{"id":6823,"date":"2022-10-31T16:59:35","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/?p=6823"},"modified":"2022-10-31T17:01:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T16:01:11","slug":"austin-polish-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/newyork\/2022\/10\/31\/austin-polish-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Austin Polish Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

October 28-November 6, 2022
More info and tickets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This event is recommended by the Polish Cultural Institute New York.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin Polish Society<\/a> (APS)<\/strong> is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established in 2005 to further knowledge of Polish culture,  language, history, and arts in the Austin area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

APS has organized and co-sponsored the Austin Polish Film Festival (APFF) since 2006.<\/strong>  This film festival is unique among all the film festivals in Austin not only because it brings Polish feature films, documentaries, shorts, animations, and the filmmakers from Poland, but it also presents the incredible art of Polish poster and their creators, while promoting cooperation between Polish and Austin creative worlds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poland has a\u00a0rich history of filmmaking<\/a><\/strong> that spans over 100 years, but it is little known to most film audiences in Texas, due primarily to distribution issues and limited promotion outside of Europe. The role of the APFF is to bring quality Polish films to Austin audiences and expand awareness of Polish arts and culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LULLABY KILLER \/ ACH \u015aPIJ KOCHANIE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Director KRZYSZTOF LANG<\/em><\/strong> in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Friday, Oct. 28 at 8pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1h 37 min<\/strong> I Crime, Thriller, Drama <\/strong>I 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Krzysztof Lang<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Andrzej Go\u0142da
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Adam Sikora
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Milenia Fiedler
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Micha\u0142 Lorenc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Andrzej Chyra, Tomasz Schuchardt, Bogus\u0142aw Linda, Andrzej Grabowski, Karolina Gruszka, Katarzyna Warnke, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Katarzyna Figura, Izabela Kuna, Jerzy Trela, Ireneusz Czop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>This crime drama is based on the true story of the notorious Polish serial killer, W\u0142adyslaw Mazurkiewicz, who terrorized Cracow in the 1950\u2019s. A total of 67 people went missing. This handsome, elegant playboy murderer \u2013 called \u201ePretty W\u0142adzio\u201d \u2013 went unpunished for a very long time until he met his match in the young police detective Karski, who brought him to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

SONATA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Saturday, Oct. 29 at 4pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1h 58 min<\/strong> I Biography, Drama <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Bartosz Blaschke<\/strong> <\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Bartosz Blaschke 
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Tomasz Augustynek
Editing: <\/em><\/strong>Robert Piechnik
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast: <\/em><\/strong>Micha\u0142 Sikorski, Ma\u0142gorzata Foremniak, \u0141ukasz Simlat, Konrad K\u0105kol, <\/em><\/strong>Jerzy Stuhr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>Grzegorz, who was diagnosed with autism as a child, lives in his own hermetic world unable to connect with others. In his teens, it becomes clear that the cause of his isolation is not autism, but a deep hearing impairment. Thanks to his parents and a medical intervention by a doctor, Grzegorz begins to discover sounds, speech, and music which he falls in love with. It turns out that a great musical talent has been hidden for many years underneath his disability. Now, Grzegorz\u2019s desire is to become a pianist and perform in philharmonic halls. No one, apart from himself and his family, believes that this deaf boy \u2013 although supported by modern technology \u2013 will ever make his dream come true. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards:
<\/em><\/strong>2022 Polish Film Academy <\/em><\/strong>–<\/em> Eagle for Best Sound
2022 Off Camera Film Festival – Audience Award for Best Film, Rising Star for Micha\u0142 Sikorski
2021 Gdynia Film Festival- Audience Award for Bartosz Blaschke, Best Acting Debut for Micha\u0142 Sikorski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

46. FPFF: SONATA – konferencja prasowa<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(In Polish)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

BLACK SHEEP \/ CZARNA OWCA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8:30pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1h 47 min<\/strong> I Comedy, Drama <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong>Aleksander Pietrzak<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong>Bartosz Kozera
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Mateusz Pastewka
Editing: <\/em><\/strong>Jaros\u0142aw Barzan
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast: <\/em><\/strong>Arkadiusz Jakubik, Magdalena Pop\u0142awska, Kamil Szeptycki, Agata R\u00f3\u017cycka, W\u0142odzimierz Press, Anna Cie\u015blak, Anna Smo\u0142owik<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>Magda and Arek have been a married couple for 25 years. They are taking care of their sick grandfather. They also live with their son, who has been in a long relationship with his girlfriend, Asia. Everything seems to be fine until an announcement at a family dinner triggers a cascade of events. Troubles, conflicts, and long repressed desires come to the surface and explode.
Everybody goes their own way and starts a „new life”. Will they be able to find their path to happiness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awards:<\/em><\/strong>
2022 KinEst Fest in Katania – Audience Award and Journalists Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BACK THEN \/ ZUPA NIC<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Sunday, Oct. 30 at 6:30pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1h 34 min<\/strong> I Comedy, Drama <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Kinga D\u0119bska<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Kinga D\u0119bska
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Andrzej Wojciechowski
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Bartosz Karczy\u0144ski
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Micha\u0142 Novinski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Kinga Preis, Adam Woronowicz, Ewa Wi\u015bniewska, Barbara Papis, Alicja Warchocka, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Milena Lisiecka, Przemys\u0142aw Bluszcz, Rafa\u0142 Rutkowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>This delightfully performed laugh-out-loud-funny family dramedy set during the Communist era follows Marta, a romantic who is bullied at school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and their grandma, who tells her war-time insurgent stories instead of fairy tales. Martha\u2019s father is an academic, who is constantly humiliated by the system, while her mother is the president of the Solidarity Union driven by a need for freedom. The real emotional turmoil will begin when a dream orange Fiat appears in front of their apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awards:
<\/em><\/strong>2022 Polish Film Academy <\/em><\/strong>– <\/em>Eagle for Best Supporting Actress – Ewa Wi\u015bniewska
<\/em>2022 <\/em>Off Camera Film Festival – Polish Film Competition (nominee)
2021 Gdynia Film Festival – Best Film (nominee)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

46. FPFF: ZUPA NIC – konferencja prasowa<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(In Polish)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR A MOMENT, FOREVER \/ NA<\/strong> CHWIL\u0118, NA ZAWSZE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Friday, Nov. 4 at 7pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1h 40 min<\/strong> I Drama, Music <\/strong>I 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Piotr Trzaskalski<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Mirella Zaradkiewicz, Magdalena Wi\u015bniewolska, Pawe\u0142 Domaga\u0142a
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Witold P\u0142\u00f3ciennik
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Adam Kwiatek
Music: <\/em><\/strong>\u0141ukasz Borowiecki<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Martyna Byczkowska, Pawe\u0142 Domaga\u0142a, Ireneusz Czop, Olaf Lubaszenko, Kinga Preis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:<\/em><\/strong>
Pola is at the peak of her popularity – at the age of only 22, she fills the concert halls. One day, after a performance and the influence of alcohol, the girl causes a car accident. To silence the matter, her father and manager places her in an addiction therapy and treatment center, where the singer is forced to do social work. Soon she meets Borys there – a charismatic instructor, famous for his unconventional methods of work. He, too, was once a popular musician, but fell into the traps of his early fame. Despite their initial distrust, a shared musical passion brings them closer together. Unfortunately, the secrets of Boris’s past and Pola’s career are in the way of this nascent feeling. Is there a chance for happiness and true love for two people who share so much?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE TENANT \/ LOKATORKA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Friday, Nov. 4 at 9pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1h 58 min<\/strong> I Drama, Crime <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Micha\u0142 Ot\u0142owski<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Jacek Matecki, Tomasz Klimala
