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"ALL THAT I LOVE" AT SUNDANCE
Utah, Sundance Film Festival, January 21 - January 31, 2010 Jacek Borcuch's new film "All That I Love" was admitted to the competition at Sundance Film Festival. It's the first Polish film ever to screen in the competition at this festival...
JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI'S "THE ESSENCE OF KILLING"
Start of the film shooting: January 3, 2010 Jerzy Skolimowski's new film will be shot in Israel, Norway and Poland. "The Essence of Killing" follows a story of a Talib convict escaping from his captors in Europe. Vincent Gallo will play the main part...
17th POLISH FILM FESTIVAL "PROWINCJONALIA 2010"
Września, January 27 - January 30, 2010 "Prowincjonalia" has been dubbed a festival of peripheral or outsiders’ cinema - and indeed it presents feature and documentary films that concentrate on the life in the country and small towns; it presents original and highly artistic cinema promoting simple, universal values, subtle narratives, and serene esthetics...
VOLKER SCHLÖNDORFF IN POLAND
Łódź, Warszawa, Lublin, Katowice, Wrocław, Kraków, Gdańsk, November 30, 2009 - January 24, 2010 At this year's Plus Camerimage Festival in Łódź (November 28 - December 5, 2009), Volker Schlöndorff, the German director who won the first Oscar for post-war Germany, will receive an award for lifetime achievement. To mark the occasion, the Plus Camerimage Festival, the Goethe-Institut in Warsaw, and the National Film Archive are holding a nation-wide retrospective of Schlöndorff's films in Poland...
"MIRACLE SELLER" IN PALM SPRINGS
Palm Springs International Film Festival, California, January 5 - January 18, 2010 "Miracle Seller / Handlarz Cudów" directed by Jarosław Szoda and Bolesław Pawica was invited to the 21st Palm Springs International Film Festival - one of the most important American flim festivals. The film is a story of a recovering alcoholic conman (Borys Szyc) who gives a lift to two fierce Dagestani children who've fled a refugee camp, the ensuing road trip changes all their lives...
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATION FOR ABEL KORZENIOWSKI
Los Angeles, Award Giving Ceremony, JAnuary 17, 2010 Korzeniowski was nominated for the original soundtrack from Tom Ford's "A Single Man". The Golden Globe 2010 for best music was awarded to Michael Giacchino for the soundtrack from the animated movie "Up"...
"POLITYKA" PASSPORTS 2009
Warsaw, Teatr Wielki, January 12, 2009 The winners of the latest, 17th edition of the "Polityka" Passports have been announced. Awards in all six categories: film, literature, visual arts, classical music and pop-music, were presented during a grand gala at the Teatr Wielki in Warsaw...
9th IFF "WATCH DOCS"
Warsaw, CCA Zamek Ujazdowski, cinema "Muranów", December 4 - December 13, 2009 Warsaw's 9th annual International Film Festival WATCH DOCS is set to open on December 4, 2009. The festival competition offers the Warsaw premieres of the world's top documentary films broadly related to issues of human rights...
REVIEW OF POLISH FILMS IN CUBA
Havana, Cuba, December 3 - December 13, 2009 The review presents nine recent Polish film productions, made over the past three years. This is the Cuban premiere for all the films, and the Spanish-speaking world premiere for seven of them.
EUROPEAN FILM ACADEMY CRITICS' AWARDS FOR WAJDA AND ŁOZIŃSKI
Bochum, Germany, Award ceremony: December 12, 2009 Andrzej Wajda received the European Film Academy Critics’ Award 2009 - Prix FIPRESCI, and Marcel Łoziński won the award in Short Film category. Wajda received the award for his latest movie "Tatarak", which earlier this year had won the Alfred Bauer Award for innovation in film-making at the 59th Berlinale...
FILM RETROSPECTIVE OF WOJCIECH HAS
London, October 1-25; Edynburgh, October 12 - November 15; Brighton, November 21 - December 6; Manchester, December 3, 2009 On October 1, the London's Barbican Center will open a retrospective of the Polish award-winning director Wojciech Has. The review will include Has's 1957 debut movie "The Noose" as well as the famous surrealist "The Saragossa Manuscript"...
