Film events
"Poland from behind a camera – the
uneasy transformation"
Retrospective of Polish movies after 1989
December, 2006
The Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and Rosh Pina Cinematheques
Solemn opening:
Monday, December 11, at
21.00 Tel Aviv Cinematheque, 2 Sprintzak
str.
Opening words:
Mrs. Agnieszka Magdziak-Miszewska - Ambassador of the
Polish Republic in Israel
Mr. Yehuda Stav - movie critic
the projection of the movie
"Tomorrow's weather" directed by Jerzy Stuhr
*entrance to the opening for bearers of the invitation only, more
info 03-7411955
Program of the retrospective:
 "Debt"
directed by Krzysztof Krauze (1999, 107 min., Hebrew and English
subtitles) 12.12 at 21:30 Tel Aviv 20.12 Haifa 25.12 at 21.30
Jerusalem
A fact-based story about fear, hope and desperation. A dramatic
story of two friends -young business people who are blackmailed by a
mobster who turns their life into a nightmare.
In a state of nervous breakdown and without an inkling of hope for
assistance on the part of the police, the victims take matters into
their own hands.
 "Hi
Tereska" directed by Robert Glinski (2001, 116 min., English
subtitles),
13.12 at 19:00 Tel Aviv 17.12 Haifa 24.12 at 21.30 Jerusalem
A 15-year-old girl from drab, big city projects is trying to adjust
to a new reality. She loses emotional ties with her folks, neglects
school and starts stealing. Humiliated and raped, she seeks revenge.
The girls who played the lead parts won the American Special Prizes
awarded to Best Young Actresses in foreign movies.
 "The
Master" directed by Piotr Trzaskalski (2005, 110 min., English
subtitles)
16.12 at 13:00 Tel Aviv 19.12 Haifa 31.12 at 19.30 Jerusalem
A poetic movie about the intertwining destinies and a common voyage
of a few persons – "the Master" who makes a living practicing his
knife-throwing skills, a young prostitute and a homeless harmonica
player. In order to earn their keep, they join forces and set up an
itinerant circus. The heroes' mutual relations lead to the discovery
of what is really important in life.
 "Killer"
directed by Juliusz Machulski (1997, 104 min., English subtitles)
17.12 at 19:00 Tel Aviv 21.12 Haifa 13.12 at 21.30 Jerusalem
The hero of this criminal comedy is a friendly cab driver by the
name of Jurek Kiler who is identified by Commissioner Ryba as a most
dangerous contract killer and, consequently, lands behind bars. The
shy, lost and, at times, funny nogoodnik is suddenly viewed as a
killer of international fame. He is quickly released from prison
because as a dirty work specialist his services are needed by Siara
- the boss of the capital's mob.
 "Pitbull"
directed by Patryk Vega (2005, 110 min., English subtitles)
20.12 at 18:00 Tel Aviv 18.12 Haifa 30.12 at 21.30 Jerusalem
A psychological-moral drama that reveals the behind-the-scenes work
and life of police officers of the Warsaw Police Department homicide
division. The story has a few plots and focuses on the fates of five
police officers working in one section. They are united by
professional solidarity and often friendship. They constantly face
choices that sometimes bring them dangerously close to crossing over
to the other side of the law.
 "Tomorrow's
weather" directed by Jerzy Stuhr (2003, 95 min., Hebrew and
English sub.)
20.12 at 21:45 Tel Aviv 14.12 Haifa 23.12 at 21.30 Jerusalem
After a 17-year-long stay in a monastery, an ex-teacher and
Solidarity activist rejoins the world. Time is unstoppable and
nothing is as it used to be. The former monk is unable to find a
common language with his wife and children. Some other man is
calling the shots at home, the son is joined politics, his older
daughter is a reality show star and his younger daughter divides her
time between computers and drugs.
