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.
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.
[2] It is composed of about 600 motion picture professionals from Poland.
Membership is based on being judged by all members – professional filmmakers as a nominated for distinguished achievements in filmmaking.
The current president of the Academy is producer and director Dariusz Jabłoński.