The Dragon of Dragons award is granted since 1998 by Krakow Film Foundation Programme Council to the makers of documentary and animated films, whose work had a significant influence on the development of the world cinema in these genres. Among the previous winners of the Dragon of Dragons award there are such renowned film makers as: Kazimierz Karabasz, Allan King, Albert Maysles, Werner Herzog, Stephen and Timothy Quay, Raoul Servais, Jerzy Kucia, Marcel Łoziński.
Winners
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2017
Witold Giersz
b. 1927
Polish animated film maker. The most important films: 'The Little Western' (1960), 'Awaiting' (1962), 'The Red and Black' (1963), 'The Horse' (1967), 'Please, Mr. Elephant' (1978).
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ph. Tomasz Korczyński
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ph. Agnieszka Fiejka