SEPTEMBER AT SHORT FILM FESTIVALS

This month, Polish short films will participate in the programmes of 25 foreign film festivals. There are over 60 festival screenings, among others, in Brazil, Greece, Canada and Great Britain in store for us.

The month begins with Milan Film Festival, where "Flora and Fauna" - the diploma film by Piotr Litwin, a graduate of Lodz Film School - will compete for the Best Short Film award. As many as five films by the students of the Faculty of Radio and Television in Katowice will be shown at the Greek festival Naoussa. The films participating in the competition include, among others, "Volcano" by Michał Wawrzecki and "Errata" by Arkadiusz Biedrzycki. The programme of the 11th edition of the Hungarian festival Jameson Cinefest includes the fiction film by Jakub Pączek, “128th Rat" as well as two documentary films - "Our Curse" by Tomasz Śliwiński and "Sati" by Bartłomiej Świderski. The festival lasts until 21 September, when the names of this year's winners will be announced.

The widest presentation of Polish short films takes place at the Greek Short Film Festival in Drama. In a special Polish programme, co-organised by the Faculty of Radio and Television in Katowice and Krakow Film Foundation, one can watch eighteen films. The viewers and guests of the Greek festival will watch, among others, "Twist&Blood" by Kuba Czekaj, "Millhaven" by Bartek Kulas and "Knife In The Wife" by Vita Drygas. Polish films are also present in the competition section, where "The Boys" by Paweł Orwat, "Darling" by Izabela Plucińska and "After All" by Bogna Kowalczyk will compete for the laurels. The festival is held from 15 to 20 September.

This month, over the half of festival screenings are animated film screenings. In September, Polish animated films will compete for awards at twelve festivals abroad, among others, Anifest Rozafa (Albania), Message to man (Russia), Lille IFF (France) and IFF Animage (Brazil).  It is worth mentioning that Polish films are present in the competitions at such prestigious festivals as the Animated Film Festival in Ottawa, where "Baths" (T. Ducki) and "Blue Room" (T. Siwiński) and "Hippos" (P. Dumała) will be shown, and English Encounters Short and Documentary Film Festival, where three Polish animated films will compete for the awards, namely, "Darling" (I. Plucińska), "Ab ovo" (A. Kwiatkowska-Naqvi), as well as aforementioned "Baths" (T. Ducki).

The most popular short documentary film in September is "Our Curse" by Tomasz Śliwiński.  Only in September, the film will be shown at four film festivals - Raindance in London, CNEX in Taiwan, Look&Roll in Switzerland and Jameson Cinefest in Hungary.

In the animated film category, "Baths" by Tomek Ducki is the leader for several months. This month, the animated film by Ducki is invited to six festivals, including such prestigious ones as Animated Film Festival in Ottawa, Milan Film Festival and Encounters Short and Animated Film Festival in Britain. So far, "Baths" was awarded nine times abroad.

The leading short fiction film of September is "Rollercoaster" by Marek Marlikowski. The film will be shown in the competition at the Naoussa festival, student section within the frames of San Sebastian Film Festival, as well as in the special Polish programme at the festival in Drama, Greece.

The full list of September festivals can be found under the bookmark "At festivals"

You can read more about September documentary film festivals here