WITOLD GIERSZ RECEIVES THE LOTTE REINIGER AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT

On 28 October, the fifth edition of the Emile Awards – the European Animation Awards – took place during the 33rd Etiuda & Anima International Film Festival in Kraków. This year, the Lotte Reiniger Award for Lifetime Achievement was presented to Witold Giersz, one of the most prominent figures in Polish animation.

EIGHT POLISH FILMS IN THE DOK LEIPZIG 2026 PROGRAMME

Five documentaries and three animated films have been selected for the 69th edition of DOK Leipzig, one of the world’s leading festivals dedicated to documentary and animated film. Polish productions will be presented across the international competitions, the Audience Competition, programmes for younger audiences and the special Animation Night section. This year’s festival will take place in Leipzig from 26 October to 1 November.

POLISH SHORT FILMS FEATURED IN THE 5X5 SECTION AT DOK LEIPZIG

DOK Leipzig has announced the programme for this year’s edition. As in previous years, alongside its competitions, the festival will also present a range of special sections, including “5×5 Shorts from the East” – a selection of five short films from five Eastern European countries. Alongside films from Armenia, the Czech Republic, Latvia and Ukraine, the programme will also feature works from Poland. The screening will take place on 31 October at the Polish Institute in Leipzig.

POLISH FILMS IN THE COMPETION OF OBERHAUSEN

The 59th International Short Film Festival Oberhausen will be showing over 450 productions from some 60 countries in around 100 programmes. The festival’s mainstay continues to be the five competitions. This year will see the festival showing 131 new works. Five of them were produced in Poland.