the brochure - Andrzej Wajda -
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the brochure - Andrzej Wajda -
w Polish Ci ne m a TheN e13th polish film festival FESTIVAL GUIDE 8 april— 29 may 2015 1 In London at the BFI Southbank, ICA, Tate Modern and more... k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 2 W e l c o m e t o K i n o t e k a 1 3! 3 W e l c o m e t o K i n o t e k a 1 3! contents WELCOME TO KINOTEKA 13! Welcome to KINOTEKA 13!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 This year KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival returns to the capital for an extended bumper 13th edition. Encompassing all aspects of Polish film culture, an enticing mix of film, music and visual arts is on offer with an outstanding selection of screenings, UK premieres, curated retrospectives, exhibitions, concerts, interactive workshops and industry masterclasses with special guests. KINOTEKA is partnering with Filmhouse Edinburgh and BFI Southbank on an exciting new collaboration for the UK tour of Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces Of Polish Cinema: 24 masterpieces, chosen by Scorsese himself, all brilliantly restored and digitally remastered to 2K resolution. The season showcases films made during a particularly fertile and creative time in post-war Poland by directors such as Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi, Andrzej Munk, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Wojciech J. Has, Aleksander Ford, Krzysztof Kieślowski, and others. The UK season launches at KINOTEKA’s Opening Night Gala on 8th April at BFI Southbank with a screening of Camouflage, with director Krzysztof Zanussi in attendance. The ICA plays host to KINOTEKA’s New Polish Cinema strand from 10th April with a selection of both popular and critically acclaimed contemporary Polish films from the past year. The strand includes the UK premieres of the festival special guest Krzysztof Zanussi’s Foreign Body and Jerzy Stuhr’s Citizen. The latest film from KINOTEKA favourite Wojciech Smarzowski (Traffic Department, The Dark House) The Mighty Angel will be presented alongside one of the year’s most interesting directorial debuts, Krzysztof Skonieczny’s Hardkor Disko. KINOTEKA showcases the breadth of original, innovative documentary that has come out of Poland. Oscar©-winning filmmaker Paweł Special Guests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 SCREENINGS & EVENTS Opening Night Gala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 New Polish Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Documentary Screenings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Polish Cinema Classics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Martin Scorsese Presents... Talks & Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Cinema Meets Art. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Poster Exhibition. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Music Event . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Talks and Workshops. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Closing Night Gala. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Kinoteka on Tour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 C A L E N D A R & b o o k ing Calendar of Events, Booking & Venues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Credits & Thanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Organised by Supported by Co-financed by In partnership with Pawlikowski will present a special weekend of screenings of his acclaimed documentaries at the ICA (18th / 19th April), including From Moscow to Pietushki and Dostoevsky’s Travels. Wojciech Wiszniewski Rediscovered at the ICA on 12th April celebrates the short career of influential documentarian Wojciech Wiszniewski. He made just 12 films in total before his premature death at the age of 34. He is now considered to be one of the most outstanding personalities of his generation. The documentary strand also celebrates the work of emerging Polish documentary filmmakers who studied at the Wajda Film School and who have both been Oscar® nominated for this year’s Best Documentary Short Film category. In conjunction with 'Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema', KINOTEKA and BFI Southbank will host an exhibition of original poster artwork celebrating the films of renowned director Andrzej Wajda. Tate Modern will screen The Performer, a dynamic story full of punk energy based on the life of Oskar Dawicki one of the most original contemporary Polish artists currently working. This year KINOTEKA will draw to a close with a special screening of cult Polish comedy The Cruise (Rejs, 1970), marking Second Run’s release of the film on DVD. Taking inspiration from the film, festivities continue with a boat ride on the Thames for a 70’s-themed interactive, improvised performance created by immersive UK theatre group Gideon Reeling. We hope you will enjoy all the events during the 13th KINOTEKA and we look forward to seeing you there. Anna Godlewska Polish Cultural Institute Director Marlena Lukasiak Kinoteka Programmer and Producer k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 4 W e l c o m e t o K i n o t e k a 1 3! 5 W e l c o m e t o K i n o t e k a 1 3! special guests OSK AR DAWI CKI (born 1971) Polish multimedia artist, his work includes performance art, video works, photography, documentation, objects and installations. All of his works have a post-conceptual character and emanate a slightly grotesque, ironic and even absurd aura. He introduces into his works a romantically tragic component, highly saturated with his own existential dilemmas. In his video works he uses ironic self-reflection (I’m sorry, 2005). band of the legendary Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stańko. Wania, last year’s double winner of prestigious Fryderyk Polish music award, is one of the most important jazz musicians of young generation in Poland. M I CHAŁ O LESZCZYK (born 1982) G ideo n Reeling A London based group of artists that make interesting, made to measure and truly interactive theatrical experiences. They invite their audiences to become players, participants and adventurers through their stories, with fresh, imaginative and highly varied word. And at the heart of what they do is a sense of inclusive playfulness and a sensitivity to the level that audiences are comfortable to be immersed into their imaginary worlds. SŁAWO M I R I DZIAK (born 1945) Polish cinematographer, known for his collaboration with Krzysztof Zanussi with whom he has made 14 films. He worked on all the early films of Krzysztof Kieślowski, including Three Colours: Blue. In 1998 he won an Honourable Mention at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival for his work for Michael Winterbottom’s I Want You. In 2002 he was nominated for the Academy Award as well as the BAFTA award for Best Cinematography in Ridley Scott’s Black Hawk Down. KU BA M I KU RDA (born 1981) Polish journalist, film expert, doctor of Philosophy. Deputy Head of Canal+ TV, cofounder of think-tank 'Restart’. Cooperates Sławomir Idziak with T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival. The winner of Polish edition of International Young Screen Entrepreneur of the Year organized by British Council. Together with Michał Oleszczyk published an interview with Quay Brothers and Guy Maddin. He has translated, edited and prefaced books on Terry Gilliam and Tsai Ming-liang. O bara I nternati o nal A fresh and unique project on the European jazz scene that has already been internationally recognised. Its leader Maciej Obara, Polish composer and alto saxophonist, is undeniably one of the brightest and most acclaimed musicians of the young Polish jazz scene. Since 2012 Obara has been touring extensively around the world presenting his music at the most important jazz festivals, such as London Jazz, Molde Jazz, Tokyo Jazz, Jarasum Jazz, Jazz Souls Les Pommiers, Akbank Jazz, Skopje Jazz and many others. Obara met his fellow pianist Dominik Wania while playing together in the k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k Internationally acclaimed Polish film expert and critic, scholar, and translator based in Warsaw. He contributes to RogerEbert.com and works as the artistic director of Gdynia Film Festival, as well as a programmer for Polish Filmmakers NYC. He wrote the first Polish book on the work of Terence Davies and has contributed to a number of Polish outlets ('Kino', 'FilmWeb', 'Dwutygodnik'). He runs a blog at oleszczyk.blogspot.com. Co-author of published interviews (together with Jakub Mikurda) with Guy Maddin and Quay Brothers. PAWEŁ PAWLI KOWSKI (born 1957) Oscar®-winning Polish/British film director who has lived and worked most of his life in the UK. His films Last Resort (2000) and My Summer of Love (2004) both won the BAFTA award. His low budget black-and-white drama Ida (2013) won the 2015 Oscars® Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and BAFTA Award for Best Film Not In the English Language, and was nominated for the Oscars® Academy Award for Achievement in Cinematography. JACEK PETRYCKI (born 1948) Cinematographer, director and screenwriter. He collaborated with Krzysztof Kieślowski, Marcel Łoziński and Agnieszka Holland. In 1996 he received a BAFTA award for Photography for Clive Gordon’s Betrayed. He was also nominated for the Polish Film Award 'Orły' for Photography for Mariusz Malec’s Człowiek wózków. KRZYSZTO F PI ESI EWI CZ (born 1945) Polish screenwriter, lawyer, advocate and politician. Co-author of award winning screenplays for 17 films directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski, including Three Colours: Blue (1993), Three Colours: White (1994), Three