The 58th Krakow Film Festival began on Sunday with the opening gala and screening of a documentary film “Concerto for Two” by Tomasz Drozdowicz. The official opening, led by the Festival Director Krzysztof Gierat, was attended by the Mayor of the City of Krakow Jacek Majchrowski and international representatives of the world of cinema.
“It is worth mentioning that Krzysztof Kieślowski, Andrzej Fidyk, Marcel Łoziński were beginning at this festival. Here the careers of many animated film directors have started including an Oscar winner Zbigniew Rybczyński. It is really a great and beautiful festival” – said the Mayor of the City of Krakow Jacek Majchrowski while opening the ceremony.
During the 8 festival days the audience will have a chance to watch 200 films from Poland and the rest of the world presented in 4 competitions and 12 out-of-competition sections, more often than not shown in our country for the very first time. The films in the competitions will be judged by the international Jury with all the members present at the ceremony.
The jury members, in a moving gesture of solidarity, raised sheets of paper with the phrase #SaveOlegSentsov written on them. Oleg Sentsov, Ukrainian filmmaker convicted by the Russian court to 20 years in a labour camp, 14 days ago has made a dramatic decision to begin a hunger strike which he is still continuing today. Last year Polish Film Academy symbolically took him into its care during the festival initiating international action and publicly appealing to the Russian authorities.
The screening of the documentary film “Concerto for Two”, which had its world premiere at the opening ceremony of the Festival, was received with enthusiastic applause and followed the meeting with the filmmakers and film protagonists Jerzy and Ewa Maksymiuk. The audience in Krakow will have another chance to see the movie on May 30th at 11 AM at Kino Pod Baranami and at 3 PM in Mikro cinema.
The real surprise for the audience assembled in Kijów.Centrum theatre was a brief piano recital performed by the master Jerzy Maksymiuk himself.
Ahead of us is a week full of screenings of the competition and out-of-competition films. Every day will be filled with Q&As with the filmmakers and unique special events.
Do not miss:
28/05 Kijów.Centrum, 7 PM
Focus on Estonia. Inauguration: screening of “Rodeo. Taming a Wild Country” and Q&A with the authors.
29/05 Kijów.Centrum, 7 PM
Dragon of Dragons award ceremony. Screening of the films by the awarded director, Sergei Loznitsa.
30/05 Kijów.Centrum, 7 PM
Meeting with Etgar Keret following the screening of “Etgar Keret. Based on a True Story”.
31/05 Kijów.Centrum, 7 PM
Free screening of the film “Jane” about the life and work of Jane Goodall directed by Brett Morgen
1/06 Kijów.Centrum, 7 PM
A toast for Poland! Film evening with live music.
2/06 Kijów.Centrum, 8 PM
Closing ceremony of the 58th Krakow Film Festival
3/06 Małopolski Ogród Sztuki from 12 PM
Screening of awarded films
The full festival programme is available on the website: www.krakowfilmfestival.pl
The 58th Krakow Film Festival takes place May 27th – June 3rd, 2018.
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