Polish Film Awards nominations announced February 8, 2017 - 17:13 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The nominations for the Polish Eagles, the country's main film award and local equivalent of the Oscars, were announced on Tuesday, February 7, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Jestem mordercą (I'm a Killer)by Maciej Pieprzyca, Ostatnia rodzina (The Last Family) by Jan P. Matuszyński, which won awards at Locarno, Chicago and Denver international film festivals, and Wołyń (Hatred) by Wojciech Smarzowski are to compete in the best film nomination. Hatred, a WWII love story, earned the highest number of nominations ,14 in total, including best director, best actor, best actress, best screenplay and the discovery of the year. It is followed by The Last Family, centered on the unusual life of a well-known artistic family, with 10 nominations. The directors of all the three movies nominated in the best film category will also compete for the best director award. Ken Loach’s I, Daniel Blake, which brought the director a Palme d'Or at the Cannes international film festival last year, was nominated in the best European film category, alongside Stephen Frears' Florence Foster Jenkins and Laszlo Nemes' Son of Saul, the winner of the Oscar in the best foreign-language film category last year. The award ceremony is to be held on March 20.  Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running”   Partner news |  Latest news European Parliament to discuss repression in Azerbaijan  The European Parliament will discuss repression of civil society in Azerbaijan on April 24PACE wants concessions from Azerbaijan to accept Baku back A PACE co-rapporteur said that Azerbaijani authorities must make certain concessions so that the country can return to PACE.Cyprus parliament honors Armenian genocide victims Acting House President Zacharias Koulias noted that April 24 marks the “black anniversary” of the Armenian genocide.Armenia PM, France envoy discuss regional matters Issues related to the consistent development of Armenia-France cooperation were discussed. |
