The Polish Film Academy (Polish: Polska Akademia Filmowa) is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures It was founded in 2003 and is based in Warsaw, led by filmmaker Dariusz Jabłoński.
The organization is not to be confused with Akademia Polskiego Filmu (also known as Polish Film Academy), an unrelated nationwide educational program launched in 2009 that offers a two-year course on the history of Polish feature cinema.
History
The academy was founded in 2003 on the initiative of the Independent Film Foundation (Polish: Niezależna Fundacja Filmowa, NFF) and is a national film academy equivalent to other national academies awarding such prizes as French César Awards, Czech Lion Awards or Spanish Goya Awards.
It is composed of about 600 motion picture professionals from Poland. Membership in the Academy is by invitation only. Membership is based on being judged by all members – professional filmmakers as a nominated for distinguished achievements in filmmaking. The Academy organizes annual Polish Film Academy Awards, now officially known as The Eagle (Orzeł). In 2008 the first president of the Academy was Agnieszka Holland. The current president of the Academy is producer and director Dariusz Jabłoński.