Colours: Red (1994), No End (1985) and The Double Life of Veronique (1991). His screenplay for Three Colours: Red was nominated for the Academy Award in 1995. His screenplays were translated into ten languages and published as books. He is a Member of the American Academy of Motion Pictures. ŁU K ASZ RO N D U DA (born 1976) Polish film director, writer, curator at the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw, curator at the Archive of Polish Experimental Film and New Media Project, academic lecturer on history of art, media theory and aesthetic theory, both at Polish and foreign universities, including Princeton University and Columbia University in New York. He was a curator of exhibitions Analogue: Polish video art from the 70s and 80s (Tate Modern, London 2006), and 1, 2, 3… Awangarda (Tate Modern, London 2008) . EU G EN I USZ RU D N I K (born 1932) Ida, 2013 Multi award-winning Polish composer, electronics engineer and sound engineer. Pioneer of electronic and electro-acoustic k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 6 W e l c o m e t o K i n o t e k a 1 3! music in Poland. He was one of the first Polish electro-acoustic music producers and co-founder of the so-called 'Polish school of electro-acoustic music' and author of innovative solutions of spatial sound projection, composer of Skalary (1966). He was also author of the one of the world’s first poliversional tracks to tape, and the first Polish quadraphonic track Vox Humana (1968), carried out in Studio WDR in Cologne. (Melville House 2014). From 1995 – 2001, he hosted his own talk show. Together with Wojciech Tochman and Paweł Goźliński, he runs the Polish Reportage Institute in Warsaw. PI OTR SOBO CI ŃSKI (born 1983) Polish cinematographer. Nominated for an 'Orły' for Best Photography at the 2012 Polish Film Award, for Wojciech Smarzowski’s Rose. His work includes photography for the most important Polish productions of recent years: Wojciech Smarzowski’s Traffic Department (2013), Ryszard Bugajski’s The Closed Circuit (2013), Łukasz Palkowski’s Gods (2014). WITO LD SOBO CI ŃSKI (born 1929) Polish cinematographer, academic teacher and former jazz musician. He cooperated with several notable directors, including Andrzej Wajda (Promised Land, 1975; The Shadow Line, 1976), Krzysztof Zanussi (Family Life, 1970) and Roman Polański (Frantic, 1988; Pirates, 1986). Since 1980 he has been a lecturer at the Film School in Łódź. Sobociński was awarded several prizes; he also co-produced a number of notable movies. Gottland. Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia, 2014 KRZYSZTO F ZAN USSI (born 1939) Polish film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. One of the most famous and award winning Polish artists abroad. He received the Jury Prize and the Prize of the Ecumenical Jury at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival for Constans/ The Constant Factor (1980). He was also the recipient of four Venice Film Festival awards for: Imperativ (1982, Best Film), Imperativ (1982, Special Jury Prize), A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984, Best Film) and A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984, Golden Lion). MARI USZ SZCZYG I EŁ (born 1966) Polish reporter for Gazeta Wyborcza since 1990 and one of Europe’s most preeminent investigative journalists. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his writing on Poland and Czechoslovakia, including the Europe Book Prize and the Prix l’Amphi for Gottland. Mostly True Stories from Half of Czechoslovakia The Constant Factor, 1980 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k screenings & events 8 Ne w Polish Ci ne m a 9 Ope n ing Nig ht Gala opening night gala G AL A S C R EE N IN G WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 6.00PM ——bfi nft 1 Krzysztof Zanussi is known for exploring the complexity of moral choices and metaphysical questions in everyday life. We’re delighted that this award-winning director, screenwriter and producer will join us in conversation, following a screening of his film Camouflage to launch the 13th Kinoteka Polish Film Festival and the 'Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema' programme in the UK. CAMOUFL AGE (BARW Y OCHRONNE) Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi Cast: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul Poland, 1976, 101 min A linguistics competition at a university’s summer camp is the backdrop for a wittily satirical drama about the elusiveness of language. An idealistic teacher and his manipulative older colleague assess not only each entry’s intrinsic merit, but also whether it ticks sufficient official boxes to be prize worthy – an experience Polish filmmakers were all too ruefully familiar with. For other Camouflage screenings as part of Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema series please see page 22 Opening Gala k i n o t e k a .o r g k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 10 Ne w Polish Ci ne m a 11 Ne w Polish Ci ne m a new polish cinema FRIDAY 10 APRIL SATURDAY 11 APRIL 6.30PM —— ICA 4.30PM —— ICA the MIGHT Y ANGEL HARDKOR DISKO Dir. Wojciech Smarzowski Cast: Robert Więckiewicz, Julia Kijowska Poland, 2014, 105 min The Mighty Angel joins a long line of cinematic masterpieces that focus on alcoholic writers, including The Lost Weekend (1945) and Leaving Las Vegas (1995). Jerzy is a talented writer with a massive drinking problem. He checks into a rehabilitation clinic regularly, only to relapse again each time. When he falls in love with a young woman he decides to quit drinking for her sake, but he fails again. After another night of drinking at the bar called 'The Mighty Angel', he ends up in intensive care and finally back at the rehabilitation clinic. Dir. Krzysztof Skonieczny Cast: Marcin Kowalczyk, Janusz Chabior Poland, 2014, 85 min In a modern-day metropolis, Marcin, a mysterious lone ranger, steps into the younger Ola’s world, which revolves around parties, alcohol, and drugs. Having met her parvenu parents, he starts to take terrifying steps. Made on a small budget this completely professionallooking film has divided audiences and critics alike, with some hailing the arrival of a new directorial talent and naming Hardkor Disko as one of the most interesting Polish debuts in recent years. SATURDAY 11 APRIL 8.20PM —— ICA CITIZEN SUNDAY 12 APRIL 7.50pM —— ICA FOREIGN BODY Dir. Jerzy Stuhr Cast: Jerzy Stuhr, Maciej Stuhr, Sonia Bohosiewicz Poland, 2014, 108 min The newest picture of Jerzy Stuhr shows sixty years of an ‘average citizen’ with many events from the modern history of Poland including 1956, March 1968, 1970, martial law, the first free elections and free Poland up until the year 2014. The film tells the story of Jan Bratek who regretfully always finds himself at the heart of events and becomes entangled in a plot of absurd circumstances and unpredictable events – not helped by his own clumsiness. Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi Cast: Agnieszka Grochowska, Agata Buzek Poland / Italy, 2014, 117 min Angelo and Kasia met in Italy in the Focolare Movement where their love and faith in God brought them together. Their relationship is broken by the girl’s return to Poland and her decision to enter a convent. Angelo arrives in Warsaw in order to persuade Kasia to change her mind. The company that employs him is managed by ruthless and cynical Kris with the support of her assistant Mira. In this corporate reality Angelo, a believer, falls victim to ridicule and harassment. Kris, using her power, plays with Angelo and wants to force him to break his moral principles, and yet at the same time is fascinated by his faith. Followed by a Q&A with Krzysztof Zanussi k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 12 Ne w Polish Ci ne m a 13 Docu me ntaries DOCUMENTARIES SPECIAL TALK & screening 2015 oscar-nominated shorts DO UB LE -B IL L FRIDAY 24 APRIL TA LK & SC RE EN IN G 7.00PM —— frontline club GOTTL AND Dir. Lukáš Kokeš, Petr Hátle, Viera Čákanyová, Rozálie Kohoutová, Klára Tasovská, Radovan Síbrt Czech Republic / Poland / Slovakia 2014, 100 min After reading his prize-winning book about their compatriots, a group of young Czech filmmakers approached the Polish author, Mariusz Szczygieł, to ask for his thoughts and advice for their film projects based on five of the true stories he tells in it. Szczygieł replied that for a film-maker, the best author is a dead, or at least a silent one, and that he would prefer to leave them to interpret his stories in their own way. The result is a film in five very different parts, each episode a spin-off from Szczygieł’s originals, rather than a retelling. This event combines the literary and the cinematic versions, presenting a screening of the film preceded by a discussion with Mariusz Szczygieł about the source of inspiration for his moving and at times shocking accounts of the life stories of the film star who was Goebbels’ mistress, the despotic founder of a shoe-making empire, the sculptor who lost his life creating the world’s biggest monument to Stalin, the writer who reinvented himself for political survival, and the 'human torch' who copied Jan Palach’s fateful gesture as recently as 2003. Screening preceded by a discussion with Mariusz Szczygieł SATURDAY 11 APRIL 6.30PM —— ICA JOANNA OS CA R NO M IN EE Dir. Aneta Kopacz Poland, 2013, 45 min Thanks to her blog, Joanna has become an icon to many people across Poland, a symbol of strength in the face of adversity. The blog describes her daily life simply and honestly, recounting days spent with her family at the lake, the joy of seeing her son's first successful bike ride and the day-to-day struggles of living with terminal cancer. The blog first began