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PROGRAM NOVEMBER 3 - 6 THURSDAY, NOV. 3 FRIDAY, NOV. 4 SATURDAY, NOV. 5 The Marchesa Hall & Theater Texas Spirit Theater Carver Museum & Cultural Center 7:00pm Festival & Poster 6:30pm The Stone Silence / Noon-4pm Free event Exhibit Opening Reception Kamienna Cisza, Celebrate Me! Poland dir. Krzysztof Kopczyński Children’s Activities Guest artist in attendance: 2007, (51 min) Polish arts and crafts Feliks Falk, filmmaker Q&A with the director Polish food Rafal Olbinski, graphic, artist Animations Ludek Drizhal, composer 8:00pm Joanna, dir. Feliks Falk Documentary films Music by the New Allegro 2010 , (105 min) String Quartet; Polish food Q&A with the director 12:30-1:30pm Lecture on Poster sales, raffle tickets the History of Poland Poster sales, raffle tickets by Elliot Novacky 8:00pm Presidency / (Classroom) Prezydencja Animation by Tomek Concurrent screenings Bagiński, 2011, (3 min) 2:00-4:00pm Documentary film Nine Days that Changed Case Unknown / Enen, the World, 2010 , (94 min) dir. Feliks Falk, (Main Gallery) 2009, (95 min) Q&A with the director Children adventure film The Magic Tree, dir. Andrzej Maleszka, 2009, (90 min) (Classroom) Texas Spirit Theater 6:30pm A Little Rose / Rożyczka, dir. Jan Kidawa-Błoński, 2009, (118 min) 8:30pm Entanglement / Uwikłanie, dir. Jacek Bromski, 2011, (128 min) Q&A with the composer Poster sales, raffle tickets NOVEMBER 12 SUNDAY, NOV. 6 SATURDAY, NOV. 12 Marchesa Hall & Theatre The Marchesa Hall & Theater 1:00-3:00pm Rafał Olbiński 6:00pm Animations, shorts, & docs Presentation and Mirracle Mile Girls, Workshop dir. Kate Mirzullo, 2011, (11 min) Texas Spirit Theater Talking Heads, 4:00pm The Winner / Wygrany, dir. Krzysztof Kieslowski, dir. Wieslaw Saniewski, 1980, (14 min) 2011, (110 min) Cinematograph, 6:00pm Venice / Wenecja, dir. Tomek Bagiński, dir. Jan Jakub Kolski, 2009, (12 min) 2010, (114 min) Talk to Him, dir. Agata Pretka, Poster sales, raffle tickets 2010, (7 min) Play with me, dir. Rafał Skalski, 2011, (30 min) Glasgow, dir. Piotr Subbotko, 2010, (30 min) 8:30pm All That I Love, dir. Jacek Borcuch, 2009, (95 min) Q&A with actor Andrzej Chyra Posters sales Raffle tickets drawing VENUES Bob Bullock Texas State The Marchesa Hall & Theater, Carver Museum & Cultural Center History Museum 6406 N IH-35 Suite 3100, 1165 Angelina Street, Texas Spirit Theater Austin, TX 78752 Austin, TX 78702 1800 N Congrees Avenue, phone: 512-454-2000 phone: 512-974-4926 Austin, TX 78701 phone: 512-936-4639 CASE UNKNOWN / ENEN 2009, 95 min November 3, 8:30pm A young psychiatrist takes interest in one of the hospital patients and discovers that a file with his medical records is nearly empty. Intrigued, he makes attempts to find out who the unknown man is and tries to treat him. The doctor risks not only his career but also the safety of his family. Did he, in an attempt to bring help, wake up the devil? The truth, which reaches a young doctor, is shocking and although belongs to the past prior to 1980, it hides mechanisms which can happen today. Any day. Director: Feliks Falk Screenplay: Feliks Falk with cooperation of Agnieszka Holland Cinematography: Arek Tomiak Music: Bartłomiej Gliniak Producer: Włodzimierz Niderhaus Cast: Borys Szyc, Grzegorz Wolf, Magdalena Wałach, ... Feliks Falk Feliks Falk is a film and theatre director, writer of film scripts, stage plays, television plays, and radio dramas; he is also a painter and a graphic artist. Falk graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and from the National Film School in Łódz, Poland where he later served as lecturer. In his career he worked as layout artist for a main stream magazine, as film producer and was a co-owner of the Fokus Film Studio. Mr. Falk is a prominent representative and creator of the 1970s wave in Polish film known as cinema of moral anxiety. In 2011, in recognition of his outstanding achievements in the film arts, president of Poland presented Feliks Falk with the prestigious award the of Order of Polonia Restituta. JOANNA 2010, 105 min November 4, 8pm Poland is under the Nazi occupation. A young woman whose husband is away at the war front is taking care of a little Jewish girl. The presence of the girl in Joanna’s apartment is a source of a constant fear. Soon the woman falls victim of a denunciation. During a search of her flat she attracts the attention of a young German officer who discovers her secret. In Joanna’s life nothing remains the same. A friend today becomes an enemy tomorrow. The film is a powerful reflection about the human behavior in extreme circumstances and a masterful drama of moral decisions of a person faced with a terrible choice. Director: Feliks Falk Screenplay: Feliks Falk Cinematography: Piotr Śliskowski Music: Bartłomiej Gliniak Producer: Michał Kwieciński, Akson Studio Cast: Urszula Grabowska, Sara Knothe, Joachim Paul Assböck, Stanisława Celińska, Monika