Polish Film Award, or Eagle ( pl, Polska Nagroda Filmowa, „Orzeł”) is a

film award Film award is a cinematic award which can be awarded in several categories. Unlike the film festival, the film award is not accompanied by a public screening of competitive films. Film awards are usually awarded based on the results of a secret vot ...

s ceremony given annually since 1999, with the first event held on 21 June, by the National Chamber of Audiovisual Producers (KIPA). Since 2003 they are given out by the

Polish Film Academy The Polish Film Academy (Polish: ''Polska Akademia Filmowa'') is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures. History The Academy, founded in 2003, is composed of about 600 mo ...

. Their status in the Polish film industry can be compared with

Academy Awards The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

Awards

List of main categories: *

Best Film This is a list of categories of awards commonly awarded through organizations that bestow film awards, including those presented by various film, festivals, and people's awards. Best Actor/Best Actress *See Best Actor#Film awards, Best Actress#F ...

– since 1999 *

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

– since 1999 *

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

– since 1999 *

Supporting Actor A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s), and above that of a bit part. In recognition of important nature of this work, the theater and film industries give separate awards to the ...

– since 2000 *

Supporting Actress A supporting actor is an actor who performs a role in a play or film below that of the leading actor(s), and above that of a bit part. In recognition of important nature of this work, the theater and film industries give separate awards to the ...

– since 2000 * Documentary – since 2013 *

Film Score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to e ...

– since 1999 * Director – since 1999 *

Screenplay ''ScreenPlay'' is a television drama anthology series broadcast on BBC2 between 9 July 1986 and 27 October 1993. Background After single-play anthology series went off the air, the BBC introduced several showcases for made-for-television, f ...

– since 1999 *

Cinematography Cinematography (from ancient Greek κίνημα, ''kìnema'' "movement" and γράφειν, ''gràphein'' "to write") is the art of motion picture (and more recently, electronic video camera) photography. Cinematographers use a lens to focu ...

– since 1999 *

Costume Design Costume design is the creation of clothing for the overall appearance of a character or performer. Costume may refer to the style of dress particular to a nation, a class, or a period. In many cases, it may contribute to the fullness of the arti ...

– since 2001 *

Sound In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave, through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by ...

– since 1999 *

Editing Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, photographic, visual, audible, or cinematic material used by a person or an entity to convey a message or information. The editing process can involve correction, condensation, or ...

– since 1999 *

Production Design In film and television, the production designer is the individual responsible for the overall aesthetic of the story. The production design gives the viewers a sense of the time period, the plot location, and character actions and feelings. Wor ...

– since 1999 * European Film – since 2005 * Producer – 1999–2001 * Discovery of the Year - since 2008 *

TV Series A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed b ...

– since 2015 Special awards: *

Audience Award An audience award is typically an award at a film festival (or some other type of cultural festival or similar competition) which is selected by the audience attending the festival, rather than by the festival jury or a group of critics. Example ...

* Special Award * Life Achievement Award

Wins and nominations

List of films with five or more awards

* 11 wins – '' Corpus Christi'' (2019) (15 nominations) * 10 wins – ''Silent Night'' (2018) (11 nominations) * 9 wins – ''

Volhynia Volhynia (also spelled Volynia) ( ; uk, Воли́нь, Volyn' pl, Wołyń, russian: Волы́нь, Volýnʹ, ), is a historic region in Central and Eastern Europe, between south-eastern Poland, south-western Belarus, and western Ukraine. The ...

'' (2017) (14 nominations) * 8 wins – '' Reverse'' (2009) (13 nominations) * 8 wins – '' The Pianist'' (2002) (13 nominations) * 7 wins – ''25 Years of Innocence'' (2020) (15 nominations) * 7 wins – ''

Cold War The Cold War is a term commonly used to refer to a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc. The term '' cold war'' is used because t ...

