Till the 10th February 2017 you can submit films to the 15. edition of the Gdańsk DocFilm Festival on the platform filmfestivallife.com. We look forward to interesting artistic propositions. Details you can find in our Regulations.

Selection committee 14th Gdańsk DocFilm Festival chose 26 films from more than 320 submissions. In the main competition we will see:

1. “SICK” dir. Hrvoje Mabic (Croatia) 2015 95′
2. “CERRO RICO – THE SILVER MOUNTAIN” dir. Armin Thalhammer (Austria) 2015 30′

Our pre-selection jury has began its difficult task. We will soon know the titles of the films which will compete for the Gate of Freedom. This year we have received 330 entries from 53 countries, like USA, Ecuador, Cuba, Brazil, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Iran or New Zealand. There is also a strong representation of Europe. We have been sent documentaries from Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and many more.

Till the 10th February 2017 you can submit films to the 15. edition of the Gdańsk DocFilm Festival on the platform filmfestivallife.com. We look forward to interesting artistic propositions. Details you can find in our Regulations.

THURSDAY 11.06.2015 ECS
MAIN COMPETITON
14.00 – Starting Point| Poland | dir. Michał Szcześniak | 2014 | 26 min.
14.30 – Honey on Wounds| Great Britain | dir. Iulia Stoian | 2014 | 30 min.
15.00 – Shepherd’s Song| Armenia| Poland | dir. Vahram Mkhitaryan | 2014 | 30 min.
15.30 – I’ll send you a postcard| Poland | dir. Anna Duda-Ziętek | 2014 | 54 min.
Q&A with Anna Duda-Ziętek , the director, after the screening
17.00 – I am Kuba| Norway | dir. Åse Svenheim Drivenes | 2014 | 56 min.
Teleconference with Åse Svenheim Drivenes, the director after the screening
19.00 – OFFICIAL FESTIVAL OPENING
SPECIAL SCREENING
19.15 – Virunga| Great Britain, Congo | dir. Orlando von Einsiedel | 2014 | 100 min.
MAIN COMPETITON
21.00 – White Earth| USA | dir. Christian Jensen | 2013 | 20 min.
Teleconference with Christianem Jensenem, the director, after the screening

FIRDAY 12.06.2015 ECS

MAIN COMPETITON

11.00 – Object| Poland | dir. Paulina Skibińska | 2015 | 14 min.
11.15 – Gates of the Lamb| Lithuania | dir. Audrius Stonys | 2014 | 44 min.
12.00 – One Man Show| Poland | dir. Jakub Piątek | 2014 | 53 min.
13.00 – Tough Cookies| Austria | dir. Ruth Kaaserer | 2014 | 80 min.
14.30 – …

Selection committee chose 24 films from more than 250 submissions. In the main competition we will see:

1. “DEEP LOVE” dir. Jan P. Matuszyński (Poland) 2013 84 ‘
2. “UNSTOPPABLES” dir. Bartosz M. Kowalski (Poland) 2015 73 ‘
3. “THE MACEDONIAN” dir. Petro Aleksowski (Poland) 2013 46 ‘
4. “THE UKRAINIANS” dir. Leonid Kanter, Ivan Yasniy  (Ukraine) 2015 86 ‘
5. “A HOUSE UPSIDE DOWN” dir. Adam Palenta (Poland) 2014 19 ‘
6. “SHEPHERD’S SONG” dir. Vahram Mkhitaryan (Armenia, Poland) 2014 30 ‘
7. “I AM KUBA” dir. Ase Svenheim Drivenes (Norway) 2014 56 ‘
8. “I’ll SEND YOU A POSTCARD” dir. Anna Duda-Ziętek (Poland) 2014 54 ‘
9. “GATES OF THE LAMB” reż. Audrius Stonys (Lithuania) 2014 44 ‘
10. “SEE NO EVIL” dir. Jos de Putter (Netherlands) 2014 72 ‘
11. “HONEY ON WOUNDS” dir. Iulia Stoian (UK) 2014 30 ‘
12. “NOT ANYMORE: A STORY OF REVOLUTION” dir. Matthew VanDyke (Syria, Turkey, USA) 2013 15 ‘
13. “TOTART, OR REASON REGAINED” dir. Bartosz Paduch (Poland) 2014 76 ‘
14. “JUREK” dir. Paweł Wysoczański (Poland) 2014 73 ‘
15. “OBJECT” dir. Paulina Skibińska (Poland) 2015 14 ‘
16. “STARTING POINT” dir. Michał Szcześniak (Poland) 2014 26’
17. “TOUGH COOKIES” dir. Ruth Kaaserer (Austria) 2014 80 ‘
18. “A PLACE FOR EVERYONE” dir. Angelos Rallis, Hans Ulrich …

An outstanding Polish director Magdalena Piekorz will head the jury debates at this year’s Gdańsk DocFilm Festival. The remaining members of the jury are: a German film and television producer Klaus Schmutzer and a Gdansk journalist who specializes in film, Henryk Tronowicz.

Magdalena Piekorz

Born in 1974 in Sosnowiec. Screenwriter, director, doctor of cinematic arts. Graduate of the University of Silesia’s Radio and Television department in Katowice.The movies to which she owes her first success were shot both in Poland and abroad, in places like Bosnia or the United States. She received various prestigious awards for her works, such as Brązowy Lajkonik (The Brown Lajkonik) for the movie “Dziewczyny z Szymanowa” (“Girls of Szymanów”) at Krakow Film Festival in 1998, Grand Prix of the Euroshorts Festival for “Przybysze” (“Newcomers”) in 1999 in Warsaw. She received the Golden Lions of the XXIX Gdynia Film Festival for her first feature film, “Pręgi” (“Stripes”), based on the writing of Wojciech Kuczok. The movie received an Oscar nomination in 2005. Her movie “Senność” (“Somnolence”), made in 2008, earned her the award of Złoty Klakier (The Golden Clapper) for receiving the longest round of applause at the XXXIII Gdynia Film Festival, as well as awards from both …

For the second time Gdańsk DocFilm Festival will be held in European Solidarity Centre. We would like to invite you for the 14th edition of the Festival on 23-26 June 2016 – www.ecs.gda.pl