*Additional information: Tel Aviv Cinematheque (2, Sprintzak St,
Tel. 03-6060800, (http://www.cinema.co.il),
Jerusalem Cinematheque (Binyaney Hauma, 02-5654333,
www.jer.cin.org.il, Haifa Cinematheque (142, Ha'nassi Boulv.,
04-8382001,
www.haifaff.co.il and the Rosh Pina Cinematheque (www.roshpinacine.com)
"Poland from behind a camera – the
uneasy transformation"
Retrospective of Polish movies after 1989
December, 2006
The Tel Aviv, Haifa, Jerusalem and Rosh Pina Cinematheques
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The 22 International Film Festival in Haifa
October 7-14, 2006, the Haifa Cinematheque
Polish movies:
"The Collector", directed
by Feliks Falk (2005, 93 min.). The screening shall be attended by
the director!
The hero of the movie is a young bailiff, dynamic, brilliant, full
of humor. All he needs is one meeting to charm any comer. But this
is just a sham. He is shrewd and ruthless.
"The Master", directed by
Piotr Trzaskalski (2005, 113 min.)
"The Master" is a movie about a common journey and the intertwining
destinies of a few persons. A poetic movie in which the mutual
relations of the heroes lead to discovering of what is really
important in life.
*For detailed information about
the Festival please visit the website
http://www.haifaff.co.il or call 04-8382001 or 04-8353555.
August 26-29, 2006 Tel Aviv
Animation Festival, Tel Aviv Cinematheque, 2, Sprintzak St.
Some of the best Polish animated cartoons shall be screened during
the Festival: The House by Jan Lenica and Walerian Borowczyk, 1958,
12 min.; The Armchair by Daniel Szczechura, 1963, 6 min.; The
Labyrinth by Jan Lenica, 1962, 14 min.; Red and Black by Witold
Giersz, 1963, 7 min.; Everything is a Number by Stefan Schabenbeck,
1966, 8 min; Roll Call by Ryszard Czekala, 1970, 7 min.; Gentle by
Piotr Dumala, 1985, 12 min.; D.I.M. by Marek Skrobecki, 1989, 11
min.; Franz Kafka by Piotr Dumala, 1961, 16 min.; Masks by Piotr
Karwas, 1999, 4 min.; The Passage by Ewa Ziobrowska, 1999, 8 min.;
Race by Marek Serafinski, 1989, 7 min.; The tailor’s wedding by Ela
Wasik, 2001, 10 min.; The Barber by Robert Sowa, 1996, 5 min.; The
Catheral by Tomek Baginski, 2002, 7 min.; Crime and Punishment by
Piotr Dumala, 2002, 34 min.; One Terrific Movie by Michal
Poniedzielski, 2004, 1,53 min.
For detailed information about the Festival please visit the
website
http:/www.cinema.co.il or call 03 – 60 60 80
Polish films at Jerusalem Film Festival, July 6 – 15 2006
For more information you can check at
www.jff.or.il
or call: 02- 5654350
I Am,
dir. Dorota Kedzierzawska (Polish, Subtitles in English, 96 min)
July, 10, at 20.00
July, 11, at 15:00
An 11-year-old boy runs away from the orphanage where he lives and
comes to his mother’s house where he discovers her in the arms of a
tattooed stranger. He runs away once again, and, without wallowing
in self-pity, decides to build a life for himself, despite the
hostile environment that surrounds him. He finds shelter on an
abandoned rusty riverboat, sells scrap metal for pennies and tries
to avoid all contact with the homeless and glue-sniffing gangs. In a
nearby villa, a young girl looks out on him, and with time the
disparate worlds of the two come together.
I Am is driven neither by cheap psychology nor by
in-your-face social criticism. Dorota Kedzierzawska, who based the
script for her film on an item she read in the newspaper, spares her
viewers the sentimentality and exaggerated feelings of despair that
would have robbed the film of its honest and emotional sting.
