Short Waves Festival is an annual international short film festival held in Poznań, Poland . Its main characteristic is inclusion of not only live-action, documentary and animated films, but also music videos, experimental films and video-art. It is one of the main events of its kind in Poland. The event's slogan hails it as "the most concise short film festival".
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Since its commencement, the festival is organized by the Ad Arte Foundation from Poznań .[1] [2] Grand Prix Tour continued the tradition of organizing screenings around the globe, and Short Waves Poznań was a stationery version of the festival, with numerous screenings and events added. International competition was introduced next to the Polish one. The 2016 edition was the last to include the multiple location tour. Since then, the festival is held exclusively in Poznań and its multi-city incarnation is abandoned. The festival in its new format began to flourish with multiple new screening sections and competitions (such as Poznań Open, Dances with Camera, Urban View, Best of Seven), specialized workshops (for example movie poster making), discussion panels and other industry events.[3]
2009
Audience Grand Prix Award: MYJNIA (Carwash), Jan P. Matuszyński
Future Shorts Award: ZIĘTEK, Bartosz Blaschke
Special Award: FILM O KOSTUCHU, Piotr Bosacki
2010
Audience Grand Prix Award: BRZYDKIE SŁOWA (Bad Lyrics), Marcin Maziarzewski
Szczecin Wave Award: SZCZĘŚCIARZE, Tomasz Wolski
2011
Audience Grand Prix Award: DRAKULA, Piotr Bosacki
Short Waves Pro Award: PRZEZ SZYBĘ (Through Glass), Igor Chojna
2012
Grand Prix Audience Award: NOISE, Katarzyna Kijek & Przemysław Adamski
Short Waves Pro Award: NOISE, Katarzyna Kijek & Przemysław Adamski
2013
Short Waves Pro Award: THE GUARDIANS, Krzysztof Szota
Audience Award: THE GOVERNANCE OF LOVE, Adela Kaczmarek
2014
Grand Prix: OUR CURSE , Tomasz Śliwiński
Poznan Open I award: KILLING AUNTIE, Mateusz Głowacki
Poznan Open II award: SHAME, Karma Fryc
Poznan Open III award: LUKE AND LOTTA, Renata Gąsiorowska
Poznan Open Audience Award: SURVEY ABOUT WOMEN, Mateusz Głowacki
Dances with Camera: WASHED, Daphna Mero
2015
Grand Prix Tour: THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL, Anna Morawiec
Poznan Open I award: HOME, Agnieszka Borowa
Poznan Open II award: MILKY BROTHER, Vahram Mkhitaryan
Poznan Open III award: INVISIBLE, Zofia Pręgowska
Poznan Open Special Jury Award: UNWANTED DESIRES, Ola Szmida
Urban View I award: ALBERDI’S HEROES, Andres Grabois
Urban View II award: A PASSENGER STREAM, Anna Dranitsyna
Urban View III award: DISPLACEMENTS, Manuel Alvarez Diestro
Dances with Camera I award: BEATING, Kari Sulc, Tereza Hradilkova
Dances with Camera II award: WANNABE, Jessica Taylor
Dances with Camera III award: OFF GROUND, Boudewijn Koole & Jakop Ahlbom
Best of Seven: CAMBODIA 2099, Davy Chou
2016
Poznan Open I award: EDMOND, Nina Gantz
Poznan Open II award: RAISA , Pavel Cuzuioc
Poznan Open III award: END OF THE WORLD, Monika Pawluczuk
Best of Seven I award: OBJECT, Paulina Skibińska
Best of Seven Audience Award: GRANDMA'S DAY, Miłosz Sakowski
Dances with Camera I award: GONE, Helena Jónsdóttir & Vera Sölvadóttir
Dances with Camera II award: LAY ME LOW, Marlene Millar
Dances with Camera III award: HOME ALONE, Adi Halfin
2017
A screening during Short Waves Festival
Polish Competition I award: EDUCATION, Emi Buchwald
Polish Competition II award: LEAVEN, Artur Hanaj
Polish Competition III award: POLONAISE, Agnieszka Elbanowska
Polish Competition Honourable mention: CLOSE TIES, Zofia Kowalewska
Polish Competition Audience award: CLOSE TIES, Zofia Kowalewska
International Competition I award: DECORADO, Alberto Vázquez , Spain
International Competition II award: THE MANLIEST MAN, Anuj Gulatii, India
International Competition III award: WORLD WAR CUP, Simon Ellis , UK