when Joanna was diagnosed and given just three months to live. This tender portrait follows Joanna in her attempts to prepare her family for a world without her in it. OUR CURSE Dir. Tomasz Śliwiński Poland, 2014, 27 min This painfully sincere short documentary portrays the parents of a baby boy born with a rare and incurable disease. Leo HueckelŚliwiński is affected by Ondince’s Curse. The illness causes the complete cessation of breathing while he is asleep, meaning he must be attached to a ventilator for the rest of his life. FOLLOWED BY: In partnership with Czech Centre London k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k OS CA R NO M IN EE 14 Docu me ntaries DOCUMENTARY SHORTS WOJCIECH WISZNIEWSKI REDISCOVERED SUNDAY 12 APRIL 4.00pm — ica Wojciech Wiszniewski has been regarded as the most radical representative of the so-called ‘creational’ movement in Polish documentary of the 70’s. This school renounced the documentary attributes such as: cognitive passivity and minimalism of form and putting film maker as a mere observer and recorder of reality with a use of the fraction of available means of expression. Today ‘creational’ documentaries are fully accepted and acknowledged, however in the 70s that was still a new territory, where breaking the conventions by employing bold techniques of framing, distorting sound and methaphoric use of editing, special effects and most of all orchestrating scenes and creating the reality before the camera was a huge novelity. Wiszniewski was a pioneer of these approach and even though his film legacy consists of only 10 short films made before he died at the age of 35, he became one of the most influential Polish documentary directors and the ‘filmmaker of filmmakers’. 15 Docu me ntaries HEART ATTACK 1967, 7 min Wiszniewski’s first undergraduate film which won an award at Oberhausen. We are observing the main character driving a car through expressionistic photography (by Slawomir Idziak), hardcore jazz and associative editing. A STORY OF A MAN WHO FILLED 552 % OF THE QUOTA 1973, 25 min Bernard Bugdoł is a miner and legendary leader of socialist labour in the 40’s and 50’s. Showing few signs of artistic intervention, this film consists of commentaries by Bugdoł himself, other miners, his wife and children, interspersed with fragments from a variety of socialist realist material. communicate and perceive the world and traditions. Tradition is dead, communications between people have become ossified; we know all the letters of the alphabet but cannot put them into the sentences which would express our true selves. THE CARPENTER 1976, 13 min The film features a fictional character whose curriculum vitae (Wiszniewski’s own creation read by Jan Himilsbach) is illustrated by genuine footage showing historical events. The carpenter appears to be completely indifferent to politics, to him political changes are meaningful only if they have WANDA GOŚCIMIŃSKA. A WEAVER 1975, 21 min About a female socialist leader and weaver from Łódź. The weaver’s life is thrown onto the socio-political canvas of pre-war and post-war communist Poland. The allegorical and symbolic imagery illustrates subsequent periods of history and draws from socialist realism iconography. THE PRIMER 1976, 9 min Portrayal of the state of the Polish soul in the mid 70s. The reciated primer symbolizes a key to the way people k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k impact on the level of demand for woodwork. FOREMAN ON A FARM 1978, 14 min Portrait of a real person presented through a storyline which alludes to folk art poetics and is commented off-screen with a witty but bitter song. A retired miner, who moves with his family to the country to start his own business, suffers a defeat, rejected by the local community. The fiasco of the stereotypes perpetuated by 1970s propaganda. Introduction by Jacek Petrycki, renowned Director of Photography and friend of Wiszniewski 16 Docu me ntaries 17 Docu me ntaries DOCUMENTARY Special PaweŁ pawlikowski documentaries DO UB LE -B IL L SATURDAY 18 april 6.00PM —— ICA FROM MOSCOW TO PiETUSHKI FO LLOWED BY: DOSTOEVSK Y’S TR AVELS Emmy International. Pawlikowski’s distinctive mixing of facts with elements of the personal and poetic has challenged the boundaries of the television documentary and influenced his later cinematic work. KINOTEKA invites you to a weekend with Paweł Pawlikowski and his documentaries: a journey into the tragi-comic and absurd life of characters including Vladimir Zhirinovsky or the only living descendant of Fyodor Dostoevsky. k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k Screenings supported by DocHouse 6.00PM —— ICA Highly original and most formally constructed film Serbian Epics (1992) was made at the height of the Bosnian war, using the siege of Sarayevo as its central image. It includes close up footage of Bosnian Serb politician Radovan Karadžic and General Ratko Mladič, both later wanted by the international court of justice for war crimes. This multi-layered, ironic, imagistic and at times almost hypnotic study of myth-making and murder aroused a storm of controversy, including questions in the house of commons, at the time of its broadcast. FO LLOWED BY: Dmitri Dostoevsky, Leningrad tram driver and great-grandson of Fyodor Dostoevsky, travels to western Europe following the footsteps of his great-grandfather's own journey in 1862. Dmitri hopes his efforts will help him realise his dream of owning a Mercedes. Introduction by Paweł Pawlikowski SUNDAY 19 april SERBIAN EPICS From Moscow to Pietushki is a poetic journey into the world of the Russian cult writer Venedikt Yerofeev, as he is slowly dying of cancer after 40 years of principled and heroic alcohol consumption. Pawlikowski uses elements of Yerofeev's cult novel Moscow Pietushki to paint a powerful and complex picture of Russia of the time. The film won an Emmy and Royal Television Society Award among others. To celebrate the recent successes of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida, winner of this year Oscars® Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, BAFTA Award for Best Film Not In the English Language, and Oscar® nominee for Achievement in Cinematography, KINOTEKA presents a programme of documentary films which commenced Pawlikowski’s career in filmmaking. These highly poetic and imagistic pieces won him fans and awards around the world, including the Grierson Award and DO UB LE -B IL L TRIPPING WITH ZHIRINOVSK Y Tripping with Zhirinovsky, is a surreal boat journey down the Volga with the Russian nationalist politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky and his retinue, as he campaigns to win the Russian presidency in 1994. He travels from Moscow to the Caspian Sea, trying to raise the spirits of the impoverished masses assembled at the quayside, promising the re-conquest of Alaska, access to the Indian Ocean and free nylon stockings. The film won the Grierson award for the Best British Documentary in 1995. Followed by a Q&A with Paweł Pawlikowski k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 18 Polish Ci ne m a Classics 19 Polish Ci ne m a Classics polish cinema CLASSICS special EDITION dvd boxset & film screeningS WEDNESDAY 8 APRIL 6.00PM—— bfi nft 1 CAMOUFL AGE (BARW Y OCHRONNE) Kinoteka Polish Film Festival and the Polish Cultural Institute in London continue their collaboration and association with Second Run DVD to release a third volume of their acclaimed and successful POLISH CINEMA CLASSICS series. This 3-DVD set includes three of the finest Polish films of the 1970s and 90s – including newly restored versions of Krzysztof Zanussi’s 1976 film C A MOUF L AGE (Barwy ochronne), Wojciech Marczewski's SHI V ERS (Dreszcze) and Polish cult classic T HE CRUISE (Rejs). All three films are presented from new HD digital transfers with restored picture and sound and feature new English subtitle translations. We are delighted that both Camouflage and The Cruise will screen during Kinoteka 2015, book-ending the Festival as opening (Camouflage – 8 April) and closing-night (The Cruise – 29 May) screening events. Second Run's Polish Cinema Classics Volume III DVD Box Set will be released in May 2015. To find out more visit: www.secondrundvd.com www.polishculture.org.uk k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k SUNDAY 29 MAY 6.30pm —— ICA THE CRUISE (REJS) Written and directed by Krzysztof Zanussi Cinematography: Edward Kłosiński Music: Wojciech Kilar Cast: Piotr Garlicki, Christine Paul-Podlasky, Poland, 1976, 97 min Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Mariusz Dmochowski Krzysztof Zanussi’s Camouflage was one of the founding works of Poland’s 'cinema of moral concern'. With a background in physics, Zanussi brought a unique sensibility to Polish cinema - observant and analytical, humane yet utterly unsentimental in probing of the characters’ weaknesses and self-deceptions. Camouflage is regarded as one of his finest achievements, and takes place during a University summer seminar that functions as a microcosm of the power games played in business, politics, or any other arena based on hierarchy and advancement. Jarek is an idealistic junior faculty member who comes under the influence of Jakub, a Machiavellian professor whose attachment to the younger man is ambiguous. Is he nurturing him as a young talent or seeking ways to destroy him? Directed by Marek Piwowski Photography: Marek Nowicki Music: Wojciech Kilar Cast: Stanisław Tym, Jolanta Lothe, Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe Poland, 1970, 65 min Regarded as Polish cinema’s first ‘cult film’, Piwowski’s The Cruise is also considered by many to be a satirical masterpiece. Shot in a quasi-documentary style, with a cast