Newsletter 08
Film and Art Festival TWO RIVERSIDES
Newsletter 8


Dear Friends,

God created not only Actor, but also Actress. This year it’s time for women. Krystyna Janda will be playing the leading role and will tell a story about the beginning of her career, about the magic of theatre and film. She will take us on a film journey from “MAN OF MARBLE” (1976) to “SWEET FLAG” (2009).

FILM and THEATRE deserve the same attention, so in Kazimierz you will also see some of our guest’s theatrical roles. After all, she is the founder of the first private theatre in Poland, the Polonia Theatre.

In the castle in Kazimierz you will see Krystyna Janda in “EAR, THROAT, KNIFE” monodrama. It’s a story told from the perspective of a woman. Tonka Babic, the main heroine, survived the war, lost her husband and being Serb is not welcomed in Croatia.

Our guest usually plays roles of strong and determined women. She debuted in Andrzej Wajda’s “MAN OF MARBLE”, which is considered one of the most spectacular films in the Polish cinema. She also debuted in the TV Theatre playing a role in Aleksander Bardini’s “THREE SISTERS”.

Her acting is valued also outside Poland. In 1981 she was awarded the Silver Asteroid Award for her role in “Golem” dir. Piotr Szulkin. She continued her adventure with science fiction films in Andrzej Żuławski’s “On the Silver Globe” (1981).

The audience appreciated the role she played in Ryszard Bugajski’s “INTERROGATION” (1982). It is a story about Tonia Dziwisz, a cabater singer, who gets arrested by UB (the Office of Security) by mistake and fetches up for 5 years in prison on Rakowiecka Street. It’s also a story of the fight and independence arising behind bars. Her role was awarded a Golden Palm Award in Cannes Film Festival. In Kazimierz you will have a chance to meet Ryszard Bugajski, the director, who will present his unpublished book about this film.

From the film festival in San Sebastian she brought a Silver Shell Award for her role in Waldemar Krzystek’s “DISMISSED FROM LIFE”. Playing the role in Wojciech Marczewski’s “WIESER” (2000) she proved that neither love nor cinema like correctness.

The review of Krystyna Janda’s films will be finished by Andrzej Wajda’s “SWEET FLAG”(2009). It’s a film adaptaion of Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s short story written in 1958. In the storyline we can find byplays from Sándor Márai ‘s “SUDDEN CALL” and from Janda’s autobiography. The film was dedicated to her husband Edward Kłosiński (1943-2008), a cameraman. In “God created actress” section we will present:

TV THEATRE:
* THREE SISTERS, dir. Aleksander Bardini, 1974
* LET’S TALK ABOUT DEATH AND LIFE, dir. Krystyna Janda, 2002
* BACHELOR’S CLUB, dir. Krystyna Janda, 2000
* THE VISIT OF THE OLD LADY, dir. Waldemar Krzystek, 2002
* THE OPEN COUPLE, dir. Krystyna Janda, 2000


SHORT FILMS:
* 2xACTRESS, dir. Grzegorz Skurski – two documentary films about Krystyna Janda, 1979 and 2005
* DRAUGHT TO SIX PARTS, dir. Piort Szulikin, 1973- Szulkin’s student etude

Don’t miss the opportunity to see all of it! See the festival programme on www.dwabrzegi.pl.
See you at the Festival!
 
© Copyright 2009 Festiwal Filmu i Sztuki DWA BRZEGI Kazimierz Dolny-Janowiec n/Wisłą 2008 - Dyrektor artystyczny Grażyna Torbicka. All rights reserved.
Foto - Agencja TRIADA Katarzyna Rainka oraz Tomasz Stokowski. Projekt - Bartosz Rabiej. Nazwa Festiwalu - Miroslaw Olszówka. Strona by Sara Kozińska.