PLUS CAMERIMAGE 2009
Łódź, November 28 - December 5, 2009 The Golden Frog, the main award at the 2009 PLUS CAMERIMAGE Film Festival, went to an Israeli film "Lebanon" directed by Samuel Maoz, and with cinematography by Giora Bejach. Wojciech Smarzowski's "Dom zły / The Dark House" and Borys Lankosz's "Rewers / Reverse" collected the Silver and Bronze Frog Awards, respectively...
7th WARSAW JEWISH FILM FESTIWAL
Warsaw, November 24 - November 29, 2009 The 7th edition of the Festival starts in "Kinoteka" on November 24, 2009 with the screening of "Yentl", an award-winning film by Barbra Streisand. The screenings of the festival films will be complemented by educational lectures and meetings in the cinema "Świt"...
CORSO POLONIA 2009 FESTIVAL OF POLISH CULTURE
Rome, October 24 - November 27, 2009 This is the 7th time that the Polish Institute in Rome is organizing the Corso Polonia festival of Polish culture, under the patronage of the offices of the City and Province of Rome, in association with many Italian institutions and Polish and foreign missions...
PO-LIN. POLISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS ON HOLOCAUST
Paris, Mémorial de la Shoah, November 12 - November 24, 2009 The Festival launches with a screening of a documentary by Joanna Dylewska entitled "Po-lin". The film depicts the everyday life of Jews in Poland just prior to the Holocaust. It comprises archival footage made by a group of American Jews who, in 1930, came to Poland on a family visit, camera in hand. What they captured on tape is shown in Dylewska's film...
21. POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN AMERICA
Chicago, November 6 - November 22, 2009 Jacek Borcuch's "Everything That I Love" and Rafał Wieczyński's "Popiełuszko. Freedom Is Within Us" will open the 21. Polish Film Festival in America (PFFA), one of the world's biggest annual programmings promoting Polish cinema. This year the program of the Festival will focus around the 20. anniversary of the fall of communism in Poland...
AWARD FOR "BEATS OF FREEDOM"
Chicago, Polish Film Festival in America, November 22, 2009 "Beats of Freedom" by Leszek Gnoiński and Wojciech Słota received a special award of the Jury at the 21st Polish Film Festival in America. The film was co-produced by Adam Mickiewicz Institute.
ZBIGNIEW RYBCZYŃSKI AND UMBERTO ECO IN THE LOUVRE
Paris, Auditorium du Louvre and Cinéma Le Denfert, November 19 and November 21, 2009 The films of Polish film-maker and multi-media artist, Zbigniew Rybczyński, will be shown in Paris during two screenings. The first screening which will take place at the Auditorium hall of the Louvre will be also stage of another important development: a lecture delivered by Umberto Eco, the famous Italian philosopher and novelist...
KASIA ROSŁANIEC'S "MALL GIRLS" AWARDED
Cottbus, FilmFestival Cottbus, November 15, 2009 The story of Polish teenage girls hanging out in shopping malls and offering sex to older men in return for little gifts and fashionable clothes won the best debut award. Anna Karczmarczyk received the Award for Outstanding Actress...
POLAND STREET UNDERGROUND 2009: KONTROL
London, Vinyl Factory Gallery, November 14, 2009 - November 15, 2009 The multimedia art exhibition will take place in the heart of Soho on November 14-15, 2009, and will feature archival film footage, multi-sensory installations, documentaries, music and even poker lessons...
THE JOSEPH CONRAD INTERNATIONAL LITERATURE FESTIVAL
Kraków, 2 November - 7 November 2009 The Joseph Conrad International Literature Festival is the first stage of a large-scale project. The guests will include writers from various countries who write in different languages, represent diverse cultures and world views...
KINOPOLSKA
Paris, Cinema Le Reflet Médicis, October 14 - October 20, 2009 For the second time the Polish Institute in Paris together with the association Les Lumières of Europa will organize in Paris a Week of Polish Cinema Kinopolska. The viewers will have the opportunity to see the classic films by Wajda as well as new Polish movies, like Wojciech Smarzowski's "The Wedding" ("Wesele", 2004)...
