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Welcome to KINOTEKA 18!...... 1 As we enter a new decade, Polish film documentaries with a trio of recent films, continues to go from strength to strength. spanning topics such as loneliness, Japanese While Agnieszka Holland, that tireless voice students’ struggles with learning the Polish SCREENINGS & EVENTS from the old guard of Polish film-making, language, and romantic intimacy among the Opening Night Gala ...... 4 continues to channel her vision with Mr. tragedy of the Ghetto. New Polish Cinema...... 6 Jones, a number of newer talents have broken We continue to bring you the best in through – most notably, screenwriter Mateusz exclusive cinematic experiences with a Documentaries ...... 12 Pacewicz and Bartosz Bielenia in Corpus series of interactive events and showcases Focus: ...... 16 Christi, ’s short-listed entry for this encompassing the breadth of cinema history. Family Event ...... 18 year’s . At the 18th Kinoteka The Cinema Museum focuses on the early Tadeusz Kantor Legacy ...... 19 Polish Film Festival, we once again promise contribution of the biopleograph camera, a stimulating programme of acclaimed films, alongside a screening of Poland’s first fictional Virtual Reality Pop-Up ...... 20 unique events and talented guests, celebrating film using the device. Regent Street Cinema History Reconstructed ...... 22 Polish cinema and its legacy across the globe. highlights two remarkable English-language Closing Night Gala ...... 24 The festival commences at Regent Street films by Ryszard Bołeslawski, the Polish Cinema with our Opening Night Gala screening director who introduced Stanislavski’s ‘system’ Belfast Film Festival: Focus on Poland ...... 26 of Radioactive, a stunning English-language of to America, and worked alongside adaptation of Lauren Redniss’s graphic novel the stars of the classical era of Hollywood. CALENDAR, BOOKING & INFORMATION detailing the life of pioneering Polish scientist Meanwhile, in collaboration with Rich Mix, Calendar of Events ...... 28 Marie Skłodowska Curie. we are pleased to present an evening of film, The programme continues at Regent Street conversation and performance dedicated to Venue Information ...... 33 Cinema, the ICA, and JW3 with our New Polish the considerable cultural legacy of ‘total artist’ Special Offers ...... 35 Cinema strand. Our eclectic mix of 10 films Tadeusz Kantor. Guests can also enjoy a free Credits & Thanks ...... 36 showcases the diverse genres and talents four-day pop-up with a series of captivating that contemporary Polish cinema represents – virtual reality experiences in the Regent Street from provoking biopics such as Pilsudski and Cinema foyer. Proceder to the international co-productions Our Closing Night Gala draws the curtain The Coldest Game and Mr. Jones via the on this year’s festival with a screening at BFI prestige arthouse of Corpus Christi and All for Southbank of the 1924 silent filmForbidden My Mother. Our family-friendly screening of Paradise, accompanied by an atmospheric live Rock ‘n’ Roll Eddie is preceded by a workshop score performed by composer Marcin Pukaluk. with the Museum of Cassettes, providing an We are delighted to welcome you to the afternoon of activities for children of all ages. festival and invite you all to immerse yourself This year’s Undiscovered Masters of Polish in the best of Polish cinema and culture. Cinema – in partnership with the ICA – details the early short films of Polish documentarians Marta de Zuniga Organised by: Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski, whose Polish Cultural Institute Director work kick-started the ‘black series’ of Polish documentary films. The ICA, POSK Cinema Marlena Lukasiak and JW3 examine the development of Polish Kinoteka Artistic Director and Producer

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CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD COPERNICUS BY JAN MATEJKO Supported by

29 July – 15 November 2020 • Admission free Opening Night Gala 5 OPENING NIGHT GALA RADIOACTIVE

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The young and ambitious Maria Skłodowska THU 19 MARCH, 19:00 (Rosamund Pike) emigrates from Poland to Paris, where she studies physics, chemistry REGENT STREET CINEMAT 1 and maths at the Sorbonne. As a young woman working in a scientific world full of RADIOACTIVE men, nobody takes her very seriously until Director: Marijan Satrapi she is awarded the Nobel Prize alongside her Writers: Lauren Redniss, Jack Thorne husband Pierre Curie (Sam Riley). Adapted Cast: Rosamund Pike, Sam Riley, Anya Taylor-Joy from Lauren Redniss’s graphic novel of the UK/Hungary, 2019, 109 min same name, Radioactive charts the life and legacy of the first person to win two Nobel Prize awards; the woman who developed the theory of radioactivity and was later known as Marie Skłodowska Curie. After its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, we are Courtesy of Studiocanal pleased to present the film’s European debut.

