POLISH DOCUMENTARIES ARE GOING TO MOSCOW!
Three Polish documentaries – the one directed by Marta Minorowicz, the second – by Marcin Koszałka, and the third - by Paweł Kloc, will be screened during one of the biggest film event in Russia - 33 . Moscow International Film Festival.
The Moscow International Film Festival is among the oldest in the world. For the first time it was held in 1935 when the Jury was headed by Sergei Eisenshtein himself. But the chronology of the festival begins in the latest 50s. Since then it has become a regular event that every year invites the outstanding masters of world cinema such as Akira Kurosawa, Federico Fellini, Ettore Scola, Damiano Damiani and also Polish filmmakers: Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Zanussi, Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Although at the Moscow International Film Festival the fiction film prevails, every year there is a wide range of the best and the latest samples of documentary world in the festival programme. Apart from the Documentary Competition, this year’s edition offers Werner Herzog’s retrospective with his most famous documentaries and special documentary section titled “Free Thought”. In this last programme two Polish films will be presented: “A Piece of Summer” by Marta Minorowicz – the winner of Golden Dove at DOK Leipzig and Grand Prix at the Festival in Clermont-Ferrand, “Declaration of immortality” by Marcin Koszałka – the winner of the prestigious Silver Hugo Award, and "Phnom Penh Lullaby" by Paweł Kloc - who was given the Silver Horn and Silver Hobby-Horse at the recently finished 51. Krakow Film Festival.
“A Piece of Summer” by Marta Minorowicz is a story about a boy who visits his grandfather living and working in the mountainous forests. Surrounded by wild nature and severe world they try to rebuild their bonds.
The protagonist of “Declaration of immortality” by Marcin Koszałka is Piotr “Mad” Korczak, tha legendary mountaineer. The director focuses on the decline of the career of the great master, provoking his reflection on his future life, when he will no longer be able to climb mountains. It’s a moving story about inability to come to terms with old age and about desire of immortality.
"Phnom Penh Lullaby" - according to Krakow Film Festival's jury - depicts a very unconventional struggle for love and acceptance in a devastating family environment under hard existential conditions. Paweł Kloc's film is the story of Israeli Ilan who lives in Cambodia with his Khmer woman and her daughters. Thanks to its protagonists we are introduced to the world that is both immersed in dreams and burdened with an oppressive secret.
33. Moscow International Film Festival will be held from the 23rd of June to the 2nd of July.
More about the festival can be found at: www.moscowfilmfestival.ru.