Another film shown as part of the focus is a documentary Solidarity according to Women depicting the role of women in the Solidarity movement. It is a story of a dozen of brave Polish women whose wisdom, determination and commitment in the opposition movement of the 1980s helped bring about a change of the political reality in Poland. The festival audience will also have the opportunity to see the film Women Power, telling a story of Polish feminists fighting for women’s rights at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. After the screening, a meeting with the film directors Marta Dzido and Piotr Śliwowski will be held.
The 21st Seoul International Women’s Film Festival held under the slogan ‘20+1, Faces Breaking Down the Walls’ will present 119 films from 31 countries. Alongside the special section dedicated to Polish female directors, the festival programme will feature films of the recently deceased directors Agnès Varda and Barbara Hammer as well as the pioneers of women’s cinema: the Korean director Park Nam-ok, the French filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché and the Korean collective Parituh.
Source: own materials, press materials, originally written in Polish by EC, 14 Aug 2019, translated by AW, 27 Aug 2019