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POLISH FILM FESTIVAL

The Polish Heritage Club is one of the sponsors of the annual
Polish Film Festival at UW-Madison. The festival
became an
established tradition of celebrating and promoting the most
recent and accomplished Polish movies.

Shows are free to the public.

Seating is limited and provided on a "first come, first served" basis.

Films are screened in the original language with English subtitles.

The annual festival is organized by the UW-Madison Polish Student Association
in collaboration with the Department of Slavic Languages and Literature and
the Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD Film Comittee.

 

Movies screened in 2015 at the 25th
Annual Polish Film Festival

http://madfilm.org/attend-polish-film-festival-at-mrqe-sun-nov-22-sun-dec-6/

 

Sunday, November 15, 8pm

Call me Marianna (2015, dir. Karolina Bielawska, documentary)

As Marianna transitions from male to female, she is alone in a world unwilling to accept her true self. This multi-award-winning documentary is an intensely sympathetic and powerful account of one individual’s struggle to gain acceptance—even in the midst of profound physical hardship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K77FNaQg78

The director of the movie was present at the screening and Q&A session.

 

Sunday, November 22, 1pm

Theses Daughters of Mine (2015, dir. Kinga Debska, 2015)

A touching story about the strength of family ties in a situation of imminent danger. Two sisters and their domineering father, who gradually loses control over his family due to his wife's sudden illness and his own health troubles; these are the three individuals at the heart of movie. http://en.pisf.pl/films/coming-soon/moja-siostra

 

Sunday, November 22, 3pm

The Photographer (2014, dir. Wlademar Krzystek)

The Photographer is an elusive serial killer operating in modern-day Moscow. Natasza, the sole witness who has survived an encounter with the Photographer, is to act as bait. The investigation points to the old Re d Army barracks in Legnica, Poland and to events dating back to the 1970s. https://vimeo.com/96888754

 

Sunday, December 6, 1pm

Gods (2014, dir. Lukasz Palkowski)

Far from any embellishment, a story based on facts about the life of a Polish cardiologist, who performed the first successful heart transplant in the communist Poland in the ‘80s. A portrait of an extraordinary human being who dared to challenge the existing rules under extremely adverse and difficult circumstances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL43LvnYQsE

 

Sunday, December 6, 3pm

Warsaw 44 (2014, dir. Jan Komasa)

A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHYxZ1847Gc

Movies screened in 2015 at the 25th
Annual Polish Film Festival

http://madfilm.org/attend-polish-film-festival-at-mrqe-sun-nov-22-sun-dec-6/

 

Sunday, November 15, 8pm

Call me Marianna (2015, dir. Karolina Bielawska, documentary)

As Marianna transitions from male to female, she is alone in a world unwilling to accept her true self. This multi-award-winning documentary is an intensely sympathetic and powerful account of one individual’s struggle to gain acceptance—even in the midst of profound physical hardship. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K77FNaQg78

The director of the movie was present at the screening and Q&A session.

 

Sunday, November 22, 1pm

Theses Daughters of Mine (2015, dir. Kinga Debska, 2015)

A touching story about the strength of family ties in a situation of imminent danger. Two sisters and their domineering father, who gradually loses control over his family due to his wife's sudden illness and his own health troubles; these are the three individuals at the heart of movie. http://en.pisf.pl/films/coming-soon/moja-siostra

 

Sunday, November 22, 3pm

The Photographer (2014, dir. Wlademar Krzystek)

The Photographer is an elusive serial killer operating in modern-day Moscow. Natasza, the sole witness who has survived an encounter with the Photographer, is to act as bait. The investigation points to the old Re d Army barracks in Legnica, Poland and to events dating back to the 1970s. https://vimeo.com/96888754

 

Sunday, December 6, 1pm

Gods (2014, dir. Lukasz Palkowski)

Far from any embellishment, a story based on facts about the life of a Polish cardiologist, who performed the first successful heart transplant in the communist Poland in the ‘80s. A portrait of an extraordinary human being who dared to challenge the existing rules under extremely adverse and difficult circumstances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL43LvnYQsE

 

Sunday, December 6, 3pm

Warsaw 44 (2014, dir. Jan Komasa)

A story of love, friendship and the pursuit of adventure during the bloody and brutal reality of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHYxZ1847Gc