'' (2019) (12 nominations) * 7 wins – ''

Gods A deity or god is a supernatural being who is considered divine or sacred. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines deity as a god or goddess, or anything revered as divine. C. Scott Littleton defines a deity as "a being with powers greater ...

'' (2015) (13 nominations) * 7 wins – ''

Rose A rose is either a woody perennial flowering plant of the genus ''Rosa'' (), in the family Rosaceae (), or the flower it bears. There are over three hundred species and tens of thousands of cultivars. They form a group of plants that can be ...

'' (2011) (8 nominations) * 7 wins – '' Katyń'' (2007) (11 nominations) * 7 wins – ''Jasminum'' (2006) (9 nominations) * 7 wins – ''

The Collector ''The Collector'' is a 1963 thriller novel by English author John Fowles, in his literary debut. Its plot follows a lonely, psychotic young man who kidnaps a female art student in London and holds her captive in the cellar of his rural farmhous ...

'' (2005) (8 nominations) * 7 wins – ''

Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease ''Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease'' ( pl, Życie jako śmiertelna choroba przenoszona drogą płciową) is a 2000 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Zanussi. It was Poland's submission to the 73rd Academy Awards for the Academy ...

'' (12 nominations) * 6 wins – '' The Wedding'' (2004) (10 nominations) * 6 wins – ''

My Nikifor ''My Nikifor'' ( pl, Mój Nikifor) is a 2004 Polish drama film directed by Krzysztof Krauze. It is based on the life of Nikifor, a folk and naïve painter. Cast * Krystyna Feldman as Nikifor *Roman Gancarczyk as Marian Włosiński * Lucyna Ma ...

'' (2004) (10 nominations) * 6 wins – ''

Pan Tadeusz ''Pan Tadeusz'' (full title: ''Mister Thaddeus, or the Last Foray in Lithuania: A Nobility's Tale of the Years 1811–1812, in Twelve Books of Verse'') is an epic poem by the Polish poet, writer, translator and philosopher Adam Mickiewicz. Th ...

'' (1999) (11 nominations) * 5 wins – '' Little Moscow'' (2008) (8 nominations) * 5 wins – ''Zmruż oczy'' (2003) (8 nominacji) * 5 wins – ''

Pornografia ''Pornografia'' is a 1960 novel by the Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz. The narrative revolves around two middle-aged Warsawian intellectuals, who during a trip to the countryside during World War II construct a scheme to entice two teenagers in a ...

'' (2003) (9 nominations) * 5 wins – ''Cześć Tereska'' (2001) (10 nominations) * 5 wins – '' The Debt'' (1998) (10 nominations)

List of films with ten or more nominations

Directors with two or more awards

Most wins by actresses

Kinga Preis Kinga Anna Preis (born 31 August 1971, in Wrocław) is a Polish film and theatre actress. Life and career She graduated from Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in 1996. In 2006, she received the Zbigniew Cybulski Award for best young ac ...

– 16 nominations, 6 awards *

Agata Kulesza Agata Kulesza-Figurska (; born 27 September 1971) is a Polish film, television and stage actress, and a member of the Polish Film Academy.

– 10 nominations, 4 awards *

Aleksandra Konieczna Aleksandra Konieczna (born 13 October 1965) is a Polish film and stage actress. She is a three-time Polish Film Award winner for her roles in ''The Last Family'' (2016), ''A Cat with a Dog'' (2018) and '' Corpus Christi'' (2019). Her television ...

– 3 nominations, 3 awards *

Stanisława Celińska Stanisława Celińska (born 29 April 1947 in Warsaw, Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has ...

– 5 nominations, 2 awards *

Danuta Szaflarska Danuta Szaflarska (; 6 February 1915 – 19 February 2017) was a Polish film and stage actress. In 2008 she was awarded the Złota Kaczka for the best Polish actress of the century. Szaflarska participated in the Warsaw Uprising as a liaison. Sz ...

