Welcome to the 4th edition of

Play POland film Festival

october 9 th - November 30 th 2014
The 4th edition of Play Poland Film Festival is well underway.
The Festival is wide reaching and will cover seven British and Northern
Irish cities including Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberfeldy, London, Sunderland,
Birmingham and Belfast. Similar to previous years, the event also extends
out of Great Britain and will be held in Canada, the United States of
America and Norway.
The selection of feature films as well as shorts, documentaries and
animations will focus on fresh, recently released productions proving that
Polish cinema still has a lot to offer. They engage the spectator in lively
dialogue and are able to impel thoughts and an honest laugh.
Amongst this year's features, spectators will find widely recognised
film-makers and films, such as 'Ida' directed by Pawe Pawlikowski,
Krzysztof Skonieczny's 'Hardkor Disco', two unconventional movies
directed by Anna and Wilhelm Sasnal 'Parasite' and 'It Looks Pretty From
The Distance' and many, many more. There will also be a screening of
'Life Feels Good' by Maciej Pieprzyca. The director will be an honorary
guest and will be at the Edinburgh screening in person.

In presented films we will not only see well established Polish actors such
as Jerzy Stuhr, Bogusaw Linda, Agata Kulesza and Jerzy Trela but also
debutants who surprised the world with their great talents which swept
the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at international film festivals. The
best example is Agata Trzebuchowska starring in Ida.
Cinema lovers are not the only ones who can be excited about the
forthcoming event. Every year founders of the Festival spice things up with
a great number of exhibitions, workshops and accompanying events
promoting Polish contemporary art. As is the case every year, included will
be a complimentary exhibition of Polish film posters which will be held at
various locations. It is now a tradition that the festival's main poster is also
designed by a renown artist such as Andrzej Pgowski or, this year, Tomasz
Ponka, who additionally will be the special guest. This year the Festival
joins forces with the Edinburgh Art Fair who give talented Polish artists the
opportunity to exhibit their works during this exciting event.
I hope you will join me in celebrating Polands many and varied contributions to the world. Enjoy!
Mateusz Jarza
Polish Art Europe Director

We gratefully acknowledge support from the following:

The Organisers

main organiser

co-organisers

co-financed by

sponsors

under honorary patronage by:

Partners

Polish Art Europe takes special pride in bringing together a

number of Polish and international organisations to collaborate
with the aim of providing audiences in the
United Kingdom, Northern Ireland, Norway, Canada and
the United States of the America
with the best programme of outstanding and memorable cinematic and
artistic events. Through our passion and dedication to promote Polish
culture we have crafted the fourth edition of Play Poland Film
Festival.

media partners

JA
PP

CREATIVE

Play Poland is organised under the patronage of The Consul

General of the Republic of Poland in Edinburgh, Mr Dariusz Adler,
Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Ottawa,
Prof. Richard Demarco, one of Scotlands most influential advocates
for contemporary art and Prof. Zbigniew Peczyski, the tutor
of political philosophy and politics at Pembroke College,
Oxford.

What will be screened?

Our partner organisations:

SOLUTIONS

- Glasgow The Sikorski Polish Club

- London Play Full Ltd
- Sunderland - International Community Organisation
of Sunderland (ICOS)
- Oslo - The Young Polish Norwegian Professionals
Association UCI
- Ottawa - The Young Polish Canadian Professionals
Association (YPCPA)
- New York - Pangea Network USA

In order to deliver a unique experience this years film

selection covers exclusively the most recent cinematic
productions (the majority is from 2013 and 2014). Films
presented at Play Poland have been carefully selected to
appreciate those films which reflect on important issues as
well as praise technical innovation. Furthermore, a number of
them have been recognised and awarded at numerous Polish
and international film festivals.

FEATURE FILMS

Life feels good

Floating Skyscrappers

(ycie jest pikne)

(Pynce wieowce)

dir. Maciej Pieprzyca | 2013 | Drama | 107

Certificate (or suggested certificate) 15, English Subtitles

dir. Tomasz Wasilewski | 2013 | Melodrama | 93'

Certificate (or suggested certificate) 18, English Subtitles

Cast: Dawid Ogrodnik (Mateusz), Kamil Tkacz (small Mateusz), Dorota Kolak
(mother), Arkadiusz Jakubik (father), Anna Nehrebecka (Mrs. Jola)

Cast: Mateusz Banasiuk (Kuba), Marta Nieradkiewicz (Sylwia, Kubas

girlfriend), Bartosz Gelner (Micha), Katarzyna Herman (Kubas mother),
Izabela Kuna (Michas mother)

Montreal World Film Festival (Canada 2013): Grand Prix, Audience Award,
Ecumenical Jury Prize;
Chicago IFF, 2013: Silver Hugo Award;
Seatlle IFF 2014 Golden Space Needle Award: Best Actor(Dawid Ogrodnik)
And many more.
"Life feels good" is a film based on a true story. Mateusz, a man suffering
for cerebral palsy, who in his early childhood had been diagnosed as
mentally disabled with no contact with the outside world. After twenty
five years it turned out that Mateusz thinks and feels like anyone else

Life feels good

(ycie jest pikne)

EDINBURGH 9TH October, 6pm, Filmhouse followed by a

Q&A with Maciej Pieprzyca
ABERFELDY 19TH October, 6pm, Birks Cinema
BIRMINGHAM 24TH October, 8.30pm, mac Cinema
LONDON 4TH November, 6.30pm, Clapham Picturehouse
GLASGOW 13TH November, 6.45pm, Grosvenor.

Karlovy Vary IFF: Grand Prize in East of the West Competition

Film Forum Zadar: Best Actor Award for Mateusz Banasiuk
Polish Film Festival, Los Angeles: Piotr azarkiewicz Award for Young Talent
(Bartosz Gelner)
In his fifteenth year of training, aspiring champion swimmer Kuba lives a
normal, uneventful life at home with his mother and girlfriend. He happily
switches back and forth from a healthy sex life with Sylwia to performing
the occasional back rub his mother craves. However, Kuba is growing more
curious about some of the boys at the gym. At a gallery opening one
night, he feels totally bored and out of place until he meets Michal
EDINBURGH 16TH October, 6.15pm, Filmhouse
LONDON 30TH October, 7pm, Clapham Picturehouse
GLASGOW 6TH November, 6.45pm, Grosvenor
BELFAST dates & venues are to be confirmed soon. Stay tuned!

Apnea

Hardkor Disko

(Bezdech)
dir. Jerzy Bart | 2013 | Drama | 74
Certificate (or suggested certificate) 15, English Subtitles

dir. Krzysztof Skonieczny | 2014 |Fiction | 84

Certificate (or suggested certificate) 18, English Subtitles

Cast: Bogusaw Linda (Jerzy), Krzysztof Stroiski (Tomasz). Wadysaw

Kowalski (Philosopher), Jerzy Stuhr (Lucjan), Andrzej Seweryn (Producer),
Jerzy Trela (Father), Katarzyna Figura (Wanda), and others with special
appearence of Tadeusz Konwicki

Cast: Marcin Kowalczyk (Marcin), Jamina Polak (Ola), Agnieszka Wosiska

(Olas mother), Janusz Chabior (Olaa father), Ewa Skonieczna (Beata)

Festival Brasil De Cinema Internacional - Best Actor Prize

Sopot Two Theaters TV & Radio Festival Best Dramatic Text Prize, Best
Music, Best Editing, Best Actor Prize
"Apnea" marks a short moment of suspension between life and death.
Jerzy, world famous film director, having lived and worked in Hollywood
for many years, unexpectedly appears in his hometown, Warsaw. On a
journey through the city, he finds his son, whom he has never met, visits
his father, and talks about death with a renowned philosopher. He meets
his former friends, enemies, and lovers. Just like Voltaire's "Candide", he is
about to be surprised, enchanted, but also terrified.

