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February 24-March 2, 2023
Brooklyn Academy of Music<\/a><\/strong> (BAM)
30 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Co-curated by Tomek Smolarski and Jesse Trussell<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discover the best in recent Polish cinema with this biannual festival showcasing innovative, boundary-pushing new works. Presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), this lineup includes a laugh-out-loud comedy, crime dramas based on real events, a donkey on a road trip, and two Polish\/Ukrainian co-productions\u2014The Hamlet Syndrome<\/em> and Rhino<\/em>\u2014in a day of Polish-Ukrainian solidarity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 9:30pm ET
The Silent Twins<\/a><\/strong> (2022) by dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Agnieszka Smoczynska\u2019s English-language debut tells the story of June and Jennifer Gibbons\u2014two twins of Caribbean descent born in the 60s who grew up mostly in Wales. Ostracized at a young age, the women turned inwards and only spoke to each other. Based on a true story, this award-winning drama follows their unique bond as they mature, voraciously write, dabble in criminal activities, and ultimately end up institutionalized for over a decade. Smoczynska\u2019s visual masterpiece highlights powerful performances from Tamara Lawrance and Black Panther<\/em>\u2019s Letitia Wright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201ca story about a single artistic soul cleaved in two\u201d\u2014Independent<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Fri, Feb 24, 2023 at 7pm ET
EO<\/strong><\/a> (2022) by dir. Jerzy Skolimowski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winning the Cannes Jury Prize and NY Film Circle Critics Award, Jerzy Skolimowski\u2019s first feature in seven years is a touching hero\u2019s journey that follows the life of EO, a donkey. As he journeys from a circus in Poland through streets, valleys, and streams to Italy, the intimacy of the camera-work shows a world of pain, love, loss, and the brutality of humans. Paying homage to Robert Bresson\u2019s Au Hasard Balthazar<\/em>, yet wholly its own, the latest from the 84-year-old Polish filmmaking legend masterfully shows a cruel world through a lovable main character.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cno movie that I\u2019ve seen this year has moved me as deeply, made me feel as optimistic about cinema or engaged me with such intellectual vigor\u201d\u2014The New York Times<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 2pm ET
Bread and Salt<\/a><\/strong> (2022) by dir. Damian Kocur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Damian Kocur\u2019s acclaimed debut feature revolves around a talented pianist (Tymoteusz Bies, playing himself) who is home on break from Warsaw University of Music. As he reconnects with his brother (played by his real brother Jacek) and his old gang, the isolation of a town stuck in time weighs on him. When two refugees open a kebab place and it becomes the new hangout, tensions rise\u2014mirroring race relations in present-day Poland. Based on real events from 2017 and starring all non-professional actors, the film pulses with Bies\u2019 talented piano playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cbuilds like a volcano preparing to erupt\u201d\u2014Screen Daily<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 4:30pm ET
Fucking Bornholm<\/strong><\/a> (2022) by dir. Anna Kazejak<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two families head to a Danish island in the Baltic Sea for a camping trip in this award-winning drama from Anna Kazejak, based on the audiobook of the same name. As the adults attempt to bond\u2014and one of the dads brings a new younger girlfriend\u2014things start to go wrong quickly. After an incident occurs between their children, the adults further combust, taking any shreds of friendship with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201ca wickedly funny dark comedy not afraid to ruffle some feathers\u201d\u2014RogerEbert.com
\u201can emphatic scream into the patriarchal void\u201d\u2014Variety<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 7pm ET
Woman on the Roof<\/strong><\/a> (2022) by dir. Anna Jadowska
