NON-COMPETITION PROGRAM
19.02.2018 MONDAY
godz. 17:00 LOVELESS, dir. Andriej Zwiagincew
godz. 20:00 OPENING CEREMONY:
WOJCIECH KILAR. FILM MUSIC
(Lower Silesian Philharmonic)
20.02.2018 TUESDAY
godz. 16:30 7DAY OF SINS,dir. Jiří Chlumský
after the screening Q&A session with the director
godz. 19:30 W UŁAMKU SEKUNDY, dir. Fatih Akin
21.02.2018 WEDNESDAY
godz. 16:00 „I AM JUST PASSING THROUGH, IT’S A FIVE-MINUTE STOP…”
screening with live music (free admission)
godz. 17:15 YOU’RE A CUTE ONE, SWEETIE, dir. Aleksandra Kubiak
after the screening Q&A session with Aleksandra Kubiak i Elżbieta Lisowska-Kopeć
godz. 19:00 BEYOND WORDS, dir. Urszula Antoniak
after the screening Q&A session with Andrzej Chyra
22.02.2018 THURSDAY
godz. 17.00 BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI, dir. Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
after the screening Q&A session with JoannA Kos-Krauze
godz. 17:00 Kamil Kuskowski. Works from 2012 - 2017
opening of the exhibition(BWA Art. Gallery, free admission)
godz. 20:00 THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE, dir.Aki Kaurismäki
23.02.2018 FRIDAY
godz. 11:00 US AMONG STRANGERS. STRANGERS AMONG US
migration crisis in V4 countries - debate
Mercure hotel (free admission)
godz. 16:30 MEMORIES OF SUMMER, dir. Adam Guziński
after the screening Q&A session with Urszula Grabowska
godz. 19:15 AFONIA AND HONEYBEES, dir. Jan Jakub Kolski
after the screening Q&A session with Grażyna Błęcka- Kolska
24.02.2018 SATURDAY
godz. 11:00 INWESTMENT IN FILM AS A PROMOTION OF THE REGION
international debate
Mercure hotel (free admission)
godz. 11.00 ICE MOTHER, dir. Bohdan Sláma
godz. 12:30 Łukasz Maciejewski - ACTRESSES. DISCOVERIES
book promotion; guests: Urszula Grabowska, Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska, Łukasz Maciejewski
BWA Art Gallery (free admission)
godz. 13.00 THE MAN WITH THE MAGIC BOX, dir. Bodo Kox
after the screening Q&A session with Bodo Kox
godz. 16.00 ON BODY AND SOUL, dir. Ildikó Enyedi
godz. 19:00 FESTIVAL GALA:
awards ceremony
silent cinema with live music
THE GENERAL, dir. Buster Keaton &Marcin Pukaluk
Host of the Gala: TOMASZ RACZEK
(Lower Silesian Philharmonic)
25.02.2018 SUNDAY
godz. 11.00 screening of award-winning films
(free admission)
godz. 13.00 UNITED STATES OF LOVE, dir. Tomasz Wasilewski
after the screening Q&A session with Magdalena Cielecka
godz. 19.00 THE SILENCE OF THE SIRENS
multimedia music performance
(Zdrojowy Teatr Animacji)
Screenings and Q&A sessions take place in LOT Cinema. Moderators of Q&A session :Beata Dżon-Ozimek, Łukasz Maciejewski, Lech Moliński
SPECIAL SHOWS PROGRAM ZOOM 2018
Kino LOT, str. Pocztowa 11, 58-500 Jelenia Góra
MONDAY 19.02.2018
time 17:00
LOVELESS
Russia/ France/ Belgium/ Germany, 2017, 127 min., feature,
A picture of the ruthless struggle between those that want divorce and a family that lacks love. Boris and Żenia, typical representatives of the middle class living in the suburbs of Moscow, are to split up after many years of marriage. They have already had enough of each other, so they divorce. They cannot find a common language, and their contacts are limited to quarrels, in which they enumerate mutual traumas. They have new partners with whom they want to be permanently connected and start a new chapter of life as soon as possible. They hope that the new will bring fulfillment to them. Although they have the experience of the past, they remain faithful to the future. An obstacle to setting up their lives again can be a 12-year-old, unwanted son of Alos, who is practically a stranger to them, and who is thrown over from one parent to the other like a puppet. They do not pay attention to him, they want to implement their plan, even if it means abandoning the child. Andrei Zvyagintsev's "Loveless" is a strong, mysterious and terrifying story about a spiritual disaster: a drama whose form ostentatiously resembles a police thriller. Mesmerizing intensity and unbearable ambiguity hold in suspense until the very end. It's like Bergman's "Scenes From A Marriage" in the social media era, where the woman no longer forgives and begs the man who betrayed her to stay in a relationship.
