SPECIAL SCREENINGS
FINA PRESENTS: a screening of silent films with live music performed by gg.violino
6 June | 18.00 | MOS 1
A fascinating selection of documentaries and promotional films from the interwar period, curated by Michał Pieńkowski. The National Film Archive — Audiovisual Institute’s collection includes over a dozen films about industrial plants of the pre-war Poland. The programme features depictions of a cotton production process in an impressive hall housing thousands of weaving machines, Władysław Paschalski’s metallurgical works in Warsaw, where equipment for the arms industry was manufactured, and a day in the life of miners, with unique footage of the authentic mine interior. The gem of the collection is the oldest Polish advertising film preserved informing us about what the mysterious ‘1-2-5’ signals received from space mean.
An improvisation on the violin accompanied by electronic effects will be performed by gg.violino (Grzegorz Gadziomski) — a violinist and composer who is equally at home with classical music as with other genres such as ethnic, folk, rock and electronic music.
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Przemysł bawełniany, 20’ / Reklama zapalaczy do drewna i węgla „Raz-dwa-pięć”, 6’ / Zakłady przemysłowo-handlowe Wł. Paschalski, 16’ / W kopalni węgla, 10’
Partners: Filmoteka Narodowa | Festiwal Filmu Niemego
MATURE CINEMA
3 czerwca | 11.00 | Kino Pod Baranami
The Polish documentary ‘Magic Hour’, directed by Marcin Borchardt, will be screened at a special showing as part of the ‘Mature Cinema’ series at Kino Pod Baranami. The film, presented in two festival contests: the International and National Competitions, tells the story of a brilliant clan of Polish cinematographers, focusing on Piotr Sobociński, whose Hollywood career and untimely death expose the dark side of success in the film industry. A discussion with the director will follow the screening.
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Organiser: Kino pod Baranami
NIGHT FILM CLUB
4 June | 23.00 | Kino Pod Baranami
The festival edition of the Student Night Film Club – weekly gatherings at the Pod Baranami Cinema where students can watch films, discuss them and rediscover cinema together. This time, the focus will be on the career starts of the directors shaping the landscape of contemporary European cinema (and beyond).
Aria Diva, reż. Agnieszka Smoczyńska 30’ / Bez śniegu, reż. Magnus von Horn 30’ / Incydent w banku, reż. Ruben Östlund, 12’
Organizer: Kino pod Baranami
(UN)FORGOTTEN DOCUMENTARY DIRECTORS
Screening of films by Helena Amiradżibi
31 May | 15.00 | MOS 2
What was life really like in communist Poland from a woman’s perspective? Rediscovered many years later, this Polish documentary filmmaker of Georgian descent did not need to use the word ‘feminism’ to show — with a touch of irony — what life was like 60 years ago and what half of society, known as the ‘weaker sex’, dreamt of. Helena Amiradżibi took her camera into spheres rarely explored by filmmakers because they were considered ‘women’s territory’, such as the world of fashion. Employing creative means of expression on occasion, she gave voice to Polish wives and mothers juggling multiple jobs or to young female workers condemned to loneliness. She also proved that a woman could make films about anything, even jet aircraft testing. Please enjoy this selection of unique short documentaries. The black-and-white frames, restored after many years, evoke the atmosphere in which our grandmothers and mothers lived in Poland under the communist rule.
Oblatywacze, 1959, 12’ / Zambrów, 1962, 15’ / Komu sukienkę, 1963, 9’ / Kariera, 1964, 11’ / Kobieta to słaba istota, 1967, 9’
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Partner: WFDiF
Andrzej Wajda ’s Year at KFF
Kuba Mikurda, a filmmaker specialising in found footage, delves into the archives of Polish Television to unearth material that reveals a lesser-known side of Andrzej Wajda. Features, live programmes and recordings show Wajda as a man in the midst of action: in dispute, at work or on the move. At the same time, these television finds are like time capsules — they restore a material context to Wajda’s filmography, from interiors and media to hairstyles and everyday objects.