Polish Film Award, or Eagle is the national film award of Poland. It has been delivered annually since 1999, with the first event held on 21 June, by the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers (KIPA). Since 2003 they have been awarded by the Polish Film Academy.
The 2003 Polish Film Awards ran on March 15, 2003. It was the 5th edition of Polish Film Awards: Eagles.
Agata Danuta Mróz-Olszewska was a Polish volleyball player, a member of the Poland women's national volleyball team in 1997–2007, double European Champion. She died of an infection following a bone marrow transplant to treat Myelodysplastic syndrome, which she had suffered from since the age of 17.
Reverse is a 2009 Polish comedy-drama film, directed by Borys Lankosz.
Agata Bronisława Buzek is a Polish actress and model. She began her career appearing in films The Ballad of the Windshield Washers (1998), The Gateway of Europe (1999), The Hexer (2001) and The Revenge (2002), receiving Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for latter.
Studio Sonica is a Polish dubbing studio that was founded in 1993. The studio not only commissions dubbed versions of content for its clients, but also lectured versions.
Rose is a 2011 Polish film directed by Wojciech Smarzowski. It depicts the love story of a Masurian woman and an officer of the Armia Krajowa in postwar Masuria.
Agata Kulesza is a Polish actress who has appeared on film, television, and stage. She made her film debut playing the leading role in the 1993 comedy-drama Czlowiek z... and later appeared in films Poznań '56 (1996), The Spring to Come (2001), Moje pieczone kurczaki (2002), Expecting Love (2008) and Suicide Room (2011), for which she received Złota Kaczka Award for Best Actress.
Edi is a 2002 Polish drama film directed and co-written by Piotr Trzaskalski. It received critical acclaim and eleven Polish Film Award nominations, winning two for Best Supporting Actor and Audience Award.
11 Minutes is a 2015 Polish-Irish thriller film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It stars Richard Dormer, Paulina Chapko, Wojciech Mecwaldowski, Andrzej Chyra, Dawid Ogrodnik, Agata Buzek, Piotr Glowacki, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Ifi Ude, Jan Nowicki, Anna Maria Buczek, and Lukasz Sikora. Set in Warsaw, it tells the story of multiple people's lives over the course of eleven minutes in a single day. The film had its world premiere in the Competition section at the 72nd Venice International Film Festival on 9 September 2015. It was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Oscar at the 88th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
The Mighty Angel is a 2014 Polish drama film directed by Wojciech Smarzowski based on a book of the same name by Jerzy Pilch. It won Best Actor Award during 27th Tokyo International Film Festival.
Jacek Braciak is a Polish film and theater actor. He has appeared in more than 60 films since 1991. He received the Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Edi (2003), Rose (2012) and Leave No Traces (2022).
Adam Woronowicz is a Polish character actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1995. He received seven Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominations, winning once for the 2010 drama film, The Christening.
The Hater is a 2020 Polish social thriller film directed by Jan Komasa and written by Mateusz Pacewicz. The plot centres around an expelled university student from Warsaw who attempts to steer the internet, causing widespread hatred and violence. It premiered on 6 March 2020 in Poland and went on to win the Best International Narrative Feature Award at Tribeca Film Festival.
Never Gonna Snow Again is a 2020 Polish-German comedy-drama film directed by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert. It stars Alec Utgoff, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Weronika Rosati, Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Chyra, Łukasz Simlat, and Krzysztof Czeczot.
The Getaway King is a Polish-language action comedy film directed by Mateusz Rakowicz, and written by Rakowicz and Łukasz M. Maciejewski. The film had premiered on 18 August 2021 on the New Horizons Film Festival in Wrocław, Poland, and later in cinemas on 16 September 2021. The film was based on the life of Zdzisław Najmrodzki, a criminal and thief who was active in the Polish People's Republic in the 1980s, and who was notable for escaping from prison and the authorities 29 times.
The Convict is a Polish crime drama series created by Ewa Ornacka and based on her book Skazane na potępienie. The series stars Agata Kulesza as a successful judge Alicja Mazur from Katowice, who is accused of a murder she did not commit. In prison, Mazur tries to survive among the women she previously sent to prison.
All About My Parents is a 2014 Polish comedy drama film written and directed by Marcin Krzysztalowicz. The film stars Łukasz Simlat, Agata Kulesza, Adam Woronowicz and Karolina Gruszka. It follows 40 years-old man who works with therapist and go through child memories about his parents' sex life and life during the 1970s in Polish People's Republic. It was released on December 25, 2014, by Kino Świat in Poland.
The Dog Who Travelled by Train, also known as Lampo, the Travelling Dog, and The Traveling Dog, is a 2023 Polish-language adventure children's film directed by Magdalena Nieć and written by Mojca Tirš and Marcin Siemiątkowski. Produced by Canal+ Polska and K&K Selekt Film in Poland, it starred Liliana Zajbert, Mateusz Damięcki, Monika Pikuła, and Adam Woronowicz. The film premiered on 25 August 2023. The story revolved around Zusia, a 10-years-old girl struggling with an illness, befriending a dog named Lampo, who used trains to travel across the country. It was loosely based on 1967 children's book O psie, który jeździł koleją by Roman Pisarski, which in turn was inspired by the life of dog Lampo in the 1950s Italy.
Pora umierać is a Polish black-and-white drama film from 2007, directed and written by Dorota Kędzierzawska. The protagonist of the film is the elderly Aniela, who lives with her dog in an abandoned wooden villa in Warsaw. The film was produced with the support of the Polish Film Institute and features digital cinematography by Arthur Reinhart. Pora umierać achieved significant success at various festivals, winning awards for sound design and Szaflarska's performance at the Gdynia Film Festival, as well as earning Szaflarska a Polish Academy Award for Best Actress at the Polish Film Awards. The film also garnered numerous accolades at international film festivals. In critical analyses, attention was drawn to Kędzierzawska's subtle exploration of themes such as dying, attitudes toward death, and coexistence with non-human organisms.