Apnea
(Bezdech)

EDINBURGH 30TH October, 6.15pm, Filmhouse

LONDON 2ND November, 1.30pm, Clapham Picturehouse
GLASGOW 26TH November, 6.15pm, Glasgow Film Theatre

Hardkor, spelled in a polonised fashion, is a term that describes our times.

It entered our everyday language to signify something surprising, ruthless,
and yet attractive and alluring through its aura of danger. At the same
time, "disko"is a word from a bygone era, from the times of our parents,
filled with a very special kind of nostalgia - Krzysztof Skonieczny

A contemporary, multi-faceted metropolis. Nouveau-riche parents and

their hedonist, live-for-the-moment children, surrounded by a reality
where anger and tension pulsate almost to the brink of explosion. This is
where we meet Marcin, a young man who comes to the city and meets
Ola, a couple of years his junior. Fascinated, the girl lets him into her world
of drugs, endless, bohemian parties and illegal car races. However, neither
she, nor her parents know that Marcin has a well-guarded secret and a
plan for revenge.
BIRMINGHAM 19TH October, 6pm, mac cinema
LONDON 24TH October, 6.30pm, Hackney Picturehouse followed by a
Q&A with Krzysztof Skonieczny

Ida

Papusza

dir. Pawe Pawlikowski | 2013 | Drama | 82

Certificate (or suggested certificate) 12A, English Subtitles

dir. Joanna Kos-Krauze and Krzysztof Krauze | 2013 | Biography,

Drama | 131
Certificate (or suggested certificate) 15, English Subtitles

Cast: Agata Kulesza (Wanda), Agata Trzebuchowska (Anna/Ida), Dawid

Ogrodnik (Lis), Jerzy Trela (Szymon) and special guest appearance Joanna
Kulig (singer)
Nomination to Oscar
Toronto International Film Festival 2013: Fipresci Award London Film
Festival 2013: Grand Prix
Jewish Film Festival, Warsaw 2013: Awards For Best Feature, Best Actress
(Agata Kulesza), Best Cinematography
Listapad IFF, Minsk (Belarus) 2013: Grand Prix And Award For Best
Cinematography
And many more
Anna is a beautiful, eighteen-year-old woman, preparing to become a nun
at the convent where she has lived since being orphaned as a child.
Learning she has a living relative, Anna visits her mother's sister, Wanda,
before taking her vows.Together, the two women embark on a voyage of
discovery of their past and each other.

Papusza

ABERFELDY 23RD October, 5,15pm, Birks cinema

GLASGOW 27TH November, 6.45pm, Grosvenor
BELFAST dates & venues are to be confirmed soon. Stay tuned!

Cast: Jowita Miondlikowska (Papusza), Joanna Niemirska (Wanda

Ficowska), Antoni Pawlicki (Jerzy Ficowski), Artur Starenko (Czarnecki),
Karlovy Vary IFF: Special Mention of the Jury
Manaki Brothers International Film Festival, Bitola (Macedonia): Bronze
Camera Award for K. Ptak and W.Staro
Thessaloniki IFF (Greece): Award in Open Horizons Section
And many more
True story of Papusza (poetess Bronislawa Wajs) - the first Roma woman
who put her poems into writing and published them, and therefore
confronted the traditional female image in the gypsy community. The film
follows Papuszas life from birth to old age: arranged marriage as a small
girl, her life in a gypsy tabor before, during and after second world war,
then forced settlement in communist Poland and urban life in poverty.
EDINBURGH 23RD October, 5.45pm, Filmhouse
BIRMINGHAM 28TH October, 8.30pm, mac Cinema
ABERFELDY 2ND November, 6pm, Birks Cinema
GLASGOW 20TH November, 6.45pm, Grosvenor
BELFAST dates & venues are to be confirmed soon. Stay tuned!

Kebab and horoscope

(kebab i horoskop)

Kebab & Horoscope

The Last Floor

(Kebab i Horoskop)

(Ostatnie pitro)

dir. Grzegorz Jaroszuk | 2014 | Drama, Comedy | 72'

Certificate (or suggested certificate) - 15, English Subtitles

dir. Tadeusz Krl | 2012 | Thriller | 87

Certificate (or suggested certificate) 15, English Subtitles

Cast: Piotr urawski , Bartomiej Topa , Justyna Wasilewska,

Tomasz Schuchardt , Barbara Kurzaj , Andrzej Zieliski,
Dorota Kolak , Janusz Michaowski, Marek Kalita

Cast: Janusz Chabior (Derczyski), Joanna Orleaska

(Derczyskis Wife), Przemysaw Bluszcz, Aleksandra
Popawska, Marek Kalita, Wojciech Zieliski

At first glance, Kebab & Horoscope is a movie full of the

absurd. It's a story the misfit employees of a carpet store who
one day get confronted by two crooks with the graceful
nicknames Kebab and Horoscope. One is an ex-kebab shop
employee, the other an ex-fortune teller from a wildlife
magazine. They enter the store and claim to be marketing
specialists, and begin training the staff in order to save the
store from bankruptcy. The staff themselves, consists of
characters incredibly colorful in their blandness, and apart
from doing useless tasks in the store, have to deal with their
private lives.

A psychological thriller, based on events that took place in a

small town in southern Poland several years ago.
Military man, Captain Derczynski, lives a peaceful life with his
beloved wife and three children. One day, he comes across a
swindle, committed by his superiors, and they discharge him
to cover the case. Believing he had discovered fraud, or even
an anti-Polish conspiracy, the captain decides to protect
himself and his family with all his might.
His conservative ideals provide him with an explanation of the
events, and reinforce a growing conviction that enforcing
special measures for his family's protection are necessary.
Derczynski shuts them down in an apartment, isolating them
from the outside world - a source of all evil and danger.

GLASGOW 12TH November, 6.25pm, Glasgow Film Theatre

EDINBURGH 13TH November, 5.45pm, Filmhouse
LONDON 15TH November, 6.30pm, Clapham Picturehouse
SUNDERLAND - 10TH November, 5pm, David Puttnam Media Centre
BELFAST dates & venues are to be confirmed soon. Stay tuned!

EDINBURGH 20TH November, 5.45pm, Filmhouse

LONDON 9TH November, 5pm, Stratford Picturehouse

It looks pretty from a distance

Parasite

(Z daleka widok jest pikny)

(Huba)

dir. Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | 2011 | Drama | 77'

Certificate (or suggested certificate) - 15, English Subtitles

dir. Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal | 2013 | Drama | 66

Certificate (or suggested certificate) 15, English Subtitles

Cast: Marcin Czarnik (Pawe Muraw), Agnieszka Podsiadlik

(dziewczyna), Piotr Nowak (Mirek Kotlarz), Elbieta Okupska
(matka Muraw), Jerzy apiski (dziadek Kotlarz)

Cast: Joanna Drozda, Jerzy Gajlikowski, Wojtek Slowik

International Film Festival Rotterdam 2012 - Official selection

Tiger Award Competition
The New Horizons International Film Festival 2011 - Best film
in the Polish Film Competition
A countryside community, barely surviving, wilting in the
summer heat. People get by gathering all sorts of garbage
and waste; scattered, worn out objects cover the farmyards
enclosed by wobbly fences. The main character, Pawe makes
his living by collecting scrap metal. He lives with his elderly
and mentally ill mother, whom he cannot cope with, thus he
drives her away from home. He has a fiance; they are
planning to get married. But one day Pawe suddenly
disappears. Nobody knows where he is.