Kwiatkowska, Halina Łabonarska, Iza Kuna, Kinga Preis, ... THE STONE SILENCE / KAMIENNA CISZA 2007, 51 min November 4, 6:30pm On April 23rd, 2005 a 29 year-old woman was publicly stoned for adultery in the Afghan village of Spin Gaw. The story of this powerful documentary begins five years before the aforementioned event broke over international media waves causing a stir on news programs and talk shows. It follows Amina who was given away by her family to be married to Muhammad. In Afghanistan these ‘arranged marriages’ – where parents choose their child’s future spouse – are quite common and rooted in tradition. But lucky for Amina and Muhammad, they had been neighbors growing up and knew one another well. Right after the wedding however, Muhammad left his new bride for find work in Iran. Amina lived alone. Then Karim appeared in her life. Drawn to each other, they started seeing each other in secret, but in the clay houses of Spin Gaw there is no room for clandestine activities. The two were eventually caught together and accused of violating the law. This engrossing film chronicles their affair, trial and punishment with piercing candor. Director: Krzysztof Kopczyński, Screenplay: Krzysztof Kopczyński Cinematography: Jacek Petrycki, Hanna Polak Producer: Krzysztof Kopczyński , Eureka Media, Society Films Krzysztof Kopczyński Krzysztof Kopczyński, producer and scriptwriter of more than 100 documentary films and TV programs. Holds a PhD in Humanities, professor in the Literature, Film, and Media Department at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Author and editor of several books, head of “Future of Media” International Association, owner of the film production company Eureka Media. He has filmed in Europe, Russia, India, Afghanistan, the United States and Argentina. CELEBRATE ME! POLAND Noon-4pm Presentation on the Dragon of Krakow Polish animation for youth Polish Art Display Famous Poles Exhibit and Images of Poland Taste of Poland, authentic polish food Lecture on the history of Poland by Elliot Novacki NINE DAYS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD 2010, 94 min November 5, 2pm Nine Days that Changed the World presents the Pope’s historic trip to Poland in June 1979 as the cataclysmic event that changed a nation and changed the world, and which ultimately contributed greatly to the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989 and the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The film features the homilies and remarks he gave during these nine days and the places he went in the context of their special relevance in Polish history, including the first public Mass on the eve of Pentecost before millions in Warsaw’s Victory Square. THE MAGIC TREE / MAGICZNE DRZEWO 2009, 90 min November 5, 2pm Once upon a time, there was a magic tree - a huge, old oak-tree. Not aware of its power, people cut it down and made hundreds of objects out of its wood. The wood kept its magic power and the objects made strange things happen after arriving in shops...One day three children stumble upon a red chair, carved from a Magic Tree. This chair will grant your every wish if you sit upon it and wish. Their first wish is of course, pizza! But then their unpleasant aunt makes an unfortunate wish about the children’s parents ... Director & screenplay: Andrzej Maleszka, Cinematography: Mikolaj Lebkowski, Music: Krzesimir Debski, Producer: Lunapark, TVP Cast: Agnieszka Grochowska, Andrzej Chyra, Hanna Sleszynska, Maciej Wierzbicki, Maja Tomawska, Adam Szczegola, Filib Fabis, ... Andrzej Maleszka Director of over 20 films and TV series. Author of numerous screenplays and children’s novels. His films create a unique combination of magic and realism showing the world from the child’s perspectrive. Mr. Maleszka received numerous awards at film festivals, including Chicago, New York, Munich, Cairo, etc. In 2007 he won the International Emmy Award in the category: Children & Young People for the TV series “The Magic Tree”. FABLES Shoemaker Kopytko and Kwak Duck , 13 min. Long, long time ago, there was a Simon Dratwa and his son, little Szewczyk who more than work, like to play jokes on people. When Simon Dratwa travelled away to America, his son little Szewczyk left to see the world. During his travels he met Kaczor Kwak, same joker as little Szewczyk. There we inseparatable ever since, playing joke on people until they met an Old man, who changed their perspective on people. Directed and written by: Andrzej Gosieniecki (based on Kornela Makuszyński Szewc Kopytko i Kaczor Kwak) Music (composition and performance): Krzesimir Dębski Shepherd of a thousand rabbits 13 min. This is a fairytale about brave Wszemil, who ran away from Tatar captivity. On his way home, he meets 3 old men. With one he shares water, with the second one bread and the third one he gives last coin. In return, the old men give him a stick, bag and flute.