2020 Polish Film Awards

Last updated
22nd Polish Film Awards
Date2 March 2020
Site Polish Theatre, Warsaw, Poland
Hosted by Maciej Stuhr
Highlights
Best Film Corpus Christi
Most awardsCorpus Christi (11)
Most nominationsCorpus Christi (15)
Television coverage
Network Canal+

The 22nd Polish Film Awards took place on 2 March 2020 at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw, Poland. The ceremony honored the best in Polish cinema of 2019, presented by the Polish Film Academy. The ceremony was hosted by comedian Maciej Stuhr. [1]

Contents

Corpus Christi won eleven awards at the ceremony, including Best Film. [2] Other winners included Icarus: The Legend of Mietek Kosz and Mister T. with two awards each, and The Coldest Game , The Favourite , Sword of God, Tell No One , and Wataha with one.

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 5 February 2020. [3] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger ().

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
  • Sword of God – Dariusz Krysiak
    • Black Mercedes – Aneta Brzozowska and Monika Jan-Łechtańska
    • The Coldest Game – Agnieszka Hodowana and Ewa Drobiec
    • How I Became a Gangster – Karolina Kordas
    • The Legions – Anna Dąbrowska
    • The Messenger – Janusz Kaleja
    • Mr Jones – Janusz Kaleja
    • Mister T. – Dominika Dylewska
    • Piłsudski – Dariusz Krysiak, Mirosława Wojtczak, and Waldemar Pokromski
    • Werewolf – Dariusz Krysiak
  • Mister T. – Magdalena Biedrzycka
    • Bird Talk – Anna Englert
    • The Coldest Game – Ewa Gronowska
    • Corpus Christi – Dorota Roqueplo
    • Icarus: The Legend of Mietek Kosz – Agata Culak
    • The Messenger – Małgorzata Braszka and Michał Koralewski
    • Mr Jones – Aleksandra Staszko
  • Icarus: The Legend of Mietek Kosz – Maciej Pawłowski and Robert Czyżewicz
    • The Coldest Game – Jarosław Bajdowski, Michał Fojcik, and Bartłomiej Bogacki
    • Corpus Christi – Tomasz Wieczorek, Kacper Habisiak, and Marcin Kasiński
    • The Messenger – Bartłomiej Bogacki, Kacper Habisiak, and Marcin Kasiński
    • Mister T. – Piotr Domaradzki and Barbara Domaradzka
  • Corpus Christi – Przemysław Chruścielewski
    • Icarus: The Legend of Mietek Kosz – Piotr Kmiecik
    • Mr Jones – Michał Czarnecki
    • Mister T. – Wojciech Mrówczyński
    • Sword of God – Andrzej Dąbrowski
    • Werewolf – Jarosław Kamiński
  • Tell No One Tomasz Sekielski
    • Compulsory Figures – Ewa Kochańska
    • Concerto for Two – Tomasz Drozdowicz
    • Diagnosis – Ewa Podgórska
    • In Touch – Paweł Ziemilski
    • Love and Empty Words – Małgorzata Imielska
    • Marek Edelman... and There Was Love in the Ghetto – Jolanta Dylewska
    • Symphony of the Ursus Factory – Jaśmina Wójcik
    • The Wind: A Documentary Thriller – Michał Bielawski

Films with multiple awards and nominations

Films with multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
15 Corpus Christi
12Mister T.
11Icarus: The Legend of Mietek Kosz
8 Mr Jones
7 The Coldest Game
6Bird Talk
4Supernova
3The Messenger
2A Coach's Daughter
Dolce Fine Giornata
Piłsudski
Playing Hard
Sword of God
Werewolf
Films with multiple wins
WinsFilm
11 Corpus Christi
2Icarus: The Legend of Mietek Kosz
Mister T.

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