Still frame: "All that I love", dir. Jacek Borcuch
The 11th & 1/2 Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles, a continuation of the April edition, is dedicated to the promotion of Polish films in anticipation of the next edition of the Academy Awards. Jacek Borczuch's "All that I Love"opens the festival, the Polish Committee's selection for the Oscars
The screening at the festival in Los Angeles launches the promotional run of
Jacek Borcuch's All that I Love / Wszystko Co Kocham in anticipation of the 83rd Academy Awards ceremony.
Jacek Borczuch's film is Poland's submission to the 2011 Oscars in the Foreign Language Film Category. The film was already presented at the 11th edition of the PFF in April, where it received the main Hollywood Eagle award from the American jury. Guests of the opening night of the festival include actors Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Frances Fisher, Oscar winner Margaret O'Brien, Bernard Hiller, Randal Malone, Theodore Bikle, Peter Mark Richman, Max Ryan, Olivier Gruner, as well as directors Mimi Leder and Robby Hanson, twiceOscar winner stage designer Albert Wolsky, and Polish operator Jacek Laskus, who has been working in the USA for years. Other guests of the event are representatives of other festivals : German, Irish, Israeli, Corean, Mexican and Brazilian. Jan Nowicki is an honourary guest of the festival, attending the screenings of Before Twilight ("Jeszcze nie wieczór") directed by Jacek Blawuta and of the digitally remastered movie The Hourglass Sanatorium ("Sanatorium pod klepsydra") by
Wojciech Jerzy Has.
The programme features the Best Polish productions of 2010, including: Mother Theresa of Cats ("Matka Teresa od kotów" by Paweł Sala, Mall Girls ("Galerianki") by Robert Rosłaniec, Piggies ("Świnki") by Robert Gliński, and Odd one out ("Nie ten człowiek") by Paweł Wendorff, who is also a guest at the festival.
American productions that have been co-produced by Polish filmmakers are also included in the set of the festival In Los Angeles, such as the feature film Player directed by Alina Szpak.
The documentary section of the festival presents Decalogue 89+ ("Dekalog 89+"), a compilation of 11 shorts by young Polish filmmakers co-produced by TV station TVP Kultura, and Tournée by Andrzej Mankowski. Also featured in the program are short films such as Kuba Czejak's Don't be Afraid of the Dark Room ("Ciemnego pokoju nie trzeba się bać") and The Whisper by Leszek Korisiewicz. The festival will also premiere Max Naporowski's Dawn of darkness, a film that combines animation with real motion footage.
In celebration of the Chopin year 2010, PFF hosts a screening of Chopin 2010 - Space Concert by Adam Ustynowicz. The 600 anniversary of the Battle of Grunwald is also be commemorated with the presentation of the digitally remastered version of the 1960 movie Knights of the Teutonic Order ("Krzyżacy") by Aleksander Ford and the 3D animation Battle of Grunwald ("Bitwa pod Grunwaldem"), which brings Jan Matejko's painting to life.
Another production by Baginski is presented in the animation section of the Polish Film Festival - The Kinematograph ("Kinematograf). Other films presented in the same category include: The City sails on ("Miasto płynie") by Balbina Bruszewska, and her newest release Hope, Love & Faith ("Nadzieja, miłość i wiara"). The director will present both films personally at the festival. Also featured in the program is Danny Boy directed by Marek Skrobecki and Damian Nenowa's 3D animation City of Ruins ("Miasto ruin") recreating the state of Warsaw in 1945.
The Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles has traditionally been held between April and May. In the Summer of 2010, organisers decided to change the dates of the event to mid-October, hence the special "half" added to this second edition of the year. The director of the festival is Vladek Juszkiewicz.
11 1/2 Polish Film Festival in Los Angeles runs between October 15 - 21, 2010.
For more information, see:
www.polishfilmLA.org