The Zbigniew Cybulski Award (Polish: Nagroda im. Zbyszka Cybulskiego) is a Polish annual film award given to best young Polish actors. It was established in 1969 on the initiative of Wiesława Czapińska and named to commemorate Zbigniew Cybulski who is widely considered one of the greatest Polish actors of the second half of the 20th century. It is among the most prominent awards in Polish cinema and the past winners include some of the most popular and critically acclaimed Polish actors. It was continuously awarded by the film magazine Ekran from 1969 to 1995 and after a ten-year hiatus it was reactivated in 2005 by the Kino Foundation. In 2008, the foundation published a book Być jak Cybulski?, which is devoted to all the past recipients of the award.

List of winners 1969 – Daniel Olbrychski 1970 – Marian Opania 1971 – Olgierd Łukaszewicz 1972 – Maja Komorowska 1973 – Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak 1974 – Franciszek Trzeciak 1975 – Maciej Góraj 1976 – Małgorzata Potocka 1977 – Gabriela Kownacka 1978 – Krystyna Janda 1979 – Marek Kondrat 1980 – Krzysztof Majchrzak 1981 – Dorota Stalińska 1982 – no award (Martial law in Poland) 1983 – Laura Łącz, Piotr Bajor 1984 – Hanna Mikuć, Michał Juszczakiewicz 1985 – Marek Wysocki 1986 – Małgorzata Pieczyńska, Jan Jankowski 1987 – Maria Pakulnis, Edward Żentara 1988 – Maria Gładkowska, Piotr Siwkiewicz 1989 – Adrianna Biedrzyńska 1990 – Zbigniew Zamachowski 1992 – Anna Majcher, Artur Żmijewski 1993 – Katarzyna Skrzynecka, Rafał Królikowski 1994 – Maria Seweryn, Rafał Olbrychski 1995 – Dorota Segda, Marek Bukowski 2005 – Marcin Dorociński; Kino Magazine Award: Maja Ostaszewska; Audience Award: Borys Szyc 2006 – Kinga Preis; Audience Award: Tomasz Kot 2007 – Sonia Bohosiewicz; Audience Award: Marcin Brzozowski 2008 – Maciej Stuhr 2009 – Eryk Lubos; Audience Award: Agata Buzek; Special Award: Bogusław Linda, Joanna Szczepkowska 2010 – Mateusz Kościukiewicz; Audience Award: Wojciech Zieliński 2011 – Magdalena Popławska; Audience Award: Jakub Gierszał 2012 – Marcin Kowalczyk 2013 – Piotr Głowacki; Special Award: Agnieszka Grochowska 2014/2015 – Agnieszka Żulewska 2016 – Marta Nieradkiewicz 2017 – Dawid Ogrodnik; Special Award: Julia Kijowska 2019 – Bartosz Bielenia; Special Award: Katarzyna Figura, Andrzej Chyra 2020/2021 – Magdalena Koleśnik 2022 – Eryk Kulm 2023 – Tomasz Włosok 2024 – Julian Świeżewski

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See also Polish cinema Gdynia Film Festival Warsaw Film Festival

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