featuring mostly non- professional actors, the absurd plot parodies life in the (then) People's Republic of Poland, reducing a weekend river cruise to a hilarious satire of the entire Communist system. Piwowski's gift of observation, his sense of humour and an acute awareness of national pathology have made The Cruise one of Poland’s most popular and widely-known films of the 1970s. Followed by a cruise on the Thames with Maciej Obara International and Gideon Reeling. See page 41 for details. Followed by a Q&A with Krzysztof Zanussi For other Camouflage screenings see page 22 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a 20 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a 21 MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS MASTERPIECES OF POLISH CINEMA This year Kinoteka is delighted to host Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, a selection of 24 of the legendary director's favourite Polish films of the 20th Century, to be screened across April and May. To introduce the series, film critic and writer Michael Brooke talks us through the collection and its historical relevance... k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k PART 1: APRIL Polish cinema seemed to come out of nowhere. After a painful period of reconstruction post-WWII and the abolition of a creatively stifling policy of Socialist Realism, the country’s filmmakers were more than ready to spread their wings. They did so to spectacular effect from the late 50s onwards, exploring Poland’s war-torn landscapes, the more fantastical worlds of the imagination and, as the cracks began to show towards the end of the 70s, the ‘moral anxiety’ of existing within a corrupt Communist society that few Poles actively supported. Every film in this two-part season, curated by Martin Scorsese and screening in pristine digital restoration, is regarded as a classic at home. Some already enjoy that status here, but others are undeservedly littleknown; Masterpieces of Polish Cinema hopes to change that. k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a CAMOUFL AGE (BARW Y OCHRONNE) Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi Cast: Piotr Garlicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Christine Paul Poland, 1976, 101 min A linguistics competition at a university’s summer camp is the backdrop for a wittily satirical drama about the elusiveness of language. An idealistic teacher and his more manipulative older colleague assess not only each entry’s intrinsic merit, but also whether it ticks sufficientofficial boxes to be prizeworthy – an experience Polish filmmakers were all too ruefully familiar with. 8 April screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Krzysztof Zanussi Wednesday 8 April, 6.00pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 + Tuesday 14 April, 8.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 ILLUMINATION (ILUMINACJA) Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi Cast: Stanisław Latałło, Monika Dzienisiewicz-Olbrychska, Małgorzata Pritulak Poland, 1972, 93 min This dazzlingly original filmessay combines an intensely intimate portrait of a young would-be scientist with a quizzical analysis of his sincere (if fumbling and naive) attempts at grasping the very meaning of life. Its frequent scholarly digressions into both art and science anticipated Peter Greenaway by many years. 9 April screening will be introduced by the director, Krzysztof Zanussi Thursday 9 April, 6.15pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Sunday 12 April, 8.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 22 THE CONSTANT FACTOR (CONSTANS) Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi Cast: Tadeusz Bradecki, Zofia Mrozowska, Małgorzata Zajączkowska Poland, 1980, 91 min A man obsessed by the impending death of his mother and a dream of climbing mountains retreats into mathematics, trying to discover a ‘constant factor’ that will make sense of the world’s apparently random capriciousness. It’s one of Zanussi’s most mordantly clear-eyed films about the moral challenges posed by trying to maintain a normal life in a corrupt bureaucracy. 9 April screening will be introduced by the director, Krzysztof Zanussi Thursday 9 April, 8.50pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Sunday 12 April, 6.20pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a EROICA (EROICA) Dir. Andrzej Munk Cast: Edward Dziewoński, Kazimierz Rudzki, Barbara Połomska Poland, 1957, 81 min Black comedies about WWII were understandably thin on the ground in post-war Poland, but this brilliantly incisive two-part dissection of ‘courage’ and ‘valour’ offers a decidedly subversive take on the traditional image of Polish heroism. In the first half, a hapless incompetent becomes a Resistance hero; in the second, Polish POWs are anything but keen to escape. 23 April screening will be introduced by Dr César Ballester, Senior Film Lecturer Monday 13 April, 8.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Thursday 23 April, 8.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 BLIND CHANCE (PRZYPADEK) Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski Cast: Bogusław Linda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz Poland, 1981, 123 min Banned for years for getting too close to the political knuckle, Kieślowski’s threepart narrative hinges on whether medical student Witek catches a train, and on what happens afterwards. Will he be recruited by the government, become a political protester, or continue studying in neutral isolation? And can he control these outcomes, or is his life dictated by fate? Tuesday 14 April, 6.00pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 + Saturday 18 April, 6.10pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 23 A SHORT FILM ABOUT KILLING (KRÓTKI FILM O ZABIJANIU) Dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski Cast: Mirosław Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz Poland, 1987, 86 min A grimly confrontational study of the protracted process of ending someone’s life, whether through casual murder or meticulously calibrated execution. Kieślowski’s masterpiece contributed to a national debate that ultimately ended capital punishment in Poland. Cinematographer Sławomir Idziak’s inspired use of bilious coloured filters turns 1980s Warsaw into a living hell. 15 April screening will be followed by a Q&A with screenwriter Krzysztof Piesiewicz Wednesday 15 April, 8.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Saturday 18 April, 8.50pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 + Friday 24 April, 6.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a KNIGHTS OF THE BL ACK CROSS (KRZYŻ ACY) Dir. Aleksander Ford Cast: Urszula Modrzyńska, Grażyna Staniszewska, Andrzej Szaławski, Władysław Kowalski Poland,1960, 165 min One of Poland’s biggest hits, this lavish widescreen epic was based on Henryk Sienkiewicz’s much-loved novel The Teutonic Knights. Set at the turn of the 15th century, it depicts the tension between the Poles and Lithuanians and their Teutonic neighbours, culminating in a thrilling reconstruction of the 1410 Battle of Grunwald (a pivotal event in Polish history) which featured thousands of extras. 16 April screening will be introduced by critic and filmmaker Kuba Mikurda Thursday 16 April, 8.00pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Sunday 26 April, 4.40pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 24 THE SAR AGOSSA MANUSCRIPT (RE˛KOPIS ZNALEZIONY W SAR AGOSSIE) THE HOURGL ASS SANATORIUM (SANATORIUM POD KLEPSYDR A˛ ) Dir. Wojciech J. Has Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Iga Cembrzyńska, Elżbieta Czyżewska Poland, 1964, 184 min You wouldn’t expect a riproaring widescreen Napoleonic adventure crammed with duels, damsels and cryptic manuscripts to be the favourite film of the Grateful Dead’s Jerry Garcia. But this is actually one of the great 1960s ‘head-trips’ – an adaptation of Count Jan Potocki’s legendarily labyrinthine 1814 novel into a bewildering but exhilarating lattice of stories within stories within stories. Dir Wojciech J. Has Cast: Jan Nowicki, Tadeusz Kondrat, Irena Orska Poland, 1973, 125 min A hallucinatory head-swiveller of a film, which turns Bruno Schulz’s novella into a floridly baroque journey of a man visiting a mysterious sanatorium. He enters a world based as much on his anxieties and long-buried memories as it is on objective reality, a world crammed with exotic birds, mechanical automata of historical figures and haunting images of Poland’s nowvanished Jewish past. Monday 20 April, 7.40pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 + Saturday 25 April, 7.30pm, BFI Southbank NFT 1 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 30 April screening will be introduced by film expert Michael Goddard M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a JUMP (SALTO) Dir. Tadeusz Konwicki Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Jerzy Block, Włodzimierz Boruński Poland, 1965, 105 min In this rich and subtle dreamplay a man arrives in a small country town and demands sanctuary from an unspecified threat, but who is he, why do people remember him differently, and can he really perform miracles? Many Poles consider this Cybulski’s greatest performance and he’s on riveting form, especially when performing a ‘salto’ folk dance towards the end of the film. Saturday 25 April, 6.20pm BFI Southbank, NFT 2 + Tuesday 28 April, 8.50pm BFI Southbank, NFT 3 25 TO KILL THIS LOVE (TRZEBA ZABIĆ TE˛ MIŁOŚĆ) THE L AST DAYS OF SUMMER (OSTATNI DZIEŃ L ATA) Dir. Janusz Morgenstern Cast: Jadwiga JankowskaCieślak, Andrzej Malec, Władysław Kowalski Poland, 1972, 97 min Magda and Andrzej are young lovers in early 1970s Poland, notionally a socialist paradise, in reality anything but as they find themselves constantly buffeted by official obstacles and supposedly non-existent class barriers as they try to find a place to live together. The film was formally criticised for its pessimism, but the feeling was very much shared by its audience. Dir. Tadeusz Konwicki Cast: Irena Laskowska, JanMachulski Poland, 1958, 62 min Already an important novelist, Konwicki used his position as the Kadr Film Unit’s literary advisor to make his directing debut for a tiny budget, with no script and a cast of two – a revolutionary gesture at a time of rigorously pre-vetted projects. A man and a woman meet on a deserted beach, their obvious attraction undermined by traumatic wartime memories. Sunday 26 April, 3.15pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 + Wednesday 29 April, 8.45pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 Tuesday 21 April, 8.