SPECIAL SCREENINGS
Premiere screening of Wałęsa by Wałęsa by Andrzej Fidyk
30.05 THU 18:00 | Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej MANGGHA
This special screening features the last film retained on the archive shelves tagged as ‘threatening for Polish audiences.’ Made in 2015, it will finally be aired by Polish Television on June 4, which marks the 35th anniversary of the first free parliamentary elections in post-war Poland. The film is a portrayal of Lech Wałęsa – the Solidarity movement leader, a Nobel Prize laureate and Poland’s president – from his own perspective in a conversation with the director – Andrzej Fidyk, the script co-author – Anna Więckowska, the protagonist’s wife – Danuta Wałęsa and son Bogdan, who presides over the Wałęsa Institute Foundation.
In Polish only
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The School, A World. Special screening of an interactive documentary by Iga Łapińska
30.05 THU 11:00 | Kijów Studio
Sławek runs through the fields with a metal detector. Marzena is browsing Facebook in the barn. Adam with a bending barbell breaks the world record in weightlifting. Only cows still go to school. Where? In Chlebiotki, a small village in Poland. Only 60 people live here. In houses rimmed with thujas to ward off neighbours. In the evening everyone is online. Longing for something different. This interactive documentary is based on observations, annoyance and love. The director grew up in the village and returned years later. What did she find there?
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Screening of A Strong Man, dir. Henryk Szaro (PL, 1929, 78’) with live music by Piotr Orzechowski i Kuba Więcek
31.05 FRI 18:00 | Muzeum Sztuki i Techniki Japońskiej MANGGHA
The Krakow Film Festival in collaboration with the FINA National Film Archive – Audiovisual Institute invites to the screening of a silent film A Strong Man with live music. The film will be presented on the 35mm film from the FINA archive.
A Strong Man by Henryk Szaro is an adaptation of Stanisław Przybyszewski’s novel, a formal reference to German expressionism. This psychological drama presenting successive stages of an artist’s moral decline is one of the last Polish films of the silent cinema era, which was considered to be lost for almost 70 years. Live music will be performed by Piotr Orzechowski and Kuba Więcek. A partner of the screening is the Silent Film Festival in Krakow.
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75th Anniversary of the WFO Educational Film Studio
6.05 SUN 15:00 | AGRAFKA, 29.05 WED 18:00 | KIJÓW STUDIO 1
With 4500 films, over 1200 Polish and international awards, and a prestigious place in the history of cinematography, it’s hard to imagine Polish documentary filmmaking without the involvement of the WFO Film Studio in Łódź. It was there that masters such as Wojciech Wiszniewski, Bogdan Dziworski, Piotr Szulkin, Jacek Bławut, and Grzegorz Królikiewicz created their works. The celebrations of the WFO Film Studio’s 75th anniversary during the 64th Krakow Film Festival are a unique opportunity to see seven exceptional films created in the Łódź-based studio on the big screen.
Screening of films
- Glory of the Bull dir. Andrzej Papuziński (PL), D, 13’
- Frost Is Coming dir. Piotr Andrejew (PL), D, 20’
- A Girl With a Faggot dir. Piotr Szulkin (PL), F, 16’
- Elementary dir. Wojciech Wiszniewski (PL), D, 8’
- Hockey dir. Bogdan Dziworski (PL), D, 12’
- Catastrophy dir. Marek Drążewski (PL), D, 17’
- Rat Pack dir. Andrzej Czarnecki (PL), D, 20’
- A Lump of Sugar dir. Jacek Bławut (PL), D, 9’
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Polish/English
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Pokaz filmu Berchidda Live w reżyserii Gianfranco Cabiddu, Michelle Mellara, Alessandro Rossi oraz spotkanie z twórcami i zaproszonymi gośćmi.
31.05 FRI 18:30 | WŁOSKI INSTYTUT KULTURY
Time in Jazz festival is inherently linked to the place where it has been organized since 1988, i.e. the town of Berchidda in Sardinia. In beautiful natural surroundings one may absorb a variety of music traditions and the film is a portrayal of this atmospheric event and the people who create it. The meeting with the filmmakers will be attended by representatives of the Krakow jazz scene.
Italian/Polish
Free admission
CLOSING FILM
Premiere screening of All Inclusive by Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert
01.06 SAT 18:00 | KINO KIJÓW
Yet again, Małgorzata Szumowska and Michał Englert return with a proposal of non-obvious artistic cinema which escapes categorisation, yet contains many cinephilic flavours. All Inclusive displays the full spectrum of Polish attitudes, vices and personalities. Talking heads typical of documentaries are placed next to musical scenes and existential dramas, while amateur actors meet such professional performers as Andrzej Chyra or Izabela Kuna. The screening will be attended by the film authors.
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