Parasite
(Huba)

GLASGOW 5TH November, 5.25pm, Glasgow Film Theatre

EDINBURGH 6TH November, 5.45pm, Filmhouse

"Huba" ("The Parasite") is a film about an ailing old man and a

young mother. After retiring from the factory, the man,
deprived of his daily routine, loses control over his time.
Unable to eat or sleep, he starts drying up. The mother and
child are like a single organism. Yet their relationship is, for all
its closeness, one of dependence and inequality. The child,
whose attachment to life is the strongest, is ravenous and
needy; the woman, though enjoying a brief moment of
freedom, is doomed to be a victim, while the old man has
noting to keep him going now that he can no longer work at
the factory. When the three of them try to have a life
together, they are like the Holy Family reversed. Brought
together by chance, their lives intertwine in a web of
oppression. The film follows their monotonous daily existence
and slow decline. - Anka Sasnal
GLASGOW 5TH November, 5.25pm, Glasgow Film Theatre
EDINBURGH 6TH November, 5.45pm, Filmhouse
LONDON 8TH November, 6.30pm, Hackney Picturehouse

The Sasnals night - Edinburgh & Glasgow A DOUBLE BILL - come and see It looks pretty from a distance
followed by the newest Sasnals film Parasite

Special Screenings

O!PLA ACROSS THE BORDERS

O!PLA ACROSS THE BORDERS 2014 is an exceptional program
including the winners of the Festival of Polish Animation
O!PLA, whom second edition was held in 44 Polish cities,
from March 21st to June 8th 2014, and in which only audience
decide about the winners! O!PLA ACROSS THE BORDERS 2014
is kind of cross-section of contemporary Polish animation for
adults (2012-2014) because their include both film made in
professional studio, fully independent animation, school
(graduation films), animated music videos, and new category:
animated epigrams (very short movies).

Steven and the Beetle (Stefan i uczek)

dir. P. Loc Hoang Ngoc | 2012 | PWSFTviT | 12

Is there a place for friendship in the world dominated by
callous health rules? For a friendship that is a misalliance.
Stefan is a successful swim coach loved by women. His life is
turned upside down when he meets Beetle

Human parasite (Glista lucka)

dir. Tomasz Pawlak | 2014 | 7

Lucjan Polukiewicz, as a newly minted graduate of the
Biology Department, starts independent life. His plans,
however, collide with harsh reality: he is attacked by the
parasite

Lost senses (Zmysy prysy)

dir. Marcin Wasilewski | 2013 | 6

A short story about an encounter in an abstract world, la
Giorgio De Chrico. A Man is about to meet a Woman in an
abstract flying city. Excited, running like a parkour
practitioner, he is climbing up on the buildings

The governance of love (O rzdach mioci)

dir. Adela Kaczmarek | 2013 | Towarzystwo Inicjatyw

Twrczych | 13
It is an animated documentary about imagination. The
protagonist lives in several realities at the same time. Real
people and events intertwine with those created by his
imagination.

PAC!

dir. Alicja Baszczyska | 2012 | PWSFTviT D | 01

Animated epigram about some unexpected meeting in the
bathroom...

Black on white (Czarne na biaym)

dir. Mateusz Gudel | 2013 | UA POZNA | 01

Whether these eyes can lie? Animated epigram about the
power of a human gaze.

Wire Man (Druciak)

Spider and flies (Pajk i muchy)

Salt and Pepper (Sl i pieprz)

What if (A gdyby)

dir. Anna Rkas | 2013 | ZSMC WA UMCS LUBLIN | 11,5

Attempts to mask our true selves do not help us in life and in
relationships with others.

dir. Alicja Adamkiewicz | 2012 | UMK TORU | 02

Animated epigram to the composition "Por una Cabeza" by
Carlos Gardel.

Orawus

dir. W. M. Sawuski, Wojciech Kilar | 2013 | 09

Experimental music video created to the famous composition
under the title "Orawa" by Wojciech Kilar, the great Polish
contemporary composer.

Ius Primae Noctis - The law of the first night

(Prawo pierwszej nocy)

dir. ukasz Rusinek / R.U.T.A.| 2012 | 4

Music video for Polish folk/ hardcode punk project R.U.T.A.

dir. Tessa Moult-Milewska | 2013 | 3,5

Adaptation of the popular Polish fairy tale about the
consequences of some deal between the spider and the flies.

dir. Kamil Wjcik | 2013 | 05

What would happen if ...

Three Kings - Pastorale (Trzej krlowie - pastoraka)

dir. Anna Baszczyk, Jan Duszyski | 2014 | WJTeam | 03
Music video based on the old Polish carol.

Ars Moriendi

dir. Miosz Margaski | 2013 | UA POZNA | 7

To what extend can our live be planned? Do we ever let the
coincidence influence our plans? "Ars moriendi" seeks to
answer these questions.

KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

KRZYSZTOF KIELOWSKI RADIO AND TELEVISION

FACULTY / KATOWICE
Volcano
The University of Silesia in Katowice has its origins in the
Institute of Education in Katowice (Instytut Pedagogiczny w
Katowicach), which was founded in 1928; at that time it was
the only institution of higher education in the part of Silesia
belonging to Poland. In 1950 Higher School of Education in
Katowice (Wysza Szkoa Pedagogiczna w Katowicach) was
established. Later, the school merged with an established in
1965 in Katowice branch of the Jagiellonian University in
Krakw. In 1968 on the base of these educational facilities,
the University of Silesia in Katowice was established in its
current form, as the ninth university in Poland. The University
of Silesia in Katowice conducts education and research. It
offers undergraduate and Masters programs, PhD studies, as
well as postgraduate, postdoctoral research - habilitation,
continuous education and training programs.

Errata

dir. Arkadiusz Biedrzycki | 2012 | Etude | 17

Did he live like he wrote or wrote just like he lived? He created
credibly or existed implausibly? Jerzy Kosinski. What exactly
did his suicidal death mean? Was it an errata for his biography
or his literary work? The film by Arek Biedrzycki asks many
questions, effectively avoiding firm answers.

Rollercoaster

dir. Marek Marlikowski | 2013 | Etude | 14

It is a story of a young woman. As she faces a breaking point
in her career, life presents her with a trial of its own.

Killing Auntie

dir. Mateusz Gowacki | 2013 | Etude | 30

There was no doubt Auntie was a corpse. She lay still, a small
trickle of blood pouring out of god knows where as there was
no visible wound. I grabbed her by the shoulders and turned
her face up. There was no doubt - she was a corpse.
- Corpse - I pronounced half loud. Corpse, corpse, corpse...

Lesson

dir. Damian Kocur | 2013 | Etude | 7

A boy looks into a pastry shop's window, runs inside to buy a
cupcake, then runs like the wind to school. We hear the clang
of a cash register being closed half a century ago. This sweet
beginning does not foreshadow an adventure more bitter: the
adventure of the boy, or perhaps someone else? Was it really
a cupcake? Who in the end shall be the one getting his hands
dirty?

dir. Michal Wawrzecki | 2013 | Etude | 25

Volcano is an intimate story of marriage. After an
unsuccessful attempt to go on holiday, he and she shut
themselves away at their beautiful home. They decide that the
holiday is going to be just the two of them. To really relax,
they are not going to be using phones, laptops or watching
television or listening to the radio. When they deprive
themselves of contact with the world and other people, it turns
out that they are strangers to each other and that their
marriage is just pretence.

Magma

dir. Pawel Maslona | 2013 | Etude | 31

Janusz is a salesman in a furniture shop. One day he
accidentally destroys a pillow. This is the first accident in the
company since very long time and he seems to be really upset
about it. Or maybe theres something else hes upset about?

