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Welcome to Kinoteka 18! 1 kinoteka.org.u k Welcome to Kinoteka 18! Welcome to Kinoteka 18! 1 CONTENTS WELCOME TO KINOTEKA 18! 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 Warsaw 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 actor Bartosz Bielenia in Corpus series of interactive events and showcases Focus: Richard Boleslawski ............................................................... 16 Christi, Poland’s short-listed entry for this encompassing the breadth of cinema history. Family Event .............................................................................. 18 year’s Academy Awards. 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 acting 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 kinoteka.org.u k kinoteka.org.u k SCREENINGS & EVENTS , 1873. Jagiellonian University, Kraków © Photo courtesy the owner The Astronomer Copernicus. Conversations with God Jan Matejko, CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD COPERNICUS BY JAN MATEJKO Supported by 29 July – 15 November 2020 • Admission free Opening Night Gala 5 OPENING NIGHT GALA RADIOACTIVE GALA SCREENING 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. kinoteka.org.u k New Polish Cinema 6 New Polish Cinema 7 NEW POLISH CINEMA FRI 20 MARCH, 20:30 SAT 21 MARCH, 16:00 THE BEST RELEASES FROM THE PAST YEAR REGENT STREET CINEMA REGENT STREET CINEMA THRILLER HISTORY, DRAMA 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 Gdynia 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 kinoteka.org.u k kinoteka.org.u k New Polish Cinema 8 New Polish Cinema 9 SAT 21 MARCH, 18:15 SAT 21 MARCH, 20:35 SUN 22 MARCH, 17:00 SUN 22 MARCH, 19:30 REGENT STREET CINEMA REGENT STREET CINEMA REGENT STREET CINEMA REGENT STREET CINEMA LIVE MUSIC + INTRO THRILLER COMEDY, DRAMA DRAMA HISTORY, DRAMA DARK ALMOST NIGHT MISTER T. ALL FOR MY MOTHER MR JONES Director: Borys Lankosz Director: Marcin Krzyształowicz Director: Małgorzata Imielska Director: Agnieszka Holland Writers: Joanna Bator, 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. 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