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THE COLDEST GAME PILSUDSKI Director: Łukasz Kośmicki Director: Michał Rosa Writers: Łukasz Kośmicki, Marcel Sawicki Writer: Michał Rosa Cast: Bill Pullman, Lotte Verbeek, Robert Cast: Borys Szyc, Magdalena Boczarska, Jan Więckiewicz Marczewski Poland, 2019, 96 min Poland, 2019, 120 min

DRAMA At the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, In 1901, the Polish political prisoner Józef former US chess champion Joshua Mansky Piłsudski (Borys Szyc) escapes a psychiatric While serving his sentence in a youth (Bill Pullman) is kidnapped by the CIA and hospital in Tsarist Russia. The following FRI 20 MARCH, 18:15 detention centre, Daniel (Bartosz Bielenia) has taken to Warsaw, where he is to compete in decade will prove pivotal for Józef and his a spiritual awakening. After his release, Daniel a tournament against Soviet chess champion wife Maria (Magdalena Boczarska), as they REGENT STREET CINEMA is sent to work as a carpenter in a small town, Alexander Gavrylov. As American global navigate political chicanery and personal but is mistaken for a priest and takes over the hegemony comes under threat, the chess troubles on the route to Polish independence CORPUS CHRISTI parish under the suspicious eyes of sexton match takes on immense importance for both in 1918. A biopic of modern Poland’s most Director: Jan Komasa Lidia (Aleksandra Konieczna). Inspired by real sides. A tense espionage thriller, The Coldest celebrated statesman, Pilsudski is the story Writer: Mateusz Pacewicz events, Corpus Christi is a beautifully-crafted Game took home two awards at the of one man’s commitment to an independent Cast: Bartosz Bielenia, Aleksandra Konieczna, dissection of how the collective psyche deals Polish Film Festival. Polish state above all else. Magdalena Eliza Rycembel with tragedy and redemption. The film won Boczarska’s performance netted her the Poland, 2019, 115 min 11 awards at the Gdynia Polish Film Festival, Plus additional screening: Best Actress award at the Gdynia Polish Film with further prizes at Venice Film Festival and Festival. Chicago International Film Festival. It was SUN 29 MARCH, 18:00 nominated for Best International Feature Film at this year’s Academy Awards. POSK CINEMA

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DARK ALMOST NIGHT MISTER T. ALL FOR MY MOTHER MR JONES Director: Borys Lankosz Director: Marcin Krzyształowicz Director: Małgorzata Imielska Director: Agnieszka Holland Writers: , Magdalena Lankosz, Writers: Marcin Krzyształowicz, Andrzej Gołda Writer: Małgorzata Imielska Writer: Andrea Chalupa Borys Lankosz Cast: Paweł Wilczak, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Cast: Zofia Domalik, Maria Sobocińska, Malwina Cast: James Norton, Vanessa Kirby, Peter Cast: Magdalena Cielecka, Marcin Dorociński Maria Sobocińska Laska Sarsgaard Poland, 2019, 114 min Poland, 2019, 104 min Poland, 2019, 103 min Poland/Ukraine/UK, 2019, 119 min

After a spate of child kidnappings in her Warsaw, 1953. Among the post-war rubble, After repeatedly escaping from her orphanage, In 1933, the Welsh journalist Gareth Jones hometown Wałbrzych, tenacious journalist the new politics is being tempered with 17-year-old Olka (Zofia Domalik) is placed in a (James Norton) is sent to the USSR, where Alicja Tabor (Magdalena Cielecka) returns good company, a healthy dose of vodka, and youth detention centre. With bitten fingernails he is to interview Joseph Stalin. After initially to the city to assist the puzzled local police. basement jazz. As writer Mister T. (Paweł and scarred arms, Olka has her troubles, yet being restricted to , Jones defies As she uncovers more and more about the Wilczak) knows, anything is possible, including she is not interested in flashy clothes or bribing the authorities and travels towards Soviet kidnappings, Alicja is forced to confront his affair with the high-school student (Maria guards for cigarette breaks, like the other girls. Ukraine, where he witnesses the unpleasant her family’s own uncomfortable secrets, Sobocińska) he is tutoring. When an aspiring Instead, she is focused on one thing: to find her truth about the Holodomor. Based on real stretching back decades. Adapted from a journalist (Sebastian Stankiewicz) moves mother again. The debut feature of Małgorzata events, Mr. Jones tells the ever-more-relevant novel by Joanna Bator, Dark, Almost Night is into his block, the surrealist world of Mister Imielska, All For My Mother is a difficult but story of struggling for truths in a world often a smart genre blend of film noir and thriller, T.’s imagination begins to collide with the brutally honest examination of family bonds. dominated by fictions. Agnieszka Holland’s taking the viewer on a shocking journey absurdity of the communist state. A film that The film – our special Mother’s Day screening latest film won Best Film at the Gdynia Polish through generational evil. relishes the comedy of the bizarre, Mister T. is – took home awards at the Gdynia Polish Film Film Festival, and was nominated for awards a black-and-white throwback to a time when Festival and . at Berlin International Film Festival and paranoia ruled the streets of Poland. Camerimage.

