26. Mar, 2010 
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THE DECALOGUE is a series of ten beautifully composed short fiction films presenting the harsh realities of Poland on the brink of the fall of communism. The films are organised around the Ten Commandments, exploring the possibility of their application to contemporary conditions.
In DECALOGUE FOUR, a teenage girl finds a letter from her dead mother which prompts her to realise [...]
26. Mar, 2010 104 Comments
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s Blind Chance, which was made in 1981 but censored by the Polish authorities for several years, is a modernist meditation on fate, coincidence and choice.The film branches out into three separate scenarios, depending on whether a young man, Witek, catches a train or misses it. The first scenario sees him become a Communist aparatchik; [...]
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26. Mar, 2010 30 Comments
Retrospective: BARRIER + HANDS UP!
Barrier is Skolimowski’s third and the most acclaimed of his early films. A university graduate leaves a cold campus for a new life armed with a suitcase, a coin he won from a friend, and the old sword given by his father. It is a film about two generations who have different [...]
26. Mar, 2010 25 Comments
Cybulski is the idealist underground fighter in the closing days of the Second World War, who is appointed to assassinate a local official. But his love for a bar‑maid (beautifully played by Ewa Krzyzewska), leads him to question his role.
Utterly memorable, for its photography (by veteran cinematographer Jerzy Wójcik), its complex struggling of conscience, and for Cybulski’s astounding, [...]
26. Mar, 2010 2 Comments
Welcome to the Polish connection – Polish films in the UK.
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26. Mar, 2010 34 Comments
Tola finds herself hopelessly trapped under Kuba’s spell, she must fight with her emotions to set herself free. It will take more than good advice to help her fall out of love.
Dragon Flies is a short story about two teenagers, inhabitants of a little town at the seaside. It is summertime, a time for love, [...]
26. Mar, 2010 54 Comments
12 MAY 2009
QUEENS FILM THEATRE, BELFAST
In communism many things were turned upside down – it was a “revolutionary” system. The consequences of this were unpleasant and sometimes even tragic for the citizens of communist Poland. It’s quite difficult to live in a topsy-turvy world where basic human values become politically suspect and economic laws are replaced [...]
26. Mar, 2010 69 Comments
Krzysztof Kieslowski’s re-working of the sixth commandment: “Thou shalt not commit adultery” explores the themes of love and voyeurism through an examination of the relationship between nineteen-year old Tomek, raised in an orphanage, and an older woman Magda, that begins when he spies on her sex life through a telescope from his bedroom window across a courtyard to her apartment. [...]
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26. Mar, 2010 53 Comments
Poland in a near future. Lives of a terrorist, undertaker, priest. director of an orphanage and a Hindu meet through a 100 euro bank note with the face of John Paul II.
Director
Grzegorz Lipiec
Screenplay
Year of production
2008
Country
Poland
Language
Polish
26. Mar, 2010 0 Comments
New film by J.J. Kolski already in Polish cinemas.
Since her childhood Afonia has been occupied with discovering the world. She collects honey unlike any other honey, and when doing it she calms the swarms. She never parts with her army video camera, which she uses to record everything that according to her deserves being filmed. Rafał, once a [...]
26. Mar, 2010 35 Comments
On the 4th July Patryk Vega began shooting his New film, a comedy ‘Ciacho’. The film will star Paweł Małaszyński, Tomasz Karolak and Marta Żmuda Trzebiatowska.
So far, all we know abou this new project is that the film itself is a comedy. Magic Hour will be the producer of the film. On a blog dedicated to [...]
26. Mar, 2010 3 Comments
Record half of the year in Polish cinemas
Nearly 20 million cinema tickets were sold in Poland in the first half of the year 2009 with two Polish productions: “Love and Dance” and “Popiełuszko” reached more than 1 million spectators.
The website Stopklatka presented an optimistic figure of the first half of the year 2009 based on the data [...]
26. Mar, 2010 0 Comments
Two river banks third time
Another, third edition of Film and Art Festival Two River Banks in Kazimierz Dolny and Janowiec is about to begin. It will last 9 days.
The film programme of the festival Two River Banks will be made up of pictures selected at this year film festivals. There will mostly be titles representing original, [...]
26. Mar, 2010 2 Comments
Integration YOU and ME in Koszalin
6th European Film Festival “Integration You and Me” will be held in Koszalin between 8th and 12th September 2009.
The festival will present films dealing with the topic of disability and pictures created by artistis who are disabled. Like in previous editions the competition will be divided into three categories: feature film, documentary and [...]
Decalogue IV
Blind chance
Barrier
Ashes and Diamonds
