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POLISH FILM FESTIVAL

This annual event is organized by the UW-Madison Polish Student Association in collaboration with the Department of German, Nordic, and Slavic Languages , CREECA , ASM of Madison , Wisconsin Union Directorate (WUD) Film Comittee, and the Polish Heritage Club of Madison WI.

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

Screening location: The Marquee Cinema at Union South
1308 W Dayton St room 245, Madison, WI 53705



Movies screened in 2019 at the 29th

Annual Polish Film Festival

 November 17 at 3 pm 

MISTER T 
(original title: Pan T.)

(2019, dir. Marcin Kryształowicz, 103 minutes)

A comedy-drama that shows the struggle of the individual against the totalitarian system. The action is set in Warsaw rising from the post-war ruins in 1953. Pervasive uncertainty, denunciations, and the sense of constant surveillance are tamed with the help of vodka and good company. A renowned author, Mister T. lives in a hotel for writers and makes a living by tutoring. The pace of his life quickens once the authorities begin to suspect him of evil intentions to blow up the biggest communist building in the city, and Secret Police agents start to watch his every move. It is hard to stay serious in this absurd reality.

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 November 17 at 5:30 pm 

PLAYING HARD
(original title: Zabawa Zabawa)
(2019, dir. Kinga Dębska, 88 minutes)

A stirring story of three women of different ages who have a drinking problem: a respected sixty year old child surgeon, a well-known prosecutor in her forties and a young professional who are at the top of their game and on the brink of collapse at the same time.

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 November 24 at 3 pm 

TAXING LOVE 
(original title: Podatek od miłości)

(2018, dir. Bartek Ignaciuk, 101 minutes)

Klara, devoted to her work as a tax inspector, becomes infatuated with the dashing but irresponsible and cynical man who is about to be charged with tax evasion. Witty dialogues, enjoyable suspense and great humor as in the best romantic comedies..

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 November 24 at 5:30 pm 

CLERGY
(original title: Kler)
(2018, dir. Wojciech Smarzowski, 133 minutes)

Three Catholic priests meet to celebrate the anniversary of an event which could have taken their lives. Their experiences and motivations to serve as priests are entirely different, and soon each of them will have to face new challenges. “Controversial in its native Poland, this ambitious drama skillfully shows its clerical cast are as much victims as villains."

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