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Headquarters. Warsaw, Poland. Membership. 609 [1] Leader. Dariusz Jabłoński. Website. pnf .pl. The Polish Film Academy (Polish: Polska Akademia Filmowa) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures.
- 2003
- Dariusz Jabłoński
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Polska Akademia Filmowa ( ang. Polish Film Academy) – powstała w 2003 roku z inicjatywy Krajowej Izby Producentów Audiowizualnych, skupia w sobie laureatów nagród Orłów i wybitnych przedstawicieli polskiego świata filmowego.
Mar 6, 2014 · ABOUT POLISH FILM ACADEMY. The educational project called ‘Polish Film Academy’ is a two-year course of the history of Polish cinema. Each semester covers 24 screenings, 12-14 lectures of eminent film studies experts from all over Poland and auteur meetings with artists.
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Early history
The first cinema was founded in Łódź in 1899, several years after the invention of the Cinematograph. Initially dubbed Living Pictures Theatre, it gained much popularity and by the end of the next decade there were cinemas in almost every major town in Poland. Arguably the first Polish filmmaker was Kazimierz Prószyński, who filmed various short documentaries in Warsaw. His pleograph film camera had been patented before the Lumière brothers' invention and he is credited as the author of the e...
After WWII
In November 1945, the communist government founded the film production and distribution organization Film Polski, and put the well-known Polish People's Army filmmaker Aleksander Ford in charge. Starting with a few railway carriages full of film equipment taken from the Germans they proceed to train and build a Polish film industry. The FP output was limited; only thirteen features were released between 1947 and its dissolution in 1952, concentrating on Polish suffering at the hands of the Na...
The Polish Film Academy was founded in 2003 in Warsawand aims to provide native filmmakers a forum for discussion and a way to promote the reputation of Polish cinema through publications, presentations, discussions and regular promotion of the subject in the schools.
Several institutions, both government run and private, provide formal education in various aspects of filmmaking. 1. National Film School in Łódź 2. Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School at University of Silesia in Katowice 3. Szkoła Aktorska Haliny i Jana Machulskich 4. Szkoła Wajdy 5. AMA Film Academy 6. Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa
Venice Film Festival
1. 1982 Grand Jury Prize (Imperative, Krzysztof Zanussi) 2. 1984 Golden Lion (A Year of the Quiet Sun, Krzysztof Zanussi) 3. 1993 Golden Lion (Three Colours: Blue, Krzysztof Kieślowski) 4. 2010 Grand Jury Prize (Essential Killing, Jerzy Skolimowski) 5. 2016 Golden Lion Honorary Award (Jerzy Skolimowski)
Locarno Festival
1. 1971 Golden Leopard (Znaki na drodze, Andrzej Piotrowski) 2. 1973 Golden Leopard (The Illumination, Krzysztof Zanussi) 3. 1986 Golden Leopard (Jezioro Bodenskie, Janusz Zaorski) 4. 2008 Special Jury Prize (33 Scenes from Life, Malgorzata Szumowska) 5. 2016 Best Actor Award (Andrzej Seweryn, The Last Family)
San Sebastian International Film Festival
1. 1958 Golden Shell for Best Film (Ewa chce spać, Tadeusz Chmielewski) 2. 1967 Silver Shell for Best Director (Janusz Morgenstern, Yowita) 3. 1976 Silver Shell for Best Actor (Zdzisław Kozien, Skazany) 4. 1980 Golden Shell for Best Film (The Orchestra Conductor, Andrzej Wajda) 5. 1985 Golden Shell for Best Film (Yesterday, Radosław Piwowarski) 6. 1985 Silver Shell for Best Actor (Piotr Siwkiewicz, Yesterday) 7. 1989 Silver Shell for Best Director (Mirosław Bork, Konsul) 8. 1992 Silver Shell...
Iordanova, Dina (2003). Cinema of the Other Europe: The industry and artistry of East Central European film. London: Wallflower. ISBN 9781903364611.
- 3.2 per 100,000 (2011)
- 1,122 (2011)
- 32 (62.7%)
- United International Pictures 26.8%, Forum Film 12.8%, Imperial Cinepix 11.9%
Polish Film School (Polish: Polska Szkoła Filmowa) refers to an informal group of Polish film directors and screenplay writers active between 1956 and approximately 1963. Among the most prominent representatives of the school are Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Munk and Jerzy Kawalerowicz.
- Poland
- 1956 to 1963
PROGRAM. ABOUT POLISH FILM ACADEMY. The educational project called ‘Polish Film Academy’ is a two-year course of the history of Polish cinema. Each semester covers 24 screenings, 12-14 lectures of eminent film studies experts from all over Poland and auteur meetings with artists.
It inspires and supports the development of all film genres, especially artistic films, including film development, production, and distribution. The Institute also supports activities aimed at creating conditions for universal access to the achievements of Polish, European and world film art.
