New York Polish Film Festival

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New York Polish Film Festival
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Location New York City
Founded 2005
Awards Krzysztof Kieślowski Beyond Borders Award
Elżbieta Czyżewska Award
New York's Audience Award
Produced by Hanna Kosińska-Hartowicz [1]
Website http://www.nypff.com
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Film festivals

New York Polish Film Festival (abbreviated to NYPFF, Polish: Nowojorski Festiwal Filmów Polskich) is a film festival held annually in New York City since 2005. Its mission is to present and promote Polish cinema in the United States, to expose an American audience to Polish films, as well as to offer Polish filmmakers a rare opportunity to showcase their works in a major cultural center such as New York. [2] Each year the festival presents acclaimed selections of features, short films, animations and documentaries of Polish filmmakers regardless of the country where films were made. NYPFF is the only annual presentation of Polish films in New York City and the largest festival promoting and presenting Polish films on the East Coast. [3]

Polish language West Slavic language spoken in Poland

Polish is a West Slavic language of the Lechitic group. It is spoken primarily in Poland and serves as the native language of the Poles. In addition to being an official language of Poland, it is also used by Polish minorities in other countries. There are over 50 million Polish language speakers around the world and it is one of the official languages of the European Union.

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Awards

The film festival’s jury grants the "Beyond Borders Award," named in honor of Krzysztof Kieślowski, for the best feature, documentary and short films (only Polish productions and US premieres at the festival are qualified to compete). The audience votes for their choice of the best Polish films and the winners in each category are presented with the "New York’s Audience Award." In 2011, in memory of Elżbieta Czyżewska, an award for best actress was introduced. [4]

Krzysztof Kieślowski Polish film director and screenwriter

Krzysztof Kieślowski was a Polish film director and screenwriter.

Elżbieta Czyżewska Polish actress

Elżbieta Justyna Czyżewska was a Polish actress active in both Poland and the United States.

See also

Cinema of Poland

The history of cinema in Poland is almost as long as history of cinematography, and it has universal achievements, even though Polish films tend to be less commercially available than films from several other European nations.

National Film School in Łódź

The Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź is the leading Polish academy for future actors, directors, photographers, camera operators and TV staff. It was founded on 8 March 1948 in Łódź and was initially planned to be moved to Warsaw as soon as the city was rebuilt after its destruction during World War II and the Warsaw Uprising. However, in the end the school remained in Łódź and is one of the most prominent institutions of higher education in the city.

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References

  1. ↑ "New York Polish Film Festival → About Us". www.nypff.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  2. ↑ "Nowojorski Festiwal Filmów Polskich już w maju" (in Polish). Filmweb. 25 April 2005. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  3. ↑ "Święto polskiego kina w Nowym Jorku" (in Polish). Wirtualna Polska. 6 May 2009. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  4. ↑ "New York Polish Film Festival → Awards". www.nypff.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2011. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
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