Each year, the European Film Award rewards the film chosen by European audiences from a list of 12 works: the People’s Choice Award will be awarded on 10 December in Wroclaw, European Capital of Culture in 2016. BODY/CIAŁO from Małgorzata SZUMOWSKA, screened in June 2015 at the Brussels Film Festival, is the Polish film in the running!

Votes will be cast over the internet until the deadline on 31 October at the following address:
http://europeanfilmawards.eu/en_EN/peopleschoiceaward

BODY/CIAŁO (Poland, 2015, 90 min)
Director: Małgorzata Szumowska
Casting: Janusz Gajos, Maja Ostaszewska, Justyna Suwała

Janusz isn’t easily shocked by the things he sees. As a forensic scientist, he has been confronted with mutilated bodies all the time. But, when his own anorexic daughter shows some suicidal behaviours, he doesn’t know what to do. He decided to take her to the hospital. Apparently a drama movie, Body is going to surprise you with his black humour. You’ll meet ghosts, spiritualism sessions that turn into farce, dead people that stand up… Malgorzata Szumowska, to whom we owe also Elles, with Juliette Binoche (programmed at the Festival as well), delivers an original, stimulating and unpredictable film.