Another prestigious award for lecturers at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice
When production design is created by Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński, lecturers at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice, it is safe to assume that the production will attract attention. We wrote as much back in 2019, after Cold War received three Academy Award nominations.
Now, following their latest triumph — the Polish Film Award for Best Production Design for Chopin, Chopin! — we are updating the impressive list of accolades earned by productions they have helped bring to life.
Now, following their latest triumph — the Polish Film Award for Best Production Design for Chopin, Chopin! — we are updating the impressive list of accolades earned by productions they have helped bring to life.
It is a long and distinguished list — all the more reason to take a closer look.
Polish Film Awards – Eagles
Winners
2026 – Best Production Design for Chopin, Chopin!
2024 – Best Production Design for Filip
2012 – Best Production Design for The Mill and the Cross
Nominations
2022 – Best Production Design for Cudak
2021 – Best Production Design for Suicide Room: The Hater
2019 – Best Production Design for Cold War
2014 – Best Production Design for Ida
2013 – Best Production Design for You Are God
2012 – Best Production Design for In Darkness (a second nomination in the same edition, shared with Erwin Prib)
2002 – Best Production Design for Angelus (Katarzyna Sobańska and Lech Majewski)
Gdynia Polish Film Festival
2025 – Production Design Award for Chopin, Chopin! (50th Gdynia Polish Film Festival)
2013 – Production Design Award for Ida
2012 – Production Design Award for In Darkness
2011 – Production Design Award for The Mill and the Cross
International Awards
2016 – Production Design Award at the Ostend Film Festival for United States of Love
2013 – Gil Parrondo Prize for Best Production Design at the 51st Gijón International Film Festival for Ida
2011 – Silver statuette in the “One Time Only Set Design” category for TVN’s autumn 2010 brand campaign
Theatre and Television Awards
2024 – Production Design Award at the Two Theatres Festival in Sopot for Hotel Korfanty (Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński)
2014 – Grand Prix and Production Design Award at the Two Theatres Festival in Sopot for Side Effects (Katarzyna Sobańska and Marcel Sławiński)
2010 – Golden Mask for production design for the musical Oliver! at the Rozrywka Theatre in Chorzów
2008 – Production Design Award at the Two Theatres Festival in Sopot for Stygmatyczka (Katarzyna Sobańska)
1999 – Polish Filmmakers Association Award for the visual form of Torowisko at the Young and Film Festival in Koszalin (Katarzyna Sobańska)
Other Distinctions
2025 – Nomination for the Kazimierz Kutz Award
Both artists are members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Polish Film Academy.
Their work has also contributed to the visual worlds of films that went on to receive Academy Awards recognition:
Ida (Academy Award winner for Best Foreign Language Film, 2015),
Cold War (three Academy Award nominations, 2019),
In Darkness (Academy Award nomination, 2012).