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Artur \u017burawski
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Jacek Drosio
Music: <\/em><\/strong>\u0141ukasz Targosz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Irena Melcer, Krzysztof Stroi\u0144ski, S\u0142awomira \u0141ozi\u0144ska, Barbara Jonak, Jan Frycz, Piotr G\u0142owacki.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>The peaceful lives of tenants in a Mokot\u00f3w district tenement house are disturbed by the appearance of the alleged legal owner of the building. Using ruthless methods, the man forces more and more families to move out. Janina Markowska, whose family has lived in the building for over 70 years, is determined to fight for the right to her apartment.  Suddenly, she disappears in mysterious circumstances and the police investigation is launched. A young, ambitious officer, who took over the case,  uncovers a trail of intrigue involving politicians, agents of the former secret service, and high-profile lawyers. An uneven fight with the system begins, with the lives and rights of expelled residents at stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awards:
<\/em><\/strong>2022 Tofifest – Polish Film Competition – Micha\u0142 Ot\u0142owski (nominee)
<\/em><\/strong>2021 Polish Film Academy <\/em><\/strong>– <\/em>Eagle for Best Supporting Actress – S\u0142awomira \u0141ozi\u0144ska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

46. FPFF: LOKATORKA – konferencja prasowa<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(In Polish)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TICKETS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LOVE IS NEARBY \/ MI\u0141O\u015a\u0106 JEST BLISKO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Saturday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1h 43 min<\/strong> I Comedy, Romance <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Rados\u0142aw Dunaszewski<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Mariusz Kuczewski, Marcin Baczy\u0144ski
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Mateusz Skalski
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Wojciech Mr\u00f3wczy\u0144ski
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Micha\u0142 Wo\u017aniak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Weronika Ksi\u0105\u017ckiewicz, Wojciech Solarz. Olga Bo\u0142\u0105d\u017a, Grzegorz Ma\u0142ecki, Yan Polovnikov, Weronika Wachowska, Janusz Chabior, Kazimierz Mazur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>Natalia and Adam have been next-door neighbors and closest friends since childhood. Although their apartments are separate, they have a shared kitchen and a shared bathroom. Their bedrooms are separated by only a thin wall. Every night before going to sleep they phone each other to talk about their day and thoughts. Natalia, a widow, raises her son alone. She hopes to find a life companion, a homebody, who would be able to support them. Adam, a father of a teenage girl, is recovering after a divorce and dreams about experiencing something big, like a trip to the Amazon. Will their wishes come true?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LEAVE NO TRACES \/ \u017bEBY NIE BY\u0141O \u015aLAD\u00d3W<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7:30pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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2h 40min<\/strong> I Drama, History <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Jan P. Matuszy\u0144ski<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Kaja Krawczyk-Wnuk
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Kacper Fertacz
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Przemys\u0142aw Chru\u015bcielewski
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Ibrahim Maalouf<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Sandra Korzeniak, Tomasz Zi\u0119tek, Agnieszka Grochowska, Mateusz G\u00f3rski, Jacek Braciak, Robert Wi\u0119ckiewicz, Tomasz Kot, Sebastian Pawlak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>Poland, 1983. Despite the suspension, the martial law imposed by the communist authorities to suppress the Solidarity opposition, is still in force in the country. On May 12, Grzegorz Przemyk, son of a  dissident poet Barbara Sadowska, is arrested and badly beaten by a police patrol. Przemyk dies after two days of agony. The only witness to the fatal beating is one of Grzegorz’s friends, Jurek Popiel, who decides to fight for justice and to testify against the police. Initially, the state apparatus, including the Ministry of the Interior, downplays the case. However, when over 20 thousand people march through the streets of Warsaw behind Przemyk’s coffin, the authorities decide to use any means against the witness and the mother of the victim to discredit them and prevent Jurek from testifying in court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awards:<\/em><\/strong>
2022 Polish Film Academy <\/em><\/strong>– <\/em>Eagle for Best Supporting Actor for Jacek Braciak
2022 Screenwriters Festival in Warsaw „Script Fiesta” – Best screenplay for Kaja Krawczyk-Wnuk
2022 Ostend Film Festival – The Best Film
2021 Bar\u0107 Film Festiwal – Audience Award
2021 International Film Festival 3Kino in Prague – The Best Film
2021 Gdynia Film Festival – Silver Lion<\/p>\n\n\n\n

46. FPFF: \u017bEBY NIE BY\u0141O \u015aLAD\u00d3W – konferencja prasowa<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(In Polish)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MARUSARZ – TATRA EAGLE \/ MARUSARZ – TATRZA\u0143SKI ORZE\u0141<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Sunday, Nov. 6 at 5:15pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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54 min<\/strong> I Biography, History <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong>Marek Bukowski<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Marek Bukowski, Maciej Dancewisz
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Artur Zdral
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Jaros\u0142aw Pietraszek
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Kris G\u00f3rski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Mateusz Janicki, Marta Maria Wi\u015bniewska, Mateusz Bo\u017cek, Janka Cholewa, Olga Szostak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>The film presents the life story of Stanis\u0142aw Marusarz, a legendary Polish ski-jumper who is not only known as world-famous athlete and Olympian, but also as second lieutenant of the Home Army – the resistance anti-Nazi military organization during the WWII. During the first months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, he actively worked as a Tatra Mountains courier of the Underground State. In 1940, he jumped from the second floor and escaped from the Gestapo prison in Cracow. After the war, Marusarz was one of the longest active ski-jumping athletes in the world. Invited as a guest of honor to the Four Hills Tournament, at the age of 53, he stood on the famous Gross-Titlis-Schanze hill and made his memorable show jump of 66 meters, dressed in a suit and a tie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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BODO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time:<\/em> Sunday, Nov. 6 at 6:30pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1h 46min<\/strong> I Biography, Drama, Musical <\/strong>I 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144ski<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Piotr Derewenda, Doman Nowakowski
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Kamil P\u0142ocki
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Micha\u0142 Czarnecki
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Atanas Valkov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Tomasz Schuchardt, Antoni Kr\u00f3likowski, Agnieszka Wosi\u0144ska, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Piotr \u017burawski, J\u00f3zef Paw\u0142owski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:<\/em><\/strong>
This musical drama tells the life story and the journey to fame of Eugeniusz Bodo, one of the most popular actors of Polish cinema and cabaret stages of the interwar period. A subject of gossip and scandals, a heartthrob for women and an idol for men, Bodo starred in almost 30 films and recorded many musical hits. Some of them are still popular to this day. His work also included writing, directing, and producing. Just when he signed a contract with a studio in Hollywood, the second World War broke out and crushed his plans of moving to America. The film is based on the enthusiastically received 13-episode series about Bodo and contains original footage of his performances and movies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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THE PAUPER AND THE MADAME \/<\/strong> N\u0118DZARZ I MADAME<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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1h 53 min<\/strong> I Biography, History, Drama <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Witold Ludwig<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Witold Ludwig
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Julian Kucaj
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Julian Kucaj
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Krzysztof A. Janczak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast: <\/em><\/strong>Piotr Zaj\u0105czkowski, Magdalena Michalik, Tomasz B\u0142asiak, Lech Dyblik, Remigiusz Jankowski, Pawe\u0142 Tch\u00f3rzelski, Micha\u0142 Chorosi\u0144ski, Marcin Kwa\u015bny, Jaros\u0142aw Gajewski.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:<\/em><\/strong>