International Competition Honourable mention: IN THE DISTANCE, Florian Grolig, Germany
International Competition Audience award: FLOR DE MIL COLORES, Karen Vazquez Guadarrama, Belgium
Dances with Camera I award: TOURNURES (Twist), Sebastien de Buyl, Belgium
Dances with Camera II award: TACT, Thibaud Le Maguer, France
Dances with Camera III award: NEANTS, Nellie Carrier, Canada
Dances with Camera Honourable mention: TO THE ENDS OF FINGERTIPS, Roswitha Chesher, UK
Dances with Camera Audience award: THROUGH MY STREET, Piet Baumgartner, Switzerland
Unxpctd.mov I award: SHE WHOSE BLOOD IS CLOTTING IN MY UNDERWEAR, Vika Kirchenbauer, Germany
Unxpctd.mov II award: SOMETHING ABOUT SILENCE, Patrick Buhr, Germany
Unxpctd.mov III award: NOT EVEN NOTHING CAN BE FREE OF GHOSTS, Rainer Kohlberger, Germany/Austria
Unxpctd.mov Honourable mention: HOTARU, William Laboury, France
Unxpctd.mov Audience award: HOTARU, William Laboury, France
2018
International Competition I Award: The Beast, Samantha Nell, Michael Wahrmann, Brazil/France/South Africa 2016
International Competition II Award: Retouch , Kaveh Mazaheri , Iran 2017
International Competition III Award: Après le volcan (After the Volcano), Léo Favier, France 2016
International Competition Honourable Mention: for music composer Simon Smith; Contact, Alessandro Novelli, Spain 2017
International Competition Audience Award: And So We Put Goldfish In The Pool, Makoto Nagahisa, Japan 2016
Polish Competition I Award: Nic nowego pod słońcem (Nothing New under the Sun), Damian Kocur , Poland 2017
Polish Competition II Award: Heimat, Emi Buchwald, Poland 2017
Polish Competition III Award: Proch (Dust), Jakub Radej, Poland 2016
Polish Competition Audience Award: Fusy (Dregs), Kordian Kądziela, Poland 2017
Best of Ten: Min Börda (The Burden) , Niki Lindroth von Bahr , Sweden 2017
Urban View I Award: Nature: All Rights Reserved, Sebastian Mulder, The Netherlands 2016
Urban View II Award: Leninopad (The Fall of Lenin), Svitlana Shymko, Ukraine 2017
Urban View III Award: Livorno 32, Miki Polonski , Israel 2017
Urban View Honourable Mention: Tshweesh (Disruption), Feyrouz Serhal, Lebanon 2017
Urban View Audience Award: Nature: All Rights Reserved, Sebastian Mulder, The Netherlands 2016
Dances with Camera I Award: Skuggdjur (Shadow Animals), Jerry Carlsson, Sweden 2017
Dances with Camera II Award: Cargo, Jasmine Ellis, Germany 2017
Dances with Camera III Award: Six Solos, Simon Fildes, UK 2016
Dances with Camera Honourable Mention: Kâbus, Alice Fargier, France 2017
Dances with Camera Honourable Mention: Bhairava, Marlene Millar, Phillip Szporer, Canada 2017
Dances with Camera Audience Award: Bhairava, Marlene Millar, Phillip Szporer, Canada 2017
2019
International Competition I Award: Déploiements (Deployments), dir. Stéphanie Lagarde, France/Netherlands 2018
International Competition II Award: Câm Lặng (The Mute), dir. An Pham Thien, USA/Vietnam 2018
International Competition III Award: Gardhi (Fence), dir. Lendita Zeqiraj , Kosovo/Croatia/France 2018
International Competition Audience Award: Tungrus, dir. Rushi Chandna, India 2017
Polish Competition I Award: Gość (The Guest), dir. Sebastian Weber, Poland 2018
Polish Competition II Award: Jestem synem górnika (I am a Miner’s Son), dir. Michał Soja & Róża Duda, Poland 2018
Polish Competition III Award: O Jezu! (Oh, God!), dir. Betina Bożek, Poland 2017
Polish Competition Audience Award: Siostry (The Sisters), reż. Michał Hytroś, Poland 2017
Dances with Camera I Award: Sisters, dir. Daphne Lucker, Netherlands 2018
Dances with Camera II Award: Competing for Sunlight: Ash, dir. Dagmar Dachauer, Austria 2017
Dances with Camera III Award: Altera, dir. Baptiste Rouveure, France 2018
Dances with Camera Audience Award: Sisters, dir. Daphne Lucker, Netherlands 2018
Urban View Audience Award: Operation Jane Walk, dir. Robin Klengel & Leonhard Müllner, Austria 2018