Screening will be followed by a Q&A with actor Mothers Day Screening. Special offer details The screening will be introduced by film critic Paweł Wilczak available on page 35 Peter Bradshaw

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THU 26 MARCH, 20:45 FRI 3 APRIL, 20:45 MON 30 MARCH, 20:00 ICA ICA JW3

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PROCEDER THE OTHER LAMB Director: Michał Wegrzyn Director: Małgorzata Szumowska Writers: Maciej Chwedo, Aleksandra Górecka, Writer: C.S. McMullen Michał Kalicki, Krzysztof Tyszowiecki Cast: Raffey Cassidy, Michiel Huisman Cast: Piotr Witkowski, Małgorzata Belgium/Ireland/USA, 2019, 97 min Kożuchowska, Agnieszka Więdłocha Poland, 2019, 137 min Brought up in the self-sufficient, all-female, forest community of The Flock, Selah (Raffey Tomasz Chada (Piotr Witkowski) is Warsaw Cassidy) has only ever known the teachings and DRAMA born and bred; a boy from the blocks with guardianship of Shepherd (Michiel Huisman), the the soul of a poet and a gift for getting into group’s leader. After local authorities threaten DOLCE FINE GIORNATA 60-something Polish Jewish poet Maria Linde trouble. On his way to musical stardom, their existence, The Flock move inland, and Director: Jacek Borcuch (Krystyna Janda) lives a calm family life in Chada fluently articulates his troubled reality, Selah begins to have disturbing visions that Writers: Jacek Borcuch, Szczepan Twardoch Tuscany, as at ease with the local intelligentsia but it’s not easy as he goes in and out of challenge her faith in Shepherd. A slow-burning Cast: Krystyna Janda, Kasia Smutniak as she is with the migrants working in nearby jail (and romances). Based on the life of the examination of life in a cult, The Other Lamb Poland, 2019, 92 min tavernas. Shortly after she is awarded a Nobel rapper Chada, Proceder is a journey through also dissects broader questions about what Prize, a terror attack happens in Rome. Maria the difficulties of a boy who came of age in it means to believe in something. Małgorzata makes a controversial speech that quickly goes A FILM BY JACEK BORCUCH

STARRING DOLCE KRYSTYNA JANDA

SPECIAL APPEARANCE BY Poland’s wild 1990s and was much loved in the Szumowska’s English-language debut competed KASIA viral, shattering her liberal utopia. The latest FINE SMUTNIAK hip-hop world. for awards at Toronto International Film Festival, GIORN ATA film from Jacek Borcuch, Dolce Fine Giornata San Sebastián International Film Festival, and is a complex moral drama that is bold, honest the London Film Festival. and exquisitely executed. Krystyna Janda’s performance earned her the World Cinema

NO SUGAR FILMS in co-production with TANK / MOTION GROUP / AEROPLAN STUDIOS present a film by Jacek Borcuch DOLCE FINE GIORNATA STARRING KRYSTYNA JANDA / KASIA SMUTNIAK / VINCENT RIOTTA / Dramatic Special Jury Award at Sundance ANTONIO CATANIA / LORENZO DE MOOR / MIŁA BORCUCH / WIKTOR BENICKI

art director Elwira Pluta makeup Aleksandra Dutkiewicz / Kacper Rączkowski costumes Małgorzata Karpiuk production manager Dagmara Bagnecka producer in development Marta Lewandowska sound Krzysztof Owczarek music Daniel Bloom editing Przemysław Chruścielewski cinematography Michał Dymek coproducers Dymitr Sołomko / Michał Cechnicki / Michał Turnau / Tomasz Dukszta

PRODUCER MARTA HABIOR SCREENPLAY JACEK BORCUCH / SZCZEPAN TWARDOCH DIRECTOR JACEK BORCUCH Screening will be followed by a Q&A PRODUCTION WAS CO-FINANCED BY POLISH FILM INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL SALES FILMS BOUTIQUE DISTRIBUTION NEXT FILM Film Festival.

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OUR LITTLE POLAND MAREK EDELMAN… AND THERE WAS Director: Matěj Bobřík LOVE IN THE GHETTO Writer: Matěj Bobřík Directors: Jolanta Dylewska, Andrzej Wajda Poland, 2019, 70 min Writers: Marek Edelman, Jolanta Dylewska, + Q&A Agnieszka Holland Every year, a small group of Japanese students Cast: Aleksandra Popławska, Adriana Kalska sign up for classes in the Polish Language and Germany/Poland, 2019, 79 min DOCUMENTARY Culture Studies programme at the University of Tokyo. Alongside struggling to pronounce Shortly before his death in 2009, Jolanta In the heart of the Polish lake district, the words like kiełbasa, second-year students are Dylewska interviewed Marek Edelman – a TUE 24 MARCH, 20:30 village of Stare Juchy has been pulled apart. required to stage a play in Polish. Our Little member of the Bund, and veteran of both the Around one-third of its residents have Poland examines their trials and tribulations – Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Warsaw Uprising ICA migrated to Iceland for work. All that remains not only with the Polish language, but also with – about a somewhat surprising subject from are their elderly parents, holding on to the the bittersweet clash of expectation and reality his memoir of life during the Holocaust: love. IN TOUCH hopeful sound of an incoming Skype call. In – in this coming-of-age tale. Matěj Bobřík’s first By interspersing parts of the interview with Director: Paweł Ziemilski Touch is a decidedly human look at what it feature-length documentary premiered at the stunningly-recreated scenes, the film looks Writers: Paweł Ziemilski, Haukur M. Hrafnsson, means to stay in contact in a globalised world, Warsaw Film Festival, where it took part in the back at how Jewish women and men relied Łukasz Długołęcki and how despite widespread connectivity, we Documentary Competition. on tenderness, passion and lust in a time of Iceland/Poland, 2018, 62 min can still feel isolated and alone. The film won unparalleled horror and depravity. The film the Human Values Award for Best Film at the took home awards at the Camerimage and Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival. Millennium Docs Against Gravity film festivals.