Awards: Best European Photos, Best European Music (European Film Awards 2017); Jury Award (Cannes 2017); The Main Award (London Film Festival, 2017); Grand Prix (International Cinephile Society Awards, 2017); Best International Film (Munich Film Festival, 2017)
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
TUESDAY 20.02.2018
time 16:30
THE SEVEN DAYS OF SINS
After the film we invite you for a meeting with a film director Jiří Chlumský
Czech Republic, 7 dní hříchů 2012, 107 min., feature film,
This story actually happened in the region around the city of Sumperk in Jeseniky Mountains in May 1945. The disappearance of Agnes (Vica Kerekes), the German wife of a Czech forester Jan Olsan (Ondrej Vetchy) is a dark mystery. She is the only one who knows who and for what reason is looking for her. Olsan doesn’t know that Agnes witnessed something that could have negative influence on the position of power of some of the villagers. She became an uncomfortable witness and she decided to run away. She is running away through the deep woods followed by the most powerful man of the county. The fatality of the relationship between Agnes and Jan can only be learned in the mountains on this thorny journey… It’s the end of the war, times are bad and the Czechs are coming back from the inland to the frontier. The guards are forming and soldiers are coming. Fate brings together the outlaw Jan and his German brother-in-law Jurgen (Jarek Hylebrant) who has just returned from the eastern front line. Both men are looking for exactly the same woman and that is Agnes.
The story doesn’t point out who is German and who is Czech, it only tells the story of people and their attitude in critical situations which could have been solved in many different ways.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
time 19:30
IN THE FADE
Germany / France; 2017; 106 min.; feature;
In a second, Katja's life explodes and breaks up irretrievably when her husband and her several-year-old son are killed in a bomb attack. Friends and family try to keep the woman happy and ensure that justice will be done to the perpetrators. However, after some time, when the police are beginning to suspect two young neo-Nazis in the assassination, there is a growing need in Katja for personal revenge on people who took away from her the ones she loved.
Film critics emphasize the precision with which the film story was made. They are also in agreement that the thriller's emotional tension and credibility is due to the creation of the main role. The acting of Diane Kruger arouses admiration. The director's artistry, excellent acting and a high level of performance (photos, editing) made the film engaging and extremely moving.
Awards: Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film; Golden Palm for Best Actress - Diane Kruger (Cannes 2017); Critics Choice - Award of American Journalists for Best Foreign Film (2018); Silver Camera - Rainer Klausmann (Manaki Brothers - International Festival of Film Operators 2018)
WEDNESDAY 21.02.2018
time 16:00
I AM JUST PASSING THROUGH, IT’S A FIVE-MINUTE STOP…
A unique film made in the convention of silent cinema, which we have titled with a quote from the poem "Birthday" by Wisława Szymborska in the translation of Stanisław Barańczak. It was made of fragments of German, Polish and Czech archival films, which were realized on both sides of the present Polish-Czech border. Well-known places, outstanding people, tourism and recreation, entertainment, everyday life. ... The oldest pictures come from the beginning of the 20th century (1918-1937). The second part of the film is post-war (40s, 50s and 60s). The materials were obtained thanks to the kindness of the Jeleniogórski Cultural Center and the State Archives in the Czech Republic, Branch in Semily. We used fragments of the following films: "První president Československé Republiky T. G. Masaryk návštěvou v Semilech dne 17. září 1922" (Bratří Deglové, Praha); "Riegrův kraj - Semily" (ELEKTA - JOURNAL, PRAHA); "Kraásy Českého ráje" (Krátký film Praha); "Jelenia Góra, 40's (realised by Victor Werc); "Jelenia Góra trams" (unknown author); "In the Evening in Jelenia Góra (realised by L. Jankowski); "Ceremonial Opening of the Pedagogical High School and Exercise School No. 12 in Jelenia Góra" (realised by Grzegorz Pakulski); Silesia As It Was. .. (POLAR Film & Medien GmbH)
The music for the film was prepared and will be played live by the Chamber Ensemble Struna K composed of: Ewa Antosik - violin, Eliza Kucharska - violin, Bożena Wasiucionek - viola, Małgorzata Golian - cello, Krzysztof Kucharski - double bass. The STRUNA K Chamber Ensemble is formed by a group of classical instrumentalists whose core consists of musicians connected on a daily basis with the Lower Silesian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra. The band's specialty is the performance of chamber works of great classics and contemporary composers. Musicians often reach for lesser-known and rarely performed works.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
time 17:15
YOU’RE A CUTE ONE, SWEETIE
After the film we invite you for a meeting with a film director Aleksandra Kubiak and an actress Elżbieta Lisowska-Kopeć
Poland, 2016, 40 min., videoperformance-documentary
A very personal film, resulting from the artist’s experience related to the tragic death of her mother Małgorzata. Aleksandra Kubiak combines video-performance with documentary film: a recording of the meetings with the actress who is about to play the role of her mother, and her ‘being’ Małgorzata for one day. The construction of the film is precise: four meetings with actress Elżbieta Lisowska-Kopeć, conversations, preparations for the role and common performance. Despite the fact that the production was based on a drafted script, the artist did not reveal to the crew the most important thing — the cause of her mother’s death. Thus the interaction between the characters determines the dynamics of individual scenes.
