Polish Film Festival

Polish Film Festival
Golden Lions (Polish: Złote Lwy)
LocationGdynia, Poland
Founded1974
Most recent2025
Awards
  • Golden Lions
  • Silver Lions
  • Platinum Lions
  • Sapphire Lions
Hosted by
Artistic directorJoanna Łapińska
Festival dateOpening: 21 September 2026 (2026-09-21)
Closing: 26 September 2026 (2026-09-26)
Websitefestiwalgdynia.pl

The Polish Film Festival (Polish: Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych, FPFF),[1] formerly Gdynia Film Festival (2012),[2] Gdynia – Festiwal Filmowy (2013)[3] and Film Festival w Gdynia (2014–2016),[4][5][6] is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland.[7] It has taken place every year since 1974, except in 1982 and 1983 when Poland was under martial law.

The organizers of the festival are the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of Poland, Polish Film Institute (PISF), Polish Filmmakers Association, the Pomeranian Voivodeship Local Government as well as the port city of Gdynia.

The jury for the 2008 competition was headed by Robert Gliński, a director who had previously won at the festival.[8]

Awards

The Polish Film Festival main award is the Grand Prix Golden Lions (Polish: Złote Lwy), which is different from the Eagle (Polish: Orzeł), awarded at the Polish Film Awards and the Seattle Polish Film Festival (Seattle is the sister city of Gdynia).[9] Special awards include the Platinum Lions (Platynowe Lwy) conferred for lifetime achievements in cinema as well as the Audience Award.[10]

  • Golden Lions: The award's name comes from the coat of arms of Gdańsk, where the festival was held until 1986. It is the main film award in the Main Competition, which goes to the director and producer of the best film, along with a financial prize of zł300,000 (zł200,000 for the director, zł100,000 for the producer).
  • Silver Lions: It is also presented to the director and producer along with a financial prize of zł150,000 (zł100,000 for the director, zł50,000 for the producer).
  • Platinum Lions: This award honors a filmmaker for their entire body of work. The winner is nominated by the Program Council in consultation with the Polish Filmmakers Association, and the award is presented by the Organizing Committee. The winner receives a statuette and a cash prize of zł30,000.
  • Sapphire Lions: This award was instituted from 49th edition in 2024. It is awarded to the director and producer of the best film in the Perspectives Competition, along with a financial prize of zł50,000 (zł30,000 for the director, zł20,000 for the producer).
  • Audience Award: This award is given to the director of the film that receives the highest number of audience votes at the festival. The prize is zł25,000, funded by the Kino Polska Group.

Agnieszka Holland holds the record number of wins at the festival having been awarded the Grand Prix four times. In 2020, Mariusz Wilczyński's Kill It and Leave This Town became the first ever animated film in the festival's history to be awarded the Golden Lions for Best Film.

List of winners

Golden Lions

The Golden Lions Award was not awarded on six occasions: in 1976, four films were instead awarded Main Prizes (Polish: Nagroda Główna), the films which received this distinction were Jerzy Łomnicki's Ocalić miasto, Marek Piwowski's Przepraszam, czy tu biją?, Andrzej Wajda's Smuga cienia and Mieczysław Waśkowski's Hazardziści; in 1982 and 1983, the festival was not held due to the imposition of the martial law in Poland; in 1989, 1991 and 1996.

Year Director(s) Original title English title Source(s)
1974 Jerzy Hoffman Potop The Deluge [11]
1975 Andrzej Wajda Ziemia obiecana The Promised Land [12]
Jerzy Antczak Dnie i noce Nights and Days [13]
1976 No award – – –
1977 Krzysztof Zanussi Barwy ochronne Camouflage [14]
1978 Stanisław Różewicz Pasja Passion [15]
Andrzej Wajda Bez znieczulenia Without Anesthesia [16]
1979 Krzysztof Kieślowski Amator Camera Buff [17]
1980 Kazimierz Kutz Paciorki jednego różańca The Beads of One Rosary [18]
1981 Agnieszka Holland Gorączka Fever [19]
1982 Cancelled – – –
1983 Cancelled – – –
1984 Jerzy Kawalerowicz Austeria Austeria [20]
1985 Stanisław Różewicz Kobieta w kapeluszu Woman in a Hat [21]
1986 Witold Leszczyński Siekierezada Siekierezada [22]
1987 Janusz Zaorski Matka Królów The Mother of Kings [23]
1988 Krzysztof Kieślowski Krótki film o miłości A Short Film About Love [24]
Krzysztof Kieślowski Krótki film o zabijaniu A Short Film About Killing [25]
1989 No award – – –
1990 Wojciech Marczewski Ucieczka z kina "Wolność" Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema [26]
1991 No award – – –
1992 Robert Gliński Wszystko co najważniejsze All That Really Matters [27]
1993 Radosław Piwowarski Kolejność uczuć The Order of Feelings [28]
Grzegorz Królikiewicz Przypadek Pekosińskiego The Pekosiński's Case [29]
1994 Kazimierz Kutz Zawrócony Reverted [30]
1995 Juliusz Machulski Girl Guide Girl Guide [31]
1996 No award – – –
1997 Jerzy Stuhr Historie miłosne Love Stories [32]
1998 Jan Jakub Kolski Historia kina w Popielawach The History of the Cinema in Popielawy [33]
1999 Krzysztof Krauze Dług The Debt [34]
2000 Krzysztof Zanussi Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona droga płciową Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease [35]
2001 Robert Gliński Cześć, Tereska Hi, Tereska [36]
2002 Marek Koterski Dzień świra Day of the Wacko [37]
2003 Dariusz Gajewski Warszawa Warsaw [38]
2004 Magdalena Piekorz Pręgi Welts [39]
2005 Feliks Falk Komornik The Collector [40]
2006 Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze Plac Zbawiciela Saviour Square [41]
2007 Andrzej Jakimowski Sztuczki Tricks [42]
2008 Waldemar Krzystek Mała Moskwa Little Moscow [43]
2009 Borys Lankosz Rewers Reverse [44]
2010 Jan Kidawa-Błoński Różyczka Little Rose [45]
2011 Jerzy Skolimowski Essential Killing Essential Killing [46]
2012 Agnieszka Holland W ciemności In Darkness [47]
2013 Paweł Pawlikowski Ida Ida [48]
2014 Łukasz Palkowski Bogowie Gods [49]
2015 Małgorzata Szumowska Body/Ciało Body [50]
2016 Jan P. Matuszyński Ostatnia rodzina The Last Family [51]
2017 Piotr Domalewski Cicha noc The Silent Night [52]
2018 Paweł Pawlikowski Zimna wojna Cold War [53]
2019 Agnieszka Holland Obywatel Jones Mr. Jones [54]
2020 Mariusz Wilczyński Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta Kill It and Leave This Town [55]
2021 Łukasz Ronduda and Łukasz Gutt Wszystkie nasze strachy All Our Fears [56]
2022 Agnieszka Smoczyńska The Silent Twins The Silent Twins [57]
2023 Paweł Maślona Kos Scarborn [58]
2024 Agnieszka Holland Zielona granica Green Border [59]
2025 Piotr Domalewski Ministranci The Altar Boys [60]

Platinum Lions

See also

References

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  20. ↑ "AUSTERIA" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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  37. ↑ "Day of the Wacko - Marek Koterski". Retrieved 3 October 2022.
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