Screening will be followed by a Q&A with Paweł Screening will be introduced by historian Ziemilski Francois Guesnet

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ARE YOU AMONG THEM? UNDISCOVERED MASTERS OF POLISH CINEMA: SAT 4 APRIL, 18:30 Directors: Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski Poland, 1954, 7 min JERZY HOFFMAN & EDWARD SKÓRZEWSKI ICA An unruly “cherry taster” litters the pavement with stones from the fruit, causing injuries to passers-by in the first collaboration from Hoffman and Skórzewski.

SOPOT Directors: Edward Skórzewski, Jerzy Hoffman Writers: Edward Skórzewski, Jerzy Hoffman Poland, 1957, 16 min A lively and humorous reportage from the Baltic coast holiday destination of Sopot.

LOOK OUT, HOOLIGANS! Directors: Edward Skórzewski, Jerzy Hoffman Writers: Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski Cast: Roman Wilhelmi Poland, 1955, 12 min In the streets of 1950s’ Warsaw, hooligans are having a pernicious effect on the influx of young people looking for work in the city. As post-war Poland became a communist state so-called ‘black series’ (czarna seria) of Polish that embraced the tenets of Stalinism, the documentary films, in which dark societal socialist realist approach to the arts was keenly issues such as hooliganism and alcoholism THE CHILDREN ACCUSE felt at the cinema. Naturally, this ideology was were directly confronted on the screen. These Directors: Edward Skórzewski, Jerzy Hoffman A SOUVENIR FROM CALVARY not for everyone. The documentarians Jerzy films – set among ruined post-war cities and Writers: Edward Skórzewski, Jerzy Hoffman Directors: Edward Skórzewski, Jerzy Hoffman Hoffman and Edward Skórzewski may have disappearing towns – often used staged scenes Poland, 1956, 10 min Writers: Jerzy Hoffman, Edward Skórzewski trained in the USSR at the All-Russian State to force the viewer into a critical mindset. In Born to alcoholic parents, a generation of Poland, 1958, 14 min University of Cinematography, but their legacy doing so, they brought forth a Poland that cut children speak about their tragic, unchosen Each year, the small town of Kalwaria would be the birth of a distinctly Polish school through the hitherto propaganda machine, fate. Zebrzydowska holds one of Poland’s most of documentary film-making; one that broke the presenting a shocking reality. prominent “mystery of the Passion” plays, conventions of the hegemonic socialist realism. Outside of the ‘black series’, Hoffman and depicting the trial, suffering and death of Hoffman and Skórzewski made their debut film Skórzewski also worked on stylised reportage Jesus Christ. Are You Among Them? in 1954, during the films, showing holiday destinations Sopot( , cultural ‘thaw’ that occurred after the death of 1957) or the small-town practices of some of Stalin. This meant that, in their depiction of a Poland’s Catholics (A Souvenir From Calvary, THE TWO FACES OF GOD low-level vandal, the two were able to show a 1958; The Two Faces of God, 1960). Later, they Directors: Edward Skórzewski, Jerzy Hoffman non-compliant member of society; one who did would go on to work on feature films, both Writer: Stanisław Manturzewski not subscribe to communist ideals of positive together and individually, contributing to the Poland, 1960, 16 min behaviour. This concept was further developed rich fabric of Polish cinema. A glimpse into the practices of a small in their subsequent two films,Look Out, In partnership with the ICA, we are pleased Christian denomination that is a mixture of Hooligans! (1955) and The Children Accuse to present an overview of Hoffman and original Christianity, utopian communism, and (1956), the former of which kick-started the Skórzewski’s early documentary films. pacifism.

