POLISH FILMS AT THE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IN MOSCOW
The one of the largest in Russia and one of the most important on the world film event, namely the 32nd International Film Festival in Moscow has just begun. Several Polish films are in the programme, rich and diversified as far as subjects and genres are concerned. The festival audience will have an opportunity to get acquainted with the frequently awarded documentaries, as well as with feature films – short and long ones.
32nd International Film Festival in Moscow is one of the most important film events on the world. It was organized for the first time in 1935, when Sergei Eisenshtein himself was the chairperson. Since the 1950s, the festival has been developing regularly and supply, annually visited by eminent representatives of the international cinematography. Among them there were: Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Ettore Scola, Damiano Damiani, as well as Polish film-makers such as Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi, Krzysztof Kieślowski.
This year’s edition of the International Film Festival in Moscow offers very varied programme. Apart from the competition shows, in which films from Russia as well as from other countries will participate, including the Polish production “Reverse” by Borys Lankosz, the festival’s organizers prepared 12 thematic cycles, 4 retrospectives and 10 special programmes. The section “Free Thought” promises well; it is prepared by the documentary film-maker Siergiei Miroschnichenka, and presents documentary films which were recently appreciated and awarded at many prestigious festivals, such as IDFA, Sundance, DOK Leipzig, Yamagata IFF, Guangzhou DOC, Krakow Film Festival.
A Polish accent will not be missing. Among the shown films there are two films by Polish directors, the winners of numerous awards in Poland and abroad – “Poste Restante” by Marcel Łoziński and “Chemo” by his son, Paweł Łoziński. The documentary “Poste Restante”, the winner of European Film Award for the Best Short film in 2009, tells a story about a letter which was addressed to God and because of it the letter ended up in the Department of Unsent Mail in Koluszki. “Chemo” presents the picture of the oncological clinic’s patients who receive doses of “chemo” and talk about more or less trivial matters, discovering the value and sense of existence.
Apart from this, in the non-competing section “Short Film Corner” short films will be presented, including one feature film from Poland – “Real” by Rafał Samusik, made within the frames of “Decalogue 89+” project, which is a film interpretation of the 10th Commandment.
The festival in Moscow will last from 17th to 26th June.
Detailed information on the festival’s website.