Films

17th of August

2009-07-26T18:58:01Z

The Small Cinema * Sunday (August 9, 2009) * 2:00 p.m.

17 avgusta / 17th of August, Russia – Poland - Finland (RU-PL-FI) 2009, colour, 52 min 16 sec.

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reż|dir Aleksander Gutman

One day from a life of a prisoner sentenced for lifetime for triple murder, who does his time in a orthodox monastery transformed into a prison, which is situated on an island among Russia’s north forests, between Vologda and Arkhangelsk.

Aleksander Gutman

Russian author of documentaries, lives in Sankt Petersburg and Berlin. He was awarded repeatedly on film festivals. Most important films: „Freski”, „Ciało bez głowy”, „Żydowskie szczęście”, „Podróż do młodości”, „Odbicie”.

33 Scenes from Life

2009-07-23T21:45:07Z

The castle in Janowiec * Wednesday (August 5, 2009) * 9:00 p.m.

33 Scenes From Life, Poland-Germany (PL-DE) 2008, colour, 95 min.

dir Małgorzata Szumowska pro Pandora Film Produktion, Film Studio STI, Shot Szumowski sc Małgorzata Szumowska ph Michał Englert muz|mus Paweł Mykietyn ed Jacek Drosio cast Julia Jentsch, Peter Gantzler, Maciej Stuhr, Małgorzata Hajewska, Andrzej Hudziak, Iza Kuna, Rafał Maćkowiak, Roman Gancarczyk dis Kino Świat

30-years old Julia is a successful photographer. She lives in a wealthy, well educated family. Her husband, Piotr, is an acclaimed composer. Her mother, Basia, is acclaimed author of crime fiction. Father, Jurek, is a filmmaker, documentalist. Suddenly their happy life ends... Basia has cancer diagnose. Jurek is broken down by Basia’s disease. Was it not for Adrian, Julia’s friend, she would have to stand alone in the face of challenges brought her by life. The time has come for verification of one’s point of view, and maybe even for the whole new beginning.

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Małgorzata Szumowska (1973)

Film director and scriptwriter of documentaries and features. In 1998 she graduated from Film School, Lodz (faculty: directing). In 1997 she, as a director, had her documentary debut and in 2000 - feature debut. Laureate of festival prizes. Since 2001 she is a member of European Film Academy.

Achilles and the Tortoise

2009-07-21T20:58:29Z

PGE Cinema * Friday (August 7, 2009) * 5:00 p.m.

Akiresu to kame | Achilles and the Tortoise, Japan (JP), 2008, colour, 119 min.

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dir Takeshi Kitano pro Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida, Office Kitano sc Takeshi Kitano ph Katsumi Yanagijima mus Yuki Kajiura ed Takeshi Kitano, Yoshinori Ota cast Beat Takeshi, Kanako Higuchi, Yurei Yanagi, Kumiko Aso, Akira Nakao dis Kino Świat

Machisu, the only son of the wealthy art collector, has its childish passion: painting. Commendation received from the famous painter, his father’s friend, makes boy start to dream about becoming a great painter. He starts to paint every day and everywhere, even during lessons at school, what frightens his teacher. Than tragedy occurs: Machisu becomes an orphan. His privileged life ends. The only thing there is left, is his matchless love for art.

Discovered at Venice Film Festival 2008, nominated to Golden Lion.

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Takeshi Kitano (1947)

Japanese film director, actor, writer and painter. He was born in Tokio and was raised in a poor family. He began his career as a TV comedian. As a film director he debuted in 1989. Fame came along with his film „Hana-Bi”, which won Golden Lion in Venice.

Agnieszka Holland

2009-07-26T18:38:56Z

The Small Cinema * Saturday (August 8, 2009) * 4:00 p.m.

Poland (PL) 2008, colour, 57 min.

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dir Wiesław Dąbrowski

Documentary film “Agnieszka Holland” is a cinematographic portrait and an attempt at monographic depiction of the person and work of Agnieszka Holland. In the film the charismatic filmmaker’s portrait is drawn by her closest friends, associates, and family members. The story is told based on Agnieszka Holland’s own statements and adorned with cuts from her films and “making of” coverage.

Wiesław Dąbrowski

Born in 1947. Since 1990 – owner/CEO of Artistic Agency PARTUS and an independent producer of TV programmes and films, documentaries and spectacular gala shows, film music and CD records.

At the End of Way

2009-07-23T18:01:06Z

The Small Cinema * Friday (August 7, 2009) * 2:00 p.m.

Agor Dromesko (At The End Of Way), Poland (PL), colour, 15 min.
dir Jędrzej Bączyk

The film is an impression of one day in the life of a family of Bulgarian Romanises. In a broader sense the film tries to say something about a man’s attempt to adjust to new living conditions, to ask questions about the value of life separated from tradition and, most of all, it expresses longing to what is never to return.

