In years we got used to finding our school’s graduates and students names amongst the winners of numerous festivals. Koszalin Debut Festival "Młodzi & Film" proves the rule. The festival jury recognized the film “Intruz” directed by Magnus von Horn, our direction graduate and present lecturer, the Best Full-length Film of this year’s festival. The jury’s verdict says: a mature film which deals with an important issue of social ostracism. The film was shot by Łukasz Żal, our cinematography graduate and present lecturer. Mariusz Włodarski, also our school’s graduate and lecturer, was in charge of the film’s production. The screenplay was written under supervision of Andrzej Mellin, the head of the screenwriting faculty.

Best Actress Award was granted to our graduate Agnieszka Żulewska for a role in the film "Chemia" by Bartosz Prokopowicz (for moving and complex performance); and the Best Actor Award went to our lecturer Adam Woronowicz for a role in "Czerwony pająk" by Marcin Koszałka (for true screen depiction of the character played).

In the Short Film Competition the winners from the school were: Best Animation – the film "Pussy" by animation student Renata Gąsiorowska (for surrealistic metaphor of personal freedom) film’s artistic supervisors: Mariusz Wilczyński and Joanna Jasińska Best Documentary – the film "Więzi" by direction student Zofia Kowalewska (for a beautiful and tender presentation of a human being and a skill to reach to the deepest emotions).

And finally two Awards were won by our direction graduate Wojciech Kasperski’s debut film "Na granicy" – Youth Jury Award and the Audience Award. (for an artistic maturity combined with a dramaturgical skill and harmonious combination of sounds and images)

Complete Jury Verdict of the Młodzi & Film Festival:

Full-length Debut Films Competition:
Best Full-length Fiction Debut Film - "Intruz"
Best Direction - Kuba Czekaj ("Baby Bump")
Best Screenplay - Piotr Chrzan ("Klezmer")
Best Leading Actor - Adam Woronowicz ("Czerwony pająk")
Best Leading Actress - Agnieszka Żulewska ("Chemia")
Young Actor – Discovery of the Year - Bartosz Bielenia ("Na granicy") Best Cinematography - Marcin Koszałka ("Czerwony pająk")
Best Music - Bartłomiej Gliniak ("Na granicy")
Best Sound - Maria Chilarecka & Marcin Lenarczyk ("Córki dancingu")

Short Debut Film Competition:
Best animation - "Cipka"
Best fiction - "Romantik"
Best documentary - "Więzi"
Best cinematography - Weronika Bilska ("Więzi" i "Lila")
Best editing - Agata Cierniak ("Daniel")  

Legal Culture Special Prize - "Pół roku Franka W"
Distinctions - "Gyros dance", "Otwarcie", "Polonez"
Honorary Diploma - Bartłomiej Kotschedoff ("NDR" & "Zadanie elementarne")

Special Awards:
Youth Jury Award for full-length film - "Na granicy"
Audience Award for full-length film - "Na granicy"
Press Award for short film - "Trzy rozmowy o życiu"
Press Award for full-length film - "Baby Bump"