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AT BARBICAN, BFI SOUTHBANK, ICA 4 ––18 APRIL REGENT STREET CINEMA & MORE ... Welcome to Kinoteka 17! Welcome to Kinoteka 17! 1 CONTENTS WELCOME TO KINOTEKA 17! Welcome to KINOTEKA 17! ................................................................. 1 It has been a spectacular year for Polish film. Cinema presents a curation of lesser-known Paweł Pawlikowski has, once again, shared adaptations of the sci-fi author Stanisław Special Guests ............................................................................. 2 with the world a tale of bittersweet Polish Lem, including the rare Russian television film melancholy in the internationally-acclaimed Solyaris and the schlocky East German space SCREENINGS & EVENTS Cold War. In our 17th year, the Kinoteka opera Silent Star. BFI Southbank highlights the Opening Night Gala ........................................................................ 6 Polish Film Festival invites all cinephiles and considerable cinematic contributions of Polish Polish culture aficionados for a captivating women with a selection of films from three New Polish Cinema ......................................................................... 8 programme of award-winning films, interactive rising talents – Jagoda Szelc, Olga Chajdas Documentaries ............................................................................ 14 workshops and one-off cinematic experiences. and Agnieszka Smoczyńska. Close-Up Cinema Small Robots, Mortal Engines: Stanislaw Lem On Film ................................... 16 The festival kicks off at Regent Street pays tribute to Witold Sobociński with four Witold Sobociński: A Tribute .............................................................. 21 Cinema with our Opening Night Gala archive screenings displaying the indelible screening of Another Day of Life, a beautifully- influence of the late cinematographer. Polish Woman Filmmakers ............................................................... 24 animated adaptation of acclaimed Polish As ever, we are pleased to offer a wide Special Screenings & Events: Family Event .............................................. 27 journalist Ryszard Kapuściński’s early book. array of workshops and interactive events. Special Screenings & Events: On The Silver Globe ...................................... 28 The screening will be introduced by Victoria In collaboration with UNIQLO Tate Late, we Brittain, who has extensive experience in present an exclusive evening at Tate Modern Special Screenings & Events: 53 Wars ................................................... 30 reporting from global conflicts. dedicated to 1990s Polish rave culture. Special Screenings & Events: Uniqlo Tate Late ........................................... 31 This year’s New Polish Cinema strand For those with children, our family friendly Special Screenings & Events: Łódź Film School Seminar at ICA ......................... 32 takes place at Regent Street Cinema, screening of Journey For One Smile at Regent Belfast Film Festival: Focus on Poland .................................................. 33 Watermans and the ICA. Our selection of ten Street Cinema is sure to fill the afternoon with films encompasses the exciting breadth of fun. The Horse Hospital runs an exhibition of Closing Night Gala ....................................................................... 34 contemporary Polish filmmaking – from the costumes, props and ephemera from Andrzej brutal realism of Piotr Domalewski’s Silent Żuławski's thwarted sci-fi masterpiece,On the CALENDAR, BOOKING & INFORMATION Night to Filip Bajon’s epic costume drama The Silver Globe. Calendar of Events, Booking & Venues .................................................. 38 Butler via the hysterically funny situational The festival comes to an end with a humour of Paweł Maślona’s Panic Attack. special Closing Night Gala screening of Paweł Venue Information ....................................................................... 42 The ICA hosts a trio of Polish Pawlikowski’s Cold War. Join us for an immer- Special Offers ............................................................................ 43 documentaries, featuring two debutant sive dining experience at Baltic Restaurant & Credits & Thanks ......................................................................... 