– 5 nominations, 2 awards *

Maja Ostaszewska Maja Ostaszewska (born 3 September 1972) is a Polish actress. Biography She was born in Kraków, the daughter of Polish musician Jacek Ostaszewski, of the Ostoja Clan. Ostaszewska was raised Buddhist. She started her acting training in her ...

– 5 nominations, 2 awards *

Danuta Stenka Danuta Stenka (born 10 October 1961 in Sierakowice, Poland) is a Polish actress. She is one of the leading Polish film and theatre actresses. Life and career From 1991, she spent a decade working at Teatr Dramatyczny in Warsaw, then at TR Wars ...

– 4 nominations, 2 awards *

Joanna Kulig Joanna Kulig (; born 24 June 1982) is a Polish actress and singer, best known for her role in the 2018 historical drama film ''Cold War'', which earned her the European Film Award for Best Actress. Her other notable credits include the films '' ...

– 3 nominations, 2 awards *

Dominika Ostałowska Dominika Ostałowska (born 18 February 1971, Warsaw) is a Polish film, television and theatre actress. She is a two-time winner of Polish Film Awards for Best Actress for her performance in a 2000 film ''Keep Away from the Window'' and for Best ...

– 3 nominations, 2 awards *

Krystyna Feldman Krystyna Zofia Feldman (1 March 1916 – 24 January 2007) was a Polish actress. Life and career Born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) to a Catholic mother, Katarzyna Sawicka, an opera singer and a Jewish father, Ferdynand Feldm ...

– 2 nominations, 2 awards

Most wins by actors

Janusz Gajos Janusz Gajos (; born 23 September 1939) is a Polish film, television and theatre actor as well as pedagogue and photographer. Professor of Theatre Arts and an Honorary Doctor of the National Film School in Łódź, he is considered one of the gr ...

– 12 nominations, 5 awards *

Robert Więckiewicz Robert Więckiewicz (born 30 June 1967) is a Polish film and television actor from Nowa Ruda, Poland. In 2013, he received Best Actor Award at the Chicago International Film Festival The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film ...

– 8 nominations, 5 awards *

Arkadiusz Jakubik Arkadiusz Jakubik (; born 14 January 1969 in Strzelce Opolskie) is a Polish actor, scriptwriter, voice actor and musician. Known mainly for portrayal of a disabled cop Rysio in '' 13 posterunek'' sitcom and for wide collaboration with Wojciech Sm ...

– 9 nominations, 4 awards *

Jan Frycz Jan Frycz (born 15 May 1954) is a Polish screen and stage actor. He was nominated for six Polish Academy Awards, winning twice for his supporting roles in the films '' Pornografia'' (2003) and '' The Welts'' (2004). Biography Frycz's father w ...

– 8 nominations, 3 awards *

Jacek Braciak Jacek Braciak (born 12 May 1968) 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'' and ''Rose''. Selected filmography * '' Edi'' (200 ...

– 5 nominations, 3 awards *

Andrzej Chyra Andrzej Chyra (born 27 August 1964) is a Polish actor and a member of the Polish Film Academy and the European Film Academy. Life and career He graduated from high school and in 1987 he graduated from the Acting Theater School in Warsaw. In 19 ...

– 7 nominations, 2 awards *

Dawid Ogrodnik Dawid Ogrodnik (born 28 May 1986, Wągrowiec) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than ten films since 2010. Filmography References External links * 1986 births Living people Polish film actors Polish male film actors Po ...

- 5 nominations, 2 awards *

Zbigniew Zamachowski Zbigniew Zamachowski (; born 17 July 1961) is a Polish actor. Life and career He was born on 17 July 1961 in Brzeziny near Łódź. Zamachowski graduated from the actor's faculty of the National Film School in Łódź. He began his acting care ...

