Apel was awarded the Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 1971 in a three-way tie with Yugoslavian short film The Bride and the American short film The Further Adventures of Uncle Sam. The film also won the Bronze Hobby-Horse (Lajkonik) at the 1971 Kraków Film Festival. At the 50th Kraków Film Festival in 2010, Apel was selected for screening with nineteen other films–ten Polish films and ten foreign films deemed the best from the festival's history, as selected by seven film critics. Apel was also screened the same year at the 35th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. Awards 1971 – Grand Prix at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival 1971 – Bronze Hobby-Horse (Lajkonik) at the Kraków Film Festival References External links 1970 films 1970 animated films 1970 drama films 1970s German-language films Polish animated short films Polish black-and-white films Polish drama films Holocaust films