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 + Thursday 30 April, 8.20pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k Sunday 26 April, 8.50pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 + Tuesday 28 April, 6.20pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a 26 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a NIGHT TR AIN (POCIA˛G) part 2: MAY The retrospective continues with a closer look at some of Poland’s greatest postwar directors. A dozen more Polish film classics, some familiar, but others much rarer, says Michael Brooke: When Polish cinema first made an international splash in the late 1950s, it was headlined by the work of Andrzej Wajda and Jerzy Kawalerowicz, who each had long and fascinating careers (Wajda’s continuing to this day) that consistently took the temperature not only of Polish cinema but also wider national issues – Wajda’s Man of Iron is also a key document of the Solidarity upheavals. But their contribution to their national film culture went well beyond their own films. As the head of the Kadr Film Unit, Kawalerowicz also produced many Polish cinema classics (including more than a third of the films in this two-part season), while Wajda mentored numerous younger talents at a very early stage of their careers, including future giants Roman Polański, Jerzy Skolimowski and Agnieszka Holland, each represented here by a key early work. k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz Cast: Lucyna Winnicka, Leon Niemczyk, Teresa Szmigielówna Poland, 1959, 93 min Psychological thriller about the passengers on an overnight Baltic express. A sleeper train rockets through the night, its passengers possibly including a murderer. Although this isn’t quite as overtly Hitchcockian as that sounds, as Kawalerowicz was primarily interested in the quirks that people show in artificial social environments. Leon Niemczyk (Knife in the Water) and the director’s wife Ludyna Winnicka are strangers sharing a compartment while studiously hiding personal secrets. Saturday 2 May, 6.10pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Saturday 9 May, 8.45pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 MAN OF IRON (CZŁOWIEK Z ŻEL AZA) Dir. Andrzej Wajda Cast: Jerzy Radziwiłowicz, Krystyna Janda, Marian Opania Poland, 1981, 147 min Andrzej Wajda’s masterly study of the excitement of the Solidarity years. As the Solidarity protests swelled in 1980, Wajda grabbed camera and crew, pulled ready-made characters off the shelf (from his earlier Man of Marble) and filmed this story of government-backed espionage against a real-life backdrop of world-changing history unfolding: even Lech Wałęsa has a cameo. It won both the Palme d’Or and a domestic ban when martial law was declared in 1981. Sunday 3 May, 2.00pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 + Saturday 23 May, 5.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 27 MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS (MATK A JOANNA OD ANIOŁÓW ) Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz Cast: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczysław Voit, Anna Ciepielewska Poland, 1961, 103 min A stark psychological drama about demonic possession in a convent. Notionally, this is based on the same historical events that inspired Ken Russell’s The Devils, but Kawalerowicz’s treatment is subtler and more psychologically acute. His wife Lucyna Winnicka plays an allegedly possessed abbess whose bona fides are investigated by a hapless investigator who finds himself hopelessly out of his depth when confronted with forces that he does not understand. Sunday 3 May, 5.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Friday 8 May, 8.30pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a WALKOVER (WALKOWER) PHAR AOH (FAR AON) Dir. Jerzy Skolimowski Cast: Aleksandra Zawieruszanka, Jerzy Skolimowski, Krzysztof Chamiec Poland, 1965, 70 min Jerzy Skolimowski’s characteristically wayward tale of a washed-up amateur boxer. Skolimowski’s second feature (and first full-length narrative) cemented his status as a one-man Polish New Wave, the rhythms of his films at least as influenced by jazz and (his own) poetry as more conventional storytelling. Skolimowski himself plays a dropout turned itinerant amateur boxer who is distracted from his bouts when Teresa, an old university friend, re-enters his life. Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz Cast: Jerzy Zelnik, Wiesława Mazurkiewicz, Barbara Brylska Poland, 1965, 175 min A vast ancient Egyptian epic that’s as much about politics as spectacle. Ancient Egyptians speaking Polish? Well, why not – they didn’t speak English either. Kawalerowicz spent three years making what was once Poland’s most expensive film, a huge widescreen epic about the struggle between Rameses XIII and his high priests. But this is no Cecil B. DeMille spectacle: co-screenwriter Tadeusz Konwicki regarded it as 'a penetrating analysis of a system of power'. Monday 4 May, 8.45 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 + Sunday 17 May, 6.20 pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 Thursday 7 May, 8.00 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 + Sunday 10 May, 3.00 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 28 INNOCENT SORCERERS (NIEWINNI CZARODZIEJE) Dir. Andrzej Wajda Cast: Tadeusz Łomnicki, Krystyna Stypułkowska, Zbigniew Cybulski Poland, 1960, 91 min An affectionate but caustic look at early Sixties Polish youth culture. After three successive films about Polish history, Wajda turned his attention to the (then) present, enlisting younger colleagues Roman Polański and Jerzy Skolimowski to add verisimilitude to this study of disaffected twentysomethings. Newly qualified doctor and jazz fanatic Bazyli (Łomnicki) has so little time for emotional engagement that when he actually falls in love he doesn’t know how to handle it. Friday 8 May, 6.20 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 + Sunday 17 May, 8.30 pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a AUSTERIA Dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz Cast: Franciszek Pieczka, Wojciech Pszoniak, Jan Szurmiej Poland, 1982, 102 min A moving and politically controversial tale of antiSemitic persecution during WWI. Kawalerowicz spent decades trying to realise his most personal project, that allowed him to suggest without tackling the Holocaust directly that the culturallyengendered pacifism and passivity of Poland’s Jews sowed the seeds of their later destruction. This was, to put it mildly, a controversial notion, but Kawalerowicz’s sympathy and sincerity is evident throughout. Wednesday 13 May, 8.50 pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Saturday 23 May, 3.30 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 ASHES AND DIAMONDS (POPIÓŁ I DIAMENT) Dir. Andrzej Wajda Cast: Zbigniew Cybulski, Ewa Krzyżewska, Wacław Zastrzeżyński Poland, 1958, 107 min The ‘Polish James Dean’ stars in a complex, morally knotty masterpiece. Wajda’s film vividly captures the turbulence and confusion immediately following WWII, as a former resistance hero turns anti-Communist assassin. Audiences were officially supposed to empathise with his intended victim, but Zbigniew Cybulski’s astonishingly charismatic performance as the morally and politically riven killer crystallised the fears and uncertainties of an entire generation. Thursday 14 May, 8.45 pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 + Tuesday 19 May, 6.20 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 + Monday 25 May, 8.30 pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 29 PROVINCIAL ACTORS (AK TORZY PROWINCJONALNI) Dir. Agnieszka Holland Cast: Halina Łabonarska, Tadeusz Huk, Iwona Biernacka Poland, 1978, 104 min Agnieszka Holland’s debut: an ensemble piece about warring actors. After an apprenticeship as Wajda’s assistant, Agnieszka Holland made her solo debut with this ambitious ensemble piece, both an allegorical study of cultural interference (a trendy young theatre director is attempting a politically controversial reinterpretation of a Polish stage warhorse) and a lacerating portrait of a withering marriage, its participants actively contemplating suicide or murder as an escape route. Friday 15 May, 6.10 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 + Saturday 16 May, 8.40 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a 30 M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a presents... martin scorsese 31 talks & workshops THE WEDDING (WESELE) Dir. Andrzej Wajda Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Ewa Ziętek, Andrzej Łapicki Poland, 1972, 106 min Nineteenth-century Poland imagined as a grotesque and raucous wedding party. First performed in 1901, Stanisław Wyspiański’s play turns the marriage of a poet and a peasant into a