The film The Pauper and the Madame depicts the unique fate of Adam Chmielowski, an artist-painter who, in search of freedom and happiness, sacrifices everything. His rebellious nature and conflict with evil make him not only escape from the tsarist captivity hidden in a coffin, but in the moments of greatest fame, he abandons the world of art to \u201cdie for the world\u201d and devote himself to serving people. His tragic fate is completed by a spiritual breakdown, expulsion from the Jesuit order, and confinement in a mental institution. Soon, however, he rises like a phoenix from the ashes and then, mad with love for others, he returns in great style as Brother Albert – the future saint. The epic story is completed by his friends \u2013 Helena Modrzejewska and J\u00f3zef Che\u0142mo\u0144ski, the most famous artists of their epoch, but each in their own tragic way, will come to realize that the most beautiful art is the art of a beautiful life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MARCH\u201968 \/ MARZEC\u201968<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

WILL BE SCREENED during Austin Jewish Film Festival on Saturday, November 12 at 8pm
<\/em><\/strong>with Director KRZYSZTOF LANG<\/em><\/strong> in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For the screening location, and TICKETS, please visit our community partner<\/strong> website: www.austinjff.org<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1h 57 min<\/strong> I Drama <\/strong>I 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director:<\/em><\/strong>  <\/em>Krzysztof Lang
Screenplay:<\/em><\/strong> <\/em> Andrzej Golda, Krzysztof Lang
Cinematography:<\/em><\/strong>  <\/em>Arkadiusz Tomiak
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Rafa\u0142 Listopad
Music:<\/em><\/strong>  <\/em>Bart\u0142omiej Gliniak
Cast:<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Vanessa Aleksander, Ignacy Liss, Ireneusz Czop, Edyta Olsz\u00f3wka, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Anna Radwan

Synopsis:<\/em><\/strong>
Two young students, Hania and Janek, meet and fall in love in the midst of social turmoil and Jewish discrimination in 1960\u2019s Warsaw. While the young lovers are uninterested in politics, they find themselves unable to avoid it when Hania\u2019s father and mother lose their jobs due to the anti-Semitic purge and are forced to emigrate. Hania does not want to leave Janek, and the couple soon participate in a protest rally at the university where they discover freedom comes at a high price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DOCUMENTARIES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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FREE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONG DAY TOMORROW \/ JUTRO CZEKA NAS D\u0141UGI DZIE\u0143 (80min, 2019)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Director PAWE\u0141 WYSOCZA\u0143SKI<\/em><\/strong> in attendance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screening time: <\/em>Saturday, Oct. 29 at 6:30pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Pawe\u0142 Wysocza\u0144ski<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Pawe\u0142 Wysocza\u0144ski
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Bartosz Bieniek
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Piotr Krygiel
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Micha\u0142 Lorenc<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong> Helena Pyz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>Helena is a doctor who should have retired a long time ago due to poor health, but she finds herself unable to leave her patients. Thirty years ago, she moved from Poland to India, where she has worked at the Jeevodaya centre for leprosy patients and their children ever since. To her youngest patients, she is not only a doctor, but also a motherly figure, and everyone at the centre calls her \u2018mum\u2019. There is only one person who seems to have a problem with her: the new Head of the institution. Unwilling to accept Helena\u2019s authority among the patients, he has been trying to get rid of her. Despite being a Catholic priest, he does not appreciate her charitable work and has given her a derisive nickname, \u2018Mother Teresa\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CONDEMNED TO POSTER WORK \/ SKAZANY NA PLAKAT (46min, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time: <\/em>Sunday, Oct. 30 at 3pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Marek Osajda<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong>Marek Osajda
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Bartosz Jurgiewicz
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Bartosz Jurgiewicz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>Engaging and interesting storytelling, visual beauty, music \u2013 all together make for a great film. And they do exactly this in a biographical feature about a Polish artist, Leszek Zebrowski. Not every artist is able to talk about their art in an accessible way, but Zebrowski is a master of that too! He is both the protagonist and the narrator in this beautifully shot documentary. We get an intimate peek into his world and the world we live in through his eyes and soul. His words, like his art, are genuine, raw, inspiring and tell a fascinating story about this incredible artist\u2019s creative search for \u201cthe humanity in humans\u201d. We hear and see his approach to education, history, nature and the environment, his creative process. Zebrowski\u2019s poster designs, called by some posters of the soul, stop us in our tracks with their force of emotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Check out the exhibit of Zebrowski\u2019s music posters in Austin<\/a> now at the Ao5 Gallery \u2013 curated by the Dot Dot Dot Connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CHOPIN. I AM NOT AFRAID OF DARKNESS \/ CHOPIN. NIE BOJ\u0118 SI\u0118 CIEMNO\u015aCI (60min, 2020)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

FREE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Screening time: <\/em>Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Director: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Joanna Kaczmarek<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Joanna Kaczmarek
Cinematography in Poland<\/em>:<\/strong> Armand Urbanial
Cinematography in England:<\/em><\/strong> Siarhei Marchyk
Cinematography in Liban:<\/em><\/strong> Marcin \u0141askawiec 
Cinematography in Korea:<\/em><\/strong> – Yongduck Yoo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em>
<\/strong>Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer, Won Jae – Yeon, Fares Marek Basmadji.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:<\/em><\/strong>
This documentary weaves the stories of three outstanding pianists, Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer \u2013 a Pole, Won Jae \u2013 Yeon – a Korean, and Fares – a Syrian immigrant and a half-Pole. All three, apart from their passion for Chopin’s music, combine difficult historical experiences of countries they come from. The musicians prepare for special concerts in places where no one would expect to hear live music: at the former German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, on the border with the dictatorial North Korea, and in the center of Beirut – soon after the explosion in the port there. They believe that these places need music. Music that soothes, brings dreams back, triggers an avalanche of emotions. Music that not only crosses boundaries between cultures but also helps to heal wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MARYLA. THAT\u2019S HOW I LOVED \/ MARYLA. TAK KOCHA\u0141AM (108min, 2021)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time: <\/em>Sunday, Nov. 6 at 3pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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1h 48min<\/strong> I Biography, Music <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directors:<\/em><\/strong> <\/em>Micha\u0142 Bandurski, Krystian Kuczkowski<\/strong><\/a>
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Micha\u0142 Bandurski, Krystian Kuczkowski
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Pawe\u0142 Za\u0142uska, Micha\u0142 Tyszkiewicz, Krzysztof Hautz, Kamil Guba\u0142a, Filip Paku\u0142a
Editing: <\/em><\/strong>Bartosz Polkowski, Ewa \u0141uczak, Micha\u0142 Bandurski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast: <\/em><\/strong>Maryla Rodowicz, Daniel Olbrychski, Katarzyna Gaertner, Andrzej Sikorowski, Maria Szablowska, Adam Sztaba, Helena Vondr\u00e1ckov\u00e1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:<\/em><\/strong>
A story about the colorful life of the queen of the Polish music scene – Maryla Rodowicz – is a biographical and musical journey that shows the artist\u2019s passions and loves. The documentary includes some of the unique, unknown material from the archives of the Polish Television. The film crew accompanied the artist for several months during the concerts, rehearsals, and preparations for her stage performances. We get a chance to see members of her family, friends, musicians, and co-workers talk about the famous singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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SHORTS BLOCK<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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FREE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE SCULPTOR \/ RZE\u0179BIARZ<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time: <\/em>Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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22 min<\/strong> I Short, Drama <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong>Catherine Deptuch
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Catherine Deptuch
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Yorgos Tzoytzoyrakos
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Colton Stock
