Polish sound designer wins European Film Award
PR dla Zagranicy
Roberto Galea
19.11.2016 11:27
Polish sound designer Radosław Ochnio will receive the European Film Award for Best Sound Designer of 2016 for his work on “11 Minutes”.
Wojciech Mecwaldowski and Agata Buzek on the set of "11 Minutes". Photo: Wikimedia Commons/Marcin Kułakowski/PISF.
Ochnio was in charge of sound post-production, sound effects and sound design for “11 Minutes”, a feature film by Jerzy Skolimowski.
The verdict of a seven-strong jury, comprising film professionals from France, Spain, Austria, Britain, Italy, Israel and Poland, said: “The sound design is hugely important for the understanding of the main characters and their anxieties.
“The sound design never imposes itself too much but is a vital and very well crafted part” of the film, the jury added.
Ochnio studied sound engineering and design at the Radio, Television and Film School in Poznań, in Poland's west, and the Łódź Film School in central Poland.
Skolimowski received awards for his “11 Minutes” in 2015 at the International Film Festival in Venice and the Polish Film Festival. The film follows the same 11 minutes in the lives of a host of different characters from all walks of life.
The presentation of the European Film Awards will be held in Wrocław, in Poland's south, on 10 December. (mk/vb/pk)