The Krakow Film Foundation is a is non-governmental

organisation that was set up in 2003 with the goal of insuring
the stable development of the Krakow Film Festival
- the oldest Polish film festival and one of the most important
European film events. In 2007 Krakow Film Foundation
expanded through the creation of a film promotion agency,
which helps filmmakers and producers make their first
appearances at international festivals. The agency runs three
main programs:
POLISH DOCS, POLISH SHORTS and POLISH ANIMATIONS.
By reaching around 1000 festival screenings
annually, the agency successfully facilitates spreading the
word about contemporary, Polish documentary and short
cinema.

Left Side of the Face

dir. Marcin Bortkiewicz | 2013 | Documentary | 12

The film 'Left Side of the Face' follows photographer Leszek
Krutulski as he creates an interesting artistic project.
Travelling the length and breadth of Poland, he invites people
(of all ages, races, nationalities, outlooks on life and sexual
orientations) to an impromptu photographic studio. If they
agree, he then takes a photo of the left side of their face. He
will photograph the right side in ten years time.

LODZ FILM SCHOOL

Seven men at different ages

dir. Sawomir Witek | 2013 | Documentary | 12

The film that refers to a documentary by Krzysztof Kielowski
follows the life of men in seven different moments of a boxing
career. The first exercises introduce young boys to the world
of sports rivalry, which they will soon discover through
participation in a first boxing competition. The older they get
the major challenges they will have to face of which one day
the biggest will be coming to terms with the end of their
sporting career. Film that stems from the tradition of Polish
documentary school is an impression of time passing and
accepting the successive life roles.

Darling

dir. Izabela Pluciska | Poland, Germany 2013 | Animation | 6

What is memory loss? In the labyrinth of fear, a stranger
becomes a close person and home turns into a trap. Groping
her way down the track of familiar objects and shapes, the
character is trying to go back to the life that used to be her
own. This latest clay animation from Izabela Pluciska is
a captivating picture of the feeling of being lost and alienated
and an attempt at putting the pieces that fail to fit together
into a whole.

Baths

dir. Tomek Ducki | 2013 | Animation | 4

Two elderly swimmers meet at the baths for their ritual
swimming. This time they are diving deeper than usual.

Mother 24/7

dir. Marcin Janos Krawczyk | 2013 | Documentary | 30

Film is a journey into human hearts. It takes its origins from
the copy of the picture of Black Madonna of Czstochowa that
for the last 55 years has been traveling across Poland visiting
cities and small villages. The Holy Picture of Black Madonna is
left with families willing to host it for 24 hours

Toto

dir. Zbigniew Czapla | 2013 | Animation | 12

A story of a sensible boy, raised by a lonely and hard working
mother, somewhere in a far province, where life revolves
around daily, inveterate habits. The little protagonist is being
deceitfully seduced by a shady master and cynical collector
of keys. In consequence of the mystery and rather
incomprehensible events, the world of his unconcerned
childhood falls apart.

The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz

was founded in 1948 and has become one of the worlds most
prestigious film schools not only because of its internationally
acclaimed graduates such as Roman Polaski, Andrzej Wajda
or Krzysztof Kielowski, but also because its main focus on the
practical aspects in the fields of film directing,
cinematography, production management, acting,
scriptwriting, animation, film and TV production, photography,
film editing, TV realization and digital media.
Each year the school makes around 150 short films: fiction,
documentary, animation and cinematographers films. It is the
only film school in Poland which has film and television
production facilities, film & TV studios, 35 mm and HD
cameras, lighting equipment, postproduction line, screening
rooms and a theatre.

Ab Ovo

dir. Anita Kwiatkowska-Naqvi | 2013 | Animation | 5

Each woman possesses a beautiful and frightening fertility
power. The film takes us into an intimate journey round a
womans body.

The Heat

dir. Bartosz Kruhlik | 2013 | Fiction | 23

1. Coal or wood afire to redness,
2. High air temperature,
3. Vehemence of feelings.

Luke and Lotta

dir. Renata Gsiorowska | 2012 | Animation | 8,5

A story about cone-girl Lotta and pear-boy Luke who go for a
date.

Self (less) - portrait

dir. Matej Bobrik | 2012 | Documentary | 45

The film addresses a personal crisis filmmaker went through,
sparked by the sudden death of his mother. It portraits his
girlfriend's effort to rebuild and refind the bond of love in the
time of his despair. Film consists by the scenes from very
personal places, shot with a mini DV cam and 8mm without
crew, fully and truly made at home.

munk studio

dir. Jagoda Szelc | 2013 | Fiction | 23

Miracle, Remedy, Regret, Prayer, Forgiveness - so we won't be
afraid.

Munk Studio, which operates within the structure of the

Polish Filmmakers Association, produces short and full-length
debut films. Young artists who are seeking to make their first
film can depend on Munk Studio for support and guidance
during the entire process, from the development of their
project, throughout its production under fully professional
conditions, to the widest possible promotion of the finished
product. Debut shorts can be made with the Munk Studio
under the auspices of three programmes: Thirty minutes,
First Documentary and Young animation.
The Munk Studio was funded in 2008 by the Polish Filmmakers
Association and operates on the strength of an agreement
entered into with the Polish Film Institute, the Ministry of
Culture and National Heritage and Polish Television (Telewizja
Polska S.A.).

Love Story

THIRTY MINUTES PART I

Kigo

dir. Izumi Yoshida | 2013 | Animation | 6,5

The film Kigo, depicting phenomena of nature specific for each
of the four seasons, is an abstract visualization of Japanese
poems called Haiku. Haiku employed in Kigo presents the
value of common, everyday things whose beauty is the source
of ones fascination. Evanescence and transience are features
of the transforming universe. The universe, in turn, influences
feelings, emotions, and admiration for the fleeting beauty.

Such a Landscape

dir. Karolina Specht | 2012 |Animation | 1,5

A short, ironic story about love and relationships. What can
you do with a broken heart?

The Easter Crumble

dir. Julia Kolberger | 2013 | Drama | 30

Urszula is preparing a traditional Easter breakfast to welcome
her daughter and her new fianc. When the couple arrives, the
man turns out to be thirty years older than Urszula's daughter.
Easter breakfast turns into supper, while Urszula goes through
the worst day of her life.

Before and After

dir. Edyta Sewruk | 2013 | 30

Is a tragicomic yet sentimental story of love and farewell?
Celina Chmura, age 30, is doing a career in the city and she
hardly ever finds time to pay a visit back home. When she
finally does, she is surprised to see that she has come just in
time for the funeral. Whose funeral is it? She will have to
discover it herself. And so will the audience of the movie. The
funeral is an occasion for all the relatives and friends to meet.
They differ in where they come from and what they stand for.
From the perspective of death, their views and quarrels get
a new, different meaning. The twisted plot of the movie will
leave you with hope, that there are feelings stronger than
death and that not all the farewells are forever.

How deep is the ocean?

dir. Filip Syczyski | 2013 | Comedy | 30

Mark wakes up in a stomach of a huge whale. If that wouldnt
be enough: he also meets there all the people hes once
known in his life: his wife, his crazy father, who wants to be
called King of the ocean! There are also other people living
inside the gigantic whale amongst rusty aircrafts, ships and
rockets all of them curious how Mark managed to join them
inside the stomach. And how did he get in there? On the
surface the movie is a tale of solitude and the search for
understanding and love, but under the surface the movie
tackles the theme of contemporary impatience and the speed
of living. Impatience is such a stormy ocean, which carries on
its wave the patient ones, but devours the impulsive, and how
deep is the ocean?

Rules of the Game

dir. Wojciech Jagieo | 2013 | 30

Tomasz is a first-year student of environmental engineering.
He has come to the city from a small town and is trying to find
his feet in the utterly unfamiliar surroundings of a large
metropolis. He is also striving to establish himself amongst his
fellow students in the first year. Which is no easy task for a lad
from the provinces. Tomaszs problems with adapting lead to
the complete loss of his sense of security. And that becomes
food for some nascent obsessions.