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SAT 21 MARCH, 14:00 SUN 22 MARCH, 15:00 RICHARD BOLESLAWSKI REGENT STREET CINEMA REGENT STREET CINEMA

If asked to name the Polish director who has left the most lasting impression on Hollywood, most of us would probably suggest Roman Polański. Yet while Polański was still a toddler, there was an altogether different Pole already working with the likes of and ; a man whose influence can be felt in the performances of subsequent American greats, like Marlon Brando, Marilyn Monroe or Jack Nicholson. Ryszard Bołeslawski was born in 1889 in Mohylów Podolski, then part of Tsarist Russia-ruled Poland. He trained as an actor at the under Konstantin Stanislavski, where he was introduced to Stanislavski’s ‘system’ – an approach to acting After graduating, Bołeslawski returned to his grounded in the ‘art of experience’, whereby newly-independent Polish homeland, shortly consciously aim to activate instinctive thereafter moving to New York, where he took ROMANCE, COMEDY ROMANCE, DRAMA emotional responses and unconscious on the anglicised name Richard Boleslawski behaviours as they rehearse and perform. and in 1923 set up the American Laboratory THEODORA GOES WILD THE GARDEN OF ALLAH Theatre with fellow Moscow Art Theatre alumna Director: Richard Boleslawski Director: Richard Boleslawski . Together, they began to Writers: Mary McCarthy, Sidney Buchman Writers: , W.P. Lipscomb, teach Stanislavski’s system to the likes of Lee Cast: , Melvyn Douglas, Thomas Lynn Riggs Strasberg, and Sanford Meisner, who Mitchell Cast: Marlene Dietrich, , used this knowledge to develop USA, 1936, 94 min Tilly Losch – the system famously implemented by Marlon USA, 1936, 79 min Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire (1951), and Theodora Lynn (Irene Dunne) is a small-town still used today by actors such as Daniel Day- Sunday school teacher, who also happens to Domini Enfilden (Marlene Dietrich), an heiress Lewis and Joaquin Phoenix. be the secret author of a bestselling risqué who had long been confined to caring for Bołeslawski’s teaching success in New York novel. The serialisation of her book in the her recently-deceased father, travels to the earned him the attention of Hollywood. Soon local newspaper leads the outraged Lynnfield liberating expanses of the North African enough, he was directing the silent stars Laurel Literary Circle to force the editor (Thomas desert to renew her soul. There she meets and Hardy, as well as working on contracts with Mitchell) to stop printing it. Theodora visits Boris Androvski (Charles Boyer), a Trappist the major studios. Bołeslawski’s career was her publisher in New York, where she meets monk who has fled his monastery after sadly cut short with his untimely death at the the book’s illustrator Michael Grant (Melvyn struggling with the pressure of keeping his age of 47, but his name is immortalised on the Douglas). Michael vows to set her free from vows. The two free birds fall in love and marry, Hollywood Walk of Fame. prudish Lynnfield, yet harbours his own but will Domini discover the monastic secret We are delighted to present two classical secret… A classic screwball comedy featuring that Boris is hiding from her? Nominated for Hollywood films celebrating the work of Ryszard some of the stars of the era, Theodora Goes two Oscars, The Garden of Allah eventually ↑ Movie posters for Theodora Goes Wild (above) and The Garden Bołeslawski: Theodora Goes Wild (1936) and The Wild was nominated for two Oscars. received an honorary Academy Award for its of Allah (above right) Garden of Allah (1936). pioneering use of Three-strip Technicolor.

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+ WORKSHOP chased by a pair of ruthless bounty hunters, doctrine, Kantor later retired from visual art, SUN 22 MARCH, 12:00 meaning that the two kids have to figure out WED 25 MARCH, 19:00 instead focusing on theatre. Here he pioneered how to save him. A family adventure film with THE STAGE his characteristic set design, including the use REGENT STREET CINEMA a thrilling soundtrack, Rock ‘n’ Roll Eddie won RICH MIX of mannequins and ‘emballages’. a number of awards for children’s cinema. Often challenging, Kantor’s creative output ROCK ‘N’ ROLL EDDIE Before the screening of Rock ‘n’ Roll Tadeusz Kantor (1915–1990) was a “total toys with reality in unexpected and unique ways. Director: Tomasz Szafrański Eddie the Polish Cultural Institute and the artist”; an avant-garde visionary who In the words of one curator, “Kantor is to Polish Writer: Tomasz Szafrański Museum of Cassettes will be running a family – alongside his theatre directing work – art what Joseph Beuys was to German art and Cast: Maciej Makowski, Szymon Radzimierski, workshop that will take you on a journey channelled his creative energy as a painter, what Andy Warhol was to American art.” Weronika Kaczmarczyk to another dimension of music! Through a stage designer, poet, actor and ‘happener’. In collaboration with Rich Mix and Regent Poland, 2019, 101 min series of competitions and fun, hands-on During the German occupation of Kraków Street Cinema, we invite you to enjoy activities featuring exciting exhibits such as in WW2, he founded the experimental Europeans: Tadeusz Kantor, an evening of film, After their failed scientific experiment pierces vinyl records, compact cassettes and rare Underground Independent Theatre, conversation and performance inspired by the a hole into another dimension, friends Franek walkmen, find out exactly how mum and dad which carried out clandestine bedroom legacy of Tadeusz Kantor. Watch interviews (Szymon Radzmierski) and Izka (Weronika used to listen to their favourite songs, long performances. Later, in 1948, he co-organised with Kantor and footage of his shows, hear Kaczmarczyk) accidentally bring the rock-n- before Spotify and AirPods came along. There the first Exhibition of Modern Art in Kraków, recollections from his collaborators and see his roll fugitive Eddie (Maciej Makowski) into our will be prizes too, so get ready and set on a and used the opportunity to display his nascent impact on theatre and galleries across Europe world. It soon turns out that Eddie is being fascinating musical adventure through time! visual art. Disillusioned by socialist realist with performances from contemporary artists.