25TH WARSAW FILM FESTIVAL
Warsaw, Kinoteka, Multikino Złote Tarasy, Kultura, October 9 - October 18, 2009 More than 150 films from all over the world will be shown in ten screening rooms during the festival's ten days. The programme includes pictures which won prizes in Cannes, Berlin, Venice as well as Polish projects - prize-winners of this year's Gdynia festival, European films (with a special focus on Eastern Europe), projects from South America, and many productions from the Middle and Far East. American and Canadian films will also be presented...
6TH CONGRESS OF POLISH CULTURE
Kraków, September 23 - September 25, 2009 The aim of the 6th Congress of Polish Culture is to review the achievements of Polish culture on the 20th anniversary of the political, social, and economic changes in Poland, to consider and debate the present and predicted condition of Polish culture, and consequently to make suggestions and propose reforms for this sector...
ARTS FESTIVAL - WITKACY 2009
Great Britain, London, University of Westminster, September 14 - September 20, 2009 The aim of the Festival is to introduce this phenomenally diverse creative - one of the most important figures to emerge from 20th century Poland - to the English audience. For one week, University of Westminster will transform into colourful stage, where people who are passionately involved as well as an enthusiasts of Witkacy work will appear...
34TH POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN GDYNIA
Gdynia, September 14 - September 19, 2009 Of almost 50 films made in the past year, 40 were submitted for the competition, and 24 of these will vie for the Golden Lions. Of 15 debut projects completed, 10 are in the competition. A completely new category has been introduced this year - the award for best make-up...
"I.B. SINGER'S WARSAW": THE SIXTH ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF JEWISH CULTURE
Warsaw, August 29 - September 6, 2009 The Festival of Jewish Culture, "Singer's Warsaw" preserves the memory of prewar Jewish Warsaw, which these days is known mainly from Isaac Bashevis Singer's stories and novels. Each year, superb representatives of Jewish culture from all over the world come to the Polish capital...
ERA NEW HORIZONS 2009
Wrocław, July 23 - August 2, 2009 The main idea of the Era New Horizons International Film Festival is to present innovative, original cinema from all over the world. The opening film of the 9th festival is "The White Ribbon" by Michael Haneke - winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2009 Cannes festival...
POLISH FILM AT THE JERUSALEM INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
Jerusalem, July 16, 2009, 8 p.m. Katarzyna Klimkiewicz's film "Nothing to Lose", completed as part of the "Israel-Poland. New Gaze" documentary workshops, has been accepted for the official programme of the Jerusalem Film Festival. A presentation of the film and of the "Israel-Poland. New Gaze" project as a whole has been scheduled for 16 July at 8 p.m. at the Jerusalem Cinematheque...
AWARD FOR "TRZECH KUMPLI" / "THREE BUDDIES" AND "LONDYŃCZYCY" / "THE LONDONERS" AT ROMAFICTIONFEST
Italy, Rome, RomaFictionFest, 11 July 2009 Produced for TVN television station, "Trzech Kumpli" / "Three Buddies" (dir. Ewa Stankiewicz i Anna Ferens) won the main prize in the festival's factual section. "Londyńczycy" / "The Londoners", produced by Polish Television, won the prize for the best TV series, while Natalia Rybicka, who plays one of the leading parts, won the prize for best supporting actress...
AWARDS FOR POLES AT THE KARLOVY VARY FESTIVAL
Czech Republic, Karlovy Vary, 11 July 2009 A Polish short documentary, "...Do bólu" / "Till It Hurts" directed by Marcin Koszałka, received a Special Jury Mention at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival which ended on 11 July. The judges also rewarded Polish actor Filip Garbacz for his role in Robert Gliński's feature film "Świnki" / "Piggies", and awarded a special mention in the "East of the West" competition to Michał Rosa's feature "Rysa" / "Scratch"...
