Can you believe we’re already halfway through the festival? The Dragon of Dragons award ceremonies for the heroes of our retrospectives this year, Jacek Petrycki and Godfrey Reggio, are behind us. A meeting with Ana Blandiana, a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Educational Film Studio in Lodz, and many inspiring meetings after the screenings with the filmmakers, creators and our reliable and most wonderful audience! And this is still just a fraction of the wonders that have been happening at our place in recent days!
If you have no idea how to plan for tomorrow’s FREE-THURSDAY, below is a little download of what to see on the fifth day of the festival.
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World premiere of the film “A Year in the Life of the Country?”, directed by Tomasz Wolski (Kino Kijów, 19:45 +Q&A)
Martial law, which was imposed in Poland on 13 December 1981, targeted the Solidarity movement, but it had other faces, too. On the basis of exclusively archival footage, the film explores the backstage of the past events. It undermines the mythicised image of Polish society as a victim of the system.
After the screening, join us for a Q&A with the documentary’s creators!
DON’T_FORGET
School, World. Special screening of interactive documentary by Iga Lapinska (11:00, Kiev Studio. Free admission)
Slawek runs through the fields with a metal detector. Adam uses a curved barbell to break a European record. Marzena sits in the barn on Facebook. Only cows go to school anymore. Where to go. In Chlebiotki. A Polish village. 60 residents. Houses planted with thuyas. In the evening, everyone sits on the Internet. And everyone misses something. “School, world” is an interactive documentary, based on observation, irritation and love. Each of the 8 characters is devoted to a different chapter. The director grew up in Chlebiotki. She returned years later. What did she find?
World premiere of the film: “Everything Needs to Live,” directed by Tetiana Dorodnitsyna, Andrii Lytvynenko (ASP, 19:00. Q&A)
Whoever saves one life, saves the entire world – that’s the motto of Anna, the strongest woman in the world, who loves animals. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Anna joined by a group of volunteers are doing everything possible to save as many wounded and abandoned animals as they can in these difficult days.
“1489”, dir. Shoghakat Vardanyan (Kino Mikro, 18:00+ Q&A)
The film title is the number used to mark the Armenian soldier lost in action who fought against Azeris in Nagorno-Karabakh in 2020. While the family is trying to find the student’s body, his sister is recording the search and accompanying emotions on her smartphone. Will the DNA test confirm that the bones discovered are Soghomon’s remnants? The carefully arranged takes offer us an insight into an exceptionally intimate situation when filming becomes in-depth co-feeling. It is an intimate documentary, shot in an intuitive way, whose climax will not leave anyone cold.
“Monogamia”, dir. Ohad Milstein (Kino Mikro, 20:00+Q&A)
At different stages of life physical intimacy means different things, but its absence can be equally hurtful. The director observes his senior parents whose relationship burned out a long time ago, for which his mother tries to compensate with increasingly riskier shopaholism. The son initiates a psychodrama featuring his parents and at the same time tests his own marriage, which is falling into a routine. This hybrid, self-reflexive and to a large extent self-ironic documentary poses the question whether monogamy nowadays is still the best form of a relationship between two persons.
Screening of “Son of the Mullah” by Nahid Persson (17:00, Kino Kijów + Q&A)
Ruhollah Zam, a persecuted journalist from Teheran, was forced to leave for France with his family, but even there he needs to live in conspiracy. The director accompanies him during remote work and in his everyday fear. It turns out that the international network of activists is infiltrated by the Iranian regime.
| IMPORTANT INFORMATION: Unfortunately, due to reasons beyond our control, tomorrow’s premiere of the book “Andrzej Wajda. Notes.” |
| WORTH_SEEING |
11:00, Kino Pod Baranami, “Putin’s Playground?”, dir. Konrad Szołajski
12:00, Kino Paradox, “Hacker”, dir. Poul Berg
12:30, Kino Mikro, “Inheritance”, dir. Matt Moyer
14:30, Kino Pod Baranami, “The Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters”, dir. Catalina Tesar (+ Q&A)
15:00, Kino Kijów, “Intercepted”, dir. Oksana Karpovych
17:00, Kino Paradox, “Isaac Asimov, a Message to the Future”, dir. Mathias Théry
18:30, Kino Agrafka, “Flowers of Ukraine”, dir. Adelina Borets (+Q&A)
18:30, Kino Pod Baranami, “Are You There?”, dir. Xawery Deskur | “Koka”, dir. Aliaksandr Tsymbaliuk (+ Q&A)
19:30, Kino Sfinks, “The Gospel according to Ciretta”, dir. Caroline von der Tann
20:00, Kino Paradox, “Thermodielectric”, dir. Ana Costa Ribeiro
21:00, Kino Agrafka, “Visitors”, dir. Godfrey Reggio
21:00, Kino ASP, “Otherland”, dir. Piotr Wysocki
21:00, Kino Pod Baranami, “Ouvidor”, dir. Matias Borgström
On the festival’s website you will find a list of all meetings and Q&As.
On ours is also a map of the most important festival venues and a list of partner cafes and restaurants. We would like to remind you that you can get a discount with Accreditation, you should show it before ordering. We invite you to share your impressions on our Facebook group.
We would like to remind you about the possibility of voting for the best films. The poll includes all films qualified for the competitions of the 64th Krakow Film Festival.
We encourage you to download zero tickets before the screenings. Free tickets can be downloaded on the site after logging into My KFF. Just go to the “Program” tab and using the filters search for the film you are interested in. Free tickets can also be picked up at cinema box offices after showing accreditation no later than 15 minutes before the start of the screening.
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