Audience Award
Aug 29, 2008
All the films presented during the Warsaw International Film Festival take part in the Audience Poll for the best film.
Before each screening, members of the audience receive a coupon on which they mark the film as “very good”, “good”, “so-so”, “poor”.
The coupons are collected after the screening.
The poll results are announced once all the votes have been counted. The winner is the film given the highest marks by audiences.
The winning film receives the Audience Award; this is not a cash prize.
The Audience Award is an important indicator for film distributors. For some years now, films chosen by the festival’s audiences have always found Polish distributors and have been shown at cinemas all over the country.
During the 25th WFF Audience Poll, the twenty-third time the poll was held, two films received exactly the same mark for the first time ever - 4.77.
In the feature film category, the joint winners are:
Dom zły / The Dark House, dir. Wojciech Smarzowski and Welcome, dir. Philippe Lioret
In the documentary category, the winner is:
Hashmatsa / Defamation, dir. Yoav Shamir
In the shorts category, the winner is:
The Pig, dir. Dorte W. Hogh
The winners of the Audience Poll were followed by:
In the feature film category
3. A Matter Of Size / Sipur Gadol, dir. Erez Tadmor, Sharon Maymon
4. A Shine of Rainbows, dir. Vic Sarin
5. La Boheme, dir. Robert Dornhelm
6. The Secret of Kells, reżyseria Tomm Moore, Nora Twomey
7. Mommy Is at the Hairdresser's, dir. Léa Pool
8. The Two Horses of Genghis Khan, dir. Byambasuren Davaa
9. Lymelife, dir. Derick Martini
10. Native Dancer / Baksy, dir. Guka Omarova
In the documentary category
2. Big River Man, dir. John Maringouin
3. Béjart: Of Heart And Courage, dir. Arantxa Aguirre
4. Only When I Dance, dir. Beadie Finzi
5. Disco and Atomic War, dir. Jaak Kilmi, Kiur Aarma
6. Children of the Pyre, dir. Rajesh S. Jala
7. Bad Boys. Cell 425, dir. Janusz Morozowski
8. Fixer: The Taking of Ajmal Naqshbandi, reż. Ian Olds
9. Osadne, dir. Marko Skop
10. Kimjongilia, dir. NC Heikin
In the shorts category
2. A Practical Guide for Imaginary Friends (Abridged), dir. Ciro Altabás
3. Good Advice, dir. Andreas Tibblin
4. Edgar, dir. Fabian Busch
5. Sand, dir. Joost van Ginkel
