{"id":4166,"date":"2015-03-20T14:05:01","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T13:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=4166"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:11:27","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T12:11:27","slug":"stanislas-lem-guest-of-honour-at-the-millenium-documentary-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2015\/03\/20\/stanislas-lem-guest-of-honour-at-the-millenium-documentary-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanislas Lem – guest of honour at the MILLENIUM documentary festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

MILLENIUM,\u00a0<\/strong>the\u00a0international documentary film festival,<\/strong>\u00a0has a clearly-defined place amongst the festivals which are hosted by the city of Brussels. Whether we’re shining the spotlight on up-and-coming directors or those whose reputations go before them, the type of guests is as broad as the programme, with films from every continent, which always bring together quality and diversity.
This year,\u00a0three Polish films\u00a0<\/strong>are on the programme:\u00a0Walking under water<\/em>, by\u00a0Eliza KUBARSKA<\/strong>,\u00a0Abu Haraz<\/em>, by\u00a0Maciej J. DRYGAS,\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<\/strong>Something better to come,\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Hanna POLAK<\/strong>.

What’s more, 2015 will see the first ever\u00a0futuristic conference<\/strong>, directly inspired by\u00a0Stanis\u0142aw LEM’s\u00a0<\/strong>masterpiece. This cycle of events will take the form of a laboratory which will allow the viewer to ask himself questions about the future in the company of specialists in new technologies, notably\u00a0Peter SWIRSKI<\/strong>, who will give a speech on the theme „What if the science fiction writers were right?”

+++ More about\u00a0Walking under water<\/em><\/a>, by\u00a0Eliza KUBARSKA<\/strong>
+++ More about\u00a0Abu Haraz<\/em><\/a>, by\u00a0Maciej J. DRYGAS
<\/strong>+++ More about\u00a0Something better to come<\/em><\/a>, by\u00a0Hanna POLAK
<\/strong>+++ More about the\u00a0Futuristic conference<\/a><\/p>\n

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION<\/strong>
Abu Haraz<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(More about the movie\u00a0HERE<\/a>)
>>>\u00a0Cinema Aventure<\/strong>\u00a0(Galerie du Centre, Rue des Fripiers 57, 1000 Brussels)
>>> Saturday\u00a021 March<\/strong>\u00a02015 –\u00a016:00<\/strong>
>>> Sunday\u00a022 March\u00a0<\/strong>2015 –\u00a018:00<\/strong>

Something better to come<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(More about the movie\u00a0HERE<\/a>)\u00a0
>>>\u00a0Cinema Galeries<\/strong>\u00a0(Galerie de la Reine 26, 1000 Brussels)
>>> Sundy\u00a022 March\u00a0<\/strong>2015 –\u00a020:30<\/strong>
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>>>\u00a0Cinema Aventure<\/strong>\u00a0(Galerie du Centre, Rue des Fripiers 57, 1000 Brussels)
>>> Tuesday\u00a024 March\u00a0<\/strong>2015 –\u00a014:00<\/strong>
>>> Friday\u00a027 March\u00a0<\/strong>2015 –\u00a018:30<\/strong>

Walking under water<\/em><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(More about the movie\u00a0HERE<\/a>)
>>>\u00a0Cinema Galeries<\/strong>\u00a0(Galerie de la Reine 26, 1000 Brussels)
>>> Friday\u00a027 March\u00a0<\/strong>2015 –\u00a021:15
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>>>\u00a0Cinema Aventure<\/strong>\u00a0(Galerie du Centre, Rue des Fripiers 57, 1000 Brussels)
>>> Satursday\u00a028 March\u00a0<\/strong>2015 –\u00a014:30<\/strong>

Speech by Peter SWIRSKI: „What if the science fiction writers were right?”
<\/em><\/strong><\/span>In the framework of the futuristic conference\u00a0(More information\u00a0HERE<\/a>)
>>>\u00a0Cinema Galeries<\/strong>\u00a0(Galerie de la Reine 26, 1000 Brussels)
>>> Saturday\u00a021 March\u00a0<\/strong>2015 –\u00a018:00<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Walking under water<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(PL-UK-DE, 2014, 90′)
Alexan, the last compressor diver on Mabul Island near Borneo, teaches 10-year-old Sari all the dangerous fishing techniques. \u201cWalking Under Water\u201d presents the Badjao tribe\u2019s ancient traditions and collective experience as a magical narrative, spinning the urgent pressures and problems they face into a hybrid of fantasy, fiction and fact. The Badjao people once lived like fish, spending the majority of their time on the water, but with the encroachment of modern civilization that way of life has become nearly extinct. While Alexan refuses to accept that the world of his ancestors is gone, Sari is torn between his longing to be a fisherman like his uncle and the tug of the new world in the form of a nearby resort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eliza KUBARSKA<\/strong>\u00a0was born in 1978 in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. She is documentary filmmaker, artist and sculptor. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and the Wajda School. She is also a well-known alpinist and traveler. Over the last few years, she was focused on adventure and expedition in order to find new ideas for her movies. In Borneo, for the first time, she feels like a part of nature and she wants to shoot a movie to share the stories of the sea nomads with the rest of the world.<\/p>\n