+ Join us for a Q&A with director Anna Jadowska after the screening<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Based on a real story, Anna Jadowska\u2019s exquisite drama is told in flashbacks revolving around Mira (Pomykala), a sixty-something woman that does laundry, buys fish food, and robs a bank one day with a kitchen knife. As the story unfolds\u2014including the fact that the bank teller doesn\u2019t believe her\u2014Mira\u2019s loveless marriage and mental state are laid bare. An emotional examination of the loneliness of depression, Pomykala\u2019s performance is consuming, earning her Best Performance at the Tribeca Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201ca stark and compelling examination of twilight-year malaise\u201d\u2014CineEuropa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sat, Feb 25, 2023 at 9:30pm ET
Silent Land<\/strong><\/a> (2021) by dir. Aga Woszczynska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A seemingly perfect\u2014yet mysterious\u2014couple visits a villa on an Italian Island in Aga Woszczynska\u2019s award-winning exploration of wealth, class, and privilege. They find that their pool is empty and insist that it be filled immediately, ignoring drought advice. When the migrant worker sent to fill the pool dies and the police appear to interview the couple, their social status takes center stage. A beautifully filmed and powerfully wrought first feature, Woszczynska cements herself as a director to watch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cplunges toward a moral implosion\u201d\u2014Salon<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 4:30pm ET
The Hamlet Syndrome<\/strong><\/a> (2022) by dirs. Elwira Niewiera & Piotr Rosolowski
+ Join us for a Q&A with directors Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosolowski after the screening<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several months before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, five theatermakers assembled to create their own experimental Hamlet<\/em> and document the process. Featuring breathtaking personal stories from artists\u2014including three that fought on the frontlines\u2014this award-winning documentary gives voice to the people striving to create art in war-torn regions while confronting decades of trauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This screening is part of this year\u2019s special spotlight on Ukrainian-Polish co-productions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 9:30pm ET
Rhino<\/strong><\/a> (2021) by dir. Oleh Sentsov<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting out as an aggressive delinquent, a young man nicknamed \u201cRhino\u201d quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 90s Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, can he finally find a chance at redemption? For Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov\u2014who was born in Crimea, became an activist following the Russian annexation of the region, and was imprisoned in Russia on terrorism charges\u2014Rhino<\/em> underscores the ongoing legacy of violence and corruption created by the collapse of the Soviet Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This screening is part of this year\u2019s special spotlight on Ukrainian-Polish co-productions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sun, Feb 26, 2023 at 2pm ET
Back Then<\/strong><\/a> (2021) by dir. Kinga Debska<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This laugh-out-loud family comedy invites audiences behind the iron curtain to the People\u2019s Republic of Poland in the 80s, inspired by the director\u2019s own life. Marta and her sister Kasia are raised on their grandmother\u2019s stories of the Warsaw Uprising instead of fairy tales, while their parents struggle to balance their economic reality, ideological beliefs, and dreams of a different life\u2014dreams embodied by the unexpected appearance of an orange Fiat\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mon, Feb 27, 2023 at 7pm ET
Shreds<\/strong><\/a> (2022) by dir. Beata Dzianowicz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Writer and director Beata Dzianowicz won the Warsaw International Film Festival\u2019s Special Jury Award for the script to this family drama, which follows a charismatic professor grappling with the sudden onset of Alzheimer\u2019s. Taking us through the dramatic changes that come with each new season, Dzianowicz flushes out his multi-generational portrait of the impact of disease with touches of humor and shifting subjectivity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 7pm ET
Illusion<\/strong><\/a> (2022) by dir. Marta Minorowicz<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Months after her daughter\u2019s disappearance, a woman takes matters into her own hands to find out what happened. As her search for strays farther and farther from reality, Illusion<\/em> captures one woman\u2019s resilience and path toward harmony in the face of a tragedy that\u2019s impossible to accept.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 9:30pm ET