– 5 nominations, 2 awards

Most nominations

– 16 nominations for best actress * Marek Wronko – 12 nominations for best sound editing *

Wojciech Kilar Wojciech Kilar (; 17 July 1932 – 29 December 2013) was a Polish classical and film music composer. One of his greatest successes came with his score to Francis Ford Coppola's '' Bram Stoker's Dracula'' in 1992, which received the ASCAP Award a ...

– 10 nominations for best score * Wanda Zeman – 10 nominations for best film editing * Magdalena Biedrzycka – 10 nominations for best costume design * Jagna Janicka – 10 nominations (7 for best costume design and 3 for best production design) * Nikodem Wołk-Łaniewski – 9 nominations for sound editing *

– 9 nominations for best actor

Most wins overall

Krzysztof Ptak Krzysztof Ptak (3 April 1954 – 19 August 2016) was a Polish cinematographer. Ptak was born in Sulejów in 1954. He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź in 1980 and began his film career by making documentaries. He co-operated wit ...

– 7 awards for best cinematography * Jacek Hamela – 6 awards for best sound editing *

– 5 awards for best actress *

– 5 awards (4 for best actor and 1 lifetime achievement award) *

– 4 awards for best score *

– 4 awards for best actress

"Big Five" winners and nominees

The following is a list of films that won the awards for Best Film, Director, Actor, Actress and Screenplay.

Winners

* ''

'' (2005) # Best Film: ''

'' # Best Director:

Feliks Falk Feliks Falk ps. ''Robert F. Lane'', ''Edward Neyman'' (born 25 February 1941) is a Polish film and theater director as well as writer of film scripts, stage plays, television plays, and radio shows. A 1966 graduate of Warsaw's Academy of Fine Ar ...

# Best Screenplay:

# Best Actress:

# Best Actor:

* '' Corpus Christi'' (2019) # Best Film: '' Corpus Christi'' # Best Director:

Jan Komasa Jan Tadeusz Komasa (born October 28, 1981) is a Polish film director, screenwriter, and producer best known for directing '' Suicide Room'' (2011), '' Warsaw 44'' (2014), and ''Corpus Christi'' (2019), which was nominated for the Best Internatio ...

# Best Screenplay: Mateusz Pacewicz # Best Actress:

# Best Actor:

Bartosz Bielenia Bartosz Bielenia (born 15 May 1992) is a Polish film and stage actor. Education In 2016, Bielenia graduated from AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. Career He made his debut in 1999 at the Aleksander Wegierko Dramatic Theat ...

Nominees

; Four awards won * ''

'' (2000): Best Film, Best Director (

Krzysztof Zanussi Krzysztof Pius Zanussi (born 17 June 1939) is a Polish film and theatre director, producer and screenwriter. He is a professor of European film at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland where he conducts a summer workshop. He is ...

), Best Screenplay (

) and Best Actor (

Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Zbigniew Jan Zapasiewicz (13 September 1934 – 14 July 2009) was one of the most prominent post-war Polish actors, as well as a theatre director and pedagogue. Biography Zbigniew Zapasiewicz was born on 13 September 1934 in Warsaw, Poland. Du ...

); lost: Best Actress (

Krystyna Janda Krystyna Jolanta Janda (born 18 December 1952) is a Polish film and theater actress best known internationally for playing leading roles in several films by Polish director Andrzej Wajda, including '' Man of Marble'' (''Człowiek z marmuru'', 197 ...

) * ''Cześć Tereska'' (2001): Best Film, Best Director (

Robert Gliński Robert Ignacy Gliński (born 17 April 1952 in Warsaw) is a Polish film director and screenwriter. A graduate of the National Film School in Łódź. He won the Golden Lions at the Gdynia Film Festival in 1992 with his film '' Wszystko, co najw ...

), Best Screenplay (Jacek Wyszomirski) and Best Actor (

); lost: Best Actress (Aleksandra Gietner) * ''Zmruż oczy'' (2002): Best Film, Best Director (

Andrzej Jakimowski Andrzej Jakimowski (born 17 August 1963) is a Polish film director, writer and producer, best known for directing the films '' Squint Your Eyes ( pl, Zmruż oczy)'' and '' Tricks ( pl, Sztuczki)''. He is an alumnus of Krzysztof Kieślowski Film ...

