GOLDEN TEETH AWARD
Since 1994 every year audience of the Polish Film Festival in America has selected the most interesting movie of the event. In recent years the following movies were awarded:
FEATURE FILM
2023 The Green Border, dir. Agnieszka Holland
2022 Shreds, dir. Beata Dzianowicz
2021 Leave No Traces, dir. Jan P. Matuszyński
2020 Icarus. Legend of Mietek Kosz, dir. Maciej Pieprzyca
2019 Corpus Christi, dir. Jan Komasa
2018 Cold War, dir. Paweł Pawlikowski
2017 Happiness of The World, dir. Michał Rosa
2016 Marie Curie, the Courage of Knowledge, dir Marie Noelle
2015 These Daughters of Mine, dir. Kinga Dębska
2014 Gods, dir. Łukasz Palkowski
2013 Life Feels Good dir. Maciej Pieprzyca
2012 My Father’s Bike dir. Piotr Trzaskalski
2011 In Darkness dir. Agnieszka Holland
2010 Little Rose dir. Jan Kidawa-Błoński
2009 Before Twilight dir. Jacek Bławut
2008 The Offsiders dir. Kasia Adamik
2007 Immensity of Justice dir. Wieslaw Saniewski
2006 Jasminum dir. Jan Jakub Kolski
2005 My Nikifor dir. Krzysztof Krauze
2004 Vinci dir. Juliusz Machulski
2003 When the Sun Was God dir. Jerzy Hoffman
2002 Angel in Cracow dir. Artur “Baron” Wiecek
2001 Quo Vadis dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz
2000 Life As Sexually Transmitted Fatal Disease dir. Krzysztof Zanussi
1999 With Fire and Sword dir. Jerzy Hoffman
1998 Safe Heaven dir. Jacek Bromski
1997 Love Stories dir. Jerzy Stuhr
1996 Daddy dir. Maciej Slesicki
1995 Young Wolves dir. Jaroslaw Zamojda
1994 Johnnie the Aquarius dir. Jan Jakub Kolski
DOCUMENTARY FILM
2023 Fledglings, dir. Lidia Duda
2022 The Balcony Movie, dir. Paweł Łoziński
2021 Long Day Tomorrow, dir. Paweł Wysoczański
2020 Portrait of The Past 1920, dir Robert Wichrowski
2019 The Case of Johanna Langefeld, dir. Władysław Jurkow & Geburg Rohde-Dahl
2018 Over The Limit, dir. Marta Prus
2017 Communion, dir. Anna Zamecka
2016 Two Worlds, dir. Maciej Adamek
2015 The Touch of An Angel, dir. Marek Tomasz Pawłowski
2014 Warsaw Uprising, dir. Jan Komasa
2013 Entangled dir. Lidia Duda
2012 Argentinian Lesson dir. Wojciech Staron
2011 Violated Letters dir. Maciej Drygas
2010 Bad Boys. Cell 425 dir. Janusz Mrozowski
2009 Rabbit a la Berlin dir. Bartek Konopka
2008 Po-lin dir. Jolanta Dylewska
2007 The First Day dir. Marcin Sauter
2006 How To Do It dir. Marcel Lozinski
Jury
This year six jurors will be selected from participants of the past festivals. They will watch all festival movies at public or special screenings. A general public will constitute the seventh vote.
Award Announcement
The official announcement of the Golden Teeth Award winners will take place at the Closing Night Ceremony of the PFFA.
WINGS AWARD
Since 1997 the Polish Film Festival in America honors a distinguished Polish artist for achievements in the art of film beyond Poland. The International Selection Committee is headed by Christopher Kamyszew, the Festival’s Founder and its Honorary Chairman.
The past recipients of the Wings Award are:
2016 Krzysztof Zanussi
2015 Gene Gutowski, producer
2014 Peter Fudakowski, producer & director
2013 Andrzej Wajda, director
2012 Paweł Pawlikowski, director & scriptwriter
2011 Andrzej Bartkowiak, cinematographer & director
2010 Waldemar Pokromski, make-up artist & designer
2009 Dariusz Wolski, cinematographer
2008 Stefan Kudelski, inventor
2007 Allan Starski, art director
2006 Krzysztof Kieślowski (posthumously), director & scriptwriter
2006 Sławomir Idziak, cinematographer
2005 Paweł Edelman, cinematographer
2003 Andrzej Bukowinski, commercial film director & scriptwriter
2002 Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, composer
2001 Jan Lenica (posthumously), animation film director & graphic artist
2000 Andrzej Seweryn, actor
1999 Roman Polanski, director, scriptwriter & actor
1998 Wojciech Kilar, composer
1997 Agnieszka Holland, director & scriptwriter
Golden Ciupaga Award
2018 Martin Scorsese
2016 Michael Kutza
2015 Ziggy Kozlowski
2014 Ron Henderson
2011 Zbigniew Banas
2011 Michael Wilmington
2010 Roger Ebert
2009 Piers Handling
2007 Milos Stehlik
2006 Richard Pena
Angel Award
2009 James Bond, inventor, contributor
2006 Stanley Stawski, contributor