Polish Academy Award for Best Director
Category of film award
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Polish Academy Award for Best Film Director is an annual award given to the best Polish film director of the year.[1]
CountryPoland
First award1999
Most recent winnerMagnus von Horn
The Girl with the Needle (2025)
The Girl with the Needle (2025)
Most awardsWojciech Smarzowski (4)
| Polish Film Award for Best Director | |
|---|---|
The 2025 recipient: Magnus von Horn | |
| Country | Poland |
| First award | 1999 |
| Most recent winner | Magnus von Horn The Girl with the Needle (2025) |
| Most awards | Wojciech Smarzowski (4) |
| Most nominations | Agnieszka Holland and Wojciech Smarzowski (6) |
| Website | pnf |
Winners and nominees
1990s



| Year | Director(s) | English title | Polish title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 (1st) |
Dorota Kędzierzawska | Nothing | Nic | [2] |
| Leszek Wosiewicz | Home Chronicles | Kroniki domowe | ||
| Vladimír Michálek | Sekal Has to Die | Zabić Sekala | ||
| Michał Rosa | Farba | |||
| Jan Jakub Kolski | History of Cinema in Popielawy | Historia kina w Popielawach | ||
2000s





2010s


2020s
| Year | Director(s) | English title | Polish title | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (22nd) |
Jan Komasa | Corpus Christi | Boże Ciało | [23] |
| Maciej Pieprzyca | Icarus. The Legend of Mietek Kosz | Ikar. Legenda Mietka Kosza | ||
| Agnieszka Holland | Mr. Jones | Obywatel Jones | ||
| Marcin Krzyształowicz | Mister T. | Pan T. | ||
| Bartosz Kruhlik | Supernova | |||
| 2021 (23rd) |
Jan Holoubek | 25 Years of Innocence | 25 lat niewinności. Sprawa Tomka Komendy | [23] |
| Piotr Domalewski | I Never Cry | Jak najdalej stąd | ||
| Jan Komasa | The Hater | Sala samobójców. Hejter | ||
| Agnieszka Holland | Charlatan | Szarlatan | ||
| Mariusz Wilczyński | Kill It and Leave This Town | Zabij to i wyjedź z tego miasta | ||
| 2022 (24th) |
Jasmila Žbanić | Quo Vadis, Aida? | Aida | [24] |
| Paweł Łoziński | The Balcony Movie | Film balkonowy | ||
| Magnus von Horn | Sweat | |||
| Wojciech Smarzowski | The Wedding Day | Wesele | ||
| Łukasz Ronduda Łukasz Gutt |
All Our Fears | Wszystkie nasze strachy | ||
| Jan P. Matuszyński | Leave No Traces | Żeby nie było śladów | ||
| 2023 (25th) |
Jerzy Skolimowski | EO | IO | [25] |
| Damian Kocur | Bread and Salt | Chleb i sól | ||
| Aleksandra Terpińska | Other People | Inni ludzie | ||
| Anna Jadowska | Woman on the Roof | Kobieta na dachu | ||
| Agnieszka Smoczyńska | The Silent Twins | Silent Twins | ||
| 2024 (26th) |
Paweł Maślona | Kos | [26] | |
| Jan Holoubek | Doppelgänger | Doppelgänger. Sobowtór | ||
| Michał Kwieciński | Filip | |||
| Grzegorz Dębowski | Next to Nothing | Tyle co nic | ||
| Agnieszka Holland | Green Border | Zielona granica | ||
| 2025 (27th) |
Magnus von Horn | The Girl with the Needle | Dziewczyna z igłą | [27] |
| Marcin Koszałka | White Courage | Biała odwaga | ||
| Kamila Tarabura | Travel Essentials | Rzeczy niezbędne | ||
| Jonathan Glazer | The Zone of Interest | Strefa interesów | ||
| Maria Zbąska | It's Not My Film | To nie mój film | ||
| 2025 (28th) |
Wojciech Smarzowski | Home Sweet Home | Dom dobry | |
| Agnieszka Holland | Franz | Franz Kafka | ||
| Emi Buchwald | No Ghosts on Good Street | Nie ma duchów w mieszkaniu na Dobrej | ||
| Maciej Sobieszczański | Brother | Brat | ||
| Piotr Domalewski | The Altar Boys | Ministranci | ||
Multiple wins and nominations
Multiple wins
|
Three or more nominations
|