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Kenny Regan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Andy Kallok, Lecia Papadopoulous, Mateusz Balcerek, Corrinne Mica, Martin Harris, Daniel Olson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>When a retired Polish sculptor residing in suburban Los Angeles is diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, he reflects on his youth in the 1970\u2019s – the carefree times in art school in Krakow where he met his muse and the love of his life, Agnes. Now, she is his wife who inspires him to sculpt her one more time, the last time. But it is the first time for his eyes to see a new purpose of art and Agnes\u2019 age-defying beauty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Awards:
<\/em><\/strong>2022 Senior Movie Festival in Szczecin – Official Selection
2022 New Hope Film Festival – Official Selection
2021 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles – Hollywood Eagle Audience Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FREE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE HERO<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time: <\/em>Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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24 min<\/strong> I Short, Drama, Fantasy <\/strong>I 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Director: <\/em><\/strong>Milena Dutkowska
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Milena Dutkowska
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Igor Po\u0142aniewicz
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Nikodem Chabior
Music: <\/em><\/strong>Teoniki Rozynek, Marcin Markowicz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong>
Cyprian Grabowski, Anna Seniuk, Edyta Torhan, Krzysztof Dracz, Bart\u0142omiej Firlet<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>Cyprian, a 10-year-old orphan raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams to become a real hero. Suddenly, when his grandmother dies, a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Confronted with the real loss, he realizes what it means to be a hero in the face of suffering. The film received an award for the best fiction film in the student competition at the International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin; here is an excerpt from the jury\u2019s justification: \u201c[\u2026] The poetic film first fascinated and amused us, then saddened us, and finally gently caressed and calmed us down.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards:
<\/em><\/strong>2022  \u201e\u015awiat Maklaka\u201d Film Festival \u2013 Grand Prix
2022 Zl\u00edn Film Festival International Film Festival for Children and Youth \u2013 Jury Award in the Live-Action Category
2022 W\u0119giel Film Festiwal \u2013 Audience Award
2022 Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival \u2013  Jury film Award „Eastern European Film”
2021 Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival \u2013  Award for he Best Short Film
2021 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles \u2013 Bridging the Borders Award
2021 „Camera Action” Film Critics Festival \u2013 The Main Award in the category of the Best Etude<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FREE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

OVERNIGHT PARADISE<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Screening time: <\/em>Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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14 min<\/strong> I Short, Narrative <\/strong>I 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directors: <\/em><\/strong>Micha\u0142 Szpak, Manny Moreno
Screenplay: <\/em><\/strong><\/em>Taylor Wright
Cinematography: <\/em><\/strong>Manny Moreno
Editing:<\/em><\/strong> Manny Moreno
Music:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cast:<\/em><\/strong> Micha\u0142 Szpak, Julia Buszac, Sarah Brookshire, Jack Smith, Agata Darnowska, Kaja Kozlowska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Synopsis:
<\/em><\/strong>Polish immigrant, Aleksander, recently moved to America in search of peace and a better life. Hoping for a distraction from the grim reality of a war hitting too close to his home country, Aleksander finds work as a driver for a rideshare company. Meeting all kinds of interesting people as he gets to know his new city, his dreams of a brighter future seem closer than ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Aleksander\u2019s hopeful perspective takes a disappointing turn after a brief encounter of picking up a distraught passenger, Ashleigh. Suddenly, Aleksander is faced with the harsh realization that the dreams he was searching for may be closer to fantasy rather than reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It turns out that a great musical talent has been hidden for many years underneath his disability. Now, Grzegorz\u2019s desire is to become a pianist and perform in philharmonic halls. No one, apart from himself and his family, believes that this deaf boy \u2013 although supported by modern technology \u2013 will ever make his dream come true. \\nAwards:2022 Polish Film Academy - Eagle for Best Sound2022 Off Camera Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Film, Rising Star for Micha\u0142 Sikorski2021 Gdynia Film Festival- Audience Award for Bartosz Blaschke, Best Acting Debut for Micha\u0142 Sikorski\\n46. FPFF: SONATA - konferencja prasowa (In Polish)\\nTICKETS\\nBLACK SHEEP \/ CZARNA OWCA\\nScreening time: Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8:30pm\\n1h 47 min I Comedy, Drama I 2021\\nDirector: Aleksander PietrzakScreenplay: Bartosz KozeraCinematography: Mateusz PastewkaEditing: Jaros\u0142aw BarzanMusic: Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak\\nCast: Arkadiusz Jakubik, Magdalena Pop\u0142awska, Kamil Szeptycki, Agata R\u00f3\u017cycka, W\u0142odzimierz Press, Anna Cie\u015blak, Anna Smo\u0142owik\\nSynopsis:Magda and Arek have been a married couple for 25 years. They are taking care of their sick grandfather. They also live with their son, who has been in a long relationship with his girlfriend, Asia. Everything seems to be fine until an announcement at a family dinner triggers a cascade of events. Troubles, conflicts, and long repressed desires come to the surface and explode.Everybody goes their own way and starts a \\\"new life\\\". Will they be able to find their path to happiness?\\nAwards:2022 KinEst Fest in Katania - Audience Award and Journalists Award\\nTICKETS\\nBACK THEN \/ ZUPA NIC\\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 6:30pm\\n1h 34 min I Comedy, Drama I 2021\\nDirector: Kinga D\u0119bskaScreenplay: Kinga D\u0119bskaCinematography: Andrzej WojciechowskiEditing: Bartosz Karczy\u0144skiMusic: Micha\u0142 Novinski\\nCast:Kinga Preis, Adam Woronowicz, Ewa Wi\u015bniewska, Barbara Papis, Alicja Warchocka, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Milena Lisiecka, Przemys\u0142aw Bluszcz, Rafa\u0142 Rutkowski\\nSynopsis:This delightfully performed laugh-out-loud-funny family dramedy set during the Communist era follows Marta, a romantic who is bullied at school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and their grandma, who tells her war-time insurgent stories instead of fairy tales. Martha\u2019s father is an academic, who is constantly humiliated by the system, while her mother is the president of the Solidarity Union driven by a need for freedom. The real emotional turmoil will begin when a dream orange Fiat appears in front of their apartment.\\nAwards:2022 Polish Film Academy - Eagle for Best Supporting Actress - Ewa Wi\u015bniewska2022 Off Camera Film Festival - Polish Film Competition (nominee)2021 Gdynia Film Festival - Best Film (nominee)\\n46. FPFF: ZUPA NIC - konferencja prasowa (In Polish)\\nTICKETS\\nFOR A MOMENT, FOREVER \/ NA CHWIL\u0118, NA ZAWSZE\\nScreening time: Friday, Nov. 4 at 7pm\\n1h 40 min I Drama, Music I 2022\\nDirector: Piotr TrzaskalskiScreenplay: Mirella Zaradkiewicz, Magdalena Wi\u015bniewolska, Pawe\u0142 Domaga\u0142aCinematography: Witold P\u0142\u00f3ciennikEditing: Adam KwiatekMusic: \u0141ukasz Borowiecki\\nCast:Martyna Byczkowska, Pawe\u0142 Domaga\u0142a, Ireneusz Czop, Olaf Lubaszenko, Kinga Preis.\\nSynopsis:Pola is at the peak of her popularity - at the age of only 22, she fills the concert halls. One day, after a performance and the influence of alcohol, the girl causes a car accident. To silence the matter, her father and manager places her in an addiction therapy and treatment center, where the singer is forced to do social work. Soon she meets Borys there - a charismatic instructor, famous for his unconventional methods of work. He, too, was once a popular musician, but fell into the traps of his early fame. Despite their initial distrust, a shared musical passion brings them closer together. Unfortunately, the secrets of Boris's past and Pola's career are in the way of this nascent feeling. Is there a chance for happiness and true love for two people who share so much?\\nTICKETS\\nTHE TENANT \/ LOKATORKA\\nScreening time: Friday, Nov. 4 at 9pm\\n1h 58 min I Drama, Crime I 2021\\nDirector: Micha\u0142 Ot\u0142owskiScreenplay: Jacek Matecki, Tomasz KlimalaCinematography: Artur \u017burawskiEditing: Jacek DrosioMusic: \u0141ukasz Targosz\\nCast:Irena Melcer, Krzysztof Stroi\u0144ski, S\u0142awomira \u0141ozi\u0144ska, Barbara Jonak, Jan Frycz, Piotr G\u0142owacki.\\nSynopsis:The peaceful lives of tenants in a Mokot\u00f3w district tenement house are disturbed by the appearance of the alleged legal owner of the building. Using ruthless methods, the man forces more and more families to move out. Janina Markowska, whose family has lived in the building for over 70 years, is determined to fight for the right to her apartment. Suddenly, she disappears in mysterious circumstances and the police investigation is launched. A young, ambitious officer, who took over the case, uncovers a trail of intrigue involving politicians, agents of the former secret service, and high-profile lawyers. An uneven fight with the system begins, with the lives and rights of expelled residents at stake.