# 2021 Polish Film Awards

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. It was hosted by presenter Grażyna Torbicka.

## Winners and nominees

The nominations were announced on 22 April 2021. Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface, and indicated with a double dagger (‡).
| Best Film 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 | Best European Film Les Misérables – Ladj Ly‡ The County – Grímur Hákonarson Emma. – Autumn de Wilde Judy – Rupert Goold The Traitor – Marco Bellocchio |
| Best TV Series 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 | Best Director 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 |
| Best Actor 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 | Best Actress 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 |
| Best Supporting Actor 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 | Best Supporting Actress 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 |
| Best Screenplay 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 | Best Cinematography 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 |
| Best Production Design 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 | Best Makeup and Hairstyling 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 |
| Best Costume Design 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 | Best Film Score 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 |
| Best Sound 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 | Best Editing 25 Years of Innocence – Rafał Listopad‡ Charlatan – Pavel Hrdlička From Within – Cezary Grzesiuk The Hater – Aleksandra Gowin I Never Cry – Agnieszka Glińska |
| Best Documentary 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 | Discovery of the Year 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) |
| Audience Award The Hater – Jan Komasa | Life Achievement Award Jerzy Matuszkiewicz |

## Films with multiple awards and nominations

Films with multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 15 | 25 Years of Innocence |
| 13 | The Hater |
| 10 | Charlatan |
| 10 | I Never Cry |
| 8 | Kill It and Leave This Town |
| 7 | Never Gonna Snow Again |
| 5 | All for My Mother |
| 5 | 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 |