), Best Screenplay (

) and Best Actor (

); lost: Best Actress (Aleksandra Prószyńska) * '' Róża'' (2012): Best Film, Best Director (

Wojciech Smarzowski Wojciech Smarzowski (born 18 January 1963 in Korczyna near Krosno) is a Polish screenwriter and director. He studied filmmaking at the Jagiellonian University and the National Film School in Łódź (1990). His 2004 film, '' The Wedding'' (not t ...

), Best Screenplay (Michał Szczerbic) and Best Actress (

Agata Kulesza Agata Kulesza-Figurska (; born 27 September 1971) is a Polish film, television and stage actress, and a member of the Polish Film Academy.

); lost: Best Actor ( Marcin Dorociński) * '' Body/Ciało'' (2016): Best Film, Best Director (

Małgorzata Szumowska Małgorzata Szumowska (; born 26 February 1973) is a Poles, Polish film director, screenwriter and producer, born in Kraków. Her 2013 film ''In the Name Of (film), In the Name Of'' received the Teddy Award for Best Feature at the 63rd Berlin In ...

), Best Actor (

) and Best Actress (

); lost: Best Screenplay (

Michał Englert Michał Englert (born 4 May 1975) is a Polish cinematographer and screenwriter from Warsaw.Michał Engler ...

) * ''

'' (2018): Best Film, Best Director (

Paweł Pawlikowski Paweł Aleksander Pawlikowski (; born 15 September 1957) is a Polish filmmaker. He garnered early praise for a string of documentaries in the 1990s and for his award-winning feature films of the 2000s, '' Last Resort'' (2000) and '' My Summer of ...

), Best Screenplay ( Janusz Głowacki and Paweł Pawlikowski) and Best Actress (

); lost: Best Actor (

Tomasz Kot Tomasz Kot (born 21 April 1977) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 30 films and 26 plays as well as dozens of television series. Education and career He graduated from the Tadeusz Kościuszko High School No. 1 in Legnica. On 17 Nove ...

) ; Three awards won * ''Reverse'' (2009): Best Film, Best Screenplay (

Andrzej Bart Andrzej Bart (born 1951 in Wrocław, Poland) is a Polish novelist, screenwriter and film director. He is called the Polish Thomas PynchonAgata Buzek Agata Bronisława Buzek (born 20 September 1976) is a Polish actress and model. Agata, the daughter of Polish politician, former Prime Minister of Poland and President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek, was born in Pyskowice in Gliwice Cou ...

); lost: Best Director (

Borys Lankosz Borys Lankosz (born 31 March 1973, Kraków) is a Polish film director. He graduated from the National Film School in Łódź. His debut film "Evolution" (2001) received several awards, i.a. the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco Internationa ...

), Best Actor ( Marcin Dorociński) * '' Ostatnia rodzina'' (2017): Best Screenplay (Robert Bolesto), Best Actor (

Andrzej Seweryn Andrzej Teodor Seweryn (born 25 April 1946) is a Polish actor and director. One of the most successful Polish theatre actors, he starred in over 50 films, mostly in Poland, France and Germany. He is also one of only three non-French actors to ...

) and Best Actress (

); lost: Best Film, lost Best Direcotr (

Jan P. Matuszyński Jan Paweł Matuszyński (; born 23 April 1984, Katowice) is a Polish film director and a producer of documentary films. Life In 2012, he graduated in Film and Television Directing at the Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School in Katowice. In 2014, he ...

)

References

External links

Official website

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Awards

Wins and nominations

List of films with five or more awards

List of films with ten or more nominations

Directors with two or more awards

Most wins by actresses

Most wins by actors

Most nominations

Most wins overall

"Big Five" winners and nominees

Winners

Nominees

See also

References

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