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CHERNOBYL VR 19 – 22 MARCH Just over 30 years ago, one of the greatest tragedies of the latter 20th century occurred. REGENT STREET CINEMA The Chernobyl nuclear disaster affected the lives of thousands across the USSR, and left As film technology continues to improve, we the nearby city Pripyat a ghost town. Walk have seen a number of advancements on the through a virtual Chernobyl Exclusion Zone silver screen. In recent years, CGI has moved to learn the history of the place and discover leaps and bounds, becoming increasingly the future that was lost. realistic and indiscernible from live footage. Meanwhile, the likes of Martin Scorsese have employed de-aging visual effects in prestige cinema. Yet there remains one as-of-yet underused technology. Virtual reality – or VR – refers to a simulated experience of reality, transmitted through a headset. Thus far used primarily in video games, it opens a whole new world of cinematic possibilities.

In partnership with Regent Street Cinema, we are excited to present three distinct VR experiences at this year’s festival.

GYMNASIA An abandoned school awaits you; a place that echoes with childhood memories. Yet like a WARSAW RISING darkly surreal dream, it constantly blurs the At 17:00 on 1 August 1944, the inhabitants of boundaries between unsettling anxiety and Warsaw decided to turn against their German the comfort of waking life. The brainchild occupiers. Led by the underground Polish of Maciek Szczerbowski and Chris Lavis, resistance, the Warsaw Uprising was the Gymnasia is a VR experience inspired by single largest wartime operation of its kind in visionary theatre director Taduesz Kantor’s Europe. Join the heroes of the Uprising in this seminal play The Dead Class. immersive VR experience.

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“Gentlemen, this man is the leader in cinematography, I am the second,” said Louis Lumière about one of the early pioneers of the film camera. No, he wasn’t talking about his brother, but about the Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyński. Back in 1894 – a year before the Lumière Brothers presented their famous cinematograph on the world stage – Prószyński constructed his own film camera for taking photos and projecting moving images:

the ‘pleograph’. Just four years later, the Pole ski with the original ´ refined his design and invented a new device with reduced flicker. This ‘biopleograph’ would prove to be a milestone in Polish cinema ↑ Polish inventor Kazimierz Prószyn bioplegraph in 1902 history, eventually being used in 1902 to shoot the first Polish fictional film, the one-minute Prószyński continued to innovate, with long The Return of the Reveller. devices such as the handheld aeroscope camera enjoying significant commercial TUE 24 MARCH, 19:30 success. Yet with the outbreak of World War 2, the inventor and his family were persecuted THE CINEMA MUSEUM by the occupying German forces; his creations and films lost among the destruction of BIOPLEOGRAPH: AN EXPERIMENTAL Warsaw. In 2017, the National Centre for RECONSTRUCTION Film Culture in Łódź embarked on a project Draw back the curtain on Poland’s film history aiming to reconstruct the biopleograph. with an evening dedicated to Kazimierz With the help of scarce notes and only two Prószyński’s early contribution to cinema. photos of the original apparatus, industry The project team will show a making-of film, expert Janusz Król was able to recreate present the biopleograph itself, and screen the a full-functional device. The project team reshot version of The Return of the Reveller. then used the reconstructed biopleograph, alongside a 35mm film camera from 1908 and a contemporary digital camera, to reshoot Prószyński’s The Return of the Reveller. In partnership with the National Centre In partnership with the ↑ ↑ Still and film reel detail National Centre for Film ↑ Janusz Król with the for Film Culture in Łódź, we are delighted to from the reshooting of The Return recreated bioplegraph present the results of this remarkable project. of the Reveller Culture, Łódź

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The Polish Cultural Institute in London and SUN 5 APRIL 14:30 the BFI present the Closing Gala of the 2020 NFT1 Kinoteka Polish Film Festival, featuring a BFI SOUTHBANK screening of the silent filmForbidden Paradise accompanied by a live score.

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FORBIDDEN PARADISE Made during the golden era of Hollywood silent Director: Ernst Lubitsch cinema, Forbidden Paradise is a wonderful Writers: Agnes Christine Johnston, Hans Kräly, comic drama adapted from a 1922 Broadway Lajos Biró, Menyhért Lengyel play, starring the much-loved Polish performer Cast: Pola Negri, Rod La Rocque Pola Negri, alongside an early cameo from USA, 1924, 76 min . We are pleased to present the most Young military officer Alexei (Rod La Rocque) complete version of Forbidden Paradise in rescues Catherine (Pola Negri), the Czarina almost 100 years, thanks to a new digital of a small kingdom in Eastern Europe, from restoration by the Museum of Modern Art and a group of revolutionaries who are plotting The Film Foundation, with funding provided by against her. The Czarina ‘rewards’ him in the the George Lucas Family Foundation. bedroom, causing Alexei to fall head over heels The screening of Forbidden Paradise will in love with her, only to find out that he is far be accompanied by a live score performed by from the only royal consort. Stung, Alexei joins Marcin Pukaluk, a composer, performer and a rebellion against the monarchy, vowing that producer who has previously scored the likes of no harm will come to Catherine. But the rakish The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920), The General Chancellor (Adolphe Menjou) has plans to (1926), and Metropolis (1927) for an array of quash this new threat. international film festivals.

