Short Waves Festival

Short Waves Festival is an annual international short film festival held in Poznań, Poland. Its main characteristic is inclusion of not only live-action, documentary and animated films, but also music videos, experimental films and video-art. It is one of the main events of its kind in Poland. The event's slogan hails it as "the most concise short film festival".

History
Since its commencement, the festival is organized by the Ad Arte Foundation from Poznań. Short Waves started as a multi-location event held simultaneously in various cities. The first edition in 2009 encompassed 28 locations in Poland, as well as Berlin, London and Dublin. Twelve Polish short films were screened in every city and the viewers voted for their favorite. The winner was chosen by counting the total number of votes from all the locations. In the next years the number of participating cities and countries increased. The record 2015 edition had more than 90 towns on 6 continents. Both the 2014 and 2015 editions consisted of two parts: Grand Prix Tour continued the tradition of organizing screenings around the globe, and Short Waves Poznań was a stationery version of the festival, with numerous screenings and events added. International competition was introduced next to the Polish one. The 2016 edition was the last to include the multiple location tour. Since then, the festival is held exclusively in Poznań and its multi-city incarnation is abandoned. The festival in its new format began to flourish with multiple new screening sections and competitions (such as Poznań Open, Dances with Camera, Urban View, Best of Seven), specialized workshops (for example movie poster making), discussion panels and other industry events.

2009
Audience Grand Prix Award: MYJNIA (Carwash), Jan P. Matuszyński

Future Shorts Award: ZIĘTEK, Bartosz Blaschke

Special Award: FILM O KOSTUCHU, Piotr Bosacki

2010
Audience Grand Prix Award: BRZYDKIE SŁOWA (Bad Lyrics), Marcin Maziarzewski

Szczecin Wave Award: SZCZĘŚCIARZE, Tomasz Wolski

2011
Audience Grand Prix Award: DRAKULA, Piotr Bosacki

Short Waves Pro Award: PRZEZ SZYBĘ (Through Glass), Igor Chojna

2012
Grand Prix Audience Award: NOISE, Katarzyna Kijek & Przemysław Adamski

Short Waves Pro Award: NOISE, Katarzyna Kijek & Przemysław Adamski

2013
Short Waves Pro Award: THE GUARDIANS, Krzysztof Szota

Audience Award: THE GOVERNANCE OF LOVE, Adela Kaczmarek

2014
Grand Prix: OUR CURSE, Tomasz Śliwiński

Poznan Open I award: KILLING AUNTIE, Mateusz Głowacki

Poznan Open II award: SHAME, Karma Fryc

Poznan Open III award: LUKE AND LOTTA, Renata Gąsiorowska

Poznan Open Audience Award: SURVEY ABOUT WOMEN, Mateusz Głowacki

Dances with Camera: WASHED, Daphna Mero

2015
Grand Prix Tour: THAT WOULD BE BEAUTIFUL, Anna Morawiec

Poznan Open I award: HOME, Agnieszka Borowa

Poznan Open II award: MILKY BROTHER, Vahram Mkhitaryan

Poznan Open III award: INVISIBLE, Zofia Pręgowska

Poznan Open Special Jury Award: UNWANTED DESIRES, Ola Szmida

Urban View I award: ALBERDI’S HEROES, Andres Grabois

Urban View II award: A PASSENGER STREAM, Anna Dranitsyna

Urban View III award: DISPLACEMENTS, Manuel Alvarez Diestro

Dances with Camera I award: BEATING, Kari Sulc, Tereza Hradilkova

Dances with Camera II award: WANNABE, Jessica Taylor

Dances with Camera III award: OFF GROUND, Boudewijn Koole & Jakop Ahlbom

Best of Seven: CAMBODIA 2099, Davy Chou

2016
Poznan Open I award: EDMOND, Nina Gantz

Poznan Open II award: RAISA, Pavel Cuzuioc

Poznan Open III award: END OF THE WORLD, Monika Pawluczuk

Best of Seven I award: OBJECT, Paulina Skibińska

Best of Seven Audience Award: GRANDMA'S DAY, Miłosz Sakowski

Dances with Camera I award: GONE, Helena Jónsdóttir & Vera Sölvadóttir

Dances with Camera II award: LAY ME LOW, Marlene Millar

Dances with Camera III award: HOME ALONE, Adi Halfin

2017
Polish Competition I award: EDUCATION, Emi Buchwald

Polish Competition II award: LEAVEN, Artur Hanaj

Polish Competition III award: POLONAISE, Agnieszka Elbanowska

Polish Competition Honourable mention: CLOSE TIES, Zofia Kowalewska

Polish Competition Audience award: CLOSE TIES, Zofia Kowalewska

International Competition I award: DECORADO, Alberto Vázquez, Spain

International Competition II award: THE MANLIEST MAN, Anuj Gulatii, India

International Competition III award: WORLD WAR CUP, Simon Ellis, UK

International Competition Honourable mention: IN THE DISTANCE, Florian Grolig, Germany

