Transatlantyk Festival


The Transatlantyk Festival is an annual film festival held in Łódź.
The founder and director of the festival is Polish composer and Oscar-winner Jan A. P. Kaczmarek. The position of Programming Director is held by Joanna Łapińska.
Transatlantyk poster was among The Hollywood Reporter Key Art Awards finalists and Bronze Winners.

Sections

Both of them are for composers who are not yet of 40 years of age.
From the very first edition of Transatlantyk Festival, the audience have the privilege to award the best movie of the festival.
2011 - For Lovers Only, dir. Michael Polish
2012 - The House I Live In, dir. Eugene Jarecki
2013 - Paulette, dir. Jérôme Enrico
2014 - 20,000 Days on Earth, dir. Jane Pollard, Iain Forsyth
2015 - Slow West, dir. John Maclean
2016 - Viva, dir. Paddy Breathnach

Transatlantyk Distribution Award

2017 - Aurore, dir. Blandine Lenoir

International Transatlantyk Competition

2016 - Aquarius dir. Klebera Mendonca Filho; Golden Ark
2016 - Shavua ve Yom dir. Asaph Polonsky; distinction award

Polish Short Films Competition

2016 – Dokument dir. Marcin Podolec
2016 – Love, love dir Grzegorz Zariczny
2017 - Bankiet, dir Julia Orlik

Editions

The Glocal Hero Award: Bjørn Lomborg.
The Glocal Hero Award: Elżbieta and Krzysztof Penderecki.
The Glocal Hero Award: Yoko Ono.
For the first time during the Transatlantyk Festival, the virtual reality movies was presented.

2017 edition

Transatlantyk begins with the Great Women Reading - the music&literally event with the music composed by Jan A.P. Kaczmarek and accompanied by HollyŁódź Film Orchestra, Vivid Singers Choir and conducted by Monika Wolińska. During the event, the best Polish actress was reading on the scene the most famous texts written by Simone de Beauvoir, Doris Lessing or Patti Smith.