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Kinoteka is pleased to partner with Northern Irland’s leading film festival, the Belfast Film festival, & INFORMATION for another year. This time we support screening of two classic Polish comedies – Kiler and Day of the Wacko, as well as one international production which is also showcased during Kinoteka at ICA – The Other Lamb. We hope that Belfast-based cinephiles will truly enjoy this selection. Times and locations of the screenings are coming soon, for more details visit: belfastfilmfestival.org

KILER Dir. Juliusz Machulski, 1997 In Warsaw, Poland, a cab driver is mistaken for an assassin and hired to kill a gangster. A truly Polish take on the gangster comedy genre.

DAY OF THE WACKO Dir. Marek Koterski, 2002 A middle-aged schoolteacher hates himself and takes out his anger and frustration on the people around him. A fantastic example of Polish absurdist comedy with another reincarnation of comedic ‘everyman’ Adaś Miauczyński.

THE OTHER LAMB Dir. Marek Koterski, 2019 A young woman born into an all-female cult begins to question the teachings of her leader. A captivating thiller with Michiel Huisman (Game of Thrones).

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Saturday 21 March NEW POLISH CINEMA Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com CALENDAR OF EVENTS 20:35 Mister T. Director: Marcin Krzyształowicz Screening will be followed by a Q&A with actor Paweł Wilczak

Sunday 22 March FAMILY EVENT Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com 12:00 Rock’n’Roll Eddie Thursday 19 March OPENING NIGHT GALA Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com Director: Tomasz Szafranski 19:00 Radioactive Screening will be preceeded by a Director: Marijan Satrapi children's workshop from Museum of Cassettes Thursday 19 – SPECIAL SCREENINGS & EVENTS Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com Sunday 22 March Gymnasia Foyer - VR Lounge Director: Maciek Szczerbowski Warsaw Rising Director: Tomasz Dobosz Chernobyl VR Project Director: (The Farm 51)

Friday 20 March NEW POLISH CINEMA Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com 18:15 Corpus Christi Director: Jan Komasa

Sunday 22 March FOCUS: RICHARD BOLESLAWSKI Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com 15:00 The Garden of Allah Director: Ryszard Boleslawski

Sunday 22 March NEW POLISH CINEMA Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com 17:00 All For My Mother Director: Malgorzata Imielska

Sunday 22 March NEW POLISH CINEMA Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com 19:30 Mr. Jones Director: Agnieszka Holland Friday 20 March NEW POLISH CINEMA Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com Screening will be introduced 20:30 The Coldest Game by film critic Peter Bradshaw Director: Lukasz Kosmicki

Saturday 21 March FOCUS: RICHARD BOLESLAWSKI Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com 14:00 Theodora Goes Wild Director: Ryszard Boleslawski

Saturday 21 March NEW POLISH CINEMA Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com 16:00 Pilsudski Director: Michal Rosa

Saturday 21 March NEW POLISH CINEMA Regent Street Cinema regentstreetcinema.com 18:15 Dark Almost Night Director: Borys Lankosz

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Tuesday 24 March SPECIAL SCREENINGS & EVENTS The Cinema Museum cinemamuseum.org.uk Sunday 29 March DOCUMENTARIES JW3 JW3.org.uk 19:30 A Historic Reconstruction: 15:30 Marek Edelman….And There Was The Biopleograph and The Return Love in the Ghetto of the Reveller Director: Jolanta Dylewska Screening will be introduced by historian Francois Guesnet

Sunday 29 March NEW POLISH CINEMA POSK poskcinema.org 18:00 The Coldest Game Director: Lukasz Kosmicki

Monday 30 March NEW POLISH CINEMA JW3 JW3.org.uk 20:00 Dolce Fine Giornata Director: Jacek Borcuch

Friday 3 April NEW POLISH CINEMA ICA ica.art 20:45 The Other Lamb Director: Malgorzata Szumowska Screening will be followed by Q&A

Tuesday 24 March NEW POLISH CINEMA ICA ica.art Saturday 4 April DOCUMENTARIES ICA ica.art 20:30 In Touch 18:30 Undiscovered Masters of Polish Director: Pawel Ziemilski Cinema: Look Out Hooligans, Screening will be followed The Children Accuse, Are You by Q&A with Pawel Ziemilski Among Them, Sopot, Calvary, Two Faces of God Directors: Jerzy Hoffman and Edward Skorzewski