Jędrzej Bączyk

Jędrzej Bączyk graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts at the Nicolaus Copernicus University (specialization graphic art). Since 2004 he studies directing at the National Film School in Lodz.

Actress, The

2009-07-26T13:53:50Z

The Small Cinema * Wednesday (August 5, 2009) * 10:15 p.m.

The Small Cinema * Tuesday (August 4, 2009) * 10:00 p.m.

The Actress, Poland (PL) 2005, colour, 20 min.

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dir Grzegorz Skurski pro Grzegorz Skurski, Agencja Producentów Filmowych ph Grzegorz Skurski ed Marek A. Heltz dis Grzegorz Skurski, Agencja Producentów Filmowych

After 27 years Skurski decided to turn his camera once again to Janda, today recognized as one of the most eminent Polish actresses. Author of the movie shows the artist as she supervises building of her private Polonia Theatre in the centre of Warsaw. We see her as she buys building materials, determines the colour of floor covering and tiles, or arranges lights along with her husband Edward Kłosiński, cinematographer. In the last scene Krystyna Janda – actress returns, film ends with a fragment of her monodrama according to Vedrana Rudan text “Ear Throat Knife”.

Actress, The

2009-07-26T13:48:50Z

The Actress, Poland (PL) 1978, b&w, 85 min.

dir Grzegorz Skurski ph Michał Bukojemski ed Łucja Ośko dis WFDiF

First of two documentaries by Grzegorz Skurski, which presents Krystyna Janda. It was made, when its heroine was young, yet already known actress (mainly thanks to the role of Agnieszka in Andrzej Wajda’s “Man Of Marble”).

Actors, The

2009-07-22T18:29:53Z

The Small Cinema * Sunday (August 2, 2009) * 6:00 p.m.

The Actors, Poland (PL) 2009, colour, 28 min.

dir Tomasz Wolski

General portret of the living legends of Polish cinema. The actors were captured during shooting days of Jacek Blawut’s film „Before twilight”. Between the shots, Tomasz Wolski observes among others Nina Andrycz, Roman Kłosowski, Beata Tyszkiewicz or Irena Kwiatkowska.

Tomasz Wolski (1977)

Studied journalism at Jagiellonian University. In 2002 began a documentary course at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Directing. Participated to Berlinale Talent Campus in 2004 and 2005 roku. Co-directed “Born Dead” by Jacek Bławut.

Alpha Dog

2009-07-27T22:41:46Z

Puławy * Saturday (August 8, 2009) * 4:30 p.m.

United States (US) 2006 colour 122 min.

dir Nick Cassavetes pro|pro Sidney Kimmel, Chuck Pacheco, Sidney Kimmel Entertainment, A-Mark Entertainment, Alpha Dog LLC, VIP 2 Medienfonds sc Nick Cassavetes ph Robert Fraisse mus Aaron Zigman ed Alan Heim cast Bruce Willis, Matthew Barry, Emile Hirsch, Fernando Vargas, Vincent Kartheiser, Justin Timberlake, Sharon Stone dis Epelpol

Inspired by true events. A young suburban drug dealer by the name of Johnny Truelove kidnaps the fifteen-year-old brother of a man in debt to him. Three days and thirty-eight witnesses later, the boy is dead. „Alpha Dog” is their story.

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NICK CASSAVETES (1959)

American actor, scriptwriter and film director. He is known from such films as “Face Off”, “The Wraith”, “Life”, “Backstreet Dreams” and “The Astronaut’s Wife”. He directed, among others, “Unhook the Stars”, “She’s So Lovely” and “The Notebook”.

Amal

2009-07-23T22:11:16Z

Puławy * Sunday (August 2, 2009) * 7:00 p.m.

Canada (CA) 2007, colour, 101 min.

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dir Richie Mehta pro Steven Bray, David Miller sc Richie Mehta, Shaun Mehta ph Mitchell Ness mus Dr. Shiva ed Stuart A. McIntyre cast Rupinder Nagra, Naseeruddin Shah, Seema Biswas, Koel Purie, Vik Sahay, Roshan Seth, Tanisha Chatterjee, Siddhant Behl dis Epelpol

Poor, but righteous ricksha driver, Amal, works in New Dehli and does his best to deliver his clients fast and safely to their destinations. Some day he helps a man who seems to be homeless. The man turns out to be an ageining billionaire, who touched by Amal’s heart and his humbleness, leaves him by his will his whole estate. This unexpected event consider- ably changes life of ricksha driver. He must now face totally new challenges...

Film was awarded at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007.

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Richie Mehta

Canadian film director and scriptwriter. Mehta’s films to date – “Amal” (the short film) and “System Of Units” - have screened and garnered him much acclaim and numerous awards around the world at film festivals such as Telluride, Palm Springs International Film Festival, Montreal International Film Festival, and the London International Film Festival.