\\nAwards:2022 Tofifest - Polish Film Competition - Micha\u0142 Ot\u0142owski (nominee)2021 Polish Film Academy - Eagle for Best Supporting Actress - S\u0142awomira \u0141ozi\u0144ska\\n46. FPFF: LOKATORKA - konferencja prasowa (In Polish)\\nTICKETS\\nLOVE IS NEARBY \/ MI\u0141O\u015a\u0106 JEST BLISKO\\nScreening time: Saturday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 pm\\n1h 43 min I Comedy, Romance I 2021\\nDirector: Rados\u0142aw DunaszewskiScreenplay: Mariusz Kuczewski, Marcin Baczy\u0144skiCinematography: Mateusz SkalskiEditing: Wojciech Mr\u00f3wczy\u0144skiMusic: Micha\u0142 Wo\u017aniak\\nCast:Weronika Ksi\u0105\u017ckiewicz, Wojciech Solarz. Olga Bo\u0142\u0105d\u017a, Grzegorz Ma\u0142ecki, Yan Polovnikov, Weronika Wachowska, Janusz Chabior, Kazimierz Mazur.\\nSynopsis:Natalia and Adam have been next-door neighbors and closest friends since childhood. Although their apartments are separate, they have a shared kitchen and a shared bathroom. Their bedrooms are separated by only a thin wall. Every night before going to sleep they phone each other to talk about their day and thoughts. Natalia, a widow, raises her son alone. She hopes to find a life companion, a homebody, who would be able to support them. Adam, a father of a teenage girl, is recovering after a divorce and dreams about experiencing something big, like a trip to the Amazon. Will their wishes come true?\\nTICKETS\\nLEAVE NO TRACES \/ \u017bEBY NIE BY\u0141O \u015aLAD\u00d3W\\nScreening time: Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7:30pm\\n2h 40min I Drama, History I 2021\\nDirector: Jan P. Matuszy\u0144skiScreenplay: Kaja Krawczyk-WnukCinematography: Kacper FertaczEditing: Przemys\u0142aw Chru\u015bcielewskiMusic: Ibrahim Maalouf\\nCast:Sandra Korzeniak, Tomasz Zi\u0119tek, Agnieszka Grochowska, Mateusz G\u00f3rski, Jacek Braciak, Robert Wi\u0119ckiewicz, Tomasz Kot, Sebastian Pawlak.\\nSynopsis:Poland, 1983. Despite the suspension, the martial law imposed by the communist authorities to suppress the Solidarity opposition, is still in force in the country. On May 12, Grzegorz Przemyk, son of a dissident poet Barbara Sadowska, is arrested and badly beaten by a police patrol. Przemyk dies after two days of agony. The only witness to the fatal beating is one of Grzegorz's friends, Jurek Popiel, who decides to fight for justice and to testify against the police. Initially, the state apparatus, including the Ministry of the Interior, downplays the case. However, when over 20 thousand people march through the streets of Warsaw behind Przemyk's coffin, the authorities decide to use any means against the witness and the mother of the victim to discredit them and prevent Jurek from testifying in court.\\nAwards:2022 Polish Film Academy - Eagle for Best Supporting Actor for Jacek Braciak2022 Screenwriters Festival in Warsaw \\\"Script Fiesta\\\" - Best screenplay for Kaja Krawczyk-Wnuk2022 Ostend Film Festival - The Best Film2021 Bar\u0107 Film Festiwal - Audience Award2021 International Film Festival 3Kino in Prague - The Best Film2021 Gdynia Film Festival - Silver Lion\\n46. FPFF: \u017bEBY NIE BY\u0141O \u015aLAD\u00d3W - konferencja prasowa (In Polish)\\nTICKETS\\nMARUSARZ - TATRA EAGLE \/ MARUSARZ - TATRZA\u0143SKI ORZE\u0141\\nScreening time: Sunday, Nov. 6 at 5:15pm\\n54 min I Biography, History I 2021\\nDirector: Marek BukowskiScreenplay: Marek Bukowski, Maciej DancewiszCinematography: Artur ZdralEditing: Jaros\u0142aw PietraszekMusic: Kris G\u00f3rski\\nCast:Mateusz Janicki, Marta Maria Wi\u015bniewska, Mateusz Bo\u017cek, Janka Cholewa, Olga Szostak\\nSynopsis:The film presents the life story of Stanis\u0142aw Marusarz, a legendary Polish ski-jumper who is not only known as world-famous athlete and Olympian, but also as second lieutenant of the Home Army - the resistance anti-Nazi military organization during the WWII. During the first months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, he actively worked as a Tatra Mountains courier of the Underground State. In 1940, he jumped from the second floor and escaped from the Gestapo prison in Cracow. After the war, Marusarz was one of the longest active ski-jumping athletes in the world. Invited as a guest of honor to the Four Hills Tournament, at the age of 53, he stood on the famous Gross-Titlis-Schanze hill and made his memorable show jump of 66 meters, dressed in a suit and a tie.\\nFREE\\nBODO\\nScreening time: Sunday, Nov. 6 at 6:30pm\\n1h 46min I Biography, Drama, Musical I 2016\\nDirector: Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144skiScreenplay: Piotr Derewenda, Doman NowakowskiCinematography: Kamil P\u0142ockiEditing: Micha\u0142 CzarneckiMusic: Atanas Valkov\\nCast:Tomasz Schuchardt, Antoni Kr\u00f3likowski, Agnieszka Wosi\u0144ska, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Piotr \u017burawski, J\u00f3zef Paw\u0142owski.\\nSynopsis:This musical drama tells the life story and the journey to fame of Eugeniusz Bodo, one of the most popular actors of Polish cinema and cabaret stages of the interwar period. A subject of gossip and scandals, a heartthrob for women and an idol for men, Bodo starred in almost 30 films and recorded many musical hits. Some of them are still popular to this day. His work also included writing, directing, and producing. Just when he signed a contract with a studio in Hollywood, the second World War broke out and crushed his plans of moving to America. The film is based on the enthusiastically received 13-episode series about Bodo and contains original footage of his performances and movies.\\nTHE PAUPER AND THE MADAME \/ N\u0118DZARZ I MADAME\\nScreening time & place TBD\\n1h 53 min I Biography, History, Drama I 2021\\nDirector: Witold LudwigScreenplay: Witold LudwigCinematography: Julian KucajEditing: Julian KucajMusic: Krzysztof A. Janczak\\nCast: Piotr Zaj\u0105czkowski, Magdalena Michalik, Tomasz B\u0142asiak, Lech Dyblik, Remigiusz Jankowski, Pawe\u0142 Tch\u00f3rzelski, Micha\u0142 Chorosi\u0144ski, Marcin Kwa\u015bny, Jaros\u0142aw Gajewski.\\nSynopsis:The film The Pauper and the Madame depicts the unique fate of Adam Chmielowski, an artist-painter who, in search of freedom and happiness, sacrifices everything. His rebellious nature and conflict with evil make him not only escape from the tsarist captivity hidden in a coffin, but in the moments of greatest fame, he abandons the world of art to \u201cdie for the world\u201d and devote himself to serving people. His tragic fate is completed by a spiritual breakdown, expulsion from the Jesuit order, and confinement in a mental institution. Soon, however, he rises like a phoenix from the ashes and then, mad with love for others, he returns in great style as Brother Albert - the future saint. The epic story is completed by his friends \u2013 Helena Modrzejewska and J\u00f3zef Che\u0142mo\u0144ski, the most famous artists of their epoch, but each in their own tragic way, will come to realize that the most beautiful art is the art of a beautiful life.\\nMARCH\u201968 \/ MARZEC\u201968\\nWILL BE SCREENED during Austin Jewish Film Festival on Saturday, November 12 at 8pmwith Director KRZYSZTOF LANG in attendance.\\nFor the screening location, and TICKETS, please visit our community partner website: www.austinjff.org\\n1h 57 min I Drama I 2022\\nDirector: Krzysztof LangScreenplay: Andrzej Golda, Krzysztof LangCinematography: Arkadiusz TomiakEditing: Rafa\u0142 ListopadMusic: Bart\u0142omiej GliniakCast: Vanessa Aleksander, Ignacy Liss, Ireneusz Czop, Edyta Olsz\u00f3wka, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Anna RadwanSynopsis:Two young students, Hania and Janek, meet and fall in love in the midst of social turmoil and Jewish discrimination in 1960\u2019s Warsaw. While the young lovers are uninterested in politics, they find themselves unable to avoid it when Hania\u2019s father and mother lose their jobs due to the anti-Semitic purge and are forced to emigrate. Hania does not want to leave Janek, and the couple soon participate in a protest rally at the university where they discover freedom comes at a high price.\\nDOCUMENTARIES\\nFREE\\nLONG DAY TOMORROW \/ JUTRO CZEKA NAS D\u0141UGI DZIE\u0143 (80min, 2019)\\nDirector PAWE\u0141 WYSOCZA\u0143SKI in attendance.\\nScreening time: Saturday, Oct. 29 at 6:30pm\\nDirector: Pawe\u0142 Wysocza\u0144skiScreenplay: Pawe\u0142 Wysocza\u0144skiCinematography: Bartosz BieniekEditing: Piotr KrygielMusic: Micha\u0142 Lorenc\\nCast: Helena Pyz\\nSynopsis:Helena is a doctor who should have retired a long time ago due to poor health, but she finds herself unable to leave her patients. Thirty years ago, she moved from Poland to India, where she has worked at the Jeevodaya centre for leprosy patients and their children ever since. To her youngest patients, she is not only a doctor, but also a motherly figure, and everyone at the centre calls her \u2018mum\u2019. There is only one person who seems to have a problem with her: the new Head of the institution. Unwilling to accept Helena\u2019s authority among the patients, he has been trying to get rid of her. Despite being a Catholic priest, he does not appreciate her charitable work and has given her a derisive nickname, \u2018Mother Teresa\u2019.\\nFREE\\nCONDEMNED TO POSTER WORK \/ SKAZANY NA PLAKAT (46min, 2020)\\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 3pm\\nDirector: Marek OsajdaScreenplay: Marek OsajdaCinematography: Bartosz JurgiewiczEditing: Bartosz Jurgiewicz\\nSynopsis:Engaging and interesting storytelling, visual beauty, music \u2013 all together make for a great film. And they do exactly this in a biographical feature about a Polish artist, Leszek Zebrowski. Not every artist is able to talk about their art in an accessible way, but Zebrowski is a master of that too! He is both the protagonist and the narrator in this beautifully shot documentary. We get an intimate peek into his world and the world we live in through his eyes and soul. His words, like his art, are genuine, raw, inspiring and tell a fascinating story about this incredible artist\u2019s creative search for \u201cthe humanity in humans\u201d. We hear and see his approach to education, history, nature and the environment, his creative process. Zebrowski\u2019s poster designs, called by some posters of the soul, stop us in our tracks with their force of emotions.