THIRTY MINUTES PART II

Chicken

dir. Aleksandra Terpiska | 2013 | 30

Three mates, summer weekend at the lake... but things start
to get a bit complicated. Feeling not so comfy anymore,
friends turn one against another- bad instincts explode. The
problem needs to be solved, and who's better in strategy then
the three of them. And there it goes - the story of friendship,
trust and fate.

NEW EUROPE FILM SALES

The Boys

dir. Pawe Orwat | 2013 | 21

A story of evil evolving in a human being, of human nature
and of social isolation. Two teenage boys, Micha and Kid,
plan to commit a random murder.

The Return

dir. Ewa Bukowska | 2013 | Drama | 30

A soldier returns from another tour of duty in war-torn
Afghanistan. He was there on a mission to build a safe and
secure home for other nations. He has returned in order to
use the money he earned on his tours of duty to finish building
his own home. Will he succeed?

The 128th Rat

dir. Jakub Pczek | 2013 | Document | 30

A black-humoured comedy about staying away from the rat
race, and about a wry realisation that only idiots are capable
of true happiness. Pawe Burak, a much frustrated theology
student, declares war on oppressive reality.

Beat Frequency

The Visit

FIRST DOCUMENTARY

Freestyle Life

dir. Arkadiusz Biedrzycki | 2013 | Document | 30

Three women. One home. A shared and painful past. After
seven years of living an emigrants life, Natalia returns to
Poland, where she left her daughter, Hela and her mother,
Zofia, when she went abroad. She is ready to take on the role
of a true mother. What she fails to realise, though, is that it is
too late break into her daughters and mothers world, the
world she ran away from for years; a world once ruled by
a fathers iron hand.

Arena

dir. Piotr Bernas | 2013 | Document | 16

What are the reasons underlying the human drive toward selfdestruction?
What is the wellhead of motivation for a person
who chooses a life involving perpetual struggle, self-harm and
risking their health? Is the road of physical pain an escape
route from other kinds of pain? And finally, what lies at the
roots of the contemporary fascination with risk and
aggression? Arena is a film project about contemporary
games, arenas and gladiators.

dir. Matej Bobrik | 2013 | Document | 11,5

In a care home surrounded by magical forest deep in the
middle of nowhere, the residents lead quiet, unruffled lives.
Only Sundays seem to bring any variety. For Sunday is visiting
day. On Sunday, the residents preparations for their families
arrival start with the early morning. Yet with every passing
hour their hope of seeing their loved ones dwindles. They have
no choice but to believe that their visitors have lost their way
in the forest. But they are sure to come next week.

dir. Adam Palenta | 2012 | Document | 10

Freestyle life is a story of the art of putting up the fight, when
the game involves the most competitive rivals ourselves.
Resistance to determinism leads towards stubborn challenging
ourselves to consecutive duels. The surface of the screen that
precisely keeps the viewer from reality resembles the surface
of water that separates swimmers from their disability.

Is a boutique short film distributor based in Warsaw, Poland

but working across the world. The company holds full
Worldwide rights to a number of short films and sells licenses
to TV, VOD, internet and mobile platforms on an exclusive and
non-exclusive basis. Company works very closely with their
filmmakers and buyers and only acquires films (animation, live
action and documentaries) that they like and believe in. New
Europe Film Sales aims at promoting and selling short films
worldwide and working in the filmmakers best interest. Their
focus is on Central and Eastern Europe but they also have a
catalogue of Scandinavian films and world cinema.

La Isla

dir. Dominga Sotomayor & Katarzyna Klimkiewicz |2013 | 30

A group of people gather for a family reunion in a house on an
isolated island. They are waiting for the last person to join
them, but as the evening comes and he doesnt arrive, a
strange anxiety overwhelms them. The group dismantles and
the family members wander away from the house separately,
confronting the sea and an unspoken fear that slowly
consumes them.

se-ma-for
Moonshine

dir. Micha Poniedzielski | 2013 | Animation | 10

A little guy named Szczepan slowly sinks into the realms of
madness because of the tragic love that he feels towardsHelena,
a cold-blooded temptress who rejects him without
batting an eye. Instead, her eye is caught by something
shinier. She asks for the moon. Szczepan embarks on a
journey into the world on the edge of dream and reality to get
her what she wants unfortunately, the success of his mission
is also his doom.

The Big Leap

dir. Kristoffer Rus | 2013 | 13

Three people meet at the top of a skyscraper. They have the
same intention - to commit suicide due to a major financial
crisis. The conflict quickly deepens when they discover that
they all represent a different conviction about the afterlife Sarah is the believer, John - the atheist and Ben the uncertain
agnostic. The only way to find out who is right is to take The
Big Leap.

The Game

dir. Marcin Janiec | 2011 | 5

Somewhere between life and death a thrilling chess match
takes place. The stake is high - a gateway to the world of
living. And the judge is someone you would definitely not like
to meet...

SE-MA-FOR is a Polish animation studio. Founded in d,

Poland, in 1947, it has created many animated cartoons and
stop motion puppet animations, for young and mature
audiences. The name, meaning literally Se-ma-phore, is an
acronym of Studio Maych Form Filmowych - Studio of Small
Film Forms.
Its most famous productions include the childrens shows: Mi
Uszatek, Przygody misia Colargola, The Moomins
(pol.Opowiadania Muminkw), Troubles the Cat, Przygody kota
Filemona, Przygd kilka wrbla wirka, Zaczarowany
owek and the Oscar winner film Peter and the Wolf.

Good, Beauty and Truth

dir. Balbina Bruszewska | 2011 | 6

The good, the beauty and truth is a story about modern
world where interest in good, beauty and truth is loses with
cheap sensation, drama of explosions, shooting and other
more interesting things. Its a story of a man who carries an
idealized vision of the world, standing for his ideals and trying
to transfer it to others. A Good Man suffers defeat in his nave
fight for good. However, in the end, the a glimmer of hope
arise...

Two steps behind...

dir. Paulina Majda | 2010 | 8,5

Two Steps Behind... is a story of a boy who one day makes a
decision to leave his cottage.He sets out on a journey to a strange town he
is fascinated
with. There he has unusual experiences. He gets involved in
strange relations,not always friendly. In the end, he returns to
the place that he came from.

On/Off

dir. Piotr Ludwik | 2013 | 6,5

Mr. Potato lives in typical, Grandma's, stuffed flat. Green,
awful wallpaper on the walls, TV in
each room and a few mechanical improvements made not to
waste time for shaving, cooking, washing up, going to buy
beer. Why should you lose time if you can spend it on
watching TV? So Mr. Potato has everything organized, he lives
peacefully and devotes himself to his passion - staring at the
TV. But one day...

Underlife

dir. Jarosaw Konopka | 2010 | 8,5

Underlife is a film inspired by Lullaby directed by Krzysztof
Komeda, which employs metaphor to show the destructive
influence that ancestors have on man and poses a question if
we are able to liberate from it. It raises the universal issue of
subconscious

A Suitcase

dir. Jacek echtaski | 2012 | 14,5

A Suitcase is a short history of the world, history of
civilization. It tells a story of an eternal conflict between
nature and culture; story about the clash between the
primeval, clean element with products of civilization. There is
no winner and loser in this clash. There are no simple answers.
All we can do is to ask questions. Does culture limit us or does
it liberate us? Does the civilization, which was supposed to
enrich us, create us or destroy? Finally, do the items, the
creations of civilization and culture have become our servants
or are we their slaves?

