We’ve discovered the best projects of the 5th edition of MDAG Industry! On Sunday, May 10, the award ceremony took place at the State Ethnographic Museum. Congratulations to all the award winners - we’re looking forward to seeing the completed projects.
Summary by Anna Szczypińska, Head of MDAG Industry:
“4 pitch sessions, 50 projects, over 350 one-on-one meetings - these all came together to shape this year’s MDAG Industry! We thank all participants, partners, mentors, experts, decision-makers, and the audience. This year’s edition brought forward stories that are too rarely heard, yet have the power to shift perspectives and expand our shared experience. We believe the projects presented within MDAG Industry will be bold, moving, and uncompromising, and will find their way to audiences around the world.”
7th Young Audiences Documentary Film Forum
Organiser: The Wajda Film Centre
Awards:
Cash Prize of 7,000 PLN for the best project from Millennium Docs Against Gravity – THE ORCHID QUEST, reż. Florian Rudolph
Cash Prize of 7,000 PLN for the best project from LET’S DOC Festival –
ALMOST AT HOME dir. Aleksandra Kubisa
Cash Prize of 5,000 PLN for the best project from the Polish Filmmakers Association –
WHERE THE FOREST ENDS, dir. Mateusz Buława
Short Pitch Program
Organisers: Millennium Docs Against Gravity, Institute of Documentary Film
Awards:
Polish Filmmakers Association Award – a cash prize of 5,000 PLN – BELL BOY, dir. and prod. Akseli Leppänen
EAST DOC AWARD – awarded by the Institute of Documentary Film – specialist consultations on the rough cut and a tailored festival distribution strategy – BELL BOY, dir. & prod. Akseli Leppänen
DAE AWARD – award presented by the Documentary Association of Europe (DAE) – an individual consultation session with an experienced DAE consultant – NAPLES, FLORIDA, dir. Modesta Žemgulytė, prod. Akvilė Žilionytė-Khan (Artišokai)
RISING PRODUCER AWARD – award presented by the Polish Producers Alliance (KIPA) – an individual mentoring programme led by an experienced industry specialist – KYIV UNDER MY WHEELS, dir. Marina Baibarza, prod. Marina Baibarza (Process Films)
Progress Pitching Session
Awards:
CANAL+ Polska Award – Grand Prize of €3,000 – THE LAWYER, dir. Maciej Bochniak, prod. Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Kinga Tasarek (Madants)
Polish Filmmakers Association Award – a cash prize of 10 000 PLN – THE LAWYER, dir. Maciej Bochniak, prod. Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Kinga Tasarek (Madants)
SMAKJAM Award – colour grading services worth 15,000 PLN – CHILDREN OF THE BLACK GARDEN, dir. Łukasz Kowalski, prod. Anna Mazerant, Łukasz Kowalski (4.30 Studio)
SoundMind Award – sound post-production services worth PLN 10,000 – THE LAWYER, dir. Maciej Bochniak, prod. Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, Kinga Tasarek (Madants)
The Jacob Burns Film Center Award – an artist-in-residence programme at The Jacob Burns Film Center (Pleasantville, NY) – THE DIARY OF EXPERIENCES, dir. Dorota Roś, prod. Zofia Kujawska (Telemark)
VISIONI DAL MONDO Award – accreditation and participation of the project in the Visioni dal Mondo pitching session in Milan – NO MOTHER'S LAND, dir. Wiktoria Szymanska-Davis, prod. Monika Braid (Braidmade Films), Wiktoria Davis, Sonja Henrici
MDAG Industry is organized in collaboration with CANAL+ Polska.
The section is co-financed by the Polish Film Institute.
The partners of MDAG Industry are: Polish Filmmakers Association, Polish Producers Alliance, Andrzej Wajda Centre For Film Culture, CPH:DOX, Institute of Documentary Film, EAVE, Adam Mickiewicz Institute, Visioni dal Mondo, SoundMind, SMAKJAM, DOCA, Doc Alliance, Doc Alliance Network of Markets, The Jacob Burns Film Center, Culture Without Barriers Foundation, Katarynka Foundation, Forum Without Barriers, Screenplay Atelier, State Ethnographic Museum, Arthouse Cinemas Association, Embassy of Sweden.
