Munk Studio’s project, organized as a part of the cultural program of the Polish presidency in the UE, covers a presentation of young Polish cinema in 4 chosen cities: Berlin, Paris, London and Moscow in Autumn of 2011.
The programme comprises of short fims by young filmmakers that have been successful in recent years and who are currently working on their debut features. It has been a trend in recent years that the most interesting and bold Polish films were made by young filmmakers. It's also young filmmakers that shape the short film scene in Poland. Every year more names appear and one can even start talking about a Wave of Youth entering the market. It's time to present this phenomenon abroad.
Where you can see us:
17-18.09.2011 - LONDON
Riverside Studios | Crisp Road | London | W6 9RL
28-30.10.2011 - MOSCOW
Kino 35mm, ul. Pokrovka 47/24
www.kino35mm.ru
www.kulturapolshi.ru
7-13.12.2011 - PARIS
Cinéma Le Reflet Médicis
Festival of Polish Films KINOPOLSKA
www.institutpolonais.fr
www.lesecransdeparis.fr
1-4.12.2011 - BERLIN
KÜHLHAUS BERLIN, Tempelhofer Ufer 22
Polish Autumn
Our audience in London and Paris, thanks to Studio Kadr, will have a unique opportunity to watch the restored version of Andrzej Munk's "Eroica"("Heroism"). One of the key works of the “Polish Film School” movement directed by our patron. A film that confronts and demythologizes Poland’s war past. “Eroica” has an interesting and rarely seen form - it comprises of two loosely liked novellas. The first part is a story of a Warsaw dodger, Dzidziuś, who accidentally gets involved in the Warsaw Uprising and then commits a heroic deed, useless in effect. The second part takes place in a German camp. It portrays, for the first time, the life of Polish officers in a POW camp during the IIWW. Col. Zawistowski’s escape becomes a legend. Only a few know that he’s still in the camp - hidden in an air duct. Despite the care of his friends he dies of cold and loneliness. All that to keep the legend, that kept up all the other prisoners’ spirit, going.