In You’re a Cute One, Sweetie Aleksandra Kubiak is in the process of self-healing. The tragedy, trauma, deeply hidden truth, shame, emotions and longing for mother are revealed. But there is no exhibitionism here; the purpose of the exposure is to overcome fears, and ultimately — to heal. The intimacy of the film makes us enter into an intimate situation. The author leads us form the painful experience (the reality) to a fiction which has cathartic power. The personal dimension of Kubiak’s film and her courage are moving. She pulls the viewers out of their safe position of observer and forces them to reflect also upon their emotions. Thanks to this, You’re a Cute One, Sweetie can have a therapeutic power, pointing to the positive dimension of facing one’s own fears.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
time 19:00
BEYOND WORDS
After the film we invite you for a meeting with Andrzej Chyra
Poland, Germany, 81 min.; feature film;
28-year-old Michael's real name is Michał, but it's hard to guess. At first glance, the boy looks like a purebred German. Blond hair, blue eyes, pale skin do not make him stand out from the crowd. When he stands next to Frantz's friend, with whom they work in a law firm, it's hard to even suspect that they share their origin and the country of growing up. Here is the man who has succeeded. Michael's immigrant's past does not bother him at all. The boy has assimilated perfectly. There is no longing for the country or connections between him and his homeland. Except for one - his 55-year-old father, who unexpectedly appears in the boy's life. Michael becomes Michałek again, which will force him to ask questions about his identity and affiliation. Is it closer to Frantz, or to Africans, who only reveal that they are immigrants by their skin color? The most personal film by Urszula Antoniak, who has lived in the Netherlands for 25 years, tackles one of the most pressing problems of the present, exploring its humanistic aspect, without ideology, without political declarations and without stereotypes.
Awards: photo award - Lennert Hillege, sound award - Mirosław Makowski, Jan Scherman and Maciej Pawłowski; Golden Kangaroo - an award for Jakub Gierszała (Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, 2017); the award of the ecumenical jury (Warsaw Film Festival, 2017); Angela Award for the best cooperation between the operator and director (Kilkenny Subtitle Festival, 2017)
THURSDAY 22.02.2018
time 17:00
BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI
After the film we invite you for a meeting with a film director Joanna Kos - Krauze
Poland, 2017, 113 min.; feature;
It is 1994. After the plane of President of Rwanda has been shot down in Kigali, riots between the tribes of Tutsi and Hutus continue. During the 100 days of purges, about one million people are killed by extremists. A native of the Tutsi tribe, Claudine Mugambira is the daughter of a renowned Rwandan ornithologist. After the massacre, in which Claudine's father is killed, the Polish ornithologist Anna Keller, who has been researching vultures in Africa for years, helps her escape to Poland. Anna worked closely with Father Claudine, she witnessed his brutal death and directly experienced the naked, ruthless violence that now, after her return to the country, comes alive again and again in the lost flashes of memory. The terror she experienced makes Anna find it difficult to accept a peaceful, slow way of life in Poland, indifferent to the events in Africa. At the same time, however, she feels the need to radically turn away, escape from African experiences, yet Claudine's presence makes it impossible. Both women, deeply in pain, undergo a slow and moving process of gradual recovery and reconstruction of everyday life.
Awards: FIRST LOOK award for the Polish film in the post-production phase (International Film Festival in Locarno 2016); prizes for the best female roles for Jowita Budnik and Eliane Umuhire (52. Karlove Vary 2017 Film Festival and 42nd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 2017); the Silver Lions award for the best film (42. PFFF in Gdynia 2017).
time 20:00
THE OTHER SIDE OF HOPE
Finland / Germany; Toivon tuolla puolen; 2017; 100 min.; feature;
A black comedy directed by the cult Finnish director Aki Kaurismäki ("Leningrad Cowboys", "The Man Without a Past"). A masterful film in which contemporary Europe can see itself (and laugh at itself). After the success of the "Man of Le Havre" realized in France, full of references to the cinema of the 1930s and 1940s, the Finnish master decided to return to his homeland. The film tells the story of a Helsinki citizen, who decides to change his life and open a restaurant. One day, Wikstrom accidentally comes across a refugee from Syria - Khaled. Although the familiarity between men begins in an unfortunate way, the characters quickly establish a deep bond that will be exposed to many difficult problems. Was it only in the fairy tale that their unexpected meeting would be the beginning of a beautiful friendship? In the latest film Kaurismäki does not remain deaf to the echoes of the rising wave of xenophobia and nationalism around the world (in one of the scenes, Khaled talks about how he was beaten by skinhead in Gdansk on his way to Finland). However, the Finnish director is able to break through the layer of sadness in order to offer viewers a portion of uneasy optimism and a contagious sense of humor.
Awards: Silver Bear for Best Director (Berlinale 2017)
FRIDAY 23.02.2018
time 16:30
MEMORIES OF SUMMER
After the film we invite you for a meeting with an actress Urszula Grabowska
Poland, 2016, 100 min. feature film
The end of the 1970s. A small town. Summer. 13-year-old Piotrek has strong bonds with his mother. In the absence of the father, the mother begins to disappear in the evenings. Their clear and simple relationship begins to complicate. Entangled in the affairs of adults, he feels more and more lost and lonely. In the holiday world of his peers he experiences the first infatuation and disappointment. Upon his father's return, he must confront the inconvenient truth. It turns out that this is the most important summer in the boy's life. The experience of first love, friendship, quandaries and loss affect the boy's life. Will he manage well in adult life? Will he stand on the mother's side? Will he be loyal to his father? How will this difficult and painful experience affect his relationship with his mother?
