Istanbul Modern Cinema presents a program bringing together examples of recent contemporary Polish cinema. The program features films by young emerging directors of Polish cinema that have earned acclaim and won awards at international festivals. Among films that stand out in the program are All These Sleepless Nights, which earned Michal Marczak the Best Directing award at the Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Documentary Competition; The Lure, which won a special jury prize, again, at the Sundance Film Festival; and United States of Love, which won the Silver Bear for Best Script at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival.
Talk:Contemporary Polish Cinema
April 30, Sunday, 17.00
Moderator:Senem Aytaç
The talk on contemporary Polish cinema features, art director and co-founder of the Association of Poles in Istanbul Agata Trojak and Kuba Czekaj, the director of Baby Bump.
UNITED STATES OF LOVE (ZJEDNOCZONE STANY MILOSCI), 2016
Poland, Sweden | DCP, Color, 106’ |Polish
Director: Tomasz Wasilewski
Cast: Julia Kijowska, Magdalena Cielecka, Dorota Kolak
THE LAST FAMILY (OSTATNIA RODZINA), 2016
Poland | DCP, Color, 124 |Polish
Director: Jan P. Matuszyński
Cast: Andrzej Seweryn, Dawid Ogrodnik, Aleksandra Konieczna
THE LURE (CÓRKI DANCINGU), 2015
Poland | DCP, Color, 92’ |Polish
Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Cast: Marta Mazurek, Michalina Olszanska, Kinga Preis
THE SUN, THE SUN BLINDED ME (SŁOŃCE, TO SŁOŃCE MNIE OŚLEPIŁO) 2016
Poland, Switzerland | DCP, Color, 75’ |Polish
Director: Anka Sasnal, Wilhelm Sasnal
Cast: Rafał Maćkowiak, Edet Bassey
ALL THESE SLEEPLESS NIGHTS (WSZYSTKIE NIEPRZESPANE NOCE), 2016
Poland, UK | DCP, Color, 100’ |Polish
Director: Michał Marczak
Cast: Krzysztof Baginski, Michał Huszcza, Eva Lebuef
BABY BUMP, 2015
Poland | DCP, Color, 90’ |Polish
Director: Kuba Czekaj
Cast: Kacper Olszewski, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Caryl Swift