Sunday 5 April CLOSING GALA BFI Southbank bfi.org.uk 14:30 Forbidden Paradise Director: Ernst Lubitsch With a live score by Marcin Pukaluk

Wednesday 25 March TADEUSZ KANTOR LEGACY Rich Mix richmix.org.uk 19:00 Europeans: Tadeusz Kantor An evening of film, conversation and live performance with Dash Arts

Thursday 26 March DOCUMENTARIES ICA ica.art 20:45 Proceder Director: Michal Wegrzyn

Saturday 28 March DOCUMENTARIES POSK Cinema poskcinema.org 15:00 My Little Poland Director: Bobik Matiej

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ENTER ANOTHER WORLD

BFI Southbank The Cinema Museum Institute of Contemporary Arts Belvedere Road 2 Dugard Way The Mall London SE1 8XT London SE11 4TH London, SW1Y 5AH 020 7928 3232 0207 840 2200 020 7930 3647 bfi.org.uk cinemamuseum.org.uk ica.art

JW3 POSK Cinema at Polish Regent Street Cinema 341–351 Finchley Road Social & Cultural Association 307 Regent Street London NW3 6ET 238–246 King St London W1B 2HW 0207 433 8988 London W6 0RF 0207 911 5050 jw3.org.uk 0208 741 1940 regentstreetcinema.com poskcinema.org The Level is a world apart, an exclusive area of the hotel where you will enjoy privileged products and a personalised service. Our chic Level Lounge a private, tranquil area allows you to concentrate and to find the inspiration that you need to bring success. Relax and disconnect with an array of services at your

fingertips. Book now for a superior experience. Rich Mix 35–47 Bethnal Green Road London E1 6LA

Innovative Lounge with Private Superior and much 0207 613 7498 meeting rooms daily snacks check-in bedrooms more richmix.org.uk

Book direct via melia.com or +44 (0)207 391 3000

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SAVE WHEN YOU BUY TICKETS 001 FOR MULTIPLE SCREENINGS AT REGENT STREET CINEMA

Get more for your money when you book in bulk!

Prices (Full / Concs / Members) 1 screening £13 / £11 / £10 2 – 3 screenings £11 / £9 / £8 4 + screenings £9 / £8 / £7

002 MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL: BUY 1 GET 1 1/2 PRICE!

Come with your mum to see All For My Mother (p.9) on Sunday 22 March and buy one ticket with the second half price!

Sunday 22 March, 17:00 Regent Street Cinema

Special offers are available online, over the phone and in person at the box office. Booking fees may apply. Regent Street Cinema multi-screening offer does not apply to Opening Gala (p.4–5),Mister T. (p.8) or Family Event (p.18)

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FESTIVAL PRODUCTION TEAM WITH SPECIAL THANKS Supported by: Marta de Zuniga Charlotte Tillieux, MUBI Polish Cultural Institute Director Chiara Maranon, MUBI Konrad Zielinski Jakub Krupa, POSK Cinema Polish Cultural Institute Deputy Director Martin Humphries, The Cinema Museum Marlena Lukasiak Nick Cook, Melia White House Kinoteka Artistic Director and Producer Liam Cutler, Regent Street Cinema Jakub Ochmanski Agnieszka Gabriel-Damaz, The Polish Bakery PR and Marketing Małgorzata Gieblewicz, The Polish Bakery Partners: Joanna Snieg Magdalena Hejda, Melia White House Guest Experience Victoria Humphrys, BFI Southbank Darek Tomaszewski Izabela Kiszka, IKH Film Promotions Logistics and Guest Support Maciej Kornacki, Filmoteka Narodowa Paulina Latham Shira MacLeod, Regent Street Cinema Music Events Coordinator Nico Marzano, ICA Dobroslawa Swiatalska Liz Parkinson, BFI Southbank Family Event Coordinator Nicolas Raffin, ICA Oliver Reutter, The Polish Bakery Grzegorz Skorupski, Adam Mickiewicz DESIGN AND PUBLICITY Institute Matthew Dinsdale, Studiocanal Luke Gould Jack Beditler Paterson, JW3 Design and Art Direction Radosław Śmigulski, PISF Adam Wojcicki Maria Gradolewska, PISF Poster / Cover art Anna Winkler, Adam Mickiewicz Institute Richard Greenhill Marianne Wells, Regent Street Cinema Copy-writer and Editor James Burbidge, Regent Street Cinema Kamil Dobrosielski Piotr Kulesza, Narodowe Centrum Kultury Festival Trailer Filmowej Serieseight.com Monika Marlicka-Robert, Narodowe Centrum Festival Website Kultury Filmowej Dot-studio Merchandise Organic PR Public Relations

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KINOTEKA returns this March for your annual dose of Poland’s diverse film culture. This year’s programme offers a stimulating blend of award-winning films and documentaries, interactive events, Q&As, and special guests. For the best of Polish cinema, look no further.

In London at the BFI, ICA, JW3, Regent Street Cinema, Rich Mix, POSK Cinema and more. www.kinoteka.org.uk #kinoteka2020

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