New Polish Cinema / Kinoteka 2023

09 MARCH - 27 APRIL 2023

OPENING NIGHT GALA - BREAD AND SALT

Damian Kocur

09 Mar, 19:00
ICA

Packing a deep emotional punch this brilliant debut feature from Damian Kocur takes us on the journey of two brothers in a small Polish town during one hot summer. Both pianists, one studies at the Warsaw Academy, the other chooses to...

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FUCKING BORNHOLM

Anna Kazejak

11 Mar, 18:45
ICA

Maciej Stuhr and Agnieszka Grochowska play Hubert and Maja in this dark comedy set on the idyllic Danish island of Bornholm. Developed from an online audio drama written by director Anna Kazejak and Filip Kasperaszek the film was an...

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WOMAN ON THE ROOF

Anna Jadowska

12 Mar, 15:30
Prince Charles Cinema

Appearing in almost every frame Dorota Pomykała’s portrayal of Mira is richly deserving of the awards received at Gdynia and Tribeca festivals. 60 year old Mira inhabits a world in which she has become all but invisible, but despite...

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DAD

Anna Maliszewska

17 Mar, 21:00
Prince Charles Cinema

Single dad trucker Michal depends on his Ukrainian neighbour to look after his daughter Miska. When the nanny dies suddenly he goes back on the road with a different point of view. Award winning actor Eryk Lubos expertly holds our...

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ILLUSION

Marta Minorowicz

24 Mar, 20:30
Riverside Studios

Shot across the Tri-City on Poland’s Baltic coast Marta Minorowicz’s enigmatic fiction debut draws on years of research and conversations with those who have experienced the disappearance of a loved one. Part detective story, part...

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SHREDS

Beata Dzianowska

25 Mar, 20:30
Riverside Studios

What would we do in their shoes? The family at the centre of SHREDS wrestles with decisions that few feel equipped to make. When the live-in high flying academic grand-father begins to display unusual behaviour it’s not long before...

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