International Competition Audience award: FLOR DE MIL COLORES, Karen Vazquez Guadarrama, Belgium

Dances with Camera I award: TOURNURES (Twist), Sebastien de Buyl, Belgium

Dances with Camera II award: TACT, Thibaud Le Maguer, France

Dances with Camera III award: NEANTS, Nellie Carrier, Canada

Dances with Camera Honourable mention: TO THE ENDS OF FINGERTIPS, Roswitha Chesher, UK

Dances with Camera Audience award: THROUGH MY STREET, Piet Baumgartner, Switzerland

Unxpctd.mov I award: SHE WHOSE BLOOD IS CLOTTING IN MY UNDERWEAR, Vika Kirchenbauer, Germany

Unxpctd.mov II award: SOMETHING ABOUT SILENCE, Patrick Buhr, Germany

Unxpctd.mov III award: NOT EVEN NOTHING CAN BE FREE OF GHOSTS, Rainer Kohlberger, Germany/Austria

Unxpctd.mov Honourable mention: HOTARU, William Laboury, France

Unxpctd.mov Audience award: HOTARU, William Laboury, France

2018
International Competition I Award: The Beast, Samantha Nell, Michael Wahrmann, Brazil/France/South Africa 2016

International Competition II Award: Retouch, Kaveh Mazaheri, Iran 2017

International Competition III Award: Après le volcan (After the Volcano), Léo Favier, France 2016

International Competition Honourable Mention: for music composer Simon Smith; Contact, Alessandro Novelli, Spain 2017

International Competition Audience Award: And So We Put Goldfish In The Pool, Makoto Nagahisa, Japan 2016

Polish Competition I Award: Nic nowego pod słońcem (Nothing New under the Sun), Damian Kocur, Poland 2017

Polish Competition II Award: Heimat, Emi Buchwald, Poland 2017

Polish Competition III Award: Proch (Dust), Jakub Radej, Poland 2016

Polish Competition Audience Award: Fusy (Dregs), Kordian Kądziela, Poland 2017

Best of Ten: Min Börda (The Burden), Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Sweden 2017

Urban View I Award: Nature: All Rights Reserved, Sebastian Mulder, The Netherlands 2016

Urban View II Award: Leninopad (The Fall of Lenin), Svitlana Shymko, Ukraine 2017

Urban View III Award: Livorno 32, Miki Polonski, Israel 2017

Urban View Honourable Mention: Tshweesh (Disruption), Feyrouz Serhal, Lebanon 2017

Urban View Audience Award: Nature: All Rights Reserved, Sebastian Mulder, The Netherlands 2016

Dances with Camera I Award: Skuggdjur (Shadow Animals), Jerry Carlsson, Sweden 2017

Dances with Camera II Award: Cargo, Jasmine Ellis, Germany 2017

Dances with Camera III Award: Six Solos, Simon Fildes, UK 2016

Dances with Camera Honourable Mention: Kâbus, Alice Fargier, France 2017

Dances with Camera Honourable Mention: Bhairava, Marlene Millar, Phillip Szporer, Canada 2017

Dances with Camera Audience Award: Bhairava, Marlene Millar, Phillip Szporer, Canada 2017

2019
International Competition I Award: Déploiements (Deployments), dir. Stéphanie Lagarde, France/Netherlands 2018

International Competition II Award: Câm Lặng (The Mute), dir. An Pham Thien, USA/Vietnam 2018

International Competition III Award: Gardhi (Fence), dir. Lendita Zeqiraj, Kosovo/Croatia/France 2018

International Competition Audience Award: Tungrus, dir. Rushi Chandna, India 2017

Polish Competition I Award: Gość (The Guest), dir. Sebastian Weber, Poland 2018

Polish Competition II Award: Jestem synem górnika (I am a Miner’s Son), dir. Michał Soja & Róża Duda, Poland 2018

Polish Competition III Award: O Jezu! (Oh, God!), dir. Betina Bożek, Poland 2017

Polish Competition Audience Award: Siostry (The Sisters), reż. Michał Hytroś, Poland 2017

Dances with Camera I Award: Sisters, dir. Daphne Lucker, Netherlands 2018

Dances with Camera II Award: Competing for Sunlight: Ash, dir. Dagmar Dachauer, Austria 2017

Dances with Camera III Award: Altera, dir. Baptiste Rouveure, France 2018

Dances with Camera Audience Award: Sisters, dir. Daphne Lucker, Netherlands 2018

Urban View Audience Award: Operation Jane Walk, dir. Robin Klengel & Leonhard Müllner, Austria 2018