Rather, she chooses to manipulate our emotions by purely cinematic
means – from the realistic dimension that constantly emphasizes the
particular reality in which the plot functions, to the absolute
opposite: the wise use of symbolism and fairy tale atmosphere that
envelops the viewer.
http://www.jff.org.il/show_movie.php?id=208
Ode to Joy,
dir. Anna Kazejak- Dawid, Jan Komasa, Maciej Migas (Polish,
Subtitles in English, 110 min)
July, 15, at 15.45
Silesia:
Aga returns to the mining province and finds herself stuck at home
with her striking father and her beautician mother, who is also out
of work because the salon where she worked closed. With her savings,
Aga purchases a beauty parlor for her mother, but it is destroyed
during the miners’ demonstrations. When the strike is broken, Aga
decides to return to London.
Warsaw: In the big city, ambitious hip-hop artist Peras is
seeing Marta, whose wealthy father firmly opposes her seeing the
unknown musician. Taking advantage of a crisis in their
relationship, the father tries to persuade his daughter to go to
London.
Pomerania: After completing his studies, Wiktor returns to
the fishing village where he grew up, but little awaits him in the
coastal province. In the end of the film he is on a bus to London,
along with the protagonists of the previous two episodes.
Statistics reflect that at least 300,000 young people have emigrated
from Poland in recent years. Each of the three filmmakers of Ode
to Joy, fresh graduates of the Lodz Film School and members of
the generation of the strong and unforgettable characters they
portray, chooses to depict the phenomenon from his or her own point
of view. The result is a fascinating social portrait of an era that,
a work about illusions and disillusionment and at times, about brief
moments of happiness.
http://www.jff.org.il/show_movie.php?id=70
Polish films at
the 11th International Student Film Festival, June 3 – 10
For more information you can check at
www.taufilmfest.com or call
the Cinematheque Tel Aviv: 03- 6060800 and the Cinematheque Nazareth:
04-6467138
MELODRAMA dir.: Filip Marczewski
 A
tale of a fourteen-year-old boy who is emotionally and sexually
maturing. It is a story of an erotic fascination with an older
sister, a friendship with a girl in the courtyard, and a complicated
relationship with the man his sister is engaged to marry. All are in
search of warmth, tenderness, and abova all, love.
YOU ARE THERE dir.: Anna Kazejak
 Film
describes a time of growing up - when you want to know who you are
and where is your place. Sometimes you have to get into the darkness
to find your way. Marlena is 16 years old. She has a strong need to
meet her father, whom she hasn’t seen for a long time. She believes
he is able to solve all her problems and give her feeling of being
loved.
THE PRAYER, DIR.: Ewa Stankiewicz
 Night.
The city. A young, slightly drunk couple aged around 19 struggles
out of a large puddle of water. A group of thugs are fighting on the
street. The film is the result of a years' observational camera work
from a window of an apartment block in central Lodz (Poland).
FILIP MARCZEWSKI
Born 02.11.1974 in Lodz. Finished Warsaw
University – department of Human Studies. Worked for polish public
television TVP and commercial TVN. From 2002 he is studying film
direction at The Polish National Film School. Assistant to Lech
Majewski, Wojciech Marczewski and Leszek Dawid.
FILMOGRAPHY
2004: POOR-LAND (Bieda-Ziemia), documentary,
35mm 5’
CYRANO, short feature film, Mini Dv 17’
2005: MELODRAMA, short feature film, 35mm 20’
- Special Mention
– VGIK International Student
Festival Moscow, Russia
- Prize for the Best Student Film
-“Molodist” IFF Kyiv,
Ukraine
- Special Prize
– International Film & Television
Schools’ Festival
Mediaschool – Lodz, Poland
- Hamptons International Film Festival, USA
- Prize for Best International Short-St.Louis
International Film Festival, USA
- International Short Film Festival – Winterthur,
Switzerland
- Special Mention - Short Film Festival – Prague,
Czech Rep.
