2021 Polish Film Awards Explained

Number:	23
Award:	Polish Film Awards
Date:	21 June 2021
Site:	Służewiec Racecourse, Warsaw
Host:	Grażyna Torbicka
Best Film:	Kill It and Leave This Town
Best Director:	Jan Holoubek 25 Years of Innocence
Best Actor:	Piotr Trojan 25 Years of Innocence
Best Actress:	Agata Kulesza 25 Years of Innocence
Most Wins:	25 Years of Innocence (7)
Most Nominations:	25 Years of Innocence (15)
Network:	Canal+
Last:	2020
Next:	2022

The 23rd Polish Film Awards took place on 21 June 2021 at the Służewiec Racecourse in Warsaw, Poland. The ceremony honored the best in Polish cinema of 2020, presented by the Polish Film Academy.^[1] It was hosted by presenter Grażyna Torbicka.^[2]

Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 22 April 2021.^[3] Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger .

Kill It and Leave This Town – Mariusz Wilczyński 25 Years of Innocence – Jan Holoubek Charlatan – Agnieszka Holland The Hater – Jan Komasa I Never Cry – Piotr Domalewski	Les Misérables – Ladj Ly The County – Grímur Hákonarson Emma. – Autumn de Wilde Judy – Rupert Goold The Traitor – Marco Bellocchio
The King – Jan P. Matuszyński Angel of Death – Sławomir Fabicki, Maciej Bochniak, Anna Kazejak Chyłka. Rewizja – Łukasz Palkowski, Marek Wróbel Rysa – Maciej Migas, Łukasz Kośmicki The Woods – Bartosz Konopka, Leszek Dawid	Jan Holoubek – 25 Years of Innocence Piotr Domalewski – I Never Cry Agnieszka Holland – Charlatan Jan Komasa – The Hater Mariusz Wilczyński – Kill It and Leave This Town
Piotr Trojan – 25 Years of Innocence as Tomasz Komenda Arkadiusz Jakubik – I Never Cry as Marek Mazurek Maciej Musiałowski – The Hater as Tomasz Giemza Andrzej Seweryn – Zieja as Jan Zieja Ivan Trojan – Charlatan as Jan Mikolášek	Agata Kulesza – 25 Years of Innocence as Teresa Klemańska Zofia Domalik – All for My Mother as Ola Agata Kulesza – Never Gonna Snow Again as Ewa Maja Ostaszewska – Never Gonna Snow Again as Maria Zofia Stafiej – I Never Cry as Ola Hudzik
Jan Frycz – 25 Years of Innocence as "Stary" Andrzej Chyra – Never Gonna Snow Again as Soldier Andrzej Konopka – 25 Years of Innocence as Officer Kołoczko Łukasz Simlat – Never Gonna Snow Again as Wika's husband Maciej Stuhr – The Hater as Paweł Rudnicki	Kinga Preis – I Never Cry as Ola's mother Agata Kulesza – The Hater as Beata Santorska Magdalena Różczka – 25 Years of Innocence as Katarzyna Korejwo Maria Sobocińska – All for My Mother as Agnes Danuta Stenka – The Hater as Zofia Krasucka
Kill It and Leave This Town – Mariusz Wilczyński 25 Years of Innocence – Andrzej Gołda Charlatan – Marek Epstein The Hater – Mateusz Pacewicz I Never Cry – Piotr Domalewski	I Never Cry – Piotr Sobociński, Jr. Never Gonna Snow Again – Michał Englert 25 Years of Innocence – Bartłomiej Kaczmarek Charlatan – Martin Štrba Interior – Paweł Flis Zieja – Witold Płóciennik
Valley of the Gods – Christopher Demuri and Lech Majewski 25 Years of Innocence – Maciej Fajst Charlatan – Milan Býček The Hater – Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński Kill It and Leave This Town – Mariusz Wilczyński	25 Years of Innocence – Liliana Gałązka and Mirela Zawiszewska All for My Mother – Pola Guźlińska Charlatan – Gabriela Polakova and Rene Stejskal The Garden – Áslaug Dröfn Sigurðardóttir Never Gonna Snow Again – Waldemar Pokromski Valley of the Gods – Dominika Dylewska Zieja – Ewa Drobiec and Grzegorz Szczuka
Charlatan – Katarina Štrbová-Bieliková 25 Years of Innocence – Weronika Orlińska The Hater – Małgorzata Zacharska Never Gonna Snow Again – Katarzyna Lewińska Psy 3: W imię zasad – Małgorzata Braszka Zieja – Elżbieta Radke and Zuzanna Glińska	Kill It and Leave This Town – Tadeusz Nalepa All for My Mother – Włodek Pawlik Charlatan – Antoni Komasa-Łazarkiewicz and Mary Komasa-Łazarkiewicz The Hater – Michał Jacaszek I Never Cry – Hania Rani
Kill It and Leave This Town – Franciszek Kozłowski 25 Years of Innocence – Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kamiński, and Przemysław Kamieński Catalina – Joanna Napieralska The Hater – Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński, and Jerzy Murawski Zieja – Krzysztof Jastrząb	25 Years of Innocence – Rafał Listopad Charlatan – Pavel Hrdlička From Within – Cezary Grzesiuk The Hater – Aleksandra Gowin I Never Cry – Agnieszka Glińska
The Whale from Lorino – Maciej Cuske Guczo. Notes on Life – Maria Zmarz-Koczanowicz Lessons of Love – Małgorzata Goliszewska and Katarzyna Mateja An Ordinary Country – Tomasz Wolski The Wall of Shadows – Eliza Kubarska	Jan Holoubek – 25 Years of Innocence (Directing) Zofia Domalik – All for My Mother (Acting) Zofia Stafiej – I Never Cry (Acting) Mariusz Wilczyński – Kill It and Leave This Town (Directing) Mariusz Wilczyński – Kill It and Leave This Town (Screenplay)
The Hater – Jan Komasa	Jerzy Matuszkiewicz

Films with multiple awards and nominations

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
15	25 Years of Innocence
13	The Hater
10	Charlatan
	I Never Cry
8	Kill It and Leave This Town
7	Never Gonna Snow Again
5	All for My Mother
	Zieja
2	Valley of the Gods

Films with multiple wins

Wins	Film
7	25 Years of Innocence
4	Kill It and Leave This Town
2	I Never Cry

Notes and References

1. Web site: Gala 23. Polskich Nagród Filmowych - Orły. Onet.pl. 20 June 2021. 22 September 2021.
2. Web site: Orły 2021 przyznane. 21 June 2021. 22 September 2021. Vogue Poland.
3. Web site: Nominacje do Polskich Nagród Filmowych Orły 2021 ogłoszone. 22 April 2021. 22 September 2021. PWC.