A special season of the best of Polish cinema will be presented across London in Picturehouse Cinemas in celebration of the Polish Presidency of the European Union.
A special season of the best of Polish cinema will be presented across London in Picturehouse Cinemas in celebration of the Polish Presidency of the European Union.
The season represents a unique overview of some of the greatest cinematic gems from Poland, encompassing 49 award-winning films divided into 7 cinematic themes; Intimate Cinema; Poles Against Poles; Playing With Form; Po-Lin Means Poland; In the Beginning There Was The Word; Reality Bites and Love, The Polish Way.
Poland on Screen is an attempt to show the diversity of Polish cinema made by such eminent artists as Polański, Has, Wajda, Zanussi and Kieślowski. The season kicks off on October 14th at the Ritzy Cinema with Malgorzata Szumowska’s 33 Scenes From Life, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival, with the filmmakers in attendance.
The season will screen at Picturehouse Cinemas throughout the capital, namely in Brixton, Clapham, Greenwich, Hackney, Nottinghill Gate and Stratford East and ends on December 1st.
Poland on Screen is an attempt to show the diversity of Polish cinema made by such eminent artists as Polański, Has, Wajda, Zanussi and Kieślowski. The season kicks off on October 14th at the Ritzy Cinema with Malgorzata Szumowska’s 33 Scenes From Life, winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival, with the filmmakers in attendance.
The season will screen at Picturehouse Cinemas throughout the capital, namely in Brixton, Clapham, Greenwich, Hackney, Nottinghill Gate and Stratford East and ends on December 1st.
Legendary films will be screened, such as Ryszard Bugajski’s Interrogation, awarded years after its release at Cannes in recognition of Krystyna Janda’s outstanding performance, Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Blind Chance with the equally fascinating acting by Bogusław Linda who was for years an icon of films sentenced to oblivion in communist Poland, Korczak by Andrzej Wajda, which caused turmoil in French Jewish communities or the Oscar-winning The Pianist by Roman Polański.
“I wanted to share my fascination with Polish cinema with a London audience. I decided on the thematic cycles to both intrigue and allow the viewer to gain an insight into the works of completely different artists who stand shoulder to shoulder, united by the same theme”. Programme Organiser, Krzysztof Gierat Krakow Film Foundation.
INTIMATE CINEMA
Once portrayed so masterfully by Krzysztof Kieślowski, the Intimate Cinema strand explores the basic human concerns to which Polish cinema has returned in recent years.
1. 33 Scenes from Life – director: Małgorzata Szumowska, 2008, 95’
2. Saviour’s Square – director: Krzysztof Krauze, 2006, 105’
3. Tricks – director: Andrzej Jakimowski, 2007, 95’
4. A Few People, a Little Time – director: Andrzej Barański, 2005, 105’
5. Zero – director: Paweł Borowski, 2009, 110’
6. Time to Die – director: Dorota Kędzierzawska, 2007, 104’
7. Sweet Rush – director: Andrzej Wajda, 2009, 83’
POLES AGAINST POLES
Like all families, we have had and still have our differences. It is only against a common enemy that we have readily united. Internal struggle, both with and without a foe to face, is a theme approached by many filmmakers.
1. Blind Chance – director: Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1981, 112’
1. Blind Chance – director: Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1981, 112’
2. Colonel Kwiatkowski – director: Kazimierz Kutz, 1995, 123’
3. Interrogation – director: Ryszard Bugajski, 1982, 111’
4. Snow White and Russian Red – director: Xawery Żuławski, 2009, 108’
5. Custody – director: Wiesław Saniewski, 1983, 118’
6. Escape from The ”Liberty” Cinema – director: Wojciech Marczewski, 1990, 87’
7. Mother of Kings – director: Janusz Zaorski, 1982, 127’
PLAYING WITH FORM
A chance to explore varied cinematic trends, offering examples from a variety of genres and periods.
