Prizes and distinctions awarded to the festival
Our festival received the prestigious Polish Film Institute (PISF) awards in 2009 and 2023 for Best International Film Event in Poland.
Our festival is a four-time nominee to the Polish Film Institute award for Best International Film Event in Poland:
2019 – for the 15th edition of MDAG
2013 – for the 9th edition of MDAG
2009 – for the 5th edition of MDAG
2023 for the 19th edition of MDAG
Artur Liebhart, the director and founder of Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, was decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit in 2013 for his contributions to Polish culture.
Against Gravity, the company behind the Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival, is the recipient of four Polish Film Institute awards:
In 2019 we received the Polish Film Institute award for the national distribution of Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosołowski’s The Prince and the Dybbuk, which premiered at the 15th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival;
In 2017 we received the Polish Film Institute award for the national distribution of Paweł Łoziński’s You Have No Idea How Much I Love You, which premiered at the 13th Millennium Docs Against Gravity Film Festival;
In 2014 we received the Polish Film Institute award for the distribution of an independent foreign film in Poland – Andrey Zvyagintsev’s Leviathan;
In 2012 we received the Polish Film Institute award for the distribution of an independent foreign film in Poland – Paradise: Love, the first part of Ulrich Seidl’s cinematic trilogy.
The Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper gave the Festival its 2008 Wdecha award for the most interesting cultural event in the capital city.
MovieMaker Magazine placed Millennium Docs Against Gravity on its 2019 list of 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World. Apart from MDAG, only three other European festivals made it to the list: DokuFest in Kosovo, Glasgow Short Film Festival, and Skábmagovat held in the Finnish town of Inari. The 21 remaining festivals take place in the US and Canada.
The Special Award - Remote Culture has been granted by the ‘Polityka’ weekly during Annual Polityka’s Passport Gala for the very first time. The award went to the founder and Millennium Docs Against Gravity Director – Artur Liebhart.
MDAG NOMINATES FOR THE EFA!
Last year, the European Film Academy included Millennium Docs Against Gravity among the most important European festivals, which means the possibility of qualifying films for the European Film Award. Thanks to this, films shown and awarded at our festival have an incredible chance to compete for the European Film Awards. Additionally, Millennium Docs Against Gravity recommends films for these awards.
We are very pleased with this distinction, because it honors the work of many people, thanks to whom the Festival has developed so much in recent years - which has been noticed by the international film industry. This honor is even more special given the fact that the EFA festival list changes very rarely. We are very glad because, thanks to our festival, filmmakers will be able to compete for one of the most important awards in the world of cinema!