Backwards<\/strong><\/a> (2022) by dir. Jacek Lusinski<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired by real events, this poignant drama follows a young mother and her son, who has autism. Backwards<\/em> captures their ongoing struggles against bureaucracy, cruelty, and indifference\u2014struggles that ultimately led to meaningful changes in Poland\u2019s education system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Wed, Mar 1, 2023 at 7pm ET
Roving Woman<\/strong><\/a> (2022) by dir. Michal Chmielewski
+ Join us for a Q&A with actress Lena Gora and director Michal Chmielewski after the screening<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Backed by executive producer Wim Wenders, Michal Chmielewski’s feature debut is a delicate tale of geographic and emotional odyssey. Following an unexpected breakup, Sara impulsively takes to the road in a stolen car, letting aimlessness and serendipity guide her through unexpected encounters and her growing fascination with the car\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201ca wickedly funny dark comedy not afraid to ruffle some feathers\u201d\u2014RogerEbert.com
\u201can emphatic scream into the patriarchal void\u201d\u2014Variety<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Thur, Mar 2, 2023 at 7pm ET
All Our Fears<\/strong><\/a> (2021) by dirs. Lukasz Gutt & Lukasz Ronduda<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Winner of the Golden Lion for the best film of 2021 at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia, this subtle, moving drama draws inspiration from the life and work of visual artist and activist Rycharski. At once deeply committed to his rural town and church\u2014but never fully accepted because he\u2019s gay\u2014Daniel struggles to transform his community in the aftermath of a friend\u2019s suicide.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), this lineup includes a laugh-out-loud comedy, crime dramas based on real events, a donkey on a road trip, and two Polish\/Ukrainian co-productions\u2014The Hamlet Syndrome and Rhino\u2014in a day of Polish-Ukrainian solidarity.\\nProgram\\nFri, Feb 24, 2023 at 9:30pm ETThe Silent Twins (2022) by dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska\\nAgnieszka Smoczynska\u2019s English-language debut tells the story of June and Jennifer Gibbons\u2014two twins of Caribbean descent born in the 60s who grew up mostly in Wales. Ostracized at a young age, the women turned inwards and only spoke to each other. Based on a true story, this award-winning drama follows their unique bond as they mature, voraciously write, dabble in criminal activities, and ultimately end up institutionalized for over a decade. Smoczynska\u2019s visual masterpiece highlights powerful performances from Tamara Lawrance and Black Panther\u2019s Letitia Wright.\\n\u201ca story about a single artistic soul cleaved in two\u201d\u2014Independent\\nFri, Feb 24, 2023 at 7pm ETEO (2022) by dir. Jerzy Skolimowski\\nWinning the Cannes Jury Prize and NY Film Circle Critics Award, Jerzy Skolimowski\u2019s first feature in seven years is a touching hero\u2019s journey that follows the life of EO, a donkey. As he journeys from a circus in Poland through streets, valleys, and streams to Italy, the intimacy of the camera-work shows a world of pain, love, loss, and the brutality of humans. Paying homage to Robert Bresson\u2019s Au Hasard Balthazar, yet wholly its own, the latest from the 84-year-old Polish filmmaking legend masterfully shows a cruel world through a lovable main character.\\n\u201cno movie that I\u2019ve seen this year has moved me as deeply, made me feel as optimistic about cinema or engaged me with such intellectual vigor\u201d\u2014The New York Times\\nSat, Feb 25, 2023 at 2pm ETBread and Salt (2022) by dir. Damian Kocur\\nDamian Kocur\u2019s acclaimed debut feature revolves around a talented pianist (Tymoteusz Bies, playing himself) who is home on break from Warsaw University of Music. As he reconnects with his brother (played by his real brother Jacek) and his old gang, the isolation of a town stuck in time weighs on him. When two refugees open a kebab place and it becomes the new hangout, tensions rise\u2014mirroring race relations in present-day Poland. Based on real events from 2017 and starring all non-professional actors, the film pulses with Bies\u2019 talented piano playing.