\\nSponsored by\\nCheck out the exhibit of Zebrowski\u2019s music posters in Austin now at the Ao5 Gallery \u2013 curated by the Dot Dot Dot Connect.\\nCHOPIN. I AM NOT AFRAID OF DARKNESS \/ CHOPIN. NIE BOJ\u0118 SI\u0118 CIEMNO\u015aCI (60min, 2020)\\nFREE\\nScreening time: Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4pm\\nDirector: Joanna KaczmarekScreenplay: Joanna KaczmarekCinematography in Poland: Armand UrbanialCinematography in England: Siarhei MarchykCinematography in Liban: Marcin \u0141askawiec Cinematography in Korea: - Yongduck Yoo\\nCast:Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer, Won Jae - Yeon, Fares Marek Basmadji.\\nSynopsis:This documentary weaves the stories of three outstanding pianists, Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer \u2013 a Pole, Won Jae \u2013 Yeon - a Korean, and Fares - a Syrian immigrant and a half-Pole. All three, apart from their passion for Chopin's music, combine difficult historical experiences of countries they come from. The musicians prepare for special concerts in places where no one would expect to hear live music: at the former German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, on the border with the dictatorial North Korea, and in the center of Beirut - soon after the explosion in the port there. They believe that these places need music. Music that soothes, brings dreams back, triggers an avalanche of emotions. Music that not only crosses boundaries between cultures but also helps to heal wounds.\\nFREE\\nMARYLA. THAT\u2019S HOW I LOVED \/ MARYLA. TAK KOCHA\u0141AM (108min, 2021)\\nScreening time: Sunday, Nov. 6 at 3pm\\n1h 48min I Biography, Music I 2021\\nDirectors: Micha\u0142 Bandurski, Krystian KuczkowskiScreenplay: Micha\u0142 Bandurski, Krystian KuczkowskiCinematography: Pawe\u0142 Za\u0142uska, Micha\u0142 Tyszkiewicz, Krzysztof Hautz, Kamil Guba\u0142a, Filip Paku\u0142aEditing: Bartosz Polkowski, Ewa \u0141uczak, Micha\u0142 Bandurski\\nCast: Maryla Rodowicz, Daniel Olbrychski, Katarzyna Gaertner, Andrzej Sikorowski, Maria Szablowska, Adam Sztaba, Helena Vondr\u00e1ckov\u00e1\\nSynopsis:A story about the colorful life of the queen of the Polish music scene - Maryla Rodowicz - is a biographical and musical journey that shows the artist\u2019s passions and loves. The documentary includes some of the unique, unknown material from the archives of the Polish Television. The film crew accompanied the artist for several months during the concerts, rehearsals, and preparations for her stage performances. We get a chance to see members of her family, friends, musicians, and co-workers talk about the famous singer.\\nSHORTS BLOCK\\nFREE\\nTHE SCULPTOR \/ RZE\u0179BIARZ\\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm\\n22 min I Short, Drama I 2021\\nDirector: Catherine DeptuchScreenplay: Catherine DeptuchCinematography: Yorgos Tzoytzoyrakos Editing: Colton StockMusic: Kenny Regan\\nCast:Andy Kallok, Lecia Papadopoulous, Mateusz Balcerek, Corrinne Mica, Martin Harris, Daniel Olson\\nSynopsis:When a retired Polish sculptor residing in suburban Los Angeles is diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, he reflects on his youth in the 1970\u2019s - the carefree times in art school in Krakow where he met his muse and the love of his life, Agnes. Now, she is his wife who inspires him to sculpt her one more time, the last time. But it is the first time for his eyes to see a new purpose of art and Agnes\u2019 age-defying beauty.\\nAwards:2022 Senior Movie Festival in Szczecin - Official Selection2022 New Hope Film Festival - Official Selection2021 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles - Hollywood Eagle Audience Award\\nFREE\\nTHE HERO\\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm\\n24 min I Short, Drama, Fantasy I 2021\\nDirector: Milena DutkowskaScreenplay: Milena DutkowskaCinematography: Igor Po\u0142aniewicz Editing: Nikodem ChabiorMusic: Teoniki Rozynek, Marcin Markowicz\\nCast:Cyprian Grabowski, Anna Seniuk, Edyta Torhan, Krzysztof Dracz, Bart\u0142omiej Firlet\\nSynopsis:Cyprian, a 10-year-old orphan raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams to become a real hero. Suddenly, when his grandmother dies, a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Confronted with the real loss, he realizes what it means to be a hero in the face of suffering. The film received an award for the best fiction film in the student competition at the International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin; here is an excerpt from the jury\u2019s justification: \u201c[\u2026] The poetic film first fascinated and amused us, then saddened us, and finally gently caressed and calmed us down.\\\"\\nAwards:2022 \u201e\u015awiat Maklaka\u201d Film Festival \u2013 Grand Prix2022 Zl\u00edn Film Festival International Film Festival for Children and Youth \u2013 Jury Award in the Live-Action Category2022 W\u0119giel Film Festiwal \u2013 Audience Award2022 Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival \u2013 Jury film Award \\\"Eastern European Film\\\"2021 Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival \u2013 Award for he Best Short Film2021 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles \u2013 Bridging the Borders Award2021 \\\"Camera Action\\\" Film Critics Festival \u2013 The Main Award in the category of the Best Etude\\nFREE\\nOVERNIGHT PARADISE\\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm\\n14 min I Short, Narrative I 2022\\nDirectors: Micha\u0142 Szpak, Manny MorenoScreenplay: Taylor WrightCinematography: Manny Moreno Editing: Manny MorenoMusic:\\nCast: Micha\u0142 Szpak, Julia Buszac, Sarah Brookshire, Jack Smith, Agata Darnowska, Kaja Kozlowska.\\nSynopsis:Polish immigrant, Aleksander, recently moved to America in search of peace and a better life. Hoping for a distraction from the grim reality of a war hitting too close to his home country, Aleksander finds work as a driver for a rideshare company. Meeting all kinds of interesting people as he gets to know his new city, his dreams of a brighter future seem closer than ever.\\nAleksander\u2019s hopeful perspective takes a disappointing turn after a brief encounter of picking up a distraught passenger, Ashleigh. 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This film festival is unique among all the film festivals in Austin not only because it brings Polish feature films, documentaries, shorts, animations, and the filmmakers from Poland, but it also presents the incredible art of Polish poster and their creators, while promoting cooperation between Polish and Austin creative worlds.\nPoland has a\u00a0rich history of filmmaking that spans over 100 years, but it is little known to most film audiences in Texas, due primarily to distribution issues and limited promotion outside of Europe. The role of the APFF is to bring quality Polish films to Austin audiences and expand awareness of Polish arts and culture.\nLULLABY KILLER \/ ACH \u015aPIJ KOCHANIE\nDirector KRZYSZTOF LANG in attendance.\nScreening time: Friday, Oct. 28 at 8pm\n1h 37 min I Crime, Thriller, Drama I 2017\nDirector: Krzysztof LangScreenplay: Andrzej Go\u0142daCinematography: Adam SikoraEditing: Milenia FiedlerMusic: Micha\u0142 Lorenc\nCast:Andrzej Chyra, Tomasz Schuchardt, Bogus\u0142aw Linda, Andrzej Grabowski, Karolina Gruszka, Katarzyna Warnke, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Katarzyna Figura, Izabela Kuna, Jerzy Trela, Ireneusz Czop.\nSynopsis:This crime drama is based on the true story of the notorious Polish serial killer, W\u0142adyslaw Mazurkiewicz, who terrorized Cracow in the 1950\u2019s. A total of 67 people went missing. This handsome, elegant playboy murderer \u2013 called \u201ePretty W\u0142adzio\u201d \u2013 went unpunished for a very long time until he met his match in the young police detective Karski, who brought him to justice.\nTICKETS\nSONATA\nScreening time: Saturday, Oct. 29 at 4pm\n1h 58 min I Biography, Drama I 2021\nDirector: Bartosz Blaschke Screenplay: Bartosz Blaschke Cinematography: Tomasz AugustynekEditing: Robert PiechnikMusic: Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak\nCast: Micha\u0142 Sikorski, Ma\u0142gorzata Foremniak, \u0141ukasz Simlat, Konrad K\u0105kol, Jerzy Stuhr.\nSynopsis:Grzegorz, who was diagnosed with autism as a child, lives in his own hermetic world unable to connect with others. In his teens, it becomes clear that the cause of his isolation is not autism, but a deep hearing impairment. Thanks to his parents and a medical intervention by a doctor, Grzegorz begins to discover sounds, speech, and music which he falls in love with. It turns out that a great musical talent has been hidden for many years underneath his disability. Now, Grzegorz\u2019s desire is to become a pianist and perform in philharmonic halls. No one, apart from himself and his family, believes that this deaf boy \u2013 although supported by modern technology \u2013 will ever make his dream come true. \nAwards:2022 Polish Film Academy - Eagle for Best Sound2022 Off Camera Film Festival - Audience Award for Best Film, Rising Star for Micha\u0142 Sikorski2021 Gdynia Film Festival- Audience Award for Bartosz Blaschke, Best Acting Debut for Micha\u0142 Sikorski\n46. FPFF: SONATA - konferencja prasowa (In Polish)\nTICKETS\nBLACK SHEEP \/ CZARNA OWCA\nScreening time: Saturday, Oct. 29 at 8:30pm\n1h 47 min I Comedy, Drama I 2021\nDirector: Aleksander PietrzakScreenplay: Bartosz KozeraCinematography: Mateusz PastewkaEditing: Jaros\u0142aw BarzanMusic: Krzysztof Aleksander Janczak\nCast: Arkadiusz Jakubik, Magdalena Pop\u0142awska, Kamil Szeptycki, Agata R\u00f3\u017cycka, W\u0142odzimierz Press, Anna Cie\u015blak, Anna Smo\u0142owik\nSynopsis:Magda and Arek have been a married couple for 25 years. They are taking care of their sick grandfather. They also live with their son, who has been in a long relationship with his girlfriend, Asia. Everything seems to be fine until an announcement at a family dinner triggers a cascade of events. Troubles, conflicts, and long repressed desires come to the surface and explode.Everybody goes their own way and starts a \"new life\". Will they be able to find their path to happiness?