{"id":15546,"date":"2019-06-01T23:30:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T21:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/?p=15546"},"modified":"2019-06-05T11:01:38","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T09:01:38","slug":"winners-of-the-59th-krakow-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krakowfilmfestival.pl\/en\/winners-of-the-59th-krakow-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners of the 59th Krakow Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“Advocate”, “Portrait of Suzanne”, “My Country So Beautiful” and “Once Aurora” are the golden winners of the 59th Krakow Film Festival. On Saturday, June 1, in the Kij\u00f3w.Center, in a room that was filled to the brim, the international jury awarded prizes to the best documentary, short and animated films that competed for the praise of experts and audience in Krakow cinemas throughout the whole festival week.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evening that we have before us will be full of joy, emotions and surprises – said Patrycja Wanat, who is the host of the closing gala of the 59th Krakow Film Festival while launching the evening. The award ceremony was attended by representatives of the film industry and cinema lovers from around the world. The evening was graced with a recital by Miko\u0142aj Trzaska, who was also a member of the jury of the DocFilmMusic competition. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The documentary film “Advocate<\/strong>” (directed by Rachel Leah Jones, Philippe Bellaiche) secured the victory in the International documentary film competition, and thus the opportunity to apply for an Oscar nomination. Leah Tsemel, the protagonist of the film, has been defending cases deemed for failure for fifty years. Being an Israeli activist for human rights, she became famous mainly as a judicial defender of the Palestinians, including those accused of terrorism. The jury, chaired by Jacek Petrycki, which also included Talal Derki (Germany), Marja Pallassalo (Finland), Shane Smith (Canada) and \u00c1gnes S\u00f3s (Hungary), recognized that this film was created with precision, insight and humor, that not only shows a heroic woman struggling against adversities, but also a person who inspires us with her unwavering conviction that justice can and ultimately will win. The film also received the KFF recommendation for the European Film Award. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Silver Horn for the medium-length documentary was given to David Ofek and Tal Michael for the film “ Around the Bed of a Dying Collaborator<\/strong>” (Israel), while the second Silver Horn, for the best full-length documentary, went to Ad\u00e1n Aliagi and \u00c0lex Lora for “The Fourth Kingdom<\/strong>” (Spain, USA) , Mexico). The documentary has also received the award of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI). <\/p>\n\n\n\n