state-of-thenation allegory about the attractions and pitfalls of national self-determination at a time when independent Poland didn’t exist. Wajda’s splendidly grotesque adaptation pulls out every cinematic stop in emphasising the piece’s phantasmagorical elements as his camera hurtles from reality to fantasy. Wednesday 20 May, 8.30 pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Thursday 28 May, 8.30 pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 THE PROMISED L AND (ZIEMIA OBIECANA) Dir. Andrzej Wajda Cast: Daniel Olbrychski, Wojciech Pszoniak, Andrzej Seweryn Poland, 1974, 179 min Lavish and shocking portrait of ruthless entrepreneurs during Poland’s industrial revolution... Władysław Reymont’s Nobelwinning novel is Poland’s equivalent of ‘Hard Times’ or ‘Germinal’, a ruthlessly clear-eyed anatomising of the industrial revolution from the perspective of three young entrepreneurs. Wajda’s viscerally vivid adaptation is intoxicated by this brave new world (the factory sequences have a you-arethere immediacy) without ever losing sight of the appalling human cost. Thursday 21 May, 5.40 pm BFI Southbank NFT 3 + Sunday 24 May, 2.00 pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 Followed by a Q&A with Witold Sobociński and Piotr Sobociński k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k KNIFE IN THE WATER (NÓŻ W WODZIE) Dir. Roman Polański Cast: Leon Niemczyk, Jolanta Umecka, Zygmunt Malanowicz Poland, 1961, 101 min Polański’s first feature spun ostensibly simple ingredients – two men, a woman, a yacht, a vast expanse of water and a haunting jazz score by the great Krzysztof Komeda – into not just one of the most psychologically gripping films of its era but also Poland’s first Oscar© nominee. Polański’s riveting first feature established him as a worldclass talent. Saturday 23 May, 8.45 pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 + Monday 25 May, 6.10 pm BFI Southbank NFT 1 + Tuesday 26 May, 6.20 pm BFI Southbank NFT 2 TUESDAY 14 APRIL 6.15PM —— BFI WEDNESDAY 22 APRIL 6.10PM —— BFI NF T 3 NF T 3 DISCOVERING THE MASTERPIECES OF POLISH CINEMA WITH KUBA MIKURDA To introduce Martin Scorsese’s survey of the greatest Polish cinema, critic and filmmaker Kuba Mikurda will sketch the historical contexts that inform the films and examine the aesthetic, cultural and political concerns shared by the auteurs that made them. Richly illustrated with clips, photos, posters and archive documents, this talk will introduce key figures and movements in Polish film history, and indicate the season’s unmissable highlights. KEY SCHOL ARS IN FILM STUDIES: EWA MAZIERSK A ON THE POLISH CINEMATIC CANON The latest in this series of lectures featuring the world’s best film scholars sees Ewa Mazierska (University of Central Lancashire) join us to discuss the challenges associated with recounting Polish cinematic history. She’ll raise fascinating questions such as ‘how has the desire to project a particular national cultural identity affected the Polish critical establishment’s approach to cinema from the period of state socialism?’ k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k M ar ti n Scorsese Prese nts M aster pieces of Polish Ci ne m a BFI Studio 23 APRIL —— 14 MAY Exploring Polish Cinema In this five session BFI Studio course, run in conjunction with the Masterpieces of Polish Cinema season, enjoy a series of in-depth, illustrated lectures in our digital studio and gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the films and of their time. Kuba Mikurda on "Knights of the black cross" followed by a screening of the film Thursday 16 April, 6.00pm – 7.30pm BFI Studio Dr. César Ballester on Krzysztof KieŚlowski Thursday 23 April, 6.30pm – 8.30pm BFI Studio Michael Goddard on Wojciech Has, Tadeusz Konwicki and Andrzej Munk Thursday 30 April, 6.30pm – 8.30pm BFI Studio Michał Oleszczyk on Jerzy Kawalerowicz Thursday 7 May, 6.30pm – 8.30pm BFI Studio Matilda Mroz on Andrzej Wajda Thursday 14 May, 6.30pm – 8.30pm BFI Studio All five sessions = £50 (£40 concs) or normal ticket price for individual sessions. For more information and booking contact the BFI Box Office: 020 7928 3232 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 32 34 Arts cinema meets art 35 Arts poster exhibition FR EE EN TR Y! 2 APRIL —— 31 MAY BFI Southbank At r ium Andrzej Wajda's Films in World Film Posters Oskar has one more complicated relationship in his life: a love affair with his Art Dealer (Agata Buzek). Similar to previous works from Dawicki – the established norms of moral, spiritual and social order are challenged and put on trial. The Perfomer is the first-ever art exhibition in the form of a feature film: Oskar Dawicki’s works are connected on the screen not only by time and space, but also by narrative, drama and emotion. Selected works from the original Andrzej Wajda’s Films in World Film Posters exhibition on loan from the archives of the Film Museum in Łódź, Poland presents archival materials related to the life and work of the Polish artist. The abundant archive of the Museum includes the world biggest set of posters connected with Andrzej Wajda’s works. The collection includes items printed in very small print runs, coming from various sides of the world, among others, from Japan, Argentina, Germany and France. Many of the posters presented are considered works of art and are made by great artists, Polish and foreign graphic artists (Wiesław Wałkuski, Jakub Erol, Cyprian Kościelniak, Andrzej Pągowski, Marek Freundenreich, Marcin Mroszczak, Rafał Olbiński, Rosław Szaybo, Peter Strausfeld, Alain Lynch, Dominique Guillotin, Otto Kummert, Milan Grygar, Pierre Collier, M. Ogasawar, Erhard Grutter), as well as the representatives of the Polish poster school: Roman Cieślewicz, Wojciech Zamecznik, Wojciech Fangor, Franciszek Starowieyski, Wiktor Górka, Waldemar Świerzy and Jan Lenica. Followed by a Q&A with Łukasz Ronduda and Oskar Dawicki Exhibition curators: Krystyna Zamysłowska & Piotr Kulesza SATURDAY 23 MAY 6.30PM —— TATE MODERN STARR AUDITORIUM THE PERFORMER Dir. Maciej Sobieszczański, Łukasz Ronduda Poland, 2015, 63 min An insight into the contemporary art world. Based on the life of one of the most original performance artists alive – Oskar Dawicki. The main theme of his art is the search for an answer to the question of whether... Oskar Dawicki exists at all. The trademark of his performances is his blue shining jacket. We meet Oskar at a turning point of his life, when he learns that his Mentor Zbigniew Warpechowski (himself) is dying. Warpechowski was also mentoring the Dearest (Andrzej Chyra), Oskar’s childhood friend and a rival, who devoted himself to more commercial art and became the most profitable Polish contemporary artist. Official selection International Film Festival Rotterdam 2015 and the 65th International Film Festival Berlin: Forum Expanded k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 37 Music music event Eugeniusz Rudnik & Polish experimental music This project, organised together with the ICA, celebrates the Polish father of experimental and electronic music, Eugeniusz Rudnik. The pretext for the project is the release of the documentary film 15 Corners of the World written and directed by Zuzanna Solakiewicz. The film received the Best Film award at the Locarno Film Festival last year (2014) and translates the world of Rudnik’s sounds into a visual interpretation of the sensual and emotional perception of music. The director says: 'The film is an attempt to hear the music of Eugeniusz Rudnik with your eyes. I have made a film that gives priority to the sound more than to the picture – a film that gives interpretation to the music in order to capture it in pictures – to show sound.' 37 FRIDAY 10 APRIL 8.30pm — ICA 15 CORNERS OF THE WORLD Dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz Cast: Weronika Pelczyńska, Anna Wojnarowska, Romuald Krężel, Poland, 2014, 79 min Screening of the film will be accompanied by a Q&A with Eugeniusz Rudnik hosted by Frances Morgan (The Wire), and an exclusive live performance of Rudnik's compositions, including his piece written for Arne Nordheim. k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 38 Tal k s & Work shops 39 Tal k s & Work shops talks & Workshops Sunday 12 April WEDNESDAY 15 APRIL 6.00PM —— ICA 6.10PM —— BFI NF T 3 KISSINGER T WINS: Cinematic L abyrinths Interactive Films and Transmedia Storytelling The Kissinger Twins (Dawid Marcinkowski and Kasia Kifert) are at the forefront of creating an exciting new highly interactive web based on cinematic storytelling. During 90 minutes of presentation, Dawid and Kasia explain idea of Cinematic Labyrinths and take the audience on a journey through their multiple award winning projects ranging from 2002 until future present including The Trip, Sufferrosa, the biggest independent interactive film ever made, and the latest The Network Is Watching (campaign for Channel 4 series Utopia). BAFTA MASTERCL ASS WITH SŁ AWOMIR IDZIAK Sławomir Idziak is one of Europe's most acclaimed cinematographers. He has worked with Polish directors such as Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi and Krzysztof Kieślowski, and internationally with Ridley Scott, John Sayles, Michael Winterbottom and John Duigan. In 2002, he was nominated for an Academy Award and BAFTA for Black Hawk Down. His latest project is The Tale of Love and Darkness, directed by Natalie Portman and due for release this year. k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k Monday 20 April —— Wednesday 22 April london film academy kinotek a & London film academy studio: workshops for scriptwriters An intensive three day lab-based programme aimed at scriptwriters with proven experience who wish to move from shorts to features, or who are working on their first feature script. Ten selected scriptwriters will have the opportunity to polish their skills in pitching, story development and story editing during practical lectures, case studies and master classes with industry professionals, such as: Gavin Humphires, Olivier Kaempfer and Paweł Pawlikowski amongst many others. Throughout the workshops there will be plenty of opportunity to network with film / TV industry professionals, and learn more about how to pitch your script to the industry. Organised and supported by Polish Cultural Institute London, T-Mobile New Horizons Film Festival and London Film Academy k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 40 Closi ng Nig ht Gala 41 Closi ng Nig ht Gala closing night gala screening and boat cruise FRIDAY 29 MAY This year, KINOTEKA Closing Night event will involve the screening of the cult Polish comedy The Cruise (1970) at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, launching the first UK release of the film by Second Run DVD. After the show, the audience will experience an authentic boat ride on the River Thames with a specially commissioned immersive theatre performance and live music. CU LT SC RE EN IN G TH AM ES CR UI SE ! 