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Abu Haraz\u00a0<\/strong>(PL, 2013, 72′)
Abu Haraz is a small village in the middle of the desert in North Sudan. The construction of a huge dam on the Nile has interfered with the age-old, natural rhythm of the lives of its residents. The filmmakers have spent several years with them, observing their vain attempts to turn back fate.<\/p>\n

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Maciej J. Drygas<\/strong>\u00a0is a director of documentaries and radio dramas, born in 1956 in \u0141\u00f3d\u017a. Immediately after completing his studies in the Directing Department of the Moscow All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography (WGIK), he became an assistant of\u00a0Krzysztof Zanussi<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski<\/strong>. He debuted as a documentary director with a piercing morality play: the film\u00a0Us\u0142yszcie m\u00f3j krzyk \/ Hear My Cry<\/em>, which won many awards at festivals all around the world. His second film,\u00a0Stan niewa\u017cko\u015bci \/ Weightless<\/em>, which speaks of the 'human’ losses of the spatial conquest, was also well received. He continues to make films and is also the director of the radio drama section of the Reportage Laboratory at Warsaw University.<\/p>\n

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Something Better to Come<\/strong>\u00a0(PL)
Right outside of Moscow \u2013 home to the highest number of billionaires pr. capita \u2013 you\u2019ll find the largest junkyard in the world: The Svalka. It\u2019s a hard place run by the Russian mafia. And it’s where Yula lives with her mother, her friends and many other people. Life is tough in the Svalka, but it\u2019s also a place where beauty and humanity can arise from the most unlikely conditions. It is from this place that Yula\u2019s dreams of escaping and changing her life, even if it seems impossible. Oscar-nominated director Hanna Polak followed Yula for 14 years, bringing us along on Yula’s journey to achieve this dream.<\/p>\n

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Hanna POLAK<\/strong>\u00a0is the Oscar-nominated director of the 2004-film\u00a0The Children of Leningradsky<\/em>. She is also a producer and a cinematographer. She gradutated from the cinematography division of VGIK in Russia. Her first film to win critical acclaim was\u00a0Railway Station Ballad<\/em>\u00a0in 2002. Later she was nominated for an academy-award and won several other awards for the film\u00a0The Children of Leningradsky<\/em>. Hanna Polak is not only a critically acclaimed filmmaker, but also a dedicated humanitarian. Alongside the film projects that she run, she also has an intense political and humanist agenda, her films always have a purpose and carry a message. She was rewarded both a Golden Heart-Award and a Crystal Mirror-Award. Hanna has just finished the film\u00a0Something Better To Come<\/em>, which she has been shooting for the past 14 years, even before she made The Children of Leningradsky.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The\u00a0Futurist conference\u00a0<\/strong>is the big news for this year. Named in reference to the masterpiece by\u00a0Stanislas LEM<\/a>, this cycle of events is a vast laboratory which puts the viewer back at the heart of questions we have about the future and reminds us that the keys to our future are in our hands.
The first conference, given by\u00a0Peter SWIRSKI<\/strong>\u00a0is entitled\u00a0„What if the science fiction writers were right?”<\/strong>, and will highlight the ideas thought up by the world’s greatest visionaries to see how similar they are to how life is today. It will be based on the work of Stanislas Lem, a great visionary who describes worlds where technology has taken the place of humans and transformed the public space.

Peter SWIRSKI<\/strong>\u00a0is a Canadian scholar and literary and cultural critic, listed in Canadian Who\u2019s Who. He is an authority on contemporary American literature and culture as well as on popular and digital culture. He is also a distinguished Professor at several worldwide Universities.
Professor Swirski has written sixteen acclaimed books on American literature, culture, history, politics, and society. He is a world authority on the legendary Central European writer and futurologist, Stanislaw Lem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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