Warsaw Grand Prix Goes to Dębowski's What Belongs to Others

The 42nd Warsaw International Film Festival announced its award winners at a ceremony on Saturday night, with the event closing the following day. The Warsaw Grand Prix in the international competition went to Grzegorz Dębowski for What Belongs to Others, according to hollywoodreporter.com.

The film follows a Polish burglar who takes on the identity of a dead stranger's girlfriend. Cai Chengjie took the best director award for Suzhou Quartet, which follows four people who meet by chance in a small noodle shop and discover they are long-lost acquaintances.

Maria Dębska received a special jury award for her performance in Through the Wall, directed by Maciej Sobieszczański. A special jury mention went to Bloody Men, directed by Jens Sjögren. Through the Wall also picked up the FIPRESCI Award.

In the Competition 1–2 program, the main award went to Lorin Terezi's Agia, with a special mention for Urša Menart's Everything That's Wrong With You. The documentary competition prize went to Jonas Spriestersbach's Meanwhile in Namibia, and María Molina Peiró's Like Any Other Mortal received a special mention.

Elisabeth Werchosin's Meteorit won both the Short Grand Prix and the Best Live-Action Short Film Award. Dylan Glynn's Knowing Gaze took Best Animated Short Film, Sina Aghazadeh's A Letter to Home won Best Documentary Short Film, and Linda Olte's The Child received the Ecumenical Jury Award.

Further prizes went to Keisuke Yoshida's Mentor (NETPAC Award), Martina Buchelová's Lover, Not a Fighter (Young FIPRESCI Award), Beth de Araújo's Josephine (Polish Film Institute Award), Angelika Cygal's Dying of the Young Deer (Orlen Award for Best Polish Short Film), Felipe Sánchez García's The Death of a Bird (Speakers' Avenue Film School Award) and Dagma (KIPA Award for Best Producing Debut).