\nAwards:2022 KinEst Fest in Katania - Audience Award and Journalists Award\nTICKETS\nBACK THEN \/ ZUPA NIC\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 6:30pm\n1h 34 min I Comedy, Drama I 2021\nDirector: Kinga D\u0119bskaScreenplay: Kinga D\u0119bskaCinematography: Andrzej WojciechowskiEditing: Bartosz Karczy\u0144skiMusic: Micha\u0142 Novinski\nCast:Kinga Preis, Adam Woronowicz, Ewa Wi\u015bniewska, Barbara Papis, Alicja Warchocka, Katarzyna Kwiatkowska, Milena Lisiecka, Przemys\u0142aw Bluszcz, Rafa\u0142 Rutkowski\nSynopsis:This delightfully performed laugh-out-loud-funny family dramedy set during the Communist era follows Marta, a romantic who is bullied at school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and their grandma, who tells her war-time insurgent stories instead of fairy tales. Martha\u2019s father is an academic, who is constantly humiliated by the system, while her mother is the president of the Solidarity Union driven by a need for freedom. The real emotional turmoil will begin when a dream orange Fiat appears in front of their apartment.\nAwards:2022 Polish Film Academy - Eagle for Best Supporting Actress - Ewa Wi\u015bniewska2022 Off Camera Film Festival - Polish Film Competition (nominee)2021 Gdynia Film Festival - Best Film (nominee)\n46. FPFF: ZUPA NIC - konferencja prasowa (In Polish)\nTICKETS\nFOR A MOMENT, FOREVER \/ NA CHWIL\u0118, NA ZAWSZE\nScreening time: Friday, Nov. 4 at 7pm\n1h 40 min I Drama, Music I 2022\nDirector: Piotr TrzaskalskiScreenplay: Mirella Zaradkiewicz, Magdalena Wi\u015bniewolska, Pawe\u0142 Domaga\u0142aCinematography: Witold P\u0142\u00f3ciennikEditing: Adam KwiatekMusic: \u0141ukasz Borowiecki\nCast:Martyna Byczkowska, Pawe\u0142 Domaga\u0142a, Ireneusz Czop, Olaf Lubaszenko, Kinga Preis.\nSynopsis:Pola is at the peak of her popularity - at the age of only 22, she fills the concert halls. One day, after a performance and the influence of alcohol, the girl causes a car accident. To silence the matter, her father and manager places her in an addiction therapy and treatment center, where the singer is forced to do social work. Soon she meets Borys there - a charismatic instructor, famous for his unconventional methods of work. He, too, was once a popular musician, but fell into the traps of his early fame. Despite their initial distrust, a shared musical passion brings them closer together. Unfortunately, the secrets of Boris's past and Pola's career are in the way of this nascent feeling. Is there a chance for happiness and true love for two people who share so much?\nTICKETS\nTHE TENANT \/ LOKATORKA\nScreening time: Friday, Nov. 4 at 9pm\n1h 58 min I Drama, Crime I 2021\nDirector: Micha\u0142 Ot\u0142owskiScreenplay: Jacek Matecki, Tomasz KlimalaCinematography: Artur \u017burawskiEditing: Jacek DrosioMusic: \u0141ukasz Targosz\nCast:Irena Melcer, Krzysztof Stroi\u0144ski, S\u0142awomira \u0141ozi\u0144ska, Barbara Jonak, Jan Frycz, Piotr G\u0142owacki.\nSynopsis:The peaceful lives of tenants in a Mokot\u00f3w district tenement house are disturbed by the appearance of the alleged legal owner of the building. Using ruthless methods, the man forces more and more families to move out. Janina Markowska, whose family has lived in the building for over 70 years, is determined to fight for the right to her apartment. Suddenly, she disappears in mysterious circumstances and the police investigation is launched. A young, ambitious officer, who took over the case, uncovers a trail of intrigue involving politicians, agents of the former secret service, and high-profile lawyers. An uneven fight with the system begins, with the lives and rights of expelled residents at stake.\nAwards:2022 Tofifest - Polish Film Competition - Micha\u0142 Ot\u0142owski (nominee)2021 Polish Film Academy - Eagle for Best Supporting Actress - S\u0142awomira \u0141ozi\u0144ska\n46. FPFF: LOKATORKA - konferencja prasowa (In Polish)\nTICKETS\nLOVE IS NEARBY \/ MI\u0141O\u015a\u0106 JEST BLISKO\nScreening time: Saturday, Nov. 5 at 5:30 pm\n1h 43 min I Comedy, Romance I 2021\nDirector: Rados\u0142aw DunaszewskiScreenplay: Mariusz Kuczewski, Marcin Baczy\u0144skiCinematography: Mateusz SkalskiEditing: Wojciech Mr\u00f3wczy\u0144skiMusic: Micha\u0142 Wo\u017aniak\nCast:Weronika Ksi\u0105\u017ckiewicz, Wojciech Solarz. Olga Bo\u0142\u0105d\u017a, Grzegorz Ma\u0142ecki, Yan Polovnikov, Weronika Wachowska, Janusz Chabior, Kazimierz Mazur.\nSynopsis:Natalia and Adam have been next-door neighbors and closest friends since childhood. Although their apartments are separate, they have a shared kitchen and a shared bathroom. Their bedrooms are separated by only a thin wall. Every night before going to sleep they phone each other to talk about their day and thoughts. Natalia, a widow, raises her son alone. She hopes to find a life companion, a homebody, who would be able to support them. Adam, a father of a teenage girl, is recovering after a divorce and dreams about experiencing something big, like a trip to the Amazon. Will their wishes come true?\nTICKETS\nLEAVE NO TRACES \/ \u017bEBY NIE BY\u0141O \u015aLAD\u00d3W\nScreening time: Saturday, Nov. 5 at 7:30pm\n2h 40min I Drama, History I 2021\nDirector: Jan P. Matuszy\u0144skiScreenplay: Kaja Krawczyk-WnukCinematography: Kacper FertaczEditing: Przemys\u0142aw Chru\u015bcielewskiMusic: Ibrahim Maalouf\nCast:Sandra Korzeniak, Tomasz Zi\u0119tek, Agnieszka Grochowska, Mateusz G\u00f3rski, Jacek Braciak, Robert Wi\u0119ckiewicz, Tomasz Kot, Sebastian Pawlak.\nSynopsis:Poland, 1983. Despite the suspension, the martial law imposed by the communist authorities to suppress the Solidarity opposition, is still in force in the country. On May 12, Grzegorz Przemyk, son of a dissident poet Barbara Sadowska, is arrested and badly beaten by a police patrol. Przemyk dies after two days of agony. The only witness to the fatal beating is one of Grzegorz's friends, Jurek Popiel, who decides to fight for justice and to testify against the police. Initially, the state apparatus, including the Ministry of the Interior, downplays the case. However, when over 20 thousand people march through the streets of Warsaw behind Przemyk's coffin, the authorities decide to use any means against the witness and the mother of the victim to discredit them and prevent Jurek from testifying in court.\nAwards:2022 Polish Film Academy - Eagle for Best Supporting Actor for Jacek Braciak2022 Screenwriters Festival in Warsaw \"Script Fiesta\" - Best screenplay for Kaja Krawczyk-Wnuk2022 Ostend Film Festival - The Best Film2021 Bar\u0107 Film Festiwal - Audience Award2021 International Film Festival 3Kino in Prague - The Best Film2021 Gdynia Film Festival - Silver Lion\n46. FPFF: \u017bEBY NIE BY\u0141O \u015aLAD\u00d3W - konferencja prasowa (In Polish)\nTICKETS\nMARUSARZ - TATRA EAGLE \/ MARUSARZ - TATRZA\u0143SKI ORZE\u0141\nScreening time: Sunday, Nov. 6 at 5:15pm\n54 min I Biography, History I 2021\nDirector: Marek BukowskiScreenplay: Marek Bukowski, Maciej DancewiszCinematography: Artur ZdralEditing: Jaros\u0142aw PietraszekMusic: Kris G\u00f3rski\nCast:Mateusz Janicki, Marta Maria Wi\u015bniewska, Mateusz Bo\u017cek, Janka Cholewa, Olga Szostak\nSynopsis:The film presents the life story of Stanis\u0142aw Marusarz, a legendary Polish ski-jumper who is not only known as world-famous athlete and Olympian, but also as second lieutenant of the Home Army - the resistance anti-Nazi military organization during the WWII. During the first months of the Nazi occupation of Poland, he actively worked as a Tatra Mountains courier of the Underground State. In 1940, he jumped from the second floor and escaped from the Gestapo prison in Cracow. After the war, Marusarz was one of the longest active ski-jumping athletes in the world. Invited as a guest of honor to the Four Hills Tournament, at the age of 53, he stood on the famous Gross-Titlis-Schanze hill and made his memorable show jump of 66 meters, dressed in a suit and a tie.\nFREE\nBODO\nScreening time: Sunday, Nov. 6 at 6:30pm\n1h 46min I Biography, Drama, Musical I 2016\nDirector: Micha\u0142 Kwieci\u0144skiScreenplay: Piotr Derewenda, Doman NowakowskiCinematography: Kamil P\u0142ockiEditing: Micha\u0142 CzarneckiMusic: Atanas Valkov\nCast:Tomasz Schuchardt, Antoni Kr\u00f3likowski, Agnieszka Wosi\u0144ska, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Piotr \u017burawski, J\u00f3zef Paw\u0142owski.\nSynopsis:This musical drama tells the life story and the journey to fame of Eugeniusz Bodo, one of the most popular actors of Polish cinema and cabaret stages of the interwar period. A subject of gossip and scandals, a heartthrob for women and an idol for men, Bodo starred in almost 30 films and recorded many musical hits. Some of them are still popular to this day. His work also included writing, directing, and producing. Just when he signed a contract with a studio in Hollywood, the second World War broke out and crushed his plans of moving to America. The film is based on the enthusiastically received 13-episode series about Bodo and contains original footage of his performances and movies.\nTHE PAUPER AND THE MADAME \/ N\u0118DZARZ I MADAME\nScreening time & place TBD\n1h 53 min I Biography, History, Drama I 2021\nDirector: Witold LudwigScreenplay: Witold LudwigCinematography: Julian KucajEditing: Julian KucajMusic: Krzysztof A. Janczak\nCast: Piotr Zaj\u0105czkowski, Magdalena Michalik, Tomasz B\u0142asiak, Lech Dyblik, Remigiusz Jankowski, Pawe\u0142 Tch\u00f3rzelski, Micha\u0142 Chorosi\u0144ski, Marcin Kwa\u015bny, Jaros\u0142aw Gajewski.