7 films compete for status of Polish candidate for Oscar award

The list of films submitted for the Polish Oscar candidate in the category of the best international full-length film was published on Monday on the website of the Polish Film Institute.

At its top there is the "Suicide Room. Hejter" by Jan Komasa, an artist nominated last year for 'Corpus Christi'. In addition, the list includes, among others 'Sweat' by Magnus von Horn, the film by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert 'There will never be snow again' and the full-length animation 'Kill it and leave this town' by Mariusz Wilczyński.

The Polish candidate for the American Film Academy Award will be selected by a 6-person Oscar Committee composed of composer Jan A.P. Kaczmarek (chairman), director of the Polish Film Institute Radosław Śmigulski, producer Leszek Bodzak, director Dorota Kobiela, cinematographer Łukasz Żal and head of the film production and development department at the Polish Film Institute, Małgorzata Szczepkowska-Kalemba. According to the Polish Film Institute, the committee will meet on Monday, August 10 at 11.

The 93rd American Film Academy Awards Gala will be held on April 25, 2021. Nominations will be announced on March 15. 

(PAP)