Top 10 films of Tygodnik Powszechny

10 films
10 films that you must see at the KFF, selected by Anita Piotrowska

  • Apolonia, Apolonia

    dir. Lea Glob
    dok2022

    Over the years, Lea Glob kept filming the charismatic artist Apolonia Sokol. The result is a fascinating portrait, spanning 13 years, of a young woman trying to find her place in the art world.

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  • Goodbye My Wonderful World (Żegnam cię, mój świecie wesoły)

    dir. Joo Joostberens
    dok2023

    The film title alludes to a traditional Polish mourning song, which was included on the album ‘Rzeczy ostatnie’ recorded by the band Polskie Znaki. The project aimed to dust off folk music, which for centuries had put people at ease with regard to death before it became a taboo in modern culture. The story of the album is at the same time an essay on passing away.

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      Online edition of the 63rd KFF
    • VOD
      From 2 to 18.06KFF VOD

  • Is There Anybody Out There? (Czy jest tam ktoś?)

    dir. Ella Glendining
    dok2023

    The film director and protagonist in one defies stereotypes related to otherness and disability. Despite a severe body deformity, she lives her life to the fullest and finds fulfilment as a woman and artist. To find out whether there are people with a similar affliction elsewhere in the world, she sets off on a journey.

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    Awards:Silver Horn / Special Award

  • Much Ado about Dying

    dir. Simon Chambers
    dok2022

    The director returns from India to London to take care of his elderly uncle. David, a former actor, is a single gay man, an eccentric and colourful person. The plan was to record a farewell, but the uncle is not intent on dying. He gives his nephew one last lesson.

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      Online edition of the 63rd KFF
    • VOD
      From 2 to 18.06KFF VOD

  • Pianoforte

    dir. Jakub Piątek
    dok2023

    During the preliminary round, there are 160 of them. Then, about 80. Then 40. At last, only 10 lucky ones make it to the final. These are the contestants in the legendary International Chopin Piano Competition, held every five years in Warsaw, Poland. "Pianoforte" follows an eclectic group of young musicians from around the world who have prepared since they were children for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

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  • Solaris Mon Amour

    dir. Kuba Mikurda
    fab2023

    An extraordinary found footage documentary inspired by Stanisław Lem’s „Solaris”. A trance-like, personal story about loss, mourning & memory. The film consists of excerpts from 70 educational films and radio adaptations of „Solaris” from the 1960s.

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  • Songs of Earth

    dir. Margreth Olin
    dok2023

    Many years go the director left her family home. Today, she returns to the mountainous region of Western Norway with a camera, walking in the footsteps of her parents and ancestors in order to answer the question: where do I come from? Her family story is transformed into a breadth-taking poem, both visual and auditory.

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  • The Dmitriev Affair

    dir. Jessica Gorter
    dok2023

    Deep inside the Russian forests, against the wishes of the authorities, 60-year-old Yuri Dmitriev searches for mass graves from the era of Stalin’s terror against his own people - until one day he is arrested and sentenced to 15 years in a penal colony. Following Yuri closely, the film paints a shocking picture of the way the Russian state rewrites history and treats its citizens.

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  • The Natural History of Destruction

    dir. Sergei Loznitsa
    dok2022

    European cities as seen from the boards of aircraft during carpet-bombing made a stunningly beautiful picture which was horrifying in a primeval manner. These images of hell, like never before, were planned by the engineers of war with scientific precision. To create the choreography of destruction, they employed the instruments of mathematics and physics.

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  • Ula

    dir. Agnieszka Iwańska
    dok2023

    ‘This is the cradle of our beloved music. We need to verify our skills there’, said Michał Urbaniak to Polish jazz vocalist Urszula Dudziak to convince her to go and conquer the US with him. The film is a recording of the fascinating and tumultuous journey reported from off-screen by the artist herself.

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    Awards:Golden Heynal
      Online edition of the 63rd KFF
    • VOD
      From 2 to 18.06KFF VOD