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The 2010 Polish Film Awards "Orły" (Eagles) ceremony was held at Teatr Polski. The undisputed winner was Rewers (Reverse) by Borys Lankosz, sweeping a total of eight awards, including best film. Agata Buzek and Anna Polony received best actress awards, while Reverse also took best screenplay, best original music, best production design, and best costume design. Director Borys Lankosz was dubbed the Discovery of the Year.

At the 60th Berlin International Film Festival, which ended last Saturday, Roman Polański received the Silver Bear for Best Director for his latest feature The Ghost Writer. The film was released in Polish cinemas on Friday, February 19.

Over the coming months, Andrzej Maleszka's The Magic Tree will be screened at several international film festivals.

The eighth edition of the KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival in London will last from March 4 to April 13. Ten cinemas throughout London will screen the latest Polish films, and a retrospective of short features and early films by Roman Polanski.

February 14 brought the opening of the Roman Polański. Actor. Director exhibition in Magda Potorska's Der Ort gallery in Berlin. It was attended by Olivia Williams and Ewan McGregor, stars of Roman Polański's latest feature The Ghost Writer.

The Shooting Stars press conference was held on Sunday in Berlin. Shooting Stars is a pan-European initiative that focuses on promoting young European actors. Among this year's Shooting Stars is Polish actress Agata Buzek.

Paweł Borowski's Zero will have a rather busy festival schedule over the next few months. Borowski was named one of seven directors to watch by a reviewer of the popular Twitchfilm website, who also stated that his "talent is undeniable".

Last Friday, Gazeta Wyborcza published an article by Tadeusz Sobolewski entitled "Tak dobrze, że aż źle" ("So good it's bad", freely translated), which focuses on the issues of international promotion for Polish films. Unfortunately, the Polish Film Institute, so often referred to in this text, had no opportunity to present its stand on the many comments about us in the article. Nor were we allowed to publish a response in the paper. Which is why today we are publishing our rebuttal.

At the press conference held after the press screening of The Lullaby (Kołysanka), director Juliusz Machulski talked about how his latest feature coincidentally fits into the current vampire trends of world cinema.

Announced today, the list of Academy Award nominations features some Polish names. Among this year's Oscar nominees are the creators of Rabbit à la Berlin (Królik po berlińsku): director and screenwriter Bartek Konopka, and producer Anna Wydra.