemności (In Darkness) by Agnieszka Holland that’s Poland submission to Oscar that made the shortlist of nine and is nominated for Best Foreign Language film.

Best Film
Róża (Rosa), Wojciech Smarzowski
Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room), Jan Komasa
W ciemności (In Darkness), Agnieszka Holland

Best Director
Wojciech Smarzowski for Róża (Rosa)
Jan Komasa for Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room)
Agnieszka Holland for W ciemności (In Darkness)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Roma Gąsiorowska-Żurawska in Ki (My Name is Ki), Leszek Dawid
Agata Kulesza in Róża (Rosa), Wojciech Smarzowski
Agnieszka Grochowska in W ciemności (In Darkness), Agnieszka Holland


Best Actor in a Leading Role
Marcin Dorociński in Róża (Rosa), Wojciech Smarzowski
Jakub Gierszał in Sala Samobójców (Suicide Room), Jan Komasa
Robert Więckiewicz in W ciemności (In Darkness), Agnieszka Holland

To check nominees in all 16 categories go here.  Award ceremony will be on March 5 and will be broadcast live on Channel 2.

13th Polskich Nagród Filmowych Orły (Eagle Awards)

Last night the Polish Film Academy held the awards ceremony and here are the winners for the main categories.

Best Film: Essential Killing, Jerzy Skolimowski
Best Director: Jerzy Skolimowski for Essential Killing
Best Actress: Ursula Grabowska in Joanna, Felkis Falk
Best Actor: Robert Więckiewicz in Różyczka (Little Rose), Jan Kidawa-Blonski

Best European Film: The Ghost Writer, Roman Polanski

To check all the nominations go here and winners in all categories will be here later on; available only in Polish.

Been delaying watching Essential Killing as I got the idea that will be not easy to watch, as soon as I find the right moment will try to watch it; but think I will give a try to Little Rose. But I'm really curious about Venice by Jan Jakub Kolski that won most top tech awards.