6.30pm —— Ica 8.15PM—— TOWER PIER THE CRUISE (REJS) Dir. Marek Piwowski Cast: Stanisław Tym, Jolanta Lothe, Wanda Stanisławska-Lothe Poland, 1970, 65 min Regarded as Polish cinema’s first ‘cult film’, Piwowski’s The Cruise is also considered by many to be a satirical masterpiece. Shot in a quasi-documentary style, with a cast featuring mostly non-professional actors, the absurd plot parodies life in the (then) People's Republic of Poland, reducing a weekend river cruise to a hilarious satire of the entire Communist system. Piwowski's gift of observation, his sense of humour and an acute awareness of national pathology have made The Cruise one of Poland’s most popular and widely-known films of the 1970s. UK Premiere of the newly restored version in collaboration with Second Run DVD A CRUISE DOWN THE ABSURD: L IVE BOAT CRUISE E XPE R IE NCE W I T H GIDEON R E E L ING A ND OB AR A IN T E R N AT ION A L The cruise, inspired by the iconic film and its absurd humour will immerse the audience in a specially commissioned theatre performance by the upcoming British theatre group, Gideon Reeling. Their act will be part scripted and part improvised for the duration of the evening and will be set in the era of the cult film, building on the aesthetic and the characters of The Cruise and the 1970s. The performance will be accompanied by live music inspired by Polish film music from the 60s and 70s, as well as a DJ set presenting a mixture of 70s party music, film music and comedic music. The performance will be accompanied by live music including the world-famous Obara International with their project Komeda, and some new, specially commissioned works. Immerse yourself in the feelings of surreality, confusion and the absurd! 8.15 pm Boarding the boat 8.45 pm Departure from Tower Pier There will be a bus transfer arranged for joint ticket holders from the ICA to the Tower pier. No late comers will be admitted on the boat. There will be two bars selling drinks on the boat. k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 42 K i note k a on Tou r kinoteka on tour APRIL 2015 —— SEPTEMBER 2015 CALENDAR & BOOKING Thursday 2 April – Sunday 31 May POSTER EXHIBITION: Andrzej Wajda's Films in World Film Posters BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk Free entry Wednesday 8 April 6.00 pm OPENING NIGHT GALA: Camouflage dir. Krzysztof Zanussi BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Thursday 9 April 6.15 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Illumination dir. Krzysztof Zanussi MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Constant Factor dir. Krzysztof Zanussi NEW POLISH CINEMA: The Mighty Angel dir. Wojciech Smarzowski BFI Southbank BFI Southbank ICA www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Friday 10 April 8.30 pm MUSIC EVENT: 15 Corners of the World dir. Zuzanna Solakiewicz ICA www.ica.org.uk The confirmed cinemas: Filmhouse, Edinburgh BFI Southbank Showroom, Sheffield Clwyd Theatr Cymru Ucheldre Centre, Anglesey Chapter, Cardiff Neuadd Dwyfor Pwllheli Eden Court, Inverness Dundee Contemporary Arts Glasgow Film Theatre Belmont Filmhouse, Aberdeen Quad, Derby Watershed, Bristol Broadway, Nottingham Phoenix, Leicester Gulbenkian, Canterbury QFT, Belfast Saturday 11 April 4.30 pm NEW POLISH CINEMA: Hardkor Disko dir. Krzysztof Skonieczny ICA www.ica.org.uk Saturday 11 April 6.30 pm DOCUMENTARIES (DOUBLE BILL): Our Curse dir. Tomasz Śliwiński Joanna dir. Aneta Kopacz ICA Saturday 11 April 8.20 pm NEW POLISH CINEMA: Citizen dir. Jerzy Stuhr ICA Sunday 12 April 4.00 pm Sunday 12 April 6.00 pm DOCUMENTARIES: Wojciech Wiszniewski Rediscovered TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: Cinematic Labyrinths by Kissinger Twins ICA ICA Sunday 12 April 6.20 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Constant Factor dir. Krzysztof Zanussi BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Sunday 12 April 7.50 pm NEW POLISH CINEMA: Foreign Body dir. Krzysztof Zanussi ICA www.ica.org.uk To check the full list of cinemas go to www.kinoteka.org.uk or mspresents.com/uk Sunday 12 April 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Illumination dir. Krzysztof Zanussi BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Thursday 9 April 8.50 pm Friday 10 April 6.30 pm KINOTEKA is proud to be partnering with Filmhouse Edinburgh and BFI Southbank on an exciting new collaboration for the UK tour of Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, 24 masterpieces, chosen by Scorsese himself, all brilliantly restored and digitally re-mastered to 2K resolution. Martin Scorsese Presents Masterpieces of Polish Cinema, takes place at Filmhouse Edinburgh and BFI Southbank throughout April and May as part of KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival. The national tour presented by Filmhouse Edinburgh continues at venues across the UK until the end of September. The season will include a host of special guests to introduce and explore the lasting influence and inspiration of these masterpieces on Polish and UK filmmakers, and beyond. 43 Cale ndar & Book i ng k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.ica.org.uk www.ica.org.uk www.ica.org.uk www.ica.org.uk www.ica.org.uk 44 Cale ndar & Book i ng Monday 13 April 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Eroica dir. Andrzej Munk BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Tuesday 14 April 6.15 pm TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: Discovering the Masterpieces of Polish Cinema with Kuba Mikurda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Tuesday 14 April 6.00 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Blind Chance dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Tuesday 14 April 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Camouflage dir. Krzysztof Zanussi BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Wednesday 15 April 6.10 pm TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: Bafta Masterclass With Sławomir Idziak MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: A Short Film About Killing dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski BFI Southbank BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: BFI Studio: Exploring Polish Cinema. Kuba Mikurda on The Knights of the Black Cross MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Knights of the Black Cross dir. Aleksander Ford BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Saturday 18 April 6.00 pm DOCUMENTARIES (DOUBLE BILL): From Moscow To Pietushki dir. Paweł Pawlikowski Dostoevsky’s Travels dir. Paweł Pawlikowski ICA Saturday 18 April 6.10 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Blind Chance dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski Saturday 18 April 8.50 pm Wednesday 15 April 8.30 pm Thursday 16 April 6.00 pm – 7.30 pm Thursday 16 April 8.00 pm BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.ica.org.uk 45 Cale ndar & Book i ng Tuesday 21 April 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Hourglass Sanatorium dir. Wojciech Has BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Wednesday 22 April 6.10 pm TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: Key Scholars in Film Studies: Ewa Mazierska on the Polish Cinematic Canon BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Thursday 23 April 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: BFI Studio: Exploring Polish Cinema. Dr César Ballester on Krzysztof Kieślowski MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Eroica dir. Andrzej Munk BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Friday 24 April 6.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: A Short Film About Killing dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Friday 24 April 7.00 pm SPECIAL TALK & SCREENING: Gottland dir. Lukáš Kokeš et al. Frontline Club frontlineclub.com 020 7479 8940 Saturday 25 April 6.20 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Jump dir. Tadeusz Konwicki BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Saturday 25 April 7.