Dear Spectators! All lovers of the 64th Krakow Film Festival! Tuesday doesn’t have to be difficult and ugly at all. All you have to do is help your luck a little and choose a screening (at times several!) in one of Krakow’s arthouse cinemas. And believe it, there really is a lot to choose from!
If you’ve already chosen your favorite screening for today, but are still wondering how to plan tomorrow’s Tuesday, here’s a little download of what to see on the third day of the festival!
HIGHLIGHTS_OF_THE_DAY
KFF Talks: New narratives. Desinformation is not the (greatest) problem (Pałac Potockich 4, 17:30-19:00. FREE)
From Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin to the scripts of historical films – alternative visions of history and contemporary politics are increasingly prevalent in media, films, and TV series. Never before have we had such easy and inexpensive access to information. AI is already being used by propagandists. Are subjective truths – or more precisely, the new narratives construed from them – a new threat to the recipients of media and culture? And do fiction creators always have unlimited freedom in crafting them? Małgorzata Majewska, Dariusz Rosiak, and Marcin Żyła will discuss the challenges for media and the boundaries of art. Screenings of selected festival films, such as Son of the Mullah (dir. Nahid Persson), Putin’s Playground (dir. Konrad Szołajski), and Of Caravan and The Dogs (dir. Askold Kurov, anonymous creators) will perfectly complement their discussion.
DON’T_FORGET
Dragon of Dragons Award Ceremony. Jacek Petrycki Retrospective: “Poste Restante”, dir. Marcel Łoziński | “My Notes from the Underground” dir. Jacek Petrycki
Jacek Petrycki (born 1948 in Poznań) is a graduate of the Film School in Łódź and a highly regarded Polish cinematographer and director of documentary films. He is the cinematographer behind many acclaimed feature and documentary films, including 89 mm from Europe, The Visit, Workshop Exercises by Marcel Łoziński, First Love, Talking Heads, and Camera Buffby Krzysztof Kieślowski, as well as Agnieszka Holland’s Fever and A Woman Alone. Since 1987, he has collaborated with British television channels Channel 4 and the BBC
He is a recipient of several awards, including a BAFTA for Clive Gordon’s The Betrayed, a Golden Frog for Kasia Adamik’s The Offsiders, and multiple distinctions at the Krakow Film Festival. He was also nominated for the European Film Award for Yeşim Ustaoğlu’s Journey to the Sun.
Petrycki is a realist with an extraordinary talent for noticing poetry in everyday life. Whether in documentary or feature films, he approaches cinematography with a documentarian’s eye. He isn’t afraid of tackling difficult subjects; in one interview, he admitted that in documentaries, sometimes one must address frightening realities, and if it serves a purpose, it cannot be avoided. Throughout his career, he has not only honed his skills in cinematography but has also contributed to promoting Polish documentary cinema on the international stage. His passion for cinema and unique perspective on the world make him a respected cinematographer and outstanding educator.
Meeting with Ana Blandiana, a legendary Romanian poet, the main protagonist of the documentary ‘Between Silence and Sin’” (MCK, 18:00. FREE)
Not very many people are aware of her real name — Otilia Valeria Coman. As a daughter of the ‘enemy of the people’, she had to adopt a new name, Ana Blandiana, to be able to have her poems published. Her poetry outraged Nicolae Ceaușescu and his entourage, but it enchanted and touched her readers and literature aficionados, also from outside of communist Romania. The new system did not change her. She remained a master of words, faithful to herself and critical of the authorities. The protagonist of ‘Between Silence and Sin’ (dir. Diana Nicolae) will meet with her readers and the festival audience to talk about her work.
“Otherland”, dir. Piotr Wysocki (Kino Pod Baranami, 16:00 + Q&A) Poland through the eyes of immigrants. Over the course of 10 years, we follow ups and downs of three characters who have moved to Warsaw from the smallest region of Russia, located in the Caucasus. They are of the same nationality, but their ambitions differ. How will their lives turn out in their new homeland?
“Jews by Choice, dir.. Justyna Gawełko,Tomer Slutzky (Kino Agrafka, 20:45 +Q&A) Karniów, a small town in Czechia, used to be the home for a growing Jewish community until WWII, when the Nazis brutally took over power and not a single one of the local 450 Jews survived. A few decades later, the Czech town is struck with another disaster – Karniów is flooded during the flood of the century. The old synagogue gets damaged, too. In order to prevent its destruction, a group of inhabitants decide to bring its old glory back or maybe even give rise to a new Jewish community in their town.
“Johatsu – Into Thin Air”, reż. Andreas Hartmann, Arata Mori (Kino Mikro, 18:00 + Q&A) In Japan, there are specialised companies that help people to vanish into thin air. Such escapees may leave everything behind and start a completely new life someplace else. Together with them, the viewer becomes immersed in the mysterious world of double identities and hidden family dramas.
“Intercepted”, reż. Oksana Karpovych (Kino Mikro, 20:30 + Q&A) What are Russian soldiers talking about when they call their families from the front? The phone conversations recorded by the Ukrainian secret service in the first six months of the war reveal a completely different picture than the one created by the Kremlin propaganda. When set against post-apocalyptic views, they make a paralysing study of enslavement and conformism.
WORTH_SEEING
09:00, Kino Mikro, “Why We Fight?”, dir. Camille Etienne
11:00, Kino Pod Baranami, “Via Dolorosa”, dir. Ohad Milstein | “Bottlemen”, dir. Nemanja Vojinović
13:30, Kino Pod Baranami, “Joana Mallwitz – Momentum”, dir.. Günter Atteln
14:30, Kino Pod Baranami,“Too Close”, dir. Botond Püsök
15:00, Kino Kijów, “1489”, dir. Shoghakat Vardanyan
15:30, Kino Mikro, “Silent Trees”, dir. Agnieszka Zwiefka
16:00, Kino Agrafka, “The Chalice. Of Sons and Daughters”, dir. Catalina Tesar
17:00, Kino Pod Baranami, “Blues Run the Game: the Strange Tale of Jackson C. Frank”, dir. Damien Aimé Dupont (+Q&A)
18:30, Kino Agrafka, “Forest”, dir. Lidia Duda (+Q&A)
18:30, Kino Pod Baranami, “When Harmattan Blows”, dir. Edyta Wróblewska (+Q&A)
20:00, Kino Paradox, “Cyborg Generation”, dir. Miguel Morillo Vega
20:30, Kino Kijów, “Limits of Europe, dir. Apolena Rychlíková (+Q&A)
20:45, Kino Pod Baranami, “Teaches of Peaches”, dir. Philipp Fussenegger, Judy Landkammer
21:00, Kino ASP, “The Last Expedition”, dir. Eliza Kubarska (+Q&A)
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.
Program of screenings and accompanying events | Program of KFF Industry events.