Awards: Crystal Apple "for the best Polish debut: for delicate and full of humanistic sensitivity showing the teenager's maturity and drama of his mother, torn between family duty and feminine passion and for faithful embedding their history in the atrophic realities of the Gierek's PRL. "(European Cinema Forum "Cinergia", Łódź 2016); "Rising Star" for the best acting debut in the Polish Feature Film Competition (International Festival of Independent Cinema "Off Camera", Kraków 2017)
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
time 19:15
AFONIA AND HOENYBEES
After the film we invite you for a meeting with an actress Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska
Poland, 2009, feature, 110 min.;
A story of unexpected love and unrestrained power of feelings. Afonia lives with her sick husband, the legendary wrestling champion. Afonia has one big passion - filming. She hardly ever leaves her hand-held camera, and records everything that seems interesting to her. However, her every day looks similar, she is reconciled with her fate and does not expect too much from her life anymore. And then He appears unexpectedly. Afonia initially approaches the stranger with distance, but soon he becomes another object of her film passion... and life. A passionate romance grows between them, it destroys her organized world and puts forward unexpected choices. It turns out that the mysterious visitor is also a wrestling champion. He has come to Afonia's house to learn the secret of her husband, yet he unexpectedly met love. .. One day the man disappears without a word.
Most of the scenes for the film were shot in the Kłodzko Valley, including Kłodzko, Żelaźno, Ścinawka Średnia, Trzebieszowice, Ołdrzychowice Kłodzkie and Sulisławice.
Awards: Award for the main female role - Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska (International Film Forum "Golden Knight", Moscow 2010)
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
SATURDAY 24.02.2018
time 11:00
ICE MOTHER
Czech Republic, Bába z ledu, 2017; 106 min;
A smart and original romantic comedy from the lives of winter swimmers. After her husband’s death, Hana lives alone in her hometown. Her two grown sons already visit her with her wives and children, but these visits generally end up quarreling, so the atmosphere in the family is not good. When Hana meets Brona, a hard man who is addicted to swimming in the sea in the winter, a woman suddenly opens up a whole new world. Brona takes Hana to his team of swimmers, and she gradually learns to overcome the fear of icy water. But most of all she learns to love again…. For the first time, Sláma’s main characters are older people, and Kronerová and Nový get back at the director by brilliant acting which requires involvement not only from their souls, but also their bodies.
Awards: Jury's award for the best script (Tribeca International Film Festival, 2017); best actress - Zuzana Krónerova (International Film Festival in Sakhalin, 2017).
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
time 13:00
THE MAN WITH THE MAGIC BOX
After the film we invite you for a meeting with a film director Bodo Kox
Poland; 2017, 108 min;
An incredible story of love that can overcome all boundaries of space and time. The script of "The Man With The Magic Box" received a special distinction in the prestigious ScripTeast competition named after Krzysztof Kieślowski in Cannes. Warsaw, year 2030. It would seem that for Adam (Piotr Polak) better tomorrow was. .. yesterday. The main character, touched by the memory loss, has to start all over again. He moves and starts working in a powerful corporation. There he meets attractive Goria (Olga Bołądź), who totally enchants him. Initially, the girl resists his advances, insisting that he is not her type. However, when the romance takes on blushes, the boy makes an unprecedented discovery. In his new apartment he finds an old radio, which broadcasts programs from the 1950s. It turns out that the receiver also emits waves that enable teleportation. During one of his trips Adam "gets stuck" in 1952. Concerned by the absence of her beloved, Goria undertakes a fascinating but also dangerous mission to bring him back. The film was presented at the 42nd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, at the 33rd Warsaw Film Festival and at the 22nd International Film Festival in Busan
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
time 16:00
ON BODY AND SOUL
Hungary, A Testről és Lélekről, 2017, 116 min,;
A very original love story that captivates with subtlety, humor and an unusual approach to the topic of alienation. Mária (Alexandra Borbély) starts working as a quality controller in a slaughterhouse in Budapest. She is a young girl, gifted with a genius memory, she is secretive and very introverted. She avoids contact with people and lives the way she does her job: with absurd, surgical accuracy, no room for mistakes or emotions. With growing fascination, it is observed by Endre (Morcsányi Géza), financial director of the company. The two characters have a feeling that they cannot express in the real world. They will manage it only in dreams, where they will meet under the forms of hind and deer. A film about fears and inhibitions that accompany opening up to other people and how thrilling the moment can be when we finally decide to do it.
