„It’s Not My Film”, a feature debut by Maria Zbąska, received the award for the best film in the international Smart7 Competition, organised by seven European festivals. The winners of the competition were announced during the closing gala of the Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece.
The competition features seven films curated by representatives from the Kino Pavasaris IFF (Lithuania), IndieLisboa IFF (Portugal), FILMADRID (Spain), Transilvania IFF (Romania), New Horizons IFF (Poland), Reykjavik IFF (Iceland), and Thessaloniki IFF (Greece). The seven competing films started their journey in Vilnius in March, passed through Lisbon, Madrid, Cluj-Napoca, Wrocław, and Reykjavik. The winner was chosen by an international young jury at the closing film festival in Thessaloniki.
Smart7 Award is the another success of Maria Zbąska’s debut, previously awarded at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (Golden Claw Award) and at the CinEast Festival in Luxembourg (Young Talents Award). The producer of „It’s Not My Film” is Inga Kruk (HI Movies). IKH Pictures Promotion handles international sales and promotion of the film.