\nSynopsis:The film The Pauper and the Madame depicts the unique fate of Adam Chmielowski, an artist-painter who, in search of freedom and happiness, sacrifices everything. His rebellious nature and conflict with evil make him not only escape from the tsarist captivity hidden in a coffin, but in the moments of greatest fame, he abandons the world of art to \u201cdie for the world\u201d and devote himself to serving people. His tragic fate is completed by a spiritual breakdown, expulsion from the Jesuit order, and confinement in a mental institution. Soon, however, he rises like a phoenix from the ashes and then, mad with love for others, he returns in great style as Brother Albert - the future saint. The epic story is completed by his friends \u2013 Helena Modrzejewska and J\u00f3zef Che\u0142mo\u0144ski, the most famous artists of their epoch, but each in their own tragic way, will come to realize that the most beautiful art is the art of a beautiful life.\nMARCH\u201968 \/ MARZEC\u201968\nWILL BE SCREENED during Austin Jewish Film Festival on Saturday, November 12 at 8pmwith Director KRZYSZTOF LANG in attendance.\nFor the screening location, and TICKETS, please visit our community partner website: www.austinjff.org\n1h 57 min I Drama I 2022\nDirector: Krzysztof LangScreenplay: Andrzej Golda, Krzysztof LangCinematography: Arkadiusz TomiakEditing: Rafa\u0142 ListopadMusic: Bart\u0142omiej GliniakCast: Vanessa Aleksander, Ignacy Liss, Ireneusz Czop, Edyta Olsz\u00f3wka, Mariusz Bonaszewski, Anna RadwanSynopsis:Two young students, Hania and Janek, meet and fall in love in the midst of social turmoil and Jewish discrimination in 1960\u2019s Warsaw. While the young lovers are uninterested in politics, they find themselves unable to avoid it when Hania\u2019s father and mother lose their jobs due to the anti-Semitic purge and are forced to emigrate. Hania does not want to leave Janek, and the couple soon participate in a protest rally at the university where they discover freedom comes at a high price.\nDOCUMENTARIES\nFREE\nLONG DAY TOMORROW \/ JUTRO CZEKA NAS D\u0141UGI DZIE\u0143 (80min, 2019)\nDirector PAWE\u0141 WYSOCZA\u0143SKI in attendance.\nScreening time: Saturday, Oct. 29 at 6:30pm\nDirector: Pawe\u0142 Wysocza\u0144skiScreenplay: Pawe\u0142 Wysocza\u0144skiCinematography: Bartosz BieniekEditing: Piotr KrygielMusic: Micha\u0142 Lorenc\nCast: Helena Pyz\nSynopsis:Helena is a doctor who should have retired a long time ago due to poor health, but she finds herself unable to leave her patients. Thirty years ago, she moved from Poland to India, where she has worked at the Jeevodaya centre for leprosy patients and their children ever since. To her youngest patients, she is not only a doctor, but also a motherly figure, and everyone at the centre calls her \u2018mum\u2019. There is only one person who seems to have a problem with her: the new Head of the institution. Unwilling to accept Helena\u2019s authority among the patients, he has been trying to get rid of her. Despite being a Catholic priest, he does not appreciate her charitable work and has given her a derisive nickname, \u2018Mother Teresa\u2019.\nFREE\nCONDEMNED TO POSTER WORK \/ SKAZANY NA PLAKAT (46min, 2020)\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 3pm\nDirector: Marek OsajdaScreenplay: Marek OsajdaCinematography: Bartosz JurgiewiczEditing: Bartosz Jurgiewicz\nSynopsis:Engaging and interesting storytelling, visual beauty, music \u2013 all together make for a great film. And they do exactly this in a biographical feature about a Polish artist, Leszek Zebrowski. Not every artist is able to talk about their art in an accessible way, but Zebrowski is a master of that too! He is both the protagonist and the narrator in this beautifully shot documentary. We get an intimate peek into his world and the world we live in through his eyes and soul. His words, like his art, are genuine, raw, inspiring and tell a fascinating story about this incredible artist\u2019s creative search for \u201cthe humanity in humans\u201d. We hear and see his approach to education, history, nature and the environment, his creative process. Zebrowski\u2019s poster designs, called by some posters of the soul, stop us in our tracks with their force of emotions.\nSponsored by\nCheck out the exhibit of Zebrowski\u2019s music posters in Austin now at the Ao5 Gallery \u2013 curated by the Dot Dot Dot Connect.\nCHOPIN. I AM NOT AFRAID OF DARKNESS \/ CHOPIN. NIE BOJ\u0118 SI\u0118 CIEMNO\u015aCI (60min, 2020)\nFREE\nScreening time: Saturday, Nov. 5 at 4pm\nDirector: Joanna KaczmarekScreenplay: Joanna KaczmarekCinematography in Poland: Armand UrbanialCinematography in England: Siarhei MarchykCinematography in Liban: Marcin \u0141askawiec Cinematography in Korea: - Yongduck Yoo\nCast:Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer, Won Jae - Yeon, Fares Marek Basmadji.\nSynopsis:This documentary weaves the stories of three outstanding pianists, Leszek Mo\u017cd\u017cer \u2013 a Pole, Won Jae \u2013 Yeon - a Korean, and Fares - a Syrian immigrant and a half-Pole. All three, apart from their passion for Chopin's music, combine difficult historical experiences of countries they come from. The musicians prepare for special concerts in places where no one would expect to hear live music: at the former German Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau, on the border with the dictatorial North Korea, and in the center of Beirut - soon after the explosion in the port there. They believe that these places need music. Music that soothes, brings dreams back, triggers an avalanche of emotions. Music that not only crosses boundaries between cultures but also helps to heal wounds.\nFREE\nMARYLA. THAT\u2019S HOW I LOVED \/ MARYLA. TAK KOCHA\u0141AM (108min, 2021)\nScreening time: Sunday, Nov. 6 at 3pm\n1h 48min I Biography, Music I 2021\nDirectors: Micha\u0142 Bandurski, Krystian KuczkowskiScreenplay: Micha\u0142 Bandurski, Krystian KuczkowskiCinematography: Pawe\u0142 Za\u0142uska, Micha\u0142 Tyszkiewicz, Krzysztof Hautz, Kamil Guba\u0142a, Filip Paku\u0142aEditing: Bartosz Polkowski, Ewa \u0141uczak, Micha\u0142 Bandurski\nCast: Maryla Rodowicz, Daniel Olbrychski, Katarzyna Gaertner, Andrzej Sikorowski, Maria Szablowska, Adam Sztaba, Helena Vondr\u00e1ckov\u00e1\nSynopsis:A story about the colorful life of the queen of the Polish music scene - Maryla Rodowicz - is a biographical and musical journey that shows the artist\u2019s passions and loves. The documentary includes some of the unique, unknown material from the archives of the Polish Television. The film crew accompanied the artist for several months during the concerts, rehearsals, and preparations for her stage performances. We get a chance to see members of her family, friends, musicians, and co-workers talk about the famous singer.\nSHORTS BLOCK\nFREE\nTHE SCULPTOR \/ RZE\u0179BIARZ\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm\n22 min I Short, Drama I 2021\nDirector: Catherine DeptuchScreenplay: Catherine DeptuchCinematography: Yorgos Tzoytzoyrakos Editing: Colton StockMusic: Kenny Regan\nCast:Andy Kallok, Lecia Papadopoulous, Mateusz Balcerek, Corrinne Mica, Martin Harris, Daniel Olson\nSynopsis:When a retired Polish sculptor residing in suburban Los Angeles is diagnosed with a degenerative eye disease, he reflects on his youth in the 1970\u2019s - the carefree times in art school in Krakow where he met his muse and the love of his life, Agnes. Now, she is his wife who inspires him to sculpt her one more time, the last time. But it is the first time for his eyes to see a new purpose of art and Agnes\u2019 age-defying beauty.\nAwards:2022 Senior Movie Festival in Szczecin - Official Selection2022 New Hope Film Festival - Official Selection2021 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles - Hollywood Eagle Audience Award\nFREE\nTHE HERO\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm\n24 min I Short, Drama, Fantasy I 2021\nDirector: Milena DutkowskaScreenplay: Milena DutkowskaCinematography: Igor Po\u0142aniewicz Editing: Nikodem ChabiorMusic: Teoniki Rozynek, Marcin Markowicz\nCast:Cyprian Grabowski, Anna Seniuk, Edyta Torhan, Krzysztof Dracz, Bart\u0142omiej Firlet\nSynopsis:Cyprian, a 10-year-old orphan raised by his beloved grandmother, dreams to become a real hero. Suddenly, when his grandmother dies, a threat of an orphanage hangs over Cyprian. Confronted with the real loss, he realizes what it means to be a hero in the face of suffering. The film received an award for the best fiction film in the student competition at the International Film Festival for Children and Youth in Zlin; here is an excerpt from the jury\u2019s justification: \u201c[\u2026] The poetic film first fascinated and amused us, then saddened us, and finally gently caressed and calmed us down.\"\nAwards:2022 \u201e\u015awiat Maklaka\u201d Film Festival \u2013 Grand Prix2022 Zl\u00edn Film Festival International Film Festival for Children and Youth \u2013 Jury Award in the Live-Action Category2022 W\u0119giel Film Festiwal \u2013 Audience Award2022 Grenzland-Filmtage Selb International Film Festival \u2013 Jury film Award \"Eastern European Film\"2021 Ann Arbor Polish Film Festival \u2013 Award for he Best Short Film2021 Polish Film Festival Los Angeles \u2013 Bridging the Borders Award2021 \"Camera Action\" Film Critics Festival \u2013 The Main Award in the category of the Best Etude\nFREE\nOVERNIGHT PARADISE\nScreening time: Sunday, Oct. 30 at 4:15pm\n14 min I Short, Narrative I 2022\nDirectors: Micha\u0142 Szpak, Manny MorenoScreenplay: Taylor WrightCinematography: Manny Moreno Editing: Manny MorenoMusic:\nCast: Micha\u0142 Szpak, Julia Buszac, Sarah Brookshire, Jack Smith, Agata Darnowska, Kaja Kozlowska.\nSynopsis:Polish immigrant, Aleksander, recently moved to America in search of peace and a better life. Hoping for a distraction from the grim reality of a war hitting too close to his home country, Aleksander finds work as a driver for a rideshare company. Meeting all kinds of interesting people as he gets to know his new city, his dreams of a brighter future seem closer than ever.\nAleksander\u2019s hopeful perspective takes a disappointing turn after a brief encounter of picking up a distraught passenger, Ashleigh. 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