Awards: Golden Bear for the best film, the FIPRESCI Award, the Ecumenical Jury Award, the 'Berliner Morgenpost' readers' prize (67th Berlinale 2017); Best Actress - Alexandra Borbély (European Film Awards 2017); The Golden Frog: the best operator - Máté Herbai (25th International Festival of the Art of Cinematographers "Camerimage" in Bydgoszcz, 2017), Best Film (IFF in Sydney, 2017); the Silver Grape award for the best film (Lubuskie Film Summer, 2017); Audience Award (MFFaju IFF, 2017)
SUNDAY 25.02.2018
time 13:00
UNITED STATES OF LOVE
After the film we invite you for a meeting with an actress Magdalena Cielecka
Poland/Sweden, 2016; 104 min.; feature;
Beginning of 1990. Although freedom has come, you can still feel the spirit of the previous era. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it's time to change their lives. The new world evokes fears, but also sets hidden desires free. Agata is a young mother, trapped in an unhappy marriage, who seeks refuge in another, impossible relationship. Renata is an older teacher fascinated with her neighbor Marzena - a lonely former local beauty queen, whose husband works in Germany. Marzena's sister Iza is a headmistress in love with the father of one of her students.
"United States of Love" is a film about longing for a better, more fascinating life, fear of routine and stagnation. A movie about the choices we make every day and about the consequences they bring. This is a film about the innermost desires that lie in each of us. On the desires of which we even fear sometimes. Not because they cannot be realized, but because they can become our reality.
Awards: Tomasz Wasilewski - Best Screenplay (Berlinale 2016); Tomasz Wasilewski - Best director, Dorota Kolak - Best supporting actress, Łukasz Simlat - Best supporting actor, Monika Kaleta - Best costumes, Beata Walentowska - Best editing (Film Festival in Gdynia 2016); Marta Nieradkiewicz - Special Award Piotr Łazarkiewicz (Hollywood Eagles 2016)
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
All Polish and non-English films will be displayed with English subtitles
*****THE ORGANIZER RESERVES THE RIGHT TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM*****
Q&A SESSIONS
TUESDAY 20.02.2018, time 16:30, Kino LOT
After film "THE SEVEN DAYS OF SINS" we invite you for a meeting with a film director Jiří Chlumský
JIŘÍ CHLUMSKÝ
born in 1958, he spent his early childhood together with his parents in Romania and Brazil. After returning to Czechoslovakia, he continued his education in the country. He graduated in documentary direction (1987) at the FAMU in Prague, then worked as an assistant director at Krátký Film Praha, he also worked for Czech Television as an extramural. He directed several documentaries for the BBC and Channel 4. His comedy debut was the comedy Stůj, nebo se netrefím (Halt, Or I'll Miss, 1998). He also made several fairy tales: Zmrazený Vasil (Frozen Vasil, 1993), Jediná na světě (One in the World, 1995), Černokněžník (The Wizard, 1997), O svatební krajce (The Wedding Lace, 2002), TV films: Hodiny from Fournier (Fournier's Clock, 1995), Schůze (The Meeting, 1999), Pán hradu (Lord of the Castle, 1999), television series. In cinemas, you could watch his films Prachy dělaj člověka (Money Makes the Man, 2006) and Konečná stanice (The Final station, 2004). He is a co-owner of JMB Film & TV Production, operating since 1993 in Slovakia.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
WEDNESDAY 21.02.2018, time 17:15, Kino LOT
After film "YOU’RE A CUTE ONE, SWEETIE" we invite you for a meeting with a film director Aleksandra Kubiak and an actress Elżbieta Lisowska-Kopeć
ALEKSANDRA KUBIAK, ELŻBIETA LISOWSKA-KOPEĆ
ALEKSANDRA KUBIAK
visual artist. She studied Art Education at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Zielona Góra (1999–2004). PhD in Fine Arts from the Faculty of Multimedia Communication at the Universitu of Fine Arts in Poznań, in 2016 (under the supervision of prof. Izabella Gustowska and prof. Marek Wasilewski). In 2001, together with Karolina Wiktor, she created the Chief Judge Group, and performed till 2013. Since 2011, she has been performing solo. She creates video, performances with the participation of the public and invited guests, objects. She is interested of social impact of art. Both her individual works and the ones she created as a member of Chief Judge Group were shown in Poland, at e.g. the National Museum, Zachęta National Gallery of Art, Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, and internationally (London, Graz, Venice, Stockholm, Berlin, New York, Johannesburg). Curator of the annual cycle of events Trzy, Czte, Ry! Performance! (2015). She teaches classes at the Faculty of Arts at the Institute of Visual Arts of the University of Zielona Góra.
