‘The Peasants’ vying for top prize at 48th Polish Film Festival: audio report

Movie critics, fans and film industry professionals have their eyes set on the Baltic city of Gdynia, where the ongoing 48th Polish Film Festival hit its halfway mark on Thursday morning.

A total of 16 productions are vying for awards in the main competition of the 48th annual Polish Film Festival, which opened in the coastal city of Gdynia on Monday and runs until September 23.

Photo: PAP/Andrzej Jackowski

Radio Poland's Marcin Matuszewski takes a closer look at one of the standout candidates for the top prize: The Peasants, a hand-painted animation based on the novel by Nobel Prize-winning Polish writer Władysław Reymont.

Click on the audio player above to listen.