RTF to co-host screenings for Polish Film Festival, Nov. 14
3 November 2009
The 2009 Austin Polish Film Festival kicks off November 5. On Saturday, November 14, the Department of Radio-Television-Film will host the festivals Polish Shorts, Documentaries and Animations.
Saturday, Nov 14th, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Polish Shorts, Documentaries and Animations
University of Texas Campus, Communication Building, CMB, Studio 4D
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/ltd.html
Admission: Free
The Actors (2009, 28 minutes) Tomasz Wolski
52 Percent (2007, 19 minutes) Rafal Skalski
My New Life (2009, 37 minutes) Barbara Bialowas
On Credit (2009, 30 minutes) Przemyslaw Nowakowski
What the doctors say (2009, 24 minutes) Michal Wnuk
Held Mail (2008, 14 minutes) Marcel Lozinski
Pro Toto (1987, 9 minutes) Andrzej Titkow
The Cathedral (2002, 7 minutes) Tomek Baginski
Fallen Art (2004, 4 minutes) Tomek Baginski
*VIP Passes may be purchased for $50 and will cover admission to the opening reception and all film festival screenings. Tickets and passes are available online at http://www.austinpolishsociety.org/apff, Gourmet Russian Market & Cafe or at the door.
COMPLETE FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
All films will be in English or with English subtitles.
Thursday, Nov 5th, 6:30 pm
Opening Gala, Film Screening and Q&A session with a guest director from Poland,
Jacek Bromski, actress Agnieszka Kotlarska and composer, Ludek Drizhal
God’s Little Village (2009, 110 minutes), Jacek Bromski
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Texas Spirit Theater
Admission: $30
Friday, Nov 6th, 6:30 pm
Time to Die (2008, 104 minutes), Dorota Kedzierzawska
Before Twilight (2008, 95 minutes), Jacek Blawut
Bob Bullock Texas History Museum, Texas Spirit Theater
Admission: $10 *
Saturday, Nov 7th, 6:30 pm
Preserve (2007, 100 minutes) Lukasz Palkowski
Drowsiness (2008, 105 minutes) Magdalena Piekorz
Bob Bullock Texas History Museum, Texas Spirit Theater Admission: $10 *
Sunday, Nov 8th, 6:30 pm
Tomorrow We Are Going to the Movies (2007, 100 minutes) Michal Kwiecinski
The Glass Trap (2008, 15 minutes) Pawel Ferdek
The Loneliness of a Short-Order Cook (2008, 24 minutes) Marcel Sawicki
Bob Bullock Texas History Museum, Texas Spirit Theater
Admission: $10 *
Saturday, Nov 14th, 1:00 – 5:00 pm
Polish Shorts, Documentaries and Animations
University of Texas Campus, Communication Building, CMB, Studio 4D
http://www.utexas.edu/maps/main/buildings/ltd.html
Admission: Free
The Actors (2009, 28 minutes) Tomasz Wolski
52 Percent (2007, 19 minutes) Rafal Skalski
My New Life (2009, 37 minutes) Barbara Bialowas
On Credit (2009, 30 minutes) Przemyslaw Nowakowski
What the doctors say (2009, 24 minutes) Michal Wnuk
Held Mail (2008, 14 minutes) Marcel Lozinski
Pro Toto (1987, 9 minutes) Andrzej Titkow
The Cathedral (2002, 7 minutes) Tomek Baginski
Fallen Art (2004, 4 minutes) Tomek Baginski
*VIP Passes may be purchased for $50 and will cover admission to the opening reception and all film festival screenings.
Tickets and passes are available online at http://www.austinpolishsociety.org/apff,
Gourmet Russian Market & Cafe or at the door.
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The Austin Polish Film Festival (APFF) is providing unprecedented opportunities for the Austin community to experience new feature films, documentaries, shorts, animations and visual arts developed through the creative eyes and minds of some of Poland’s leading artists. The APFF is sponsored by the Austin Polish Society, a local non-profit arts and cultural organization (www.austinpolishsocity.org).
The APFF has hosted three successful film festivals. The first (2006) festival theme was “50 Years of Polish Film from the Lodz School”. It brought to life the development of the national film school born out of the ashes of WW II. The 2006 festival featured Polish director, Dorota Kedzierzawska, a 1981 graduate of the Lodz Film School, who presented her award-winning feature film “Jestem” (“I am”) (2005). The 2007 APFF theme was “New Directions in Polish Film” and featured Polish director Feliks Falk, who screened his award-winning film “Komornik” (“Debt Collector”) (2005). The 2008 APFF theme was “Polish Films: Universal Stories”. The guest artist of the festival was Polish film director and president of The Association of Polish Filmmakers, Jacek Bromski, who premiered his film “U Pana Boga w Ogrodku” (“In God’s Little Garden”). The festival concluded with Andrzej Wajda’s “Katyn.”
The 2009 APFF theme is “The Long and the Short of Polish Contemporary Cinema”. Dates for the festival are November 5, 6, 7, 8, and 14, 2009. The films will be screened at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, Texas Spirit Theater and in Studio 4D at the Department of Radio-Film-Television of the University of Texas at Austin. The APFF guests will be director, producer, and writer, Jacek Bromski and Agnieszka Kotlarska, an actress starring in Mr. Bromski’s film. Both will be coming from Poland to be present for the festival and will participate on discussion panels. APFF will also host the consul general and the cultural attaché from the Polish Consulate in Los Angeles. This year the APFF has expanded its offerings to include Polish shorts, documentaries, and animated films mainly from the collection “30 minutes” and “The first documentary”, a project exhibiting the best work of young filmmakers.
The APFF VIP Opening Reception will be held at the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum. Proceeds from the APFF will sponsor young, local film talent through artistic and academic exchanges in film and visual arts between Austin and Poland, through scholarships, internship opportunities, and other projects, with unique opportunities to personally connect with established Polish film professionals (directors, writers, and cinematographers). Contacts have been established between University of Texas Department of Radio-Film-Television and National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz. Poland.
In conjunction with the Polish Film Festival, APS sponsors special exhibits of Polish film, music and theater posters. For 2009, the APS is sponsoring an exhibit of the work of Polish artist Leszek Zebrowski at the Eastside Showroom at 1100 East 6th Street. The exhibit opens Sunday, October 25 with a reception on Sunday, November 1, 2009 and will last through November 13th.
For more details, dates, times and tickets sales, film reviews, poster exhibit information, contribution and advertising opportunities, see http://www.austinpolishsociety.org/austinpff2009/.