ELŻBIETA LISOWSKA-KOPEĆ
actress, Polish philologist, animator, author. She was associated with the Kalambur theater in Wrocław (1974 - 1994). She participated in organizing the International Open Theater Meetings. She is the initiator of the Festival of possible Acting Talents - FeTA, which takes place in Wrocław since 2000. She cooperated with the Cultural Department of Polish Radio Wroclaw. Actress at the Lubuski Theater in Zielona Góra (2008 - 2015). She conducts drama classes with disabled students. In 2014, she played the character of Wiera Gran in the performative reading of Agata Tuszyńska's play at Cricoteka in Kraków. In 2015, she directed Dorota Masłowska's play "All's Good Between Us" in the theater in Białystok.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
WEDNESDAY 21.02.2018, time 19:00, Kino LOT
After film "BEYOND WORDS" we invite you for a meeting with Andrzej Chyra
ANDRZEJ CHYRA
an outstanding Polish theater and film actor. He graduated from the Acting Department (1987) and the Directing Department (1994) at the National Academy of Dramatic Art in Warsaw. As an actor, he made his debut during his studies in the play "Lost Sunsets of Love," dir. Tadeusz Łomnicki. He was the longest associated with the Warsaw Theater of Rozmaitości (2000 - 2007). Since 2008, he has been a member of the New Theater. He has many prominent theater roles. As the director, he made his debut with the performance "The History of Alcoholism in Poland" in 1994. On the big screen he appeared for the first time in 1993 in the image of Radosław Piwowarski entitled "The Order of feelings". He has played in over twenty feature films and in over twenty TV series, as well as in Television Theaters. He won recognition and criticism thanks to the role of Gerard Nowak in the film "Debt" dir. Krzysztof Krauze. For this role he received, among others the main acting award at the Polish Film Festival in Gdańsk and the Polish Eagle. In January 2013, he made his debut as the director of the opera "Players" by Dmitri Shostakovich / Krzysztof Meyer at the Baltic Opera in Gdańsk. He is the winner of many awards for roles created in theater performances and in films, including Award of Elżbieta Czyżewska for the best actor at the Polish Film Festival in New York and prizes for the best leading role on the China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival for her role in the film Carte Blanche, directed by Jacek Lusiński. For the role in the film "In the Name of. .." by Małgorzata Szumowska he received awards for the best male role at the Nysa Film Festival, at the European Film Festival in Palić and at the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia in 2013. For the title role in the film "Bailiff" directed by Feliks Falk he received the Golden Duck Award of the monthly "Film", the "Jańcio Wodnik" Award at the Prowincjonalia National Film Festival in Września, the Polish Film Award "Eagleł" and the prize at the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia.
THURSDAY 22.02.2018, time 17:00 Kino LOT
After film "BIRDS ARE SINGING IN KIGALI" we invite you for a meeting with a film director Joanna Kos - Krauze
JOANNA KOS-KRAUZE
director, screenwriter and producer. Born in 1972. Co-author of the award-winning "Papusza", "Saviour Square" and "My Nikifor". Chairwoman of the Polish Directors' Trade Union. In the years 2006-2013, the Chairwoman of the Polish Screenwriters' Section, member of the Artistic Council of the Film Studio of Andrzej Munk and the European and Polish Film Academy. Expert of the Polish Film Institute, Silesia Film Fund, Gdynia Film Fund and Euroimage in Strasbourg. The last film "Birds Are Singing in Kigali", has been awarded at dozens of festivals around the world: in Karlovy Vary (Best Actress Award - Jowita Budnik and Eliane Umuhire), Chicago (Best Director Award, Best Actress Award - Jowita Budnik and Eliane Umuhire) Locarno (First Look Award), Luxemburg (Grand Prix) and Gdynia (Silver Lions Award, Award for the leading female role for Jowita Budnik and Eliane Umuhire).
FRIDAY 23.02.2018, time 16:30, Kino LOT
After film "MEMORIES OF SUMMER" we invite you for a meeting with an actress Urszula Grabowska
URSZULA GRABOWSKA
film and theater actress. A graduate of the National Academy of Theater Arts in Krakow (2000). She made her debut in 1998 with the role of Vera Alexandrovina in the play "A Month in the Countryside" (directed by Barbara Sass) at the Bagatela Theater. Since 2000, she belongs to the group of this Theater. She also collaborates with the Krakow STU Theater. She played a number of classic and demanding roles: Ophelia in "Hamlet" at the STU Theater (directed by K. Jasiński), Masha in "Three Sisters" (directed by A. Domalik), Stella in "A Tram called Desire" (directed by M. Mészáros) ), Mrs. Elvsted in "Hedda Gabler" (directed by D. Starczewski), Desdemona in "Othello" (directed by M. Sobociński), Lorenna in the adaptation of "The Devils" (directed by K. Jasiński, STU Theater), Maria in " Woyzck "(directed by A. Domalik) and Helena in" Uncle Wani "(directed by W. Śmigasiewicz). The actress also appeared in the productions of the Television Theater: "The Mouth of Mick Jagger" by Doman Nowakowski, dir. Michał Kwieciński, "Bad Love" by Zofia Nałkowska, dir. Andrzej Łapicki, "Numbers" by Olga Tokarczuk, dir. Agnieszka Lipiec - Wróblewska, "Phantom" by Ingmar Vilqist, dir. Łukasz Barczyk. The first film she played in was "The Spring To Come" directed by Filip Bajon. She also plays in popular series, and on the big screen, special attention should be paid to a creation of the title character in "Joanna" by Feliks Falk, distinguished with the Polish Eagle and the prize at the 33rd Moscow International Film Festival. She is a member of the Polish Film Academy. Selected filmography: 2017: "Love in the City of Gardens", dir. Ingmar Villqist, Adam Sikora; 2016: "Memory of Summer", dir. Adam Guziński; 2015: "Righteous", dir. Michał Szczerbic, "Carte blanche", dir. Jacek Lusiński; 2013: "Closed Circuit", dir. Ryszard Bugajski; 2011: "Joanna", dir. Feliks Falk.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