44 directors and a long-term master of the craft. Bar, where guests will enjoy a gourmet menu End of Life is an intimate meditation on the and vodka cocktails, as well as live music from poetry of the final moments before death the legendary Zbigniew Namysłowski Quintet. takes us, while Diagnosis is hypnotic in its We hope that you enjoy the festival and portrayal of the psychological relationship look forward to sharing the best of Polish between a nameless city and its human cinema and culture with you all. inhabitants. Love Express explores the Organised by: provocative work of director Walerian Robert Szaniawski Borowczyk through a series of interviews. Polish Cultural Institute Director We are delighted to partner with three of London’s finest arts institutions for a Marlena Lukasiak series of exclusive showcases. Barbican Kinoteka Artistic Director and Producer kinoteka.org.u k kinoteka.org.u k Welcome to Kinoteka 17! 2 Welcome to Kinoteka 17! 3 SPECIAL GUESTS EWA BANASZKIEWICZ AND MATEUSZ DYMEK WOJCIECH JAGIELSKI STEPHEN AND TIMOTHY QUAY (2010). Smoczyńska’s debut feature was Ewa Banaszkiewicz and Mateusz Dymek are Wojciech Jagielski is a reportage journalist Stephen and Timothy Quay (better known the communist-era mermaid horror musical film directors, writers and producers. The and war correspondent. After beginning his as the Brothers Quay) are animators and The Lure (2015), which was an international children of immigrants, they bonded at the career with the Polish Press Agency, Jagielski film directors. Their iconic visual style – a success and was chosen for release by the National Film School in Łódź over the inescap- worked for leading daily Gazeta Wyborcza, as nightmarish and grotesque form of stop- Criterion Collection in 2017. ability of the outsider immigrant experience. well as the BBC and Le Monde. His journalistic motion animation – draws inspiration Since 2007, they have collaborated on work is particularly focused on the conflicts from a variety of Polish and Czech writers, JAGODA SZELC projects including the experimental short that developed in newly independent post- puppeteers and composers. Their short Street Jagoda Szelc is a film director and screenwriter. film BEASTS (2014). Their debut feature is Soviet states in the Caucasus. of Crocodiles (1986) was nominated for the Prior to her full-length debut, she made My Friend the Polish Girl (2018). Palme d’Or at Cannes Film Festival and won 10 short films covering a range of topics ANDRZEJ KLIMOWSKI a BAFTA award. from refugees in the Donbass to personal VICTORIA BRITTAIN Andrzej Klimowski is a graphic artist, bereavement. Szelc won two Golden Lions Victoria Brittain is an independent journalist illustrator and producer of graphic novels. ADAM ROBERTS at the Polish Film Festival for her bold debut and writer. She is a former Associate Foreign With an art education that spans both London Adam Roberts is a writer, academic and feature Tower. A Bright Day (2017). She won Editor of The Guardian and has spent much of and Warsaw, he has designed hundreds of lecturer. He is a Professor at Royal Holloway, the prestigious Polityka Passport Award for her career reporting from Africa, Asia and the theatre and film posters, as well as book where he teaches both nineteenth-century Film in 2017. Middle East. Brittain’s work has often dealt covers for novels by Milan Kundera and Kazuo literature and creative writing. Roberts is the with the impact of conflict on women and Ishiguro. Klimowski is now Professor Emeritus author of twelve sci-fi novels, eight parodies, PAWEŁ WOJTASIK children. She has authored a number of books at the Royal College of Art. two novellas, a collection of short stories, and Paweł Wojtasik is a film director, producer and plays, including Shadow Lives (2013). various other writings. Three of his novels and artist. He creates films and large- PAWEŁ PAWLIKOWSKI were nominated for the prestigious Arthur C. scale installations that poetically reflect on OLGA CHAJDAS Paweł Pawlikowski is a film director and Clarke Award. overlooked corners of the environment. This Olga Chajdas is a film, theatre and television screenwriter. His early career was marked by has led him to sewage treatment plants, director. Her career began in theatre, with a series of lyrical documentaries. Pawlikowski DANUSIA SCHEJBAL wrecking yards, autopsy rooms, cremation her directing a number of plays since 2008. later found fame with the British dramas Danusia Schejbal is a stage designer and sites and pig farms. Wojtasik’s work has been Chajdas subsequently branched out to Last Resort (2000) and My Summer of Love painter. After graduating from art school in shown at a variety of international festivals, television, directing episodes in series such as (2004), before returning to Warsaw to make London, she continued her studies in Warsaw. including the Berlinale. Głęboka woda (2013), Uwikłani (2015) and Za the Oscar-winning Ida (2013). His latest film Schejbal worked as a stage designer for marzenia (2018). Her debut feature filmNina Cold War (2018) won the Best Director award Poland’s leading theatres before returning KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI (2018) won numerous awards. at Cannes Film Festival. to the UK