\\n\u201cbuilds like a volcano preparing to erupt\u201d\u2014Screen Daily\\nSat, Feb 25, 2023 at 4:30pm ETFucking Bornholm (2022) by dir. Anna Kazejak\\nTwo families head to a Danish island in the Baltic Sea for a camping trip in this award-winning drama from Anna Kazejak, based on the audiobook of the same name. As the adults attempt to bond\u2014and one of the dads brings a new younger girlfriend\u2014things start to go wrong quickly. After an incident occurs between their children, the adults further combust, taking any shreds of friendship with them.\\n\u201ca wickedly funny dark comedy not afraid to ruffle some feathers\u201d\u2014RogerEbert.com\u201can emphatic scream into the patriarchal void\u201d\u2014Variety\\nSat, Feb 25, 2023 at 7pm ETWoman on the Roof (2022) by dir. Anna Jadowska+ Join us for a Q&A with director Anna Jadowska after the screening\\nBased on a real story, Anna Jadowska\u2019s exquisite drama is told in flashbacks revolving around Mira (Pomykala), a sixty-something woman that does laundry, buys fish food, and robs a bank one day with a kitchen knife. As the story unfolds\u2014including the fact that the bank teller doesn\u2019t believe her\u2014Mira\u2019s loveless marriage and mental state are laid bare. An emotional examination of the loneliness of depression, Pomykala\u2019s performance is consuming, earning her Best Performance at the Tribeca Film Festival.\\n\u201ca stark and compelling examination of twilight-year malaise\u201d\u2014CineEuropa\\nSat, Feb 25, 2023 at 9:30pm ETSilent Land (2021) by dir. Aga Woszczynska\\nA seemingly perfect\u2014yet mysterious\u2014couple visits a villa on an Italian Island in Aga Woszczynska\u2019s award-winning exploration of wealth, class, and privilege. They find that their pool is empty and insist that it be filled immediately, ignoring drought advice. When the migrant worker sent to fill the pool dies and the police appear to interview the couple, their social status takes center stage. A beautifully filmed and powerfully wrought first feature, Woszczynska cements herself as a director to watch.\\n\u201cplunges toward a moral implosion\u201d\u2014Salon\\nSun, Feb 26, 2023 at 4:30pm ETThe Hamlet Syndrome (2022) by dirs. Elwira Niewiera & Piotr Rosolowski+ Join us for a Q&A with directors Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosolowski after the screening\\nSeveral months before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, five theatermakers assembled to create their own experimental Hamlet and document the process. Featuring breathtaking personal stories from artists\u2014including three that fought on the frontlines\u2014this award-winning documentary gives voice to the people striving to create art in war-torn regions while confronting decades of trauma.\\nThis screening is part of this year\u2019s special spotlight on Ukrainian-Polish co-productions.\\nSun, Feb 26, 2023 at 9:30pm ETRhino (2021) by dir. Oleh Sentsov\\nStarting out as an aggressive delinquent, a young man nicknamed \u201cRhino\u201d quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 90s Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, can he finally find a chance at redemption? For Ukrainian director Oleh Sentsov\u2014who was born in Crimea, became an activist following the Russian annexation of the region, and was imprisoned in Russia on terrorism charges\u2014Rhino underscores the ongoing legacy of violence and corruption created by the collapse of the Soviet Union.\\nThis screening is part of this year\u2019s special spotlight on Ukrainian-Polish co-productions.\\nSun, Feb 26, 2023 at 2pm ETBack Then (2021) by dir. Kinga Debska\\nThis laugh-out-loud family comedy invites audiences behind the iron curtain to the People\u2019s Republic of Poland in the 80s, inspired by the director\u2019s own life. Marta and her sister Kasia are raised on their grandmother\u2019s stories of the Warsaw Uprising instead of fairy tales, while their parents struggle to balance their economic reality, ideological beliefs, and dreams of a different life\u2014dreams embodied by the unexpected appearance of an orange Fiat\u2026\\nMon, Feb 27, 2023 at 7pm ETShreds (2022) by dir. Beata Dzianowicz\\nWriter and director Beata Dzianowicz won the Warsaw International Film Festival\u2019s Special Jury Award for the script to this family drama, which follows a charismatic professor grappling with the sudden onset of Alzheimer\u2019s. Taking us through the dramatic changes that come with each new season, Dzianowicz flushes out his multi-generational portrait of the impact of disease with touches of humor and shifting subjectivity.