FRIDAY 23.02.2018, time 19:15, Kino LOT
After film "AFONIA AND HOENYBEES" we invite you for a meeting with an actress Grażyna Błęcka-Kolska
GRAŻYNA BŁĘCKA-KOLSKA
An outstanding film, theatre and television actress. A graduate of the Film School in Łódź (1984). She played in over forty feature films and series. Her leading role of Katarzyna Solska in the comedies of Roman Załuski "Kogel - mogel" (1988) and "Galimatias czyli kogel - mogel II" (1989) brought her popularity. She will be remembered by the audience due to creations in over ten films by Jan Jakub Kolski, including: "The Funeral of a Potato" (1990), "Pograbek" (1992), "Jańcio Wodnik" (1993), "Wonderful Place" (1994), "Playing From a Plate" (1995), "Saber from the Commandant "(1995), "History of Cinema in Popielawy (1998), "Pornography" (2003), "Jasminum" (2006), "Afonia And the Bees" (2009), "Venice" (2010).. She also collaborated with Jerzy Skolimowski ("11 minutes", 2015), Andrzej Wajda ("The Sentence to Franciszek Kłos", 2000), and Waldemar Krzystek. She played in Television Theater productions. She is the laureate of the Award for the main female role in the film "Afonia and The Honeybees" (Moscow 2010, International Film Forum "Golden Knight"), "Golden Horseshoe" awards for the best female role in the movie "Jasminum" at the Film Festival "Summer Frames" in Cieszyn (2006)) and the Best Female Leading Award in the film "A Wonderful Place" at the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia in 1994. She recorded a recital "Songs from the Fields and Near-bys)" with music by Piazzolla and W. Wróblewski to texts by JJ Kolski.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
SATURDAY 24.02.2018, time 11:00, Kino LOT
After film "THE MAN WITH THE MAGIC BOX" we invite you for a meeting with a film director Bodo Kox
BODO KOX
Director, screenwriter. At the beginning he was a creator and an off-actor. He is considered the leading representative of the Polish off. He has appeared in probably the most popular independent films of recent years, i.e. "Saturday Night Worries", "Blood From The Nose", "Fallow Land", dir. Dominik Matwiejczyk and "Homo Father" dir. Piotr Matwiejczyk. Pablo's role in "Blood From The Nose" brought him the OFFskar 2005 award in the Best Actor category. For his roles in "Fallow land" and "Homo Father", he received a special distinction from the jury of the Independent Cinema Competition at XXX Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia. Together with Filip Zawada, he directed over 10 short films. Bodo Kox's film "Marco P. and The Bike Thieves" were appreciated at many independent cinema festivals.
Over time, he moved towards the mainstream. He studied at the Film School in Łódź and at the Wajda School. For his debut "Girl From The Wardrobe" he received, among others Polish Film Award "Eagle" in the "Discovery of the Year" category. His latest film "The Man With The Magic Box" with Olga Bołądź and Piotr Polak came out in October 2017.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
SUNDAY 25.02.2018, time 13:00, Kino LOT
After film "UNITED STATES OF LOVE" we invite you for a meeting with an actress Magdalena Cielecka
MAGDALENA CIELECKA
An outstanding Polish theater, film and television actress. She made her debut on the stage of the National Old Theater, with which she collaborated for the next few years. In 1999, she received the A. Zelwerowicz award for the best actress of the season for three roles: in "Iwona, Princess of Burgundy", "Unidentified Human Remains", "Priest Marek". Since 1998, she has been playing in Warsaw theaters. Most often she performed in the Rozmaitości Theater, where she played in the performances of Grzegorz Jarzyna and Krzysztof Warlikowski. For her role in Burza, she received Warsaw Felix. Since 2008, she is an actress of the New Theater. In 1995, she began her film career. She starred in the movie "Temptation". For this role she received many prestigious awards in Poland and abroad. In 2000, she starred in the film "Amok" directed by Natalia Koryncka-Gruz. She was nominated for the "Eagle", Polish Film Award for best actress in 1999. She gained enormous popularity playing in such films as "Loneliness on the Net", "In Love" or "Egoists". She appeared in many television series. Selected filmography: 2017: "Best", dir. Łukasz Palkowski; "Stars", dir. Jan Kidawa-Błoński; "The Heart of Love ", dir. Łukasz Ronduda; 2016: "United States of Love", dir. Tomasz Wasilewski; 2015: "The Lure", dir. Agnieszka Smoczyńska; 2012: "Dance of Death. Scenes from the Warsaw Uprising ", dir. Leszek Wosiewicz; 2010: "Venice", dir. Jan Jakub Kolski; 2009: "The Lesser Evil", dir. Janusz Morgenstern; 2007: "Katyń", dir. Andrzej Wajda; 2006: "Palimpset", dir. Konrad Niewolski; "Loneliness on the Net: , dir. Witold Adamek; 2000: "Egoists", dir. Mariusz Treliński; 1998: "Amok", dir. Natalia Koryncka-Gruz; 1995: "Temptation", dir. Barbara Sas.