WAJDA SCHOOL

Short Waves
Short Waves Allround is a series of polish short films
screenings taking place all over Europe, built from resources of
Polish Film Festival SHORT WAVES. The festival takes place
every year in more than 30 Polish and some international
cities, and focuses on the promotion of Polish short film,
inviting the audience to vote for the best of the films.
Short Waves Allround program is made up of interesting films
that have participated in previous editions of the Festival.
Demonstrations under the banner of Allround give an
opportunity to see the best of Polish short films in places the
Festival has not yet visited. Ad Arte Foundation - Short Waves
organizer - prepares programs depending on the context and
individual needs of the Partners. Purpose of Allround is
consistent with the aim of the Festival: the promotion and
presentation of Polish art short film.
Organizer provides visual setting of the project, logistical support, and
enables meetings
with the creators of the films.

Franek

dir. Bartek Tryzna | Poland 2013 | 6'

Franek is eight years old, has got rough hands and ears that
are too big. One day his grandmother tells him something that
will change his life forever.

Moko

dir. Marta Szymaska | Poland 2013 | 4,5

"Moko" is a dynamic story about shapes, colours and
Polynesian ornaments that derives from the regions
mythology. Its a variation about the Polynesian myth of the
creation. The story of the first parents, the first lovers, is
inundated into a multicolor visual and music impression.

Arena

dir. Martin Rath | Poland 2013 | 23

A hitchhiker is taken in by a remote Polish mountain
community. Tested by the hardened locals and the unforgiving
harshness of his new environment he constitutes his presence
in the mountains. But to whom do we have to prove of what
we're made?

Edward

dir. Emilia niegoska | Poland 2013 | 11,5

A heap of rubble from buildings bombed in wartime rises like a
green forested wall outside the city which Edward has refused
to acknowledge for 22 years. The hermit has built his shack
and paths out of the bricks he digs nonstop from the ground
and constantly handles. He can sell the metal he unearths in
the process. He has no objections to the film about himself.

Shame

dir. Karma Fryc | Poland 2012 | 6,5'

Free or humiliated? Who is ashamed? Me or you? It is so hard
to share one's secret.

Survey about women

dir. Mateusz Gowacki | Poland 2012 | 30

A film about women recounted form Young mens point of
view. This humorous Picture of Young generation proves that
the fiarer sex is a riddle males still cannot guess.

The see

dir. Zofia Dbrowska | Poland 2013 | 5

A short story about what we sometimes dont see but what
may really exist.

Wajda School has over 10 years. It was founded in Warsaw by

Andrzej Wajda and Wojciech Marczewski. It is based on film
groups tradition and experience method of group working
and co-operation of different generations. They offer a unique
combination of production and education
for film professionals.

Joanna

dir. Aneta Kopacz I Poland 2013 | Documentary | 40'

In the multitude of blogs on the Internet, one stands out and
becomes the common topic of many conversations. The reason
why so many people follow Joannas blog is because it teaches
them how to be thoughtful and joyful. She describes her daily
life with overwhelming honesty and accuracy. Her goals are as
simple as a family trip to the lakes, her planning is as shortterm
as to witness her little son riding a bike for the first time.
Diagnosed with untreatable illness, Joanna promises her son
that she will do her best to live for as long as possible. She
writes down everything she might want him to learn from her
when he grows up. With great visual poetry, the documentary
portrays the simple and meaningful moments in the life of the
family. The very few words spoken and the ones never uttered
in the film make the message ultimately powerful and
extremely subtle at the same time. It is a story of close
relationships, tenderness, love and thoughtfulness.

NEW HORIZONS
Games

dir. Maciej Marczewski | 2013 | Fiction | 30'

Games is a short feature based on Ireneusz Iredyskis radio
play Winda (The Lift). The entire story is played out in a lift
which has got stuck. There are two people stuck inside.
They begin to play a startling game. They concoct a shared life,
telling each other imaginary stories of their first romantic and
amusing meeting and follow right through to the dramatic
ending of their acquaintanceship. However, the fiction starts to
become intertwined with their real-life experiences. Their
harmless game metamorphoses into a drama seething with
extreme emotions.
The film depicts how painful and inexorable the games we play
with those close to us can be, how we are sometimes
incapable of dealing with issues from the past and just how
great the power of our imaginations is.

Brother Dog

dir. Maria Zbska | 2013 | Fiction | 30'

Panabi is a 12-year old boy, who lives in a big block of flats in
Warsaw. The block is ruled by Bocian, a ruthless young thug,
who as usual dates the prettiest girl. Unfortunately,
Panabis brother is crazy about Bocians girl. As Christmas
draws closer, disaster looms.
Brother dog, a loose adaptation of a short story by renowned
Israeli writer Etgar Keret, is a twisted Christmas carol set in a
Polish housing estate

When I Am a Bird

dir. Monika Pawluczuk | 2013 | Documentary | 28'

"When I Am A Bird", immersed in the world of fortune tellers
and ghosts, tells the story of the attempt to change one's fate.
MuLa, a Kayan woman, refugee from Burma, has been living in
Thailand for two years with her husband and all her sons. On
the other side of the border her only daughter is left. The
mother wants to bring her over to a better world. The time of
waiting, full of anxiety and tension, sets the rhythm and the
atmosphere of the film.

T-Mobile New Horizons International Film Festival, established

in 2001, is the biggest film festival in Poland and it is regarded
as one of the most important film events in Central Europe.
The festival presents uncompromising, innovative and original
cinema from all over the world that explores new horizons in
film language, expression and storytelling. The festival has
four competitive sections and is accredited by FIPRESCI and
by FIAPF as a Competitive Specialized Feature Film Festival.
New Horizons has a strong focus on music and contemporary
art and organizes live music concerts every evening and art
installations and performances throughout the city.

Fragments

dir. Agnieszka Woszczyska | 2014 | 25

"Fragments" - a collection of loosely connected scenes,
depicting a breakdown of a relationship and a collapse of the
world to which the main female character is desperately
clinging on to.
Anna and her partner move into a modern apartment building.
Their daily routine includes eating at snobbish restaurants,
minimalistic interiors, and jogging in the morning it is a
prosperous and comfortable life, though their comfort has
started to fade somewhat. This luxurious monotony is
becoming a prison for Anna. She grows cold and desperately
seeks experiences at the edges of her bourgeois lifestyle.

Trashhh

dir. Filip Syczyski | 2014 | Musical | 22

A completely surreal musical about Antek and Jola, two
garbage cans that, in spite of everything, fall in love.
And so, can true love really occur in a landfill?
A shamelessly funny story with a few terrifying moments,
and with a special dance presentation in which, as one of the characters
says, there are garbage cans, a musical, a comedy, a horror.

An Incredibly Elastic Man

dir. Karolina Specht | 2013 | Animation | 5

A story of a man who was born without his own shape.
Constant deformations and squeezing into someone elses
forms evoke a feeling of rebellion in him.
Can he live completely independently from others and in isolation from
reality? Who and what decides on who we actually are?

A blue room

dir. Tomasz Siwiski | Poland, France 2014 | Animation | 15

Animation (Frame by Frame Glass Painting). A man wakes up
in a blue room. It turns out that the room is locked and that it
is impossible to get out. This is no ordinary room, however, as
there is a window linking the room to the outside world that
shows reality in an unexpected and mysterious way. A frantic
race through events from the mans life begins, but the
purpose of this trip is unknown and difficult to predict.

ART EVENTS DURING

PLAY POLAND FESTIVAL
Wojtek. The Bear That Went To War

Coming Out Polish Style

(Wojtek. Niedwied, ktry poszed na wojn)

(Coming out po polsku)

dir. Will Hood, Adam Lavis | 2011 | Documentary | 59

Certificate (or suggested certificate) 12, English

dir. Sawomir Grnberg and Katka Reszke | 2011 |

Documentary | 61
Certificate (or suggested certificate) 12, English

Cast: Irena Bokiewicz, Wojciech Narbski, Krystyna Ivell,

Archibald Brown
Wojtek was a Syrian brown bear cub found in Iran and
adopted by soldiers of the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of
the Polish II Corps. He was fed and brought up by soldiers and
he repaid for the human help. During the Battle of Monte
Cassino, Wojtek helped to move the ammunition. The film tells
his story and shows how important were his links with
Scotland and the final journey of the last of Anders
Army. People in the parish of Hutton, Paxton and Fishwick still
remember Wojtek, and they have not forgotten the experience
of meeting a very large brown bear and ambling with him
along their county roads, as you would do with any other pet
or friend.

