Jacek Petrycki retrospective
9 films
Benek Blues
dir. Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk
dok1999
The film's protagonists are condemned to lie down. The son was immobilised by overlapping medical conditions that deformed his body and took away the power in his legs. The father has been incapacitated by a stroke. Both necessarily live in a fascinating symbiosis. With tenacity and dignity, they fight against physical limitations and weakness. The film shows humanity and the strength of interpersonal bonds put to a very severe test.
Read moreFirst Love (Pierwsza miłość)
dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski
dok1974
The camera follows a young unmarried couple during the girl’s pregnancy, through their wedding, and the delivery of the baby.
Read moreMy Notes from the Underground (Moje zapiski z podziemia)
dir. Jacek Petrycki
dok2011
The documentary provides a behind-the-scenes look at the activities of the anti-communist underground in Poland in the 1980s.
Read morePoste Restante
dir. Marcel Łoziński
dok2008
Before a letter reaches the addressee, it must go through dozens of hands and procedures. But not always is it possible to deliver it to the person whose address features on the envelope.
Read morePractice Exercises (Ćwiczenia warsztatowe)
dir. Marcel Łoziński
dok1986
An inconspicuous street survey on young people presents the spectrum of manipulation available to television. Thanks to image and sound edition it is possible to turn the original picture and message of contributions around. Łoziński first records a variety of answers to the question about the condition of young people at present provided by random passers‐by and then shows how the material obtained may be manipulated, depending on the filmmaker’s needs.
Read moreSuch a Place (Takie miejsce)
The Betrayed
dir. Clive Gordon
dok1995
For his cinematography in this film, Jacek Petrycki won a BAFTA award from the British Academy of Film. The harrowing story of the mothers of Russian soldiers sent to attack Grozny in 1994, who search for their missing sons.
Read moreThe Microphone Test (Próba mikrofonu)
dir. Marcel Łoziński
dok1980
An employee of the radio broadcasting system at a Warsaw cosmetics plant tries to include more serious contents in his everyday programme.
Read moreThe Return of Agnieszka H. (Powrót Agnieszki H.)
dir. Krystyna Krauze, Jacek Petrycki
dok2013
The film is a light-hearted and, in many places, humorous story about the student years of Poland's most famous director Agnieszka Holland, who studied at FAMU from 1966 to 1971, during the period of political breakthroughs. The artist actively participated in the events of the Prague Spring and the student protests against the so-called normalisation in Czechoslovakia.
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