The event in the framework of the project: "Film paradise - tradition, present and future of the region"
SPECIAL EVENTS
FILM MUSIC WOJCIECH KILAR
Concert for the inauguration of the festival
19.02.2018 time: 20:00
Piłsudskiego 60 street, postcode 58-500 Jelenia Góra
Performers:
Lower Silesian Orchestra under the baton of Szymon Makowski
WOJCIECH KILAR- pianist and composer, is currently considered one of the greatest film music creators of our time. He graduated from the State Higher School of Music in Katowice, he collaborated with many famous directors, such as Krzysztof Zanussi, Andrzej Wajda, Francis Ford Coppola or Roman Polański. He is a laureate of many awards, including, among others, the winner of Caesar with the best music for the film "Pianist" by Roman Polanski. In addition to film music, Wojciech Kilar also composed orchestral, chamber, vocal-instrumental and piano works.
In the concert’s program music from the following films:
LEPER, PAN TADEUSZ, THE REVENGE, THE SHADOW LINE, THE PROMISED LAND, THE PIANIST, A CHRONICLE OF AMOROUS ACCIDENTS, A WOMAN”S DECISION, DRACULA.
Tickets of PLN 60 and PLN 70 available at the Philharmonics, on www.filharmonia.jgora.pl, in Local Community Center (ODK) and on ticekts24
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FESTIVAL GALA
24.02.2018, time: 19:00
Hosted by TOMASZ RACZEK
Lower Silesian Philharmonic in Jelenia Góra, Piłsudskiego 60 street
Tickets of PLN 50 and PLN 30 available in the Philharmonic, on www.filharmonia.jgora.pl, in Local Community Center (ODK) and on tickets24
"The General" (USA, 1926) by Buster Keaton is considered by many to be one of the best comedies in the history of cinema.
The plot was based on a real incident from the Civil War, which was the capture of a locomotive from the South by soldiers of the North. The hijackers were followed by a chase consisting of other trains. Although today The General is considered one of the top achievements of Buster Keaton, called "a comedian with a stony face", the expensive production turned out to be a financial fiasco, and the film was also received coldly by the critics. The General was appreciated only after many years. In 2007, the picture was included in the list of the 100 best films of all time of the American Film Institute, and Buster Keaton has so far been a source of inspiration for countless comedians and filmmakers.
Marcin Pukaluk- composer, performer and music producer. He creates music for movies and computer games. He also conducts a rich concert activity. As a great enthusiast of the silent cinema, he rides around the Polish art cinemas, playing séances with live music.
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THE SILENCE OF THE SIRENS
Multimedia music performance
25.02.2018, time: 19:00
Zdrojowy Animation Theatre
Park Zdrojowy 1 street, postcode 58-560 Jelenia Góra
Tickets of PLN 60 – 70 available in Zdrojowy Animation Theatre and in Local Community Center (ODK)
Singing is about the strength of sirens, and working with sound under their spell is a perverse dream of many musicians. Meeting with the mermaid is a meeting with oneself, with the most sensitive and delicate, and at the same time subject to self-censorship fragment of your own, hidden self. Let it be a concert - liberation: from the yoke of conventions, genres, habits or expectations. Let it be a concert - a hybrid, just like a mermaid is a hybrid. Look siren in the eyes and listen to her. Listening to her, let us listen to ourselves. Let us be seduced by the polyphony of human voices, cello, ocean dwellers.
Performers:
MAGDALENA CIELECKA- theater, film and television actress. While still at university, she made her debut on the stage of the Old Theater, with which she collaborated for the next few years. In 1999, she received the award of. A. Zelwerowicz for the best actress of the season for three roles: the title in "Yvonne, The Princess of Burgundy", Candy in "Unidentified Human Remains" and Judyta in "Father Marek" in the TV Theater. From 1998, she plays in Warsaw theaters. Most often she performed in The Rozmaitości Theater, where she played in the performances of Grzegorz Jarzyna and Krzysztof Warlikowski. For her role in The Storm, she received Feliks Warszawski. Since 2008, she is an actress of the New Theater. You can also see her in the theater productions: Imka and Och-Teatr. In 1995, Magdalena Cielecka began her film career. She starred in the movie "Temptation". For this role she received many prestigious awards in Poland and abroad. She gained enormous popularity playing in such films as: "Loneliness In the Net", "The Lovers" or "Egoists". She appeared in many television series. In 2008, as an actress from the movie "Katyn" she was present at the Berlin festival and at the Oscar-winning gala.
MICHAŁ PEPOL- cellist, member of the Royal String Quartet, creator of non-obvious music and theater concepts. Along with the quartet, he toured extensively in Poland and abroad, and performs at renowned festivals. He was associated with the prestigious British label Hyperion, for which he recorded albums with a set of Szymanowski, Górecki, Penderecki, Lutosławski, Szymański and Mykietyn quartets. Since 2012, he has been collaborating with the New Theatre in Warsaw (the project "New Warsaw" with Stanisława Celińska and the performance of Krzysztof Warlikowski - "The French"). In 2016, in collaboration with the visual artist Paweł Bownik, he prepared and performed his first musical monodrama "Sound Found" (New Theatre, November 2016). "The Silence of The Sirens" is the second authorial concept of Michał Pepol, in which he expands the space of artistic communication in an interesting way, constructing non-obvious dialogues between cello, voice, body, image, multimedia and silence.