1. Everything for Sale – director: Andrzej Wajda, 1968, 94’
2. Reverse – director: Borys Lankosz, 2009, 96’
3. Hands Up! – director: Jerzy Skolimowski, 1967, 76’
4. Farewell to Autumn – director: Mariusz Treliński, 1990, 98’
5. The Third Part of The Night – director: Andrzej Żuławski, 1971, 101’
6. Illumination– director:Krzysztof Zanussi, 1972, 87’
7. The War of the Worlds: Next Century – director: Piotr Szulkin, 1981, 92’
PO-LIN MEANS POLAND
Home to many Jews before WWII, Jewish culture has long been engrained in the national heritage of Poland, and Jewish themes, particularly the suffering of Polish Jews, form a recurring feature of Polish filmmaking.
1. Austeria – director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1982, 102’
1. Austeria – director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1982, 102’
2. The Pianist – director: Roman Polański, 2002, 142’
3. Po-Lin. Slivers of Memory – director: Jolanta Dylewska, 2008, 82’
4. Unloved – director: Janusz Nasfeter, 1965, 79’
5. How Far, How Near – director: Tadeusz Konwicki, 1971, 93’
6. The Promised Land – director: Andrzej Wajda, 1974, 140’
7. Korczak – director: Andrzej Wajda, 1990, 113’
IN THE BEGINNING THERE WAS THE WORD…
Descended from a proud national literary heritage, Polish film has always nourished itself on great literature, with the involvement of writers having a profound influence on our filmmaking culture.
1. The Depot of the Dead – director: Czesław Petelski, 1958, 104’
1. The Depot of the Dead – director: Czesław Petelski, 1958, 104’
2. Valley of the Issa – director: Tadeusz Konwicki, 1982, 102’
3. The Hour-Glass Sanatorium – director: Wojciech Jerzy Has, 1973, 119’
4. Fever – director: Agnieszka Holland, 1980, 116’
5. Pornography – director: Jan Jakub Kolski, 2003, 117’
6. Weiser – director: Wojciech Marczewski, 2000, 96’
7. Mother Joan of the Angels – director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz, 1960, 103’
REALITY BITES
Historically confined to allegory, Polish cinema has always had a love of metaphors – but with the end of censorship has come a freer embrace of realist depictions of life, as recent examples testify.
1. Hi, Tereska – director: Robert Gliński, 2001, 86’
1. Hi, Tereska – director: Robert Gliński, 2001, 86’
2. The Dark House – director: Wojciech Smarzowski, 2009, 105’
3. Mother Theresa of Cats – director: Paweł Sala, 2010, 95’
4. Day of the Wacko– director: Marek Koterski, 2002, 93’
5. The Debt – director: Krzysztof Krauze, 1999, 97’
6. Reserve – director: Łukasz Palkowski, 2007, 100’
7. Edi – director: Piotr Trzaskalski, 2002, 98’
LOVE, THE POLISH WAY
A universal subject, not always as light as it may seem. Polish filmmakers tackle romantic entanglements.
1. Chronicle of Amorous Accidents – director: Andrzej Wajda, 1985, 114’
1. Chronicle of Amorous Accidents – director: Andrzej Wajda, 1985, 114’
2. A Short Film About Love– director: Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1988, 83’
3. Louise’s Garden – director: Maciej Wojtyszko, 2007, 105’
4. Szamanka– director: Andrzej Żuławski, 1996, 112’
5. Love Stories – director: Jerzy Stuhr, 1997, 87’
6. All That I Love – director: Jacek Borcuch, 2009, 91’
7. How to Be Loved – director: Wojciech Jerzy Has, 1962, 97’
The Poland On Screen project is financially supported by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and the Polish Film Institute and organised by the Krakow Film Foundation in collaboration with the Pod Baranami Cinema in Kraków, the Picturehouse Cinemas and the Polish Cultural Institute in London.
www.polandonscreen.pl
www.picturehouses.co.uk
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