AWARD FOR THE FILM "SEVEN GATES OF JERUSALEM"
Czech Republic, Prague, June 2009 The film "Seven Gates of Jerusalem" directed by Jarosław Minkowicz is a prize-winner of the Golden Prague International Television Festival. This Polish Television production, based on a jubilee concert celebrating Krzysztof Penderecki's 75th birthday, received an award in the "music on the television screen" category...
"TOFIFEST 2009"
Toruń, June 26 - July 3, 2009 "Tofifest" is one of the biggest and most interesting summer film events in Poland. Submissions to the competition of the festival totalled 580 films from 56 countries. Among them were productions familiar from Cannes, Berlin, Locarno, Pusan, and Rotterdam. The films by this year's Palme d'Or winner at Cannes, Michael Haneke, will also be screened...
POLISH FILMS AT SILVERDOCS 2009
Washington DC, June 15 - June 22, 2009 Out of almost 2,000 films submitted from all over the world, the selection committee chose 122. They represent 58 countries and cover a broad spectrum of topics, from sports, through politics and music, to ecology and globalization...
49th KRAKÓW FILM FESTIVAL
Krakow, May 29 - June 4, 2009 The core of the festival are competitions for documentaries, animated films, and short feature films competing in three categories: Polish short film, international short film, and feature-length documentary. This year's festival contest will review 90 titles. The documentary section of the Polish competition promises to be especially interesting, with leading Polish documentary directors...
THE BEST OF POLISH ANIMATIONS IN ISRAELI CINEMATHEQUES
Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem, May 18 - June 3, 2009 The best of the Polish animations in Israeli Cinematheques. The satiric "A Chair / Fotel" lampoons the struggle for power. The creator of the incredible "Tango" was thrown out of the Oscar ceremony together with his statue. "Yeti" tells the story of Bolek and Lolek. These three and fifty other films comprise the review of Polish animated film in Israel's three biggest cinematheques...
5TH NEW YORK POLISH FILM FESTIVAL
New York, May 5 - May 10, 2009 The 5th edition of NYPFF will showcase Poland's most riveting cinematic feats. It is the largest festival on the East Coast of the United States promoting and presenting Polish films and will be held at the Anthology Film Archives and at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City...
10TH POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, April 22 - May 3, 2009 Film directors, producers, actors, composers and musicians arrived to the event from Poland and California, as well as from other US states. The Gala Opening held at the Egyptian Theater on Hollywood's Walk of Fame on Hollywood Boulevard...
JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI'S RETROSPECTIVE IN ISRAEL
Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, April 1 - April 30, 2009 The retrospective of Polish filmmaker, playwright, scriptwriter, painter and actor Jerzy Skolimowski will range from early semi-autobiographical features to "Four Nights with Anna" - the director's return to cinema after seventeen years of absence...
NEW EUROPE FILM FESTIVAL 2009
Edinburgh, April 16 - April 27, 2009 New Europe is a term used for the twelve new members of the European Union that joined the Community in May 2004 and January 2007. New Europe Film Festival has been bringing the films from the new EU member states to the Edinburgh Filmhouse cinema since 2007...
OFF PLUS CAMERA INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF INDEPENDENT CINEMA
Krakow, April 17 - April 26, 2009 The festival takes place simultaneously in 8 independent movie venues. There will be over 400 screenings and 100 films shown. The films were carefully selected from all over the world. The Sundance Film Festival will present its anniversary section titled "25 Years of Sundance"...
DISAPPEARING ACT: EUROPEAN CINEMA FROM NEW WAVE TO NEW WAVE
New York, April 16 - April 23, 2009 Disappearing Act: European Cinema from New Wave to New Wave is a series presented from April 16 to 23 by the Czech Center New York in its newly opened digital cinema...
THE 7TH POLISH FILM FESTIWAL
London, March 12 - April 8, 2009 The KINOTEKA Polish Film Festiwal returns for its 7th edition presenting the best of Polish cinema. The flagship project of the Polish Cultural Institute in London...
"DIAMONDS OF POLISH FILM SCHOOL" - POSTER EXHIBITION
Hungary, Budapest, Polish Institute, January 29 - March 20, 2009 The exhibition presents one of the most interesting and extremely essential chapters of polish national cinema...
