Magik Drops Out of Sight Talk with Leszek DawidFilm During rehearsals, together with the actors we tried to understand the motivation that had driven the members of Paktofonika. I encouraged the guys to try writing hip-hop lyrics. Later on, they would record them using their own background music. I was following this process with pleasure – says the director of ‘You Are God’
Hey, You With the Camera! BY Iwo ZmyślonyArt We go through the archive of the Exchange Gallery, established by Robakowski in 1978. My attention is drawn to a picture from Robakowski’s ‘An Exercise for Two Hands’ – the artist triumphantly picks the cameras up, like a gunslinger after a well-placed shot
The Festival in Wrocław: Ends and Conclusions BY Jakub SochaFilm Can you really summerise a festival consisting of over 400 films and plenty of accompanying events? It’s like the internet, everyone’s got their own
Roman Polański, dir. Laurent Bouzereau BY Darek ArestFilm This movie corrupts the critical viewer. As a documentary, it’s extremely biased, inconsistent, and superficial. But its subject defends it so effectively, that the viewing can hardly be considered a waste of time
The Heritage, dir. Andrzej Barański BY Jakub MajmurekFilm A seemingly ‘private’ and ‘nonpolitical’ artist, Barański thus touches a living political theme that our own community must face
Gdynia Film Festival BY Jakub SochaFilm Political correctness was in place this year. Polish filmmakers have obviously been reading the papers, paying particular attention to the national news sections. The supermarket makes an appearance in three films, the topic of history is present in several. The supermarket proved bad, and history – complicated
Dumała (excerpt) Talk with Piotr DumałaFilm My former Polish teacher told me: ‘You write through film.’ And that’s the way it was then. Now I’m sure I don’t want to write through film. I’m running away from literariness
SASNAL: In Theatres Now BY Karol SienkiewiczArt Sasnal, an artist thus far associated with the gallery, has crossed over to the other side. The side where films are measured not in minutes, but in feet of celluloid
Stale Rituals and Emotions Talk with Jerzy StuhrTalks ‘The intersection between these two plot lines was very meticulously thought-out. I just hope audiences will pick up on that, instead of just moaning about how the movie attacks the church…’
Edward Żebrowski: BodiesHeld Hostage by Ideas BY Bartosz ŻurawieckiFilm As is common in Polish film, Żebrowski’s cinematic world is dominated by men
Women are Somehow Different, dir. Marek Koterski BY Iwona KurzFilm It would appear that the men are truly from another world. How about we call it quits, guys?
