Katyn from veteran director Andrzej Wajda was the big winner at yesterday's  awards ceremony of the Orly or "Eagle" Awards, the Polish national film prizes. The film recounts the harrowing events of the Katyn massacre, in which many Polish soldiers were killed by the Soviet army, a fact that was subsequently denied when Moscow became the de-facto ruler of the country after WWII ended. The Polish Film Academy gave a total of six awards to the film, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actress for Danuta Stenka. The award for Best Director, however, went not to Wajda but to Andrzej Jakimowski for his sophomore feature Sztuczki (Tricks). The film, a Kieslowskian tale about two young siblings who make bets with fate, also won the Audience Award as well as the Best Supporting Actor category for Tomasz Sapryk, who plays the father of the two children.