"TATARAK" BY ANDRZEJ WAJDA IN THE MAIN COMPETITION IN BERLIN
59th Berlin International Film Festival, February 5-15, 2009 The latest film by Andrzej Wajda "Tatarak" ("Sweet Rush") has been selected for the main competition of the 59th International Film Festival in Berlin. "Tatarak" is first Polish feature for many years to compete in the main competition of Berlinale, one of the most important film festivals in the world...
2008 "POLITYKA" PASSPORTS
Warsaw, January 13, 2009 On January 13, 2009 "Polityka" weekly announced laureates of its annual, cultural awards 2008 "POLITYKA" PASSPORTS. The "Cultural Creator" distinction went to Krystian Lupa...
"EUROPA/AMERICA". AGNIESZKA HOLLAND'S FILMS AT MOMA
New York, MoMA, December 10, 2008 - January 5, 2009 In a series curated and organized by Charles Silver, the Museum of Modern Art will screen 21 of Agnieszka Holland's films from December 10 to January 5...
EXHIBITION "MARCH 68. FAREWELLS AND RETURNS"
Sweden, Gothenburg, November 23 - December 19, 2008 The Adam Mickiewicz Institute wishes to invite you to the exhibition of works made as part of the Polish-Israeli documentary workshops March 68. Farewells and Returns devoted to the March '68 events in Poland...
20TH POLISH FILM FESTIVAL IN AMERICA
Chicago, November 8 - November 23, 2008 The 20th Polish Film Festival in America, one of Chicago's premier film events. Over sixty feature and documentary films made by Polish filmmakers will be presented, most of them with English subtitles. A Concert Gala featuring Polish film scores, which will be performed by the Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra...
"TRUTH OR DARE: THE FILMS OF ANDRZEJ WAJDA"
New York, October 17 - November 13, 2008 The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Polish Cultural Institute in New York, in association with the Polish National Film Archive and the Polish Film Institute in Warsaw, present TRUTH OR DARE: THE FILMS OF ANDRZEJ WAJDA. In addition, Anthology Film Archives and the Polish Cultural Institute present ANDRZEJ WAJDA AND "POLISH TELEVISION THEATER"...
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Museum of Modern Art in New York will host a screening of Bartek Konopka's Oscar nominated documentary "Rabbit à la Berlin" on February 28.
On February 22, a play by Dorota Masłowska "Miedzy nami dobrze jest" will premiere at Teater Galeasen in Stockholm.
The European Fairy Tale Centre in Pacanów (Świętokrzyskie region) will open on February 24, 2010.
Art from the collection of Kraków's Czartoryski Museum will be on display in the Castle in Niepołomice, starting in spring 2010. This is due to renovation work in the Czartoryski Museum scheduled to end in 2012. Niepołomice Castle will host around 1700 works of art, including paintings by Paolo Veneziano, Pieter Brueghel the Younger and Lorenzo Lotto.
On February 12, "The Ghost Writer", the newest film by Roman Polański, will officialy screen at the Berlinale Film Festival. A week later, on February 19, the film will premiere in theaters in Poland, Switzerland, and in the U.S.
On February 10, 2010 in Rome's Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Krystian Zimerman will give a Chopin piano recital marking the Chopin Year celebrations in Italy.
The 46th Wrocław Jazz Festival "Jazz nad Odrą" will start on February 28. The festival will last until March 6, 2010. For more info see www.jnofestival.pl.
The 7th edition of "Misteria Paschalia" in Kraków will take place on March 29 - April 5, 2010.
In honor of the Chopin Anniversary Year, 1st Chopin International Piano Competition in Hartford, Connecticut, will be held from February 20-21, 2010.
Tchaikovski Gala with Grzegorz Nowak as conductor - London, Cadogan Hall, February 18, 2010.
Krystian Zimerman at Chopin Birthday Concert 1 - London, Royal Festival Hall - Southbank Centre, February 22, 2010.
The 8th Kinoteka Polish Film Festiwal in London opens on March 4 and will last untill April 12, 2010.
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