Film

Then and Now
Movies from the world famous Lodz Film School.

The Festival is proudly screening a number of fantastic short films created by top students (soon to be future directors) along with films from the school’s famous alumni; Krzysztof Kieslowski, Roman Polanski and Andrzej Wajda (Bafta Awards winners). The work has been specially selected to show to an Edinburgh audience, the emerging as well as the past face of Poland. Screenings will be accompanied by an exhibition by Richard Demarco, Honorary Citizen of Łódź, permanent resident of Edinburgh titled “Then andNow – Atelier ’72”, a retrospective of the first meeting between Edinburgh and Łódź at the Edinburgh Festival in 1972, when over 40 eminent artists were presented, including Magdalena Abakanowicz, Tadeusz Kantor and his Teatr Cricot 2, Jerzy Nowosielski and Roman Opałka.

Screenings organised in co-operation with Łódź-Edinburgh Foundation and The Łódź Bureau, The Łódź Film School and Edinburgh Napier Screen Academy.

Date: Saturday 25 April
Time: 2.00 pm – 5.00 pm
Venue: Edinburgh Napier University,
Screen Academy Tickets: Free Event

New Europe Film Festival
Events organised by New Europe Film Festival.

The New Europe Film Festival has been bringing the films from the new EU member states to the Edinburgh Filmhouse cinema since 2007. We hope that this annual event will help local film fans, as well as those from Eastern and Central Europe, to establish a dialogue about their life in the enlarged Europe. A special selection of Polish films will be shown during the Polish Cultural Festival consists of:

33 Scenes From Life (33 Sceny z życia)
dir. Małgorzata Szumowska | Cast. Julia Jentsch, Peter Gantzler, Maciej Stuhr | Poland 2008 | 97 min

Julia is a successful artist. She loves her parents and husband. Suddenly everything collapses. Sickness and death from a close perspective are different from what Julia expected – much more absurd, nonsensical, and ridiculous. It’s a story about stepping into the real world, where pain, suffering and doubts are inevitable.

Date: Tuesday 21 April
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Filmhouse
Screen Academy Tickets: £6.30 (£4.70 concession)

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Time to Die (Pora umierać)
dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska | cast. Danuta Szaflarska, Krzysztof Globisz | Poland 2007 | 104 min.

Time to Die boasts possibly the greatest lead performance by a 91-year-old woman in the history of cinema, for whom it was written. Gloriously feisty and totally unwilling to be the infirm woman everyone expects her to be, Szaflarska’s performance brings us her fire in the form of expressive rebellion, which is simply magnetic. A gorgeous black and white poem, a triumphant display of spirit and an extremely touching and profound impressionistic meditation on old age, little wonder this cinematic treat is causing such a stir!

Date: Tuesday 24 April
Time: 6.00 pm
Venue: Filmhouse
Tickets: £6.30 (£4.70 concession)

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How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weight? (Ile waży koń trojański?)
dir. Juliusz Machulski | cast. Ilona Ostrowska, Robert Więckiewicz | Poland 2008 | 118 min.

Machulski’s latest comedy tells the story of Zosia, who happily married for the second time together with her new husband Kuba, an ideal man, bring up her daughter from her first marriage. Her ex-husband is somewhere around, but nothing can destroy the family happiness. However Zosia can only think about one thing: why she did not meet Kuba earlier? And what would happen if one could go back in time…?

Date: Monday 20 April
Time: 8.30pm
Venue: Filmhouse
Tickets: £6.30 (£4.70 concession)

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The Offsiders (Boisko bezdomnych)
dir. Kasia Adamik | cast. Marcin Dorociński, Jacek Poniedziałek | Poland 2008 | 126 min

Jacek Mróz, a former player for the National Polish soccer team, is currently homeless, an inhabitant of the Central Station. Against the odds he decides to establish a homeless football team with his fellow misfits.

Date: Wednesday 22 April
Time: 8.30 pm
Venue: Filmhouse
Tickets: £6.30 (£4.70 concession)

MORE MOVIES, MORE Famous POLISH DIRECTORS but Krzysztof Zanussi arrival has been cancelled.
 
We are very sorry to inform that Krzysztof Zanussi needed to cancel his visit due to an unexpected events. To compensate it to the Edinburgh audience he has send his apologies and introduction in a pre-recorded talk.
Polish Art Scotland the organisers have made a great effort and with a help from the  Lodz National Film school  and some changes in the programme, they manage to prepare what we believe an exceptional movie nights.
 
TWO NEW MOVIES AND THREE FAMOUS POLISH DIRECTORS ARE COMING NOW TO EDINBURGH
 
Please check what have changed in the programme. We hope you will like it.
 
* If you bought the ticket already, we will refund your money at the doors.
 
Film Mountain (Filmowa Góra) Independent Film Festival / Film posters exhibition.
Two evenings with Polish independent and classic movies + brilliant 80s film posters by Andrzej Pągowski.
 
