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Each screening will be introduced by academics offering insight and context, making the series not only a cinematic journey but also an invitation to deeper understanding.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>Eastern European Film Weeks<\/strong><br \/><strong>8-30 October 2025<\/strong><br \/><strong>Cinema ZED<\/strong><br \/>Vesaliusstraat 9C<br \/>3000 Leuven<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemazed.be\/en\/programming\">More information<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The program features two Polish films: &#8222;Only the Wind&#8221; (PL: &#8222;Tylko wiatr&#8221;) directed by Zofia Kowalewska and &#8222;The Hourglass Sanatorium&#8221; (PL: &#8222;Sanatorium pod klepsydr\u0105) directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>&#8222;Only the Wind&#8221; (PL: &#8222;Tylko Wiatr&#8221;), dir. Zofia Kowalewska, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At 92, Zdzis\u0142aw sets out on an extraordinary 5,000-kilometer journey with his 25-year-old granddaughter to a remote village in Kazakhstan. For him, it\u2019s a return to the place where, as a teenager, he was exiled by the Soviets during World War II. More than seventy years later, he goes back in search of the land of his youth\u2014and of his first love, whom he was forced to leave behind. His devoted granddaughter travels by his side, uncovering along the way the truth hidden behind the bedtime stories she heard as a child.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>8 October, 20:00<\/strong><br \/>The film will be introduced by Kris Van Heuckelom, professor at the Faculty of Arts. <br \/>After the screening, there will be a discussion with the film\u2019s director.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemazed.be\/nl\/film\/only-wind\">Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17930 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/image-1200-4929e83b6ed39cc298d6fffb42629ac8-212x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/image-1200-4929e83b6ed39cc298d6fffb42629ac8-212x300.jpeg 212w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/image-1200-4929e83b6ed39cc298d6fffb42629ac8.jpeg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>&#8222;The Hourglass Sanatorium&#8221; (PL: Sanatorium pod klepsydr\u0105&#8221;), dir. Wojciech Jerzy Has, 1973<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>J\u00f3zef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn&#8217;t seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable. Loosely based on the works of Bruno Schulz, the film is considered a classic of Polish cinema.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong>21 October, 17:00<\/strong><br \/>The film will be introduced by Kris Van Heuckelom, professor at the Faculty of Arts. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinemazed.be\/film\/hourglass-sanatorium\">Tickets<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-17931 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/MV5BNmM3ZDJiMDktNGJmZi00Y2YzLWEzNWMtZWYzMDJmYjdiNjdhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-218x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"218\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/MV5BNmM3ZDJiMDktNGJmZi00Y2YzLWEzNWMtZWYzMDJmYjdiNjdhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/MV5BNmM3ZDJiMDktNGJmZi00Y2YzLWEzNWMtZWYzMDJmYjdiNjdhXkEyXkFqcGc@._V1_.jpg 694w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 218px) 100vw, 218px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-17925 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Eastern-European-Film-Weeks-poster-A3_page-0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1754\" height=\"2481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Eastern-European-Film-Weeks-poster-A3_page-0001.jpg 1754w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Eastern-European-Film-Weeks-poster-A3_page-0001-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Eastern-European-Film-Weeks-poster-A3_page-0001-724x1024.jpg 724w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Eastern-European-Film-Weeks-poster-A3_page-0001-768x1086.jpg 768w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Eastern-European-Film-Weeks-poster-A3_page-0001-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2025\/10\/Eastern-European-Film-Weeks-poster-A3_page-0001-1448x2048.jpg 1448w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1754px) 100vw, 1754px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This October, the Forum on Central and Eastern Europe, in cooperation with Cinema ZED and with the support of the Polish Institute Brussels and the Liszt Institute, launches the Eastern European Film Weeks in Leuven.\u00a0 Eight films \u2013 fiction and documentary, classics and contemporary works \u2013 take viewers across the diverse landscapes and histories of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":191,"featured_media":17904,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[660,76,100,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aktualnosci-en","category-programme-en","category-film","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Eastern European Film Weeks at KU Leuven: &quot;Only the Wind&quot; 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Each screening will be introduced by academics offering insight and context, making the series not only a cinematic journey but also an invitation to deeper understanding.\nEastern European Film Weeks8-30 October 2025Cinema ZEDVesaliusstraat 9C3000 Leuven\nMore information\nThe program features two Polish films: \"Only the Wind\" (PL: \"Tylko wiatr\") directed by Zofia Kowalewska and \"The Hourglass Sanatorium\" (PL: \"Sanatorium pod klepsydr\u0105) directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has.\u00a0\n\"Only the Wind\" (PL: \"Tylko Wiatr\"), dir. Zofia Kowalewska, 2021\nAt 92, Zdzis\u0142aw sets out on an extraordinary 5,000-kilometer journey with his 25-year-old granddaughter to a remote village in Kazakhstan. For him, it\u2019s a return to the place where, as a teenager, he was exiled by the Soviets during World War II. More than seventy years later, he goes back in search of the land of his youth\u2014and of his first love, whom he was forced to leave behind. His devoted granddaughter travels by his side, uncovering along the way the truth hidden behind the bedtime stories she heard as a child.\n8 October, 20:00The film will be introduced by Kris Van Heuckelom, professor at the Faculty of Arts. After the screening, there will be a discussion with the film\u2019s director.Tickets\n\"The Hourglass Sanatorium\" (PL: Sanatorium pod klepsydr\u0105\"), dir. Wojciech Jerzy Has, 1973\nJ\u00f3zef visits his dying father at a remote mental institution, where time itself doesn't seem to exist, and the line between dreams and memories becomes indistinguishable. Loosely based on the works of Bruno Schulz, the film is considered a classic of Polish cinema.\n21 October, 17:00The film will be introduced by Kris Van Heuckelom, professor at the Faculty of Arts. 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