- Student Film Festival Peterkit – St.Petersburg, Russia
- Independent Film Festival L’Alternativa – Barcelona,
Espana
- Sleepwalkers Student Film Festival – Tallinn, Estonia
- Short Ends World Film Schools Festival – London, UK
2006:
- Trieste Film Festival, Italy
- Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival, France
- Stambul Short Film Days – Turkey
- Short Film Festival – Lille – France
- OFFscar for the best direction -“Oscariada 2006” –
Warsaw, Poland
- Special Mention - Brussels Short Film Festival –Belgium
- Audience Award – Klaps 2006 – Turek, Poland
- Third Prize -Ofensiva 2006 International Film Festival –
Wroclaw,Poland
- Cyprus International Film Festival , Greece
- Filmfest – Dresden – Germany
- Film Festival – Montevideo – Uruguay
- Special Distinction – Aubagne International Film
Festival
- Student Oscar Nomination – Academy Awards (AMPAS) – USA
- Annual Univeristy Student Film Festival – Hong Kong
ANNA KAZEJAK
Born in 1979 in
Bytom, Poland. She studied Film Theory for three years. Since 2001
she has been a student of Polish National Film School in Lodz,
Directing Department.
FILMOGRAPHY
2002 – “Z góry” – 9
min. – fiction, DVcam
2003 – “The
Pulse”(Puls) – 9 min. – documentary, 35 mm
2003 – “My place” (Moje miejsce) –
14 min. – documentary, DV
2004 – “You are there” (Jestes tam)
– 13 min. – fiction, 35 mm
- 1st prize in
Short Feature Competition – FilmFestival Cottbus, Festival
of East European Cinema
- The Small Amber – 1st
prize – The Best Short Film, Int. Festival of Films Dabuts
2004
- Gold Kanewka – 1st
prize – KAN - Independent Film Festival, Wrocław 2004
- The Best Film on 35mm –
IESAV, Bejrut 2004
- special prize for
cinematographer - “Łodzią po Wisle” 2004, Warsaw 2004
- Best Cinematographer –
Sehsuchte, Potsdam 2005
- Bronze Castle – OFF CINEMA,
Poznan 2004
- Bronze Off – Offensiva,
Wroclaw 2005
- special mention of jury –
Sopot Film Festival, Sopot 2004
- special mention of jury –
Independent Film Festival, Zamosc 2004
- Jury Diploma – Message to
Man – St. Petersburg 2004
2004 – “We are” (Jestesmy)
– 15 min. – documentary, DV
EWA
STANKIEWICZ
Ewa Stankiewicz is completing
the renown
National Film, Television &Theatre School
in Lodz (Department
of Film Directing). Before studying in Lodz she got her MA in Polish
Philology at the Wroclaw University. She worked as a reporter for
Radio Des Droites De L’Homme (Human Rights Radio Station) in
Paris, The Polish Radio in Wroclaw and several Polish TV Stations (TVN,
TVP1, TVP2) making authorial documentaries for which she has been
numerously awarded (film “Marketing Division” awarded at the
International Short Film Festival in Cracow ’98 ; Polish Journalist
Association Award for her radio documentary “Rondo alla polacca”,
First Prize in the Public Radio Association Competition for “A
parable about life and death” and “ The Banquet” ; 2nd
Prize at the International Radio Art. Festival : “ So far- we ‘d
like to thank you, sir.” and many, many others). Holder of the
French Government scholarship. Her short films shot during the
studies “ Stupid riddles” , “Tramway People” were shown all over the
world.
In 2003 she made her first full – lenght feature film “Touch me”
awarded in Poland (Grand Prix in Polish National Feature Film
Festival in Gdynia, 2003 (“BEST INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION”), Grand Prix
Independent Filmmakers Festival -
Slamdance Poland, 2003 and many others prices. “Touch me” were
invited by Berlinale 2004, Karlovy Vary Film Festival 2004 and
Lincoln Center, N.Y. (2004).
THE PRAYER…
- 2005
– April – Student Film Festival “Lodzia po Wisle” – WARSAW
April -
International Filmfestival of Academy - VIENNA
May - International
Student Film Festival Cinestud – AMSTERDAM
May - CRACOW Film
Festival
Nov. –
Munich Int. Festival of Film Schools – Jury Prize For The
Best Documentary
2006 May –
Femina Film Festival – Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
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