Day 1 – 24th April (6.00 pm – 7.30 pm)

Opening Night with the famous Polish Film Directors alumni of Lodz National Film School.
Robert Gliński and Filip Bajon themselves presenting unique portraits of the National Film School in Łódź. (NEW)
Director Krzysztof Zanussi - PRE-Recorded talk
 
Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease

Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi | Cast: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Bradecki | Poland 2000 | 96 min (7.30 pm – 9.00 pm)
Film Mountain
Screening of short independent movies ‘Film Mountain’. (9.30 pm – 10.30 pm)

The exhibition and screenings are presented by Polish Art Scotland with kind courtesy of Kombinat Kultury from Zielona Gora, Poland.
 
Day 2 – 25th April

Presentation by Bruno Aleksander Kiec, the Director of the Film Mountain Festival
talking about the history and development of independent Polish films.
(6.30 pm – 7.00 pm)
 
Hi, Tereska (NEW)
Dir. Robert Glinski | Cast: Aleksandra Gietner, Karolina Sobczak, Zbigniew Zamachowski Poland 2001 | 91 min (7.00 pm – 8.45 pm)
 
The Feast of St. Barbara (NEW)
Dir. Maciej Pieprzyca | Cast: Iwona Sitkowska, Marcin Dorocinski, Robert Talarczyk Tadeusz Madeja| Poland 2004 | 76 min  (9.00 pm – 10.00 pm)
Q&A to Director Maciej Pieprzyca (NEW)
 
Film Mountain
Screening of short independent movies ‘Film Mountain’. (10.00 pm – 10.30 pm)
Date: Saturday 25 April
Time: 6.00 pm – 10.30 pm
Venue: The Bowery (Main Hall)
2 Roxburgh Place, EH8 8EB
Tickets: £5 (for the whole night)
 

Film Mountain (Filmowa Góra) Independent Film Festival / Film posters exhibition
Two evenings with Polish independent and classic movies + brilliant 80s film posters by Andrzej Pągowski.

Film Mountain is a dynamic, international film festival in the vanguard of the digital age. Each year, in a series of co-ordinated events, it screens a selection of independent Polish films simultaneously across Europe and awards accolades by way of audience participation. Polish Art Scotland offers you a second chance to catch some of the award winning films from this event. During this event you will have a chance to see extraordinary film posters by Andrzej Pągowski. In Poland, instantly recognised, illustrating almost all of Kieslowski’s films, everything from Platoon to Fellini received his haunting treatment for their Polish release.

The exhibition and screenings are presented by Polish Art Scotland with kind courtesy of Kombinat Kultury from Zielona Gora, Poland.

Life as a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease
Dir. Krzysztof Zanussi | Cast: Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Krystyna Janda, Tadeusz Bradecki | Poland 2000 | 96 min

Tomasz, a physician in his sixties, works on the set of a film about Saint Bernard, who prepares a horse thief for death. Intelligent but moody, Tomasz suspects he might be terminally ill. A series of medical tests only confirms his suspicion. A desire awakens in Tomasz to deny all moral values he used to cherish and to prove them wrong. (7.30 pm – 9.00 pm)

Film Mountain
Screening of short independent movies ‘Film Mountain’. (9.30 pm – 10.30 pm)

Tomasz, a physician in his sixties, works on the set of a film about Saint Bernard, who prepares a horse thief for death. Intelligent but moody, Tomasz suspects he might be terminally ill. A series of medical tests only confirms his suspicion. A desire awakens in Tomasz to deny all moral values he used to cherish and to prove them wrong. (7.30 pm – 9.00 pm)

Date: Friday 24 April
Time: 6.00 pm – 10.30 pm
Venue: The Bowery (Main Hall)
Tickets: £6 (for the whole night)

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Day 2 – 25 April
Presentation by Bruno Aleksander Kiec, The Director of the Film Mountain Festival talking about the history and development of independent Polish films. (6.30 pm – 7.00 pm)

The Supplement
Dir. Krzystof Zanussi | Cast: Szymon Bobrowski; Tadeusz Bradecki; Agata Buzek, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Poland 2002 | 105 min

Supplement is a young couple's love story. He is torn in half fearful of joining the rat race in pursuit of money. She is a university student and makes her living as a wardrobe assistant in film projects and fashion shows. She is afraid that she stands in her boyfriend’s way to self-fulfilment but equally she wonders whether she should not force him to face up to life. (7.00 pm – 8.45 pm)

Film Mountain
Screening of short independent movies ‘Film Mountain’. (9.30 pm – 10.30 pm)

Date: Saturday 25 April
Time: 6.00 pm – 10.30 pm
Venue: The Bowery (Main Hall)
Tickets: £5 (for the whole night)

Contact:film@polishculturalfestival.org.uk

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