Cast: Tomasz Raczek (film critic, publisher), Robert Biedro

(LGBT activist and politician), Marcin Szczygielski (writer,
jouralist, graphic), Maciej Nowak (actor), Marta Konarzewska

Film followed by a Q&A session with Krystyna Szemelukowa,

one of the trustees of the Wojtek Memorial Trust.

"Coming Out Polish Style" offers a rare look into the lives of
gays and lesbians in contemporary Poland. The film explores
the issue of gay and lesbian rights in a conservative society,
which is undergoing a very dynamic transformation, allowing
for more and more successful liberal changes. The
documentary focuses on the diverse and complex identity
struggles involved in the process of 'coming out'. It profiles
both celebrities who are openly gay in Poland, as well as
young people from small towns who are still in the process of
'coming out'.
Coming Out Polish Style features several characters who share
their intimate experiences of 'coming out' as gays or lesbians
and of the dramas and joys involved in the process of
becoming true to oneself and finding integrity in the world.

EDINBURGH 11TH November, 5.45pm, Filmhouse

LONDON 6TH November, 6.30pm, UCL - Room 433

With every edition PPFF is getting more and more

important as a visual arts event.
This year Edinburgh will welcome Tomasz Ponka
with his solo exhibition. Tomasz Ponka is a young
artist, whose graphical art is highly appreciated in
Poland. What other art events has Play Poland
prepared for the year 2014?

Movie poster exhibitions

are a permanent part of PPFF.

Very popular exhibits mainly include works of
Polish Poster School representatives like Jakub Erol,
Franciszek Starowieyski or Jan Modoeniec.
Presented posters not only demonstrate
the great style and class of polish artists all over the
world, but also are a precious prove of the opposition to
censorship.

Tomasz Ponka's exhibition

will begin on the 10th of October in
Meow Photography Studios in
Edinburgh. The art will take the
viewers into the world of
children's cartoons;
they will deform the image
of their characters and ask
questions about their
status and identity. The
opening will come
together with the
opportunity to meet the
artist and revealing a
wall painting.

The Reborn babies exhibition

curated by Magdalena Swacha

in cooperation with Paula Czyak and Marta Hutkowska
will take place in Meow Studios between 9th and 16th of October.
Works of Marcelo Zamenhoff, Seweryn Swacha, Anka Leniak,
Michal Jankowski, Arti Grabowski and Diana Ronnberg
using different, daring artistic media talk about identity
in a multicultural world.
This problem is especially important in Scotland
country, that still fights for its identity and is
inhabited by lots of immigrants
also from Poland.

"Through The Director's Eye"

photography exhibition

curated by Prof. Krzysztof Hejke

The photographs taken by students of film directing
are the result of exploration and knowledge of the
technological possibilities of "painting with a light".
- That is why I introduce my students
to various technologies to
be used as tools for describing
the world or expressing
emotions. These skills are to
help them in making movies, works
more complex
than photography itself
This exhibition presents a part
of our activities.
but that's not all! You can find
more information about art
events on our constantly
updated website
www.playpoland.org.uk

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9 October - 22 November 2014

EDINBURGH

Summerhall - Summerhall Pl, Edinburgh, EH9 1QH

Filmhouse Cinema - 88 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, EH3 9BZ
Screen Academy - 2A Merchiston Avenue, Edinburgh, EH10 4NU
Meow Photography Studios, 86-92 Causewayside , Edinburgh, EH9 1PY

Date

Event

Venue

Time

Ticket

05.11.2014

"O!PLA across the Borders" animations & "Munk Studio - First

documentary" - Special Screenings

Meow Photography Studios

6:30 pm

free

06.11.2014

DOUBLE BILL
"Parasite" and "It looks pretty from a
distance" by Anka & Wilhelm Sasnal

Filmhouse cinema

5:45 pm

8.20 full
6.00 concession

08.11 - 22.11.2014

Polish School of Posters - "Family

cinema posters" exhibition

Filmhouse Cinema Corridor

Gallery

11.11.2014

"Wojtek. The bear that went to war" by Filmhouse cinema

Will Hood & Adam Lavis, followed by a
Q&A with Krystyna Szemelukowa, one
of the founders of the Wojtek Memorial
Trust.

5:45 pm

8.20 full
6.00 concession

12.11.2014

"New Horizons" and "New Europe Film

Sales" - Special Screenings

Meow Photography Studios

6:30 pm

free

13.11.2014

"Kebab and Horoscope" by Grzegorz

Jaroszuk

Filmhouse cinema

5:45 pm

8.20 full
6.00 concession

18.11.2014

"Krzysztof Kielowski Radio and

Television Faculty/ Katowice Film
School" - Special Screenings

Screen Academy

6:00 pm

free

free

19.11.2014

"Munk Studio - Thirty Minutes" - part II

- Special Screenings

Meow Photography Studios

6:30 pm

free

20.11.2014

"The last oor" by Tadeusz Krl

Filmhouse cinema

5:45 pm

8.20 full
6.00 concession

Date

Event

Venue

Time

Ticket

09.10.2014

"Life feels good" by Maciej Pieprzyca

followed by a Q&A with the director

Filmhouse cinema

6:00 pm

8.20 full
6.00 concession

10.10 - 16.10.2014

"Unborn children" exhibition by Polish

artists, Tomasz Ponkas exhibition

Meow Photography Studios

7:00 pm

free

"Through the director's eye" photography exhibition curated by

Prof. Krzysztof Hejke

Filmhouse Cinema Corridor

Gallery

15.10.2014

"Munk Studio - Thirty Minutes" - part I Special Screenings

Summerhall

6:30 pm

4.50 full
3.50 concession

16.10.2014

"Floating skyscrappers" by Tomasz

Wasilewski

Filmhouse cinema

6:15 pm

8.20 full
6.00 concession

21.10.2014

"Wajda School" - Special Screenings

Screen Academy

6:00 pm

free

22.10.2014

"Krakow Film Foundation" - Special

Screenings

Summerhall

6:30 pm

4.50 full
3.50 concession

23.10.2014

"Papusza" by Krzysztof Krauze &

Joanna Kos-Krauze

Filmhouse cinema

5:45 pm

8.20 full
6.00 concession

25.10 - 07.11.2014

Polish School of Posters - "Polish

cinema posters" exhibition

Filmhouse Cinema Corridor

Gallery

29.10.2014

"Short Waves" - Special Screenings

Summerhall

6:30 pm

4.50 full
3.50 concession

30.10.2014

Apnea by Andrzej Bart

Filmhouse cinema

6:15 pm

8.20 full
6.00 concession

11.10 - 24.10.2014

free

free

Additionally we are preparing special events: workshops and more Q&As meetings with filmmakers. Follow us at www.playpoland.org.uk and facebook

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10 October - 30 November 2014

Date

glasgow
Date
10.10.2014
10.10 - 23.10.2014
17.10.2014
24.10.2014
24.10 - 06.11.2014
31.10.2014

05.11.2014
06.11.2014
07.11.2014

Event

Grosvenor Cinema - 24 Ashton Ln, Glasgow, G12 8SJ

GFT (Glasgow Film Theatre) - 12 Rose Street, Glasgow, G3 6RB
Sikorski Polish Club - 4/5, Parkgrove Terrace, Glasgow, G3 7SD
Venue

