Deadline:
International Competitions: Short Film, Documentary and DocFilmMusic:
30 November 2016: for films made prior to 31 October 2016
31 January 2017: for films made after 31 October 2016

National Competition:
30 November 2016: for films made prior to 31 October 2016
15 February 2017: for films made after 31 October 2016


The following films may take part in competitions:
– foreign films made in 2016 and 2017 that have not been screened publicly before 1 June 2016,
– Polish films made in 2016 and 2017.

Competitions:
– International Documentary Film Competition: documentary films with a running time of more than 30 minutes(medium and feature-length films),
– International Short Film Competition: documentary, animated and fiction films with a running time of no more than 30 minutes,
– International DocFilmMusic Competition: documentary music films with a running time of more than 50 minutes.

– National Competition: Polish films only with a running time:
* unlimited – for documentary films
* not exceeding 30 minutes – for animated and fiction films,

Polish producers submit films to the Polish competition only. Out of the films submitted, the selection committee chooses those which will take part in international competitions (they have to meet the requirements set for individual competitions).

NON-COMPETITIVE SECTIONS

Out of the films submitted for selection, the organisers may choose films to be screened in non-competitive sections.


No entry fee


AWARDS

International Documentary Competition
– Golden Horn for the director of the best film
– Silver Horn for the director of the best medium-length documentary
– Silver Horn for the director of the best feature-length documentary

International Short Film Competition:
– Golden Dragon for the director of the best film
– Silver Dragon for the director of the best documentary film
– Silver Dragon for the director of the best animated film
– Silver Dragon for the director of the best fiction film

International DocFilmMusic Competition
– Golden Heynal for the director of the best film


National Competition:
– Golden Hobby Horse for the director of the best film
– Silver Hobby Horse for the director of the best documentary film
– Silver Hobby Horse for the director of the best animated film
– Silver Hobby Horse for the director of the best fiction film


Audience Award for the best competition film selected in a survey among the audience


Dragon of Dragons Special Award for extraordinary achievement in the documentary and animated film genre presented by the Programme Council of the Krakow Film Foundation