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Saragossa Manuscript dir. Wojciech Has BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Sunday 26 April 3.15 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: To Kill This Love dir. Janusz Morgenstern BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Sunday 26 April 4.40 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Knights of the Black Cross dir. Aleksander Ford BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Thursday 23 April 8.30 pm BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: A Short Film About Killing dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Sunday 26 April 8.50 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Last Day of Summer dir. Tadeusz Konwicki BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Sunday 19 April 6.00 pm DOCUMENTARIES (DOUBLE BILL): Serbian Epics dir. Paweł Pawlikowski Tripping With Zhirinovsky dir. Paweł Pawlikowski ICA www.ica.org.uk Tuesday 28 April 6.20 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Last Day of Summer dir. Tadeusz Konwicki BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: Workshop for Scriptwriters www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Saragossa Manuscript dir. Wojciech Has londonfilmacademy .com www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Jump dir. Tadeusz Konwicki Monday 20 April 7.40 pm London Film Academy BFI Southbank Tuesday 28 April 8.50 pm BFI Southbank Monday 20 April – Wednesday 22 April Wednesday 29 April 8.45 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: To Kill This Love dir. Janusz Morgenstern BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k 46 Cale ndar & Book i ng 47 Cale ndar & Book i ng Friday 15 May 6.10 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Provincial Actors dir. Agnieszka Holland BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Saturday 16 May 8.40 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Provincial Actors dir. Agnieszka Holland BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Sunday 17 May 6.20 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Walkover dir. Jerzy Skolimowski BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Sunday 17 May 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Innocent Sorcerers dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Tuesday 19 May 6.20 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Ashes and Diamonds dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Mother Joan of the Angels dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Wednesday 20 May 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Wedding dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Walkover dir. Jerzy Skolimowski BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Thursday 21 May 5.40 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Promised Land dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank Monday 4 May 8.45 pm www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Austeria dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Saturday 23 May 5.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Man of Iron dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Thursday 7 May 8.00 pm TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: BFI Studio: Exploring Polish Cinema. Michał Oleszczyk on Jerzy Kawalerowicz MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Pharaoh dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz Saturday 23 May 3.30 pm BFI Southbank Thursday 7 May 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm Saturday 23 May 6.30 pm Tate Modern Friday 8 May 6.20 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Innocent Sorcerers dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.tate.org.uk Friday 8 May 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Mother Joan of the Angels dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz BFI Southbank Saturday 23 May 8.45 pm CINEMA MEETS ARTS: The Performer dir. Maciej Sobieszczański, Łukasz Ronduda MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Knife in the Water dir. Roman Polański Sunday 24 May 2.00 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Promised Land dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Saturday 9 May 8.45 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Night Train dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz BFI Southbank Monday 25 May 6.10 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Knife in the Water dir. Roman Polański BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Sunday 10 May 3.00 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Pharaoh dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz BFI Southbank Monday 25 May 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Ashes and Diamonds dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Wednesday 13 May 8.50 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Austeria dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz BFI Southbank Tuesday 26 May 6.20 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Knife in the Water dir. Roman Polański BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Thursday 14 May 6.30 pm-8.30 pm TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: BFI Studio: Exploring Polish Cinema. Matilda Mroz on Andrzej Wajda MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Ashes and Diamonds dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Thursday 28 May 8.30 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Wedding dir. Andrzej Wajda BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 BFI Southbank www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 Friday 29 May 6.30 pm 8.15 pm KINOTEKA CLOSING NIGHT: The Cruise dir. Marek Piwowski A Cruise Down the Absurd Thursday 30 April 6.30 pm – 8.30 pm TALKS AND WORKSHOPS: BFI Studio: Exploring Polish Cinema. Michael Goddard on Wojciech J. Has, Tadeusz Konwicki and Andrzej Munk MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: The Hourglass Sanatorium dir. Wojciech Has BFI Southbank Saturday 2 May 6.10 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Night Train dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz BFI Southbank Sunday 3 May 2.00 pm MARTIN SCORSESE PRESENTS: Man of Iron dir. Andrzej Wajda Sunday 3 May 5.30 pm Thursday 30 April 8.20 pm Thursday 14 May 8.45 pm BFI Southbank BFI Southbank k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 BFI Southbank ICA Tower Pier k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k www.bfi.org.uk 020 7928 3232 www.ica.org.uk 48 C r e d it s & T h a n k s KINOTEKA Principle partner: KINOTEKA Main funding contributor: CREDITS & THANKS KINOTEKA Supporters: F estival Production T eam : Anna Godlewska Polish Cultural Institute Director Marlena Lukasiak Kinoteka Programmer and Producer Magdalena Grabianowska Polish Cultural Institute Deputy Director Karolina Kołodziej Marketing & PR Coordinator Agnieszka Ciepłucha Marketing Assistant and Kinoteka Guests Coordinator Dobrosława Świtalska Fundraising Darek Tomaszewski Logistics and Guest Support Anna Gruszka Music Event & Closing Gala Coordinator Paulina Latham Film Poster Exhibition and Events Coordinator Magda Raczyńska Gottland Screening Coordinator Anna Aładja / Sara Komaiszko Support Poster A RT W OR K : Tomasz Opasiński Graphic Design : Luke Gould F estival T railer : Kamil Dobrosielski PR : Margaret London Zena Howard W ith Special T hank s : Agnieszka Odorowicz, Polish Film Institute Anna MacDonald, London Film Academy Annie Rudnick, ICA Antonia Lloyd-Jones Chris Barwick, Second Run DVD David Edgar, BFI Southbank David Somerset, BFI Southbank Elizabeth Wood, DocHouse Helen de Witt, BFI Southbank George Clark, Tate Modern Gregor Muir, ICA Izabela Kiszka, Polish Film Institute Jakub Górski, DFDS Seaways Jan Naszewski, T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival Jenny Horwell, DocHouse Joanna Łapińska, T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival Joanna Stachyra, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland John Woroniecki, Baltic Restaurant Julianne Rooney, Frontline Club Julie Pearce, BFI Southbank Laura Adams, BFI Southbank Liz Parkinson, BFI Southbank Krystyna Zamysłowska, Film Museum in Łódź Łukasz Pawlak, Requiem Records Łukasz Ronduda, Filmoteka Muzeum, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw k i n o t e k a .o r g.u k Maciej Kornacki, Filmoteka Narodowa Maggi Hurt, BFI Southbank Mariayah Kaderbhai, BAFTA Marjolein Den Bakker, Filmhouse Edinburgh Mehelli Modi, Second Run DVD Michael Keckes, DFDS Seaways Monika Sidorowicz, Boiler Room Poland Monika Wróbel, Forest & Ray Naomi Crowther, ICA Nico Marzano, ICA Paweł Jodłowski, Project London Production Piotr Kulesza, Film Museum in Łódź Renata Clark, Czech Centre Rod White, Filmhouse Edinburgh Sebastian Stern, BFI Southbank Simon Duffy, BFI Southbank Tadeusz Kowalski, Filmoteka Narodowa Tereza Porybná, Czech Centre Tomasz Opasiński Tomasz Szeratics, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland Wotienkie Vermeer, Frontline Club Zeljka Marosevic, Melville House Organised by: In co-operation with: UK Tour in partnership with: Supported by: Polish Dentist in London ADVERTS Let's get smiles like movie stars! 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Austria France Switzerland Italy UK-EUROPE GATEWAY TO EUROPE Celebrating the best of Polish Cinema, music, design and visual arts, this year’s programme offers an enticing mix of screenings, exhibitions, concerts, interactive workshops, masterclasses and special guests. In London at the BFI Southbank, ICA, Tate Modern and more. Full venue information below. www.kinoteka.org.uk Follow us: facebook.com/PolishFilmFestivalKinoteka @PLinst_London #kinoteka 2015 BFI Southbank Belvedere Road London SE1 8XT 020 7928 3232 bfi.org.uk The Frontline Club 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ 020 7479 8940 frontlineclub.com London FIlm Academy 52a Walham Grove London SW 1QR 020 7386 7711 londonfilmacademy.com Tate Modern Bankside London SE1 9TG 020 7887 8888 tate.org.uk/modern ICA The Mall London SW1Y 5AH 020 7930 3647 ica.org.uk