Munk Studio - Thirty Minutes - part I - Special

Screenings
Sikorski Polish Club
Polish School of Posters - "French comedy
posters" exhibition
Sikorski Polish Club

Polish School of Posters - Andrzej

Pgowski's exhibition

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

"Kebab and Horoscope"

by Grzegorz Jaroszuk

GFT

6:25 pm

Grosvenor Cinema

6:45 pm

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

Grosvenor Cinema

6:45 pm

free
9.70 full
7.00 conc

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

free

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

free

Time

Ticket

12.11.2014

7:00 pm

free

13.11.2014

7:00 pm

free

"Wajda School" - Special Screenings

"Krakow Film Foundation" - Special
Screenings
Polish School of Posters - Jerzy Flisak's
exhibition

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

free

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

free

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

free

"Short Waves" - Special Screenings

A DOUBLE BILL
"Parasite" and "It looks pretty
from a distance" by Anka & Wilhelm Sasnal

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

"Floating skyscrappers" by Tomasz

Wasilewski
"O!PLA Across the Borders
" & "SE-MA-FOR" - Special Screenings

07.11 - 20.11.2014

GFT

5:25 pm

free
8.00 full, 6.50 conc,
7.00 Cinecard full, 5.50
Cinecard conc

Grosvenor Cinema

6:45 pm

9.70 full
7.00 conc

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

free

14.11.2014
20.11.2014
21.11 - 30.11.2014

21.11.2014

"Life feels good" by Maciej Pieprzyca

"New Horizons" and "New Europe Film Sales"
- Special Screenings
"Papusza" by Krzysztof Krauze & Joanna
Kos-Krauze
Polish School of Posters "Hungarian Cinema Posters"
"Krzysztof Kielowski Radio and Television
Faculty/ Katowice Film School" - Special
Screenings

free
8.00 full, 6.50 conc,
7.00 Cinecard full, 5.50
Cinecard conc
9.70 full
7.00 conc

26.11.2014

Apnea by Andrzej Bart

GFT

6:15 pm

8.00 full, 6.50 conc,

7.00 Cinecard full, 5.50
Cinecard conc

27.11.2014

"Ida" by Pawe Pawlikowski

Grosvenor Cinema

6:45 pm

9.70 full
7.00 conc

28.11.2014

"Lodz Film School" - Special Screenings

Sikorski Polish Club

7:00 pm

free

rd

th

23 October - 15 November 2014

London
Date
23.10.2014
24.10.2014
24.10.2014

26.10.2014

cafe1001 - 91 Brick Ln, London, E1 6QL

Hackney Attic - 270 Mare St, London, E8 1HE
Hackney Picturehouse - 270 Mare St, London, E8 1HE
Clapham Picturehouse - 76 Venn St, London, SW4 0AT
Stratford Picturehouse - Salway Rd, London, E15 1BX
UCL - Room 433, SSEES - School of Slavonic and East European Studies Taviton, Gower St, London WC1E 6BT

30.10.2014

"Floating Skyscrappers" by Tomasz Wasilewski PLAY

OUT in collaboration with Out at Clapham

Clapham Picturehouse

7:00 pm

2.11.2014

Apnea by Andrzej Bart

Clapham Picturehouse

1:30 pm

4.11.2014

Clapham Picturehouse

6:30 pm

UCL, Room 433

6:30 pm

10.50 full, 9.50 conc,

8.50 member
12 full, 11 conc, 10
member
6.50 full, 5.50 conc, 4.50
member

Event
Venue
PLAY FULL opening night: Special screening: SHORTS
and dIP audio-visual performance by IP Group
cafe1001
"Hardkor Disko" by Krzysztof Skonieczny followed by a
Q&A with the director
Hackney Picturehouse

Time

Ticket
6.11.2014

Life feels good by Maciej Pieprzyca

"Coming Out Polish Style" by Slawomir Grnberg &
Katka Reszke PLAY OUT in collaboration with
eMigrating Lanscapes and Women Online Writing

6:30 pm

8.11.2014

"Parasite" by Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal

Hackney Picturehouse

6:30 pm

6:30 pm

TBC
10.60 full, 9.60 conc,
8.60 member

gbokiOFF Videoclip party

Special screening: Animations for Children in
collaboration with Wandsworth Libraries' Diversity
Month

9:00 pm

Free for ticket holders

9.11.2014

The last Floor by Tadeusz Krl

Stratford Picturehouse

5:00 pm

Free
10.60 full, 9.60 conc,
8.60 member
8.60 full, 6.60 conc, 5.60
member

10.11.2014

Clapham Picturehouse

7:30 pm

Free

15.11.2014

Special screening: SHORTS

"Kebab and Horoscope" by Grzegorz Jaroszuk
preceded by the screening of the winners of In Short
Film Festival 2014

Clapham Picturehouse

6:30 pm

12 full, 11 conc,
10 member

15.11.2014

PLAY FULL after party with Polish funk jazz

Clapham Picturehouse

9:00 pm

Invitations only

During the Festival

Aditionally we are preparing special events: Photo exhibitiions by Karina Bdkowska and Izabela Rembisz, music concerts by local music
bands and performers. Detailed information will be published at: www.playpoland.org.uk, social media accounts

26.10.2014 - 16.11.2014 Polish School of Posters: Jakub Erol's Exhibition

Special Screening: All you need to know about Polish
29.10.2014
shorts

Hackney Attic

Clapham Picturehouse

TBC

Free

Clapham Picturehouse

12:00 PM - 11:00 PM

Free

Hackney Attic

7:00 pm

sunderland

North Shore - St Peters Campus, Charles Street, Sunderland, SR6 0AN

David Puttam Media Centre - St Peters Campus, Sunderland, SR6 0DD

Date

Venue

Time

Ticket

North Shore Sunderland

7:00 pm

free

North Shore Sunderland

David Puttam Media Centre

7:00 pm
5:00 pm

free
free

15.10.2014
15.10.2014
10.11.2014

Event
"Munk Studio - Thirty Minutes" - part II - Special
Screenings
Film Film Poster Exhibition - "French cinema
posters"
"Kebab & Horoscope" by Grzegorz Jaroszuk

aberfeldy

The Birks Cinema - 1 Dunkeld Street, Aberfeldy, Perthshire, PH15 2DA

Date

Event

Venue

Time

19.10.2014

"Life feels good" by Maciej Pieprzyca

The Birks Cinema

6:00 pm

23.10.2014

"Ida" by Pawe Pawlikowski

The Birks Cinema

5:15 pm

02.11.2014

"Papusza" by Joanna Kos-Krauze & Krzysztof

Krauze

The Birks Cinema

6:00 pm

Birmingham
Date

Event

19.10.2014

"Hardkor Disko" by Krzysztof Skonieczny

24.10.2014

"Life feels good" by Maciej Pieprzyca

"Papusza" by Joanna Kos-Krauze & Krzysztof
Krauze

28.10.2014

Ticket
7.50 full
6.50 conc
5.50 disabled
7.50 full,
6.50 conc
5.50 disabled
7.50 full
6.50 conc
5.50 disabled

mac Cinema - Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, West Midlands B12 9QH
Venue
Time
Ticket
7.50 full
mac Cinema
6:00 pm
5.50 conc
7.50 full
mac Cinema
8:30 pm
5.50 conc
7.50 full
mac Cinema
8:30 pm
5.50 conc

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EAF
2014

14 - 16 November

Edinburgh Corn Exchange

New Market Road : EH14 1RJ
Doors Open 11am Daily Admission 5/3

www.artedinburgh.com

60 Galleries
500 Artists
3 Days
Only!

Please find more info about

events programme at www.playpoland.org.uk