\\nTue, Feb 28, 2023 at 7pm ETIllusion (2022) by dir. Marta Minorowicz\\nMonths after her daughter\u2019s disappearance, a woman takes matters into her own hands to find out what happened. As her search for strays farther and farther from reality, Illusion captures one woman\u2019s resilience and path toward harmony in the face of a tragedy that\u2019s impossible to accept.\\nWed, Mar 1, 2023 at 9:30pm ETBackwards (2022) by dir. Jacek Lusinski\\nInspired by real events, this poignant drama follows a young mother and her son, who has autism. 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Presented in partnership with the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), this lineup includes a laugh-out-loud comedy, crime dramas based on real events, a donkey on a road trip, and two Polish\/Ukrainian co-productions\u2014The Hamlet Syndrome and Rhino\u2014in a day of Polish-Ukrainian solidarity.\nProgram\nFri, Feb 24, 2023 at 9:30pm ETThe Silent Twins (2022) by dir. Agnieszka Smoczynska\nAgnieszka Smoczynska\u2019s English-language debut tells the story of June and Jennifer Gibbons\u2014two twins of Caribbean descent born in the 60s who grew up mostly in Wales. Ostracized at a young age, the women turned inwards and only spoke to each other. Based on a true story, this award-winning drama follows their unique bond as they mature, voraciously write, dabble in criminal activities, and ultimately end up institutionalized for over a decade. 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Paying homage to Robert Bresson\u2019s Au Hasard Balthazar, yet wholly its own, the latest from the 84-year-old Polish filmmaking legend masterfully shows a cruel world through a lovable main character.\n\u201cno movie that I\u2019ve seen this year has moved me as deeply, made me feel as optimistic about cinema or engaged me with such intellectual vigor\u201d\u2014The New York Times\nSat, Feb 25, 2023 at 2pm ETBread and Salt (2022) by dir. Damian Kocur\nDamian Kocur\u2019s acclaimed debut feature revolves around a talented pianist (Tymoteusz Bies, playing himself) who is home on break from Warsaw University of Music. As he reconnects with his brother (played by his real brother Jacek) and his old gang, the isolation of a town stuck in time weighs on him. When two refugees open a kebab place and it becomes the new hangout, tensions rise\u2014mirroring race relations in present-day Poland. Based on real events from 2017 and starring all non-professional actors, the film pulses with Bies\u2019 talented piano playing.\n\u201cbuilds like a volcano preparing to erupt\u201d\u2014Screen Daily\nSat, Feb 25, 2023 at 4:30pm ETFucking Bornholm (2022) by dir. Anna Kazejak\nTwo families head to a Danish island in the Baltic Sea for a camping trip in this award-winning drama from Anna Kazejak, based on the audiobook of the same name. As the adults attempt to bond\u2014and one of the dads brings a new younger girlfriend\u2014things start to go wrong quickly. After an incident occurs between their children, the adults further combust, taking any shreds of friendship with them.\n\u201ca wickedly funny dark comedy not afraid to ruffle some feathers\u201d\u2014RogerEbert.com\u201can emphatic scream into the patriarchal void\u201d\u2014Variety\nSat, Feb 25, 2023 at 7pm ETWoman on the Roof (2022) by dir. 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They find that their pool is empty and insist that it be filled immediately, ignoring drought advice. When the migrant worker sent to fill the pool dies and the police appear to interview the couple, their social status takes center stage. A beautifully filmed and powerfully wrought first feature, Woszczynska cements herself as a director to watch.\n\u201cplunges toward a moral implosion\u201d\u2014Salon\nSun, Feb 26, 2023 at 4:30pm ETThe Hamlet Syndrome (2022) by dirs. Elwira Niewiera & Piotr Rosolowski+ Join us for a Q&A with directors Elwira Niewiera and Piotr Rosolowski after the screening\nSeveral months before Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, five theatermakers assembled to create their own experimental Hamlet and document the process. Featuring breathtaking personal stories from artists\u2014including three that fought on the frontlines\u2014this award-winning documentary gives voice to the people striving to create art in war-torn regions while confronting decades of trauma.\nThis screening is part of this year\u2019s special spotlight on Ukrainian-Polish co-productions.\nSun, Feb 26, 2023 at 9:30pm ETRhino (2021) by dir. Oleh Sentsov\nStarting out as an aggressive delinquent, a young man nicknamed \u201cRhino\u201d quickly works his way up the criminal hierarchy in 90s Ukraine. Rhino has only known power and cruelty, but with nothing left to lose, can he finally find a chance at redemption? 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